Chương 34: Training begins

The day after he met Ravel, Alex gathered with the rest of the ORC in front of Azazel. Surprisingly Ravel joined them, trying to be of help to her new fiancé. Her original intention was to become his bishop, but since she learned that he didn't intend to have a peerage she would only be able to help him from the sidelines. Azazel started speaking,

"So from now until the games I intend to have each of you undergo intense training. Rias!" Rias looked up as Azazel called her name,

"Yes!"

"As you were born as a high class devil you've enjoyed having high specs right from the start. That's why I devised a basic training regimen for you, follow this exactly and focus your extra effort in learning. As a king grows they need knowledge more than power, the ability to make swift decisions, and to properly analyze the situation." Rias nodded her head at Azazel's words. One thing Alex told her to work on was her capability to lead, as it would be the best way to utilize her command loyalty skill. Her magic and destruction will only increase with use in battle, so she needs to focus on the other things she needed at the moment. Azazel then turned to Akeno.

"Akeno, I watched the recording of your battle against Raisers queen. All I can say is that you need to accept your own blood, otherwise you will only be holding yourself and your king back. Even in the rating games that are comprised only of Devils at the moment, the power of lightning, and not thunder is invaluable."Akeno didn't say anything and looked bitter at his words. She looked at Alex who only nodded his head slightly, and she sighed. Azazel then looked at Kiba.

"Kiba, you need to learn how to use you new balance breaker. Attempt to activate it for a whole day, and I'll teach you how to handle sword sacred gears. I understand you'll be learning from your master?" Kiba nodded and said,

"Yes, I intend to relearn everything from scratch." Azazel nodded and turned to Xenovia next.

"You need to work on your control of durandal better. By training with holy swords you will naturally become better at controlling them." Xenovia looked confused at his words, but also nodded as she needed to learn how to better handle durandal as he said. He then spoke to Gasper,

"Gasper, the biggest problem with you is your fear. If your mind and body is unstable then you won't be able to properly handle your sacred gear. I devised a training program for shut ins, and to help train your physical body better." Gasper looked scared at Azazel's words, but still said,

"YYYYYEEEEESSSSS! I will try not to be scared anymore!" But his words weren't very convincing when he tried crawling back into the box. After talking to Gasper it was Asia's turn.

"Asia, you need to learn how to increase the range on your twilight healing. If someone's across the battle field and needs healed then what will you do? But you also have the problem of being too kind, and so your ability wouldn't discriminate from friend and enemy. As such we need to work on finely directing your healing so as not to include enemies." Asia looked surprised at Azazel's words involving improving her healing, but looked determined to improve herself. He then turned to Koneko,

"Koneko, you have the same issue as Akeno, if you refuse the blood in you then it will only hurt you in the long run." She looked depressed at his words, but then Alex stepped forward.

"I'll train her, I intend to do an intense muscle training program for the next few weeks, while also training senjutsu. It's not too hard for her to join me, if she thinks she's capable." Koneko looked surprised at his words, but also looked determined. Azazel also looked surprised, but decided to give in. His program for Alex was to increase his base capabilities, and learn more about his sacred gear so he let it go as he could always focus on his sacred gear later. What Azazel didn't know was that Alex was already aware of different ways to use the boosted gear, it was only a matter of developing them. Alex then asked Azazel,

"Azazel, is the space I asked about ready?" Alex had asked for a sealed space to use his gravity powers in, with the needed equipment and supplies that he wouldn't need to leave until the training was done. Azazel nodded and said to Alex with a smirk,

"You even asked for preparations made for two people, were you thinking about training Koneko from the start?" Alex then surprised him and everyone else when he confirmed Azazel's words.

"As our fighting styles are essentially similar, I figured it would be best to introduce her to my training style. I also intend to do something for Kiba and Xenovia as well." The two in question looked confused, until Alex applied magic to their feet and found them extremely heavy after. They looked at Alex for an explanation.

"I increase the gravity on my body for training, it's what i intend to use with Koneko as well. For the two of you I only increased the gravity on your feet. As knights your best trait is your speed, after your training I'll remove the gravity, and if you managed to be able to run just as fast as before then imagine your speed after I remove it." After they heard Alex's words the two knights eyes went wide open at the realization. Alex and the rest though had a laugh after seeing them trying to walk around with increased gravity. Azazel turned to Alex and asked,

"And how much do you use on yourself?" Alex was thoughtful for a second, and said,

"Currently, I have about ninety times the normal gravity on me. Those two only have about ten times." At Alex's words everyone went silent, until Rias asked,

"Just out of curiosity, did you have this increase of gravity during your fights before?" Alex froze for a moment, and realization dawned on his face.

"Yea I guess. I forgot to remove it before fighting Raiser, Kokabiel, and Vali. Hahahahahahaha." No one else was laughing. While recalling Alex's capabilities during those fights, they became afraid of seeing him fight with no restrictions. Ravel then piped up,

"Um, is there anything I need to do? I want to help as well..." Alex looked surprised for a moment, then recalled that Ravel excelled as issei's manager in the series. Knowing that background work would be best for her, he said,

"I don't know any details about the ones I'll be fighting, can I ask you to research for me while I'm training?" Ravel became excited suddenly, and said,

"I'll do my best! Ill also get together the rest of them so that you're ready for all of them!" Alex nodded at her words, pleased that he had someone capable to help him.