Training pt. 2

The shadow of a robust man, the size of a small hill, was rushing at a straw scarecrow. Two wooden bucklers resided on each of his forearms covering it as though it was a glove. This naturally was Fotas. It has been a couple of hours since he first started training and deep inside, he hoped for it to end soon. If not, then maybe he would be the one breaking instead of the scarecrow.

Fotas clutched the two wooden shield and charged to a scarecrow standing alone in the middle of the room. Then, he began beating it, once, twice, thrice. His hands were already used to the weight of the wooden shield and the sense of hitting the scarecrow. Each strike resonated louder than the last making a thundering echo reverberated throughout the compound.

"This guy's got more than an iron belly. He's got iron guts."

"How many hours has it been?"

"Hours you mean days, I don't know how he managed to transform like that in just six hours."

"I don't know if I want to do this training anymore, but I also want to see how much I can improve too."

"I remember the guy in the science coat said that working out in-game shows results faster than in real life but isn't this too much?"

Fotas was soaked in sweat.

The black shirt and pants issued to him, at the beginning of the training, had absorbed sweat and stuck fast to his body. His belly is showing in its full glory. The only thing that was more defined about him was that his arms now protruded with muscle.

He stood in front of the scarecrow and dealt one blow after another to the scarecrow without a minute's break. From his side was an old man who swung his wooden sword at Fotas. As if he was in a trance, he completely ignored the strike and continued pummeling the scarecrow with his shields. The sword soon reached Fotas and was bout to hit Fotas back, suddenly Fotas pulled the right shield back and covered it entirely. Using the force behind the sword strike Fotas right arm vibrated and blasted the sword away.

"Good, you can finally use repulse. That concludes all that I can teach you. Now it is time for you to go and master it." Ingrid sheathed the wooden sword and started to walk towards the siblings. "Now for you two, I need you to go with Fotas to the mines again to get some materials for me before I can teach you."

After six hours of striking the scarecrow and doing various other training, Fotas finally heard some good news. He felt as if the muscles in his hand clutching the wooden shield were getting lighter. "Stats," Fotas mumbled while striking the scarecrow.

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[Name]: Fotas

[Level]: 5 (490/3500)

[Class]: Beginner

[Blessing]:

[Health Points]: 380 (+130)

[Mana]: 110

[Stats]:

Strength*: 18 (+2)

Agility*: 15

Constitution*: 23 (+13)

Intelligence*: 11

[Special Stats]:

Endurance*: 15

Luck*: 5 (+1)

[Resistances]:

Ice: 20%

Cold: 20%

[Skills]: Stable Consecutive Strike*, Frost Guardian's Shield Mastery*, Repulse

[Forte]: Fatso*

-Foodie*

-Active Consumption*

-Iron Stomach*

-Vibration Armor*

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After trying for six hours, his stats gained a massive increase. His strength went up by three, agility by four, constitution by two, and intelligence by one. Even his special stat endurance went up by a full five points. The six hours of hell that Fotas experience increased his stats by a total of 15 points. His HP alone was close to 400 points without any add ons. Valec's and Coco's health added together still fell short to Fotas base health by 30 points.

Fotas also gained a few skills that were taught to him by Ingrid. Throwing away his spear Fotas fully embraced the style of double shields. This style of duo shield was actually the specialty of Ingrid before he retired to instruct. Although Fotas sacrifice his spear don't let that fool you that he does less damage than before. After training, the original skill [Desperate Strikes] has been upgraded to [Stable Consecutive Strikes] which allows for his shields to do more lethal damage.

Notifications filled his interface, waiting for him to open them. Throughout the training, Fotas got annoyed by the dinging from his interface, so he turned off all forms of notification. He decided to check all of it now to see the effect of the skills that he learned throughout the 6 hours.

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[New Skill]:

[Passive]

[Intermediate: 35/100% Proficiency]

After training for six hours [Desperite Strike] has evolved to [Stable Consecutive Strikes]. Every time the player hit an enemy, there will now be a 15% chance to crit, and an increase of 35% critical damage. Each time the player hit an enemy, you will gain a stack, this caps off at five stacks. Stacks will be reset to 0 when the player no longer hits anything.

+15% Critical Chance

+35% Critical Damage

+5% Critical Chance and Damage per Stack

Max Stack at five

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[New Skill]:

[Passive]

[Intermediate: 21/100% Proficiency]

, also known as , has brought the player under his tuition and decided to teach the player his specialty. [Frost Guardian's Shield Mastery] is a defensive shield style that is mainly used for defending. Sacrificing the primary weapon, [Frost Guardian's Shield Mastery] allows the player to wield an additional shield.

+4 Constitution, +1 Strength per shield equipped

Allows player to equip an additional shield

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[New Skill]:

[Active]

[Novice 79/100% Proficiency]

One of the primary skills that made famous was [Repluse]. Charging into the midst of the battlefield [Repuse] can cover all allies and make one invincible to all attacks. At its peak, it was said to be able to repel a Meteor Strike with no effort.

25% block chance, 50% if the attacks hit a shield

1% reflection damage if attack was blocked

Knocks back enemy if attack was blocked

1-minute cooldown

Cost 35 mana

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[New Skill]:

[Passive]

[Novice: 31/100% Proficiency]

Thanks to the intense training that the player went through the player's insides is just as strong. After consuming the player's stomach strengthened and can now digest anything that has the same harness as Iron.

+5 Additonal Defense

Chance to retain buffs that were eaten for a longer time or permanently

Player is now able to digest some metals and bones.

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[New Skill]:

[Passive]

[Intermediate: 15/100% Proficiency]

The player has received multiple beatings with various types of weapons. [Suction Body] as evolved into [Vibration Armor] and now is impenetrable to slash damage. Due to having [Vibration Armor] the player now has a chance to reflect damage when taking a hit.

+20% Physical Resistance

+5% chance to reflect 10% damage.

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Fotas's skills added up together made him an incredible tank. [Frost Guardian's Shield Mastery] alone gave him an additional eight constitution and two strength. His total added up Health is 510 a full 160 more than Valec's and Coco's combined health. The amount of stats that Fotas accumulated would be enough for him to reach level 10!

"Whew."

Fotas finally put down the two wooden shields and look a short break. Without eating or drinking, he had been hitting the scarecrow and taking a beating himself for nearly six straight hours.

He was physically fatigued and worse. His throat was burning with thirst, his stomach empty and hollow.

"Hey, can I have some food first, you know how to drive someone like a slave Instructor." He immediately plopped himself on the ground holding his hand out for some food.

The instructor pulled out a bag and a canteen of water, tossing it over to Fotas the instructor went to get more food. Fotas took out a piece of rye bread from the bag and the canteen and nibbled a mouthful of bread. As he ate food, it appeased his hunger, and the satisfaction factor rose.

"After working out for six hours, all I got was some bread and water? I need some more soon. I don't think this is enough."

His fat belly rolled up and down as he started pigging himself out on the bread and water. The sounds of footsteps soon slowly approached him.

"Hey, Fotas what did you get out of the training other than your arms looking like logs now." Valec laughed and went up and slapped Fotas's shoulder.

"The real question is how you can eat that much; that amount of bread is enough for five people. You're amazing in many ways Fotas." Coco's eyes were shining with curiosity like a cat.

"The reason he's eating a lot has to do with the pill I fed him at the beginning of our training."

Ingrids voice came from behind the group. On both of Ingrid's hands were two platters of meat. A mountain of chicken laid on top of the two trays.

Drip

The sound of Fotas drool could be heard throughout the room. Next, the sound of rumbling thunder came crashing at the three opposite of Fotas.

"You know, when I see you like this, I wonder how you make such devious plans." Coco chimed in seeing the look of hunger on Fotas.

Paying no attention to the people in front of him, Fotas stood up and charged at the food at an inhuman speed. Unhinging his jaw, he dived face first towards the twin mountain of meats before him. One after another, chickens started disappearing into Fotas's mouth, never seeing the light of day ever again. After 15 minutes, all that was left on the two platters was a sparkling clean plate. Due to [Iron Stomach] the bones were also digested quickly.

To the side of the clean plates was a mound sleeping silently. Fotas has fallen asleep due to overeating and exhaustion. Sounds of snores soon filled the room, a big smile rested on Fotas's face, and soon he drifted off to dreamland.

Going back to the first hour that Fotas trained, it would seem as though it was hell. Having the Instructor hit him until he was low, Fotas would than use the passive from [Desparite Strike] to hit the scarecrow. Rise and repeat for the first 2 hours, this was how he gained [Stable Consecutive Strikes], [Vibration Armor], and [Frost Guardian's Shield Mastery]. The next 4 hours were Ingrid teaching Fotas the techniques behind [Repulse] and duo shields. Fotas was taught when to prioritize one opponent from the other and critical moments to use [Repulse]. He was also taught how to use two shields to cover and two shields to attack. The idea of [Frost Guardian Shield Mastery] was to keep it to the extreme. Either use both guards and be an impenetrable fortress or be a siege ballista that takes everything down with momentum.

The pill that Fotas ate at the beginning was called it allows any user to train at an increase of 500%, allowing people to gain better results out of their training. Since Fotas used it for a full six hours without eating, his body absorbed all of the pills nutrients without any waste. The medicine with the intense training that he went through allowed him to train the most efficient way. The drug also damages the user's insides during the consumption progress, so during training, Fotas would be beaten both on the inside and outside. With everything combined, allowed Fotas to gain [Iron Stomach] while training. Thankfully the Capsule that housed the players only allowed 10% of pain to go through, or else Fotas would've died in the first hour.

"since Fotas is sleeping let me tell you the task that I need you to do for me before I can train you. You can leave when Fotas gets up, also tell him what the quest is too since I won't be here to tell him." Ingrid gave Fotas one final look and pulled the siblings into another room.

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