"What is going on with me?" Hi-Ah asked, walking out into the living room in her fresh clothes. "I feel… weird."
"He says we are now a… what was it? Cultivator?" Jung-Hee asked.
"Don't worry, I will explain it all," Ning said. "Sit down."
The two siblings sat on the couch in the brightly lit room and listened to everything Ning explained.
Their eyes went wide in shock many times and many times their mouth opened as they finally understood many things that had confused them at first.
"So anyone who uses Mana is a mage, and anyone who used Qi is a cultivator?" Jung-Hee asked.
"In a sense, yes. But those are just names, and you can call whoever, whatever you want," Ning said. "All you need to remember is that Qi is usually better than Mana."
"Why usually?" Hi-Ah asked. "Why not always?"
"Well, in instances like Earth where there is both Qi and Mana, the amount of mana is far too much in comparison to Qi, so in this instance, cultivating mana would be better," he said. "However, what is best is growing stronger using both. Which is why I decided to turn you two into cultivators."
"So… I will be stronger now?" Jung-Hee asked. "I can get strong like you, brother?"
"Don't expect to get strong like me," Ning said. "But you can get strong like her."
The two turned to Ely and looked at her in surprise. "Sister-in-law is strong?" they asked.
"She's the strongest human on earth right now," Ning said. "Maybe even the entire galaxy."
"Even compared to you?" Hi-Ah asked.
"Of course not," Ning said. He wasn't a human after all. "Anyway, I will give you some information to learn about cultivation, do so in your free time. For now, I have something else you will need to do."
"What is it?" Jung-Hee asked. He wondered if there was something else they were going to learn about besides Qi today.
"Just follow me," Ning said and continued walking.
Sorlus walked down the stairs and arrived in front of them. "You called, master?" he asked.
"Yes, come with me," Ning said and took him along as well.
Hi-Ah and Jung-Hee were surprised when Ning took them down the stairs. They hadn't expected to go to the underground space just yet.
The entire underground space was dark, but the moment they walked in, it glowed bright instantly. There were no bulbs lighting up the place, but rather artifacts attached to the ceiling that used energy from the sun during the day. However, neither of the siblings noticed it at all.
Instead, they saw the massive underground space that was far wider than they were expecting it to be.
"What is this place?" Hi-Ah asked. "It's very unsettling for some reason."
"Ah, don't mind the open space for now. I plan on having a few magic circles built in here. For now, go into that room," he said.
They turned to their right to see a door alongside the wall. They weren't expecting that to be a room at all.
When they opened the door, the light kicked back in and they saw nearly a dozen different bunk beds in the room, set up in a row like this was some hospital ward or an army camp.
"What is this place?" Hi-Ah asked. "This is definitely creepy."
Ning didn't say anything and just jumped onto one of the beds. "You all sleep too," he said.
They looked around for a bit and slowly got onto the bed and stared at either the other bed on top of them or the ceiling.
"What now?" Jung-Hee asked.
Suddenly, the bed or ceiling over them opened up and something dropped, scaring some of them.
"Holy crap, that scared me," Hi-Ah said. "What is this now?"
The thing that had fallen was a sort of helmet attached to a bunch of wires at the top.
"Wear it and close your eyes," Ning told them. He did as he said and wore one over him as well.
There was no point in refusing, so everyone wore it and closed their eyes. One moment, they were wondering what was supposed to be happening, and the next, they felt a cool breeze on their face in a grassland that was on a cliff next to the ocean.
"What the fuck!" Jung-Hee shouted all of a sudden. "What the hell is this, brother?"
"Where the hell are we?" Hi-Ah shouted.
Ning chuckled a bit for a few seconds as he watched the two siblings freak out a bit. Even Ely was having a bit of fun.
Sorlus looked around, not understanding what was going on. However, he did manage to realize something.
"Something is wrong," he said. "This world… it's weird."
"It is," Ning said. "That's because this a fake world."
"A… what?" Jung-Hee asked. "What do you mean fake?"
"Have you heard of VR games?" Ning asked.
"I… have," the young man said as he looked around the world a bit. "No way! Is this a digital space? It looks so real though."
"It's because I meant it to be that way," he said.
"Is this a game?" Hi-Ah asked. "Are we supposed to be playing something right now?"
"No, this is not a game," Ning said. "This is a training space. Something I created just for the two of you so you can grow as a fighter."
"A… training space?" Jung-Hee asked curiously.
"Yes," Ning said. "Since this is a fake world, you can fight to your heart's content without worrying about death. I have made sure to have the system copy everything from your physical capabilities to your mana and Qi amount. Even your spells will only be the ones you can use outside."
"So, this is just normal training?" Hi-Ah asked. "We do that in the guild every day."
"Yes, but your guild can't teach you what I can here," Ning said. "So, let's start your training, shall we?"
"And for your first opponent, you will have to fight Sorlus."
