Five years

In the morning, Vali immediately then begin to perform the task he was trying to do yesterday before he is interrupted.

So, he sat down and immediately begin to meditate. Using the sensing ability of his Kenbunshoku Haki, Vali then slowly tries to absorb the energies he detects around him.

At his first try, Vali found that there seems to be something blocking the energies from entering his body.

Then, Vali gave it another try. But this time, he carefully observes what is happening. He had found out that most of the pores in his body are completely blocked at this made it in such a way that he could not absorb the energies.

So, Vali begins to drive his personal energies inside of him while at the same time gather the energies outside his body to help clear the blockage.

After doing this for over 30 minutes, a loud resounding sound rang inside Vali's head.

Boom!

Vali is gritting his teeth and writing in pain as he lay on the ground. He felt like every inch of his body has been simultaneously poked and pricked with a searing hot needle. This torturous feeling is something he had never felt before.

But Vali knew that this feeling could only either mean the blockages of his pores have been cleared or he is dying due to his reckless experiment. Making himself optimistic, Vali begins to battle the excruciating pain.

Not long after Vali had wriggled on the ground the pain gradually begins to pass.

Since he could still feel the pain and experienced that the intensity is gradually getting lower, Vali knew that he had not died and he had persevered.

So, he slowly pushes himself up from the floor.

As he had persevered, Vali had unblocked all of the acupoints in his body which amount to over 2000. And the pain he had experienced is due to the forceful opening of his acupoints.

As the pain had passed, Vali returns to sit again in a meditative pose and begins to absorb the energies. This time, unlike the previous cases, Vali observed that the energies begin to flow inside of his body.

Realising this, Vali jumped up in joy. He could now finally absorb the energies present in the universe.

So, as he now possesses this ability, Vali begins to frantically absorb the energies surrounding his body.

Although there are several types of energies, when they enter inside Vali's, he could feel that these energies merge into one form of energy similar to the one Vali had already possess. Instead of forming cores, they begin to nourish his cells and get stored with every single cell of his bodies.

As he could now absorb the energies around him, Vali is not shy at all.

Without sparing much thought, Vali quickly absorbed all of the energies around him as he gathers more towards his body. As the energies around Vali's body started gushing in, his body begins to look bloated.

Realising what is happening to his body, Vali quickly tried to block his acupoints. But, before he could completely finish, he is starting to lose consciousness and then

Bam!

Vali fell down unconscious to the ground.

And as he had absorbed a large amount of energy suddenly, his body could not handle it and a small amount of blood seeps out from the orifices of his body.

As Vali does not possess a genius intellect and as he is not the sharpest tool in the shed. Due to the fact that he had never experienced this type of thing, Vali had made a mistake. He bit off more than he could chew.

In his previous life, Vali is just an ordinary college student. And even now, since all he had learned is how to fight, smith and how to manipulate energy, he did not have any knowledge on what would happen if he absorbs energy and how much his limit would be.

Although Vali suspects that something could go wrong, when he first started absorbing the energies, since he could not feel anything peculiar, like a normal human would be, Vali got too greedy.

After about an hour had passed since he fell unconscious, Vali begins to wake up.

As soon as he woke up, Vali found out that he is covered in blood. Since he is oblivious and unsure as to what could have happened to his body, he quickly begins to check every single inch of his body.

As Vali is scared to miss anything, he went and took a bath to wash off the blood and check any places he could have missed.

Seeing that nothing is wrong with his body, Vali breathe a huge sigh of relief.

Though there seem to be nothing wrong with his body, when Vali checked his body, he notices something peculiar that completely baffles him. Therefore, Vali quickly summoned his stats.

[ Name: Vali

Age: 11

Race: Human

Power Level: 1500

Life Span: 3000 years

Skills: 1. Sword Skills Level 5

{ Sword Aura

Sword Intent

Sword Energy }

2. Haki Level 3

{ Kenbunshoku Haki: Unlocked

Bushoshoku Haki: Unlocked }

3. Haoshoku Haki Level 1: Unlocked ( Can knock out beings possessing 15% of user's power levels and induce weakening affect up to 50% of beings possessing user's power levels )

4. Devil Fruit Level 2

{ Gappei Gappei no mi: Logia Type

Fire and Ice: Unlocked

***************: Locked ( Requires Devil Fruit Level 5)

**************: Locked ( Requires Devil fruit Level 10)

Logia Devil Fruit body: unlock [ Passive ] ( Effective up to 5000 power level. Can be increased with increase in devil fruit level) }

5. Blacksmith Level 4: Acquired

6. Runes Magic Level 4: Acquired

7. All Speak Level 5: Acquired

Staring at his stats, Vali did not see any change.

Vali is dumbfounded by this. Before, when he was checking his body, he had noticed an extreme change.

Instead of him being riddled with injuries, he found out that even scars and tissues he previously got healed as if nothing happened and that he had never suffered cuts or injuries in his life. With this, Vali knew that something had changed but his status screen is telling him otherwise.

So, Vali did not know who to trust, his own eyes or the system's. Though he is leaning more towards the system since it is a cheat-like ability, he could not just ignore what he saw and experienced.

As he could not decide which one, Vali again begin to absorb the energy around him, this time, he absorbs a tiny amount compared to what he had absorbed before.

After absorbing some energies, Vali checked his stats using the system again.

Like before, this time, the system did not show any change.

Seeing his unchanged stats, Vali's frustration went through the roof. He had even bled out from several orifices just for the sake of absorbing energy.

Vali had expected to at least gain some benefits from absorbing the energies. But instead, his stats show that his suffering seems to be futile, so, out of frustration, Vali said, " If I cannot use these energies even after going through all of that. I have no use of it. "

Saying this, Vali began to expel the energies he had absorbed. As he is expelling the energy, Vali then slowly lifted off the ground and started to float up in the air.

Startled by the sudden occurrence, Vali accidentally stops the expulsion of energies from his body.

Bang!

Vali quickly fell back to the ground.

As Vali intended to only expel the energy which does not require much sensing and due to frustration, he did not activate his Haki and this made him unable to perceive what would happen.

Though the system did not show him possessing another skill, Vali knew that he himself had obtained the ability to levitate.

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And within a blink of an eye, 5 years had passed.

As Vali had already achieved the requirements for his graduation, the Academy gave him his low-rank warrior certificate. He is the only one from his batch to graduate within these five years.

With this certificate, Vali could now go to battle or go out of Asgard realm without any restriction.

And during this five year, Vali trained and keep on practising his skills. Due to his constant training, most of his skills have reached the level 5 mark.

Even all those that still haven't reach level 5 had experienced at least a single increase in their level. Except for Haoshoku Haki and his sword skills, all of the levels of his skills increased.

And from absorbing the energies of the universe and the increase in his skills, Vali gained a lot. He found out that there is an increase in his power level and life span just from absorbing energies.

Also, his levitation skills turned into a flying skill when Vali combined it with his devil fruit powers. And his the speed of his flight if Vali strained himself is 150 km per hour without any extra weight out on his body.

And with the increase in his proficiency of swords skills and him being able to absorb the energies around him, though the level of his sword skills still remains the same, Vali could instantaneously summon at most two tangible swords that he could hold in both of his hands.

Before this, all Vali could do is create an energy in the form of a sword. But this time, he could create a sword that is identical to a real sword. And the durability of this sword depends on the size, shape and design of the sword Vali create.

And since Vali could continuously summon and create this sword, he felt it to be more convenient than the two katanas he used.

As the sword is created from the egocentric energy, Vali felt that it is fully as a part of his body.

For the design of the swords he summons, Vali could create any design. But, he chose a specific design, in which the sword has a 1-meter long blade that curves up a bit towards the tip.

And along the middle of the blade is a fuller or a blood groove that depressed about a 3mm deep for easier retraction of the blade in case of piercing a body.

The swords have an ornately etched and protruding base connected to a rounded guard similar in size with the 7-inch long hilt. Vali chose this design as it is most durable from all the designs of swords he made using his sword skills.

Since he is now always using the swords he had created, Vali hung the two katanas on the wall of his room. Even though he did not have a use for it, he still keeps the katanas for a reminder on how far he had grown.

And his devil fruit, because of his constant training, Vali increased the level by one, and with it, the heat of his flame had increased severely to around 2000° C and the lowest point his ice could reach is close to a -50°C.

With him being able to absorb energies around him, Vali could merge external flames and ice up to a certain temperature in his body to temporarily obtain a boost in the abilities of his devil fruit.

And as Vali is 16 years old, his height had reached close to 2 meters with a lean figure and his muscles become extremely more defined than before. Although most if not all the Asgardians have long hair, Vali prefers to keep his hair short.

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During this five year, Angerboda did not make any move against Vali. Although nothing happened, throughout these five years, Vali always kept his guard up for any unforeseen event that might befall him because of Angerboda.

And the reason Angerboda had not made any move against Vali is that the spy she sent to trail Vali and other things that happened in Asgard had disappeared.

Though that spy is one of the weaker ones that worked for her, she believed that Vali would not be able to kill him from the information she had received about Vali's strength.

As such, the sudden disappearance of the spy caused Angerboda to be in high alert since she did not know the reason for his disappearance.

Since she does not know who could be responsible for the disappearance, she did not behave in a way that could jeopardize her plan and situation. Hence, she stayed quiet for the last five years.

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Since Vali planned to go the battlefield tomorrow, he then went to Idun's garden to obtain the golden apples.

" Vali, are you here for the apple? " asked Idun as soon as she saw Vali.

" Yes. " said Vali, then he continued, " I am going to the battlefield tomorrow. I need whatever I can get my hands on to increase my chance of survival. "

Hearing that Vali is going to the battlefield, Idun tilted her head downwards as she felt a bit of regret.

" I really wish that you would not go to war. " said Idun with a soft look in her eyes.

" You know if I could avoid going to war, I would. " replied Vali.

Though Vali wanted to obtain more strength, if he could, he prefers not to follow this method as war affects not just the soldiers but the ones that do not serve as a soldier too, like in the case of Idun.

After a short pause, then Vali continued, " If I want to stop these wars, I would need the strength and respect of the warriors first to accomplished that. "

" I understand. Just don't let the war change you. " replied Idun. Even though she wants Vali to stay, as she understood the reasoning of Vali, she could only accept that this might be the only way.

Then after she said this, Idun immediately approached the apple tree to get a fruit for Vali.

As for the relationship between the two, during the past five years, Vali and Idun had bonded and become closer than before.

From his occasional visit to the garden, Vali had learned that Idun had lost her husband as he fought in one of these wars.

As such, Idun hates the idea of Vali going to the battlefield. Since Vali is not like the other Asgardians, as he could sympathize her situation unlike others, Idun treated Vali like the son she never had. Hence, because of this, she cares deeply for him.

Though Vali had visited the garden several times over the past five years, he did not immediately ask Idun for the golden apple. He pushed back as much as he could for increasing the effectiveness of the fruit.

" This fruit will give the what you need right now and will increase your chance of survival. " said Idun as she hands Vali a bright golden color apple.

" Thank you for this. " said Vali as he took the fruit and begin to consume it.

After Vali had consumed the fruit he felt that his strength had increased by leaps and bound once again.

Although Vali had obtained the apple, he stayed in the garden for a while and talk with Idun almost till sunset.

As the night is closing in, Vali said to Idun, " Goodnight. And don't worry surely I will come back. " Vali said this as a smile forms on his face to reassure Idun.

" Don't forget what you said. You have to come back alive. " said Idun with a concerning voice.

Although Vali promised to her that he will not die and come back alive, she knew that reality could be harsher than one could imagine. As such, she could not feel at peace.

After Vali had said his goodbyes to Idun, he left the garden and went back to the palace. He wanted to take a rest before the big day.