Gorgeous Jewel
Chapter IV Chapter 122

"Ugh..." Echidna.

At night when people are supposed to sleep and rest their bodies, Echidna is under pressure and strict supervision Alice. An hour had passed and he still remained in a standing position by bending his knees.

Echidna glanced over, looking at Alice sitting cross-legged on the bed. He smiled slightly as he saw Alice's eyes closed. "Just a moment..just a second..." His murmured while lifting his body slowly loosened his knee bend.

"Don't think I don't know what you're trying to do." Alice said suddenly making Echidna shudder in shock.

Echidna pursed her lips, she again fixed her position.

"Straight both your hands forward. Bend your knees almost 90 degrees and hold your back. Do you know what I'm teaching you? It's not about strength or resilience."

Echidna was silent, she didn't want to say anything more. Fearfully, his mama will punish him by doing something heavier. Echidna was already experienced with Alice's assertiveness when training her. He couldn't struggle if Alice was really angry. However, she stayed focused on what Alice said and listened.

"Patience and discipline will give birth to determination as well as strong perseverance. Even a great man can still be defeated by his lust and anger."

Alice had seen and gone through so many battles as well as battles. Losing patience will make a person rash in taking action and slowly lust will control them.

Fellow or enemy, not one or two people he had ever seen died silly because of it. Alice knew that her daughter was strong, but during her fight against Echidna, Alice realized that not only was Echidna lacking fighting experience but that too much arrogance was the main cause.

"Do this position again for an hour." Briefly said Alice.

Inwardly, Echidna complained and was eager to move on to do something else. Well, he is someone who is active and hard to calm down. It seemed like his personality had completely changed when he escaped from the hero seal back then.

Echidna followed Alice's direction and for an hour she remained standing in the same position. His breath and the energy flowing on his body were balanced. Alice was quite happy to see her daughter's patience.

"Now it's time to enter the next stage." Think Alice. Feeling that her body was lightened, Alice got out of bed and approached Echidna.

"Even if the dragon race has high instincts and invincible fighting strength. This time I want to teach you something different. You can let go of your horses."

Echidna let out a long sigh as if she was throwing away all the heavy weight stuck on her shoulders. He sat for a moment and laid his body. "The longer it feels the heavier. I am confident in my strength. The exercises you teach are really hard." Benak Echidna while adjusting his breathing. His legs, especially his thighs, began to feel stiff and heavy to lift.

Echidna took a deep breath and exhaled. He then rose.

"This time you stand straight. Close your eyes and feel the Mana around you."

"Good." Echidna immediately followed Alice's direction. But..doesn't this sound like a basic lesson in knowing Mana? Thought surprised.

"preserve. After that expand. I don't want you to use your instincts but feel it through the Mana around you."

It was different from her who used Qi. Alice tried to teach her soul consciousness technique to Echidna by using Mana as the foundation.

"Let go of your Mana energy slowly. Like a water drop in the middle of a lake. His ripples are your Mana that continues to expand. Touching and feeling anything that goes through."

Both of Echidna's eyebrows raised slightly. Alice smiled. "As expected of my daughter." Mumbled slowly. Alice knew that Echidna had understood each of her instructions very quickly.

"I can feel so much life around me. Whatisthis? Unlike our instincts that will respond when feeling a threat. Greatable. Mom's technique is really amazing." Echidna's mind was full of admiration. "But..what is this? There's something strange underground."

"Next-"

The sound of explosions from outside was so sudden. Alice looked towards the window. "So they started moving."

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Clumps of slime, humanoid monsters and some other monsters with strange shapes had suddenly appeared within the city gates. Horror and panic broke the silence that night. The citizens were curious to see the commotion outside and the few others who already knew were hiding in fear.

No one expected their appearance, but the soldiers on standby were alert and immediately secured the surrounding area.

"Alice! It's..."

Nyx shouted to Alice from inside her head. Nyx then came out to bring up her shadow. "It's not wrong anymore, it's the same Mana energy." Said Alice.

Nyx nodded. "Yes. You're right."

"Is he Here?"

Nyx shook her head. "I don't know. I couldn't feel his presence but his Mana energy felt clearer and very strong. It's different from the one at the time."

Did Erebos finally show himself?

"Fee, Echidna. I want you to protect the people around. Do not stand on the front lines and attack them. Just protect people who are in danger and as much as possible do not attract too much attention." Obviously Alice then she came out and jumped on the roof.

Fee and Echidna nodded at each other then they immediately set off.

Alice looked at the strange monsters that were attacking closely. They move quite quickly and their only similarity is the presence of black crystals that stick to some part of their body.

"As. Is it the black crystal that controls them."

Alice does not know this country well. Bad rumors about many Elf countries circulating out there include one of them about their arrogance that always looks down on other races. Not knowing the facts or just a mere bird news, Alice chose to move carefully.