The Demon Queen's Disciple
Chapter 8 - Devil Training

Under the beautiful purplish-blue crystal light, there was a human figure running around this underground city.

The man seemed to run as hard as he could as if his life really depended on how fast and how far he ran.

How not?

'Swuooosh!!!'

As soon as his footsteps slowed down, the burning flames immediately devoured both of his legs. The heat he felt made his running speed increase.

After his running speed increased to a certain degree, the fire began to extinguish. And as his speed slowed down, the fire re-emerged.

"Well.... Huh.... Huh.... Carmilla?! Help u! Rest up! Just one minute! Huh.... Huh.... Hah.." cried the human figure who was none other than Lucius himself.

'Rest? And do you think I'll give it to you?' carmilla asked in Lucius's mind. Not only asking, Carmilla also immediately took over a moment Lucius' body to burn his own two legs.

'Zwuoosshhh!!!'

The flames had long since burned Lucius' shoes and pants. Now he has to run barefoot.

"Hot! Stopit! Adamud.... Sick..." cried Lucius during the fire, also sharp rocks in this cave hurt his legs.

But Carmilla had absolutely no intention of stopping. He still forced Lucius to undergo this hellish exercise.

After running for almost an hour, Carmilla asked Lucius to stop.

'Braa!!!'

Without a second thought, Lucius dropped his body to the ground. His leg felt as if it had been broken. In fact, the current had begun to numb from being extremely exhausted.

Not to mention the fire that Carmilla continued to use to burn her legs when Lucius slowed down just a little.

"Well.... Huh.... At last.... Hah.." said Lucius as he continued to try to recover his breath.

But apparently, the real hell is just beginning.

'Don't get me wrong, this is because the Mana in your body is almost gone. Now for the next exercise, Carmilla responded as she healed Lucius' burning skin with her magic.

"Eh? Then rest?" asked Lucius in a panic.

'You said you were ready to do anything? So prepare. Now....'

A few tens of minutes passed. Now the scene under the crystal light had changed again.

The human figure who previously ran around the long-destroyed city is now seen rebuilding the walls of this collapsed city.

Of course, by lifting a stone about half his body and reassembling it to form a wall.

"Hhhhhhhhh!!!"

'With this weak body, you call yourself a man?' carmilla asked in a tone that seemed so insulting.

"How else.... A rock this big.... How could I possibly lift it?!"

Carmilla looked for a moment at Lucius' condition before making a decision. And finally, Carmilla decided to slightly reduce the level of difficulty in this exercise.

'stop. Then your job now, is to reassemble the house. The house stones are a little smaller, right?'

Immediately, Lucius looked towards the house in question. It is true that the size of the rocks used is much smaller. Some even look weathered and destroyed.

But still, it was the size of an adult male calf.

Inevitably, Lucius immediately worked on it. All for the sake of repairing his so weak body.

"Well.... Huh.... Pl-please.... Rest.." lamented Lucius who was so exhausted. His hands were no longer able to be moved properly after all the hard work he had done.

But even after all that, his work to reorder the house was just finished.

'Alright. An hour of rest.' reply Carmilla.

"Thank you!"

Quickly, Lucius immediately ran towards the river to drink as much fresh water as possible. Even with her leg muscles so exhausted, the temptation of fresh water after hours of practice without rest was unbearable.

Either late in the evening or early in the morning, after exhausting physical exercise, Lucius had to prepare to learn various theories.

Of course, all of that was spread by Carmilla while Lucius ate and rested.

"What is Mana energy? It was the abundant magic energy in this world, all of it the blessing of one of the three main Goddesses of Mana." Lucius replied as he devoured the roasted venison.

'Then do you know how to increase the Mana energy capacity within a person?' ask Carmilla again.

"By continuing to use it? But I don't know, the statement 'continues to use' Mana in the book is a little ambiguous. Is it true that just by using Mana every day, one's Mana capacity could increase even more?"

Lucius had indeed learned what was taught in the academy. But without enough time for the professors who teach, this stupid question has never been thrown at all.

'Good question. The answer can be right or wrong. Just like stamina, just running without careful planning will not make your stamina increase. It takes careful planning and a proper training menu. You don't seem so stupid?' reply Carmilla at length.

"Sorry, but I'm also quite diligent in studying at the academy."

This time, Carmilla began to feel curious about the world that exists today. The blink of an eye for Carmilla when it was sealed in the necklace's artifact, thousands of years had passed.

Because that's it....

'Say, what kind of world are you living in right now, what is it like?'

"The world today? Hm.... If shortened, maybe the world is quite peaceful? Man rules most of Elador's continent." Lucius retorted.

'What about other races?'

"The Durin Empire in the Northern Mountains, ruled by the Dwarves and their technology. Dominion Aishere, ruled by the Dragon race in the desert region of the Eastern Elador Continent. Their physical strength and elemental magic became powerful weapons to withstand the attacks of the human kingdom.

And finally, the Elvandar Kingdom located in the Holy Forest in the Western region. The kingdom was ruled by the oldest race on the continent, the Elves. I don't know how long they haven't appeared on this continent, but they say they have the most complicated and also the most powerful magic on the continent."

Carmilla was silent for a moment after hearing Lucius' reply.

'Hmm, didn't I expect many to be extinct? Humans have always won all wars, despite having the weakest physique and magic among the other races. Well whatever it is. It's time to get back to training.' Carmilla replied.

Lucius who immediately finished the grilled venison in his right hand, immediately stood up from his seat.

"This time, what will you teach?"

'How to use magic, the devil. Interesting right?'

"I-I wouldn't get in trouble if I used it on human territory, would I?" lucius asked worriedly.

'Haha! As long as no one realizes it, you won't get in trouble! Besides didn't you say the devil was forgotten? So just calm down!'

Lucius' worries were finally completely answered by Carmilla's reply.

"So there's really going to be a problem?"

Cold sweat started dripping from Lucius' face. But inevitably, if he wanted to become stronger, Lucius had to accept it.

Whatever it is.