Two weeks after my return, I had gotten a lot better since I had more control over time now and it would take a few more days to get back to my perfect condition. During the last two weeks, I had wholeheartedly focused on trying to heal myself since I had to hasten my plans just in case for the future and apart from that and training the others while I trained in law, I did nothing else.
Among the members I have been training, Gray has improved the most in terms of variety in his arsenal of moves. He has managed to come up with different forms of ice magic and there were even magic attacks that he would have come up with in the future by himself. Of course, that wasn't the only thing he improved. His physical capability also increased along with the firepower behind his attacks.
But despite so, his firepower couldn't compare to what Natsu has accomplished. Since he relied on close quarter combats and mid-range attacks with his magic, Natsu has gotten stronger, faster and more flexible than before. And his stamina has also gone through a tremendous increase as he could now fight all out for about three hours straight without a break.
The last one that has improved the most is obviously Elfman. Until now, he has never had full control over his takeover beast and it also didn't help that he has been scared of using it after what had happened with Lisanna and Mira on that mission.
But now, he has gained full control of it thanks to the vigorous mental training I had him go through. His physical attributes are heavily enhanced when he undergoes takeover so I had his base physical attributes increased so as to enhance his already imposing base physicality to another level after going through takeover.
I could confidently say that these three are the closest to being S-class mages in the guild. While in the anime, they had shown a lot of strength that could even be comparable to Laxus at the start, it is a fact that none of them actually came close to his level of strength at the start of canon. Right now, when I say S-class mage, I base that on the strength Laxus displayed at the beginning of the canon.
With their current strength, even Erza would have a hard time not to mention Laxus. And there is still some time before Laxus comes strutting in and declaring a civil war amongst everyone at the guild. Before that happens, not only would these three have surpassed the current Laxus, Erza and the girls would have done so as well, especially Erza and Mira. Those two are already S-class rank mages, meaning they are already at the level of Laxus though he might have an edge over them. but after I am done with their training, they could overpower Laxus without any effort if what Natsu and the others improvement is any sign of what they might be capable of.
And then there is Makarov. The reason I didn't mention him with the earlier three is because I haven't seen the limits to his improvement. But if I had to guess then, if before he was around the fifth strongest among the wizard saints, then now he would have risen to fourth for sure. He is nowhere near God Serena's level but after a few more months of training after I use time control on him then he has a chance of becoming the second strongest. And if he doesn't after a few months then I am sure that he would after a year or so of continuous training.
For now, I could just not think about him since I would find out more when we fight so I paid more attention to the rest and my own training in the laws. After the last two weeks' worth of training, I had gained a few insights in the different ways I could use the law of space but not that much in regards to the law of time.
Apart from that, my own control has increased since I spent almost all the time I had to train consciously and so my control on the laws has definitely increased. This was especially the case for the law of time since I was using it both consciously and unconsciously to keep the law of darkness from spreading itself on my body. While the control I had over time is still not at the level of the control I had over space, it was getting there and I couldn't be any happier. It has been so long since I had seen such an improvement in terms of control over the law of time so obviously I would be over the moon.
Going over what has happened ever since I had returned has become a habit of mine now. As I now think back on it every day before going to sleep I found myself unable to do so today. Tomorrow is the day I will recover completely and I can finally get back to a more normal way of life. I mean, you know, walking on my own two legs and all.
I also have to get ready for my fight with Makarov which we had decided to hold a day or two after I completely recover. This was a fight that will be held privately and we haven't told anyone about it. Not even the girls knew we were doing this and so of course the rest of the guild wouldn't know about it as well.
Aside from that though, scolding from the girls are also going to come. They have been giving me the glare that said that I shouldn't escape from what they had in mind for me for the past few days now after they realized I was going to get back to full fitness. Sure, as a grown man who shouldn't be letting himself be a beta, I should strongly voice an objection to how they doing things but again, they just saw me on the verge of possible death so this is the least I could do the ease their anxieties.
-Next Day-
I had woken up early in the morning despite going to sleep late, and I woke up a bit earlier than when I usually do to wake up the guys to train them. this was because I wanted to heal my body fully before the day starts and I also had to have a little warm workout of my own before then.
And so I sat up on the bed and closed my eyes before I used the law of time with complete ease compared to the past two weeks or so and ran it around my body, both inside and outside. I was having a difficult time to hold back from itching all of the wounds that were still open but I held back in the end and saw my left arm and leg from the knee down appearing again. I can't call it regenerate since I am just bringing back the old limbs instead of growing a new one but that's beside the point.
After I fully healed myself and made my body whole again, I started on the process of finding and expelling any law of darkness inside of my body. This took around twenty minutes compared to getting full physical fitness back in around seven minutes but since I got the job done, I don't really mind. After everything was finished, I freshened myself up before heading off to wake up the training members for a much more hellish training schedule.