Chapter 191: Exchange
Over the next several hours, Percy and the troll fought many more rounds. Every time the creature’s mana ran out, he gave it a few minutes to refill it. At the same time, the troll consumed one of its verdant mushrooms once every few breaks, to remove its exhaustion too.
As for Percy, he’d already mastered keeping Synchronization active since before leaving the Guild. He hadn’t had a choice, as many of his activities depended on it. Of course, that was not to say he wasn’t tired. Dodging the troll’s relentless onslaught took a lot of effort, and he lacked the means to recover. Still, he pressed on, knowing this was a rare opportunity he couldn’t afford to waste.
‘Why is it using up all its mushrooms just to help me out though? Aren’t they precious?’
He had no idea how the trolls even cultivated them on their bodies, nor how easily they could be replenished, but he struggled to understand why his opponent would go so far for his sake. It wasn’t until the creature increased the pressure on him that he realized what was going on.
The troll wasn’t doing it for his sake at all!
It was training too!
Evidently, these guys were battle maniacs, just like him!
‘Well, that certainly explains their scars. I bet they spend all day sparring against one another…’
At first, it hadn’t been immediately obvious, as his own improvements vastly eclipsed the troll’s. After all, it couldn’t compete with the positive feedback loop between his Foresight spell, his Status and his Sorcerer’s Eye. However, the creature still worked hard to hone its own magic, trying to increase the number of projectiles it could launch at once.