Chapter 33: Devotion Collar
"Why'd we have to come all the way up here? The air is so thin, it's hard to breathe, plus it's really cold," Grumbled Tacitus, shivering as a stiff breeze blew across, goosebumps appearing across his arms.
"That's exactly the point, the thin air and high altitude will wear us out and make us tire faster, which by extension, will help us improve faster. Furthermore, this is an isolated area, so we can feel free to go all out and spar against each other without needing to worry about collateral damage or attracting attention," Pointed out Aster objectively.
"What are you talking about? There are a lot of dangerous Monsters up here...most of them are primarily active at night, but if we make enough of a racket, we'll attract their attention even during the day."
"Well, I was talking about attention from people, but that's a good point...that said, the two of us are pretty tough, we can handle any Monster attacks that come our way. And if not, we've got a Teleport Spell to fall back on," Replied Aster with a grin.
"You're exhausting..."
The two of them had traveled to the Pearl Mountains, a cluster of large mountains looming over the northeast end of Pearl Forest, and they were on the peak of the tallest of the mountains, at Aster's suggestion.
Despite Tacitus's inherently slothful and lazy attitude, if he was presented with a logical, sound argument, he'd relent and accept it, however grudgingly.
Of course, that wouldn't stop him from complaining the whole time, but so long as the decision was properly justified, he wouldn't object to it, if nothing else.
"Let's loosen up and get started, shall we?" Suggested Aster, pushing his hair back with a headband as it fluttered in the wind.
"So, what then, are we just going to spar up here or something?" Inquired Tacitus, as he reluctantly began warming up.
"Mhm, that's right. We'll fight using our Relic Armaments, we should take this opportunity to get used to them," Replied Aster, stretching his arms out with his fingers laced, cracking them.