Ed recalled Suika and summoned the three monsters. He also got Raikou to pay attention to him.
"Although this wouldn't be necessary, I'll be explaining the main abilities of Nen, the power you just got" Ed talked while he was moving towards the center of the room.
"First of all is Ten" As soon as Ed finished speaking, an aura that looked as gentle as the flame of a candle had surrounded Ed's body and flowed peacefully. "Ten is the most basic ability of Nen, it allows you to defend against emotional attacks as well as some physical ones. Although QI infused attacks would probably break it easily…We'll talk about it later" Suddenly Ed recalled his aura.
"This state is called Zetsu. All of you were able to subconsciously use it earlier. This allows you to hide the aura of your body by closing all nodes. It can be used with Ten to achieve some more spectacular results which we'll also discuss in another time." Ed was doing his best trying to remember the proper explanations necessary for the basic Nen abilities. "Oh right. You can easily hide your presence in this state, but strong and perceptive people can still notice you, so be careful."
"Next is Ren." Ed's aura this time looked like a raging fire compared to his state earlier when using Ten. "In this state, you can achieve a great deal of additional physical strength while also maintaining an equally impressive defense. However, you'll be doing it at the expense of your energy. This state can also be used to intimidate others by infusing some killing intent. It's a good way to handle mobs of weaker monsters so keep it in mind." After explaining the three of the basic abilities, Ed still had one more.
"The last ability is called Hatsu. I cannot show you an example since this ability is unique to everyone. You can say each of your personalities would affect what type of Hatsu you produce. However, when coming up with your own special ability, I want you to remember the Nen type that you belong to and base it around that." After doing his best to explain, Ed summoned Suika and repeated the explanation once again. He then summoned Gobuta and Goburou to make them train alongside him and Suika.
"For now, I want you to use Ren for the longest possible. After you get tired, I'll let you rest for as much time as you lasted and you'll continue afterward" Ed devised a training program for him and his companions. Every one of them started and invoked Ren. The room which was the pride of the academy looked as if it couldn't handle the amount of aura being used inside it. 'Looks like we'll have to be extra careful' Ed simply shrugged it off and continued his training. After about half an hour, Gobuta, Goburou and Suika lost their entire aura.
Ed recalled Gobuta and summoned Garu and explained the same thing to him. Ed himself lasted about 45 minutes before hitting the ground while Raikou lasted for an hour. Around that time Garu was also exhausted so he recalled him and got the three who had relaxed to continue again.
Ed continued this process for about four hours before feeling like he could not move at all. He decided it was time to end the training and got to the kitchen. All of them had spent a great deal of energy and needed to replenish it. Ed cooked as much as he could and all of them ate everything. Only after eating could Ed feel like he was actually alive.
All of them took a bath once more since they had sweated a great deal in their training. After the bath, Ed hit the bed and fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow, his last thoughts were if he could wake up in time tomorrow.
The next morning, Ed woke up feeling refreshed instead of feeling groggy. Suika got up as well while Raikou seemed like he wanted to sleep in. Ed didn't want to bother him so he quickly left to head for the restaurant to get some breakfast. He also left some food for Raikou.
Ed and Suika met up with Ellie on the way to the restaurant.
"Both of you look as if you are stronger than before…" Ellie sent some questioning looks at Ed and Suika. It seems that she noticed the effects of Nen even when they were using Zetsu. Ed's eyes twitched a little while Suika looked as if she had small beads of sweat rolling down.
"We trained and cultivated a lot yesterday" Ed mixed lies with some truth and eluded her while walking, which made him remember some stuff.
'System if I recall correctly, Enhancers are supposed to have a straightforward personality and didn't lie at all.' Ed remembered a personality test related to Nen and had some questions about it.
[That is not necessarily true. That is only a basic categorization for it and it can be changed. Special cases always exist in the world.]
The system explained to Ed how such characterization of Nen shouldn't be taken at face value. Everything was deeper than it looked. 'That is kind of true. Netero did seem like a sly fellow even though he was an Enhancer…' Ed thought while walking. 'But Suika is charismatic and people tend to like her which is a sign of a specialist…' Ed was now sure that what the system had said was true, nothing is absolute.
In the restaurant, he met up with Emilia and Hayato. He looked around for Leon and Stephanie but didn't seem to locate any of them this time. The five of them each ordered their breakfast and waited at a table. Suddenly, someone approached Ed and his friends. Ed didn't feel any maliciousness from them so he simply waited without making any sudden moves.
"Sir Ed, we have a favor to ask of you.' The one who spoke was Ed's classmate. All the people who had approached Ed's table belonged to E class. Ed suddenly felt like he would have a very bothersome day in the academy.
"Sure, let me hear what you have to say." Ed couldn't send them away so he had no choice but to listen to them.
Hello everyone! I noticed that a lot of people had no idea about Nen abilities so I tried my best to explain the basic ones in this chapter. The more advanced ones will also be explained accordingly in upcoming training chapters. I just hope I do a decent job explaining them. Enjoy.
"We would like it if you help us win in the next mock-battle!" The man who talked to Ed first was the one who initiated the conversation. It seemed that although it was normal to lose, they still felt frustrated enough to ask help from Ed.
"We don't have a lot of time; I don't think I can help you." If they followed last week's schedule, the mock battle would be happening tomorrow. Ed didn't have the confidence to make them into winners with only one day's worth of time.
"We'll accept any training you throw at us! Just please help us!" "Please!" Lots of people now started asking for his help which attracted the attention of other people in the restaurant. Ed felt helpless at this and asked them to stop and listen to him.
"Even if I were to help you, I could only do it today. And since we have classes, we don't have as much time as we'd like." Even if Ed decides to help them, he could only do it after classes, leaving them with even less time.
"We can ask our teacher to postpone today's classes. Instead, we'll have a training session." One of the classmates proposed.
"We can do that?" Ed was surprised since he didn't know such a thing was actually possible.
"Yes, the academy does encourage training outside of the usual preset classes." After hearing this, Ed didn't have any problem. He was planning to challenge A class anyway since he wanted to have higher access in the library. 'Training with my classmates doesn't sound like a bad idea' Ed thought that he might as well topple A class with E class. 'Wouldn't that be poetic' He thought.
"Alright, I'll accept." Once he said that his classmates had smiles showing on their faces. "However don't expect much since we don't have a lot of time" He continued.
"We'll go get the teacher's permission right now!" They hurried out after saying that. Ed looked back to his friends' side after finishing his talk.
"Would you guys like to join?" He tried to reel them in since he didn't want to be alone.
"Sure, it sounds interesting." Hayato immediately agreed since he enjoyed Ed's company.
"Okay" As usual Emilia answered while sounding cold.
"I'll be coming as well; I might get the chance to fight you!" Ellie also seemed eager to join in hopes of fighting Ed.
"Please don't." Ed didn't want to fight her. If he loses she'll accuse him of not fighting seriously. And if he wins she'll keep bothering him with challenges until she wins. Ed was well acquainted with such people.
They spent most of their time talking. They were joined by Stephanie who seemed to have slept in today, and then Leon. They also told Stephanie about the change in today's program and she agreed to come as well. After eating, they all headed to their classroom to know what had happened with the teacher.
"You guys will have access to one of the training halls of the academy. Good thing you chose this, I didn't want to teach today either." Their teacher, Harry had bloodshot eyes and was glad he didn't have to teach today. He also gave them the access card to the training hall. They all made their way to the hall and entered. The students, who had come today, other than Ed's team, were ten people. Some of them looked unwilling but still came since asking for help didn't matter as long as they won.
"We have 15 people here, with my friend Suika that's 16," Ed spoke as Suika jumped around. "We'll split into four teams of four people and have our own mock battles." Ed was explaining his idea for training.
"Instead of a flag battle, we'll be playing tag," Ed spoke while smiling. "One group will be 'IT' while the other group will be running. The game will end when everyone is caught or ten minutes had passed. You are free to use any abilities as long as you don't injure the others; this is only training and not a battle."
Ed finished his explanation. Although people were skeptical at first, they knew this was a simulation game of fighting without actually fighting. Ed had chosen this game since he couldn't close the gap between E class and the other classes in one day. So, they would have to rely on their ability to outrun others and win.
The students started to choose teams. Ed was in a team with Suika, Emilia and the man who was badly injured last week in the mock battle. Hayato was with Stephanie and a couple of their classmates while Ellie was with another group of students. Ed had chosen to divide his team to make the other teams as strong as possible.
Ellie also chose to go alone on that team since she wanted to fight everyone else. Soon enough, the first match started and it was Ed's team vs. the remaining students who wanted to stay in their original team as much as possible. Ed's team was playing as 'IT' and quickly finished the game. The other team didn't have a great cohesion and were prone to panic as soon as something went wrong.
Ed made sure to keep in his mind all the mistakes they would make, and after the training, point them out. This would help formulate strategies that would help them overcome their weaknesses.
The next match was Hayato vs. Ellie. Hayato's team was 'IT' and with Stephanie's help, they were able to catch people very quickly. Only Ellie was able to stay safe. The match continued for a while before Hayato decided to show some of his powers. He used Ice magic to make the floor unsuitable for running. However, this backfired since Stephanie couldn't use Earth magic. And Ellie simply used QI on her feet allowing her to break the ice.
The match that followed was Ed vs. Ellie. He was running this time and made great use of his movement skill. He was able to keep up with Ellie who was using enhancement magic to make her speed increase by many folds. In the end, he stalled her enough so time would run out.
The match-ups continued for a while until Ed decided it was time to stop. He was amused a lot when he saw Suika catching people by making herself like a rope and trapping them. She also never got caught, shocking everyone other than Ed.
Ed had seen enough of his classmates' performance and knew what to point out to help them.
Hello everyone! Hope you enjoy the chapter, if there are any mistakes point them out and i'll fix them asap.
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