Divinity

Alright, I’ll try to open my eyes.

I want to see it for myself.

At some point I’m gonna have to be able to maintain it in my entire body all at once while moving around, so if I can’t even keep it there while opening my eyes, how am I ever going to be able to do that?

I open my eyes slowly.

The glow is still there.

Vic looks me in the eye, then quickly back to my hand.

I’m gonna try moving my hand.

I move my hand very slowly up.

It’s still there.

I move it around a bit more.

It’s still there.

Looks like I’m actually able to maintain it now…

Should I try slamming the ground?

It would be nice to find out how strong I currently am when using BDM.

Alright, I guess I’ll try it.

If it breaks, it breaks.

Although I’m still not quite sure how I managed to start using it, I’m easily able to maintain it.

I slowly raise my hand, then clench it into a fist.

Then I very quickly slam the ground as hard as I can.

As my fist connects with the ground, I can feel it lightly shaking.

The dirt was compressed where my fist landed, leaving a tiny crater in the ground.

It wasn’t big, not even as big as my hand.

But…

I could never do something like that normally…

Vic starts clapping.

“Well done! To be able to do something like this in just a week… That’s incredible…” – Victor

“I’m still not able to use BDM whenever I want though, and my power is nowhere near yours…” – Alex

He scoffs the moment he heard that.

“Alex… This is way more than I could do after a week of training. It took me months to be able to even use BDM for the first time, it only took you 5 days… And by day seven, you’re able to do what your brother was able to do after a month of training, and what I could only do it after almost two years of training. You’re gonna be a very successful hunter, Alex. There’s no need to get impatient.” – Victor

“… Thanks!” – Alex

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Almost a month has passed since I was first able to maintain control over the Divinity in my hand.

I’ve improved a lot since then.

I can start using BDM on command.

I can maintain it for pretty much however long I want.

Not to mention my power has increased significantly as well.

We have done all kinds of training since then too.

The most tough training must have been the combat training.

Obviously, he didn’t go all out on me, but I had to learn how to maintain control while fighting.

That was really difficult…

He also made me run for ten hours straight without stopping.

That was insanely difficult at first, but when I got better at using BDM, it got much easier.

I don’t get tired nearly as fast anymore.

That’s because I’m not really using my muscles to run, BDM is doing all the hard work.

My speed has also significantly increased.

It’s been a while since I last tested it, but last time I did, I was faster than Vic’s horse.

Now that I think about it, why does he even use a horse…?

If even I’m faster than his horse, Vic certainly is…

Not to mention the horse should also gets tired way faster…

Maybe it’s just so that he could carry all the gold he brought?

No…

That doesn’t make any sense either…

Weird…

In any case, I’ve improved a lot in the past month.

The combat training wrecked me, but it was really effective.

I have no problem using BDM anymore, even if I’m fighting.

As I said before, he’s not using his full power, but his blows still hurt a lot less than they did at the beginning.

“Hey Alex. I think it’s time I tell you more about your brother and SDM.” – Victor