"3...2...1...Fight", The monotone voice sounded.

Magnus held his ground as he prepared to face Race, who was rushing at him. Magnus knew, even though he was stronger than Race, it will be impossible for him to defeat Race. Race went in for a left hook, which Magnus was able to dodge. He countered it with a punch of his own.

Race simply dodged it, at the same time he gave the outstretched arm of Magnus a slight pull. This totally broke his balance, making Magnus almost fall. Race punched with his right hand. This one was aimed at Magnus's shoulder. Magnus closed his eyes as he knew he couldn't do anything.

But the punch never arrived. He opened his eyes to find Race supporting him with his right arm on Magnus's shoulder.

" You should never try send your entire bodyweight on a punch. That is only for a final deciding blow. Otherwise if the opponent manage to avoid it, you will be completely open to his counter attack. Oh.. never close your eyes in a battle. You will never know how the battle or the battlefield changes. An opportunity may arise at the last moment. A battle between to individuals without a great power gap can easily be decided on how well they utilize the opportunity." Race started to guide Magnus.

" If there is no opportunity present, you must make one. A battle is not decided by just the strength of their fists. It is battle of minds as well. You can't just randomly throw punches and expect to emerge victorious. Each fist should have a purpose and intent. Now Again". Race took his stance, waiting for Magnus to get ready.

This time it was Magnus who went for the opening punch. Heeding Race's advice he didn't put all his strength behind the punch. Race easily dodged it and retaliated with a punch of his own. Magnus was ready for it this time. He was able to easily block it with his arm. But Race used the blind spot which Magnus created when he blocked the punch. A punch landed on the Magnus's stomach.

" You should always try to avoid the strikes and blows as much as you can. Blocking is only for when you are able to see through your enemies moves or when you have learned your enemies rhythm."

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Race once again took his stance. Magnus was taught more than one lesson in that spar. He was quick learner, slowly he was able to last more moves against Race. After a while Race proposed an idea which seemed to be utter madness.

" What if we fought Sione together. It will give Sione a better challenge and improve our technique at the same time." Magnus was trying to find reasons to avoid it but Sione was excited with proposition." Please Brother Magnus, please spar with me as well."

A teenager and an adult teamed up to fight a small kid. But Sione was able to beat them easily, though it took a bit longer. They kept at till lunch. Magnus's combat style had a drastic increase in quality. Sione too experienced a improvement in his techniques as he had to face two opponents at the same time.

" Haha, That was fun", Sione said as he was hoping alongside his elder brothers.

A weak yeah was the only reply heard from his elder brothers. Race and Magnus were barely able to move. They were in pain and was so tired that they found walking to be a herculean task.

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Race then continued his studies till night and refined mana in the night. He was able to increase the rate of Mana conversion every single night. He spared with his brother's in the morning till lunch, went to the library and studied till night and strengthened his body with Primal magicules in the night. This was his timetable for next few days.

With Rate of progression increasing every night Race was set to complete the the first level in a few days. On the night of the fourth day(from when he started to refine Mana), Race was excited when he began The body strengthening for the night. on the Third day his progress had jumped from 48% to 90% and tonight Race was going to reach 100%.

Race sat on His bed cross legged as he slowly brought in Mana from his surroundings. The amount being much larger than what he was able to bring in when he began this type of strengthening. He changed the rhythm of breathing as his body slowly refined the Mana into Primal Magicules. He was in pain as he slowly used the primal magicules to completely purify/refine his body.

Race waited till the progress Bar reached 100%. When it did Race felt as if his conscience was transported into another world/dimension.

Just as Race was about open his eyes, he heard a robotic voice.

" First level of Body Strengthening completed, Primary level functions of the system is currently active."

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