Chapter 21 -- Impossible pain

After eating part of his meal and saving the rest for later in his inventory, Zane found the tallest tree close to him and easily climbed up and sat on the highest branch.

'I can't go into the city like this, i need to be able to defend myself otherwise the same thing will happen again' Zane thought as he fell asleep on the tree.

The next morning, Zane first looked for a river and with his hearing, it didn't take long to find one. He removed his white robes and washed them as they still had blood on them.

He then lay on a nearby boulder while waiting for his clothes to dry.

'I need to learn to fight without magic' he thought 'It's funny how i can't even do the one thing which made me interested in coming to this world.'

"Hey! Celestial Aurora?" Zane started speaking to seemingly no one "Is this payback ? Are you still angry that i annoyed you that time? Well i have to say you got me" 

"But do know that I will overcome all these disadvantages you gave me. That's a promise. I don't know if i will ever reach you, but I know that something will happen once I become the strongest being in this world and break through that limit it's limit." Zane said.

'I just need to turn my disadvantages into advantages' Zane then thought about his experience with the bandits. How he dodged that earth ball without even turning.

"My first advantage : I have super hearing"

Then he thought back to when he was tied to the tree, when he was hit by the first earth ball.

"My second advantage : I can see spells, or more precisely I can see mana. Which is pretty useless in a fight"

"My third advantage : People will underestimate me because I am blind. Though this advantage won't help much at this moment.

Zane then thought to how he is now in perfect condition after having almost all his bones broken the previous day. 

"Wait !! That's it i can easily manipulate healing mana!. That can be my strength!, i can heal way faster!" he exclaimed but then.....

"But quick healing is useless if i am this weak. Someone can just beat me up until I run out of mana." he said, defeated.

"But i can still use this advantage. Other people have magic as their weapons. My only weapon is my body. Right now my body us like a rope, weak and can easily be cut but can also be easily repaired. I need to turn my rope into a sword. I guess it's high time i go to the gym" Zane laughed.

From that day on Zane would work out every day. He would work on one muscle group per day. Monday was arms, Tuesday was chest and abs, Wednesday was legs, Thursday was lower and upper back, Friday was shoulders, while on the weekend he would just relax and rest his now always sore muscles.

Since Zane didn't have any gym equipment. He had made his own, which was just a collection of different size boulders.

The workouts where very brutal and hard, however everytime Zane would think of quitting he would remember Wyatt's words 'You are weak'. Those words resounded in his mind over and over.

'I also promised father to get his revenge and I will not fail.' He motivated himself.

The truth was that Zane wouldn't survive in this world with his power. The only way would be to take his father's advice and live a peaceful life on a farm. However that wasn't what Zane wanted and he would do anything he could to avoid such an outcome.

Three years passed and Zane was still living in the forest on his own. However he had to change his position as he was finishing all the prey in his original area.

However he made sure to always be close to Willow city, one day he would go there and he didn't want to get lost.

Zane was now 18 years old and his daily extreme training has had some unexpected results. Zane's body had grown big...like really big. He was now a whole two and a half meters tall. His short white hair was now reaching his lower back.

On his face where the signs of a beard even though it was still a stubble. His muscles where gigantic, Zane even had trouble moving sometimes. His elbow could only bend 90 degrees then his bicep would be in the way.

Zane couldn't weigh himself, however if he where to estimate, he would put himself somewhere around 350 kilograms (770 pounds).

Zane hasn't had any human interaction for the past years. He would hear hunters come into the forest to hunt but he always avoided them. His loneliness would have driven him insane, however he managed to suppress it by doing more workouts.

One fateful day, Zane was doing his favorite pass time activity...working out. However instead of doing normal pushups, Zane would put a gigantic boulder on his back, which had a weight of around 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds). The thing was nearly 4 times his size!!.

All of a sudden Zane felt his muscles becoming painfull. That was normal when one works out, however Zane was only on his 2000th rep. He usually does Ten thousand reps before he has to rest. Zane thought this was weird but decided to just ignore it.

But after a thousand more reps the pain was beginning to really distract him. He pushed the small mountain off him and it hit the ground with a resounding thud. 

"What's going on" Zane asked himself as he lightly hit his bicep.

Zane also noticed that he couldn't pinch his skin anymore. His body was so tight it was like trying to pinch metal.

"ARRRGH!!!"

Zane suddenly screamed as he fell to the ground writhing in pain. This was without a doubt the most painful experience he ever had. It was like his muscles where trying to break out of his skin, while at the same time crushing his bones and internal organs.

Zane tried moving his mana around to try and heal himself, however it was useless as he was pretty much not injured.

In the end Zane couldn't take it anymore. He clasped a rock in his hand which he didn't hesitate to smash against his forehead. Reducing the rock into small stones and knocking himself out in the process.

Meanwhile, at another planet a hell lot of light-years away, was a woman relaxing on what seemed to be a beach. What was weird about this beach however was that the ocean water was purple and the sand was gold.

This woman was Aurora, she was still enjoying her piece and quiet after 500 years of putting up with someone's complaining.

Suddenly she stood up in pure shock as she immediately closed her eyes.

"IMPOSSIBLE" she shouted as beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.