I am an Eldritch Entity-Chapter 51: Dual training room

"When is the tournament?"

Eryndor asked.

"In a little more than three months."

Paulina answered.

"Our chances of winning aren’t low, you know."

Eryndor deliberately looked at Drakarion and Valentina. He then also stared intently at Paulina.

The three of them had nothing to say about that, because to a certain extent, it was true.

Drakarion beat up his class when none of the students had embarked on their Martial Arts power system.

Now that he got all the resources to step into the Iron Body realm, there would hardly be anyone who could defeat him among the newbies.

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Valentina had contracted a beast which had combat prowess of a peak level 1. Only if someone else had a beast at similar level would they stand a low chance at winning.

Only a low chance because Valentina could copy whatever abilities were displayed around her, and also store four at a time, making it good for surprise attacks.

And lastly, Paulina’s spell model Schrodinger’s Step had a very low probability of being seen through or broken through by someone at level 1.

The opponent would have no choice but to get passively beaten up by Paulina until her Mana ran out, unless they had a spell model which could forcefully collapse her quantum state.

These monsters. I have nothing like that.

Eryndor once again came face to face with his own weakness.

Time to increase my cultivation and learn some cultivation arts. Everything can come later.

The group engaged in some small talk before each of them went their way. After staying together on the mission, each of them deserved to have some personal time.

Eryndor headed towards the library of the Academy.

There was a lecture scheduled today, but he skipped it as it was simply cultivation theory, so it wasn’t really useful.

Like the majority of the facilities, the library of the Academy was also situated in the main building of the Academy.

He gave his student id to the staff at the entrance, who verified it before returning it to him.

When he stepped foot into the library, a tablet was thrust before his eyes by a robot standing on the entrance.

Holding it in his hands, he realized it gave directions to whatever kind of information you wanted to search for.

He input a few requirements about the cultivation art he wanted to begin with, which happened to be a movement art.

Eryndor always believed in safety when it came to fighting.

As a wise man once said, one could only continue to live if they’re alive.

After a minute of navigating through numerous corridors of shelves, and hordes of people, he finally arrived at the movement section of cultivation arts.

The combat and auxiliary techniques had a different name method depending on the power system.

It was ’art’ for the following -

Cultivation art: For Cultivation Power system.

Martial art: For Martial Arts power system.

Primordial art: For Beast Taming power system.

Karmic art: For Buddhist power system.

Likewise, it was ’spell’ for the remaining four -

Magic spell: For Magic power system.

Mental spell: For Mentalist power system.

Neuro spell: For Cyborg power system.

Demonic spell: For Demon power system.

Eryndor was baffled that there was such a clear distinction when he came to know about it for the first time.

Putting the tablet in a holder nearby, he began scanning through the books.

Every book was simply a summary of the cultivation art it displayed on its cover, allowing the reader to know what they would be getting themselves into if they decided to practice the actual cultivation art.

If a person had decided on what they wanted, they could simply inform the name of the cultivation art to the staff sitting in the library who would transfer the complete manual to your personal device given by the Academy.

To prevent stealing the entire library, there was a limit of four free arts or spells per person, after which one would have to pay with contribution points.

The Academy had no problem giving away the books at this level even to a person from an enemy faction.

And if they exchanged contribution points for it? Even better. Contribution points were after all a currency which could only be earned through doing the Academy’s tasks.

It was akin to a person working for you, only to get paid in a form that was unimportant in your eyes.

These were all basic level arts and spells, ’inspired’ from the Eight Outer Domain themselves. Some would say they were stolen, but the Academy never admitted to it.

The ones which the Federation and the Academy researched and created were kept tightly secured and required much more detailed background checks.

This was not to say that the arts and spells of the Eight Outer Domains were weaker than the ones created by the Human Federation and the Academy, but simply that their importance was different.

After an hour of searching and reading, Eryndor finally picked three cultivation arts.

One movement type - Shadowstep

One defensive type - Crimson armor

One offensive type - Internal fist

He had entered thinking he would only get one, but midway through browsing the techniques, he figured it would do better if he chose three.

That way, he could switch between them if he got bored of one. Mindless persistence wasn’t his thing.

Even science said that things would come to you more naturally if you enjoyed doing them.

After registering the names of all three cultivation arts under his student id, the staff transferred all the manuals to his personal device.

He had to admit, this was truly convenient, as opposed to the various other working systems of the library he had read in novels.

While reading through his movement art, he headed towards the training room.

The villas assigned to the students were only equipped with the most basic training hall, as opposed to the one in the Academy.

The main building of the Academy had four floors dedicated entirely to the training rooms.

One could choose different types of training rooms, and training dummies depending on the type of art or spell you were practicing.

The room had various equipment which gave real-time data of your progress, like the damage of your offensive art, the limit of your defensive art and so on.

Each room had cameras equipped with artificial intelligence which scanned your movements and gave the most optimal corrections based on your physical and mental parameters.

Of course, you could always disable them if you valued privacy and didn’t want the Academy keeping records of your combat prowess.

Eryndor went through the process of booking a training room. Unfortunately, all the personal ones were booked, so he had to settle for a dual training room.

When he opened the door to his assigned room, there was already a young woman training with a wooden sword.

As soon as he stepped foot inside, the young lady was notified of his presence. With her back still facing him, she said.

"Is it okay for you if I occupy this area entirely by myself? I only need this small area to practice my skill."

When a person didn’t want to clarify whether it was an art or a spell, to avoid giving away their power system, they usually mention ’skill’.

Eryndor shrugged. "Okay."

He wasn’t really losing out anything, plus the lady was polite enough. Eryndor thought of himself as a gentleman.

I guess I’ll start with my offensive art.

It was finally time to start training and get stronger.