For Starters, A Thousand Years (1)

I knew that my memories of this place wouldn't last in the real world, so to bypass my memory, I instead focused on letting my body make the movements.

It's pretty close to muscle memory, but now that I think about it, it's more accurate to label it as procedural memory. Just like how one wouldn't easily forget to ride a bike, I would spend enough time here that my body would move unconsciously to counter each possible move that Noir could make.

*SQUISH!*

As I was lost in thought, Noir's fist landed on my head and smashed it to bits like a watermelon, killing me instantly. The differences in our basic stats are worlds apart, after all.

As soon as I revived, before Noir's clone could manifest, I quickly applied all the buffs that I had learned. With the cast in parallel, my base power jumped by three times at least. It wasn't enough to reach the god-tamer level, but it should be enough to let me react, at least.