At the first light of Dawn, when the sky was heavy, leaden gray, and a fine mist clung to the air, Jonan woke up on his bed with a tired expression, his past frivolous habits were taking their toll on him, his determination wavering, and longing to sleep more, to rest more, yet breathing out an irritating groan, he stood up from his bed.
Jonan knew that he had to change his past habits, which would just lead him to mediocrity while correcting his habits and engaging himself in strenuous activities, would not help him reach Freya or even Darius's level.
He had to take the first step, even though for many, this step was nothing to speak of, or is of any importance, but this was a crucial and an arduous task for Jonan, who lived most of his life in bliss, which was like a drug keeping him happy and ignorant of his surroundings.
After getting out of his chambers, with a heavy heart and wearing an annoyed expression on his face, he went to the field, where he would do his basic exercises, which are taught to every descendant of The Starfall Family at a young age, to strengthen their body, blood, and spirit.
There were many training fields owned by The Starfall Family, but due to his feelings of discomfort towards others in his family, he had decided to train on his own, and for the early stages of training, he would also not require assistance from anyone to help him.
Gazing at the desolate field, which had rough uneven patches of grass, some tiny rocks and sticks scattered all over the place, Jonan gasped at the scene in front of him, and muttered to himself, "Looks like this is it, well this is one of the disadvantages of having too much."
Due to owning multiple fields, it is overwhelming for those of The Starfall Family to manage it themselves, therefore either they rent it out to others or those properties, which have no value are simply abandoned.
Jonan, being one of the descendants of The Starfall Family, had the right to seek details about almost all of their properties from the attendants working for his family, his high position in the family also helped him in various tasks, and this was one of the abandoned fields which is the closest to their castle, and also behind it.
Finding it's location optimal for his use, he first started cleaning all the debris left on the large field by himself, if he wanted, he could have gotten an attendant to do such menial tasks for him, but he didn't want to be disturbed and conceal his activities from his family members, as well as from his father.
Although Jonan was joyful for his father to visit him, while he was down, and also concerned for his well-being, he just couldn't erase the unsettling feeling that he sensed from his father's gaze, which made him apprehensive.
Erasing his worries, he decided to try his best to conceal his matters from his family and face whatever the future may have in store for him, be it good or bad. After sweeping all the rubble, that was littered all over the place, Jonan wiped the sweat from his forehead and sat down on the ground for some time to rest.
Once refreshed, he sat up and started sprinting around the field. Initially, his breaths were shallow and rapid, but with time he started to catch his breath and pace himself, yet he felt drained quickly, he had to take some time to rest and then continue running again.
Jonan hated every minute of it, but he had to go on despite his fatigue, and finally, he fell on the ground, having rapid breaths and an accelerated heartbeat, he tried to calm himself down, sweat was glistening all over his body, He stood up again, but this time instead of running, he started performing the basic movement postures taught to him, when he was a kid, by his family teachers.
Despite these movement postures being basic, they were mandatory for all the descendants of The Starfall Family to follow, and this is usually practiced by small kids of the family, to aid in their health and growth, after mastering these basic movement postures they would go on to learn more advanced physical exercises, which are only taught to those who are ready to reach the first realm of the path to power in this world, Weapon Seeker realm.
To ascend to the Weapon Seeker realm, one must have at least one of their core physical attributes surpass the limitations, which is imposed on the human body in one core physical attribute, for example, when a human after various exercises, sparring, and fighting life and death battles, surpasses the limit of one key physical attribute, it is only then, that they can break through the first realm known as Weapon Seeker realm.
Of course, those who just surpass one attribute of the four key attributes, Strength, Dexterity, Constitution and Intelligence are considered average, whereas those who surpass more than one are considered geniuses.
The more attributes one surpasses, the stronger one gets in the same stage and has innumerable advantages for future cultivation, the difficulty for surpassing the other attributes increases drastically, that's why most of the noble family's most outstanding descendants only have broken two physical attributes, and for those who surpass three physical limits are monsters who can only be found in the top noble families or in The Great Heroes family.
As for the legendary full four attribute limit breaker, they are the rarest of the rare, they are born once in a century, and upon their descent, they bring despair to their enemies, as of now the only known full four attribute limit breaker is Freya.
It is not known if there are others who have surpassed all of their physical limitations, but it is a possibility, while Jonan knew that he was already late in this endeavor, he had to try and check if it's possible for him to break his limitations, while it was impossible for him to cultivate according to everyone, he knew that he could at least reach Weapon Seeker realm, the first stage, after which it will be impossible for him to improve due to his absence of Weapon Affinity.
He never tried reaching the first stage before, because he felt as if it would be a waste of his time, and this is just the first stage, which is the easiest for everyone in his family, but now he found conviction and understood that even if the path forward is not visible, it is better to try than to just laze around.
Jonan kept on performing those basic movements, but he could feel weakness when performing those steps, from what he knew according to his instructors in past, this was a sign that he was slowly getting stronger. Satisfied with the slow but steady increase in his progress, made him delighted.
When it was time for his exercises to end, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and also worried, that he might have gone overboard today. Jonan, then walked out of that empty field and moved towards his home, where he would clean himself up and try finding any information in the family library about any alternate way for him to advance.
The family library wasn't just any library, it had books from all over the world, and it contained most of the knowledge that was possible to store, while there was no strict restriction for the descendants who sought knowledge on various subjects. The descendants of The Hero Draven were solely allowed entry into the library, not even their mothers were allowed to read the books, and if the descendants were to leak the knowledge to any outsider, they gained in the library, they will be severely punished for it.
There was no particular reason behind this rule which had any reasoning, yet it was strictly followed in The Starfall Family. Jonan knew that if there was any place that can give him any answer to his problems, then it would only be the family library, he never visited the library but it has a great reputation.
It is said that anyone who is agitated by something and is seeking answers to his problems, then they can find it in the library, even though it's near impossible for him to get any help in the library, after all if there was any way for him to cultivate, then it would have already been found by his family.
His crystal affinity is the first, that a human was born with such a rare affinity, and it is also a source of dread for those Heroes. Jonan has already made up his mind that he will be visiting the library tomorrow, no matter what, even if he finds anything or not, he will try to find any way possible for him to move forward in the path of power.