After completing this test, Flender dismissed the students early so they could prepare properly for their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest tomorrow.
"Brother Madara! Can I start now?" After everyone dispersed, Oscar hurried nonstop toward the stream where they had trained before. Panting, he smiled as he asked Madara.
"Too slow!" Facing the small river and watching its shimmering surface, Madara said coldly, "You move like a crawling turtle!"
"Sorry, Brother Madara! Next time, I'll get here faster!" Oscar lowered his head and vowed earnestly to Madara.
"Good that you know!" Madara's expression eased somewhat after hearing Oscar yield. He turned around and warned him, "I don't want there to be a next time!"
"Now, go put on the weights over there!" Madara tipped his chin toward the neatly arranged weights on a nearby rock, signaling Oscar to hurry up.
"Understood!" This time, Oscar promptly picked up the weighted equipment and prepared to put it on.
But to his surprise, when he casually tried to lift the small iron blocks, his hand sank under their weight. The weights that looked so small were actually incredibly heavy.
In order not to hold his companions back, Oscar had been willing to swallow his pride and walk three laps outside the Soul Fighting Arena on his hands. Naturally, he would not be frightened by a few heavy iron blocks!
"Listen carefully now!" Madara instructed Oscar with great seriousness. "From this moment on, you will wear them at all times!"
The weights were naturally meant to better train Oscar's strength. Only an extraordinarily powerful physique, one strong enough to be called monstrous, could open the secret technique of the Eight Inner Gates.
"Once you fully adapt to them, I'll replace them with heavier weights!" Watching the clumsy Oscar from the side, Madara