"This way, you can get used to fighting people of your same weight class, without the gap in mass and core level affecting the development of your techniques.
"Quylla, your body is fit for a homebody thanks to your training, but it’s inadequate even for a street fight. Before teaching you how to fight, you need better foundations so we’ll focus on developing your muscles and endurance.
"Phloria, Tista, you two are two sides of the same coin. Phloria’s body has evolved too fast compared to her core and needs further refining. Tista, instead, has a perfect body and too few impurities.
"Luckily for you, the solution is the same. I just need to push you to your utmost limits. Get ready, I’ll show you how an Awakened fights." One of the golems with Faluel’s appearance said while the others nodded.
Quylla had to run laps of the lair to work on her endurance while Tista and Phloria got pummelled by their respective golem. Faluel would always hit to produce little damage but great pain, to not let them underestimate their exercise and prolong it as much as she could.
The moment they became incapable of moving further, she would use light magic to speed up their recovery. It allowed them to strengthen their bodies and produced more impurities.
Then, Faluel would take out Phloria’s impurities with Invigoration and leave Tista’s intact. As soon as the healing magic fixed them, the training would resume. Phloria had much more battle experience compared to Tista yet she fared no better because neither of them had ever faced an Awakened.
The moment they tried to set some distance, the golem would be shrouded by a light that indicated the use of Invigoration. Each time it happened, the match would end abruptly.
The golems left them no time to use their breathing technique and exploited the sudden gap in energy to finish them off quickly. Tista was used to Fusion Magic whereas Phloria had trouble adjusting her footing to her faster and stronger movements, turning what was supposed to be an advantage into a hindrance.
"I can’t believe I’m out of breath in barely over a minute." Tista said amid pants during one of the short breaks Faluel gave them to reflect on their many mistakes. free𝑤ebnovel.com
"Do you have any idea how mentally and physically exhausting it is to go all out while focusing on your opponent’s every movement?" Faluel’s golem said. "Tista, you never fought a real opponent and got used to easy wins.
"Phloria, you’re an excellent fighter, but until you don’t get used to Fusion Magic and to not leave the opponent the time to breathe freely, you’ll never win."
As for Quylla, she soon understood the depth of the nightmare she was in. The moment she was exhausted and too tired to continue, Faluel would give her a tonic. Then, healing magic would enhance her muscles and share part of Faluel’s stamina with her.
"Please, enough with the running. I’m sick of it." Quylla never stopped long enough to stop sweating and even if her body was always at its peak, she was frustrated beyond reason.
"Muscle training it is." The golem shapeshifted into a mud form that covered Quylla’s body.
It didn’t weigh much, but it opposed every of her movement, tripling the effort needed to take even a single step.
Nalrond joined them just in time to hear them beg Faluel to stop. The Hydra could use Invigoration as much as she wanted, providing her students with plenty of healing and vitality. None of them had an excuse to slack off, condensing days of training in a single afternoon.
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