Chapter 242 Training Formation (Part 1)



While Raydon continued to observe the battle maid deftly dodge the stones with minute body movements despite the stones multiplying and speeding faster, Galen began to speak.

"What do you think? Pretty impressive, isn't it?" Galen remarked, pointing to the screen at the back that displayed the difficulty level of the training, which read "Level 2." 

"Even though it's already at level 2 difficulty, she can still effortlessly evade the attacks," he added, his voice filled with admiration.

''Level 2? What does that imply?" Raydon asked.

''This actually refers to the degree of difficulty. Every 60 seconds, it increases by one level, resulting in more stones being thrown at a faster speed," Galen replied.

"Oh look, the difficulty has increased to level 3. ''After observing the text on the screen progress from level 2 to level 3, Galen said.

Upon noticing this, Raydon turned his attention to the stones and started thinking. 'I believe that this formation is comparable to the one I came across in golden skeleton's Inheritance, despite the fact that this one occupies a much smaller space. '

Raydon recalled stage 2 of the golden skeleton inheritance, in which he and Zombie Fehim participated. There too, arrows appeared out of thin air and began to descend upon them at an ever-increasing rate and level of force. The difference, however, was that the area of effect of the formation here was obviously much smaller and focused on just one small spot, in contrast to the one in inheritance, where all of the arrows would rain down on a large area, making it impossible to run away from being a target.

Raydon had the thought, 'It is most likely that the objective here is to improve the evasion technique that they use. '

When he looked at the stones more closely, he noticed that in addition to increasing in both number and speed, they were also forming more quickly. Furthermore, as they were thrown, the friction of the air decreased, which reduced the amount of interaction the stones had with their surroundings, which resulted in a reduction in the amount of noise that was produced.

Evidently, the Demugen family's technique was designed to help them evade the impending attack by enhancing their ability to perceive movement and sound in the area around them.

The battle maid, whom Raydon observed, employed a technique that involved detecting the location of the stones formed around her by perceiving the disturbances they created in the air. Furthermore, she relied on her acute hearing to discern the sound of the stones as they moved through the air while also being attuned to the subtle disruptions they caused around her body. 

Because of this heightened sensory awareness, she was able to accurately calculate the origin of each incoming attack and swiftly avoid each of them.

'However, she still has a lot of shortcomings. Actually, it's not her; rather, there are many flaws with the technique. ' Raydon thought.

The technique that Raydon was observing bore a striking resemblance to one of the assassination techniques that Raydon enjoyed using the most. 

The technique that he had learned in his previous life required entering a state of complete focus, in which a person is able to make use of all of the sensory capabilities that their body possesses. They were able to accurately determine the direction of an impending attack as well as the potential severity of its impact by fine-tuning themselves to detect even the most minute movements and irregularities in their surroundings. 

It was a technique that enabled heightened awareness and precise anticipation, thereby allowing swift and effective defensive maneuvers to be performed.

Even though the two techniques at first glance appeared to be extremely similar, Raydon noticed that the flaw in the technique she was using was that she paid more attention to the stones than she did to the environment around her. She was using all of her senses to concentrate on the stones that were being thrown at her, and as a result, she was unable to maintain a healthy balance in her intuition. Therefore, if there were to come another attack, other than the stones, it would be very difficult for her to detect it and dodge it.

'With such a significant flaw, it is not surprising that this technique is still considered to be mid-rank. ' Raydon chuckled as he thought. After observing this, he concluded that the best technique his family had ever possessed was merely an imitation and not particularly impressive.

''What's the highest level of difficulty? '' Raydon questioned, pointing to the screen where the level 3 designation was still visible.

''As far as I know, 6 is the highest level achievable with this technique. My father mentioned that there might be levels beyond 6, but he also explained that surpassing that threshold with a mid-tier technique like this would be highly unlikely,'' Galen responded after pondering for a moment.

''Look, it's already reached level 4. At this point, she'll probably need to utilize her secondary technique to keep up with the increasing difficulty,'' he remarked, pointing towards the screen that now displayed the updated level 4.

And as he predicted, following the level increase, the battle maid swiftly retrieved a dagger from her dimensional storage. Instead of evading the stones, she began deflecting them skillfully using her weapon. It was evident that this was the extent of her movement technique, and she had to resort to combining it with her mid-tier attack technique, enhancing her overall defensive capabilities.

Battle Maid, through the use of the attack technique, which is obviously related to the use of a dagger, passed the 4th level in a short amount of time, despite the fact that it was a difficult challenge, and reached the 5th level in a short amount of time.

When Galen looked at the battle maid, who had reached level 5 and was having trouble fending off the stones that charged at her, even with her dagger, he said, "And that's the limit." And then, as soon as a stone impacted her body, all the stones in the air vanished in an instant as well, and the formation came to an abrupt stop.