Two weeks later.
Even though her Aura had not fully awakened yet, she knew that she had made rapid progress, and now all she needed to do was wait.
Both Netero and Ives are optimistic about her awakening. Although Ives only awakened his Aura a few weeks ago, he can already sense whether or not others are close to awakening theirs.
Today, like before, Netero suddenly received an important call that required him to leave town. He promised to return this week.
When they received this news, they knew that they were off for the next few days. They would still train, but not to the level they usually did, at most small training in the morning and evening.
After morning practice was over, Ives suddenly asked her to play volleyball. She thought it wasn't a bad idea. After buying a volleyball in the nearest town, they went straight to the hillside with a reasonably spacious area. They could have gone to the meadow like usual, but they came here because they were bored and wanted to find a new place.
"Take this!" Jumping high, she served the ball with a powerful hit.
"Bring it on!" Running forward, Ives crouched and received the ball with relative ease. As the ball bounced upward, he took a run and spike with a powerful jump!
"Yeah, haha!" Seeing the ball go in without any resistance, he raised his fist with a victorious smile.
"Hey, that's cheating!" Biscuit, who couldn't block the opponent's spike, pouted.
"Cheating? Just admit that you are not able to block it."
"Just watch, you'll regret it!" Taking the ball, Biscuit immediately gave her strongest hit.
"Show me!"
The sound of shouts and laughter filled the hillside. Since they were just two people playing, they could play as much as they wanted. The rules didn't matter; what mattered was whether they were entertained or not.
After playing for quite some time, they decided to take a break. Standing facing a large tree, Ives played with his volleyball while muttering something.
"Ives, what are you mumbling about?" Biscuit asked curiously.
"Oh, I was just wondering if I could knock down that tree with this volleyball?"
"Hmm? That's obviously impossible, isn't it? Even if you're strong, if you throw it too hard, it'll just end up exploding when it hits the tree, right?" She replied. If Ives wanted to, she knew that he could knock the tree over, considering how strong he was now, but could he knock it down with a ball made of rubber? Impossible.
"You're right, but what if we coat this ball with our Aura?" Turning to the girl, he raised an eyebrow with a smile.
"You... can do it?" Now, she was curious.
"Of course. Let me try." Relaxing his body and mind, he imagined the ball as part of his body. It took a few minutes, but his Aura finally enveloped the entire volleyball. The question now was, would this Aura still be intact when he threw it?
Taking a stance, he rotated his hips and then threw the ball with moderate power.
Bang!
Swiftly, he ran and caught the bouncing ball.
"Wow, there's a dent!" Biscuit checked the impact point and found that the throw indeed dented the tree, although the damage was rather minor.
"Hmm, sure enough, by coating this with Aura, its durability increases."
"Fascinating, even though this ball didn't break, but as I expected, it seemed impossible to knock it down," Biscuit said.
"I didn't use all my strength in the previous throw. Let's try again." Tightening his grip, he rotated his hips at a sharp angle, then, Boom! This time, the sound of the impact was much louder.
"The ball went through!" Biscuit was shocked to see a hole the size of a volleyball. "It's... stuck... inside." Biscuit tried to pull the volleyball out, but it wouldn't budge. When she exerted more force, it puffed, and the ball exploded inside.
"When the coating dimmed, it no longer has super durability."
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