Odyssey of the Blind God

Two weeks passed in the blink of an eye.

Neither Instructor Junades, Instructor Kassandra, Miranda nor her three disciples had been seen more than once in these 14 days.

It was almost as if they didn't belong to the Teradan military camp and that they were ghosts, who resurfaced every now and then only to disappear again.

However, what nobody knew was that all of them were together. The Instructors and Miranda trained Nial and the others with all they had up their sleeves without holding back.

That was also why one could see three young Originals lying on the ground of the underground arena, panting heavily.

Yet, even breathing seemed to be a burden as every muscle in their body ached heavily. They felt as if their body was left with no energy to even move a finger.

But the sight of the three deadly-exhausted youths was not enough to invoke pity in the hearts of Junades and the others.

They merely looked at them with serious expressions on their faces.

"I don't think we're overdoing it. Do you think we're being a bit too strict with them on the first day?" Junades asked Miranda with emotionless eyes as if he was discussing what to have for dinner.

Miranda stared intently at the three youths, all of who had climbed a rank and advanced further. Only two weeks had passed but their mana core had already enlarged once, and their combat proficiency had increased drastically.

Their ability's usage had improved quite a bit as well.

However, even Miranda couldn't help but feel that the three youths improved slower than she wanted to.

But that had nothing to do with the potential of Nial and the others. Rather, it was because she and the other instructors demanded too much from them.

If possible, they wanted Bella to reach the 10th Origin rank at the end of the three-month training period. Meanwhile, Mathias was supposed to reach the 9th Origin rank. On the other hand, Nial's situation was a little bit different because his mana core had already reached the size of an 8th Origin rank, despite being in reality at the 4th Origin rank.

Thus, the 6th Origin rank was more than enough for him to attain at the end of the military camp's training session.

At least, that was what all of them believed before getting news that the third shelter had been evacuated because an Abyssal ranked Dungeon had manifested in the shelter's center!

Abyssal ranked dungeons harbored beasts with at least 7 Origin rings. Stronger beasts within an Abyssal ranked dungeon is said to have 9 Advanced Origin rings, with the Boss Monster being even stronger.

Not a single human on the planet was capable of conquering such a dungeon. It may have been mankind's bad luck but the 3rd shelter out of the 9 shelters had to be given up due to the emergence of the Abyssal ranked dungeon.

With only eight shelters left, mankind increased the level of security around them by several times simply because the human race's population could barely squeeze everyone in these eight shelters.

Abandoning another shelter was not an option anymore. Thus, every single Instructor in all the ten military camps was anxious and trained the camp's participants with all their might.

Because they expected to witness miracles while training Nial, and his friends, Junades, Kassandra, and Miranda felt that it would be best to train them as if they were inhumanly strong, talented, and motivated.

They could purchase everything they needed because they had the necessary fortune, which was why the three Originals had gotten their own nutrition capsule.

As the name suggested, the nutrition capsule looked like a capsule, just that it was a mechanical device, whose front side was made out of glass.

When one entered it, it was necessary to wear an oxygen mask because the hollow inner room would be filled with warm water that would be infused with a nutrition serum, several rare herbs that improved the body's recuperation speed and temporarily enhanced the body's mana acceptance.

It was an extremely expensive device because the corporation that produced them could only make around 100 each year.

However, despite the exorbitant price, its use was even more terrifying, which made the buyer feel that every single dollar he had spent on it was worth it.

Sleeping inside the nutrition capsule for four hours was more than enough to make someone recuperate fully whether it was one's mind or body.

But even if they were able to recuperate and return to their peak state within hours this didn't mean that they were able to stay conscious after the hellish training they had just undergone.

Nial, Mathias, and Bella didn't even know how much time had passed. The only thing they could tell was that they were slowly improving and that their training got even more difficult.

It was impossible for them to adjust to the training sessions and to allow their body to recuperate on their own because their three teachers increased the difficulty of their training upon seeing the slightest bit of improvement in them.

Even though two weeks had passed, not a single participant of the military camp had challenged them to a fight yet.

However, this was something Miranda and the others had expected. She knew that the other camp's participants were also being subjected to hellish training by their Instructors.

It was far less straining than the training she and the two Instructors gave the three disciples under her but it still prevented them from procuring enough merit points to challenge one of the top-ranked Originals.

This was great because it provided Miranda and the others with enough time to continue with their rigorous training without anyone meddling in their tight schedule.

In fact, their schedule was overflowing with things they had wanted to focus on but 24 hours were simply too less to pay attention to.

Even Miranda had to hold back from studying runic armaments simply because it was more important to drill the basics into the young Originals.

As long as their foundation was perfect, everything else would be fine.

That being said, Nial, Bella and Mathias didn't even  take a good look at the books they had plundered within the Ancient ruin's dungeon.

They knew that the books were safely stored in their storage rings and could be read through when they had time, which they doubted they would ever have.

There was no time for them to rest, let alone to read the books that were filled with exhaustive knowledge about runic armaments.

The only thing they did with runic armaments was to get to know the few armaments they wore while sparring against Junades and Kassandra.

Practicing the Elementus Mylee martial art technique required lots of focus. It may seem easy at the first glance, but it was quite difficult to fight using the technique at a high mastery.

Because Nial had already gotten to know his dark energy quite well thanks to the primary Trail of the Gods, his mastery of the Elementus Mylee technique quickly reached the Basic Mastery.

But that was already it. Despite his relentless efforts he had not been able to advance further in the last two weeks mostly because he was too occupied with getting to know the dark energy on a deeper level.

Miranda gave him numerous tasks to accomplish with the dark energy such as devising unique stances to release the dark energy explosively before shaping it in certain forms in an instant and so on.

Nial might be one of the fastest learners in the group of three, but the complexity of his dark energy was much higher than the Innate abilities of his friends.

Roughly, the same could be said about his first ability. Instead of an ability, he had bound the Curse [Hodur's Heir] to his body. Training his senses with the exception of his eyesight was certainly not easy.

But adding the black miasma to the mix made things even more difficult. Nial's multitasking talent was lagging behind, which was why he was forced to work even harder than the others.

Bella didn't have much difficulties combining [Outburst] with [Celestial transformation], and the only thing she had to pay attention to was the weakened state she would enter once [Outburst] were to wear out.

Her training was mostly focused on enhancing and sharpening her reflexes, flexibility, agility, and her combat technique in its entirety.

Of course, she was also asked to control her Innate ability [Celestial transformation] with more precision, simply because it was possible to regulate the weakened state she would enter when using both her Innate ability and [Outburst] together.

[Outburst] could also be further regulated, which was something Bella hadn't known beforehand. She had learned a lot during the last two weeks as well, but her mind felt mush, which was why she had no idea whether she had improved or not.

On the other hand, Mathias' close combat talent was below average. He had never fought in close combat before. This had made things quite difficult, even more so because he was timid and shy in front of the Instructors and Miranda.

After two weeks, he had grown used to their presence but his proficiency in close combat was still below the expectations of his Instructors.

His mastery in the Elementus Mylee martial art technique was also not that high simply because his close combat talent was not up to the standard yet.

Only his Earth elemental affinity was exceptional, but that was obvious and owed to his Innate ability [Elemental Comprehension].

Miranda felt that Mathias was making good use of his Innate ability quite well already. However, there were still ways for him to improve, which was why Miranda tried to help Mathias in using his Innate ability in a perfect manner.

The training Miranda forced upon the poor Mathias strained his brain excessively, resulting in him collapsing quite a few times to the ground in front of his friends.

In fact, there had not been a single day in which one of them didn't collapse on the training ground.

But somehow, the three young Originals were perfectly fine with this. They could clearly tell that they had improved a lot in a matter of just two weeks.

In the following two and a half months, they were certain of improving themselves drastically, reaching a threshold they would have never ought to reach.

They planned to overpower everyone in the Military Games, to win against all of them and to keep advancing further.

Nial planned to join some Guild or Organization, whose headquarters were located in Liondra to find out more about his family while continuing to advance.

Even if Nial and his friends had yet to hear about the information of the abandoned 3rd Shelter, they knew that their future had dangers faced like never before in store for them to witness.

If it had already been quite problematic beforehand, one could say that true chaos was about to descend upon the entire human race…once again.

Will Nial and his friends be able to overcome all the struggles, or will they face eternal rest in the eternal chaos?

Only time could tell….

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