Frank spent more than twenty minutes laying on ground recovering from the duel. He anticipated to hear Nimrod taunt or insult him, but the deep and ironically calming voice was silent until Frank started to stand.

"Your training period is nearly over. There are two more powers the system will teach during this next training period. Please stand at the middle of the circle and concentrate on the top bag from the stack within the left front corner of the room. Imagine feeling its weight with your mind and imagine the bag lifting into the air." Instructed Nimrod.

Frank attempt to reach out with his mind, to feel some connection with the bag, to feel anything beyond his body; but he felt nothing except his own body for a very long time. His first new mentally tactile experience was a feeling of being adrift without feeling his body. Next, he felt the wall at the end of the room. His heart started to race when he finally felt a bag. It was not the top bag so his attempts to lift it failed, but he was greeted with a welcome notification.

Power: Telekinesis

Discipline: Kinetics

Level: Beginner 1 0%

The ability to move an object with your mind.

Cost: 60 Power Points (PP) per minute

Effects: max weight 10kg max speed 1 foot per second

Frank inhales sharply when he sees the cost for this new power. He glances at his power pool where approximately 1/3 of his power has been used. It is not possible to lift multiple bags with the Beginner 1 telekinesis, so he dismisses the power. He searches with his new phantom tactile sense moving slowly up the stack until he is confident he senses the top bag. The bag rises when he initiates telekinesis using another large chunk of his power pool.

"Excellent. Move the bag across the room to the right corner, and place the bag in front of the current stack." Nimrod instructed.

Frank managed to move the bag to correct location, but he struggled to control height, direction, and the speed the bag moved. It took a full two minutes which exhausted the majority of his power pool. After his first success, Frank spent two hours eating dinner, refilling 120 power point through meditation, and practicing telekinesis for another three minutes. The high cost of the power frustrated Frank, and he hoped the effort would be worth all the time he expected to spend leveling telekinesis.

Frank meditated again for another hour to bring his power pool to 90 points. He needed better recovery of power points if he was going to frequently use his powers. He decided would prioritize training up his Meditation skill in future training sessions. Nimrod explained that the final power was telepathy. One of his soldiers named Jutan was located within a room less than 200 feet away, but Nimrod did not disclose the direction. He gave Frank a list of four actions for Jutan to perform in the room. Frank needed to contact him and give him one instruction at a time to complete the current training task. Frank struggled to reach out to Jutan and to establish a connection due to that adrift feeling he felt when attempting the telekinesis. He just struggled to reach out beyond his body. After a few dropped connections, he was able to complete the training exercise quickly.

When Frank sat down to rest, he pulled up the messages he ignored during the training.

Congratulations! Your learned the Telekinesis power. You earn 100 XP.

Your telekinesis Power has improved by 5%, and your Meditation skill has improved by 20%.

Congratulations! Your learned the Telepathy power. You earn 100 XP.

Power: Telepathy

Discipline: Telepathy

Level: Beginner 1 5%

The power to communicate mind to mind with another telepath over a limited distance.

Cost: 2 Power Points (PP) per minute

Effects: Words only within a range of 200 feet.

Congratulations! Your Meditation skill increased to Beginner 4 5%. The new effect is 2 PP per minute. You earn 50 XP.

Next, Frank took a look at his statistics.

Name Frank Richland Class Psion Level 3 Title Emperor of Caradon Current Experience 1,250 Experience for Next Level 1,400 Hit Points 150 Power Pool 220 Strength 14 Intelligence 22 Dexterity 13 Wisdom 19 Endurance 15 Charisma 15 Vitality 15 Luck 12

Finally, he reviewed a summary of his powers and his skills.

Powers: Perfect Memory, Beginner 2 0%

Telekinesis, Beginner 1 5%

Telepathy, Beginner 1 5% Skills: Concentration, Beginner 1 0%

Meditation, Beginner 4 5%

Nimrod began to speak to him "It has been a long day for you Frank, but you are ready to go to Caradon. I have two gifts for you. The first is this bracer that transforms into a small wooden shield when you think the words transform to shield within your mind. The second is the Mace you used within your combat training. It is a scaling soul bound weapon with just one current power. It automatically heals you once per day for 10 HP when your hit points drop below 25% of their maximum. I suggest you get a good nights sleep within the bedroom attached to this training room. You will awake within Caradon."