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A moment later. On the steel tray remained scattered ashes of the blackened regeneration stem.
"Use healing magic on this tray. Luna."
"Huh? Healing magic?"
"Yeah."
"Um... Davian, there are many types of healing magic. And basically, healing magic is manifested based on an understanding of biological tissue, so you can't use it on just any object..."
"It doesn't matter, just fire it here. Just do it. Any healing magic is fine."
"J-just? Here?"
"Yeah. Think of this as someone's back... and just use it. If you can't get used to it, close your eyes."
"Okay, I'll try it once."
Luna stretched her arms forward and manifested healing magic towards the tray with the black ashes on it.
A sky-blue light seemed to bloom from Luna's palms, but the light didn't go to the steel tray and remained in Luna's hands.
"I guess it doesn't work..."
Davian held out his palm and covered Luna's eyes.
Luna's shoulders flinched for a moment when Davian's hand touched her.
"Now, imagine my back is in front of your hands. A back that's been torn long by a villain's sword."
"U-uh."
But Luna's healing magic remained still.
"You can even see the spine. Blood is flowing. I can even see the organs between the vertebrae. If you don't fix it quickly, my heart will stop soon?"
Luna frowned at the detailed and grotesque description. At that moment.
Whoosh.
The healing magic manifested from Luna's hands landed on the steel tray.
The ashes that had been scattered as black powder stirred in all directions when they touched Luna's healing magic.
The stirring ashes slowly began to clump together.
A moment later.
"Done."
Davian removed his hand covering Luna's eyes.
Luna, who had finally opened her tightly closed eyes, could see the pill placed on the tray.
It was clearly black ash, but it had somehow become a greenish, spherical pill.
Davian took out a small glass bottle, put the pill in it, and closed the lid.
"Okay, one done. Good job, Luna."
As Davian looked at the pill in the glass bottle with a satisfied expression, a notification window popped up in his vision.
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[Supreme Elixir Made from Regeneration Stem]
—Rarity: ★★☆
—Increases stamina by 10% upon consumption. (Cumulative effect depending on the number of doses. Recommended to take one dose every month for long-term use. No cumulative effect if redosed within one month.)
—Temporarily restores all fatigue upon consumption. (Activates immediately upon consumption.)
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Increasing inner power allows one to have movements beyond human capabilities, and upon reaching a certain level, one can manifest aura from weapons.
Increasing outer power strengthens strength and defense.
But what cannot be increased even with inner and outer power training is health and stamina.
Stamina is something that can be increased through continuous physical training, not mana training.
The elixir that Davian brought his friends to make as a tonic was a medicine that had the effect of increasing this stamina.
Moreover, on the day of taking the medicine, one would not feel any fatigue all day long.
This would be temporarily useful when clearing quests consisting of multiple waves.
Stamina increases by 10% cumulatively each time it is taken.
If this elixir is taken once a month for 50 months, stamina will be 117 times better than at the beginning.
Thud.
Bonita, who had approached sometime, threw a dozen regeneration stems in front of Davian.
"Already?"
"It just happened while I was doing it."
"It'll be over faster than I thought?"
Davian picked up one of the regeneration stems that Bonita threw and placed it on the steel tray.
"Luna, get ready. Now we just have to do this 254 more times."
"H-how many times?"
"254 times. We have to finish it today if we don't want to be here doing this until tomorrow."
Swish.
A crimson flame rose from Davian's hand.
"Ugh."
Belum threw a bunch of regeneration stems next to Davian and collapsed on the spot.
"I can't do it anymore. It's too hard."
The sun was already high in the sky.
They had started working a little after 7 o'clock, so they had been extracting regeneration stems for five hours without rest.
Thanks to Bonita's performance, they had extracted more than 150 regeneration stems in total, but Belum had concluded that he could no longer move.
"Hey, Davian. I said I can't do it anymore? Now my hands are shaking so much that I can't even cut it properly."
A moment later, Nubes also came and threw the extracted regeneration stem down and lay down next to him.
"I can't do it anymore either. It's not just hard, but I can't stand looking at that grotesque corpse cross-section anymore, so I can't bear it."
Bonita arrived last.
She didn't lie down like Belum and Nubes, but her whole body was soaked in sweat.
That's because about two-thirds of the regeneration stems extracted so far were picked up by Bonita alone.
Davian and Luna, who continued to use magic power, were also at their limit.
"Everyone gather around."
Belum looked at Davian with his head turned while lying down.
"Ah, I can't move anymore. I was stimulated by Bonita for no reason and kept cutting without resting, so I feel like I'm really going to die."
Nubes didn't turn his head and just opened his mouth.
"You too, Belum. I thought I was the only one having a hard time because Bonita and you were both moving without resting. I was really enduring and moving like crazy."
In the end, the reason they were all so tired was because of Bonita, who kept moving without rest.
Davian picked up the glass bottles containing the elixir that had been piled up on one side and threw one to each of his friends.
"Okay, take one pill each."
Belum, who received the glass bottle first, struggled to raise his upper body.
"This damn tonic. If it doesn't work, just wait and see. But why is it so big? How can I swallow this all at once?"
"Chew it."
Bonita put the pill in her mouth and carefully tasted it.
"Fortunately, it's not bitter."
Bonita, relieved, chewed and swallowed the pill.
"...Huh?"
Bonita, who had the greatest interest in the pill, asked.
"Why? How is it?"
Belum jumped up and said.
"Eat it, Bonita. What is this... it's amazing."
Bonita, who put the pill in her mouth and chewed it, let out a hollow laugh.
"Puhut. What is this? It's supposed to be the best. Is it real?"
"Why? What's so great about it?"
Nubes, who ate the pill, soon showed the same reaction.
"What is this...."
Davian and Luna also took one pill each.
"We'll divide it equally among the five of us, so only eat one a month. And always carry one with you and eat it when you need to recover from fatigue like now."
Belum smacked his lips while looking at the piled-up glass bottles.
"Can't I eat it every day? This good stuff."
"No. You have to eat it at monthly intervals to continue to increase your stamina. Eating it for the same effect as just now is only when it's really necessary."
Bonita asked.
"Is that how you can properly absorb the medicine?"
"Yeah. Eating it within a month only has the effect of relieving fatigue. You have to eat it at monthly intervals to continue to increase your stamina. We'll divide it into 50 pieces, so after 50 months, your stamina will be more than 100 times better than now. It's precious, so be sure to keep the interval."
Nubes, who got up and waved his arms, said.
"100 times? Amazing. Come to think of it, it's not just fatigue relief, but my energy seems to be better than before."
Bonita and Belum also turned their waists left and right and moved their bodies lightly.
Bonita looked at Belum and Nubes alternately and said.
"What are you doing, let's finish it quickly."
"Oh, yeah!"
"Okay!"
The next morning.
Davian, who came to the address that Mons had informed him through a letter during the week.
"Oh? Young master! If you had given me a notice, I would have come to pick you up at the academy."
"It's okay. I'm not a child. But you found a clean house?"
"The young master may stay here on weekends. This is the room where the young master will stay. It's cleaned up neatly."
Attendants who followed students who had entered the academy often find temporary accommodations in Elton City and stay.
From a few months to the entire 7 years of attending the academy.
Davian's attendant Mons had rented a house to stay in for a year.
Davian said that he would spend more time outside than inside the academy on weekends, so he rented a house with a room for the young master to use.
In the first run, he thought there was no need to do that and tried to send Mons back.
But he insisted on staying here, saying it was the head of the family's order.
And after going through several quests in Elton City, Davian was able to confirm Mons' skills.
Mons, who uses a quick sword that even the magician Davian has difficulty keeping up with.
"How was the first week at the academy, young master?"
The same question from Mons every run.
But Davian's answer was different from the previous run.
"It was terrible."
"Yes? Did something happen? Are there any guys bothering the young master?"
Mons' expression was full of worry.
He had seen with his own eyes how he had smashed the Black Wolf bandit group, but in Mons' memory, the weak third young master that he had seen for over 10 years was still vivid.
"There are no such guys. There are no guys who can do that."
Only then did Mons remember Davian's terrifying magic again.
"Well... but what's wrong?"
"Let's go out first, Mons. Eat a quick breakfast and there's a place to go with me. Bring your sword."
"Where are you going?"
"Any place where you can swing a sword."
The two people found a secluded hill on the outskirts of the city after solving breakfast appropriately.
"Mons, teach me swordsmanship."
"Me?"
"Yeah. You use a sword well."
"I can teach you, but will it be effective if you do it for a short time on the weekends? Swordsmanship is so..."
"Just tell me a few movements that can quickly improve my swordsmanship skills at the current level. I'll practice all week."
"You'll be too busy with magic power, inner power, and outer power training to have time to double major."
"I'll take care of that, so just tell me."
Mons stared at Davian.
Swish.
Mons pulled the sword out of the sheath with force.
"As expected, young master. You're cool. Academy freshmen usually just focus on mana training because they're in a hurry. The young master is approaching swordsmanship properly. Draw your sword."
Shing.
Davian drew his sword and took a pose that he had learned.
"The grip isn't bad. The center of gravity is still a little awkward. Swing it."
Whoosh.
Diagonal downward cut, the basis of swordsmanship and the most powerful attack.
It was a very awkward movement for Mons to see.
"Soles of the feet. Swordsmanship starts with the soles of the feet."
"Soles of the feet?"
"Yes. Optimized movement from the soles of the feet to the tip of the sword. That's the beginning and end of swordsmanship. But now there's a lot of unnecessary force in various parts of your body."
"Relax? Nubes also talked about that a lot."
Mons' passion for swordsmanship slowly awakened to Davian's serious attitude.
"What's the goal?"
"Top of the swordsmanship department."
"It's impossible."
"It has to be possible."
Actually, it was the answer he was waiting for.
He was planning to tell him the training method he was thinking about now only if he was prepared to this extent.
"...Then I'll tell you an easy and fast way. It's an easy method, but it's difficult, and it's a fast method, but it's not a way to go carelessly."
Davian's eyes sparkled.
"What is it?"
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