After that, Max kept some distance from the puppet and moved around, dodging its attacks.
After a while, he felt his movements become a bit smoother, and the pressure he felt from it lowered significantly.
Therefore, he punched it away and got ready to face two at the same time. A second later, two of the puppets charged at him at high speeds and started attacking.
Shua! Shua! Shua!
Max felt the pressure rise. He nodded in satisfaction and started to utilize more of his agility to dodge their attacks.
After 'fighting' with them for a few minutes, his movements became slightly more fluid. After that, he punched them away and started using three puppets to train.
Slowly the number of puppets increased, and his movements became more natural.
After two hours, almost ninety percent of the stiffness caused by the sudden increase in the agility stat had disappeared.
Feeling this, he increased it by another five points and once again started the same cycle for four more hours.
…
Weng~
After four hours, the door to one of the training rooms on the first floor opened, and a handsome blue-haired youth walked out, drenched in sweat.
"Hm?" The burly Elder who was snoring in the chair opened his eyes and looked at him with sparkling eyes. Max cringed noticing this.
"I wasn't wrong. You are indeed a very hard-working guy. If you need to train here, you are welcome anytime." The Elder nodded and praised.
Then all of a sudden his tone changed and he laughed " Of course, don't forget to bring the required Mana stones. Hehe."
Max shook his head inwardly. He had already expected this greedy Elder to say something like this.
He then bade farewell to the Elder and dragged his exhausted body out of the building and went toward his dorm room.
After training for more than nine hours straight from morning to evening, he was utterly spent.
Today he found out that even a hundred units of stamina weren't enough if he needed to train or fight like this.
Creak~
He opened the door of his dorm and walked inside. After a glance, he realized that Anna still hadn't returned, and seeing the time, he knew she will take two or three more hours.
Given how exhausted he was, he wanted to lay on the bed and rest but since he was reeking of sweat, he went to the bathroom and took a refreshing bath.
Flop!
After that, he threw his exhausted body on the bed and soon felt his eyelids become heavy.
…
"…Wake up. Max, wake up." While in deep sleep, he heard Anna's voice, and slowly woke up.
Seeing him open his eyes, Anna's face revealed a relieved smile "You finally woke up!"
"Hm? What time is it?" He lazily rubbed his eyes and asked in a sleepy voice.
"It's almost midnight now. Let's eat then you can sleep again, okay." Said Anna gently.
She had come back two hours after him. Seeing that he was in deep sleep, she guessed that he must have been too exhausted while training. Therefore, she let him sleep while she prepared dinner for them.
However, even after three hours, he didn't show any sign of waking up.
Therefore, after waiting one more hour, she decided to wake him so that he could eat dinner. However, no matter how hard she tried, he didn't wake up, which made her worried.
Just as she was thinking that whether something had happened, he opened his eyes and she finally let out a breath of relief.
"What! it's already midnight?" Max was surprised. He only wanted to rest for a while as he needed to go and 'visit' Jasmine tonight but it seemed he slept in due to exhaustion.
Seeing his reaction, Anna suddenly remembered how he had gone out in the night for the past few days, and hesitantly asked "Did you need to go somewhere tonight too?"
"That's right." Max nodded his head and quickly stood up ready to go out. He couldn't let go of any chance to get some precious LPs.
Anna didn't know where he was going but she had some guesses which caused her heart to become uneasy.
"Let's eat first okay?" Seeing that he was about to leave, she hurriedly said while trying to suppress the sadness in her heart.
"No, I'll go-" Max was about to shake his head when he noticed her expression and paused.
He then asked, "Don't tell me you also haven't eaten yet?"
"No." Anna shook her head and felt slightly embarrassed.
"You silly girl." Max sighed and looked at her complex emotions. Then he gently caressed her hair and smilingly said "Let's eat first then."
"Okay."
Anna's mood became a bit better and she happily nodded before serving him food.
After they were done eating, he told her not to wait for him and sleep as it most probably would take him some time to return.
After saying this he left for Jasmine's residence.
As Anna watched him leave, she couldn't suppress her emotions and tears started to fall from her eyes.
She wanted to stop him from going but couldn't muster the courage.
…
…Jasmine's residence…
Shua!
With a gust of wind, Max appeared in front of Jasmine's residence.
"Stop right there!" Seeing someone suddenly appear in front of them, the two female guards became alert and shouted.
Max stopped and looked at them calmly.
"It's you again?" Both the guards exclaimed when they realized it was this handsome guy who had visited a day before too.
"I'm here to meet the Elder." Max nodded and calmly said.
"At this time?" The guards looked at him with raised brows.
Just as Max was about to respond, the gate of the residence opened and Jasmine's personal maid walked out.
She looked at the two guards and said "Let young master in. Elder is waiting for him inside."
Both guards looked at each other and then moved out of the way.
"Please come in young master." The maid respectively gestured him to enter.
As they watched him enter the residence, both female guards' eyes twinkled and an envious expression appeared on their faces.
Last time, they were only slightly suspicious, but now they were completely sure that the Elder and this handsome blue-haired youth's relationship wasn't something normal but quite extraordinary and they couldn't help but feel envious of the Elder right now.
One of the guards shook her head and murmured in a low voice "No, I must put more effort into breaking through to the three-star realm and apply to become an Elder as soon as possible. I also want to enjoy myself like the Elder."
"Exactly my thoughts." The other female guard nodded in agreement with a dazed look.
…
The maid led Max in front of Jasmine's bedroom.
She then gestured for him to go inside and her face couldn't help but become a bit red.
Max chuckled as he noticed her expression and without bothering to knock, he pushed opened the door and entered inside.
"How come you are so late?" Jasmine's stern voice sounded in the room as he entered.
Max looked up and saw a sensual scene which instantly caused his little brother to rise up.
