"Oh, that? It's because I had a sudden thought enter my head. Shouldn't I be calling you grandma instead of sister? You're older than Aunty Shuri, so it would make sense, right?"
"..."
Calmly standing up, she fixed her towel before turning around.
"Your legs are fine. With a bit of bed rest, you should recover…"
Before she went out the door, she turned to give him a slight glare.
"...within a 'week'."
BAM!
"..."
Blinks once
Blinks twice
"Eh?! A week?!"
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|DxD|
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1999/07/16- September 28, 1999? (Two years later inside the time chamber)
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A total of two years have passed since Igor and Aurelia were suddenly pulled into the time chamber. During this time, both the blonde and the silverette continued on with their separate training. While Igor would spend most of his time in the gym, Aurelia would spend hers either in the library or deep inside the treacherous regions of the time chamber to train herself.
For Igor, his main priority during these two years was to increase the strength of his physique. This was so that whenever he decided to attempt Kaioken x100, he would be able to handle the power that came with it.
His days would follow long sessions in the gym which would periodically shift between weightlifting and intense training under the heavy gravity. Handling the weights in various ways not only increased his strength, but also the explosive power in his body.
Combined with further intense combat training under strenuous gravity, he was able to train his stamina, agility, flexibility, and his techniques. As the months passed, he was able to see results and the gravity he could withstand in his base state increased.
Although his focus was enhancing his physique, he never neglected spirit control. Knowing that Spirit Control was the foundation for everything, he gave himself atleast three hours of meditation everyday before beginning any sort of training.
Spirit Control by default, was the foundation of everything. Not only would pure and dense ki help heal his body much better, but he would also be able to handle higher levels of the Kaioken with less strain on his body.
But while he also trained on his Spirit Control, he also never failed to practice his ki control. Not wanting to repeat the mistake of neglecting his ki control, he would dedicate roughly an hour just to maintain the level of control he currently had.
The two basic training methods he always leaned on to perfect his ki control were the Yin-Yang Breathing Method and the Iron Sharpens Iron Method. These were the two techniques he had been using even before the time he first met Akeno.
Both methods were basic, easy and straightforward to understand, and provided faster results compared to other methods. Though they were relatively crude in their execution, and a bit dangerous in terms of the consequences for failure, they were perfect for the blonde who didn't like complicated techniques.
Beyond just using gravity to train himself, Igor also started to wear weighted clothing again. With Aurelia having hijacked his original set, the silverette created a new set for him with magic. To this day, he never understood why she took his when she could make her own. But even if she offered to give his set back to him, he would never accept it anymore…not when her scent was on them.
With his new set of weighted clothing comprising of an all black attire consisting of an undershirt, armbands, and leg warmers, he was able to strengthen his physique much faster than before. Initially, boots were an option, but the blonde didn't like having his feet restricted in an enclosed space like boots.
Having initially gotten the clothes a few months into his training, he almost got crushed by the gravity he was currently in. Fortunately, he was able to adapt rather quickly but it came at the cost of not being able to increase the gravity level as rapidly as he could before. But considering that the clothes would weigh a little over a ton in normal gravity, it was a fair trade…with a few torn ligaments as hidden costs.
By training in his base state and sleeping with varying levels of his Kaioken on, his recovery speed was significantly boosted and it allowed him to quickly see gains in his training. It did however come with an intense hunger that was quickly mitigated by the food supply somehow having increased over ten-times over. And thanks to Aurelia's cooking skills, he always got a balanced diet.
As for the silverette, she worked more on increasing her knowledge on seals and delving deeper into her ancestral memories. With her power now having reached the realm of god class, she could delve into memories dating thousands of years in the past compared to the measly few hundred years she could access as an ultimate class.
Most of her day revolved around reading the various books in the small library and delving deeper into her ancestral memories. The sealing knowledge her ancestors pioneered thousands upon thousands of years ago was her main focus.
The ability to understand the seals used to break the curse placed on humans was something she still couldn't completely understand. However, after two years of studying, she did discover a few important things. While the second and third seals eluded her, she came to understand what breaking the first seal did.
While the first seal didn't increase the lifespan like the following seals did, the first seal worked on the basis of eliminating the symptoms of old age. While a human generally wouldn't live long past a hundred years, they wouldn't necessarily lose much of their strength as they age. The vitality they had in their teens would still exist in their seventies and eighties.
Symptoms such as back pain, arthritis, Alzheimer's Disease, gradual bone atrophy, and many other symptoms would never appear. Even if they were ninety-years-old, they would still be able to function like a normal thirty-year-old. Even the women at over eighty years of age would still be able to give birth without repercussion.
In terms of appearance, the only symptoms she saw in her memories was a head full of white hair. The oldest the first-generation seal-bearers appeared in her memory were forty-years-old at best when in reality, they were over twice the age. Even when they died, their bodies would take over a century to finally start rotting.
This was due to the strong physiques they possessed which were enhanced by the powerful vitality they possessed. Strengthened bones, enhanced muscles, toughened skin, and many more were all the benefits that came from unlocking the first seal.
But breaking the first curse seal didn't only require another seal to break it. It could also be broken through a ridiculous amount of training, something that was done by her ancestors. And not only her ancestors, there were also two cases that she knew of who succeeded.
The first real-life example she found was the Church's Strongest Exorcist, Vasco Strada. Already nearing eighty years in age, the only symptoms of old age he showed was his crown of white hair and the faintest trace of wrinkles on his face. He was powerful beyond measure that with just his might alone, he was comparable to Longinus Wielders.
She already made plans to meet him at some point, especially after Igor confirmed they had friendly relations with each other. And speaking of the blonde, he was also another case example. With intense training, he destroyed and rebuilt his body so many times that his continuously increased vitality simply overwhelmed the seal.
She also suspected that his Kaioken allowed him to break through the second, third, and possibly the fourth seal like her. With the amount of lifespan he possessed, it was a reasonable suspicion.
However, research wasn't all she did in these past two years. The silverette did also continue training her existing techniques but didn't see any substantial power increase. While she didn't make it to mid-god class, she was on the threshold with her power bordering around peak low-god class.
What she made up for with her lack of advancement though, was her skill in sealing and barrier magic. Originally her specialisation, Aurelia progressed so much in the field of seals that she could put up a proper fight with a base state Igor who had advanced to the realm of high-god class.
The blonde wasn't a normal high-god class by any means at all. His sheer physique and extremely dense, yet pure ki made him an absolute monster that could make him fight over a dozen high-god class entities all on his own without using his Kaioken, Instant Transmission, or Instant Vanish.
This was a deduction that Aurelia noted after fighting him at least once every week for the past two years. It still amazed her to this day how he got so far with only pure grit and determination. She could only imagine how powerful he would become when he finally turned ten and awoke the power of their race.
But all in all, these two years were productive.
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AN
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