Chapter 240: Chapter 229: Addicted to Training, Irresistible! (Vote for Monthly Pass) Chapter 240: Chapter 229: Addicted to Training, Irresistible! (Vote for Monthly Pass) Harboring a variety of thoughts, the exchange students who arrived at the Emberfire Base on the first day could hardly sleep throughout the night.
Sunset, sunrise.
The second day came quickly.
As a hint of dawn just began to show in the sky, the base’s bell rang out, echoing far and wide, reaching every area of the island base.
Princess Anna had already finished washing up and applied a simple makeup look. She put on the training outfit distributed by Emberfire and examined herself in the mirror for a while, nodding in satisfaction.
Then she left her room and headed straight for her target area.
“Mysterious Evil General Knowledge class, Special 02 class.”
“Located at… um, East District Building E6.”
“Got all the textbooks, today is the first day of formal lessons.”
“Anna, come on!”
Princess Anna picked up her refined bag and quickly walked to the platform.
The students she met along the way were all in a hurry, as if wound up like clocks. Occasionally, she passed some students engaged in debates, seemingly about training-related topics, speaking words she didn’t understand.
Anna realized that even if she wanted to join the conversation, she couldn’t find common ground.
There was no talk of makeup, bags, or accessories; it was all training terminology that she didn’t understand but sounded very impressive.
The students here are so diligent!
It seemed that she would have to be even more serious and work harder; otherwise, she may not be able to keep up with the conversations of the students from Emberfire’s main campus!
This wouldn’t do!
With complicated thoughts in mind, Anna arrived at East District Building E6 and found the classroom where her class was held.
She took a look around.
There were Awakeners from her Sunset Country in this class, not many, only three. Emberfire Training Camp’s class divisions were very detailed.
But she also saw students from the Wavemist Nation and White Bear Country!
As expected, the Wavemist Nation had connections with Emberfire, and even earlier than Sunset Country, but she hadn’t expected people from White Bear Country to be here as well.
Indeed, White Bear Country was also one of the great nations suffering from the Red Moon disaster, so they must have received a warning from Emberfire.
She just hadn’t realized White Bear Country had also found and cooperated with Emberfire.
There were even more competitors now!
Anna’s pretty face was full of solemnity, and she quickly found out that the students from Wavemist Nation and White Bear Country had arrived at the training base yesterday.
They were starting at the same starting line as Sunset Country.
If that were the case, she wouldn’t lose!
In Sunset Country, she was the brightest pearl, and she would be the same here!
Soon, the dozens of students in the class arrived, most being from Emberfire’s main campus and also Awakeners. Although there were many from Huang Country, there was also a diversity of nationalities and skin colors.
These students were curious about the few exchange students, giving them a few looks, but it was just a flicker of interest, and not even one came up to chat.
How could no one approach the princess?
This was unreasonable!
Princess Anna, with her prepared social strategies nowhere to be deployed, was quite frustrated!
She saw many students flipping through their textbooks and, with a pout, she also opened her textbook to start previewing the material.
This class was a cultural lesson aimed at recognizing the characteristics and weaknesses of Mysterious Evils.
When she opened the textbook and saw the incredibly detailed descriptions of various Mysterious Evils, Princess Anna was surprised, and then she became even more attentive and focused in her studies.
“So a large… two-star Mysterious Evil, Serpent Mother, lays eggs under these conditions.”
“When the two-star Mysterious Evil Ghost Lantern launches a ghostly fire attack, here are three simple ways to interrupt it.”
“The very common Mysterious Evil Knocking Child… Its ruler, the ‘Door-Knocking Child King,’ is a terrifying three-star Mysterious Evil? And even a few are four-star level? This is…!”
The knowledge in the textbook was very rich, and the instructor on the platform was an experienced expert who, combining battle examples and videos, explained various Mysterious Evils in simple yet profound terms.
Princess Anna’s notes were full to bursting; she only wished the instructor didn’t speak so fast, as she hadn’t previewed the material the night before.
She could barely keep up… This point also needs to be remembered carefully!
And this, and this, and this one too!
Anna was so engrossed that her world seemed to consist solely of the Mysterious Evils and their descriptive characteristics.
It wasn’t until the bell rang that she jolted, jumping out of this immersive state.
She was still a bit dazed.
Coming back to her senses, she found the instructor had already left, and many students in the classroom were packing up their notebooks and textbooks, hurrying away.
They walked while discussing and exchanging ideas, and in an instant they were gone.
Throughout the whole class, she hadn’t spoken to any Emberfire students! She hadn’t even thought of it, as all her energy was spent on learning about Mysterious Evils.
But learning about these Mysterious Evils was very meaningful and infinitely beneficial.
Focusing attentively on this class was the right thing to do.
Next class, next class she definitely should engage more with Emberfire.
The break between classes was only ten minutes, and the distance between classrooms was not short. Anna began to understand why the other students were in such a rush.
If she didn’t hurry, she might be late!
Being late here had no punishment, but the instructors and training officers wouldn’t wait for you. Being late for a bit and missing some key knowledge would be a huge loss.
As a princess representing Sunset Country, she couldn’t afford to be late.
But this was just too much of a rush!
Anna stuffed her textbooks and notes into her bag and then ran towards the second class location, picking up speed as she went. She dashed through the restroom in haste to take care of business, and thirty seconds before the second class started, she finally arrived at the site.
Her chest heaved as she took a long breath of relief.
“Phew~~~”
This class was on the basics of swordsmanship, including demonstrations of sword techniques and pure swordsmanship exchange and sparring.
With sparring, training officers would have students pair up to practice.
That meant there was an opportunity for interaction.
Let this class witness the charm of Sunset Country’s pearl!
So thought Princess Anna before the start of training.
Ten minutes later,
Princess Anna stared at the Wooden Sword in front of her, her brows knitted in concentration.
She refused to believe that her basic swordsmanship wasn’t up to standard.
Twenty minutes later,
“Ha~!”
Tap, tap tap tap~!
Wooden Sword clashed with Wooden Sword, evolving from the initial stiffness to the current fluidity and ease.
Princess Anna, of course, was skilled in swordsmanship.
Previously, she had learned the aristocratic swordplay, which prioritized aesthetics, but after the arrival of the mysterious powers and the emergence of Mysterious Evil, she began to study the real combat swordsmanship.
Her Celestial Grace was considerable, and many swordsmanship instructors felt inferior by comparison.
Her foundation in swordsmanship was also not weak.
But it was under the instructor’s guidance that she realized how much she lacked and how much room for improvement she had.
“Your swordsmanship has just reached the cusp of proficiency, but it has some basic shortcomings, focusing too much on appearances.”
“Proficiency?”
“Beginner, Skilled, Proficient, Expert, Master, Peak Mastery, Transcendent Sanctity—this is how Torchlight categorizes the different levels of skill.”
“And you, instructor?”
“My swordsmanship has just reached the level of a beginner Master.”
Master?! The instructor had always given her the impression of a swordsmanship Master, a truly deserving title of a Master.
Yet the instructor’s wording was “just”.
A Master? So that’s just an okay level, huh?
Are all you Torchlight instructors this modest? Just, there do seem to be quite a few instructors here at the base, and Instructor Lee from the swordsmanship class doesn’t seem too famous either.
Princess Anna fell silent.
But her silence lasted only briefly before she threw herself back into the training and sparring of swordsmanship. The high intensity of the training didn’t allow her the slightest distraction, and the proficiency of her swordsmanship, so dexterous as if an extension of her arm, made her irresistibly engrossed.
Lost in the training, time flew by rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, the swordsmanship class was over, and the countdown timer for the next class appeared on her cadet phone.
Anna gulped water down, thud, thud, thud, wiped the sweat with not-so-graceful movements, and hurried to the next training location.
This class was about physical enhancement.
She originally thought it would be simple, but it wasn’t—the training of physical strength also had many intricacies, and after a morning’s session, she faintly felt her power had increased.
It must be an illusion.
Princess Anna muttered.
She couldn’t maintain her elegance during lunch at the cafeteria either, where speed was a tad more important than appearance.
The afternoon’s training proved to be even more surprising for Anna.
An introductory class on gravity training.
It covered how to train in a gravity environment, how to use gravity efficiently to strengthen the body, how to avoid injuries, and so on!
Of course, none of these were the key point—the shocking thing was that there were Gravity Chambers, something so sci-fi!
Is this even scientific?
Aren’t you guys shocked?
Watching cadets come in and out of the Gravity Chamber, Princess Anna ranted fiercely to herself, but when she began to sweat profusely, dripping with sweat, she no longer had the energy for complaints.
She was too exhausted.
All her energy was invested in the training, leaving no room to pay attention to anything else.
Seeing others continuously pushing themselves to the brink, and feeling the power within her grow, Anna lost herself in the training.
The thrill of becoming stronger was intoxicating.
The industrious figures around her also instilled a sense of urgency in Anna, as if pausing to take a breath would mean being left behind by the group, tossed aside like a shadow without a trace.
Cultural classes, technique classes, exercise classes!
The schedule ran from morning to night, only ending at ten at night.
And at that time,
Standing on the 2D testing platform, Anna shockingly realized that… her physical and mental strength had both improved!
They really had improved! And the increase was not negligible, which explained why she felt the difference!
This was too incredible!
My God, this was nothing short of a miracle!
This is a miracle!
As Anna soaked in the medicated bath prepared by the training camp in her dormitory’s bathtub, her head was still buzzing.
If she could improve so much in just one day, then…
That night, Anna slept deeply, her lips curling into a smile of perhaps a joyous dream.
The next day, she was awakened by the persistent ringing of the alarm clock.
After washing up and slapping her face in the mirror, she pondered a moment, then removed all her jewelry, tied up her radiant golden hair, and pushed all her pretty clothes to the back of the closet.
She dressed simply but efficiently.
And so, she embarked on the day’s training journey.
…
The third day, the fourth day, the fifth day.
As time passed day by day, Anna gradually adapted to life at the training base.
Getting up early, training, attending classes, training, attending more classes.
The elegant and splendid gem of Sunset Country was no more, leaving only the super diligent and serious Torchlight exchange cadet, Anna.
Tackling each training session, I, Anna, will not be outdone!
If Princess Anna was like this, the other exchange cadets from Sunset Country were even more immersed in training and learning, unable to extricate themselves.
The significant improvements day after day delighted them to no end.
Late at night, after ten days, with only a tiny bit of rest time left, they, like the Torchlight’s home students, seized every moment and opportunity for extra training, and more training!
Train until you drop, that’s the mindset!
Training until their bodies were utterly exhausted and they fell into a deep sleep.
Anna never brought up her initial plan for evening information exchange sessions again, and nobody else even thought to mention it.
Everyone buried themselves in training, with less interaction among them.
Why waste that time when they could make another round in the gravity field, unless it was for academic discussions?
Naturally, the reports sent to the Night Walkers organization’s higher echelons also became incredibly brief.
To sum it up in a few words.
Extremely smooth.
Extremely worthwhile.
Yule and other higher-ups nodded in satisfaction.