The Danger Room
- The Next Morning -
Bell had breakfast with Haruhime, Lili and Welf. Today was the first day of their joint training in the simulation facility. Unfortunately, with the intensive joint training, they would be unable to go into the dungeon with Bell for while. Welf and Lili were quite excited about the 'danger room' in the basement, though Welf was trying to scare the girls about the place being haunted...
After breakfast, Freya gave Bell an update. It showed the more aggressive training was having an improved result.
level 3
strength: 60
endurance: 61
agility: 70
dexterity: 58
magic: 59
skill: argonaut
magic: firebolt
development ability: luck, abnormal resistance
- At the City Walls -
After the update, Bell headed to train though Ottar was again tied up with Haruhime's development. Fortunately, Tione joined in along with Ais and Tiona.
As the morning continued, Finn dropped by to check out the new and improved argonaut.
Finn "Each time I see you, Bell, you make a jump"
Bell "I still am so far away from my goal"
Tiona "I thought you were kissing your goal?", making the boyfriend and girlfriend quiet.
Finn "Well, have you tried pairs?"
Bell "You mean, fighting as a pair?"
Tiona "I want little argonaut as my PARTNER", which made Ais upset as she did not jump at the opportunity.
Nevertheless, the 4 traded partners often with Bell being the obvious handicap in the pairs sparring. At noon, Ais and the twins indicated they could train all day when they learned that Welf and Lili are not going to be going into the dungeon for a while.
Over lunch, Tione suggested a short trip to the dungeon because the goliath should be respawning the next day. Bell was excited about the opportunity, but he needed to get Freya's permission. Thus, they decided to head to the Folkvangr after training.
- At the Simulation Training Facility -
Freya and Ottar monitored the simulation training. They wanted a safe environment to improve their secret ace, Haruhime, to make her tougher and stronger for going into the dungeon. They also wanted to figure out how reliable was the level boosting as well as the operating limits.
The first test was whether Haruhime can boost someone extremely high level like Ottar. If Ottar could be boosted to level 8, that would be a tremendous advantage. Per instructions, Haruhime casted Uchide no Kozuchi on Ottar. Immediately, there was a golden glow surrounding Ottar, who was filled with enormous power. Upon testing, indeed, Ottar's strength, speed and endurance seemed to have take a big step forward. The exercise continued to determine how long Haruhime could sustain the boosting for, which was 10 minutes.
After the initial test, they gave Haruhime recovery potion and then tested again after 30 minutes. The boosting was again 10 minutes. After another 30 minutes and more recovery potion, Haruhime sustained the boosting for another 6 minutes before getting really tired. Thus, not wanting to risk a mind zero, Haruhime's magic training was done for the day.
It was then Welf's turn. Freya was particularly interested in Welf's Will-o-Wisp magic. She wanted to figure out what was the distance range of the magic. Thus, they went into the danger room to test him against some captured hell hound. They were pleased to find out that the magic can be used from more than 600 feet from the target. To test any farther away, they would have to go outside or into the dungeon. So that was left for the next day. They then wanted to test whether it could be used against more powerful magic. Since this was a dangerous test, they brought in Amid to stand by in case there was a serious injury. Welf then tested his ability to cause an Ignis Fatuus while different magics were being casted. They were really pleased to find out that it worked against level 1 to level 4 mages. Not only that, the magic jamming would continue to work from at least a range of 600 feet. They would have to go outside for longer range tests. The explosions were getting serious, so it would be too dangerous to test against mages of higher than level 4.
Then it was finally Lili's turn. They were mostly interested in her ability to make quick decisions. Thus, Lili were given many different scenarios, and had to respond immediately with her counter strategy. It took an hour to go through all the scenarios with Lili, and they believed that she has an excellent tactical mind and would make a good battlefield commander.
Thus, the morning session was quite successful. In the afternoon, Freya and Ottar were going to meet with the Loki executives to discuss mission planning...