Chapter 35: Clone With Pressure
Leo reached his house. Luckily the coachman brought him. So he did not have to walk that much with his weak body. Leo had taken rest in the hospital, but his body still felt tired.
One day of rest would be enough for him to return to his former state. Then he can go to the nearby river and start his training once again.
Thinking this Leo fell asleep as soon as he reached his house.
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"So both Xander and Leo got injured?" Asked Mia's father Gerard to her.
"Yes," She replied.
"Mia I need to tell you something important," Gerard spoke as his face turned serious.
"What's wrong dad?" Mia asked in return.
"The House Of Dawn has asked us to watch the new city. I'm sure you know about it now, but that is not all there is a much bigger problem, but it is better you do not know about it. What I want to say is be careful on your next mission,"
"My next mission?" Mia asked.
"There have been many riots in cities from non-elemental users. Some non-elemental users have attacked people like them for refusing to join the new city. The situation is getting out of hand. The house head of The Dawn Family wanted to act, but he got stopped by the Grand Elders Court.
It is a pain, but we do not have a choice. All you kids must go there and make sure no one leaves the area. It will take time for people from the Dawn Family to get here so till that time it is up to use.
"I can send experts, but this is a good opportunity to train yourself for the life ahead," Gerard said while walking around the table.
"So everyone will have to go?" Mia asked, thinking about her former team.
"Yes, the new city has many people so I'm sending everyone."
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Leo got up from his bed. The pain in his stomach has now gone. So, now it was time to train once again. His main goal would be to increase the water pressure in his clone as this would allow the clone to handle weapons.
Which will make it harder for enemies to deal with the clone.
Before he went to the river Leo freshened up and then went out of his house to have breakfast. Then he left for the river.
Along the way, he ran into Mia who informed him of their upcoming mission in two days near the new city.
Leo finally made it to the river. He began his practice by absorbing the Essence from the river. He did this to increase his power. Increasing the pressure of the clone is important, but increasing his power is much more important.
Because if anyone destroyed his clone he would need to rely on his power to stop them.
The Essence rose from the river and revolved around Leo as it entered inside his body and made its way to his crystal.
He was 20% in. He had to increase this to prepare for the upcoming mission as he did not want a repeat of what happened last time with the masked man.
As he kept practicing his power increased. Leo continued this for two hours.
In the end, he reached 35% of the way to Level 2. Now he became stronger compared to before. If he were to use frenzy now with 23% control over his body, then his total power would increase from 35% in Level 1 to 58% in Level 1.
This, coupled with the new clone that could hold weapons will increase his power by a significant margin.
Next, it was finally time to increase the pressure inside his clone. From what Emilia said he had to make the water strike against each other to generate pressure.
And so that is what he did. Leo first summoned the clone. His water reserves were now full after absorbing water from the river. Leo began by controlling the water inside the clone. The water moved as if it were waves in a storm.
Soon the water became heavier. It became harder for Leo to control the water, but the rage of the water did not stop rather it only increased. By this time the clone no longer looked like a normal human rather its hands, legs and even its entire body became deformed.
Leo continued this for thirty minutes. By the end, the water became much harder to move. This was one of the reasons Leo stopped at thirty minutes.
Leo took out his dagger which had been with him since the start. He gave the dagger to the clone who now could hold it using its hands.
It gripped the dagger and showed no signs of letting it go, which was a good thing. With this, his attack and defense have increased. The next step would be to buy a weapon for the clone as right now he only had the dagger as a weapon.
After the clone, it was time to practice frenzy. He could control 23% of the cells in his body. His goal for today was to increase the control.
So Leo closed his eyes and sensed the cells. He forgot about his surroundings and only focused on sensing the cells and gaining control over them. That was his only goal and nothing else right now.
After another thirty minutes of training his control, increased from 23% to 28%. This was not a significant upgrade, but in the long term, it will be helpful.
Now with this, he had practiced with his two spells and also improved his power. This training gave insights into his current situation. He was much stronger now compared to when he faced the masked bandit, but he still could not defeat that man.
His goals were to get a weapon or to activate the slumbering sword. The other goal was to get more spells to learn and use as two spells were not enough for him.
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