10 CHAPTER 10
Arata and Rachel went back to their room and started cultivating with the weapon in hand. At first, The weapon took in too much mana and their progress was little, but soon they controlled it. Their daggers got sharper and their bodies got stronger. Also, cultivation is the most effective, if you have understanding of what it is. As talented they are, they understood everything that came at them in their life.
After 2 hours, ARata and Rachel went to the piano room to practice piano. Nowadays, Rachel has gotten serious about learning the piano and practiced a lot. So Arata had decided to get better at the violin instead. He taught Rachel and practiced on the violin. He practiced many techniques like left hand pinky vibrato, spiccato etc. Both of them honed their skills for the next ten days.
On the tenth day, Arata and Rachel had filled their meridians with mana. It's time for a breakthrough ! They thought. They went to Solork.
"Oh Already !", Solork was surprised. They were going to break through the Bronze Rank. And he was happy. If they did, they would probably be unmatchable in the Capital.
"Now, just condense all the mana you have collected in the brain. Then you will break through."
Rachel and Arata did as they were told. All the mana in meridians flowed up to the brain until the meridians were emptied and suddenly formed a Mana ocean !
"Now you have reached bronze rank. As you can feel, you have to fill the mana ocean to reach the next rank."
"Woah !", they both exclaimed. They decided to spar in the training field. They had definitely gotten faster. They could feel it. They could now comprehend the Mana ocean. And this gave them mental strength to complete their tasks.
"How is the squad going to level up ?", Arata asked Solork afterwards.
"Well, a ceremony is held every year which is one month from now to gather all the squads in the country. That time, the squads are ranked based on their performances. There aren't many Gold rank cultivators, so the squads are not often formed.", Solork said
"So they can be promoted and demoted both right?", Arata asked Solork.
"Yes, That's right.", Solork replied.
"Hmmm… What rank do you think we will get if we become the strongest squad in capture the cultivators who betrayed the country and the people behind them.", Arata asked Solork.
"Well, that is imaginative, but if we did that by ourselves, we would jump to A rank suddenly.", Solork replied.
"So, then let's do it.", Arata said.
"I was thinking of doing this and getting our ranks raised up quickly, because it certainly is an interesting turn of events, but all three A rank units are on this case, they might solve it faster.", Solork said.
"We won't know until we try.", Rachel came from behind and said.
"We also agree,`` Wakatoshi too came and said.
"OK, So lets Do It !", Solrok said with excitement.
"YAY !", everyone said in unison.
At about this time, a person came outside the 3 story building. He came to the door which lead to the underground.
"Oh ! A messenger from the Headquarters has come.", Solork said.
He was welcomed in. He came before the unit and said, "Information from Mr. Arata. All the records and memories have been removed from the outside world. Now no one knows you exist, well except your parents. They are good at hiding and it is not an easy task. We would like you to kill them as soon as possible."
Arata was shocked. The cultivators couldn't get hold of my parents ! They must have someone at their side. There is something fishy about this business. It stinks !
"Ok, Thank you.", Arata replied to the messenger.
