Chapter 29: Training
The next day arrive and students were free to do whatever they like with their time. The news of Bright aka the 'sword king ' making someone who is 50 levels above him run away in fear spread like wildfire.
Some people couldn't believe it because it has never been heard of.
"Are you sure he really did that or the girl actually left in an hurry to do something?" a vampire named Charlie asked his friends
"Well that's the trending topic right now" Charles answered
"I will like to see how far he can go against me" Charming said with a glint in his eyes.
Charlie, Charles and Charming are three best friends. Charles is a werewolf and Charming is a human.
"Hmm...i sense someone getting into trouble " Charles joked
"Charming just leave the dude alone, he's not up to your level " Charlie stated
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Bright and his comrades get prepared for their training, they walked eagerly to the AUTA.
"Here today you will be undergoing a mind training so has to modify, strengthen and expand your mental sphere." Stelio explained what their training will be .
"But before we continue who can tell me how human mental sphere and oval came to be?"Stelio questioned
"Human were a normal being for thousands of years before science came into existence and development started, later on science began to develop more and more until human discovered the functions of the brain and later found out about the mental sphere through the"passage of time"
"The mental sphere was formed from the mutation of the various functional components of the brain. The hindbarin which is also called 'rhombencephalon' is the central nervous system in human, the mountain which is also called 'mesencephalon'thag stands as a cross section in the brain."
"the fore brain(prosencephalon), neutral pathway which connects the nervous system to another using bundles of axons called tracts, endocrine system which sends message, neuro vascular system which is the nerve cell, neuro transmitter which are released from synoptic vesicles into the synoptic cleft where they are able to interact with neurotransmitters receptor on the targeted cells and many more system and sections of the brain.
"Which all work today and mutated becoming a colorful shade of light in a section in human skull where the sea of consciousness (mental strength dwell), the mental sphere helps the brain function more than it does and help awakeners to think faster and process things at a fast rate."
"It also contributed in the advancement of science where by teleportations are discovered, strong capabilities in human to are discovered."
"As for the oval, it is the result of the mutation from the brain which is being sent to the cells forming a mutant cell. The mutant cells come together and formed a container meant to hold the magical/elememtal energy in humans and other races. The wideness of the oval determine the quantity of the energy the human can hold,
it prevents the human body from fallen apart due to the massive energy in them, while the oval makes the beast elemental energies become crystals that power their innate and elemental abilities. " Bright explained lengthily.
"Wow....i didn't know you are so vast in science and history, i now see something you are good at" Stelio said
He took them all into a room and asked them to enter a round shaped glass, they did as they were told.
"Relax and don't panic, just focus on the feeling. When the system notice you can't take it anymore it will push you out itself " Stelio said
They walked into the various round shaped glass and sat down conveniently in it, a refreshing feeling washed over them, making their body relax. Then gradually they started feeling a prick in their head , the trend continued and the prick increased rapidly.
Pressure began to descend on their minds, the pressure increased, making them frown. A stir fry began in their mental sphere and their sea of consciousness began to tremble.
Sweats appeared on their faces but the pressure keeps increasing, the mental walls tried hard to protect the sphere from cracking. It later began to give in due to the increase in the pressure.
The sea of consciousness depleting at a fast pace making their minds weak and fragile, more space began to appear and their mental sphere enlarge and grew wider but weaker due to the stress.
'Tuss'
One of the glass opened and a figure was seen blacked out, then as if planned the glasses all began to open, once it opens, a soothing feeling immediately seeped into their mental sphere making it relax.
The sea of consciousness will now begin to settle and refill itself before filling up the new space and then reinforcing the mental walls .
Surprisingly someone was able to last longer than the rest due to certain reasons. Stelio waited for them to wake up, so their minds can relax.
"Now the next step is to train your body, you will go into that room and stand under that metal. Once you're ready, the metal will drop, all you have to do is hold it up till when you don't have the strength to " Stelio explained the next training to them.
They all walked in and stood where they were told to stand, the metal Immediately dropped, applying next to no weight at all. Then suddenly it added weight and the trend continued.
The metal tried pushing them down, but it was being lifted back up. After few minutes, they couldn't hold it up any longer, the weight immediately stopped adding.
They all came out with sweat dripping from their faces and bodies.
"Next on the list is, reaction speed. You are to stand on a platform surrounded by four cannons. The cannons will constantly shoot balls at you the speed, force and reaction will increase after every single waves cleared" Stelio instructed.
"so what are me ought to do?" Samuel asked the question on their minds
"Very simple you just have to hit every single ball shot at you precisely with a bat that will giving to you" Stelio answered
They all moved together to mini room, walking into the room they saw different machines meant for testing speed.
Grabbing their bat, they all stepped into the machine ready for work.
"Input your name in the username there, and a password for your private assess, then lightly push the green button at your right side. " Stelio instructed again
A single person will have an head start while the rest will take turns, but before that let me display specific skill for you. I'll stop at the right wave.
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Stelio took a stance ready to knock off any ball that comes his way,....first wave.
Single ball shot out of the cannon at a slow speed, he was able knock them back successfully.
.....Second wave
The speed increased to a moderate speed
......Third wave
Stelio continued to strike them precisely till he got to the sixth wave, the speed increased and two balls were shot out each from the cannons..
They all watched closely....
"There is a timing to when the duo balls are being shot" Bright thought to himself
"Nice thinking, the balls are not shot once, you just have to be fast and precise. Don't worry you'll get the hang of it with practice." the blade said
.....Eight wave
'swoosh' 'swoosh' 'swoosh' 'swoosh'.....
Four balls shoot out of the cannons with speed and force, slightly pushing Stelio's hands back with each hit, but it was able to hold it's ground. His hand moved in an unfathomable speed, successfully knocking back each balls . The eyes of the trainees(Bright and Co) couldn't follow the speed at which the balls were being shot nor the speed and precise motion at which Stelio hit them.
"This is fun but crazy " Samuel exclaimed
"I would have been knocked out since if I was in his shoes " Timmy said while shaking his head
"You still have hope to go far than your friends due to your sword art and precise slash, but you still have a long way to go to be this perfect " the blade said in Bright's head
"I think Bright has more chance than we do here" Noah stated
"Yeah, he has surpassed us in all the training we have done so far, which makes me surprised how he's able to pull all this off without awakening an ability. I wonder how far he will go once he awakens an ability " Samuel said while smiling
"I'm sure he will surpass Stelio once he awakens an ability " James said
They didn't know that Bright has once lived a life on another plane before and also his consciousness has survived a thousand years in the void, so his potential is more than they could fathom, he has an edge as his advantage.
Which brought the question, what will happen once he unlocks his potential??????
'Ding'
Wave eight cleared...
Stelio stepped out of the machine...
"Now you are up, go in and show me what you got" Stelio said
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Timmy went in first to try his luck, he pushed the the button and the first wave began...
The balls came out slow, he was able to hit them easily, then wave two...
There was an increase in the speed and force at which the balls shoot out, they couldn't use their ability.
Wave three...
The first balls pushed him back slightly but he hold his footing up to the fourth wave before being hit severely at the fifth wave.
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Samuel tried his luck and was able to reach the fourth wave before losing.
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James was able to reach the sixth wave before being shot by double balls at a fast rate and stronger force.
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Noah told was able to reach the sixth wave and was even able to go beyond James score in the sixth wave and was also hit by the balls.
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"let's see what you got kid" the blade said enthusiastically
"let's see how far the so called blessed son can go, if he can't reach the sixth then he's by no means special. Which means the heirloom chooses wrongly." Stelio thought to himself
Bright stepped in and also pushed the button, be took a battle stance as if he was ready to slash multiple opponents at a time, but this time he is not with his dual blade but with a bat.
He gripped the bat firmly and was able to clear the wave more easily than his friends.
The got to the sixth wave and the battle began, he swung his bat at the right time able to deflect them precisely, but was still pushed back due to the force.
He immediately solidify his footing and deflected more like an expert swordsman deflecting multiple arrows.
Wave six cleared...
The seventh wave was ready but the balls weren't shot immediately, Bright used that opportunity to make his footing more firm and his grip on the bat stronger.
'Swoosh' 💨
'Pah'
A single ball was sent with full speed and force which moved him from his strong footing, it came out so fast that he nearly lost it.
"The timing, it decreased by four seconds " Bright calculated
"You sure must be the best in elementary school and your classes even in the upper class"the blade praised
'Swoosh' 'Swoosh' 💨
More balls this time three balls were shot out and the more he successfully deflect them the more the speed and force increase, the more the time it took to be shot out reduces.
He was able to try his best before being knocked by barrage of balls after almost succeeding in clearing the seventh wave.
("_")....everyone
"How was he able to do that?" what the question in their mind
"Impressive, he's worthy but not too worthy" Stelio thought to himself not wanting to accept the fact that the boy beat it's record at his first try, he came close to beating the record of miss Abigail when she was his age.
But it was still impressive knowing he isn't an awakener yet.