Chapter 15

After Alexander came down from the mountain, blood was flowing from his entire body. Metal balls had inflicted minor wounds on his hand, and in some places, he had crushed them strangely. However, despite all this, Alexander stood tall, showing no signs of trembling.

Except for him, no one could complete primary education.

After the initial training, they also found themselves in a bath made of medicinal plants. After using medicinal plants to heal wounds, they proceeded directly to secondary training. His hands and feet were tied, and he was thrown into a lake filled with sea creatures only in his underwear.

The purpose of the training is to swim to the opposite shore in secrecy. If they had failed, they wouldn't have had dinner.

Shadow had given them some instructions before the training. Most children were spotted by monsters as soon as they were released into the sea because they went crazy and fluttered unnecessarily. Only the first three groups, including Alexander and Noah, were able to complete the training.

There was no pause after the second training was over. They immediately took a theoretical course, where they learned about human biology, and switched to close combat training. In this training, they were trying to kill their partner. His associates were trying not to be killed.

After the melee training, it was time for the kids' favorite skill training. The main weapon of the assassins, was the short sword and for the side weapons, small daggers were trained. In addition, skills such as Shadow Step and Ghost Step which Black Priests should know, were also taught here.

The skills they all had to learn in the first year were: Shadow Step, Shadow Blow, Wind Blow, Kunai Shot and Heartbreaker.

Shadow Step was a stepping technique that provided a high level of privacy and speed. It wasn't too difficult for people with Shadow Energy, as its level and difficulty were slightly lower than Ghost Step.

The Shadow Blow allowed the weapon to transmit Shadow Energy. In this way, the sword was faster and sharper, more unpredictable. Its attack power increased by 40%. By the fifth level, it was an increase of 120%.

Wind Blow was a little different from the Shadow Blow. He was using Shadow Energy to get the support of the wind. Expert-grade flexibility and agility were required. Unlike Shadow Blow, it was ten times harder to use. in the first level it gave 20% speed, while in the tenth level, it provided +400% attack speed. Although it was purely for basic attacks, it became one of the best techniques for speed.

Kunai Shot was a technique for throwing Kunai, a type of dagger created for assassinations. At the highest level, it would allow the person to shoot a kunai like a bullet from hundreds of meters away and hit 100%.

Heartbreaker was the hardest of them all. It just didn't require ridiculously good dexterity. It was a mix of secrecy, speed, power, and knowledge. Not only physical strength was needed, but also knowledge of biology.

These techniques were skills that could handle them for quite some time. Each was developed through war and death. For example, to improve the Kunai Shot, his partner would hang from his legs and swing. The student would have to hit the target boards twenty meters away without killing his partner.

No one dared to miss it. The word partner began to take on a special meaning. They were life partners more than brothers.

Alexander focused only on training day and night. His physical strength had reached such an extent that even Noah could not resist him. But he still hadn't been able to open his second acupuncture.

By the fifth month of training, Alexander had learned the first level of all techniques perfectly. Although he still hadn't made it to the second level, he was the first to learn the techniques perfectly. Noah, who came right after him, was successful three months later.

In the meantime, Alexander had brought the Shadow Blow to the second level.

In the ninth month of training, they entered the battlefield of the Shadow Cathedral to test what they had learned. This was a forest full of monsters. The test task was to take the heads of the dead prisoners who had already been released into the forest before the others and take them to the designated area.

There were only five death row inmates per twenty, which meant that the vast majority would fail the test.

Those who passed the test would receive the Clean Heart Pill, the Calm Mentality Potion, and the Red Blood Supplement. Even these awards were worth doing anything to be successful.

In this test, Alexander showed unexpected ingenuity and took the prisoner from among two people and took first place. It wasn't because it was strong enough to take two people off. It was for him to use his mind and take action when he had the opportunity.

During his time here, he noticed two things. Of the twenty people, only three or four could use their brains. Other than that, it was physical strength. It was very easy to predict the moves and the strategy they would follow.

Alexander took advantage of this to pit two men against each other and cut off the prisoner's head when they were weakened. He would never forget the man's screams and fearful eyes. But after killing him, he didn't feel anything.

After receiving his awards, Alexander tried his luck again but failed again the number of vortex on his body had already reached twenty-five. With every meditation he did, there was a danger of death. However, there was no change in the acupuncture point.

With the power of a twenty-five vortex, he could only shake the wall.

Thankfully, it wasn't having much of an impact at the moment. Since the difference in power was not too much, he was able to close the gap with his physical strength.

But that was going to be the case for a short time. From what he heard from Noah, Noah was about to begin his attempts to open the third acupuncture point.

Time went on. When they reached the end of the human biology class, they were given an exam. They would show the compartments of a human body live and tell them what they were for.

The body in front of Alexander belonged to someone he knew very well.

Zachary.

Over time, he realized that most of the corpses were used to teach students. These bodies belonged to students who had died in previous tests.

Alexander finished the test without expression and left the class with a full score.

Days chased days. Weeks by weeks. At the end of the year, Alexander reached the third level in Shadow Blow and Shadow Step. Kunai Shot was at the top of the first level, while in the Wind Blow, he was about to move to the second level.

Although he had no match in technique, he was far behind in development. Noah, Graham, and Daniel had already opened their third acupuncture.

Alexander lost his ranking in courses other than theoretical and technical courses.

The first year of education was over at the end.

The second year would continue with the second level of the program.