The result of the spar: they fought four times, and Samuel was defeated four times with a single attack. As such, his face and stomach had purple bruises that were hurting like hell. It was a bit too soon for them to spar against each other...
"I don't get it!" Samuel complained.
"Your intentions are too easy to read," Billy said. "I almost can hear your thoughts since you don't hide what you are thinking. Your anger, excitement… they are overflowing, so I know what I should do and when I should do."
"He is the easiest target for counter attacks…" Samara said and then sighed. "I guess he got too used to fighting dumb monsters."
When they sparred with weapons, Billy just blocked his thrusts until Samuel tried a big move, and then Billy hit his stomach with the butt of his glaive. After that, they tried to fight with magic, but Billy could easily repel all of Samuel's projectiles just by firing the same with the same power. He even was using less mana due to the difference in their magic power.
"You guys should wear this from now on, pour a little mana on it and then they will get heavier," Billy said while he passed the weights to his siblings. "Use them all the time and you will get stronger. Also, you should stay here for a few days since I have a few other things to teach you."
"I guess big bro is the only one who can fix that wild nature of Samuel, so this is for the best," Samara said.
"Shut up," Samuel said.
"You also need to train and learn by experience," Billy said and then messed with Samara's hair. "Just observing isn't good enough."
"I suppose," Samara said while she was fixing her hair.
Billy had to experiment with the new skills he had just obtained, but he wondered how he could do that in front of his family. His first idea was to say to them that the summoner had a relic that could summon the monsters, but then one day, someone would ask for that relic to help with some kind of problem. Still, he couldn't keep that power as a secret because Billy could make other people stronger using the Absolute summoning link. Naturally, he would use that skill on his family and give them some pets as well. To work like guards…
Regardless, Samuel still looked a bit angry about his crushing defeats, so it was time to correct that, and the best way to do so was by Billy showing him how hardworking he was. Billy decided to train his unarmed combat style to avoid accidents, and he didn't have to do much. He just increased the weights and then began to punch the air. With each punch, Billy could create blasts of wind that could break big walls, and he wasn't even using his stamina or mana to enhance them. He kept doing that until he began to sweat a lot while even emitting steam through his body, and his wrists began to bleed due to the weights. While seeing that, the twins couldn't help but gulp. They trained hard every day as well, but not that much. In the end, that worked to motivate them to train harder as well. They tried hard to copy him for a few hours, but in the end, they dropped unconscious due to exhaustion.
Since Billy had expected that something like that might happen, he had put some beds there, and he also had some pills to restore stamina. After giving them some, he let them rest for a while longer. Before breakfast, Billy still had some time, so he decided to train his resistance skills. He had been suffering a lot of damage as of late, so that was one of the things that he needed to fix as soon as possible… Unfortunately, the only way he could fix that was by harming himself.
Eventually, Billy came to realize that the process was quite bothersome. He could just use mana to level up the skills directly, but that would slow down the efficiency since he also could level up his magic while he was doing that. After thinking for a while, Billy came up with a weird idea. What if makes a magic item that causes elemental damage over time on himself. The item could only damage a single area, and it couldn't cause much damage; otherwise, people would notice it. So, a ring was probably the best option… He would be able to save mana by making them, and he also would be able to train those resistances pretty much every moment while he keeps the rings on himself. That kind of effect could come in handy if Billy makes bolts or arrows with that kind of effect, but it would have to be a lot stronger. Since creating the rings with the Meditation effect was possible, that idea also seemed realistic.
In the end, it didn't take long for Billy to make items with those effects. However, he was unable to make one that could damage him with gravity. He will have to study that later since gravity would make his physical training even more efficient.
Frozen Ring
It causes one point of ice damage to the user every minute.
Durability: 10/10
Flames Ring
It causes one point of fire damage to the user every minute.
Durability: 10/10
Windy Ring
It causes one point of wind damage to the user every minute.
Durability: 10/10
Earth Ring
It causes one point of Earth damage to the user every minute.
Durability: 10/10
Poisonous Ring
It causes one point of poison damage to the user every minute.
Durability: 10/10
Together, they could even surpass Billy's healing factor. Still, he could easily solve the problem by making them level up and grant a Regen effect. Still, Billy decided not to do that and just rely on his healing skills to counter that. It will certainly kill two birds with one stone.
