At 7:32 a.m., two people, both radiating heat, stood at the entrance of the villa.
"Ha... ha..."
Katsura Hinagiku and Sanzenin Nagi still had strong fighting intent in their eyes.
However, at this moment, both of their breaths carried heat, and their bodies were already showing slight signs of dehydration. Their physical conditions had reached their limits. No matter how strong their fighting intent, they could not continue.
"Nagi, your Element Power has reached its limit, hasn't it?"
Hinagiku could feel that her whole body's exhaustion had reached its limit, but her physical fitness, having just advanced to Barbarian, had also been honed to the maximum.
Competing purely on physical ability throughout, her condition had reached its limit, but the same was true for Nagi.
"You yourself are."
Nagi already felt completely exhausted, and her Element Power output had reached its limit. The Element Power converted by the Vision, an external magic organ, had also reached its limit, and she could no longer maintain her previous state.
But she still refused to admit defeat verbally.
"Your body has been running with me the whole time, your pure physical ability must have reached its limit long ago."
"Heh."
Hinagiku did not refute this point.
Before her advancement, her physical ability definitely would not have been able to keep up with Nagi, who was using Element Power. After all, Sequence 9 Lawyer did not provide any enhancement to her body.
It was only after she had just advanced to Sequence 8 Barbarian, which greatly enhanced her physical fitness, that she was able to keep up with Nagi's state of using Element Power and even exhaust Nagi purely through physical fitness.
"Although my condition isn't great either, my physical fitness is still superior to yours."
The soreness throughout Hinagiku's body also began to ease.
In addition to strengthening physical fitness, Barbarian also enhanced the body's resistance and recovery.
Even when stamina was almost depleted, through simple breathing and a small amount of rest, the body's stamina began to recover.
"Tsk..."
Nagi naturally saw that Hinagiku's condition was gradually improving, but her Element Power was truly depleted.
As an external magic organ, the Vision had a limit to the energy it could convert into Element Power.
Even though using Element Power could accelerate the strengthening of physical fitness, there was a limit to this strengthening. It was gradual growth, not immediate.
Therefore, at this moment, her physical condition, even with Element Power, still had a certain gap compared to Hinagiku.
"I'm still stronger now."
Seeing Nagi not refute, Hinagiku was unusually proud for a moment.
"Only for now..."
These words carried a hint of unwillingness, but Nagi did not deny this fact.
After putting away this unwillingness, she also began to reap the rewards of her efforts.
Three months, she was already close to surpassing Hinagiku.
Also, Hinagiku's stamina is somewhat abnormal. Even though I'm using Element Power, I still can't gain an advantage.
This person is truly a stamina monster.
She felt the Element Power she controlled, and that almost depleted feeling was truly unpleasant.
The speed at which the Vision converted energy into Element Power also slowed down significantly. That feeling of her body not being able to keep up made Nagi feel strained for the first time.
Just as their fighting spirits were still high, the sudden arrival of Maria broke this unusually intense situation.
"You two can rein in your emotions now."
Maria carefully observed their physical conditions.
Both Hinagiku and Nagi had reached their physical limits.
Is morning exercise really this intense first thing in the morning?
Maria could feel that Nagi had a great thirst for power and a very strong drive, but this level of morning exercise was still a great burden on the body.
"Nagi, I should have told you. Your body hasn't finished growing yet. A 13-year-old body still has many years of growth potential. At this age, you need to control your exercise intensity, otherwise it will harm your body."
"Also, the same goes for Miss Katsura. You are only a few years older than Nagi, and your body is still in the growth stage. Don't damage your growth through excessive exercise."
Maria could fully understand that the collision of their unyielding personalities would create some sparks, but some things that shouldn't be done still couldn't be done impulsively.
"Yes..."
After the heat of their blood slightly subsided, both of them realized that their morning exercise had been a little over the top.
Seeing their body heat finally drop a bit, Maria sighed helplessly.
"Let's not talk about anything else for now."
"Nagi, Miss Katsura, go and adjust your state. You need to replenish lost water. There are some sports drinks reserved in the villa. Go replenish your water first, then change your clothes. Everyone is already waiting for you for breakfast."
"Yes."
The two quickly agreed, exchanged glances, and couldn't help but smile when they saw the expression of being dominated by Maria on each other's faces.
"We really can't do this next time."
"Mm, I was a bit over the top today too."
They went to the bathroom, and inside the refrigerator outside the bathroom, there were sports drinks of different flavors.
The two took out a bottle and chugged it down.
The cool, slightly sweet-and-sour drink poured into their mouths, and their parched bodies received a large amount of water. That uncomfortable feeling instantly improved a lot.
"Speaking of which, Hinagiku, how exactly do you train?"
During their rest, Nagi still couldn't help but ask this question.
"Recently, I've been continuously consuming the sea king meat sent from Shinomiya's side, and with the cooperation of Element Power, my physical fitness has greatly improved. How did I still lose so badly today?"
Even if Hinagiku only had a slight advantage, that slight advantage already explained a lot.
"Ah, you don't know about this yet. Actually, yesterday I just completed my advancement, from Sequence 9 Lawyer to Sequence 8 Barbarian."
"Barbarian..."
Nagi's face twitched a few times. Her brain instantly understood the meaning of Barbarian, and she also understood from the literal meaning why she had slightly lost to Hinagiku.
(To be continued.)