A Day of Training

In a training room of Nakamura labs, Dave wanted to explore his new ability in detail. Ten meters in front of him stood a can of cola, which Ayano put there for him. She wanted Dave to shoot his bubbles at the can. Of course, hitting it so hard that it would fall over wasn't possible right now. To achieve that, he would not only have to control the direction of the bubble but the speed and hardness of it too.

'Control your breathing.' Dave took a deep breath and slowly exhaled again.

'Then move the bubble at a steady pace. Not to fast not to slow and always maintain the same speed level.'

Dave pointed his palm in the direction of the can. Then a bubble materialized and flew slowly with a steady pace in its direction.

Sweat dripped from Dave's wet hair. He trained for over an hour already and he had yet to hit his target. He came together with Ayano over here directly after he explained to her what his ability was. She wanted him to gain his first practical experience with his ability in a safe environment.

The bubble hit the can and burst.

Ptchh.

"Yeah finally." Dave cheered.

"Very good Dave. Let's take a break."

Suddenly a window appeared in front of Dave.

[Through continuous training of your bubble control, your ability 'Bubble Control' rose in rank. You will have now an easier time controlling bubbles.

[Bubble Control]: E]

"Hey, Ayano my skill level rose." Dave smiled from ear to ear. He really liked that his training bore fruit for him.

"Very good now come over here. While your mana capacity needs to recover, the best thing to do is to meditate. Every ability user meditates to train the quality of their mana. Be aware that the quantity of your mana, you can train through continuously depleting your reserves, but the quality you train through meditation. With each breath you take, you have to focus on filtering the mana that enters your body. The purer it is the better the quality of your mana becomes."

Ayano waved Dave over to her side.

"Here Dave take this pill. It will help you with your meditation." She gave him a pill of pure light blue color.

"Let it melt on your tongue and then start meditation."

Dave did as he was told and sat down cross-legged starting his mediation. Slowly the pill disintegrated in his mouth and the medicine took effect.

After his first cycle of meditation, a window popped open in front of him.

[You succeeded in the achievement [Hero's train without rest] through meditating during your resting periods you proved yourself as a hero.

You unlocked the new skill [Hero's Meditative State]]

[Hero's Meditative State]

[Cleans your body's mana and increases regeneration speed.

The skill effect can be improved through various medicines.

Currently active:

Light Blue Mana Pill: Boosts your mana regeneration by 50% and the mana cleansing speed by 200%.]

'Yeah nice, a new skill. I can feel already its effect.' Dave felt maintaining the meditation much easier after he got the skill. The reason for this was that the system supported him now.

After 15 minutes of training, Dave felt that his mana was nearly completely recovered.

'This must be the effect of the pill. I have to remember to ask Ayano, where I can buy a pill like this.'

5 minutes later his mana reserves were nearly spilling over and again a window appeared in front of him.

[You continuously cleansed your mana through meditation and the usage of a pill. Your mana quality improved.

Wisdom: E+]

'Nice.' thought Dave and stood up.

Waving in Ayanos direction he told her,

"Ayano I am finished with meditation. I got a new skill called [Hero's Meditative State] and my wisdom stat improved."

"Nice Dave, then let us continue your bubble control training.

This time I want you to hit 5 out of 10 bubble shots."

"Okay." Dave continued his training and this time he managed to hit even 7 out of 10 cans. It was much easier for him now. The first reason, of course, was the improved skill level of [Bubble Control] but his improved mana quality through his higher wisdom did its part too.

He even noticed that he could shoot now faster a second bubble after the first and each bubble flew faster. This, in turn, made him run out of mana even faster and 20 min later he had to start his meditation again.

This time [Bubble Control] didn't improve even though he managed to hit 10 out of 10 by his last try.

Sitting down again a new window appeared in his view.

[Continously depleting your mana reserves and handling mana increased the quantity of your mana.

Intelligence: E]

'Yeah, another one. I can see myself becoming stronger. Mike your revenge won't be that far in the future.' Dave thought satisfied with himself, his clenched fists resting on his knees.

He continued this training routine until evening and made quite some progress.

'Status'

Name: Dave Davidson Age: 21

Title: Wanne be Hero

Class: Man, who plays with bubbles Rank: 1 Star

Class Evolution: 1%

Attributes

Strength: F

Agility: F+

Stamina: F+

Wisdom: D-

Intelligence: E+

Charisma: F

Heroism: 1

'That is quite some hefty progress. Noteworthy is not only the progress of 'Wisdom' and 'Intelligence', his 'Charisma' improved too. After he depleted the third time his mana reserves a window popped open in front of him.

[Your effort and focus appear charming. Your 'Charisma improved.

Charisma: F]

Dave was not sure but he felt as if Ayano was slightly nicer to him after it happened. Without a way to verify his hypothesis, he didn't think about it further.

The best thing for Dave was the fact that his class evolution progressed.

It went up from 0% to 1%. Sure 1% is not much but as a matter of fact, he only trained for a single day and he didn't know if he was even using the fastest way right now.

If he could continue like this then in only 100 days he could upgrade his class.

Of course, not only his stats improved his 'Bubble Control' skill reached new heights too. After he managed to hit every time he shot a bubble, they started shape training. Dave was like one of those people, who created animals from balloons. He started with easy figures like a cube, a pyramid, and so on. Later then he even managed to create dogs and cats out of it. When he reached this point Ayano wanted him to not only change the shape but to do it as fast as possible. So he alternated between different figures and only slightly paused each time one was finished.

Through all this [Bubble Control] reached rank: D+.

All in all, it was a really successful day. Dave and Ayano decided that he would stay overnight so that they could continue their training the next day. After all, it wasn't as if someone was waiting at home for Dave. Nakamura labs had various guest rooms and so he chose one that was particularly close to the training room.

'Tomorrow I definitely want to test the skill [Newbie Hero's Radar].

I can't wait to see what it does.' This was already his last thought this evening.

After his hard day of training, Dave finally went to bed and slept as soon as he hit the mattress. A pleasant smile around his lips.