"Whoa, whoa, whoa, what just happened? How did the young man get to the other side in an instant!?"
Tiona looked in surprise at her current position, then at Takatsuki, who was twenty meters away, and immediately jumped up.
The two people beside her were also like this. Lefiya hadn't reacted at all; she only saw Takatsuki disappear and didn't even realize he had appeared on the other side. Tione, on the other hand, barely caught a glimpse of a faint afterimage.
Because compared to her lively and unrestrained younger sister, she observed more carefully, looking at the marks left on the grass: "Is he accelerating by the recoil from stomping the ground? No, the sound isn't right, and the grass isn't damaged either."
If it were explosive force generated by stomping the ground, it would inevitably cause damage to the ground, but the grass on the ground didn't show severe marks.
Riveria also looked at that patch of grass. Even with her LV6 eyesight, she couldn't clearly see the movement just now, as her attribute wasn't primarily agility.
However, she could still confirm: "It's not magic; there's no magic power fluctuation."
On the other side, Takatsuki had already taught Ais the'Shave' technique, and she had begun to try it.
"Like this?"
Ais stomped the ground a few times blankly and looked at Takatsuki, asking.
"The method doesn't matter, the key is the feeling, accelerating through the recoil of rapidly stomping the ground..."
Boom!
As soon as Takatsuki finished speaking, Ais stomped the ground, creating a pit, then tilted her head and looked at Takatsuki, "Like this?"
"No..."
The method for using 'Shave' isn't difficult to explain, but it's more about body control and an intuitive feeling.
It's acceleration caused by stomping the ground ten or more times within 0.36 seconds, creating a recoil.
And 0.36 seconds for ten times is only the lowest level. The shorter the time and the more times, the faster the speed and the longer the distance that can be achieved.
But if you can't grasp the trick, you simply can't use it, as is the case with Ais now.
However, since he promised to teach Ais, Takatsuki naturally wouldn't teach half-heartedly and then abandon her. Ordinary people learn the Six Powers mainly due to insufficient physical fitness; learning the Six Powers is a manifestation of the human body breaking its limits.
But Ais had already surpassed the limits of ordinary people long ago; her problem was no longer about physical fitness.
Boom!
Takatsuki's eyebrow twitched as he watched Ais stomp another large pit into the ground, jump far away, and then look at him innocently.
"Relax your feet more. Don't stomp down so hard. Shave is a technique, not just about using brute force to create miracles."
Ais's problem has always been simple: she likes to put her full effort into everything she does. The naturally clumsy, or rather, overly serious Ais, is always in a full-effort state, whether she's training, conquering the Dungeon, or attacking.
Even weapons with the 'indestructible' attribute can be worn down to unusable condition during a single expedition. Ordinary excellent weapons would even shatter after a few battles. Even though she had been reprimanded many times, it hadn't changed her.
"Hey, hey, young man, do you have any other interesting moves?"
While Takatsuki was still giving Ais individual coaching, Tiona suddenly appeared beside Takatsuki.
Actually, it wasn't a sudden appearance, but rather a new technique she had just learned—Shave.
Takatsuki had been teaching Ais for a while, but the two people observing nearby had already learned just by listening in, while Ais was still stuck at the level of brute force.
"That's enough. It's so late, aren't you two going to rest?"
"Don't be so stingy, little brother," Tiona said, patting Takatsuki's shoulder with a carefree smile.
Ignoring Tiona's teasing, Takatsuki went back to Ais's side and corrected her recent wrong movements.
However, it was already very late. Riveria, who had been observing nearby, spoke after Ais made another mistake: "It's already very late. We still have to conquer the Dungeon tomorrow. Get some rest, Ais."
"But..."
Ais wanted to say something else, but after Riveria glared at her, she could only nod.
"That's how it is, Takatsuki, you should also rest early. I'm sorry for bothering you for so long."
Hearing Riveria's words, Takatsuki nodded and said to Ais: "Then let's leave it at this for today, Ais. For the rest, we can figure it out during actual combat tomorrow."
"Mm."
Although Tiona still wanted to pester Takatsuki, she was dragged away by her sister, whose arm was clamped around her head.
After seeing off the members of the Loki Familia, Takatsuki took the food that Tom handed him from the side.
"Not bad. It seems this direction was indeed correct."
The food Tom handed over was not made by the Shadowkhan Soldiers, but by himself. Due to a lack of intelligence, although Takatsuki had injected his understanding of cooking into its core, it had never been able to make decent food.
However, after adding the soul of a new magic stone, the puppet also showed simple intelligence.
Takatsuki discovered that the souls of these monsters were very special; they were completely blank, even incomplete. They had no will of their own, as if controlled by some kind of collective consciousness. But once they fell into Takatsuki's hands, this problem was naturally not an issue.
Extracting residual souls from inanimate objects and then modifying and merging them was something puppeteers excelled at. After Takatsuki extracted the incomplete soul from the magic stone, the magic stone turned into an ordinary magic stone.
After pouring the merged soul into the puppet's core, although the soul itself was also blank, the puppet, which had previously been unable to develop intelligence, seemed to have developed the ability to think.
However, short-term observation was not enough; further observation would be needed for a period of time. In the meantime, he would collect more of these special magic stones. If the direction proved correct, the next step would be to use these incomplete souls to research why the souls he created himself could not produce intelligence.
He still had to continue the expedition tomorrow, so Takatsuki did not continue his research. He returned to his tent early to rest, leaving the night watch to the Shadowkhan Soldiers already hidden within the supporter's tent.
The night was entirely their domain; it was difficult for anyone to discover them when they were hidden.
However, in the middle of the night, although no accidents occurred and the Shadowkhan Soldiers gave no warning, Takatsuki was still awakened by a strange noise.
"Late at night... who is it?"
Not letting the Shadowkhan Soldiers, who could easily arouse suspicion if discovered, scout ahead, Takatsuki walked out of his tent alone and headed towards the source of the noise.
A blonde girl stood alone in the forest, constantly changing positions, and each time she changed positions, she left a pit in the ground.