Air Hero

Purpose of training II

“That isn’t the end of stability. Let me ask you another question. What if there are two boxes of the same size, one contains one kilogram of rock while the other contains ten kilograms of rock. If the box is thrown at you, which one will hurt the most? If you could maintain stability, you could even launch an attack at the size of a fist with the power of a nuclear bomb. Do you guys understand what I am saying?”

Although the last example is confusing for them, they can only keep it in their mind right now. After all, the model with the water pillars earlier is clear enough.

“Okay, moving on to the task where I require you guys to catch animals for food without using power. Can anyone guess what am I trying to ask from you guys?”

“Is it cooperation?”

“Nice thinking, but it wasn’t that. What I want to do is make you guys realize that all this time, many heroes are taking their power for granted. What will happen if one day they are in a situation where they couldn’t use their power? Will the enemy wait for you to regain your power before killing you? I want to say that martial arts is important, whether close combat proficiency or your mastery of weapons. The United Heroes association didn’t put martial arts into consideration when grading a hero and villains. That is why a D-rank villain might defeat an A-rank hero if they are in a situation where they couldn’t use their power and the D-rank villain martial arts or weapon exceeding them.”

As Master Tenshi explaining things, the group is listening aptly. Especially Max since he has experienced this many times. Where his power is below his enemy, but he managed to escape from death’s grasp.

“Some people might call this a lucky occurrence or say that the A-rank hero put their guards down. However, before the association differentiates heroes and villains using ranks, we never let our guard down whenever we meet an enemy. After all, even a lion is using all their strength when hunting a rabbit. How do you know if the enemy is stronger or weaker than you? Just because the grading was given by the association? I won’t say that the association is wrong, but one time, there’s a powerful water Elementalist. She could destroy a city with a flick of her finger, and she almost reached S-rank. However, one day, she lost her life because of a D-rank villain that managed to stab her in the heart using a knife. Do you think it was because of luck? No, I don’t think so. The villain called himself phantom. That is because he could create a copy of himself, a unique but useless ability. When she battles the phantom, the phantom creates a copy of himself to distract the hero while he stabbed her from the back. This is the difference of battle experience and martial arts proficiency.”

This time, as the example is more direct, the group could understand it.

“Now, is it hard for you to catch a rabbit with your hand?

The six of them nodded their head as they have experienced it hands-on.

“If you have a bow on hand? Maybe you could catch the rabbit, and maybe you don’t. But, if you’re a seasoned hunter with a bow on hand, do you think catching a rabbit is hard?”

The six of them shook their head as they understand what Master Tenshi is trying to say.

“Experience and martial arts, although some might look down on it, I think this is important, especially for body manipulation heroes like you, Alan. Also, it isn’t bad for an Elementalist like you five to learn it as some of you are even quite experienced in it.”

When the body manipulation heroes are mentioned, the six people realize the importance of considering the opponent’s experience and martial arts. It is impossible to guess how strong a body manipulation hero is just basing it on sensitivity and energy as, basically, they aren’t even executing skills outside of their body.

“Next, the blowing balloon and body transformation training. Does anyone want to guess what they are for?”

The six of them wanted to answer, but they really have no idea about it.

“Well, it is to train your proficiency with your ability. Let me ask you, is forming a ball with your ability easy?”

Out of the five Elementalist, only three nodded their heads. Iki’s fire element, Max’s wind element, and Elica’s ice element are easy to turn into a ball, while Kieran’s sound element and Giovanni’s light element are in question.

“Iki, come forward.”

As Master Tenshi has singled him out, Iki steps forward and stands beside Master Tenshi.

“Now, make a ball with your fire.”

Iki then could perform it within seconds without trouble.

“Then, how about making something delicate like a rabbit? Can you do it?”

“I have never done it before, but I think I could try it.”

“Why don’t you try it too, Max and Elica?”

Next, the three of them are trying to create a rabbit. This time, as they needed to put details like ears, mouth, tails, it took them more time than they think. It was also taking a lot of their concentration just to hold the form stable. Nevertheless, they succeed in doing so after a few minutes. At this point, Giovanni also managed to create a ball of lights above his hand, but he knows that that was the best his power can do. At the same time, Kieran still thinks about whether it is possible to make a ball made out of sound.

“Now, can you make them move around? Just like a real living rabbit, can you make them run around? What if you make two rabbits and make them playing tag?”

Hearing what Master Tenshi just said, they think that it is impossible. After all, just to maintain the rabbit’s form is already taking a lot of their concentration. However, as Master Tenshi asked them to do so, they still tried to do it.

Soon, unlike what they intended, the rabbit that they made using their ability loses its form when it tried to move. Only Max’s rabbit managed to jump once before it melted into thin air. Not to mention that Max’s rabbit also doesn’t look exactly like one as the wind form is quite vague.