Chapter 257: Chapter 257 Training.

"Everyone, we have arrived".

The soft voice from Alan and the stopped car, Soma, who sat silently while training and holding two girls on his shoulder, opened his eyes.

"What? We arrived?".

"?".

Alan's voice also stirred Serafina and Lucy as they rubbed their sleepy eyes and stretched their stiff bodies.

"Sera, can you please bring these two to their room?".

The two girls on Soma's shoulder were not giving any sign of waking up. Well, no wonder after the battle. Apparently, during this week's vacation, they reaped the most in the dungeon. Of course, Serafina and Lucy also occasionally give their help, but these two are the ones who mostly fight.

"No problem, Lucy, you take Hina".

"Understand".

"Thanks, you two".

The door beside him opened, revealing a maintained garden in the state. The light that permeated through the opened door gave Soma's body a slight warmth that calmed his nerves after training along the way home.

Soma saw Serafina carefully carrying Xiao Lian in princess carry; it is the same with Hina. They went out, leaving Violet and Soma to stay.

He saw Violet giving him a gesture to go ahead, so Soma nodded his head and got out of the car. The fresh air he inhaled brought his sense of freedom. The girls were going to their own rooms, but Soma still had something he had to do.

The temperature and the weather were good for him to train. Soma walked away on the stone-paved road, gazing at the beautiful, vast garden. He occasionally greeted the servants who tended the garden, and they also greeted him with a big smile.

It's been a week since he and the other stayed in this mansion. They have already opened up to the people there.

A glimpse of a swayed hedgerow opening up a path for him brought him a sense of tranquillity as he arrived at the backfield.

Soma stood on the vast open field, inhaling a deep breath to enjoy the fresh air before he immersed himself in training. He began to prepare his stance and generated a couple of moves in martial arts he had learned. He tried to mix all the movements he remembered, then implemented them into his body so that his muscle memory could capture them.

With the training he had since he was a little, the fight in the dungeon or trial gate, and from his friends. Soma is quite satisfied with his current performance.

While training, he disperses every unnecessary thought and entirely focuses on his doing.

Gradually, his hearing became faint, and his vision became broader, as he could see everything clearly around him. All his senses started to be heightened to another level. He kept doing his movements' slowly but more precisely, weak but deadly, throwing away any unnecessary movement. He was turning his body into a singular weapon that would single-handedly defeat his enemy.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the field, Serafina and Lucy, who had finished with her changed and freshened up, intended to watch Soma, but all they could see were his slow and weak strikes.

"What is he doing?".

"...I don't particularly know it but… I think he is in his zone?".

Serafina and Lucy, who watched the spectacle, retorted while waiting for the tea that Violet brought.

Not long after that, Violet came, bringing a silver trolley with a tea set. Her body stiffened as she looked at Soma's figure, who was in deep training. "...Impressive, at that age."

"Violet?".

Violet snapped back to reality as Serafina called her name. She shook her head and began to serve her lady and friend the tea she brewed and some pastries.

She intends to step back once she is done with her part but hears a loud crackling on the field. She glances at the source and finds herself stiffened in awe, seeing Soma.

Soma, who trains in the field, unconsciously discharges a bit of his lightning element into his every movement, making the surrounding air tremble.

"Violet what's wrong?".

"...No, young lady. I was just surprised at how incredible Mister Soma's Martial power's, at that age".

"Hmm, Is that so?".

"I'm sorry to interrupt but what part is that, incredible? I could only see him move slowly with a crackling of some bolts".

"I guess you two ladies didn't know this. As someone who walked a path of Martial Arts. I really envy him to reach that state of enlightenment at such a young age".

"Enlightenment?".

Lucy tilted her head to the side, still not understanding the terms.

"I'm sorry miss Lucy for I myself have to reach that stage. But, from what I heard, it was kind of an epiphany in their training and it will give them a significant boost in their power…".

"I see, Thank you for the explanation Miss Violet".

Violet nodded her head before she cast her attention back to Soma, whose training intensified.

"...Heee, that's amazing".

With a soft whisper that was swallowed by the wind, Serafina watched Soma, who had become absorbed in his training and felt drawn to his hard-working figure. It reminded her of the struggles she had in the past.

She put her hand on the table to support her head, unconsciously loosening her lips with flushed cheeks. "...I really like his hard-working side, even the wind around him is helping him. Fufu, truly, what a sight".

Serafina keeps her maiden face straight while watching Soma, without noticing that someone is snickering behind the scene.

"Hou, finally my stubborn daughter has someone she is interested in".

A cheerful voice came from behind, alerting everyone on the terrace. Serafina, who saw the culprit and the words she said, flushed red and threw her gaze to the source.

Lucy, seeing her friend's reaction, covered her open jaw and held her squeal so as not to upset the other. As someone who has known her longer, this is indeed something that needs to be celebrated.

Beatrice, who saw her daughter sulking, approached the table with the help of one of the servants. She put both hands on the desk and spoke.

"It seemed the plan was succeed that night".

"?!".

"That night?".

Serafina's body jolted in surprise at the topic, and Lucy, unaware, tilted her head to the side. However, after seeing Serafina's face, her curiosity blazed up.

"Madam, please can you elaborate with me? My friend's love life was on the line here."

"Lucy what are you?".

"Fufu, Of course, So it was….".

"Stoop!".

While the terrace was filled with the chatter from the girls that livened up the atmosphere,

Soma, who was still immersed in his training, felt something inside him begin to bottle up. He didn't figure out the exact thing, but it was on the verge of bursting apart. Realizing that, he began to intensify his training.

[Martial Saint First Technique Three Steps of Heavenly Lightning Tribulation]

[First step - Lightning scatter]

[Second step - Lightning descent]

[Third step - Lightning strike]

[Lightning Magic level 2]

[Extra Skill Adapt activated]

In his limbs, the purple weapon he owned appeared as he kicked the ground, reaching the air above.

Soma punched the empty air in front of him, and it shot lightning bolts that burned up the air around him. He began to unleash his other movements, and each time he did, crimson veins of lightning also began to dance across the sky, casting a mysterious gleam and omen by the people who saw it.

Clouds began to gather around the mansion, and all of the spectators gathered in panic.

The gathering clouds above them flashed and let out a rumbling of thunder that scared the fellow vicinity.

"What is that Soma doing?".

Serafina, who saw the events, hurriedly summoned her wind barrier to protect the whole mansion from the cloud above.

"Miss Violet this was".

"I also don't actually know. Usually epiphany would only just settle down as he stopped the training, but for Mr. Soma case".

"Sera is he going to be okay?".

Beatrice grabbed Serafina's tense hand, giving her a warmth that snapped back her stirred mind into reality.

"Mama?".

Serafina alternated her gaze to her friends and family before to Soma. The flash of crimson bolts that make veins across the gathering clouds made Serafina knit her brows.

However, things start to turn worse as the surrounding begins to swirl and create a pillar that gets sucked into the cloud. The door behind them blasted open and revealed Hina and Xiao Lian, who were awakened by the commotion.

"Senior, What happened?".

"Is it enemy?".

Hina and Xiao Lian, with messy appearance, looked toward the clouds above them and saw the crimson lightning bolts they knew well.

"Is Soma up there?".

"Yeah, You are right Hina".

"Hee?!".

"Why are you so calm about this red hair?".

"Well it's Soma we are talking about".

Inside the swirling clouds above the ground, where he creates chaos, Soma, clad in crimson lightning, dances in the air, punching and kicking while being struck by natural lightning, tempering his body and mind and significantly raising his lightning magic proficiency.

With each silver flash stuck to his body, it stimulated his nerves and blood, strengthening his flesh and bones. Then, something that had been settling down inside his body began to stir.

His blood starts to run rampant around his nerves, and his body reaches an unimaginable high temperature that evaporates every sweat. But Soma keeps doing his movement while undergoing that searing heat.

Soma, who underwent this tribulation, stopped his activity, let his body get electrocuted and turned his skin red. Each time the lightning and the churning blood inside him collided, he felt excruciating pain that felt like being stabbed by thousands of hot needles.

As the temperature around his body reached the boiling point, his closed eyes shot open, and from his body, a crimson-like aura burst forth, dispersing the cloud and bringing forth the single light that illuminated his being and the land beneath.

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"Mm, I can feel that too".

Everyone was just stuck dumbfounded, seeing the miracle spectacle like a god descending to earth.

Serafina, who saw Soma, who hovered above the sky, shot down, leaving a trail of crimson tails before he stepped into the grass softly without damaging it.

The crimson lightning cladding his figure vanished, and she saw Soma's slightly altered appearance. His once-black hair now has a mix of red, and his figure is slightly taller, probably around 175 cm. His opened eyes, revealing sharp crimson pupils that sent a rush of blood that gathered to her face.

"Soma? Hm!".

"I'm sorry!".