Chapter 266: Just This Time
Rhodes and Mira's current training routines overlapped quite a bit.
Both of them were focused on one critical goal: increasing their magic power.
For Rhodes, it had always been his biggest weakness, something he was slowly working to improve.
For Mira, it wasn't a natural shortcoming. But her massive consumption when using Satan Soul had turned it into one.
Daily meditation was the gentler path. Through deep focus and mental fortitude, it allowed them to gradually raise their magical limits.
The other method was... far more brutal. Like Natsu's favorite routine, running with weights or doing frog jumps with boulders strapped to his back.
That sort of training not only strengthened the body, it forged unshakable willpower. Pushing oneself past the limit, over and over, was a test of both body and soul.
Rhodes had tried both when he was desperately striving to catch up. It was part of why his progress had been so fast.
But that kind of regime was also just plain painful.
Now that he was training with Mira, they stuck mostly to meditation. It was calmer, more focused, and less destructive on the knees.
Of course, Rhodes wasn't slacking off physically. He'd come a long way since he first joined Fairy Tail. His body was lean, hardened with defined muscles, not flashy like a bodybuilder, but tough, like a soldier forged through years of discipline.