"Huff, huff."

There were only a few people that were left in my domain.

After old man Lancelot figured it out, there were others that had followed his example and had figured out some clues. Once they did that, the only thing that was left for them to do was to think this through and figure out how to apply this to their own divine energy.

Which was why they all left the domain to figure it out on their own.

The ones that were left were the ones that hadn’t figured anything out, which was why they were still looking for the clues that I gave them.

But among them, there was one that was really struggling. It seemed like he just wasn’t able to figure out anything from what I was showing him.

Even though he was the one that was trying the hardest...

From what I could see, it was almost as if trying that hard was what was setting him back.

The harder that he tried to see through these tricks, the harder it was for him to actually see through them. It really felt like he was hurting himself by trying his best to see through these things.

"Is it because of how he’s wired? In the first place, he has the mind of a warrior." I couldn’t help muttering to myself as I watched how much Alidus struggled.

As everyone was slowly understanding, it really made me feel bad for him.

After all, it really was hard being the one person that didn’t make any progress while watching everyone else progress. There was no doubt that he must be feeling the pressure with the way that he was forcing himself.

So after thinking about it, I stopped the daggers that had been forming.

"What’s wrong?" Alidus asked when he saw this, but I didn’t answer.

Instead, I waved my hand and created something else.

"What are you doing with these?" Alidus asked right away when he saw these things appear, but I didn’t answer as I had these things attack him.

This time, it seemed like Alidus was more animated while watching these things attack him.

It seemed like he had finally realized something.

It would be a real problem since I had specifically made this training method for him.

But since there was that flash of inspiration in his eyes, it seemed like he was indeed getting the gist of this.

What I had done was created a bunch of puppets that were attacking Alidus.

Only what these puppets were using wasn’t a normal method of attacking.

What they were using was the same method that Alidus used. Or it was better to say that they were using the same martial arts as him.

This was a special technique that was only used by the giants which allowed them to imitate animals when they fought.

Which meant that the puppets weren’t actually mimicking this technique perfectly.

Even if I had observed this technique many times, it was still a technique that was unique to the giants and I wasn’t able to learn it. At the same time, there was only so much that I could do with the creation divine energy.

Which was why the puppets just weren’t on the same level as Alidus when it came to using this technique.

But there was one thing that they did possess that Alidus didn’t.

They knew how to utilize divine energy the right way.

Once it was incorporated into the technique that he used, it really was hard for Alidus to miss this. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"So it’s like this..." I could hear him muttering under his breath as he fought with the puppets that I created.

There was even this faint emotion in his voice as if he was enjoying himself.

While he was doing this, it seemed like he was slowly incorporating the method that I wanted him to learn into his techniques. There were still a few flaws, but he really was learning quite fast.

Which was why I suddenly stopped the puppets.

"What’s wrong? Why are you stopping?"

There really was no hiding the disappointed tone that was in Alidus’ voice when he said this. Hearing this caused a wry smile to fill my face, but I didn’t say my true feelings.

Instead, I just said, "You’ve reached the same level as the others, it’s time for you to review and reflect."

"Huh?" Alidus looked down at his hands as if he was trying to see something, but the look on his face showed that he did seem to understand that this was the case.

However, there was a part of him that couldn’t help asking, "Can’t you just keep going a bit longer?"

I really wanted to punch him in the face when he said this.

After all, it wasn’t as if doing this was that easy for me.

It was only because he was one of my close friends that I was even willing to do this at all.

It was one thing to just create those weapons and throw it at them, it was a completely different thing to create these puppets that used these specific techniques.

The cost in terms of divine energy was on completely different levels.

So the fact that I was doing all of this for him was already considered quite special and he still had the gall to ask me if I could keep doing it.

"Just go and study by yourself." I said in a cold voice.

Alidus didn’t seem to really mind that I was talking to him like this as he went off with his relic. Though as he walked off, I could see that his expression changed while he was staring at the relic.

It seemed like he had gained far more from this training session than the others did.

But then again, if he hadn’t gained all of this after I put all that effort into training him...

"Let’s hope that he uses this lesson properly."