185 Intensive Training (1/2)
”Damn, you must have done some hellish training to get where you are now,” Lachlan remarked. Granted, it didn't come just from his fight with him. But Lachlan has long since noticed a few scars on Kawata's body, some more prominent than others. However, for some reason, none of them showed up as an issue within the weaknesses of him which either meant they were completely healed, or they weren't too much of a problem to his fighting prowess, to begin with.
Kawata chuckled with a slightly saddened expression before it returned to his previous, joyful one. ”Indeed, the amount of training I've had to endure to get where I am could be comparable to scaling up a mountain layered with rusty nails.”
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”Then I'm just wondering, but would you be able to teach us some of your techniques?” Lachlan asked politely, his hands clasped together in front of his stomach. ”You don't have to if you don't want to, just wondering if you'll be able to do it in your spare time.”
Kawata gave a burst of laughter before slapping Lachlan's shoulder repeatedly. ”Of course I'll give you some help. After all, you all have strength beyond normal humans which is to say that you'll be able to showcase greater prowess with my techniques. Granted, my cooking will still take priority, that is my pride and joy and I won't replace that with anything.”
”Don't worry, we aren't asking you to hand over your life or anything. Just to give us some advice whenever you have free time,” Lachlan swiftly explained with his hands waving through the air. ”After all, you are going to be on the island for an unknown amount of time and we wouldn't mind spending some time getting to know you.”
Lachlan was welcoming Kawata with open arms after his graceful display of martial arts. It wasn't an understatement to say that he had been thoroughly intrigued by Kawata's techniques and whether or not they'll be able to learn them. Fortunately, Kawata was an easy-going elder that didn't mind giving them advice and teaching them a few moves to help out.
”Great, then I suppose we can start our first lesson now,” Kawata said abruptly before motioning for the others to come over. Once everyone was in the centre of the field Kawata got into an odd position, he was squatting with his legs at a 90-degree angle spread slightly apart, his arms out straight while his back was a straight as a pencil. ”Get into this position, this position is used to improve one's balance as well as footing.”
”Huh, that seems a little too easy,” Simon remarked as he got into the position. He waited a few seconds and he felt nothing at all, his muscles didn't feel a thing. ”Ha, I could probably do this for days. How is this supposed to improve our strength?”
”Ah right, you all have some monstrous strength,” Kawata remarked before slapping his hands on his legs. ”Alright, use whatever the thing you used to get us up on the island but reverse it. Instead of having us lifted into the air pressure yourself against the ground.”
Obviously, to get Kawata up on the island and showcase their prowess as well as their uniqueness they pulled out the gravity stone trick. However, Kawata was almost unfazed once he flew through the air. He was momentarily stunned with widened eyes for only a couple of seconds in the beginning but that was all.
The group raised an eyebrow before commanding their gravity stones on them to increase their weight. The field that was affected by the gravity surrounded the armour on their bodies before they felt the pressure increase multiple times.
Their legs began to feel the burden as the ground beneath them started to crumble and shatter. The weight that was affecting them, although not affecting the ground directly, still caused the ground beneath them to crack under their weight.
The dirt began to shift beneath Lachlan, gathering together before compressing and forming a much more stable foundation. His centre of balance was no long shifting and was instead focused around where his guts were currently.
It didn't take long, barely a few minutes before beads of sweat began forming on their foreheads. Some of their legs were already shaking uncontrollably. They hadn't done such training for months; their body had gradually adapted to the rather pleasant and relaxing lifestyle they've been living up until now.
”That's right, feel the burn, feel your muscles hating you and overcome them through willpower alone,” Kawata said joyfully in the same position as them. His body was completely spotless of any sweat, rather, it seemed as though he was currently enjoying the sight in front of him. ”Hey! Raise your arms up a bit more! We don't want you slacking here now do we?”
Joe and Zoe were currently struggling the most. Although their strengths greatly differed, the amount of pressure they added onto themselves with gravity stones also greatly differed. Due to Joe's strength, Leg Strength, his legs were far more powerful than most people automatically which is why he set the gravity encompassing his body many times higher.
”Hey, keep your legs at 90-degrees and keep your arms and back straight. You said you wanted to get stronger, right? So this shouldn't even pose a problem for your ever so great strength, right? Then why are you slacking!” Kawata shouted like a Sargent enjoying his job. There was a bright, cheerful smile plastered across his face at the sight of all of them struggling to keep the form up any longer.
However, it was exactly because of that that they continued to persist. Unfortunately, their muscles couldn't handle it any longer. It took roughly 20 minutes before all of them collapsed, Lachlan was last to break form as he flopped to the ground.
Kawata immediately came over and helped Lachlan onto his feet. ”What are you doing boy? After intense training like that, immediately resting is detrimental to one's body as acids build up within the muscles. Granted, this water seems to deal with that problem rather well,” Kawata explained as he slapped Lachlan's shoulder with his right hand and lifting the water bottle up to his lips with his left.
Lachlan nodded before wiping the sweat from his forehead, he went just outside the field and was gifted a water bottle from Zoe. Zoe had swiftly gone into the cave to get everyone a couple of bottles of water once they were all done training.