Training the two wasn’t too difficult while they were travelling to the north.

  Their faults were quite obvious for Shiro and it was just a case of telling it to them while demonstrating in a spar.

  Celeste was too ’honest’ in her fighting style. There was no feints at all and if she charged, she’ll commit to that charge until the end. While her power is good, it’s like fighting a train. You know where the rails are, all you had to do was step out of her path.

  During the first few spars, Celeste was confused as to why she couldn’t even come close to hitting Shiro so she tried to use feints but she used too much and tired herself out before even committing.

  Shiro had to spent some extra time teaching her about balancing the two in a fight.

  As for Glen, he was better when it came to combat but was just as bad when it came to feints. He didn’t know how to do feints nor could he react well to them. But worse of all, he didn’t have any counter to magic. If magic was used in a one on one against him, there’s a 100% that he’ll fall into the passive immediately and forget about how to counter attack.

  Overall, both had the same problems with Celeste being too straight forward and Glen being completely countered by magic.

  "I’ve told you many times that you can’t be obvious with your feints. Every time you do a faint, your left leg shift back and your eyes dart around for a moment." Shiro sighed as she summoned a stick and bonked Celeste on the head as she was passing her.

  "And you Glen, think about what you can do to help you teammate already." Shiro glanced at Glen who was being pushed back by three simple orbs of mana.

  He was able to parry the magic thanks to the sword that Helion made him but he didn’t know what to do afterwards.

  ’Honestly, if Celeste went over to help him, she could have covered up for his weaknesses.’ Shiro thought with a shake of her head.

  {I doubt the girl will think of that when she hasn’t slept for 4 days.} Nimue raised an eyebrow.

  ’Well she better think of it soon. There has been times were I’ve been trapped in enemy territory and had to stay awake for more than a week. Even when you’re exhausted, you have to push yourself and keep your wits sharp so that you can survive. Plus, aren’t I staying up with them despite me being exhausted myself?’ Shiro shrugged.

  {That’s true but you’re abnormal and they’re not.}

  ’Well that’s makes things easier. Just become abnormal.’ Shiro replied.

  Stomping her foot down, the ground collapsed beneath the two of them as they fell down.

  Panting heavily, Shiro could see bags under their eyes as they were truly tired.

  "Rejoice you two. The time of rest has arrived. Your two hours break stats now." Shiro smiled as the two of them immediately fell sleep in the holes.

  Shaking her head, Shiro made two beds and set them both on it.

  "Well I guess it’s my time to shine now." Shiro stretched her body.

  She had forced them to fight continuously for days on end to see how far they could push their body as well as their will power. And she must say, she’s impressed.

  Putting on some gloves, Shiro started to hasten their recovered. While this was happening, Shiro also refined their body by pushing her mana through their body.

  Normally, this would have been an extremely painful process since they had their own man and forcefully cleansing it like this was akin to pouring hot metal down their throat. But now that they’re completely exhausted, all of their mana paths have relaxed, allowing her mana to flow through without problem.

  Celeste was highly adaptive and her mana is wild so she needed to be on the bring of collapsing while Glen just didn’t use his mana at all so Shiro had to weaken him in order to open up his pathways. While he can’t cast magic, opening the pathways allows his body to be tempered by mana.

  While she was refining their bodies, Shiro noticed that Glen’s physique in terms of the mana pathway was similar to a compression chamber. If he knows how to manipulate his mana, even without casting spells, he’ll be able to demonstrate explosive power in a single instant.

  ’I’ll need to change the blueprint for his specialised mech in order to accommodate this then.’ Shiro thought with a smile.

  As for Celeste, she had something akin to an innate berserk skill where she could cause her mana to rampage within her body. Without the proper physique, this would destroy her but countless uses of this has allowed her to live without any problems.

  But it was too inefficient.

  Spending a bit more time refining Celeste’s body, Shiro imprinted several magic circles around her pathways so that it wouldn’t harm her body when she goes berserk. Instead this energy would be more controlled while retaining all of that power.

  ’If anything, it’s similar to Madison’s berserk skill that has no backlash.’ Shiro thought with a smile.

  Once she had refined both of their bodies, she felt light headed as she fell back and sat on the floor.

  Panting for a moment, Shiro evened out her breathing before making a sofa for herself to rest for a bit.

  Closing her eyes, she also fell sleep immediately.

  ###

  After two hours had passed, both Celeste and Glen snapped their eyes open as they yawned lightly and woke up.

  Realising that they were on a bed, they looked at each other in confusion before spotting Shiro sleeping on a sofa with a peaceful expression.

  Just as they stood up, they noticed that their body no longer hurt but instead felt more energetic than ever.

  Before they could wake up Shiro, a blue haired woman appeared in front of them.

  "Don’t wake her up now. Her soul has been injured yet she still stayed up with you lot to train you. Honestly, she should have passed out on the first day. To top it all off, she pushed herself at the end so that you two could have your body refined." The woman whispered while looking down at Shiro.

  "Follow me, I’ll train you for a bit while Shiro’s sleeping. I might not be as good as her but I can take care of two brats like you." She chuckled.

  Looking at each other, Glen and Celeste nodded their heads and followed Nimue out to another training hall.

  *CLAP!

  "Right then, let me introduce myself. My name is Nimue and I’ll be your instructor for a short while. I don’t have all of the practical knowledge that Shiro has but I’m confident of holding my own in a fight. You two are to spar with me while I explain what happened with your physiques." Nimue smiled as the entire room instantly became humid.

  Feeling the aura emanating from Nimue, both Celeste and Glen knew that she shouldn’t be looked down upon.

  Nodding at each other, they charged at her but Nimue only shook her head.

  Snapping her finger, a wall of water appeared between them as they were cut out from each other.

  Swiping her hand, a torrent of water slammed into Glen’s body, forcing him against the wall.

  "A defenceless charge is suicidal. I’m sure Shiro had taught you this yet you still commit the same mistake. Honestly, Shiro’s been a little soft on you since her body is weak. So in her place, I’ll show you what her training should have been like." Nimue narrowed her eyes as a crushing pressure descended on the two of them.

  Celeste tensed up mid attack as she backed off immediately.

  "What’s wrong girl. I thought you were going to attack me like all the other times. Come on, unless you understand that what you’ve been doing has been a mistake." Nimue glared at Celeste.

  Suddenly, a wave of water slammed against her back as she could feel her ribs crack.

  Coughing up some blood, Celeste made some distance between the two of them.

  "Leaving your back defenceless is also suicidal. Try again." Nimue scoffed as a green aura appeared on Celeste’s body.

  Realising that she was healed, Celeste looked down in confusion but this didn’t last long when a pillar of water exploded up, fracturing her jaw and slamming her body into the ceiling.

  "What are you dawdling for? Just because you’re healed you think you’re safe? Try again." Nimue frowned, healing her body again.

  "And you Glen, why haven’t you helped your teammate yet? In a battlefield, are you going to watch her die like this?" Nimue asked as Glen was being occupied by a few orbs of water.

  "But-"

  "Don’t give me shitty excuses. Give me one and I’ll shatter your manhood. Instead of using your brain to think of excuses, think about how you can help your teammate. Shiro has refined your body so even if you can’t cast spells, you can use mana. Your physique is tailored to explosive power so use it." Nimue lectured while blocking Celeste’s attack.

  "You have will power but that’s it. You two better not waste Shiro’s effort." Nimue said as the attacks increased in intensity.