A thousand and one times. That’s the number of attempts that Daemon had before he could pass through the gates of cultivation and into where he currently is. He doesn’t know it but, whenever he enters the trance caused by cultivation, his perception of time also slows down. Meaning, the amount of time he spent is actually longer. With each attempt lasting half a day on average while the latter attempts span in a day’s worth of time.This is what he had to deal with. This is what he had to suffer through. Daemon had to come past all of this over and over again with the same sensation of getting burnt. Until the flames finally became bearable and he reached the gates of this cultivation., bringing him closer to his goal but, not before having to endure pressing the palm of his hands on a scorching hot metal gate.Daemon screamed from the top of his lungs. He’s brought back to the land of the living, only to see his real hands having a bit of singe on them. And as soon as this is healed,
Alexander stood behind his desk and the tall lass window that lets the morning’s light pass through. A subtle amount that only leaves behind Alexander’s silhouette s, the lights of his whole office are turned off. Just as he likes it. The only thing on in this place is the lamp at the side of the walls. But these do not provide enough illumination to reach him as, these only serve the purpose of lighting the way and making sure that nobody trips. Alex has never been fond of light after all. He likes working in the dark. And in the silence of solitude. That’s how he’s always operated and, those that try to get him out of this only get swallowed by his darkness. One which has grown to the point that it leaves those affected with a cold shudder., The same thing that Christian felt as soon as his father’s menacing gaze is directed at him. “Desmond gave me a report.” Alexander walked slowly towards his table where a glass of wine waited for his hand. The man took it and poured some wine f
Daemon and Ashley finally stopped with their tour and reached the cafeteria. There are a couple of important places that they went to first though. The first being the infirmary. The place that Daemon may never have to visit in this lifetime since there’s nothing to be healed nor cured from him. Everything is taken care of by his [Lesser Regeneration] and his [Lesser Vitality].Then there are the other places of interest including the location of the library and the training hall. With the former being located somewhere near the quarters of the academic scholars. A strategic place to set the library since the scholars close to it are the ones who’ll make sue of the facility most.That’s also why the later mentioned, the training halls, are closer to the quarters of the martial arts scholars. The place where Ashley and Daemon will be able to train and get stronger. There are a total of three training halls. The [Fang Hall] belonging to Leon and his lackeys. The [Claw Hall] belonging to
Daemon and Ashley walked past the same path that they took earlier. Before heading their way towards the training grounds, both of them came back to their rooms first. Taking a bathroom break and making sure they look presentable because, Ashley told Daemon that they aren’t gonna go back to their rooms after talking with their instructor.“She’s probably gonna eat up all of our time so you might as well just stay there and use the equipments early. She won’t mind.”Ashley told this to Daemon as a seeming matter of fact. Like their instructor can’t do anything if it’s Ashley that gave the order. That’s what Daemon feels from what she just said. Though he did still follow the order nonetheless and, after this, they continued on their way.The two of them went through the same points which isn’t confusing at all. Even though the halls look a lot similar, there are already a couple of differences that Daemon noticed along the way. Like how there’s some soft stain on the lower left of the
Just as was suggested, Daemon went on to test the things present in the training hall. It isn’t just some small room where everyone’s forced to fit in. No. It’s a big on that also has a couple of rings for various sports. Though not all of these are covered since it would be impossible to fit every type of ring into a single training hall. That’s why there’s a limit to the types of martial arts that can be picked up and, judging from the materials alone, Daemon can see that a lot of these have to do with the famous ones.There’s equipment for boxing and taekwondo among others. And Daemon began using them right away. Testing out his kicks on the punching bags and trying out his flexibility and dexterity on a small obstacle course that’s made for calisthenics. Daemon didn’t tire himself out too much though. Even if lesser vitality can restore his stamina, there’s no way he’d be able to explain excessive sweating before the training actually began. That’s why he held himself back and wa
There is one big problem that Daemon has to overcome on his own. He needs to show everyone that he’s a capable person. But not just any ordinary capable person. He needs to show them that he’s capable enough of defeating Leon. That’s the level that he needs to display to these bastards in order to gain their trust and, to do that, he has to overcome the training for the day.“Put this on.” Naga told Daemon as the rest of the group are lined behind him. What he’s given is a black wristband which he placed on his left. “What’s this for?”“That’s a counter for all the things you’re gonna do today. The number of push-ups, squats, lifts, kilometers that you ran, calories burned, all those numbers are going to be displayed there.”“Holy shit, are you guys selling these?” Daemon asked. “You can probably make a lot of money out of this you know.”“We’re already selling them.” Naga added. “Though right now, our only customers are the pro athletes all over the world. You might have seen some o
Daemon finished everything. From the first training up to the last, he’s able to endure it all. His stamina ran low at the latter parts because [Lesser Vitality] couldn’t keep up so, he had to lower his pride and take the thirty second breaks before continuing with the next part of the training.Even as he did this, he already went past Ashley and George a couple of times so there’s not much that he has to prove. All that’s left is to finish the training itself which, he’s able to accomplish.He’s still the fifth though. The ones who finished first before him on the push ups are the same ones that overcame him at the end. These are the individuals that he has to beat. All the rest are, for Daemon, nothing more than a bunch of weaklings.There’s also something else that he felt during the training. His body was actually a bit lighter when he performed every one of the exercises. This is something he attributed to what he recently achieved. This being the access through the gate of flam
The office of the trainer is at the furthest back of the training hall. This is strategic because, it makes it so that all the noise and disturbances doesn’t reach it. Right next to this are the spare equipments which Daemon glanced at before knocking thrice on the door of Naga’s office.“Boss.” Daemon began.“Come in.” Naga replied.Daemon took the invitation and opened the door – allowing him to see the entirety of Naga’s room which, doesn’t look like the rest of the training hall at all. There are knives and guns placed on the walls as seeming ornaments. What’s even more amazing about this is how perfectly balanced the design looks like with the rest of the room.Meanwhile, Naga is sitting on top of her desk, with her arms crossed again. She’s looking intently at Daemon, not saying a single word until the teen finally closed the door. As soon as he did, Naga said these words:“So you’re a cultivator huh.”Daemon pretended not to know about this right away. He didn’t even have a loo