The Creator

Chapter 4: Training

          2 weeks had passed since the attack. School was closed until repairs could be made, and the students were given online assignments for them to do, to make up for the lost days. I knew the fire maiden was going to attack again. When that day comes, I need to be prepared. I spent the 2 weeks preparing a new way of training.
          I invited Amelia and Amanda over, for I would need their help. We went to my basement and they saw 4 car batteries "what are those things for?" Amanda asked. I looked over to her and said "I've created a new way to train, I will use a machine I created that can convert electricity into mana, and then I will use that to keep perpetually creating stuff over and over again to increase my control and energy output."
          Amelia looked concerned "won't that hurt? Like a lot?" I nodded at her and said "it will feel like 10 minutes of hell each time I do this and I will pass out at the end, likely caughing up blood, But the results will be undeniable." The girls were worried for me. Amanda spoke up "Luce, I know you want to get stronger, but you can't do this to yourse-" I cut her off. "Amanda... pull up your left sleeve ." I said. She hesitated, but did as I asked and revealed the burn on her left arm.
          "I knew I didn't completely cover you, you took the hit and ignored it, and now you've been hiding it so I wouldn't feel bad, but I do. I could never live with myself if my battles caused your death, so I have to become stronger, in any way I can." I said, looking away from them. The girls reluctantly agreed to help. I hooked the batteries to the machine, then to me. I told them that they would need to switch the battery every 3 minutes. Once they were prepared, we started.
          I had filled my sketchbook with various drawing of different armors, weapons, items, etc. I kept summoning over and over agian. It put me through intense pain. The strain of outputing so much energy at once already felt like hell, but the pain from the repeated failed summons every second felt even worse. My estimates were mostly correct, and after about 10-12 minutes, I passed out, with blood coming from my mouth.
          I woke up in a room with the goddess. "Well that was an... interesting stunt you pulled. You almost died. If it weren't for me using my power to save you, you would have actually died." I looked at the goddess as she poured herself some tea and handed me some. "Listen Lucien I can tell why you did that, but you shouldn't hurt yourself like that" I nodded when I heard her.
          'maybe I should have listened to the girls, if the goddess can agreee with them, then they must have been right.' I thought. The goddess then said "next time I wont save you but as for this time, surviving near death has caused a huge burst of power. Your energy output has almost tripled and your efficiency in summoning has greatly increased." I smiled, knowing that putting myself through hell was worth something.
          "The next step of your training should be based around effectively using your power for combat" the goddess advised. I nodded in response and said "I wont let you down." The goddes got serious and said "you better not, because the fire maiden will attack in 1 months time, at the school, on the 17th, and she intends to kill you, so you must kill her first" after she told me that, she sent me back to my world.
          After I woke up, the girls were there, waiting for me to wake. They both hugged me when I got back up "please dont do that again, it was so terrible to see you in so much pain" I hugged them back and said "dont worry, I can already tell that I acheived more than the desired results, now is the time for the next part of my training." I got out of bed and said "I will need to be ready when the fire maiden attacks again."
          The next day I started to build up my arsenal. Now that I had sufficient energy output, I could create much more powerful items. I created a stronger armor made of reinforced steel that had higher effects in speed and strength, in addition I added fire resistance as an effect. I also designed a sword made from titanium that could switch between 3 elemental effects: fire, ice, and lightning.
          I also had 3 sets of the posion daggers I created before, a fire resistant sheild, ice bombs, and more. I trained, day by day, using each of these weapons in various combat scenarios and training exercises I set up. I created dummies for target practice with my throwing knives, I did various sword exercises, and I did a lot of exercise to increase my natural strength, speed, and stamina. 1 month had passed, and it was may 17th. I was prepared for the attack. But before she attacks, I needed to make some preparations...

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