Grinding Levels
—2 days later—
Today was the start of the weekends. Sam and Robert were still deep asleep and so were many other students since it was currently around 3 or 4 in the morning. I had planned ahead and decided to make full use of the two days. I had no trouble staying awake for a whole week straight without sleep since I was used to staying up all the time practicing my magic circulation.
Yesterday, I had went off the campus to purchase some jerky and rested since it was important for the body to rest.
With my fully energized body, I headed off into the training room with the training spear and my personal training sword.
I set those aside and sat down on the ground.
'Buy all the techniques I can afford.'
[Received: Dragon Fist(Rare), Draconic Swordsmanship(Rare)]
I gained roughly 100 merit points a school day from battle class alone so I had plenty merit points to spare.
I also bought a growth potion from the shop.
[Received: Growth Potion(Rare)]
[Merit Points: 400]
I took the potion out of my inventory and downed it. It was sweet but also a very thick concoction, similar to a cocktail.
[Growth Boost(168 hours): 100% increase in growth speed]
I began the process assimilating the techniques and making them mine.
...
In my consciousness, I could imagine myself punching the air very slowly.
What I focused on wasn't how my arm was moving, but the mana flowing throughout the body. As I punched the air, just before the fist fully extended, mana would explode throughout the arm till it had a rendezvous with the contact point, a.k.a. the fist. In a way, the mana was synchronized in coordination with the movement of the punch. The result of this action was a kind of secondary punch or a fist made of mana.
The mana fist had the ability to penetrate. In analysis, if you put a meter block of metal on a wall and punched the metal, the metal would not break, but the wall will explode. Even if someone was unbreakable, that didn't make them impenetrable. If I couldn't damage the skin, I could always use this technique to punch the organs.
This was Dragon Fist. This type of technique should really be at an epic tier at least.
Next, was Draconic Swordsmanship. Similar to its spearmanship counterpart, the fundamental theory behind this style was to exploit the apparent flaws in the opponent.
—1 hour later—
[Due to the growth boost, you learn techniques faster]
[Learned: Technique - Dragon Fist(Rare), Draconic Swordsmanship(Rare)]
[Received: 200 Merit Points]
With my previous experience in Imperial Swordsmanship and Draconic Spearmanship, I was able to learn Draconic Swordsmanship much faster.
With the basic knowledge learned, I got ready to actually start my training. After all, I only had 48 hours before class starts again.
—1 hour later—
[Due to the system, you level up techniques bought from the shop faster]
[Due to the affinity of dragons, you level up techniques related to dragons faster]
[Due to the growth boost, you level up techniques faster]
[Draconic Swordsmanship(Rare) has reached level 2]
[Received: 100 Merit Points]
—3 hours later—
[Due to the system, you level up techniques bought from the shop faster]
[Due to the affinity of dragons, you level up techniques related to dragons faster]
[Due to the growth boost, you level up techniques faster]
[Draconic Swordsmanship(Rare) has reached level 3]
[Dragon Fist(Rare) has reached level 2]
[Mana Channeling(Common) has reached level 5]
[Received: 300 Merit Points]
It looks like leveling up Dragon Fist also leveled up my mana control.
—3 hours later—
[Due to the system, you level up techniques bought from the shop faster]
[Due to the affinity of dragons, you level up techniques related to dragons faster]
[Due to the growth boost, you level up techniques faster]
[Draconic Spearmanship(Epic) has reached level 5]
[Draconic Martial Arts(Rare) has reached level 6]
[Received: 200 Merit Points]
—3 hours later—
[Due to the system, you level up techniques bought from the shop faster]
[Due to the affinity of dragons, you level up techniques related to dragons faster]
[Due to the growth boost, you level up techniques faster]
[Draconic Swordsmanship(Rare) has reached level 4]
[Dragon Fist(Rare) has reached level 3]
[Received: 200 Merit Points]
I took a small break, stuffed some jerky in my mouth and continued on.
—4 hours later—
[Due to the system, you level up techniques bought from the shop faster]
[Due to the affinity of dragons, you level up techniques related to dragons faster]
[Due to the growth boost, you level up techniques faster]
[Draconic Spearmanship(Epic) has reached level 7]
[Draconic Martial Arts(Rare) has reached level 7]
[Received: 300 Merit Points]
—8 hours later—
[Due to the system, you level up techniques bought from the shop faster]
[Due to the affinity of dragons, you level up techniques related to dragons faster]
[Due to the growth boost, you level up techniques faster]
[Draconic Swordsmanship(Rare) has reached level 6]
[Dragon Fist(Rare) has reached level 6]
[Mana Channeling(Common) has reached level 8]
[Received: 800 Merit Points]
—12 hours later—
[Due to the system, you level up techniques bought from the shop faster]
[Due to the affinity of dragons, you level up techniques related to dragons faster]
[Due to the growth boost, you level up techniques faster]
[Draconic Spearmanship(Epic) has reached level 9]
[Draconic Martial Arts(Rare) has reached level 8]
[Draconic Swordsmanship(Rare) has reached level 9]
[Dragon Fist(Rare) has reached level 8]
[Mana Channeling(Common) has reached level 9]
[Received: 900 Merit Points]
—14 hours later—
[Due to the system, you level up techniques bought from the shop faster]
[Due to the affinity of dragons, you level up techniques related to dragons faster]
[Due to the growth boost, you level up techniques faster]
[Draconic Spearmanship(Epic) has reached level Max]
[Draconic Martial Arts(Rare) has reached level Max]
[Draconic Swordsmanship(Rare) has reached level Max]
[Dragon Fist(Rare) has reached level Max]
[Mana Channeling(Common) has reached level Max]
[Received: 700 Merit Points]
[Merit Points: 4100]
[Ding!]
[Congratulations to host for max leveling 5 techniques]
[Ding!]
[System Achievement: Max???]
I looked at my status and I was quite satisfied. I suddenly noticed something in the technique section. Draconic Spearmanship had a light red tinge on it. I pressed it and its information popped up.
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Draconic Spearmanship(Epic-Lvl.Max):
Out of all weapons, only the spear can exhibit the true nature of dragons.
Evolution Requirements: 4/5 met
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I could only guess the last requirement was to max out the Draconic Footwork technique that I had yet to buy.
Either way, I was proud of my current fighting prowess and was certain I could easily defeat Robert if I used any of these mastered techniques.
I went back to the dorms to wash up and get ready for class.
[Gains: Strength: +2.09, Agility: +7.98]