When Asuna accepted Fangzheng's invitation, she firmly believed that she would be able to endure his harsh training. But when she really started training, she discovered … how big the gap between reality and her dreams was.
Fangzheng had complete control over their daily lives. From the second day they joined the party, the three girls, including Asuna, never returned to the safe zone. Instead, they trained and leveled up in the forest with Fangzheng and the others!
The basic process was as follows.
They woke up at six in the morning, then went through an hour of warm-up (leveling). After that, Fangzheng, Lestia and Esther would train Asuna and the other two girls. Although they were already top-notch players, they were still inexperienced in using cold weapons. There were many areas where they were not up to standard. Therefore, Fangzheng first let them practice basic weapon attacks and counterattack stances for three hours before continuing to level up.
At one o 'clock in the afternoon, they were given a two-hour break to catch their breath and relax their nerves. In the afternoon, they would continue to train their swordsmanship skills, and in the middle of leveling, they would practice actual combat.
This would continue until eight o 'clock in the evening … But that was not the end of the training.
During the training period, everyone's food was kept by Fangzheng, so he gave Asuna and the other two a task. They had to pass through a small path in the forest alone within a certain amount of time. There were all kinds of monsters in the path, and there were even a lot of stumbling blocks.
Fangzheng would only give them food if they reached the destination on time. If they exceeded the time limit … Well, sorry, you won't starve to death in the game anyway, so you can go hungry!
After tossing and turning, they were given another two hours of self-study, mainly to recall what they had overlooked or what they did not understand in today's battle. Then, they would toss and turn until 12 o 'clock. After that, they would find an open space in the forest to rest and sleep.
Spend the night in the wild!!
To be honest, when Fangzheng mentioned this for the first time, not only Asuna, but even Black Cat and Green Leaf were shocked.
For a long time, even Asuna, who trained like crazy, would return to the Town of Beginnings at night to relax in the warm hotel and prepare for the next day's battle.
After all, the residential area was also a safe zone. There was no need to worry about monster attacks or people looking for trouble here. Once the door was closed, no one could enter even if they wanted to. But in the wild? Not to mention the fact that various monsters could respawn at any time, what would they do if players with ill intentions came knocking on their door?
However, this was how Fangzheng explained it to Asuna and the others when they protested.
"This is a test of the degree of trust between us. In battle, we need to entrust each other's lives to each other, and what we need to do is to deepen this trust. If we don't even have this degree of trust, then it will be even more difficult to fight as one against the BOSS."
In the end, Asuna had no choice but to stay.
Of course, this kind of high-intensity training should have easily caused everyone to be dissatisfied, but whether it was Asuna, the black cat, or Qing Ye, none of them had any complaints.
The reason was simple. Fangzheng and the others were even more hardworking than they were!
Not only would they train and level up together with Asuna and the others, but when Asuna and the others were resting, Fangzheng would also bring Restia or Aster around to see if there were any Elite monsters that could be used as a 'snack'.
At night, after a day of training, Asuna and the black cat, who were exhausted, fell asleep almost immediately. Fortunately, the ground in the game was as soft as a carpet. They didn't have to worry about disgusting bugs or snakes crawling on their bodies, so they slept very comfortably.
But every time before they fell asleep, Asuna would see that they were awake, and after they woke up, they were still awake!
It was as if they had not slept at all!
If that was all, it would not have been a big deal. What shocked Asuna the most was the changes in Qing Ye and the black cat!
Asuna had always thought that she was the craziest at leveling up. When she first joined Fangzheng's party, she was level 15, the black cat was only level 13, and Qing Ye was only level 10. In Asuna's opinion, Qing Ye was a very obedient child, and the black cat … .that speechless chuunibyou girl did not seem like someone who could endure hardship. If even she, a leveling maniac, could not endure such training, then they would probably not be able to endure it either.
However, the truth was the complete opposite of what Asuna had thought.
The first one to familiarize herself with Fangzheng's training schedule was the chuunibyou black cat!
Not only her, even Qing Ye's leveling speed had gradually caught up. After about five days of "special hellish training" by Fangzheng and the others, the levels of the members in Fangzheng's party were as follows: Fangzheng, Lesya, Esther, Level 22, Black cat, Asuna, Level 19, and Qing Ye, Level 18!
In the beginning, there was a five-level gap between Qingye and Asuna. Although this was also due to the fact that the EXP gained decreased as the levels increased, the fact that Qingye was able to close the gap from five levels to only one level was enough to explain the problem.
"That's it. Rest for two hours!"
As soon as Fangzheng's voice faded, Asuna let out a long sigh of relief. She put down the rapier in her hand and sat down against a tree. The black cat also stretched and sat next to her with Qing Ye.
"Esther, Lesya, you two take a break too. I'm going back to the Town of Beginnings."
After giving some simple instructions to his two sword elves, Fangzheng turned around and walked towards the teleportation crystal. Asuna looked at Fangzheng's back and sighed.
"I didn't expect … that training would be so tiring …"
"But it's fun, isn't it?"
The black cat chuckled softly.
"Sister Lesya taught me a lot of interesting things, including how to use a scimitar … I think I'll be able to use it even in the real world!"
"… Where are you going to use it? Isn't that against the 'Gun and Knife Control Law'? "
Asuna looked at the excited black cat and felt the need to remind her, lest she was caught and sent to prison after finally leaving the game world …
"Hmph! A mere mortal threat is no match for me, the Fallen Angel Black Cat! My Black Tooth will cut off the shackles of those rules! I'll regain my freedom! "
"You're really energetic, Miss Black Cat."
Asuna let out a long sigh as she watched the black cat stand up again, yelling and putting on an extremely chuunibyou posture. Although Fangzheng had told them that physical exhaustion such as muscle soreness would not occur in the game world, mental exhaustion could still cause headaches ….
"Because I'm used to it."
"Used to it?"
"Yeah."
The black cat nodded, then looked up at the sky.
"I have two sisters to take care of. I have to wake up early every day to cook for them. I have to play with them after school in the afternoon, and I have to sleep with them at night … In comparison, Mr. Fangzheng's training is much simpler."
After all, it was not easy to appease two troublemakers.
"You'll take care of them, Miss Black Cat?"
"Yeah, my family doesn't have much money. My parents have to work, and I'm the elder sister, so I naturally have to take responsibility."
"But you bought this helmet?"
Asuna suddenly had a question in her mind. Although she didn't know the real price of the helmet, she had heard about it from her brother. If she remembered correctly, this helmet wasn't cheap. At least, it wasn't something an ordinary family could afford.
"I didn't buy it."
But the black cat shook her head.
"I got it from a lucky draw."
"… Lucky draw?"
"That's right. Isn't there a shop in Akihabara that holds a lucky draw? I happened to be buying a new magazine that day, so I got a lucky draw. "
"Miss Black Cat, you're really lucky …."
Hearing the black cat's words, Qing Ye couldn't help but sigh, and then she sighed.
"In comparison, my luck is not so good …. I bought it with a friend, but when it was our turn, there was only one left. She was ahead of me in the queue, so I sold it to her. But my friend let me play first, but … I don't know how she's doing now. "
"…."
Hearing this, the crowd fell into silence and stopped talking.
Although their fates were different, they all had a common goal, and that was to leave this world as soon as possible and return to their family and friends who were worried about them.
However, up until now, this was only a small wish.
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