Legendary Shelter Survival Guide

Inside the shelter's territory, everything went on with their daily routines unlike one.

Only one man inside the shelter's territory was sitting on the ground with all his concentration on a particular book in his hand.

"Hmm... so it's like this?"

The young man said to himself when he got up and started doing some weird yoga. His hands were stretched to the extent while his back was curved at a wired angle.

Lucas felt extreme pain in the side of his back and according to the book, it was just the start.

It was not his very first try when he performed this technique, the young man had performed the same position for 20 times now in the hopes of finally completely doing the first technique of the body strengthening book.

One would say that he was wasting time but Lucas said otherwise, he had ample time to do his training.

No one asked him to help build the raw materials for the shelter's upgrade, they get made without Lucas even telling them to do anything.

He doesn't cook and doesn't skin as most of his task requires him to just burn mana in order to dissect the flesh and again, the cleaning is done by someone else.

Lucas had ample time and no one cared if he wasted it on some book.

While some didn't bother with him, the others who were experienced in the ways of society wanted Lucas to perform the difficult task of learning and then when he would be ready, Lucas could just tell them how it's done like a master teaching his disciple in martial arts.

The first technique inside the book was very detailed making Lucas sure that the text around wasn't needed and if he would have been able to read them, he would still choose the images over the long lines of text.

The 1st technique took around 20 pages of the whole book and with the detailed explanation, Lucas was on the path of gruesome and cruel ways that could potentially help him become a man with many strength increases.

Lucas performed the technique for a whole 10 minutes until his back gave in and he fell on the ground miserably, it was as if all his strength was gone in the back and his flexibility was challenged to the extreme.

Lucas had trained the part of his back that he had never heard even had any significant muscles. Just a small weak rope was holding him in believing the book had potential for him.

Other than that, Lucas was worried whether he was doing something wrong with his body like deadlifting without having a proper stance which could make the back hurt and could even have deadly repercussions.
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After an hour he was done and he finally mustered his strength to get up and go out. He was going to go do a task that was very much needed.

Until he froze after getting a small enlightenment, Lucas sat down and closed his eyes, the shelter was empty as everyone was outside doing random things, it was a great time to think in a piece of mind.

"Fuck..."

Lucas hit his head with his palm, disappointment present in his voice and face.

He got up quickly with urgency and directly went to John for advice who was for once not with his wife and training his skill.

Lucas first stood at the side as he could tell that John was doing something important. A ball of wind filled with mana was in his hand when he threw it above and with concentration and gritted teeth, he saw it land on his hand and vanish.

"Sigh..." John sighed, he didn't know that Lucas was near him.

"Hey, Uncle John, what were you doing?"

Lucas asked with curiosity but observing John doing something so fascinating let him take his mind off of his topic for a while.

"Oh, it was nothing. Just trying to increase the control over the winds better." John stated and with a light smile, he made a small ball of wind in his hand within a matter of a few seconds.

"Would you like to shoot one at me?" Lucas asked excitedly while observing the weak-looking wind ball.

"Pass. So, why have you come?"

Lucas told John everything with excitement as in his mind, it was already a small theory that if proved right, could be something to look forward to.

"So what you are saying is... When Ella heals us after we get exhausted after the physical training, the whole body gets fixed again as if we never did anything, to begin with. That would mean that the muscle we tore while working out was fixed to normal when she heals us... Damn, Lucas, when did you think about all this?"

"Do you think I can be right?"

"Well... looking at it theoretically, the theory seems right but let's take the perspective of hers too."

"I don't mind."

Lucas and John made their way toward Ella who was throwing balls of healing energy toward Jerry who was training his shield techniques solo.

Whenever he felt exhausted or tired, Ella threw a ball and the euphoric feeling made him continue his training further.

"Oh, what are you both doing here?" Ella got up and came halfway toward the duo with a warm smile.

Lucas always felt good in her presence as there was a motherly aura around her which made it hard for him to argue with her.

"Nothing much, the boy was to ask something from you. He may be onto something."

"Oh? What is it?"

"Aunt Ella, I just thought about this, would you mind telling me what happens when you heal us after we are done with our training?"

"Yeah sure, I just try to heal everyone's wounds, nothing much."

"No no, not the sparring, when we are done with some exercise or something and we are very tired, with your healing, we get fixed again. Can you tell me the theoretical explanation of what you fix?"

Ella closed her eyes and tried to think what to answer.

Her eyes opened again, they were very curious as if she had already come up with the answer, "Then I will explain with you as the example. Technically, when you are tired after your training, I use my healing to help you fix those muscles, the worn-out skin, and the regeneration of cells to some extent. I think this is all I know."

Ella looked at Lucas who kept on gazing at John with a smile. It seems Lucas really was correct.