Chapter 175: An elbow in the ribs

Ashton waved to Axel from afar to greet him and hurried to the canteen so that he could then go back to his dorm room and craft potions to continue to increase his Soul force and make some money.

Since he had refused to go to the capital's Academy, his parents had stopped to support him financially, they had thought that this way he would soon give up and beg them to go to the Academy.

But Ashton was way too stubborn for that, and once he had chosen his path, he would not change it.

Fortunately for him, the Sun Sect was very generous and since he was able to craft medium grade potions, he was already making a lot of money.

He had thought of leaving his dorm room and renting a pavilion instead, after all pavilions were much better for meditating, but in the end he preferred to save money to buy a good weapon.

And while Ashton was dreaming about a powerful weapon, Axel and Kevin went to join Liam and on the way to Ian's pavilion Kevin complained to Axel that he needed to take a bath with Alan's magical herbs mixture or he wouldn't be able to train this afternoon.

Axel chuckled and told him that he had been wonderful this morning, which earned him an elbow in the ribs because Kevin didn't really think it was funny to have his body so sore.

He told him then to soothe him that he would go and prepare the bath while he would be cooking so that after their meal, the mixture would be fully effective and one hour should be enough to revive him completely.

Kevin had been relieved to hear that, and he had told him that Ashton had provided him with 20 remedies against the mental fatigue so they could start training Erik seriously.

Axel just nodded and warned him through their telepathic link that if he didn't want Liam to know about Erik, he shouldn't talk about it out loud because Liam from this distance would be able to pick up on their conservation.

So Kevin nodded and instead told him how his spells class had gone, the spells he had tried to create, and the demonstration the teacher Julian had given to them.

When they finally arrived at Ian's pavilion, the front door opened without them knocking on it and Liam waved them in.

Once inside, Kevin wasted no time and immediately gave him a remedy which seemed to relax him instantly, Ian's health was really worrying him a lot and he described to Kevin the changes Ian's body was undergoing to know if there was any reason to worry or not.

Kevin reassured him again that the changes he had seen in Ian's body were a good thing, as it proved that his body was adapting to the influx of power Ian was receiving.

Axel also told him that Kevin's body had already undergone many changes due to the rapid increase in his Stats and that there had been no side effects other than mental fatigue.

Axel knew exactly how Liam felt because he had experienced it with Kevin just a few days earlier, and not knowing when the man you loved was going to wake up was really scary.

Liam thanked them warmly and before leaving Kevin asked him if he could borrow some of the Teleportation Talisman papers that Ian had made.

Liam nodded and went to get Ian's magic bag and handed it to Kevin, telling him to help himself.

Liam didn't know why he needed it, but he gave Axel a warning look to remind him that Kevin was under his responsibility and that he had better not to put him in danger again or he would have to deal with him.

Axel caught his gaze and he made him understand not to worry, he had no intention of putting Kevin's life in danger.

Kevin, who had sensed that the atmosphere had become a little tense, said to Liam to reassure him : "Don't worry, it's just so that we can go to the Wildlands to train and get to Tony's shop faster, that's all."

Liam didn't know if this revelation reassured him or worried him even more so he told them : "If tomorrow Ian is awake and feeling better we'll go with you to the Wildlands."

Kevin just nodded and replied : "Gladly, I don't think Ian will need my help but I'm curious to see what he's capable of now that he can freely use the particles that are in the spiritual energy."

He added as he looked at Liam seriously : "On the other hand, you are not allowed to interfere in our fights against the monsters in the dungeons, don't forget that I need to get stronger and the sooner the better."

Liam just nodded and promised that they wouldn't interfere and before leaving him, they told him that they would all be on the training ground number 10 this afternoon from 3.30pm if he ever wanted to join them.

As they went home Kevin said to Axel using their telepathic link, 'I have found the perfect place to start Erik's intensive training, I would like us to go and train at Tony's basement in the special room where the gravity is dense.

Erik will exhaust himself more quickly and only by pushing his limits to the maximum will he be able to reach the phase 2 of a Warrior Spirit.'

Axel replied using their link too, 'Okay, I'll follow your instructions for his training, I knew Erik had something special but I didn't know he had this kind of potential.'

Kevin put his arm around his waist and rested his head on his shoulder saying, 'You had a great instinct about Erik, I hope Ashton's future partner will be a promising one as well.'

Axel chuckled, he put his arm around his shoulders and kissed his forehead before answering him, 'I noticed her on our expedition yesterday, I think she'll be perfect for him, let me know what you think about her, she's also a fourth year like Erik.'

Kevin remembered that Axel had told him that after Erik got together with Alan, he was ignored by the instructors and pushed aside by the other fighters in his year, so he asked him, 'Do Erik and this girl get along, I don't want there to be any unnecessary tension in training.'

Axel laughed again and said to him, 'Of course they get along or I wouldn't have chosen her, and even though she's not as good as him, she has a very good control over her chakra which I think is her strong point and she also has a very good observation skill.'

Kevin couldn't help but exclaim, out loud this time, as they were almost to their pavilion : "So cool ! I can't wait to meet her."