“Hmm, so the things I create are permanent huh. This is a pretty broken ability.” said Zero as he looked toward the man and woman he created

“Yes it's a very powerful ability but it’s not really suited for combat which is a problem. Anyways those 2 seem to be as intelligent as newborns so what will you do with them?” asked Hel

“I was thinking I’d leave them here and see what happens. When my mana recovers I’ll create some animals and give these 2 some knowledge and see how they develop in the future.” answered Zero

“Hoh that’s pretty harsh. Look at them they can even move due to the planet’s gravity and although my ice cooled down the area the heat will return and kill them eventually. I think it would be cruel to leave them here.” said Hel as she pointed to the 2 individuals with wobbly knees

“Maybe you’re but for now I’m curious to see how much potential these 2 have. If they die I’ll resurrect them and move them somewhere else. Anyways let’s head back to the hotel and wait for Valna to wake up before we continue this lesson.”

Zero used his remaining mana to open a gateway to his dimension and connected it to a portal to the hotel. Zero carried Valna through the gateway and Hel followed but she stopped before the gateway and opened her domain once again. With a flick of her finger, an iceberg formed in the most prominent crater created by Zero and Valna’s clash. Hel looked at the 2 child-like humans who were fascinated by the ice with a smile before she retracted her domain and walked through the gateway.

When Hel entered the hotel lobby she saw Zero who asked, “What took you so long?” to which Hel responded, “No reason I just left those 2 some water since they’re on a desert planet.”

‘Oh, right I guess I’ve gotten so used to not having to eat or drink water that I forgot that most creatures still need to.’

Zero and Hel sat down in the lobby chatting about the things he could improve upon while Valna laid there passed out on the couch. An hour later Valna had awoken but she had only managed to regain half of her mana so she needed to rest for another hour to get back to full strength.

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Reappearing back in Valna’s desert world they found the 2 naked humans huddling under a tree to hide from the heat. They were showing signs of dehydration and looked like they were seconds away from passing out. Zero think they would be in his way snapped his fingers creating a gateway to Nova’s world underneath them. The gateway opened and they fell through leaving only the 3 gods.

“Okay since you’re able to create domains so easily we’ll move on to the next lesson. We’ll be working on your defensive abilities. Since you all have such powerful healing abilities you don’t use rely on defensive abilities. This however is a mistake because just like how you can use mana to increase your offense you can do the same with defense. There are 2 ways to accomplish this the first way works similarly to using mana to strengthen your offense but rather than channeling the mana through your muscles you focus it towards your skin. This will increase the density of your skin and allow you to take harder hits.” explained Hel

Hel then proceeded to demonstrate this for the 2 observers she channeled mana throughout her hand and told them to attack her. Zero and Valna summoned their weapons and attacked her but to their surprise Zero’s shadow sword shattered when it clashed with Hel’s fish and Valna’s spear could pierce her skin.

“The second way is to use mana externally and form a barrier or shield around your body. There are 2 ways to do this the first is a complete barrier like a bubble. The bubble method is flawed since if any part of the barrier is broken then the entire thing will fall apart wasting mana. The second method which I recommend is creating tiny separate barriers that interlock with each other to form a greater barrier. It’s a harder feat than the bubble but a bonus to this method is that if any part breaks the rest of the barrier can still be maintained. The drawback to this method is a slightly higher mana cost and masterful mana control but if you manage to do this you can at least guarantee your lives even in dangerous situations.” explained Hel

Once again she told them to attack her to demonstrate. She cover her left hand with a bubble barrier and her right hand was covered with hexagonal interlocking barriers. Zero and Valna attacked her again but unlike before Zero was able to destroy the bubble barrier while Valna was unable to break even a single one of the hexagonal barriers. Hel then jumped back to put some distance between them.

“The bubble spreads the mana evenly across the shield making it thin but with the interlocking method, you can strengthen certain areas thus saving your mana. What you be trying to attempt today is both the internal and interlocking method. The end goal is being able to use both at once and survive an attack from me.” said Hel

Zero and Valna then attempted to recreate all they had seen. They manage to easily do the internal method and the bubble although Hel mentioned because of their poor mana control the techniques were too weak. When it came to the interlocking technique they weren’t able to do it even after an hour had passed. Hel advised them that rather than try to create the entire thing at once as she had they should first focus on creating 1 hexagon barrier and then move on. After 30 minutes of continuous effort, Zero finally managed to make 1 and 5 minutes later Valna managed to create hers too.