Chapter 112: Gruelling Training
Unfortunately, the situation that occurred hundreds of thousands of metres away, on the cliff of the Abyss of Despair, revealed a mysterious and terrifying eye. Those eyes were not the eyes of a living being at all. Instead, they were dark, colourless eyes that could not be seen with the naked eye.
Even Rossweisse couldn’t help but feel worried as she stood near the cliff of the Abyss of Despair. Even though Rossweisse didn’t know the true nature of the Abyss of Despair, she believed it to be a place that contained the disgraceful history of the Dragon race.
Until now, not a single being in the entire world knew the true nature of the Abyss of Despair. Therefore, living beings regarded the Abyss of Despair as nothing more than an ordinary abyss left behind by the experts of the Dragon race in the past.
Every living being throughout the world could bear witness to the actions that had been committed by the Dragon race against their own people. However, the youths of the current generation and the previous two generations had absolutely no knowledge of the evil acts committed by the Dragon race. On the contrary, most living beings hated the Human race as the most arrogant race that always oppressed those weaker than themselves.
"Let’s go now and leave this place. I have an uncomfortable feeling if we continue to stand near that cliff."
Lucien nodded after listening to Rossweisse’s explanation. Just hearing Rossweisse’s concerns about the horrors of the Abyss of Despair was enough for Lucien to think of it as a cursed place. For some reason, there was no record explaining the origins of the Abyss of Despair in the Dragon race’s history books.
That was the only reason why Lucien did not know the true purpose of the Abyss of Despair at all. After all, Lucien was a man who had been born into the current generation as a reincarnator from another world.
"Understood."
After Rossweisse and Lucien left the area of the Abyss of Despair, a faint groan was heard from within the abyss. The figure of a giant dragon, which could be seen tens to hundreds of thousands of metres below the top of the cliff, silently watched the events that had occurred above. For some reason, the dragon’s sharp and imposing gaze gradually became calm.
’Human... he... is...’
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Several days had passed since I accepted Rossweisse as my personal master. For now, Elize, Athena, Tifa, Tina, and I could be seen stretching after listening to the instructions Rossweisse had given to all of us. However, Rossweisse had now decided to stay within Elize’s territory and personally train me.
The graduation that Rossweisse had given Elize several years earlier made her decide to personally guide her youngest disciple once again. In fact, both Elize and Athena doubted whether they could defeat their lover, who had been born with talent beyond common sense. For that reason, Elize and Athena decided to participate in the training that Rossweisse gave to their lover.
Being weak was simply not in Athena’s and Elize’s nature. Neither of them was willing to lose to the overwhelming strength of their lover. Even I knew the true intentions of those two women as they tried to increase their strength in pursuit of my current power. For some reason, I found myself thinking back to the time when I first met Athena and Elize.
The power I currently possessed had far surpassed that of Athena and Elize when we first met. Even though I had never once fought them seriously, the two women considered themselves to be the weaker ones if they had to face their only lover.
For now, the power their lover possessed allowed him to fight head-on against experts below the Dragon Overlord stage or even those at the Dragon Overlord stage. That alone was enough for the two women to consider themselves weak. However, this was the first time Athena and Elize had ever witnessed another being whose talent far surpassed their own.
"Hah, ha... uh... This is an unreasonable exercise. Miss Rossweisse is too cruel, isn’t she?"
"Don’t complain, Sister Tifa. Because we both come from the High Elf race, we have great talent for magic. That is also one of the reasons why Miss Rossweisse doesn’t mind the two of us joining the training with Master and the others."
An endless silence began to creep into Tifa’s mind. Both Tifa and Tina had their own thoughts about the training Rossweisse was giving them and their master. Moreover, Tifa and Tina had now completely decided to become stronger under Rossweisse’s guidance.
"By the way, Mrs. Elize and Mrs. Athena look very calm. They can even endure stretching while carrying a weight of almost a hundred tons for a long time. But Master is even more amazing. He can easily carry a weight of more than five hundred tons?! That’s crazy!"
The weight of more than five hundred tons that Tifa was referring to was the special clothing I had been given, which made it almost impossible for me to move my body. Even though I could still move a little while doing push-ups, I felt my entire body experience excruciating pain, as if I were being crushed beneath thousands of giant cliffs.
For some reason, the expression of despair that had previously appeared on my face slowly turned towards Rossweisse. A cold smile remained on Rossweisse’s beautiful face. From Rossweisse’s point of view, making a man like me lift hundreds of tons was not difficult at all.
Making me carry a weight of more than five hundred tons was one of the ways Rossweisse intended to make me grow much stronger than I was now. For the time being, Rossweisse had ordered me to wear heavy clothing weighing more than five hundred tons at all times.
Almost every day, the weight of the clothes I wore would increase by several thousand tons in the future. Therefore, I had absolutely no chance whatsoever of avoiding the training Rossweisse gave me every day.
By the way, both Heilde and Ariel had decided to return to meet Lilith and Lucius. It would do the two sisters no good to stay away from home for an entire day. Moreover, both Lilith and Lucius would never allow their daughters to do anything inappropriate outside the castle.
Only Athena could protect herself even when she left the castle. For that reason, both Lilith and Lucius did not mind Athena staying at Elize’s residence.
Unfortunately, Shelia, who had been left behind in the castle by her brother-in-law, could only show an expressionless face. That was also one of the rules Lilith had imposed on Shelia—not allowing her troublesome daughter to remain by her son-in-law’s side. Therefore, Lilith had deliberately assigned Shelia various tasks, such as handling affairs in the neighbouring town.
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