"Glass-san works really hard." Watching Glass, Miki, who was showing her around, said with a light laugh.
"Yes. Before, because I was too weak, Kizuna ended up missing for several years. So after she disappeared, I would train hard every day while searching for her. It's almost become a habit now. But up to now, my strength has been very difficult to improve."
"Now with this gravity formation, I feel that my attributes, which haven't increased for a long time, should be able to improve again." Hearing Miki's words, Glass spoke directly.
"Is that so? In that case, although there's no gravity barrier, Glass-san might try weighted training after returning. Takeru-sama often has the knights swim in the river wearing armor." Hearing Glass's words, Miki suggested.
"Is that so? I see. Thank you for your advice." Hearing this, Glass nodded thoughtfully.
"By the way, besides the gravity barrier, are there other training methods?" After experiencing the gravity barrier for a while, Glass asked further.
"Of course. There's also resistance training. The most basic is temperature resistance training. Here is the freezing barrier, and there's the fire barrier. Besides enduring the cold and heat normally, you also need to adapt to fighting in these harsh environments." Hearing Glass's words, Miki then took her to a new barrier.
"That's amazing. But isn't it easy to get injured?" After watching for a while, Glass discovered an important issue. Facing such high and low temperatures, ordinary people would be easily injured.
"Yes. At first, everyone easily gets injured to varying degrees. But when injured, the healing barrier can slowly heal them. For more serious injuries, Healing Slimes or recovery potions can be used for quick recovery." Hearing her question, Miki answered without reservation.
"Healing Slimes and recovery potions?"
"Yes. But everyone is gone today, and Takeru-sama has taken the Healing Slimes back. However, this is a recovery potion." Seeing the curious Glass, Miki took out a blue recovery potion.
Taking the recovery potion from Miki, Glass looked at it curiously. Not being injured, she wasn't sure of its specific effects, but being able to quickly heal the wounded showed its potency was quite good.
"Are there other training programs?" Finally, Glass asked again.
"Yes. There's one very difficult one: crisis training. It involves training in a completely dark barrier, and also training while mentally fatigued. If successful, you can still fight after completely losing your sight, and also reduce the chance of being ambushed."
Hearing Glass's question again, Miki spoke again. If perception is honed to the extreme in this last training, it's easy to awaken Observation Haki.
Currently, only Raphtalia, Rifana, and Keel have barely awakened Observation Haki. Perhaps it's because demi-humans have keener senses and more talent for it.
However, many Imperial Guard's members haven't awakened Observation Haki yet, but their own perception has become very sharp. At the very least, ordinary ambushes pose no danger to them.
"Can I experience it?" Hearing Miki say there was such an amazing ability, Glass became very curious.
Seeing Glass's curiosity, Miki took her into a barrier and told her there was a special passage inside. Simply passing through the passage without being hit counted as a preliminary success.
To prevent first-timers from getting completely lost, they would be tied with a rope. So, even if they didn't succeed, they could follow the rope back.
Hearing Miki's words, Glass eagerly prepared the rope and dove right in.
After entering, Glass found that her sense of direction seemed completely gone, as was her vision. Everything she looked at was pitch black. She couldn't even see herself.
Thinking this, she directly used a skill. Normally, skills released would carry a special light source, but here the light was directly devoured, and the surroundings remained pitch black.
Seeing this, Glass took a deep breath and began to grope her way forward. In the absolute darkness, her other senses unconsciously strengthened. After just a few steps, she heard a special sound.
It sounded like something swinging. Before she could figure it out, an object seemed to come to her side and collide with her body.
After the collision, she realized it was actually a special ball. The collision force wasn't strong and wouldn't hurt someone. It should be a mechanism to test whether people passed safely...
Confirming there was no danger, she continued groping forward. Soon, she stepped into a small pit, almost causing her to fall. But she reacted in time and quickly regained her balance.
As she advanced, she discovered that things inside were basically governed by rules.
Similar to the earlier ball, there would be a swinging sound. Some spray attacks would also have unique sounds. To avoid them, one only needed to raise their hearing to a certain level.
Besides hearing, there were also tests of smell. Some attacks were silent but carried a certain odor. Similarly, once familiar, one could predict and dodge them in advance.
After wandering inside for what felt like a long time, Glass found she couldn't find a way out. The endless darkness was also a great test of one's mentality.
When she returned along the rope, she saw that she was covered in dirt. Apparently, although the previous attacks hadn't caused injury, they had left marks. Afterwards, a simple wash with a special liquid cleaned them off.
"How long was I in there?" Then, Glass asked Miki.
"Thirty-five minutes." Hearing Glass's question, Miki answered honestly.
"Only thirty-five minutes? I thought it was at least a few hours. Honestly, after experiencing this once, I'm already reluctant to try it again." Hearing this, Glass said with a wry smile.
"Yes, that's normal. Because Takeru-sama said, besides sharpening perception, it also trains one's mentality. People who can endure this kind of darkness and loneliness will achieve great things. And when successful, the improvement is very noticeable." Hearing Glass say this, Miki nodded directly.
"I see. May I try again later?" Hearing Miki say this, Glass took a deep breath.
"Of course, but there's no need to be in such a hurry. It's not easy for a normal person to adapt to the dark all at once." Hearing Glass's words, Miki advised.
"I know. But I still want to try again. After we go back, I won't have the chance to train like this." Hearing Miki's reminder, Glass said with determination.
"Alright." Seeing her say this, Miki didn't say anything more.
...
Amidst everyone's leisure or training, time passed slowly. Soon, it was the next day.
Now, Glass could last an hour and a half in the dark. Her ability to distinguish sounds and smells had also become clearer.
A night of training had left Glass looking exhausted. Kizuna and the others looked at her with concern.
"I'm fine. It's just one night without rest." Looking at everyone's worried eyes, Glass didn't mind too much.
"Alright, the event has started now. It's time for us to depart." Hearing this, Takeru nodded to her and spoke directly.
"Please don't resist, everyone. I'll send you to Cal Mira Island." Hearing Takeru's voice, Beatrice stepped forward and spoke to everyone.
Present now, besides Takeru, Raphtalia, Filo, Koyuki, and the others, were Naofumi and Emilie, Yui's group of six, and also Melty would be going.
"Thanks, Beatrice." Hearing Beatrice's words, Yui spoke to her.
"It's nothing. Space Teleportation." Shaking her head gently, Beatrice focused her mind and quickly used teleportation magic on everyone. The next moment, Takeru and the others appeared directly on an island.