Chapter 171: B2: C71: Bearing Gifts 1
Zarian noted it took four days for Naomi to fully recover from her debuff. Having her back to peak performance led to some interesting, brutal, and badass developments.
They were on their third day journeying to the central stronghold of the Blood Prairie Savages. The stony forests and trees became sparser. Patches of crimson grass dominated more often, choking out the colorful wildflowers and wild hedges that were more prevalent further south of the Walled Continent.
Their rune cart and possession of oddities traveled closer to the edge of the Blood Prairies, where the beasts became more cunning, and the monsters became more haunting. Yet, there were few creatures of the prairies as terrifying as Naomi.
She took it upon herself to be the chief trainer and night guard, which she was a natural fit for. She was the least likely to get weary because of her high stat points in Strength and Agility, making her the most physically competent without buffs.
Zarian rewarded her by dropping a big rock on her at night for her to lift and carry. Sometimes, the rock would be the size of a small barracks building or much larger. Loner would have to take over driving the rune cart while Naomi was on the ground with her latest training implement.
Each of these wonderful gifts from Zarian had arcane webbing covering their surfaces that spelled out a runic array. When the spell array flashed bright violet purple, gravity magic raised the rock’s weight until it was close to crushing her.
Only then was it perfect for her.
She only trained that way for half an hour straight, three to four times a night at random, while still keeping a lookout for Zarian as he cultivated during the night. Eventually, Loner learned to be the primary cart driver at night regardless of Naomi lifting something huge and incredibly heavy or not.
Without fail, Naomi outlasted each big rock they found and came out a little disappointed. Then she sadistically took out some of her frustrations about being too strong on the other three Floridians after breakfast.