Chapter 15 - Testing Abilities

Foreword: Revised on December 22, 2020.

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Merlin silently savored their erotic look with his cloudy essences staining their naked bodies from his spot. After moments, he decided to take his attention off them.

Thanks to his unique physique, he could recover his stamina and mind faster than ordinary people. After he recovered, he contemplated what happened whenever the girls orgasmed.

He felt "something" move from his cock to his lower belly and accumulated there, right about a few fingers below his navel. He knew that it was the location of "Qihai" or lower dantian according to the cultivation novels he'd read in his past life.

'This feels more and more like Chinese cultivation novels. And that "something" is probably the special energy I need to break through. I hope that I won't meet some annoying Young Masters wanting to get slapped…' Merlin was amused by his thoughts. But, he quickly dropped the matter.

'Let me see how much I need to collect,' he thought before getting into a meditative state.

Moments later, Merlin felt as if he'd fallen into pitch-black space. It was the same experience he'd experienced before. He then noticed the semitransparent golden orb, his "core", and floated closer to check it.

'Geez… after that long, It's only filled by one-tenth, huh?'

After that, Merlin ended his mediation and returned to his room. He checked the girls and found out they were deep asleep. He had also recovered his stamina and mind.

'It looks like I'm in top shape. So, meditation could speed up my recovery time.'

Merlin was happy with this discovery. With that, he could recover his stamina quickly and then cultivated diligently with the help of his harem.

After that, Merlin put on his clothes and left the room. He was going to test his powers!

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After going down, Merlin went to the backyard through the back door. He had to unlock the latch and left it unlocked after he was excited. He then tested the limit of his physical capabilities there.

First of all, Merlin tested his jumping power.

"W-Woah!" Merlin was amazed. He'd jumped higher than the world record in his original world, which was 2.45m. That world record had been set by Javier Sotomayor from Cuba in 1993, and Merlin had just broken that record with his enhanced physical prowess.

"Heh, too bad that I'm not in my original world anymore. If I was there, my name would enter the world record of the highest jump! That's cool!"

After that, Merlin tested his speed and ran to the end of the spacious backyard.

FWOOSH!

Merlin arrived at his destination and returned to his previous spot, passing almost 20 meters in an instant. "Wow! If I'm not wrong, my running speed surpasses the fastest runner of my original world… Usain Bolt…"

Usain Bolt was someone who had set the world record of running speed in his original world. Usain came from Jamaica, and his speed was between 10-15ms. Meanwhile, Merlin's speed was faster than that.

After that, Merlin began the next test, using firewood behind the inn to test his strength. While stacking firewood and tying it with a cord, he wondered, "I wonder if Natalia cut this firewood by herself…"

Natalia was a widow. She'd had a human as a husband, but that man had died. After his death, she never remarried again and managed the inn alone.

When Merlin imagined an elegant and gorgeous lady like Natalia cutting the firewoods with an ax, he felt that it was a pity. A woman like her shouldn't do something like that!

"How saddening… As a hero, I have to help her! What kind of a hero if I let MIL—er, a poor widowed lady, I mean! …manage a huge inn alone?! I'd bring a shame to the title of hero! I have to help her!"

Merlin decided to be a dependable man for Natalia. Even though he was summoned to defeat the Dark Lord, he couldn't allow such a MILF Elf to live the rest of her long life in her lonesomeness! He would shame the image of a hero if he couldn't even help such a MILF-in-loneliness!

After that, Merlin finished stacking and tying up the firewood. "If I'm not wrong, the weight of this cord of firewood will be around 500kg."

Merlin lifted the stack and noticed it wasn't his limit. Thus he added more firewood to increase the weight. After that, he lifted it, found out it wasn't his limit and added more firewood. He repeated until there was no firewood left.

"Around 800kg, huh? It feels like it's not my limit. I can lift more! But alas, there's no firewood left… Oh, how I wish there's a gym with weightlifting equipment here…" Merlin lamented. Since he couldn't continue this test, he ended it. He then returned the firewoods to the storage, after which he began the next test.

The next test was finding how good his dexterity and hand-eye coordination was. After going through some exercises and tests, Merlin finished and got the result. "I'm more dextrous, and there's almost no lag in my hand-eye coordination. This is amazing! …but I can get better still!"

After doing everything he could think of, Merlin lied on the ground and watched the starry sky.

Dawn was still far away, around an hour or so, and Merlin wanted to laze around while waiting until then. He muttered under his breath, "I can see the stars in the sky easily… It's different from my original world… I guess this is because no pollution and light block this beautiful view… This is nice…"

Merlin was using his hands as a pillow under his head. He stayed like that for a while until he decided to return inside.

However, Merlin didn't expect to meet Natalia.

"Ara?" Natalia made a sound while tilting her head in confusion. But then, as she realized who it was, her face flushed, her breath became heavy, and her eyes shone with desire.

All the while, Merlin was drinking the sight of Natalia in a semitransparent nightgown. Her slender and curvaceous figure, clad in her plain bras and panties, was so lovely; despite he'd done it with the trio, he was eager to do it with Natalia too.

It's unknown who's the hunter and who's the prey. Both of them thought of themselves as the hunter while the person in front of them was the prey.