Chapter 23
Adamantium Fortress: Training Ground
Deon and William headed to the training ground for the afternoon training right after finishing their lunch to ensure they wouldn't be late, as they were unsure of the exact start time.
“What do you think our afternoon training will be like?” William asked
“I have no idea. I hope we learn how to control our mana,” Deon said after pondering about it. Ever since he awakened, he tried to control his mana every time he meditated but had no progress
“Oh yeah. That would be amazing. Do you think it will be another introductory lesson like last time?” William asked
“It might be. To be honest, I don’t mind the introductory lesson. It’s very informative,” Deon said
“Yeah. Me too, although I wish we don’t have to meditate anymore,” William said
“Why not? You don’t like meditating?” Deon asked
“Not really, no. But maybe it's because I’m not used to it yet,” William said
“Oh… Didn’t we only meditate for 3 hours this morning? Or was it 2 hours?” Deon asked
“I think it was around 3 hours,” William replied after pondering
“Then we still need to do at least two more hours until we finish our 5 hours meditation per day requirement,” Deon said
“Yeah. But I don’t think we will do that in our afternoon training, right?” William asked
“Maybe. I mean, we never expected to do 3 hours of meditation this morning, so…” Deon said
“I guess,” William said before sighing
“I don’t mind the meditation. I actually find it relaxing,” Deon said
“Really? I found it very tiring. Imagining the life flame for 3 hours is just too boring. I wish we don’t have to imagine and be able to enter that room again as we had during the awakening ceremony. If it was like that, then I don’t mind spending 5 hours just staring at the Life flame,” William said
“Yeah, I guess that would be a lot easier,” Deon said and couldn’t help but think of his dreamscape and how he could easily do that
‘I guess, My dreamscape will be a lot more useful than I thought it would be,’ Deon thought and couldn’t help but smile at his fortune.
“I mean, imagining is just hard, especially if you do it for long hours. It's very hard to focus on just one thing,” William said. “My mind keeps on thinking about another thing.”
“Well. Instructor Edder did say that we could separate our 5 hours of meditation throughout the day. I plan to do 3 hours before bedtime and 2 hours during the morning. What about you?” Deon asked
“To be honest, I haven’t thought about it yet, but I might do something like yours and see if it works for me,” William said
Deon and William continued their conversation for a few more minutes before they saw Instructor Edder entering the training ground with two people beside him.
“All right, Gather around! You Rookies,” Instructor Edder shouted to the youths in the training ground, to which the youths immediately lined up before the instructor.
“This is Doctor Orrin Ames, and he is one of the doctors here in the Adamantium fortress,” Instructor Edder Introduced the doctor while pointing at the old man with a lab coat beside him. “He will be examining you all to determine your health and physical ranks, so make sure to do everything that the doctor says, or I don’t mind punishing some of you… All right, With the introduction out of the way, Let's start! Line up in front of the doctor”
Deon and the other new high knights quickly form a line in front of the doctor. However, the doctor pays no attention to them and instead sets up his equipment with the assistance of a young person accompanying him.
The youth placed a table beside Doctor Orrin, who then set up his equipment. He displayed numerous needles and small flasks to Instructor Edder and the other high knights, who waited patiently for him.
The new high knight standing in front of Doctor Orrin appeared nervous when he caught sight of the equipment. He seemed to be reconsidering his decision to be the first one in line for the procedure.
“All right, Let's start. Sit here,” Doctor Orrin said before pointing the chair beside him for the new high knight to sit.
“Yes, Doctor,” The new high knight replied, trying his best not to look nervous.
“All right, So for this procedure, I am only going to take some of your blood for me to test your physical level, which is the basic test procedure,” Doctor Orrin explained to the new high knight to relieve the youth’s nervousness “So give me your hand and relaxed it for me… Good… Now, you will feel a little pinch, so don’t try to move around or make your body tense.”
“Yes, Doctor,” the new high knight said
Doctor Orrin took a cotton ball and cleaned the arm of the new high knight before expertly piercing the arm of the knight with a small needle allowing the blood to flow toward the small flasks. After filling the small flash with blood, Doctor Orrin removed the needle from the knight’s arm.
“All right, That was it. It wasn’t that bad, was it?” Doctor Orrin asked with a comforting smile
“No, Thank you, Doctor,” The new high knight said, quite embarrassed that he was nervous during the procedure, and thanked himself as he didn’t make a fool of himself.
“All right, What is your name again?” Doctor Orrin asked as he took the paperwork from his bag
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“It's Harrison Welsh, Doctor,” The new high knight said
“All right, You can go now, Next!” Doctor Orrin said while filling out his paperwork before handing it to his assistant along with the small blood flask
Doctor Orrin collected the blood of each new high knight individually as Instructor Edder waited patiently. Thankfully, there were no issues, and Doctor Orrin was able to complete all of his tasks within a few minutes.
“Thank you, Doctor Orrin,” Instructor Edder said after Doctor Orrin finished
“Don’t worry about it. It's part of my job. I should have the result in a few minutes,” Doctor Orrin said before packing his equipment.
“I understand,” Instructor Edder said before addressing the new high knights. “Give thanks to Doctor Orrin for his work.”
“Thank You, Doctor Orrin,” Deon and the rest of the new high knights said before giving Doctor Orrin a small bow of appreciation.
“I appreciate it. If any of you have any injuries, don’t be shy and come look for me in the clinic.” Doctor Orrin smilingly said before dismissing himself, leaving his assistant to pack all the equipment.
“All right, Before we get our result, I want to see if everyone has the same knowledge about health. So Who can tell me about the Physical Rank test that we just did?” Instructor Edder said with one of the new high knights immediately raising her hand. “You,”
“Physical Rank test is about figuring out the overall power of our body and our physical attribute and what rank they sit in the standard physical rank,” the new high knight said
“Excellent! Can anyone tell me the ranks of our physique?” Instructor Edder asked with another new high knight raising his hand. “You,”
“There are 13 ranks, starting with F-, followed by F, F+, E, E+, D, D+ and so on until A+” the new high knight said
“Good! What is the rank of a Normal Human Adult?” Instructor Edder asked, with the first knight raising her hand again. “You,”
“A normal human adult has a rank of F, and anyone that has less strength than an adult human will have a rank of F-“
“Excellent! Normally this kind of knowledge is considered magical knowledge, and everyone here shouldn’t know about this until now, but I also understand that it has become common knowledge that even some commoners know about it,” Instructor Edder said. “However, I will still give a lecture about the physical ranks even if some of you already know about it since your knowledge might have gaps within them, and it is my duty as your instructor to give solid knowledge about the basics.”
“So, let's start with the ‘physical rank’; like its name, it's about ranking the physique based on strength. The higher the rank, the stronger the physique, and the lower the rank, the weaker it is.
This ranking does not only apply to humans as it could also apply to anything with a physical body, including animals, chimera, and magical beasts.
The ranking was created using the normal human adult as the base. That’s why human adults are placed in the F rank, as It is the starting point of the ranking system and not because humans have a weaker physique and any physique below that of an adult human are placed in F- Rank,” Instructor Edder explained.
“While rank F is a rank that an average human could reach, the F+ is considered to be the peak of the human condition, which means no matter how much humans train, the limit that they could reach is only F+, and although it might seem like the only difference between the two is a +, the truth is F+ is at least two or three times stronger than an F rank.
Of course, When I said that F+ is the limit humans can reach, I am talking about a normal method of reaching F+. It is possible to go beyond the F+ rank, but that involves magic, and with magic, the limits of our physique can be limitless.
To be more precise, there are three methods that can increase one’s limit to go beyond rank F, which are: Natural Evolution, Enhance Evolution, and Refined Evolution. For now, I won't explain these three types since it would take a lot of time and make our lecture more complicated than just an introductory lecture, but don’t fret; I will explain this more in the future.
So, let's go back to our topic, which is the physical rank test, and talk about how the test can give a detailed result about the overall power of our physique by separating the abilities of our body into five types of attributes, Do any of you know the five attributes of our physique?” Instructor Edder asked, but this time no one raised their hands
“It's fine if no one knows. I'll explain the five attributes: Strength, Vitality, Durability, Agility, and Potential. Now, I can explain every single of the attributes, but I’m sure everyone here somewhat has an idea about what they are and what they represent, and if you don’t, ill give a brief rundown: Strength is the overall power of our body, Durability is the Overall Defense and Resistance of our body, Vitality is the Overall Stamina and Recovery of our body, Agility is the overall speed that our body can do and finally Potential which represent our peak physical condition.
When you receive your result when Doctor Orrin returns, it will break down every rank of your physical attribute,” Instructor Edder explained and took out his pocket watch. “Hmm… Since Doctor Orrin is a bit late, how about we discuss more about the physical attribute? Do any of you have questions?” A lot of the new high knights raised their hand
Deon didn’t raise his hand but still paid attention to the questions being thrown at the instructor. Many of the questions being asked were mostly basic questions that even deon could answer, but he still listened carefully.
A Few more minutes passed by when Deon saw Doctor Orrin return with his assistant carrying a lot of paperwork
‘Is that our result?’ Deon curiously thought
“Instructor Edder, Doctor Orrin is here,” one of the new high knights spoke, interrupting Instructor Edder during his lecture.
“Ahh. Doctor Orrin, you’re here. Was everything all right?” Instructor Edder asked
“Ah. Yes, My apologies for interrupting your lecture,” Doctor Orrin said
“No need for apologies, The test is more important,” Instructor Edder said
“Well. I have it here. Alan, Please give the result to Instructor Edder,” Doctor Orrin said
“Yes, Doctor,” the youth beside the doctor said before giving the paperwork to Instructor Edder
“Thank you, Doctor,” Instructor Edder said before looking at the new high knights, who were excited about their results. “All right, When I say your name, Come get your result,”
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Thought For thoughts
* Physical Attributes: Strength, Agility, Durability, Vitality, and Potential
Physical Ranking
Ranks
Bases
F-
Below Adult Humans
F
Adult Humans
F+
Peak Human Condition
E
1.5x Times of F+
E+
2x Times of F+
D
1.5x Times of E+
D+
2x Times of E+
C
2x Times of D+
C+
2x Times of D+
B
3x Times of C+
B+
2x Times of C+
A
3x Times of B+
A+
2x Times of B+