Legend of the Immortal

Happy Agony

"Can we continue this tomorrow teacher?...My mind is not clear and I cannot concentrate..." Gracie faked her excuse, trying her hardest to get herself out of this agreed 'training' regimen.

"Nope! This is to test endurance too! If you can't go on, go on anyway!" Belle shouted.

"No worries, this is the easiest of the three and also the most fun. All you need to do is to hit these dummies that increase in speed as you hit them! Hit a hundred of them and that's all there is to it! You do have a time limit of five minutes! And that's basically it. About fifteen minutes of training till you drop dead then an hour of cooling down by doing laps with a few hundred kilograms and we're done!"

Gracie nodded her head resigned,"At least it isn't as bad..."

Belle smiled evilly,"Heh! Since its so relaxing, I figured you'd want something more!"

Gracie froze,"No! It's perfectly fine! This is okay! Teacher does not need to go the extra mile!" She spoke hurriedly.

"No, I must disagree. I will only provide the best for my disciple! For every dummy I strike  after I hit a hundred, you will carry an extra two kilos on your back! It will add up until you hit a hundred!"

"Ah?!" Gracie shouted,"That's too cruel!"

"Nothing is as cruel as compared to what they did to me!" Belle shouted, her eyebrows twitching.

"Okay...if this really will help me improve...i'll do it..." Gracie sighed,"What the heck have I gotten myself into?" She whispered to herself.

Belle stamped the ground and four targets appeared.

They were around a a meter wide and were stationary, surrounding them in a circle.

"Alright! Shall we~?"

Gracie nodded, determined to win this time.

"And~Go!" Belle shouted.

Immediately, Belle took out a bow and started shooting.

Gracie chanted spells.

"[Lightning Spark]! [Fireball]! [Wind Blade]! [Water Wave]! [Dark Matter]!" She shouted repeatedly at the rapidly regenerating targets.

After a while, they started to move.

"Headcount! I'm at ten! You're at seven!" Belle shouted, her arms moving to shoot reflexively, her back muscles straining.

"Hah! I'm about to overtake!" Gracie shouted.

"Like i'd let you!~" Belle shouted,"A minute's up! Speed is increasing!"

The targets started moving even faster, causing some of Gracie's spells to miss as they were spells that couldn't change its trajectory after firing.

"Tch! [Chain Lightning]!" Gracie shouted.

Lightning appeared, covering her two hands and draping the floor, crackling sounds all about.

Smashing the chains around, she managed to gain some points, hitting quite a few targets.

"Yeah!" Gracie shouted, a boost to her morale.

"Current headcount! Thirty to forty-five! My favour! Speed up! Horse riding speed!" Belle shouted.

"What? Impossible! How did you get so ahead?" Gracie shouted.

The targets were moving about faster and Belle easily adapted to it.

"It's all about perception my dear Gracie! Every round has a single pattern it follows! Granted, it's not as easy on the battlefield when you have thousands of people but in a one on one fight its exactly what you need!" Belle shouted as her arrows kept flying and hitting targets, as if they were homing arrows.