80 Absorbing Dark Ki, Part 1

At the West Branch, on a bright beautiful morning.

The sun brushed against the cobblestone pathway inside of the courtyard while a few students went about their daily chores.

Monica and Zack woke up early and went to the training facility together in order to try and get stronger. Zack had frozen two gigantic ice pillars that he struggled to hold over his head. With every movement, his muscles seemed to crack. After a year of not being able to train, his body barely maintained its hold of the C rank. Yet every fiber of his body, and muscles, had grown stronger after suffering in the Workalin prison. Every single hour since he returned he dedicated to returning to his former glory.

At the same time, Monica barely managed to hold two buckets of ice water. She kept peering at the gate of the West Branch, waiting for Howard to arrive so she could scold him!