Seol-Hwi opened his closet. The downside of the military outfit was that it was rather conspicuous except in the dead of night.

He changed into casual clothes and settled into bed.

Year 95 of the Heavenly Calendar, Chapter 2-1: Three Choices from the Earth Demon. Year 97 of the Heavenly Calendar, Chapter 4-5: Gain Favorability with the Members. Year 95 of the Heavenly Calendar, [Became a Core Warrior] First Bonus Story.

As usual, he saved in the second slot.

Year 97 of the Heavenly Calendar, Chapter 5-3. The Essence of the Supreme Pavilion Lord.

The essence It hadnt been long since the Earth Demon had insulted the Supreme Pavilion Lord. For him to be brought up again suggested that Seol-Hwi hadnt seen the last of him.

Well, theres nothing I can do about it now.

Seol-Hwi closed his eyes and wondered what messages the system would present him tomorrow. What would his schedule be like? What instructions would he give his subordinates?

He decided that hed save every month from now on.

Oh, I need to change slots. He wanted to leave the Three Choices alone, so that left the third slot.

With that done, Seol-Hwi lay down and fell asleep.

Seol-Hwi went to the door as soon as he woke up, eager to see what had changed.

Perform Missions with Team [Receive the Earth Demons mission] (New) Schedule for Subordinates (New) Take a Mission Warrior Training

Its changed completely! Teaching and Walk Around had been replaced. When he thought about it, there wouldnt be a point to them now that favorability had been maximized. Since the team mission was apparently one he already had, the only new addition was setting his subordinates schedules.

Lets take a look.

Perform Missions with Team [Receive the Earth Demons mission] (New)

Wait! He thought there would be a sub-option.

Seol-Hwi paused to check. 17 months would cut off all of his remaining time; in that case, hed lose his chance to build up skills and increase his performance. It would be a waste of almost a year and a half.

Schedule for Subordinates (New) Closed Training Direct Teaching Acquire Personal Weapons (Must be done safely.) Target Attack

Oh. He wanted to try all of them at least once. Should I start with closed training? There was a lot he wanted to do, but he had to work within the time given. He had to pay attention to raising his subordinates skills as well as his own.

Evidently, he couldnt separate his own schedule.

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[Yorim]

Once in a while, I get the urge to sharpen my skills. Ill show good results.

[Jeok Seong]

I think this is also part of the mission. To fight against stronger enemies, I need to get the basics down.

[Yongjin]

I think its a good chance. We will definitely show you how much weve grown.

[Seo Ryeong]

I could never find time for personal training. Ill use this time to review my shortcomings.

Each of them responded positively. Imugi, however, was different.

[Imugi]

My master gave me closed training after returning to the sect. To be honest, I dont know how much this is going to help.

Seol-Hwi could understand; for Imugis skills to increase so much over the last year, he had to have suffered a lot.

Everything went black, and then information began to blink in front of him.

[Day 1: Subordinates stats increase.] [Day 2: Subordinates stats increase.] [Day 3: Subordinates stats increase.]

The only difference from his personal training was that his subordinates stats were increasing, not his.

Yorim [Command Unit 1st Member] Body: Normal Master Health: 1.50 million/1.53 million (30k) Internal Energy: 1.4 million/1.4 million (50k) Combat Power: 3.05 million (5k) (+Sense) Jeok Seong [Command Unit 2nd Member] Body: Normal Master Health: 2.62 million/2.65 million (30k) Internal Energy: 1.40 million/1.44 million (40k) Combat Power: 3.25 million (5k) (+Sense) Yong Jin [Command Unit 3rd Member] Body: Normal Master Health: 1.52 million/1.57 million (50k) Internal Energy: 1.30 million/1.33 million (30k) Combat Power: 2.96 million (6k) (+Sense) Seo Ryeong [Command Unit 4th Member] Body: Normal Master Coins: Love+3 Health: 700k/800k (10k) Internal Energy: 1.50 million/1.65 million (15k) Combat Power: 1.65 million (100k) (+Sense)

So this is the result of closed-room training, Seol-Hwi thought. Theyd all greatly improved their stats. Now, everyone except for Seo Ryeong were around 3 million combat power.

It was different from then on.

Imugi [First Disciple of Seol-Hwi] Health: 1.40 million/1.41 million (10k) Internal Energy: 1.20 million/1.21 million (10k) Master Combat Power: 2.49 million (10k) <+Multiplication>

He noticed that Imugi hadnt applied himself to the training because he didnt want to do it in the first place. It didnt matter, thoughhis stats were good enough.

Oh? Already? He didnt have any idle time this month. Seol-Hwi didnt worry about it for long, though.

Wouldnt it be best to keep increasing their abilities for the time being?

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More time passed.

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Something changed in the third month of training. By the second month of closed training, there were signs that his peoples abilities werent increasing. By the third month, it had stopped entirely.

So thats as far as we go.

Closed Training Direct Teaching Acquire Personal Weapons (Must be done safely.) Target Attack

Seol-Hwi decided hed teach this time.

Yorim Jeok Seong Yongjin Seo Ryeong Imugi

First up was Yorim.

[Yorim]

Im very excited for the captain to teach me directly. I will definitely try my best!

[Day 1: Yorims combat power increases.] [Day 2: Yorims combat power increases.] [Day 3: Yorims combat power increases.]

Unlike during their closed training, time didnt stop for Seol-Hwi. Yorim would ask him questions or mumble in agony.

The last day arrived, and Seol-Hwi was presented with the results.

[Day 30: All of Yorims stats increase.]

It really helped me a lot.

[Yorims combat power increased by 100k.]

Oh! Seol-Hwi had expected an increase, but not this large of one. So this happens

A pleasant surprise, and one he intended to capitalize on to increase his subordinates levels.

Next, Seol-Hwi chose Jeok Seong.

Four months passed. Everyones combat power went up by a hundred thousand, except for Seo Ryeong whose increase was smaller.

Teaching, again? Seol-Hwi decided to look at a different option. He went for Acquire Personal Weapons, something hed been curious about for a while.

[Yorim]

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Theres a piece of equipment in the Salt Lake at the moment. Itll take us a month, but we can get it.

[Jeok Seong]

I also felt the absence while I was practicing. At this point, a weapon would be helpful.

[Yongjin]

I like what I have now, but I feel like I need a secondary weapon. At this point, I think I should look around on my own.

[Seo Ryeong]

Needles and daggers need the right kind of gloves. Now that I have the chance, I need to find a suitable pair.

[Imugi]

Haha, Ive been waiting. Dont worry; there are some weapons I found in the field the other time. If we can afford it, I can get some. Youll like it.

Everyone seemed happy. Seol-Hwi was puzzled, but curious.

What should I do?

As always, he waited for time to pass.

[Day 1: Subordinates train safely.] [Day 2: Subordinates train safely.] [Day 3: Subordinates train safely.]

Oh? On the 23rd day, time stopped.

[Seo Ryeong has returned.]

She had a bright smile on her face.

Captain! I found something useful. It might be helpful for our missions.

[Seo Ryeong has obtained the Heavenly Gauntlet.] [Seo Ryeongs combat power increased by 15%.]

Woah! That was a huge increase in combat power.

That wasnt all. Yongjin was back on the 26th day.

I got what I wanted.

[Yongjin has obtained the Ink Cloud Ax.] [Yongjins combat power has increased by 18%.]

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Their combat power has massively increased. It was obvious to Seol-Hwi how important it was for them to have the right weapon.