chapter 26

after the tense conversation with instructor Zephyr, they went down to land where the new training of Arowen would take place, at last, the objective of Arowen is about to be complete, he dreamed of this moment for years, half a decade to be more precise and that is only counting his time in this world, now he is a man almost in his thirties, long gone is his naivety

the training started immediately after he landed, Z could see that he was very well trained but he wanted to get a real feel of his strength so he had him do a lot of exercises, like running around the island, lifting specially made weights, climbing swimming and many others, the results though surprised him, the man in front of him, for a better choice of words was the epitome of human fitness, he had a perfectly balanced body, be it strength, speed, endurance, reaction time etc... they were all at peak possible, he didn't know how he did it but he was impressed

the very next day, instructor Z made up his mind and decided to start training him in the rokushiki, it would have been of course better for Arowen to start training his haki, but his physical prowess got in the way this time, the very definition of the quote 'too much of a good thing is a bad thing', to train haki one has to be put on stressful situations, life and death situation and through sheer will surpass them, as for Arowen he was just too strong for any of the trials available on this island, or any other place for the matter, so instructor Z decided to start with the rokushiki

the rokushiki was created by the founders of the Marine, though its history dates back to an even more ancient civilization, in brief, no one knows where it really came from, its history doesn't interest us anyway, its use is another matter though, this set of martial art was first developed for those who weren't endowed with the ability to practice haki, for the talent-less, those who lack in talent but excel at hard work and diligence, it was made as an imitation of haki, a way for normal people who with the proper resources and hard work would be able to awaken haki later on

rokushiki as an imitation of haki, tried to reproduce the two most prominent abilities it has, perception and armament haki, and that led to the birth of the two techniques kami-e and tekkai, and of course, it wasn't perfect, after all, haki is a supernatural power and rokushiki was a natural power developed by using concoctions, special herbs, special training and special breathing technique

the first to be developed was the tekkai, the tekkai hardens the users' muscles to the level of iron in order to nullify damage taken from attacks, which is great but it came with its own set of problems the first one being that the is unable to move when it is active, it requires the user to utilize Tekkai after they are mobile towards the opponent

also, the strength of Tekkai can vary for users with different physical conditions, as a person with a higher level of muscular strength would be able to take stronger forces and enhance attacks with his/her use of Tekkai (brownie point for Arowen). Furthermore, despite the increased physical density that one gains when activating this move, one should remember that the user's body is still flesh and blood. Thus, its resistance to force has its limits

the tekkai was the first thing Arowen started learning, he was taught a special breathing rhythm that enhances the concentration as it feeds a lot of oxygen to the body and increases blood flow, them he was plunged in a vat than smelled horrible and was also quite hot, not to the point of burning you but enough to cause you pain, the viscous liquid at first did nothing apart from pain, but a few minutes in and the muscles all over his body started clenching at random times and places, and this caused him even more pain, the pain caused depended on the person, even if you are very strong it is like you are hurting yourself, your strength is what is causing you pain, and that pain is also part of the training, the longer you resist it the stronger your will becomes and will is an important factor to haki

the second technique to be developed was kami-e, the Kami-e makes the users' body extraordinarily flexible in order to avoid any attacks, and bending their body like a piece of paper, and hopefully, this technique doesn't have cons like tekkai, when you train in it, the only thing one needs is good reflexes and reaction time

to train in it, Arowen had to rub all his joints with a balm, at first the balm would be cold to the touch, and after a few seconds it starts to heat up until you feel the places it is applied to on fire and that is only the start, it then gets worse, you start feeling as if little ants were drilling into your skin and to the ligaments biting at them, a few minutes later, you would feel nothing and collapse to the ground like a puppet having its strings cut, the real challenge starts then, you will have to move, yes moving is the challenge, why? you may ask, well that is because your ligaments are completely numb and relaxed, they become stretchable, and it becomes hard to even sit straight, or move your head around

that is how his training began, a torture every day, Z didn't lie it really was hell

READ THIS BITCHES VERY IMPORTANT:

-I want to make a discord

-you will be posting quests and special events and I will choose from them to integrate into the story next chap I am gonna mention how the quests work

-you will be posting special abilities that his enigma could awaken (related to spirit)

-you can even post his possible enemies(Dreamers) and what abilities they could have, remember that all dreamers are enemies even if you make an alliance, and their abilities are related to their enigma

-the next volume would be kingdom-building, I can use some help, next chap I am gonna mention how the kingdom-building work

that's it for now