His sister asked him where he had gone. He lied that he still had pain from that fight, so he went to the Infirmary. It was their dorm's day to clean up the church. So, he washed his body and went to the church. He started to clean by taking a broom. He didn't just clean, but he tried to sense nature's mana around him to increase the radius of mana sensing and sweep the church. For this process, he needs to close his eyes. Aww!! He bumped his head multiple times on the wall. While doing this, he once bumped into something. It doesn't look like a wall, but it was round. He opened his eyes to figure out what it was. When he opened his eyes, he saw a glowing pair of eyes. He moved back to see who it was. Then he saw it was none other than Clara. Clara figured out what he was trying to do. She interrogated, "How did you sense mana? Any military academy does not teach kids below the age of 7 unless or until they are a direct descendant of a prestigious family." He then replied to her about what happened with the Hall Leader and the Trainer. He also said, "I can sense some white thread here also." She got shocked. Even she could not impress the eyes of the Hall Leader in Mana Sensing at the age of 5. But someone who appeared out of nowhere suddenly impressed the eyes of the Hall Leader, and he was even the fastest to sense the mana. She started off thinking of keeping an eye on him because she felt that he had too much potential to exploit in the future.
He continued his work. Suddenly, he felt like someone was gazing at him. He looked around him. All of them were doing their work. But he didn't and couldn't see up because it is the gods who gazed upon him. They started to feel his presence. He completed his work and went to the Training Hall. He started his training. He couldn't even take 3 push-ups with his frail body. He got upset. He continued his training. The trainers instructed him to train his stamina. So, he started running around the Training Hall. While doing so, he saw the members of the thugs doing their punishment of cleaning the training equipment. He pitied them. Even if they work without sleeping, it would take two days to complete the work. He asked the Hall Leader to take pity on them. He told them to promise, "I won't bully the newbies but help them in and everything which I am capable of." They too promised him that they wouldn't repeat this and dissolved their thug gang. He continued his jogging to improve his stamina. After 10 days of jogging, he was able to jog continuously for 1 KM. The daily report was given to the priestess by one of her members in the Training Hall. She was shocked by his improvement in day-to-day life. This is a great achievement for the kids aged 5. The trainers encouraged him. He continued his training on Stamina, but it also increased his Agility. He felt that he could move faster.
Then the trainers instructed him to concentrate on improving his reflexes because it is crucial in real-life battles. They started to throw balls towards him. He was instructed to move the shield given to him and block the ball. They started to throw the balls towards him. He tried his best to block the ball. But he missed one. He was hit by a ball. It felt like it would break his bones. It didn't feel like a normal ball. But it feels like he was hit by iron balls. He asked the trainer what the ball is made of. He replied, "It is made up of thousand-year iron." So, he understood that they were trying to help him hard. He tried to block the balls, but, in the evening, he was beaten to a pulp. His cheeks are swollen. His arm bone broke. He went to the Infirmary and dressed his wound.
Months passed... He was able to increase his reflex, which is the hardest to increase. Due to the hits by the iron balls, his skin became like iron. His body constitution also changed. Then he started training in mana sensing again. Now he could sense in an even larger radius. When he tried to increase the radius, he couldn't. But now he succeeded. Not only could he clearly see the structure that contained the mana. He asked the trainer about it. They replied, "You had a near-death experience by being hit by the Iron ball. So, it improved your skill." It looked weird to him. How could dying make you strong?
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Author's corner:
Hi guys. Do you think near-death experience makes you strong? If you have experienced such things, tell us about your experience too.