Noah watched as Lola departed the store to announce the auction timing to both kingdoms' representatives, her confident stride suggesting she was looking forward to the chaos that competitive bidding would create.
With some time to himself before the auction began, Noah decided to make productive use of the idle room's daily availability. The expensive training facility had proven invaluable for accelerating his skill development beyond what normal practice could achieve.
Rather than spreading his training across multiple abilities, Noah had concluded that focusing intensively on single skills produced superior results. It was better to concentrate his efforts on advancing swordsmanship to its highest possible rank rather than making incremental progress across various disciplines simultaneously.
