Chapter 356: Reflecting (1/2)
When Ria Ross exited the training tube, she found Kai sitting on the chair near the system control, which was supposed to be her seat.
”Congratulations. You managed to kill me.” Ria smiled.
”That killed you?” Kai raised his eyebrows, looking surprised.
”You didn't see it?”
”Nope. I lost my vision right when I aimed the Sound Bullets at you. Because I believed you would move, I gambled in which direction you would move.” Kai shook his head in disappointment.
”That's a shame. I thought it was not a coincidence, but it was good enough. You managed to beat me even though I hid my real power this whole time.” She gave a thumb up and continued. ”I didn't plan to beat you with this, but that was something necessary for you since you looked a bit overconfident after getting that blood power, magic control, and the sonic boom.”
”Fair enough. I thought I could do anything since I had a long-ranged attack which is my Sound Bullet…Or My Sound Blast in a smaller version called Bullet Version or Sound Bullet. As for the blood power, I have nothing to say. I feel like I gained a huge pride after mastering the instinct, probably the side effect? Either way, humble is something that can be trained. I will train in that aspect to counter the pride.” Kai nodded, knowing what to improve.
”It's fine then. If you feel anything weird in your body because of that blood power, call me anytime. Besides, I have a few bags of your blood here, so I can test it again to see whether the current blood has a different characteristic than the previous one. How about your magic control?”
”Everything is fine. Concentrating my magic in one spot allows me to create another one near it. With that strengthened instinct of mine, I believe I can pinpoint enemy attacks and use a concentrated Oscillation Shield.” Kai nodded.
”That's good. You have gotten stronger, and this is the end of our practical training. Tomorrow, we will move to the last stage of your training, which is the battle simulation training. We are going to have a battle in terms of strategy. Of course, real-time and prepared one, depending on the circumstances. For now, you can rest first.” She smiled and patted his shoulders.
”Before that, I need to ask you this first. What was that magic that could transform you into something…” Kai didn't know the term and stopped talking while looking at Ria, who should know what he was talking about.
She grinned and teased him. ”Do you want me to tell you? How about begging me for it?”
”If you don't want to, I won't force you.” Kai shrugged. ”Besides, you are my teacher. If knowing it is bad for me, you won't tell me even if I beg you and vice versa.”
”You smart brat.” She stroked his hair, looking at Kai fondly. The little man had truly grown up. Hesitating for a second, she decided to share it with him. ”Don't tell anyone else about this yet, alright?”
”I understand.”
”That technique is stimulating my body into the finest form. In other words, it's a kind of releasing my limiter. You must have heard the terms of the limiter, right?”
Kai contemplated and answered. ”Yes. For example, if I ask someone to run and tell him that he can stop when he can't do it anymore, I am sure that he will stop when reaching his limit. However, this is the first limit which is a pseudo limit.
”I can tell him to run one more lap before he can finish. And surprisingly, he can still do it! He can even do a few more laps before reaching the second limit of his body. This second limit is called the body limit, while the first limit is the mind limit.
”There is a third limit, and this is the most dangerous one. It will make you collapse on the spot, and in a serious case, you might have some accidents.” Kai suddenly realized and narrowed his eyes. ”You…”
”Nope. I am only at the body limit. I trained when I had time, but I kept doing it until I really couldn't stand up anymore. When I continued for a few months, I realized that something changed in my body. It was like having a breakthrough, albeit it took longer than I expected, so it wasn't ready for the S Rank magical beast yet.” She let out a long sigh.
”Do you have any injuries? Even though the body limit is the maximum limit, I am sure it will give you some kind of injuries, no?”
”Don't worry. If we didn't have Magic Power, I wouldn't dare do something like this. However, this magic power allows us to recover a bit faster than normal people in the past. And the more magic power you have, the faster it gets. So, I have no injuries right now.”
”That's good then.”
”Yeah. I didn't know for how long, but I felt like when I reached that stage, I could understand my body a bit clearer than before. That's when I realized a kind of imaginary limiter in my body. When I turned it off, I could release the magic power in my body at a bulk.”
”That's why it was leaking?” Kai narrowed his eyes.
”Yes.” She nodded. ”Because the limiter is not there to restrain my body, obviously I have nothing to stop the magic power from leaking. For now, I can handle that state for about ten minutes, but I will be too exhausted to do anything after that.”
”What is it called?” Kai asked. ”I wonder if I should learn that as well…”
”Nope. This is what I really want to say. You will surpass me in the future, but I can't afford to lose to you yet. After all, you have yet to reach your limit.”
”Then, are you saying you have reached your limit?” Kai narrowed his eyes.