The Calm before the Storm

After achieving a breakthrough, the first thing the group had decided to do was to visit the bathhouse. Their clothes completely stank, as did the rest of their bodies. This was quite normal, as with each breakthrough, the body would get rid of greater amounts of impurities.

After the smell had been dealt with, all three of them wasted no time using the tools in the large courtyard to begin their training. They eyed up the straw dolls, the wooden weapons, and the countless pillars that would also record one's strength.

The pillars were always a good way for them to test just how much they had improved. All of them were beaming with energy, ready to test their new bodies.

"I can now stab twice as fast!" Liam said as he thrust his sword toward the chicken area of the straw doll. When in anger, he often aimed for this spot, but lately, he had become so angry it had become somewhat instinct for him.