Chapter 7 [Teaching and training]
Chapter 7 [Teaching and training]
[Location: In Asoka's divine realm, The garden of world trees]
All eight young elves stood in front of a lake filled with cosmic water, which can strengthen and clear any body or soul from impurities. They were gazing toward Asoka, who stood on the water wearing a black jacket, pants, and white spectacles.
"When I am teaching or training you, you can not call me 'father'. Instead, you will call me 'teacher or master'. Do you all understand?" Asoka asked.
"Yes, master," all of them replied.
"Your training will start from now on," he said to them with his devilish smile.
Upon seeing that devilish smile, all the young ones' bodies began to shudder, and they got Goosebumps. They simultaneously whispered in their hearts, "Holy shit."
Asoka created eight cubes in his hand, with each cube inscribed with a name.
He then said, "I will throw these cubes into the lake, and you are to retrieve the cube on which your name is inscribed, without using any of your innate abilities."
Asoka threw the cubes into the lake and tapped his single finger in the air. The clothes of all the boys and girls changed into swimsuits, covering their whole bodies.
(Nyxera Volthar POV)
As I gazed into Father's mischievous grin, a shiver coursed through my veins, and goosebumps prickled my skin.
Then Father spoke that we had to retrieve a cube from the lake, in which our name was inscribed.
After that, he pointed his finger in the air. Suddenly, the cloth on our body changed into a tight-fitting swimsuit that covered our whole body.
Then Father gave a signal and we went into the lake.
I was the first to jump into the water and swim towards the depths of the lake, followed by others.
The deeper we got into the lake, the more water pressure intensified, a crushing force that threatened to snap my bones.
I knew my breath would last only 20-25 minutes, and the clock was ticking. After five minutes, I reached the bottom, my lungs burning, and began searching for the cube.
Decoys abounded, taunting me with their emptiness. I scoured the lakebed, my fingers numb, my vision blurring.
As the minutes ticked by, my body screamed in protest. My lungs were on fire, my head spinning, and my bones cracked under the pressure. Quitting seemed tempting, but I refused to disappoint Father and my partners. I pushed on, fueled by determination and sheer willpower.
"I won't give up. I'll shatter my limits and surpass myself. I'll push until I succeed," I thought, my mind a mantra of defiance.
But the lake was unforgiving. The pressure mounted, and I felt my consciousness slipping. I saw Yuthika and Rudhir struggling situation, their faces pale, their eyes sunken. We exchanged weary glances before diving back into the depths, our bodies screaming in protest.
Three hours passed, and we were spent, our bodies battered, our minds reeling. The inscribed cube remained elusive, a cruel taunt. Just as doubt crept in, Father's voice echoed in our minds: "Don't rely on your eyes, children. Listen to nature's whispers."
After I listened to the father's explanation, I took a meditative stance underwater and started to try to communicate with the surroundings.
Just in a second, I entered into a state of selflesshness. Even without my eyes open, I can feel the surrounding area.
My consciousness has arrived in a blank space, and the blank space is filled with tiny particles. All the tiny particles are releasing some type of waves in space. I started to observe and tried to feel it. After some time of trying, I succeeded in communicating with tiny particles. During the communication, I can feel their joy and happiness.
I had tapped into power called the 'Nature Sense.' I tried to express my intention to tiny particles to help me find a cube object in which my name is inscribed with their wave fluctuation in Elven tongues.
After I communicated my intention. They responded by creating a path, a winding trail through the darkness. I followed, my body trembling, my mind focused. The path led me to the cube embedded in the lake's vertical wall, a glowing beacon in the darkness. I retrieved it, confirmed my name was inscribed, and swam towards the surface with triumph.
I also see others who have found their cube and move toward the surface of the lake.
As I emerged onto land, my vision darkened, and I slipped into unconsciousness, my body exhausted, my mind reeling. The cube, once a symbol of hardship, now represented our unyielding spirit.
(End Pov)
Meanwhile, Asoka was sitting on a 'Tree of Creation' in a relaxed manner and enjoying the fruit of creation.
Asoka knows everything, what is going underwater, the situation of each elf, and their thoughts.
The first one to complete this challenge was Nyxera, followed by others.
When they all kept their feet on land, 5 out of 8 had fallen into unconsciousness, and three of them were just lying on the ground, without the power to move a single muscle except their eyes.
Asoka floated near to them and healed all the internal and external injuries. Asoka also helps their body and soul to absorb excess amounts of energy due to the cosmic water entering into their body.
Cosmic water has refined, clenched, and strengthened their physique, spirit, and soul to a very extreme level.
After some time, all the children recovered, and now they can move easily.
All the young elves feel the strength course through their body, which gives the illusion of destroying a star with a single punch.
All of them were now standing in front of Asoka.
"I just wanted to check your determination to know how far you can go in the extreme, and truly you did not disappoint me," spoke Asoka.
Asoka continued to speak, " When a person gets anything for free, he will forget its value. Similarly, when you are given power for free, you will forget the value of power and its responsibility. This is your first lesson, Respect your powers and feel proud to achieve that strength on your hard work, and do not forget the responsibility that comes with power.
Do not be overconfident in your strength, but be confident to accept both victory and losses.
Now then, you are ready for the next training.
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Asoka teleported himself and the other children to the training hall inside the castle
Asoka and children's clothes have changed, and now they are wearing a tight combat suit in black.
The training room was very large, and the wall of the training room was decorated with all types of weapons from the whole Omniverse.
"Now, this will be your training palace, For today, I will only give the introduction about the weapons and their features and function in this Training Hall," Asoka spoke
The wall of the training room was content with all types Of Weapons And a 20 platform with a size of 5 feet was created in the training room.
When any person stands on the platform, they will be teleported to another dimension where they can choose any type of opponent they want from any race.
A person can also create their dream weapon just by imagining it in the training room and using it in combat.
There are also 25 combat puppets. They can help elves' children learn and advise them in close combat or any form of combat training. The puppets appear similar to adult elves. They are professional in every and any type of weapon and form of combat in the Omniverse universe. They are also the best teacher and advisers in the universe.
five hours later---
Asoka talks for 5 hours about the basic knowledge of the weapon and the features of the training room.
Now, they all appear in the alchemy room. Asoka also gives basic knowledge about it and moves to the next blacksmithing room. He also talks about the basic knowledge of blacksmithing.
Now, they all appear in the meditation room. Asoka and all the children were sitting in the meditation stands.
Asoka spoke," You already know the power-up system of this universe. But your power system will be different from theirs. Now, I'm going to tell you about your power-up system/level. First of all, you will not absorb the Mana. You will absorb the prime force of mana, which is Aether energy. The people of this universe awaken their element of affinity at the age of 8.
They absorb element mana related to their element. They did not absorb any elemental mana, which they have no affinity with.
Aether energy is the raw and prime form of mana, which is very violent and destructive. it is unable to be easily subdued like mana.
To absorb Aether energy into your body, there are mostly three types of problems:
First problem, The body must be strong enough to bear its destructive and violent force when you are channeling your Aether energy all over your body.
second problem, you must have the ability to sense or feel the aether energy. But you are Origin elves, you can easily sense the aether in the atmosphere.
The third problem is to subdue the aether energy.
(Note: All the Elves will be Sorcerer knights or magic warriors, not mages or knights, due to their unique power-up system)
The mortal realm power-up ranking for Elven Magic Warriors or Sorcerer knights are:-
Body consolation Realms.
- external physical stage
- internal physical stage
- bone physical stage
Aether absorption realms.
- Aether sense stage
- Aether body refining stage
- Aether storing stage
Opening sea realm
- Sea of Consciousness stage
- Expansion stage.
Life and Death realm
- Life stage
- Death stage
- Nirvana stage
Transformation realm
- Body transformation stage
- Aether Transformation stage
Monarch realm
- Partial Monarch stage
- Authority Monarch stage
- full-fledged Monarch stage
Godless Realm
- demi-god stage
- True God
Note: 'Strength Equal to' is just for sayings, but they are more powerful than than, for example: Even a normal elves of Aether sense stage can defeat the early A-rank geniuses.
(Note: The soul/mental path started from the opening sea realm)
The mental/soul path power-up system for elves is as follows:~
Spiritual Entrance realm
Spiritual Endowment
Soul Birth
Soul Refinement
Soul Ascension
The mental/soul of each realm is also divided into three sub-stages that are lower, middle, and high.