In A Few Days

After a while Lake realized just how simple speed training was and remembered he had changed the method slightly in the past by doing two vortices at one. He had two hands and there was no reason to not do it like this since he couldn't see it hurting your progress in any way.

It was also good for your control so it was a little bonus which made your usage of time more efficient. Once he realized he had changed the method he had learned in a book to lean towards control again he put one of his hands down because he realized he had done the same thing which had made him hit a wall in his cube training.

The Temple Head had said force was important and in this training force probably had to do with spinning the vortex as fast as possible each time you sped it up. If there were two he guessed there was a chance you didn't give it your all since your effort was split. He also thought there was a good chance he wouldn't notice if he hit a wall in speed training since he had a hard time telling the exact speed he was at at a given time.

It would be a real problem if he had hit a wall without noticing it and wasted a huge amount of time just because he felt he could make a change that actually made a method that had probably been around for as long as magic better. If what he was doing was better it would be written in the book as an advanced method which it wasn't.

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Knocking on Dawn's door, Tiff hoped she wasn't waking her up. This was around the time that Dawn slept but there was a slight chance it had changed because of the kidnapping. A few seconds later Dawn answered the door and before she had a chance to say anything Dawn asked. "Are you about to leave?"

Tiff just nodded having to take a second to come up with what she should say since Dawn had taken her opening line. "You have time to come in?" Once again Tiff just nodded before walking in. It had been a while since she had been in Dawn's room so it actually felt kind of weird being inside even though she used to sleep in here when she was afraid the people in the Temple were trying to get rid of her pretty often.

"Man, I wish I could go with you. I think this thing in the Metal Domain is one of the biggest things that has ever happened and I want to know what's going on." This was a feeling all of them had at the moment since there still wasn't a real reason they could identify for the Demon Lord to have picked another fight now when he was hiding from the God of Light.

The Temple had enough history with the Demon Lord to know there had to be a reason though so it had been on everyone's mind so much so that whenever you walked down the hallway you heard people talking about it. So far the best thing she had heard was that this had been a failed attempt to trap a Demigod that had been living in the Metal Domain.

It would explain the giant barrier and the Demon Lord was known for killing Demigods to take their divinity. It didn't explain why it was still going on though so she just thought it was the best guess she had heard and wasn't actually right. The right answer would have to explain why they were killing as many of the people in the Metal Domain as they could and why it had been the target.

"I don't think anyone should be going to be honest so it's good you're staying here." Tiff was more than happy for Dawn to be stuck inside the Temple so these were her real feelings. "Then why are you going?" Tiff didn't answer this because she didn't need to. Dawn knew what they were going after and who it was for.

She instead just asked Dawn a different question that changed the subject almost completely. "What are your orders on the off chance the Demon Worshipers attack while we're gone." Another guess was that this was being used as a distraction so the Demon Worshipers would attack once the Temple sent their troops to help the Metal Domain.

There were problems with this being the Demon Lords goal but she felt there was still a good chance something would happen while the Temple Head was gone especially if they were gone for a while. "We'll be engaging like normal. We can't just ignore why the Temple raised us even if we know it's a trap. I really don't think anything will happen though."

In the past hearing how ready Dawn or any other member of the 23 were to die for the cause bothered her but now she was in the same boat since she had expected the Legendary job. She just hoped she had some time before another deadly battle kicked off.

If she was able to kill a giant or something while they were in the Metal Domain she would be able to bring back another point of divinity which could go to giving one of the better fighters amongst the 23 a Legendary job. "You're probably right. The amount of forces they would have to move here to beat all of you isn't something they could get here without us noticing."

As she was saying this Tiff thought back to the last time they had fought the giants. One had shown up originally before somehow summoning more out of thin air. They were still unsure how that had happened and were just hoping the giant who had done it was one of a kind.

"So have you and the Temple Head talked about how long she'll let you stay out there?" Tiff understood why Dawn was asking this, usually the Temple didn't let people like her with holy affinity out for anything longer than a normal battle and she would be going out while the rest of them were banned from going out at all.

"Yeah we talked about it. She said she would suggest that I come back after two days." The Temple Head had made it clear that she couldn't tell her to do anything that Tiff thought went against her orders since she had become a proto Demigod. "Suggest?"

"I have orders to get the dagger back from the God of Light so she can't tell me to come back. I'll probably take her suggestion though since I'll just be a burden once the Demon Lord knows where I am at all times since it will lead them to us over and over." Tiff had faith that the Temple Head could bring the dagger home with the help of Lake even if she wasn't there.

"So you'll be back in a few days no matter what?" Tiff nodded even though there was a slight chance something could keep her from keeping her word. She really didn't want to talk about getting killed with Dawn right before she left. "That's good, that should give you just enough time to get back before they sense you."

Wanting to talk about something that wasn't related to any of their problems for a while since the conversation had been kind of heavy the whole time Tiff asked. "How's training?" Dawns was very talented so her training actually had a noticeable effect and you could identify obvious improvements every few months.

"It's been good. Ever since we unsealed the weapons gathering mana had been easier so we've been using Holy spells sparingly in training. Dennin also came up with a combo spell called Holy Ground that's good enough for actual battle." Hearing one of the other members had been able to make their own spell Tiff was excited.

Dennin was actually closer to her level of strength in fights as well so it made it more impressive that he had come that far. "Maybe I shouldn't have stopped going to training." She had stopped going completely when the dagger was taken since she had been going out to find it but once the Temple gave up on finding it she completely lost any reason to ever go back.

She had instead started training with a new scout group that she would be leading into battle to scavenge whatever they could from fallen enemies which included dead giants for their cores. That had also stopped though when she was chosen to be the one to get the Legendary job. "Well you'll probably quickly surpass us once you start leveling up so there isn't really any point to train with us until another of us gets a job from the God of Light directly. The Temple Head will probably be a better partner for you."

As Dawn was saying this Tiff looked at what time it was and went in for a hug as soon as she was done. "I have to go now." Feeling Dawn hug her back Tiff squeezed a little harder before letting go. "I'll see you in a few days." Hearing the same exact thing come out of each other's mouth they both started to laugh for a second before she actually left the room.