CH 159

In the following three days, Rode almost burst out with tremendous power, fully completing the accumulated training and learning tasks.

He only slept for an hour and a half each day, and the Dream Rocking Chair showed its powerful recovery ability. The more exhausted he was, the faster he could recover during his sleep.

An hour and a half was the optimal time calculated.

The remaining fourteen and a half hours were used by Rode to catch up on missed courses, training, and meals.

Yes, for these three days, Rode ate double the amount of food.

Soren arranged a diet to improve Rode's physical fitness based on his age and physical condition. These were essential foods from the Beast City, mixed with top-grade potions from the Byron Alchemy Pharmaceutical Workshop.

Although Rode did not benefit from spiritual energy potions, physical fitness potions were still useful.

Teresa also invested a lot of energy in him, not only in personal training but also in adjusting her schedule to match his.

She didn't have a Dream Rocking Chair.

It can only be said that as a woman with the title of Valkyrie, her willpower was indeed strong.

Although Teresa rarely mentioned her past, Rode learned some scattered information from others.

"Ri Yue Feng Hua"

It is said that she became a special student very early on. Her soul attribute was sanctification, which could turn spiritual energy into pure golden "Golden Spiritual Energy," with a very powerful effect. She only stayed in the academy for a year before going to the northern city in the northwest. There, she achieved numerous brilliant records and gained the respect of all the combatants and non-combatants in the city.

Due to her powerful close combat abilities, she always wore golden armor and fought on the battlefield with high-speed movements. They respectfully called her the "Golden Shining Valkyrie."

During the establishment of the Secret Branch, she was the first one on the list.

She was purely a physical combatant and possessed powerful combat skills.

Under her guidance, Rode finally began to fill the huge gap in his combat courses and finally stepped into the gate of the Hall of Battle.

At least some basic movements were done properly.

During the training process, Teresa was surprised to find that this talented but inexperienced junior seemed to have strengthened his spiritual energy.

"Is it just my imagination?"

When Teresa was guiding Rode in training his strength and body techniques, she asked strangely, "You seem much stronger than three days ago."

Rode, who was pinned down by her in an indecent posture due to his slow speed during evasion, gasped and said, "Is that strange? The establishment of the Secret Branch is to create the most suitable environment for our growth, isn't it? Aren't you all growing fast?"

"Well... it's okay. In fact, most of us have already gone to the front lines. Training only stabilizes our foundation. Only in real battles can our souls be liberated. When inspiration appears, our souls will grow. The Secret Branch provides us with a more efficient team environment."

"That's right, me too."

Teresa looked at him with a little confusion. "But your foundation is too weak. You are no different from a completely untrained freshman... Although I have read your file, it's hard to imagine what you would be like on the battlefield. Actually, I think you should give up on growth and lay a solid foundation first. This way, your future growth will be faster."

Perhaps her words made some sense, but for Rode, it was absolutely impossible.

He immediately retorted, "That's prejudice. I have my own way of growing. You can't generalize. Promises are not allowed to be broken."

"But, little Rode, do you know? We have been undergoing basic training since we were very young. We can only make great progress after becoming Flame Bearers. Some of your movements and power techniques are not even as good as my five-year-old sister's."

Rode exerted his spiritual energy and pushed her, intending to convince her with his actions.

But she didn't budge.

"Uh, didn't you feel that my power has greatly increased?"

"I did feel it a little. Your power is too weak, and it feels like a lake to me."

Rode said somewhat embarrassedly, "My spiritual energy should be close to 3,000 marks. Isn't that the standard spiritual energy intensity for combatants?"

Teresa got up from him, reached out and pulled him up, smiling, "Little Rode, we are different. We are the top elite students, the future stars that the Thalorian Kingdom places high expectations on. We are part of the strong ones who will lead the human race in Thalorian to resist the darkness."

"Except for you, the lowest spiritual energy intensity among us is 40,000 marks. If we graduate officially, most of us will be level six or higher combatants, becoming the captains of a combat cluster in a legion, or the elite White Spirit Knights of a knight order, or the defense commanders of a certain region."

"And the standard for most students graduating from the Kimberly Academy is only level nine combatants. Special students and a few outstanding ones will become level seven combatants, and the majority of members in the Secret Branch are the same."

"So, little Rode, your journey is still long."

Teresa's words made Rode clearly understand his current level of strength.

Without using any additional means, he was just an ordinary combatant.

There was still a big gap between him and the future pillars of humanity.This also made him realize the level of attention he received.

With no foundation, just a few months into school, and with very weak spiritual power, he managed to break through the threshold and squeeze into the top circle.

Perhaps it was because of his identity as a complete clairvoyant and his astonishing past achievements.

If he could go out on missions with them, there should be plenty of opportunities.

Maybe it won't take long.

Rode thought to himself.

During these three days, in addition to filling in the gaps, Rode also had to complete new courses and training.

Since the instructors from Apple Town, Chucher and the Soul Master Priscilla, had returned to their base, the courses were taught by two new teachers.

They were the superior knight Jifeng and the guardian of the second defense zone, Lilyve of New Sicilia.

Although Rode was very serious about learning, these two teachers were a bit eccentric.

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Superior knight Jifeng was a bald man who always carried a long sword on his back. The content of his lectures was very simple, just how to kill monsters.

But to Rode, it sounded like he was teaching them how to cut carrots, tomatoes, and potatoes.

His most commonly used phrase was: "As long as you kill the monster, it will die."

And most of the lectures were about:

"Cut diagonally from the tail end, keep the blade flat, take a step forward and then cut again, to obtain evenly sized pieces. Monsters killed this way will produce higher-quality monster ashes."

"First remove the head, find the concave part, and then make a cut along the deepest line, so that the juice won't spill out."

No matter how you listen, it sounds like cutting vegetables.

And Guardian Lilyve was even more indescribable.

She was talking about controlling the heat the whole time.

What high heat, low heat, slow heat, moderate heat, appropriate heat, it sounded like a chef from the New West teaching them how to cook monsters.

Maybe it's too advanced, I just can't understand it for now.

Rode thought silently, he could only take notes of these words and understand them later.

But overall, there was still some gain, at least from their words and actions, Rode had a deeper understanding of the overall situation of the human race in Thalorian.

And the most effective thing was undoubtedly the basic training.

For some reason, Rode made great progress in the training of these three days. The skills that he couldn't get right no matter how he practiced before suddenly became clear to him.

The most significant improvement was in the use of spiritual power. Rode was now close to Soren's requirements.

- Like breathing naturally, at any moment, he could instinctively strengthen his power or open his defense, as if it were a subconscious reaction of his muscles.

This greatly enhanced his survival ability. Rode even felt that he could defeat the Abyssal Demon without summoning any creatures.

In addition, he also learned the language.

Professor Bince knew that he was short on time, so he specially arranged courses for him and organized the learning materials, just so that he could grasp more grammar and vocabulary and understand the structure of the language faster.

It must be said that this had a great effect. Rode made great progress in the study of dreams these days. He not only thoroughly understood the principles of invasion but also gained a deeper understanding of celestial knowledge.

For example, he could now judge the strength of a star from the ashes.

Stronger stars could provide him with more spiritual power, while weaker ones would only provide a little. And there was a certain type of star, their star power would provide more soul intensity.

If he could light up these stars, his soul intensity would leap forward.

In short, the gains of these three days were enormous, which made Rode deeply understand the importance of digestion after battles.

Moreover, due to the previous gift-giving, he had become a little familiar with these future stars.

At least to the extent of greeting them when they met.

Rode particularly noticed that among the "top class," there was a group of very beautiful young ladies.

He had seen them among the special students before, they were a strange group.

According to his previous understanding, beautiful young ladies usually wouldn't gather together, because they were all flowers and would appear without a main focus. There must be the contrast of green leaves to bring out the beauty of the flowers.

It was strange for the beauties to gather as a group.

And later Rode learned that among this group, one of the blue-haired beauties was the Jessica sister that Teresa mentioned.

So, this group was the "Jessica and her sisters" that Teresa mentioned?

But with further contact, he learned that this group of beauties was the most powerful group in the entire team, with an average spiritual power exceeding 100,000 karks, which was more than thirty times Rode's.

Was Teresa kidding me?

How can I save such strong girls? What a joke!

I was even looking forward to it a little.

Rode felt a headache.

Forget it, forget it, I'll just go save my little Ado.

The last day.

Rode completed the training tasks left by Instructor Soren with extra effort.

Teresa, as the instructor's assistant, also kept her promise and approved him three days off.

Vera, one of the leaders of the secret base, even specifically approached her about it.

"Why did you approve his leave again?"

"I promised him.""Rode's special training was ordered by the king himself, how can he rest every other day?"

"But I promised."

"He did complete the plan, but this only proves that he still has potential to be tapped. We can implement a new plan and set a higher intensity."

"But I promised."

Vera looked at her speechlessly, and after a long silence, she sighed: "Alright, we'll do as you say, our Lady Valkyrie."

Even so, he still specifically contacted Soren, who was fighting on the front line.

Unexpectedly, Soren gave the same response.

"Listen to Teresa."

Vera couldn't help but ask: "Why?"

"He is my deputy and my proudest student. I trust her, and if you trust me, you should trust her."

"Alright." Vera sighed deeply: "Mr. War God of Koso, I hope you come back soon."

"I'll be back soon."

In the special psychic communication, the profound voice of the senior knight Soren came through.

"But Lady Olivia still needs me very much."

------Author's Note------

I'm sorry for the recent instability in updates, which are occasionally late or a bit short. Please give me some time to adjust...