The next morning Ash woke up early, when she woke up her whole body was in pain. She cried out to which Saffiyah rushed in asking what was wrong. "My whole body hurts" cried Ash as everytime she moved the pain got worse. "That is the consequence of training so hard without giving your body enough time to get used to it, here drink this" as Saffiyah gave Ash two potion bottles. "This potion is for muscle soreness, it basically speedens your recovery using mana naturally, this potion is to reduce the pain, You will only take a small amount as your small body is too young to fully take potions." said Saffiyah who gave Ash a tenth of the medicine. "When you need to, take the same amount again" Ash nodded. After a couple of minutes, Ash barely felt any pain, so she stood up and walked outside.
Her brother Aaron and Father were outside, they had on a black uniform, it made them look somewhat sluggish as they moved slowly, they were doing all kinds of weird movements. "Ash, are you ready to start training? Aaron, just continue the exercise while I give Ash a lesson.''Aaron nodded and continued what he was doing. "Ash, this uniform is weight armor, you feed it mana and it senses the difficulty you would need to grow, as you advance the tougher it gets, all of the equipment we have can be used until you reach halfway into the C-Rank realm, higher grade equipment is much more expensive and hard to find." Max gave Ash a pair of the armor. Ash put it on but didnt feel a thing, "Inject some of your mana". Ash did that, all of a sudden, Ash flopped face first. Ash grunted and tried her best to stand up, it took everything she had just to stand up, "Oh, impressive, but after your intense training session yesterday it would make sense you are about to break through to the next realm" said Max which shocked Aaron. "Ash is about to break through?" asked Aaron, "Yes, and because of that, if you dont allow your strength and speed to catch up to your endurance it would be hard to train using this equipment. The armor isnt meant for the lower realms, but, rather for people about to break through into the C-Rank realm."
Ash used mana coating to stand up, despite the increase in strength, it was still very difficult to stand up. Aaron continued his practice, eager for his coming of age ceremony the following year, Max kneeled down right next to Ash, encouraging her to continue. The one thing Max didnt tell Ash was that being able to stand up would require E-Rank level strength, something Ash was not close to at the moment, the way that the armor worked was that when it sensed a physical stat about to breakthrough, it would increase the difficulty to an initial level of the next rank, making if monumentally harder if other stats werent close to breaking through. This made training at a steady pace important, or atleast being able to train all three physical aspects at the same speed. This was not possible because of Ash's endurance training the other day, it did greatly improve her strength and speed but the rapid recovery from damage that shouldve paralyzed her, simulating a fight that would require rapid growth and Ash's life on the line.
Ash's stamina was holding up, it didnt take long though before she fell back down due to the stress her mana was putting on her still recovering body. Max flipped her on her back, "use the Ethereal Recovery manual your mother gave you" said Max as he sat down, watching Aaron. "You know, once someone gets to a certain mastery over something, even someone at a more advanced level would struggle on teaching them more" said Max while Ash practiced the manual. Ash hadnt put much effort into the manual because of not actually needing it, 'Hey Grim, why dont we practice the manual together' 'Sure' replied Grim. They both sat in their mana pools as the both of them still couldnt enter the others mana pool.
Mana from the environment became visible and circulated around Ash, her wounds from the other day started healing while her stamina and strength recovered. The mana used from the practice was also recovered, as Ash regained her strength, the muscle recovery increased her physical attributes by a bit. What Aaron was practicing was his close combat skill, making his body bring out more strength while the armor he used basically dragged his body to the floor. He did a wide range of movements which included push ups, squats, pull ups, sit ups, and sprinting around the yard.
Ash made a full recovery while Aaron was doing his exercises, planting her hands to her sides, Ash pushed with all her might, reinforcing herself with mana while trying to get up. As Ash's strength rised, using the close combat skill and overall control of her body got better. Allowing mana to flow through her meridians better. All of a sudden, an eruption of mana happened around Aaron, he stopped moving and stood straight up. Max noticed this and picked up Ash, bringing her a couple meters away. "Nice Aaron, looks like you will be ready to start adventuring next year by yourself". Aaron's Endurance was breaking through to the C-Rank realm, a feat that would be looked at with amazement. "Heh, I only managed to break through into the C realm after years of adventuring, I was about 20 at the time" said Max. The mana then all went back to Aaron, there were a couple noticeable differences with him. His aura got stronger, his body grew by almost a whole foot, and his body became much more refined.
Older Brother: Aaron Revera
Age: 12
Stats: Vitality: 1,001 Mana: 68,000
Strength: D 57 Endurance: C 0 Agility: D 79 Core: D 56
Charisma: 9 Wisdom: 7 Fate: 0 Will: 9 Luck: 8
Abilities: Boiling Blood
Affinity: Blood
Skills: Advanced Mana Control, Intermediate Mana Manifestation, Intermediate Necessity magic, Intermediate Spear Mastery, Advanced Close Combat, Intermediate Mana Coating, Intermediate Mana Density, Intermediate Affinity Imbuement, Advanced Movement Skill
Technique: Blood Ocean