Seth was ready, wearing his tank top for boxing, exercise shorts that hugged his legs, and trainer shoes for grip and functionality. He had finger-less gloves and compression sleeves on for training.
Hinata and Blossom stepped out of the bathroom changing room, and he was hard-pressed not to think sexy thoughts about them.
Blossom had emerged wearing her sports bra, track shorts, trainers, and some sports sunglasses in case they trained somewhere sunny. Her budding abs were on display, and her toned arms and legs tensed and relaxed as she warmed up her body a bit. She blushed a bit as Seth eyed her form, and she grinned wide, enjoying his attention.
Hinata was more conservative in her exercise clothes, but no less alluring. She was dressed in her shinobi pants that ended mid way down her shins. Her shinobi sandals were on and her shirt was simply her black t-shirt that she wore for training. She blushed as Seth eyed her up and down from her beautiful face, to her large breasts compressed into her shirt, to her wide hips, her athletic thighs, and her thin shins to her lovely smooth and soft looking toes.
Every part of both young women were a treat for Seths eyes. And he was a treat for them as well. His form fitting exercise clothes were a bit tight on his currently toned frame and showed he had been fighting and training hard this past week. But now, it was time for them all to push themselves further.
They entered the training hall and Seth set it to 10:1 time dilation. Then chose stat training gym mode. He would spend the next 5 days focusing on stats. he had to make up for the loss of strength to be able to fight the Minotaur. The next 5 days?
Skill training. he would upgrade his katana skill to the next mastery rank and make sure every combat skill had risen at least 5 levels.
He checked on Hinata and Blossom and asked, "What will you two work on? I'm hitting the gym to hopefully regain or even exceed my old stats. How about both of you?"
Hinata and Blossom think before they nod and say, "We will do 3 days in each section, stats first, skills second, then monster hunting third. We will be getting ourselves ready for helping you in your dreams when you unlock the party system."
Seth nods and they all head inside.
They see the fully built gym with all the weights, machines, and training fields one could want. The girls immediately went to the gym equipment to find their limits, while Seth began with stretches and then hit the free weights.
He began to do compound exercises with the weights set to 250kg. They were heavy enough to push his reduced strength to its limits after a few reps in 15 different compound exercises. His body was screaming at him to take a break as he was dripping sweat after an hour.
He collapsed while breathing hard and checked his stats.
Seth Silverfang
STR: 62.88 -> 63.60
REF: 56.51 -> 57.23
STA: 56.40 -> 57.12
END: 62.85 -> 63.57
MANA: 12.61 -> 12.79
He grinned at seeing the efforts from a solid hour of work. He was so thankful for his stat growth skill. Without it he would have had to pour all his time into the gym during his break day to recover so much. But he knew he would need to continue this pace. Which meant once he was rested, the next level weights would need to be challenged.
he rested for a solid 15 minutes while watching the girls go through pilates, yoga, stretches, some weights, and then some cool down stretching. They were very limber and Blossom seemed to appreciate the training Hinata led her through. While Hinata had on the gravity bracers to help her out with increasing the difficulty of her workout and expanding her gains. Both girls were currently very sweaty and were cooling down before they went on to check out the field facilities.
Seth grins as he was reminded of the bracelets. He went to grab the bracelets. Passing by both young women and kissing them on their lips. Making both girls blush hard at his bold passing kisses.
He chuckles at their dumbfounded faces as he grabs the bracelets. He turns them on to times two gravity. And grunts as his weight doubles. He then grabs the 250kg and groans in exertion at their weight suddenly feeling doubled as well. He nods to himself and puts the weight down.
First he would need to get used to higher weight levels. Then using weights while doing so.
He heads to the track field while increasing the gravity to times three. His muscles bulge from tension and exertion as his weight is now triple what he is used to. And as he already weighed 230 pounds from his muscle gains and his tougher bones, he was nearly half a ton right now.
He got into a runners start position and dashed hard, his feet leaving little dust puffs as he ran. Soon enough he is running as fast as he can with his current stats. And he is feeling the difference. he is huffing and puffing hard after only 30 minutes. After 45 he is wheezing. And by an hour, he is down to jogging with ragged breathing.
He collapses as the timer for an hour goes off and he checks the results of that challenge. His eyes bulge out as he sees his efforts were not in vain.
Seth Silverfang
STR: 63.60 -> 65.04
REF: 57.23 -> 58.67
STA: 57.12 -> 58.56
END: 63.57 -> 65.01
MANA: 12.79 -> 13.15
He grins widely despite his exhaustion and knows how hard he needs to push himself to increase his abilities. The girls pass by him at a steady jogging pace and ask, "You okay?"
Seth grins in an exhausted way and says, "Oh yeah, just, let me rest for a solid 15 minutes. and I'll be good to go again."
They shake their heads and continue their training.
The pattern continued for the next 3 days in the training room, except for eating and bathroom needs.
The girls left the gym after that to train their skills and both of them kissed him as they left. Over the last few days they enjoyed each others company, training side by side, chatting about small things, and enjoying their time together. They even cuddled close when napping on hammocks in the training halls resting area, and enjoyed taking their time with each other while stretching to do small caresses and touches on each other to show they were still interested and loving the developments of the training they were doing.
Blossom and Hinata left and Seth focused on his growth to see how his stats have changed.
Seth Silverfang
STR: 65.04 -> 78.00
REF: 58.67 -> 71.66
STA: 58.56 -> 71.52
END: 65.01 -> 77.97
MANA: 13.15 -> 16.39
It was both better yet worse than before. He was truly stuck on how best to raise his magic ability. But then he had a thought. I have been training physically, and my body adjusts the magic I can withstand as it grows. But what if I focused on the flow of energy like with martial arts training while still doing kata? I can give it a try.
He stands up from his sitting position and goes through forms slowly while having increased the gravity bands up to 5 times gravity. But while he got a good resistance from it, he was focused internally. The magic that flowed through his body began to respond and he began to feel it course through his body and feel a natural flow to it to improve and reinforce his body to new levels.
As he does so he unlocks two surprising abilities after doing this for an hour straight. His stats also reflect the magic focused training he endured.
Seth Silverfang
STR: 78.00 -> 78.50
REF: 71.66 -> 73.20
STA: 71.52 -> 73.10
END: 77.97 -> 78.40
MANA: 16.39 -> 18.50
Combat Skills unlocked!
Unarmed mastery: Lvl 1 beginner exp:5%
Mastery of the unarmed combat styles, +1% to unarmed damage
Magic control: lvl 1 exp: 15%
Increases the effect of all magic skills by 1%
Needless to say, Seth was over the moon at his growing skill list and how well it will help him in his next bout against the Minotaur.
He began to focus on the energy flow controlled kata training while under the effects of the gravity bracelets. he did this constantly for the next two days in the time dilation field.
By the time he finished his stats had improved slightly and he had managed to bump himself up to 6 times gravity. Plus both his mana control and mana stat had shot way up.
Seth Silverfang
STR: 78.50 -> 80.90
REF: 73.20 -> 79.40
STA: 73.10 -> 80.35
END: 78.40 -> 81.50
MANA: 18.50 -> 26.95
Combat Skills unlocked!
Unarmed mastery: Lvl 25 beginner exp: 43%
Mastery of the unarmed combat styles, +25% to unarmed damage
Magic control: lvl 15 exp: 12%
Increases the effect of all magic skills by 15%
With his new stats solidified he was ready to tackle the skills training section of this dimension and push his skills to the next level with his remaining time. And hopefully his stats will reflect it as he plans to train the skills while under the effects of the gravity bracelets.
He goes to the training zone to an amazing sight. The girls sparring each other and pulling off impressive techniques one after another.