Yes? Or No?

After deactivating the firewall he did the same with the water wall. He wanted to use every second to train and get immune to all the elements. He now placed objects filled with water, earth and a torch next to the corner that leaked air and absorbed all their energies. He was in the corner of the air element because he was not able to capture and place it somewhere. Only the air wall was left even without the resistance against the air pressure and wind blades he would be able to touch the wall, but he still had 7 days left.

He divided his mind into 4 parts and set his body under the influence of the elemental energies, countering one against the other always letting one have the upper hand and letting his body become more resilient. After another 5 days, he felt the changes to his body. His resistance against all the 4 elements was now more or less on the same Lvl.

"Let's see what I can do with this." Lothar headed to one wall that was already deactivated and began to experiment with the elemental powers he was now able to comprehend and maneuver at will. He thought about enhancing his body with it. The elemental powers he felt were simply too huge to just use them to resist against incoming attacks. Normal people would use their Mana to turn it into an elemental attack.

So he should also be able to use the mana to create fire ore water at will. He had some ideas in mind how he could empower his movements and attacks with it but those things were normally only things advanced classes like Elementalists. He first tried to increase his movement speed by unleashing wind from the back of his body. By releasing air pressure from his back he was able to increase his speed and also his maneuverability by redirecting the pressure in different directions to slow him down or change his course.

But this was not enough for him he wanted the element to take effect inside of his body without someone being able to notice it. So he filled his body with air elemental powers and distributed it evenly inside his body.

The next thing he did was splitting his mind, letting one part continue with the even distribution and the other part directing the air energies up above. When he did that he was able to move equally fast as before when he used air pressure to propel him forward. "He made his body lighter, so he could move faster and jump higher. Who the hell is this boy? How does he know all this stuff?" The shadow watching him exclaimed.

After a few minutes of running and jumping around, he was very happy about his discovery. As he was checking his status window he noticed that half of his Mana was gone, just from this little amount of time moving around. So he sat down and recovered his Mana trough meditation. The next thing he tried was hardening his fists with the earth element. In the beginning, he formed a layer of the earth around his fists and hit the wall with it.

He was simply punching holes into the wall. Again if someone were to see this no one would believe it. After a few tries, he now focused the earth element to his skin and bones inside his hands. He knew this would hurt so he also directed some of his life energy as well to immediately heal his wounds if he were to hurt his hands.

He just discovered that his punches had the same effect as before and the wounds he was anticipating never occurred. "Nice with this I can enhance my body with the help of the elements and become faster and sturdier at the same time." He was very happy about all the things he discovered since he entered the yellow Rift. Finally a ray of hope.

"I finally have a way to improve myself." He rested in between these exercises to restore his Mana and completely immersed himself in moving with the earth element hardening his fists and increasing his speed by enlightening his body with the air element. The more he got used to it the more he also added hardening other body parts like his feet for kick attacks or his back and front upper body to increase his defense.

Finally, it was the last day of the Mage training course. He learned how to enhance his body with air and earth, he was not quite sure how he could enhance his body through water or fire but he knew that maybe in the future he would come up with an idea. He then put up his resistance and walked easily to the air wall.

---Congratulations---

---You have finished the Mage training course---

---You have completed the training in under 20 days---

---Special reward +10 Int---

---Would you like to change your Class to Mage?---

---Yes---

---No---

"No!" Bzzzt "Finally back, huh" Lothar was back in the yellow light and felt as if he was weightless again.

---Please choose a training course---

---Available courses are---

---Swordsmen training course---

"Swordsmen training course," Lothar answered the voice and was brought to a place with 2 doors again. For this last training course, he would need strength the most. But he was not worried at all since he now possessed wayes to increase his speed and power as well. "This should not be very difficult" He entered the door on the left again and found himself in a massive courtyard with 50 000 wooden logs that looked like training puppets holding a wooden sword on one side and a shield on the other side. After he entered the courtyard he heard an announcement.

---Sword has been added to your Inventory---

The purpose of this training course is to cut down all these logs. Only when all puppets are cut down one can finish the course. "Hmm, let's see 50 000, huh, that makes 2 500 in one day to stay under 20 days. Lothar readied himself and walked to the first row of training dummies he than took the sword out of the Inventory and equipped it. He then began to hack and slash at the first puppet. He stroke about 15 times before the puppet brock and was taken down. He then walked on to the next puppet and continued like before.

He was now faster than before and had a lot more stamina due to being able to recover with the help of the life energy he learned to control when he was doing the Healer training course. A normal person with an average strength stat 10 points would use about 3 to 4 hits to break a puppet but they would use more time to recover. Hit hits became faster and faster, becoming more and more used to swing the sword and cut down at the puppets. Since he was used to training all day long he was not getting tired at all, and after getting 10 stat points on Int, he did not feel the mental burden of doing the same thing over and over again.

He divided his mind again and began multiple thought processes to become more efficient when swinging the sword. He was able to cut down 2 500 puppets with about 15 swings for each one of them on the first day just as he planned. A normal Swordsmen applicant would take down about 1500 with about 3 to 4 swing which means in comparison to a normal person who would swing the sword around 6000 times a day he swung it about 37 000 times. He continued this for the next 3 days.

After his third day, he sat down crosslegged and began to combine his thought processes again. He meditated because there was a lot of information he had to put together such as how his feet should stand, in which angle he could cut the fastest, how he produced the most power by swinging, which way he could move and maneuver to move into the enemies blind spot and how to escape danger or to block an attack. After combining and arranging all his thought it was the dawn of the fourth day.

After a well-rounded breakfast, he prepared himself again and walked to a training dummy. The force he created by swinging his sword was very powerful and precise he also left an after image when he swung the sword. "What just happened?? How did it change over the night so dramatically? He was just mindlessly slashing and hacking the day before." The shadow exclaimed from his monitoring room. "This is the Swordforce only experienced Swordsmen are able to attain."

With the Swordforce behind his attacks, he was now able to stake down these puppets with just one swing. After that buffed his legs and added the wind element enlightenment to gain his maximum speed. He was like a blade riding the wind cutting through all these wooden logs as if he was cutting butter with a hot knife. Unleashing attack after attack and using all the skills and slashes he has come up with the last night. After the day was over approximately only 10 000 puppets remained standing.

"This kid is a complete genius, how is that possible? Just what kind of monster is he?" The shadow was still in shock since the beginning of the day until the very end of it. He did not just witness the sword force there were some very complex movements and attack maneuvers mixed into all these strikes. But this was just the beginning. He did not know that Lother was still dividing his mind to find new methods and strikes to improve him further than he already was.

So after the fourth day, he sat down again and meditated. Lothar knew he was at a threshold with his sword skills and was about to unleash his full potential if he could improve one step more. He gathered all the information he gained over the day and processed it like the day before.

After meditating through the whole night again he stood up with a big fat grin on his face."If I succeed in this, my revenge is not as far away as I thought." He ate breakfast and rested for a bit, he had enough time so he could take it easy for the moment. It was already noon as he readied himself to take up the challenge again. "It is time to try something new."

He held his sword and stood 10 meters away from the log in front of him. He channeled energy into his sword and stroke diagonally in front of him unleashing a very powerful striking force that cut through the air until in reached the log leaving a mark on it. "So this is what happens when I channel my Mana into the sword. Let's kick it up a notch." He again channeled his energies into the blade of his sword again and unleashed another strike

This time the wave that flew to the log was fiery red and slashed not only the log in front of him but also the next 2 logs behind the first one. "This is not possible, this can not be happening. This is a technique that does not even exist in the system." The shadow exclaimed in shock. Lothar did the same as before, he concentrated he Mane into the blade but this time he changed its properties into fire and wind. The fire would empower the attack manyfold and the wind helped focus the fire in the direction the slash went. Not only did the wind focus the fire into the direction it also increased the heat behind it.

This attack was more complex then one might think It combines high-level techniques of different classes. Imbuing powers into a weapon is normally only possible for Monks, Shamans, and Holy Fist. To unleash elemental attacks are only possible for Mages but to combine more than one element you would have to be an Elementalist, Alchemist, or Spiritist, and then there is the Swordforce that allowed Lother to imbue powers to the Sword itself. After a dozen ten thousand times of striking with Swordforce behind every swing, he began to feel its presence and understood how to empower it.

"This is really powerful. But it drains my Mana at a very fast pace. Since I have more then enough time left I will focus on training these slashes and how to apply them in combat for the rest of the time" He used the remaining days to practice a whole set of attacks no one has ever seen and mastered them to a very high degree. Being able to focus his mind on different parts helped him improve 5 to 6 times faster than normal people would.

On the last day, he reflected on all the things he has learned inside the training courses and bowed down into the direction of the entrance. He did not know why he chooses this direction but he just did so. He was very thankful for all the things he gained in hear. He then proceeded to the last remaining puppet and slashed it down in one easy swing. Not only did he improve to strengthen his attacks with the elements but his Swordmenship all along rose to a completely different level.

---Congratulations---

---You have finished the Swordsmen training course---

---You have completed the training in under 20 days---

---Special reward +10 Str---

---Would you like to change your Class to Swordsmen?---

---Yes---

---No---

Lothar sat down and entered a meditative state, he sat there for about 3 hours. His thoughts were focused on being a Swordsmen or staying like he is. He knew that only by accepting would he finally learn some skills related to Swordsmen. This rule applies for all the class change training courses, only after accepting a class would you be able to obtain the skills of that class. But what is with all the things he learned. He would still be able to use them but they would not be officially his skills and can not level up either. He had a guess and was hoping it may hold true. He stood up and said: "No!"