Chapter 76: The Dark Room

Chapter 76: The Dark Room



Tap, tap. Footsteps sounded.

Two figures waltzed down stone steps into the dark, musky basement.

In the basement, there was a heavily chained door. It looked heavy and ominous. It was black in color, with the chains being gray and rusted.

Digby flicked a lightswitch, and a dim light fell over the basement.

"This is the entrance to the dark room." Digby said as he looked straight at the chained door and pulled out a small key from his inventory.Geett the latest novels at novelhall.com looked at the door and felt a chill run down his back. It was suddenly getting cold.

Digby inserted the key into the chains, removed them, and then heavily opened the door. Once the door was open, they saw a dark interior with all light sucked out of existence.

Even the light from the basement didn't reach that place.

"This is a dark room, specially created to learn Kiryoku." Digby said. "It will be dark, quiet, and cold there."

"What do I have to do there?" Adam asked like a clueless student.

In his past life, he had learned Kiryoku but stopped as soon as he was able to sense the attacking intent of the people. He thought it was enough. To an extent, it was.

"I'll give you the instructions." Digby said and stepped through the door. "Follow me."

Adam followed behind, and as soon as he entered the darkness, the heavy doors shut down, trapping both of them in the darkness. He couldn't see anything.

However, Digby was able to see clearly, as if he had night vision. After walking further into the dark room, he turned around and instructed.

"Take three steps forward."

Adam nodded and took one step, then a second, and finally the third step. He was in the middle of the room now.

"Sit cross-legged and close your eyes." Digby's voice echoed.

Adam sat down on the ground, put his legs cross-legged and closed his eyes.

'Cold...' Adam shuddered as he felt cold seep into his bones.

However, because of his Bronze VR Pod, it wasn't an absolutely realistic feeling. He kind of felt cold, but also numb. It was a strange sensation, almost like a distant memory of winter's bite.

In the central courtyard. Digby looked at the courtyard fountain, deep in thoughts. Drip, drip. The water droplets splashed softly against the wooden floor, providing a calming rhythm that matched the movements of the leaves rustling gently in the wind.

It wasn't raining anymore, and the dark clouds had almost all vanished from the clear

afternoon sky.

"Master." Dutch walked over. He also just finished training his students.

"Dutch." Digby nodded and asked, "How did the class go?"

"Good, good..." Dutch replied, but he clearly wanted to ask something as he fidgeted.

"What is it?" Digby sensed his anxiousness and inquired.

'Sigh, it's impossible to hide our emotions from the Master of Kiryoku.' Dutch wryly smiled

and asked, "How did he do?"

"Adam?" Digby asked and saw him nod. "As well as you can expect. He couldn't learn the

Kiryoku."

"Oh..." Dutch nodded.

For a moment, he thought that Adam would be able to learn Kiryoku. After all, S-rankers were known as monsters above monsters. However, he thought it was also foolish of him to think

that.

S-rankers were monsters, yes, but even for a talented individual of A-rank, it would take

several months to learn Kiryoku.

"I'll need you to be in charge of his other training." Digby said. "Martial arts and weapons training-that's on you. I'll personally teach him Kiryoku."

"Alright," Dutch replied enthusiastically.

It wasn't every day you got to train a S-ranker!

"I'll log out for a bit." Digby said and pulled out his interface. "I want tomorrow's training

program on my desk before I return; is that clear?"

"Yes, sir!" Dutch saluted and watched as their guild master vanished into floating light pixels.