Wesley was panicking. He couldn't control his body very well and as he moved his body around while touching his oversized body, small vibrations would be felt whenever he stepped down, it felt surreal to him and he did not know what to do.
'Aaah, you have finally created the first pattern, congratulations. ' Tresse said as it finally appeared. Wesley ran towards the floating skeleton and as he ran he left slight small depressions on the ground due the huge force.
'Stooooop.' Wesley came to a screeching halt when he heard Tresse shouting for him to stop. He was exasperated to see Wesley running around in a panic. It thought the boy would be over the moon with his accomplishment of completing the first pattern. The first pattern was the first hurdle Wesley needed to over come and he had done it in a mere month but it only saw panic on Wesley's face. Most warriors would only form it in around a year. The boy had potential.
''What's wrong Wesley? Shouldn't you be celebrating, why the panic? Tresse asked him.
'My body, I can't understand what happened to it and can it go back to a normal size? Wesley shouted out in a hurry like water rushing out of a broken cup.
'Ooh. You are worried about that, I thought it was something serious. Don't worry, your body can still phase back to a normal height but why would you want to? Tresse asked and explained at the same time.
Wesley just cocked his head, stared at the skeleton skeptically and asked.
'What do you mean?'
At this time due the Tresse's presence, Wesley had stopped panicking. He had unwavering trust that the small floating skeleton would answer all his queries and help him.
'A bigger body contains more strength and did you forget the technique that you are training in. It makes your body as strong as a celestial body. That means when you reach grand completion , your body size will be as big as the planet you are on and if you are lucky you may be bigger. The element you are training in usually aggregates bigger bodies than the other elements. I know you have never seen a celestial body but you will, just train slowly.' Tresse comforted him.
'Thank you Tresse.' Wesley thanked the skeleton for the information but there was still a frown etched on his face.
'Will I continue moving around like this while pointing at his body ? ' Wesley asked back, although he was happy about the increase in his strength, Wesley was still worried about his size. At first he was just a boy of around 150cm in height but now he was almost two meters tall and he felt that his body was still growing slightly though not visible.Tresse looked at him and let out a sigh in defeat.
'Hmmm, you may be right since you have to interact with other people. ' It snapped its fingers and they appeared in another interconnected space. Wesley looked around and saw glowing brown lines moving on the ground heading to a tunnel behind them.
'So the tunnels are connected. I wonder where the lights come from' he thought in wonder.
'This is the gravity rule space' Tresse told him as it waved its palms indicating the entire space they were in.
Tresse's voice pulled Wesley from his thoughts . He snapped back and investigated the space. This space had only one stele standing in the middle and it was also not as big as the enlightenment space. Another difference was that Wesley felt a faint pressure acting on his body, he looked at Tresse and wondered whether it also felt the pressure surrounding them.
'The space is controlled by the stele in front of you, and its main role is to adjust the gravity around for example.' It snapped its fingers and the stele lit up with a soft brown light and let out a soft hum.
'Boom' Wesley found his face kissing the ground. One second he was still standing and then the next, he found himself being pushed down by a strong pressure that he could not resist. Wesley felt an overwhelming force acting all over his body and felt as if the organs in his body were going to be crushed over the strain he was enduring.
'Aaaah' Wesley let out a groan as he tried to get up using his hands. His muscles bulged tremendously and the veins on his hands and face popped out like they were about to burst. Miraculously, his body was lifted off the ground by an inch and his lips were no longer touching the ground literally.
He turned his head with difficulty and looked at Tresse.
The skeleton looked at Wesley's face that had become red due the strain his body was undergoing and it let out a chuckle. It snapped its fingers and the stele dimmed. Wesley felt the over whelming pressure abruptly disappear. This change made him let out a soft groan in relief.
'What was that? Wesley asked while panting. He was drenched in sweat and looked like he had been fished out of water. For the few seconds Wesley had experienced the pressure, his body felt like it had gone through a rigorous battle with the dummy and had come out on the losing side.
'The pressure you felt was the application of the rule of gravity. The pressure is actually applied to the entire body, from the skin, blood, organs and bones and once you start training in the sword technique, this pressure will help you in learning how to use your bulky body and also in tempering your body further.'
'All in all, this space will help you adjust to your growing strength, it's not divided into any levels but the closer you are to the stele, the more you will feel the pressure and if you are lucky, prolonged exposure to this pressure may lead you to acquire the gravity rule affinity since this space is full of the spiritual aura belonging to the gravity rule. This is the stele's second minor role' Tresse explained slowly.
'And as for your body size, if you look through the mnemonics of the starry body technique, the technique actually allows you to have the capacity to adjust your body size but you will lose strength if you become smaller because that is not your normal size anymore. Adjusting your body size needs you to be able to have a fine control of your body. '
'Get' Tresse threw out two green balls and once Wesley held the green balls, they deformed due the strength he was using. A greenish unpleasant smelling gas came out of the deformed balls. Wesley face cringed up in horror at the smell.
Tresse let out a chuckle in amusement.
'Those are Burst balls and as the name suggests, they burst at the slightest nonuniform pressure and release that unpleasant gas, you will rotate them in your hands until you can no longer deform them. This will help you in learning to finely control the muscles and strength in your body. Once you do so, your body adjustments will be a piece of cake.'
And if you want to fight using a small body, you will have to put in more work in your training in this gravity space.' Tresse explained further.
And as Wesley realized the immense work he had to accomplish, Frost was recruiting more miners and guards and someone who would have an impact on Wesley in the future was meeting the city lord as a guest.