After the four have finished eating, Fein walked to a relatively open space to start his daily practice, as sweats formed on his forehead and he felt his skin become rough from the brilliance of the sky. Sofia saw this, she stood up and followed him, as she wants to train as much as possible after what happened in the Underground temple. She felt her skin became a little dry after the temperate in the Desert rise.

"Well, do you also want to practice?" Fein's eyebrow raised as he tilted his and looked at her.

Sofia nodded her eyes became serious, and she look at him intently. "Don't be skeptical, I want to improve this time, I still have a lot of shortcomings that needed improvement."

"Okay, I would help you this time." Fein smiled at the resolve in Sofia's eyes.

She truly changes huh... She became more determined, and she was much calm now. I just hope she wouldn't lose herself in the pursuit of power.

Fein knew how power can corrupt a person, even if it's a kind person. The only way to prevent yourself from losing yourself is to have a strong reason that would let you remind why you pursued power in the first place. That's why Fein kept reminding himself that the purpose why he wants to become stronger was to survive in this cruel so that he can truly control his fate. He doesn't like being shackled, freedom can only be desired when you have sufficient strength, and he can only protect his friends if he has the capability to do so. after thins though passed in his head, he glanced at his friends subconsciously.

Yes, this is the reason why I want to become stronger, this is my direction, the lane that would lead me to power without losing myself in the process.

The corner of his lips raised... Sofia looked at Fein that was smiling like an idiot. "Hey what are you smiling at??"

Fein's wandering thought disappeared, as he scratched his head with embarrassment.

Cough!He pretended to clear up his throat, as he look at Sofia with solemnness. "The training regiment would be difficult. Are you prepared?"

Seeing Fein change the subject, Sofia chuckled inwardly. He was really cute when he was being like this...

"I'm prepared!" Sofia can only respond like this, as Fein's knowledge and experience in training seems to be deep. It can only be seen with his strength as the basis.

"Well, just follow my instruction. We have to train our bodies first. Having a strong body is the foundation. Because when you have a strong body, your control of degu energy would improve, as your degu capacity would also increase. Having a strong body would help you fight stronger opponents in melee, at the very least, you wouldn't be defeated with a single punch. The second aspect of the training regiment is to improve the control of your energy."

Fein walked back and forth with his hand on his chin, the deep look on his face gave him an aura of an expert.

"But can I improve my control of energy?" Sofia asked as she looked intently at him.

"I already have my arrangement, you just need to follow it, understand?" Fein stopped in his place and turned his head at her.

Sofia could only nod unwillingly...

...The lights in the sky gave the Desert an ethereal vibe, as the rainbow luminescence reflect in the assortment of colors in the fine sand. Sofia wore a blue light suit, and a western dragon emblem on the back of the suit gave it a classic look.

The Vladimir family designed this suit specially for training. This suit provided comfort and has a special function to condition the human body to its peak performance. It can also adjust the weight of the suit up to 3000 kilograms. Sofia only has a C+ rank attribute without the boost of her abilities. This time, Fein instructed her to adjust the weight of the suit by 500 kilograms while doing the basic calisthenics such as push up, sit-ups, pull-ups, crunches, and dips. Because doing calisthenics would help Sofia to improve the control of his body while giving him lean muscles. Fein designed this, especially for Sofia, as he didn't want her to look bulky. Warriors should train for fitness, not for aesthetics. As big muscles don't mean stronger.

Sofie pushed herself to her limit by doing 1000 repetitions with 3 sets of each.

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Thud!

Sofia fell to the ground, Sofia's training suit scattered the sand, and it produce a deep pit. She tried to stand up, as she struggled to move her stiff body. She exhausted her muscles to the point that she find it difficult to gather the strength to support herself.

Fein witnessed all this, a gratified on his face seeing the determination and effort Sofia puts in to become stronger. He felt motivated training with a hardworking companion like her. As he thought of this, he resumed his training. He looked at the different types of weapons on the ground. He picked up the axe and started to swing it while consciously correcting his posture. He would slash from time to time with fluid motion, he felt water vapor flow through his skin unto the ground every minute, and even his hair dripped with sweat due to the intense physical activity with the combination of high temperature in the Desert. That's why would drink water and eat bananas from every set to keep himself hydrated and maintain his electrolytes. Fein knew the importance of diet and nutrition in exercise as a Scientist. Because nutrition makes sure that the body gets the important nutrients that helped with muscle building and recovery. It also acts as the fuel that provides energy to keep the body moving.

"Sofia, let's end the training after you do the last cardio." Fein wiped the sweat on his forehead. He stretched his hand to give Sofia a bottle of water.

"O-okay." Sofia gasped for breath, She took the water in Fein's hand.

Gulp. gulp. gulp.

The sound of water entering the esophagus echoed as Sofia immediately put the bottled water in her mouth rudely, the water even spilled on her mouth due to haste. She doesn't care as every cell on her body cheered after she drank the water in one sitting. Fein on the side looked dumbfounded, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

It seems I was too hard on her training.