11 Training
Reaching the park, Reynold passed the Potential Enhancement potion to everyone except Jake and Tom.
"Drink it; it's a special milk that will aid in your training," Reynold encouraged, distributing glasses filled with the magical elixir to the rest of the group.
Jake's friends took the glasses filled with elixir and drank in one gulp. They felt it was somewhat special and once again thanked Reynold for his generosity.
"It's okay, kids; it's only Divinity Core Beast Milk," Reynold said, then instructed them to run 10 laps of the park as a warm-up exercise.
Jimmy, Emily, and Mark's eyes widened upon hearing Reynold's words. The realization hit them as Reynold mentioned the Divinity Core Beast Milk – which cost 100ml for one Divine stone, and the glasses they were handed seemed to contain more than that. Before they could voice their questions, Jake motioned to them, subtly signaling to let it go.
Grateful for the unexpected blessing, Jake's friends silently thanked Reynold and the Gods that made this possible. The trio decided to follow Jake's lead and joined him in the warm-up exercises, pushing aside their queries for the moment.
Jake and his friends started running laps around the park.
As Jake and his friends ran some distance away from them, Grandpa Tom asked with a pressure-filled voice, "Who are you?"
Reynold easily dismissed the pressure and replied, "Just a person trying to live a normal life in a remote village."
"Hmm, that's it? and you expect me to believe that?" Tom frowned and increased the pressure.
This time Reynold felt pressured, but his face still maintained calmness as he replied, "People of your level can clearly tell if I am lying or not."
Grandpa Tom kept looking at Reynold for some time and then took back his pressure. "You are indeed not lying, but if there is any ulterior motive in you staying here, I will kill you and your family," he said in a cold voice.
Reynold released a massive amount of killing intent hearing Tom's words, but Grandpa Tom just snorted, and all the killing intent vanished, dumbfounding Reynold.
"What are you?" Reynold asked while getting ready for a battle.
"Just an old man trying to find a successor before dying," Grandpa Tom replied in a calm elderly voice.
Reynold frowned seeing the changed demeanor of Tom but understood when Jake and his friends passed by.
"So, your successor is one of them?" Reynold asked, calming down.
"Mark is my potential successor, although he is not as talented as your kid, but his core is suitable for my legacy," Grandpa Tom replied.
"You are really dying?" Reynold asked, sitting near Tom.
"I am. This energy is the cause," Tom nodded and showed his chest with a crimson claw mark on it.
"This is infernal energy!!" Reynold exclaimed and asked, "But How? Weren't they pushed back many years ago, or is it a remnant?"
"We don't know. We encountered a group of them, and it was total annihilation. I was also on the verge of death if not for my companion spirit saving me at the last moment; I would have died. I healed all my injuries except this one, and after some time, I also found out it is corrupting my core. Sooner or later, I will be forced to either end my life or become an infernal too." Tom sighed and replied, he lost all his friends that cursed day.
"What if I heal your injury and also cleanse your corruption?" Reynold said.
"Hahahaha, if you can, then I will help your son form a bond with a Spirit," Tom laughed and said not believing Reynold's words. He was a King Rank powerhouse and a Emperor Class Alchemist, and yet he wasn't able to heal this injury; he can't believe a Prince like Reynold would be able to.
"Don't forget your words," Reynold remarked as he passed him a vial that holds only a single golden drop.
Grandpa Tom took the vial and looked at it. "T-This is Holy Spring Dew!!" he exclaimed.
A female figure made up of lighting came out and looked at the vial too. Reynold looked at the Lightning spirit and thought, 'So this is the Companion Spirit of his.'
"Are you really giving it to me?" Tom asked, not understanding why Reynold is giving him such a precious thing. A hundred, much less a single Spirit, is not even comparable.
"Just help my kid form a bond with a spirit," Reynold said and looked at Jake and his friends coming to him after finishing their last lap.
An awakened kid of this world is as strong as a normal athlete of Jake's previous world.
Soon Jake and others reached him, and then Reynold taught them a set of movements that use every single muscle in their bodies.
"This exercise is also called Elite's Drill; it causes every single muscle of your bodies to move, exercising every single muscle of yours," Reynold said as he finished displaying the sets of movements.
"Now start practicing it," Reynold said and returned to his seat near Oldman Tom.
"I will help your kid and others to form a bond with spirits," Tom said as Reynold sat back in his seat.
"By the way, what were you before this injury?" Reynold asked.
"Emperor class-Alchemist," Tom replied.
"Emperor class, huh? My wife is also one, but she is only King Class," Reynold said.
Tom nodded and then started checking out his ring. "Here, give it to your wife. It contains some of my insights; I wrote it for my successor, but it's no longer needed with Holy spring dew," he said as he passed him a book.
Reynold nodded and thanked him as he stored the book.
After that, both he and Tom talked about some things as Jake and others were training.
"Good, we will keep repeating this routine until you all can keep standing after performing Elite's Drill," Reynold said as he looked at the heavily panting Jake and his friends laying on the soft grass.
By the end of the session, as they caught their breaths, the initial questions about the potion's or milk's source were momentarily set aside. The sense of exhaustion and pain all over their bodies didn't let them think of anything else.
"U-uncle Reynold, it's painful, every part of my body is aching, is it normal?" Emily asked thinking something wrong with her body.
"It's normal, don't worry; the pain will go after some time. You can all rest here," Reynold replied, and his reply almost made them consider getting trained by him.
After an hour, they were able to stand up; their bodies were still aching all over but it's better than before.
"Now you can all stand up, go back, and sleep for some time. Let the milk do its work properly," Reynold said as Jake and his friends stood up.
Jimmy, Emily, and Mark nodded and went back to their homes.
Reynold also took Jake back home, but he didn't carry him back and let him come back walking.
Reaching his room, Jake directly went to sleep.
Reynold looked at the peacefully sleeping Jake and left the room.
"You know about Tom, right?" Reynold asked his wife coming to the dining table.
"Yes, that old man, I know him," Sera replied while cooking food.
"He is a King rank Powerhouse," Reynold said calmly, but Sera came running to him and asked worriedly, "You didn't get hurt, did you?"
"No, I am fine. He has only come to live here due to his injuries," Reynold replied.
"It's good," Sera breathed in relief hearing Reynold.
"He also gave me this and promised to help Jake form a bond with an elemental spirit," Reynold said as he passed the book Tom gave him to Sera.
Sera took the book and looked at it, and her eyes widened, exclaiming she asked, "He just gave it to you?"
"Not for free; I gave him a drop of Holy Spring Dew to heal his injuries, and in return, he gave me this," Reynold smiled and said.
Pfft~~
"If he knew we have Tons of Holy Spring Dew and you only gave him a single drop, he might come running to take back this book," Sera chuckled hearing Reynold. Thanks to that secret gate or realm, they have got quite an amount of Holy Spring Dew, enough to even add it to their meals for the next 100 years if they use only a single drop every time.
"But who will tell him that?" Reynold laughed and said.
"Anyway, it's good; an elemental spirit can help Jake in many ways," Sera said while returning back to the kitchen.
Reynold also went to the forest to get woods to create training equipment for the kids.
Reaching there, he searched for a perfect-age tree. After some roaming, he found out the tree with good wood. This wood is suitable for training equipment; it has perfect weight distribution.
He then broke some branches of the tree and started creating wooden weapons right there. The forest only houses Monsters and beasts up to C rank; his pressure alone is enough to let beasts know he is not someone who they can prey on.
