Chapter 304 (1/2)

Chapter 304

“Whew” Caera dipped her head before walking in through the entrance of the straw hut“This storer by the day”

Even as she spoke, the noise of the wind rushi+ng through the craggy e drowned out al her voiceHowever, even with the doors open and the hut exposed to the cold air, the wind itself was barely a breeze by the tie

“It see yourself out there,” I said, alrabbed a woven towel fro away the sweat that ran down her neck and arms“We’re stuck hereIf I ever hope to catch up to you, I have to do my best to train as well”

I raised a brow“Is that what that was? All I saas you chasing after the little kittens”

The Alacryan noble frowned“Says the one that’s had his behind firround these past three days”

“I’ how to filter—ouch!”

Rubbing my head, I picked up the wooden spoon that had been thrown at me from the other side of the woven ho a stone pot, let out a sharpto her feline eyes with her paw

“Yeah, yeah, I knowI was just replenishi+ngthat she couldn’t understand aze unfocus and put both Caera and Three Steps out of ainThe rune on ed out frohtly worried, by the shadowy presence clinging tightly around isIt’s been three days nowEither answerfor a response for several is after arriving in the Shados’ villageHe had been taking a nap——when all of a sudden his eyes bolted open and he shot intoto co an unusual a back and forth frois eating up sosessions with Three Steps, I thought soru in a way that I never thought was possible with reed to mentor me in the aether arts of her own kind, she started off by sharing her er Sleeps-in-SnowThey had often discussed the Shados’ aetheric abilities at length and in great detail, providing a very solid base for h it, I had learned that Shados are born with the ability to see the aetheric passages that allowed one to travel across space instantlyHowever, for newborns, this ability was actually a curseWith sotheir undeveloped brains, some of the weaker-willed infants actually died

It was up to the parents and uide their newborns, to help them learn to first shut off their “ how to shadow step, which was their term for the aetheric teleportation technique they used

Most of the h how the Shados honed their shadow step abilityThree Steps didn’t understand my Godrune any more than I could fathom how she manipulated aether without runes, spellfor the way they learned, I hoped to grow stronger—and quicker—in my use of God Step

Apparently, I wasn’t even at the level of a two-year-old Shado cub, because that was the age that they started learning how to filter out the countless paths of aetheric streah the eyes of Three Steps as she filtered out the paths was both fascinating and huThere were only a dozen or so around her, which she always kept track of in order to be ready to shadow step at a moment’s notice,

With over two lifetimes of experiences in different worlds, I considered ent and sharpHowever, compared to how the Shados constantly focused and kept track of the aetheric paths, even predicting how those paths would

My gaze remained focused on the boulder in the center of the pond just outside of Three Steps’ ho paths of violet intersected in the space aroundto the boulder a long ti God Step

I continued to take into filter out more and more of the aetheric paths that drownedto flex a specific set of muscles somewhere between my eyes and brain in a subtle, yet precise, order

During these last few days of Three Steps showing , I had learned how to contract my vision in order to filter out the aetheric routes that went past my chosen destinationThree Steps had been particularly excited about this breakthrough even though I wasn’t quite as satisfied

I trained God Step constantly, even while Three Steps and Caera slept, stopping only when I needed to replenish my aether reservesI knew that my time here was limited, so it was crucial that I make the ain in the corner of ht training my focus on the aetheric pathways

“How is your progress, Grey?” Caera asked, taking a seat on the ground besideher a rown used toIf it wasn’t for the glea her head like a dark crown…

I perforthe Alacryan noble“It’s going wellThe fact that I barely need sleep certainly helps”

Caera hugged her legs and shi+vered from the cold“You know, I used to really envy that particular abilityPerhaps even eneration ability”

I raised a brow“Oh?”

“I kept thinking to er I would be if I only needed a few hours of sleep a week in order to stay coet done, and how useful it’d be both in and out of the Relictoaze far away“But after being with you for this long, I’ve realized that it’s as”

“Why do you say that?”

The Alacryan noble turned her head to me with a solehtIt’s why you’re always training, right?”

I stared at Caera, not knowing how to respondMy mind flitted to all of the times when memories of my family and friends in Dicathen ate at ht

“It’s not like that,” I lied“There are things I have to do, and if I want to even hope to succeed, then I need to utilize every advantage I have”

“With how strong you are already, it sounds like you’re preparing yourself to fight the Gods theh

Before I could answer, a stern mewl drew our attention behind usThree Steps, who , wasout the door

“Will you be okay by yourself?” I asked Caera, as still sitting by the entrance

“You’re not the only one that has training to do,” she said with a grin

I s her mental fortitudeShe had been stuck with me in zones far h beforeYet, despite al several ti to death on multiple occasions, she was still able to stay positive

Following after Three Steps, we e, away froers

Much of the stor soeWhile it was still hard for me to tell the Shados apart from one another, one of them did stick out to meIt was Left Tooth

Three Steps let out a hiss besidemy attention back to herMy mentor’s sharp feline eyes looked at eI watched her face carefullyHer eyes were darting from my face to ht frown as she spoke, her whiskers twitching

I couldn’t understand a single word she had said, but I didn’t need toThree Steps held out her paws, and, as we had done so many times now, I completed the connection

As I expected, theto o, except it was fro toback in obvious confusion