Strenuous week
Strenuous week
His soul energy was getting more and more stable while the circulation of mana was much easier due to the removed impurities.
With Malia's help, Jason imprinted the knowledge about all foundational and basic books into his mind as well as he could, but it was still very difficult.
His head had continued to ache almost all the time during the last week because of all the complex words and jargon inside them but it was still extremely practical.
It was a tough decision but Jason decided to learn dual mastery of daggers as his main weapon for the moment because he was the most proficient with them as of now. He had gained his combat experience so far solely from fighting with daggers as his main weapon.
That didn't mean he neglected practicing knife throwing and archery training, rather, he tried to maintain a fair balance in practicing every single skill.
While he practiced the first two skills for half an hour each day, he allotted two hours to train with the daggers.
But that wasn't even the hardest activity he had been working on last week, because the most exhausting thing Jason did was the high-intensity workout prepared by Mark, which allowed every muscle group in his body to be trained and tempered.
Only after the pain hit him and his body was sore due to the training did he realise the existence of some of these muscle groups, previously he had been oblivious to.
The main problem with that was however that there was not really much time given for Jason or his muscles to relax and regain strength.
Doing the workout twice a day was draining under normal circumstances as it was recommended to be only done once in two days because the muscles had to get adequate rest in normal cases.
Eating high-nutrition food and bathing in medical concoctions increased the benefits of working out and decreased the chances of cramps and muscles' wear and tear to a considerable extent.
Slowly yet steadily, his frail-looking body was starting to transform into a healthier shape, and his once weak and bony body began to sport some muscles, though the way to a perfect fit body was a long and arduous one.
Luckily Jason didn't look like Greg and his body structure seemed to be more leaned towards the athletic build.
He had also grown a few centimeters in height as consuming very nutritious food caused his stunted and overly neglected growth to absorb the energy similar to Artemis, with unrestrained gluttony.
If Jason had to estimate his growth, he was probably around 1.67+ meters tall and the small amount of baby fat on his face was burnt away, leaving an almost chiseled face behind.
Greg was envious of his looks which he obviously showed by beating him up during their spars.
Their fights couldn´t be considered long, but they were intense for Jason and he noticed huge improvements in his overall combat prowess while he got better in evading Greg´s attacks with each passing day.
Sometimes, Jason was even able to attack Greg, but he easily blocked all of Jason's attacks, leaving him with many bruises and pain.
His entire day had been turned into a rigorous training schedule by Gabriella, whom he affectionately called Aunty Gab sometimes because she liked it.
This however didn´t make her lenient while drafting his routine
→ 5 am: Waking up
→ Breakfast
→ 3 hours Mana gathering
→ 8 am: Stamina training High-intensity workout
→ 9 am: Reading time including martial art technique manuals for 3 hours
→ Lunch
→ Sparring with Greg ~~30 minutes
→ Picking out flaws and training dagger mastery 2 hours+
→ Knife throwing and Archery 1 hour
→ 5 pm second high-intensity workout
→ 6 pm medicinal bath
→ Dinner
→Time for himself to increase his knowledge, flaws, practice Heaven's Hell technique, or gather more mana(optional)
Overall this schedule looked really nice, but he had to squeeze in two additional time slots to practice the Heaven's Hell technique. It barely left him any room to breathe, which made his schedule really complicated and annoying but the results Jason could see were obvious.
His soul energy increased to 6.2 units while his physique was now truly at the 6th Novice rank.
Though his physical capabilities had been at the 6th Novice rank earlier, Jason´s true strength had been far below the rank, but now it was an entirely different case.
In addition to that, his mana control increased consistently because the high-intensity workout included training subconsciously to absorb mana and also have accurate control over it due to certain exercises that helped him achieve the same.
Jason also felt that his combat prowess had increased by a lot and at the end of the week, he was even able to stand his ground and fight Greg for a few minutes before he was pushed to the ground.
Taking into account that Greg had trained himself in martial art techniques for a few years and Jason only for a few weeks, this was an exciting achievement for him. But it hurt Greg´s pride a lot as he thought of himself as an extremely good fighter.
In the end, it caused Greg´s determination to soar higher, and his motivation to get stronger increased because he felt that Jason was catching up too fast, even if he was still at the 5th Novice rank.
Jason's mana had increased by a lot and his mana core was slowly getting stronger.
It would only be a matter of time before he would reach the 6th Novice rank and Jason felt it wasn't too far from his reach anymore.
He was growing eager for the following week when school would finally start and only the weekend was left for him to increase his strength as much as possible.
There were many positive things Jason could think of, but rather than being too excited, he was concerned if he would stain the Fler family´s reputation with his weak strength.
This was why Jason gave his 150% and each day ended with him falling into a deep slumber due to exhaustion. Yet, he willed himself to get up the next day and keep going.
One thing Jason could be extremely proud of was the vast increase in his knowledge.
Absorbing the content of each book inside his mind, Jason wondered how far his capabilities could go.
One could say that his memories and reading ability worked in sync which allowed him to learn everything faster and easier than others.
Gabriella told him that with each increase in level and rank, the body would undergo an overall change which included his brain.
That means the higher his level and rank were, the smarter he would be.
This, however, didn´t mean each human had the same level of intelligence.
Even after passing the theoretical final exam result with full marks, Jason was still only at the 1st Novice rank while the other students at the 8th Novice rank or higher couldn't do that even if they had studied for a longer time.
Most students didn´t focus on knowledge as much as he did, but in his opinion, knowledge was the strongest weapon on Argos, followed by actual strength.
Tactics, martial art techniques, technology, beast creators, alchemy, blacksmithing, and much more was invented and developed by smart people and not crude muscleheads who used their fists to smash each other's heads.
The weekend passed using the present schedule, and Jason fell into dreamless sleep around midnight on Sunday.
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