Heaps of Corpses
Alma let go of her sword as she slumped with hollow eyes.
Reina isn't moving a muscle with all her energy and mana exhausted. She looks to have it the worst.
Hiyoko showing only white eyes with no pupils, looking like a slaughtered chicken already.
And then there's me sinking in the center of a crater looking like a dirty worn out rag.
Alma Mama, don't you have the world holding back in your dictionary...
"...A-aren't you going too far?"
"Oh dear, of course not, it would do these kids no good if I held back any further. I have to act the strict teacher and let them have a taste of their weaknesses first."
Alma Papa voiced his concern with a frown yet Alma Mama wouldn't budge on it.
Rapid firing a barrage of super high powered spells while simultaneously wielding a variety of Wand Arts that would shame even melee combatants, smiling all the way was like the personification of terror. She even got the title [Queen of Dread].
"Hikaru-kun, how're you feeling? You alive?"
"S-somehow..."
"That was a direct hit too. Can't believe you survived."
"My, you tease. I'm not so clumsy as to adjust my power that poorly."
"No uh, I mean just look at Hiyoko-kun, almost turned into a roast chicken there. You might wanna tone down the power a tad..."
I was so sure Alma Papa's training was the toughest ever, nothing else would come close. I was too naive.
Alma Papa was super attentive. He'd let us rest when we got too exhausted to move. He might hit us hard yet there was an exquisite control on the amount of force put behind those hits.
Contrary to him, Alma Mama is bad news.
She can use Advanced Healing magic despite not being a Sage, so she deems all is fair so long as we're not dead and keeps shooting all kinds of magic.
Like Hiyoko, if she was late even for a bit, we might have another chicken on the dinner menu tonight.
As if warning us that we'd die if we didn't break our limit, she kept firing all the magical cylinders mercilessly even after we got knocked down, I thought I was seeing the styx river many times.
No demons show mercy. So I get that she's doing this harsh training to corner us to our very limit, but I feel like my mind will break earlier than my physique...
"I was planning to go on a teensy bit further but seeing how worn out you all are, let us call it a day here."
"Naturally. It's just a form of bullying if you keep going any further..."
"Let's carry them away."
"Ah, you can leave that to me, no worries."
I've replenished my HP with Recovery Potion, so I can use my mana to wrap and float our party away.
They're all limp and unmoving so they kinda look like ghosts. Scary.
"...Gotta be frank, this looks eerie."
"They all have hollow eyes which makes it all the more. My, Hikaru-san, your left arm is burned."
"Ah, you're right."
"Oh let me heal that for you. Pain pain, fly away... My?"
Alma Mama cast healing magic on my burned arm.
I was unscathed during the training until near the end where my HP went down to zero and the damage got to my real body.
...Uh, I had no idea my wound doesn't get healed with healing magic.
"T-that's weird. That should have taken care of a wound this small."
"...Healing Magic doesn't work on him?"
My HP is recovered but there's no change to the wound itself.
Oy oy, don't tell me potions also don't work on me just like magic?
If I could only heal my wounds with Life Force Control, it would be a checkmate if I lost consciousness and had to rely on people to cast magic or use potions on me... Gotta be real careful.
"...Apparently this is how my body works because I was born in another world. I can heal myself as long as I have life force left though. See."
"My, it does get healed."
"How severe of an injury can that work?"
"It's capable of regrowing a lost arm but I haven't tried with more serious injuries yet. I can't exactly test it out."
"That means it's on par with the highest level healing magic, isn't it. Guildmaster is right, you're really versatile Hikaru-san."
Fumu fumu, looks like my Life Force Control is quite a capable means of recovery. Guess that 'Miraculous Healer' Title or something is not just for show.
By the way, guildmaster had already told these two about my Otherworlder status, so I had nothing to hide. Don't they understand the word 'privacy'?
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"Okay, today I'm treating you all to my cooking~"
"What's for dinner tonight?"
"It's 『Katsudon』."
"...That's fine by me, but you gonna serve that to our recipe giver?"
"Can I not?"
"Oh I don't mind in the slightest. I can't wait for it."
Katsudon huh. I'm starving, so a hearty dish I can chow down like that is cool.
And most importantly, it's so nice to not have to cook myself. I love cooking but I don't have the energy left today...
Alma Mama's special katsudonburi was stupidly good.
Way better than any katsudon I've ever eaten in my life. Who could've thought I also got lectured here too...
The crispiness of the wrapping, the juiciness of the meat inside, and the exquisite saltiness of the egg... There's no end to its goodness.
It's thanks to Alma Mama's cooking skill and the super high grade ingredients used. Even the pork is meat from a Rank S magic beast.
"I'm so full I can't move no more... Ehehe~..."
『Pipii....』
The two mascots are lying face up while showing off their stuffed tummies. That's bad manners.
I made them sit down properly with Mana Control and started consulting between ourselves.
"The training today has made one thing clear; we're weak. I lack the basics since I can't use Skills. While you girls lack the base specs."
"Un. Even if we buff ourselves with Energy Control, it won't last forever. It doesn't make for a good training."
"Hiyoko-chan and I were so frail. We gotta think up a better way to pace ourselves."
『Pii.』
"As such, we should set our goal tomorrow to at least level up once. I'm gonna hunt at least five or more magic beasts over level 70. It's likely gonna be tough considering our levels now, but it should a cinch compared to those two's training menu."
"Un. I don't think there's a lot of magic beasts stronger than those two. We'll be fine."
"First, I'm gonna aim for Advanced Job!"
『Pipi!』
I'm gonna focus on fighting high level magic beasts that are around my size instead of a big one, also they gotta fast.
As for Alma and Reina, they're focusing on raising their base stats so they're gonna hunt as many as they can.
Hiyoko is Lv39 too, should evolve tomorrow. Would be cool if Hiyoko evolved into Platinum during this training period.
But man, are they really gonna put the other groups through this hell too?
Hero-kun's group will be fine since they can get revived. It's not actually fine, but it's fine.
As for Aizawa's group, Hyula-san and Gazanginando-san are Advanced Jobs nearing Special Job stage, so they should manage somehow. Not sure about Aizawa-kun though.
Radia's group... I'm afraid Radia-kun is going to die from going overboard. Baredo and Rasfin are not at all weak, but I dunno if they can keep up with this training either.
Well they all got steel wills. I just gotta hope they manage to make their way over somehow.
Heck, we should worry about ourselves first.
The training is planned to last a month and a half.
This schedule is got to do with the situations in other continents.
They still haven't been able to find the Demon Citadels on the first and second continents. The search will take more than a month at the fastest.
We're gonna train ourselves until that point and assist the raids once those citadels have been located.
The one at the fourth continent was found early due to sheer luck after which this couple immediately launched an offensive. Delicious demon tears.
Then in the end, we're all gonna pool our forces together to attack the third continent and retake the ruined cities from demons' clutches.
There are still some resistances left but most people on the continent have either been killed or taken refuge somewhere, so the demons there are throwing their weight around like they own the place.
...I'm gonna give it my all and power up to destroy those demons. Can't relish on the specialties there otherwise.
Ordinarily, it takes several years before humanity assaults the Demon King Castle even after they have defeated all the Demon Chiefs but we can't afford that this time around due to their abnormal rate of invasion.
It's said that only Hero, or rather the special ability usable only by the next Job evolution of Hero can defeat the Demon King, otherwise the feat is virtually impossible.
That's the reason this couple go out of their way to train the Hero instead of defeating the Demon King themselves. Do your best Hero, no really, I mean it.
Taking a peek at the other groups could be fun if I have time.
...Kinda scared of those two finding me out though.
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