11 { Intense forging of the body }
On the drive over catalina was driving while Dan was ordering some construction materials and blunt tools with a mix of sharp tools, some for construction use and others as weapons.
And thanks to his big purchase the products were delivered right away , especially after Dan kindly mentioned that he didn't mind purchasing from their competitors.
For the rest of the day Dan proceed to set up the training area, witch with his current physical capabilities was quite easy to set up and he didn't shed a sweet which would baffle anyone that could have observed the process , in this case his sister
After all , as long as Catalina could remember , her brother was sweating buckets just by walking in the sun , so this situation made her have more questions.
Holding on to those guessing that this change has to do with his increase in strength, she continued to observe her brother lifting heavy equipment and stuff he bought while she was in the new house enjoying a nice joint and AC
After dan has finished setting up all the equipment and restructuring some areas he went to explain the training that catalina will go trough
" so cat , here are the training areas you will get very familiar with , starting from tomorrow"
The running track , basically a track that goes around the whole farm house
The waiting area , a bunch of concrete weights of different sizes, the biggest is the size of a car and the smallest is about 10 kg.
The weights area is set in a corner in the center of the compound
A small battling area next to the weights , the field is set with a bunch of wooden pillars and poles and some sheets of cloth for confusion and distraction.
Training instinctual reaction through beati… battles as dan liked to say
And the final stage , the wooden pillar running course, set in the middle of the field , catalina will be training her feet coordination and balance.
As for the last quarter that was left empty is to be used for exercises and some technique training.
All in all the training's main aim is to exhaust every cell in the body to the point that they will actively seek nourishment, after which she will soak in water that has the monster cores diluted solution in it and give nourishment to the aching and hungry cells.
Once the cells are in contact with such energy rich filled water , they will actively and aggressively absorb the energy from the water, in the process the cells will replenish the energy lost and because of the training the cells in the body will adapt to be able to last longer and grow stronger.
This process requires patience and much more resources than the method that dan was using.
But currently it is the only training methods catalina can practice with.
"So now that I've shown you around your new home,that we will be living in for the next couple of months, how about we go in the house, relax and order some take out, and get blazed , because as of tomorrow , you will only have time for sleep and training for sometime."
At that moment Catalina felt some fear rising when she heard the tone Dan used when he mentioned training, but she squashed that fear with her dragon-like stubbornness, and she continued with entering the new home.
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The next morning it was very early , more earlier than Catalina is used to waking up to.
Dan walks up to her bed , a bucket of cold freezing water in hand, lifting it high above his sister's head , he starts dropping the water slowly , while catalina stands, sitting up, reaching for breath and then screaming only to direct her anger at her brother for what he did.
Without batting an eye Dan ran out of her room and instructed her to be downstairs in five minutes , as for her complaints, they hit a brick wall.
After being dragged out of bed at 4 am , catalina was instructed to run around the running track until she couldn't feel her feet.
It took he about 40 minutes until she finally dropped dead tired on the floor because she couldn't lift her legs anymore.laying down on the floor taking deep breath trying to restore her energy
Next Dan picked her up and carried her to the weights area , where she was laid down on the chair specified for weight lifting.
"So now that you're lower body is exhausted , next will be your upper bodies turn to be exhausted , so good luck, preserve as much as possible"
After giving a side glance filled with longing for a break, Catalina focuses back on lifting weights for as long as possible in different ways , whether using two hands to lift a heavy concrete block that needs the use of a lot of strength, it ways about 50 kg or a small concrete block that weighs 10 kg in each hand
The most intense workout she has ever experienced
Twenty minutes later, catalina was so exhausted that she just lay there on the chair with only her chest rising up and down from the deep breathing she was so focused on while her arms lay limpidly by her side.
Arriving next to her Dan extended his arms out and lifted her up before walking to the bath filled with the energized water.
' this is the first time she will be submerged in energy filled water , after her cells are done absorbing the energy the effects should be able to be noticed slightly, but it will show much better after a few weeks '
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Dropping her in the energized bath water with her clothes on, Catalina lay there comfortably and took a short nap.
Being woken up from a two hour nap, catalina was instructed to do the same training routine again, with the bath as a break.
This time thanks to the energized bath water, she was able to last 5 minutes longer, before she was completely exhausted and needed another energy bath
Dan had arranged a fresh set of 100 low-stage monster cores before diluting the grinded powder in the fresh warm water.
To do so he had to first grind the rice sized low-stage monster cores to sand like fragments and then to powder, which required dan to use all his peak mid-stage strength.
After acquiring the powder , insert it into a pot of boiling water where the powdered energy substance will further dilute enough to be put in a bath and nourish the body
Thankfully Dan acquired a ton of monster cores which will be enough until Catalina can try hunting by herself in the goblin dungeon.
The second bath finished earlier than the first time because the cells were already used to absorbing and with the slight increase in strength the energy absorption ability will continue to rise and develop over time, still the decrease was only in a few minutes.
So the stronger she gets the shorter the bats and the longer will here endurance and stamina persevere
For the next couple of days the routine stayed the same with the only difference being the slight improvement in catalinas endurance and stamina brought by each energized bath and her perseverance during the training.
And each time the energized bath would last a little shorter than the last, not to mention that even the training would start to get longer and longer a few minutes at a time and more difficult by increasing her speed in running or the amount of weights to lift, sometimes she had to carry some weights while running on the track.
By the 5th day, after absorbing a couple of thousands of low stage monster cores through the energized bath method, catalina had her vitality stat increased by one point and her agility stat as well.
If it wasn't for the scan skill he could use thanks to the chaotic system it wouldn't be easy to judge someone's stats with the naked eye
Now that her vitality was stronger and regenerated faster catalina wouldn't pass out after exhausting every cell in her body and after a few deep breaths resting she could drag herself to the energized bath.
And if Dan didn't miscalculate wrongly , Catalina should have an increase in strength after a couple of baths.
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With that thought in mind, Dan proceeds to pack and prepare for a long hike.
It was time for him to search for the dungeons that are in the mountains or forest region that where next to his farm house.
Now that catalina could follow the routine by herself Dan had plenty of free time to go exploring.
In the vicinity , somewhere in the forest and the mountains there are two dungeons both of which are of the high-stage, or they were when Dan used to hunt in them.
But like how he wasn't expecting the mid-stage goblin dungeon to be degraded to low stage, Dan wasn't sure what to expect.
Whether there will be any changes in the next dungeon he finds or not.
So Dan wanted to try and see if he could find these two dungeons which might also be a grade lower than what he originally was used to.
And most likely like the goblin dungeon , since the apocalyptic earthquake has yet to happen , the dungeon locations are different and unknown to him, so who knows when he might find one.
After all , one of the big changes the apocalyptic earthquake brings besides disaster in society is also more disaster from the magical creature and monstrosities that appear many of witch are evolved variations of the animals already in this world, the biggest change that appeared though is the shift in the geographical scale as if new land is spurting out of the ground increasing the distance from point a to point b by a couple of meters to a couple of thousand of kilometres
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Ohh
Waking up with a gasp
Catalina felt cold, wet and fully awake ,
'confused and angry i shout at my brother for what he did , only to realize later through the hard training that when he is overseeing my training to him i am not someone that he will care how i feel'
'And unless my training was done he wouldn't even bother with my whining or complaints'.
'But seeing the strength my brother has and reminding myself of it every time i think it's too hard to continue, gave me this feeling that as long as i can be that strong, the feeling of inadequacy and imprisonment will disappear, and true serene freedom will come , not to mention that i won't have to succumb and be a puppet to the current corrupted hegemony of this world.'
'i can picture it, someone in a high position or power comes to try an make me do things that i don't want to or forces me to slave for them while not even paying me enough to survive, i can just grab them by the neck and beat the to a pulp , and if the law gets involved, well it wont have any effect on me since i will be able to beat them black and blue'
'from what i understand and have seen and experienced so far, the law is meant to make the lives of the wealthy easy, while tricking the stupid and poor in thinking that its there for their protection and benefit'
'when are people gonna realize that there are no human rights in this world, and only privileges, disguised as rights, given to them by the leaders they are tricked into following?'
'But i could never have imagined that the training to acquire such strength is so difficult and arduous to withstand'
'Every time the thought of giving up shows in my actions, my brother asks me the same questions over and over again , which I won't tell him , but they do help me see the light at the end of the tunnel reminding me of what I want to achieve.'
"Why do you want strength"
"Why not just stay comfortably in the house and get baked while chilling and watching tv all day long, now that i have some funds i can support you by myself"
'cant believe that a couple of duffel bags filled with cash is only considered some funds to him'
"Why is it that you want to grow strong?"
'i have no idea how many times i wanted to just give up in the middle of training over the last few days'
'The thought of giving up popping up so many times blinded me at the beginning only to be awakened when my brother showed me the results of my progress, which filled me with more determination.'
'The first result was shown to me after three days of training'
Running at full speed on the racing track catalina could last fifty percent longer than she initially could not to mention that her speed also slightly increased
'Now I can lift 25kg for thirty minutes strait before i was fully exhausted'
' and the special bath i was taking was reduced by about twenty minutes from the initial two hours'
'From the second day the training was a routine 2hrs of energized bath to supplement the stamina and two hrs of intense training with breaks when i can't move and only get a bath after the two hrs mark, so in a day i had a total of five energized baths witch equaled to 500 low stage monster cores to be consumed '
' hearing about the huge progress i was making , it slowly lit a flame deep inside me , a sort of desire to grow stronger and see better results'
'But i guess the thing that i look forward to the most is the energized bath, on the first day after the 4th bath, i didn't faint anymore out of exhaustion and when i experienced the 5th bath fully awake, it was like i had the best massage in the whole world, all my cells were tingly as if being caressed with care and all my muscles and joints relaxed and warm as if held in a bosom like a baby going to sleep'
'The next two days the voice of giving up was not heard from again and even when i was completely exhausted i still tried to push myself further knowing that strength will be the result of all this perseverance, after seeing my rise in strength excitement is all i felt, every time'
holding in her hand , was a piece of paper with the proof that her brother pointed out to her
[Chaotic system]
Name: Catalina gender: female
Age: 20 species: homo/human (degrading)
Tier: 0 Grade:0 lows stage
Health:100%
Stamina :100%
Mana : 100%
[Stats]
Strength: 1
Vitality: 1 --- 2
Agility: 1 --- 2
Intelligence: 1
Spirit: 4
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