4 | Training Arc

POV: Tai Brooch

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I'm not sure how I've reached this point, but I'm sure that there's something wrong.

No matter how many times I'm instructed on my training, the results seem peculiar. Whenever I'm forced to do physical labor, it seems my body is so weak that I pass out.

The problem happens when I wake up, I'm refreshed and not exhausted, brimming with energy. This only lead my teacher to increase the intensity of my training, I seem to be inexhaustible.

I wasn't sure if the world was helping me in its own way or if I just have a super cool body.

One of the training scenarios was sprinting as fast as I could. I could hardly run from the line created by a stick to a far off boulder. No matter how fast I try to push my legs to move, how hard I push myself off the ground, or how much I contract my muscles, nothing seemed to be working.

I could only say that there might be something wrong with me, quick recovery but slow improvement. This is what I can determine my potential to be.

My teacher doesn't say anything about my progression or anything about changing the training. I don't want to call it incompetent but, if something doesn't change, then we have to change it from the beginning, right?

I can't help but reflect on my life back on Earth, being a normal student who lives like everyone else. I don't think I'm someone special or am anyone with hidden powers. Nothing makes sense anymore and I think I'm slowly losing myself as I live in this new world I was transported to.

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4 years

It's been 4 years since I've been in this world.

All I've done was train for 4 years, there has been no noticeable changes in my appearance but my results have proven to be deceptive.

My legs can flash forward and I can instantly find myself wherever I go. I of course chose not to go any further than I'm supposed to since I'm not sure what's out there.

My arms generate enough force to break sound, I want to say break space but I have no idea what 'breaking space' looks like. My master doesn't seem to see anything beyond me breaking through the air.

My back can carry weight beyond comprehension, I've yet to find my limit when it comes to carrying something. Perhaps my body is more talented than I expected? I'm not sure where I stand in this world or if this world is strong. All I know is that I'm practically a superhuman in Earth's perspective.

I don't exaggerate when I say that I might be stronger than my master, lately he seems to be aging rapidly and looks like he might join others in retirement and become reclusive. But whenever he looks at me, he shows a prideful look but also a contemplative expression whenever he's alone.

It makes me wonder if there is something wrong with me but I don't really know what is the standard of this world. I wasn't taught anything, just pure training. I'm practically all muscles no brain in this world.

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POV: Yui Herald

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The history of this world is quite unique, it seems to have a much longer history than my old world.

There exists legends beyond my scope of imagination, dated so far back that most people in the current generation list it as 'Unidentified mysteries'. No one can prove the existence of such things but no one can also disprove as there's been theories and experiments tested to prove that such a thing is possible but only under extremely small probabilities.

Although the history books of this world are nearly endless, the power system in this world is quite easy to understand. Using the power of Divinity, people enclose their soul in this form of energy and cultivate their soul, evolving it into a higher state of being. According to studies found throughout the the timeline of this world, people tried to use it in other ways like cultivating the body, cultivating the mind, etc. The best use of Divinity was to focus it on the soul so it can become a generator for external energy.

This external energy developed from the soul is called Force, it's quite similar to Qi in my old world but it seems both stronger and purer. According to the logic behind Divinity, Divinity is used to evolve someone beyond their current shell into a bona fide immortal. It seems that by elevating your soul can bring better results than receiving energy from your surroundings as it's been concluded that the soul is much more powerful and easier to see success in immortality in comparison to any other method.

To be honest, this logic seemed almost plausible if it weren't for the fact that the process itself was too slow in my opinion. So, I've done some testing with Divinity and found something quite interesting.

Similar to incubating your soul in Divinity, I decided to circulate my soul with Divinity instead and encased it using my physical self and wrapped my body in divinity, essentially creating a self propelling vortex in my body and trapping it with my body that absorbs Divinity, enhancing both my soul and body simultaneously.

Only time can tell if this discovery of Divinity can surpass all techniques.

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4 years later

To be quite honest, I think I've overdone the training. If I were to estimate my current body, I'd say I surpass my old body to an absurd degree.

I wasn't quite sure how strong my soul is either but, I can seemingly stretch out Force far enough beyond my eyes, relying on my Divinity to locate how far Force can reach.

This supposedly higher realm doesn't seem to be challenging for me?

Unless my current power is only the lower tier powerhouse of this world, I don't see me losing to anyone.

I could even leave my family now and travel the world without care.

Well, might as well leave them, leave no attachments behind since I want to become the new ruler of this world.

The hardest thing to do when forming attachments is separating them.