"The first thing is to learn how to attach things properly and get familiar with the energy we release from our bodies connecting to such objects."
"Great answer again," she smiled before adding, "it seems you know more than I expected. Alright, I'll give you now a training first to get familiar with your energies," she said before turning to Arthur and adding, "as for you I'll give you an advanced training."
Arthur watched her giving them a simple training on energy control. She took out a special type of ore from her ring and gave it to everyone here. The ore had such a unique ability to absorb one's energy and then she asked them to shuffle the rocks between each other many times then each one had to seek for his or her own ore.
She asked them to do this over a hundred times correctly without any mistakes in between. A single mistake and they had to start over.
"As for you," she smiled before asking, "tell me what your ability is all about."
He didn't speak in words as took his bow and a couple of simple arrows before throwing them all in the distance at the same time.
He then started to control each arrow to twist and move in a curved direction before landing on the ground near the distant tree she once aimed her sword at.
"Great control," she commended, before asking, "how many arrows can you maximally handle? And to what distance can you keep this?"
He took nine arrows and released them all before controlling the nine for two minutes then he lost his control over them.
"Hmm… you need some tweaking," she muttered before taking out another ore as she said, "this one is called the heavy rock. As long as you keep injecting your energy at the same rate it will appear light. If you fail to control this, it will turn as heavy as a mountain and slam you to the ground."
Arthur glanced at this little black stone before asking, "what's the benefit of this? Shouldn't I train in increasing the number of my controllable arrows?"
"Do you know why you control arrows and no other weapons? Don't glance this way at me, I saw your gazes towards my sword minutes ago; they were full of envy," she chuckled before adding, "because arrows are light and can be affected by your energy."
She paused before explaining, "your issue isn't to control many energy threads at the same time. You are very proficient at basics, yet a single basic was left over."
"What is it?" he curiously asked.
"The soul basic," she said before seriously adding, "just as I said before, these abilities stem from the inner soul. Without understanding how to control the energy emitted from your soul and regulate its flow, you won't be able to perfect your abilities."
"Yeah madam, he sucks at the soul matters, also at the matters of heart," the golden dragon said but Arthur totally ignored him.
"And this ore here will help me do this?" he asked in doubt.
"Forget to tell you," she said before smiling, "this ore won't only affect your body with your weight, but also will give your soul a painful rebound."
He glanced speechlessly at her while she laughed. "Don't give me that look, training is doomed to be painful."
He had no words to argue with that. He glanced at the ore in his hand before muttering, "let's see how this will help."
The next day he kept using the ore, and every few minutes he would fail and would slam heavily on the ground while groaning in pain.
This attracted the attention of everyone, making them all speechless. Their mighty leader was devastated by this training more than they were.
"Focus on finding the right ore that belongs to you," Amanda shouted before adding, "he is much more advanced than you are, and you still have a long way ahead before reaching his high stage."
They started to concentrate more on their training while Arthur kept failing one time after another. As the third day passed, she came over to him stopping him from continuing.
"Take out your bow and arrows and test the ability now."
He was wrecked and very exhausted from this brutal training. During this he used a couple of meat while others used time to rest. He didn't take a single break ever, trying to challenge himself over and over again.
Per her words he took out his bow and nine arrows. "No, take twenty," she suddenly said.
"Tw... that's too much," he was shocked but she nodded.
"Sigh," he took out twenty arrows and then released them all. He tried to connect his energy to the, and to his surprise he found himself able to do that with much ease than dealing with nine arrows from before.
"This hot chick here knows her stuff very well," the golden dragon commended, before adding, "I can already sense your soul power to increase a little."
Arthur nodded as he agreed with the words of the golden dragon. "See?" she proudly said, "like this you'll have a stronger soul in no time. Just keep enduring the pain, as this is the most direct and effective method of training the soul."
"Thanks," he honestly said, "let me try thirty," he suddenly added and before she could speak he already took thirty arrows and released them all.
"Good, you can control them all," she laughed, "but the issue now is how long can you keep your control over them all."
He waited for a single minute before losing all his control. "See? Now try using nine like before and see how long will they last," she said in strange confidence like she was already at his stage before and crossed it now by far.
He listened to her words and released the arrows. They kept flying in the air for ten minutes before he willingly released his control over them.. "I can control them for longer than that," he said.
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