7. Individual training -Melissa- “Get up, you have some training to do.” I feel the force of someone kicking me in the stomach and I open my eyes immediately, I can feel my broken bones move inside of me and the taste of blood in my mouth is increased. “Finish this potion as I explain your training routine.” Cyril says as he hands me an open potion vial. I drink the rest of the potion and the pain lessens rapidly. “The rest are already gone to do their own training and you will all do this alone for a while. This will help you stop compensating your weaknesses with your teamwork, teamwork should come after all members are strong enough on their own. You can leave your shield there, you will only need your sword for this training. Your routine will start with a quick duel with me, then you will go run in the forest and at the end of the run you will kill one orc by yourself. If you´re still alive after that you will run to the pond while healing yourself and ...

4.  An encounter in the cave. -Alessa´s point of view- My back is hurting, I wake up and my back feels so stiff that I can barely move. I open my eyes and see metal bars all over me and I remember that I was kidnapped on my way to the meet up. I start shaking when I think all the horrible things they might do to me, I sit by resting my back between the bars. I wipe away the tears that are starting to drop on my dress, I won’t get to meet with my cousin now and when I said goodbye to my family I didn’t think it would be the last time. I start gathering the mana but the amount of mana here is nonexistent and the amount I need to drown myself is large. My hands are shaking and my vision is getting blurry from the watery eyes but I have gathered enough mana to cast the spell. I hear someone open the door and I lose my concentration and the mana disperses from my grasp, I lose all strength in me as the terror of the situation dawns to me. It is quite dark so I don’t ...

6. Magic training “Here, drink these. They will heal you so you can focus on the magic training.” Cyril handed us two vials with purple liquid. I take the vial and drink the purple liquid, it tastes bitter but it has a sweet after taste. I feel the pain disappear and I could move normally again. “Before we start I will have to tell you a few things you need to watch out when you go into a populated area. The level of magic I am going to teach you is way above the normal level of the world so if you go around showing it off there will be consequences. Same with her healing magic, if people find about it they will see you as a threat and try to eliminate you so keep it a secret. Another thing is that even with all this training there will be many monsters you are unable to beat so you need to improve more after you leave here and do not think that you are invincible. Last thing is that the potions I give to you are crazy expensive and I am expecting you to repay me in the...

Training arc begins. 5. The cabin in the woods We go inside the cabin, the interior of is plain and there are only two shelves, a bed small table with one chair and a tiny kitchen. Cyril puts Marie down on the bed and takes a potion from the shelf. “This is a healing potion for physical injuries and it will heal her completely in twelve hours.” Cyril shows the potion to us and walks back to the bed. “Can you let me, do it?” asks Martin. “Yeah, go for it but just to let you know it’s an expensive potion so don’t fuck it up.” Martin takes the potion from Cyril and gently pours the red liquid in Marie’s mouth. “Now that that’s been taken care of, we have some talking to do.” “Thank you, Cyril.” I burst out while bowing down to him. “I don’t mind helping you brats out but you have to go back to your mountain now.” “I am sorry but that would be impossible.” I say while still bowing to him. “It is not, I can just bust the gate open and let you guys go back ...

     3. Looking through the cave. I wake up on the cold rock floor beside the dead body of the man I killed last night. I rise quickly and pain shoots through my body and I couldn’t even stand up. I look around while still sitting on the floor and see the same passage where I fought the man before falling asleep, I see blood on the floor here and there and I see the two open doors and a closed door to the right. I drag myself next to the wall and take support from it as I force myself to stand up. Every step I take is heavy and various places hurt as I walk slowly to the room where the man came from. I step inside the room and see the desk in the middle of the room and a chair behind it, there is a bed in the far-right corner of the room and a chest in the near-right corner behind the door. I turn around and walk slowly back to the entrance to wait for anyone who might show up late but I know that they should have come already if they were coming and I also kno...

4. New day in a new place “Hey, wake up Melissa.” I open my eyes slowly and see Alice beside me. “What is going on?” “You fell asleep, so we let you sleep until we were ready to move out.” “Did I really fall asleep when I was supposed to be keeping a look out.” “Yes, but Martin was awake so its fine, I guess that is why there is two on the lookout at the same time.” “I feel like all I’ve been doing is getting taken care of the whole time.” “Not really, you got a heavy beating from the bear so it’s understandable. I felt like I was being taken care of when you went to the cave yourselves and all I did was look at the entrance.” “Being the lookout is an important job, which I failed myself.” “The point is that we must learn how to rely on each other, otherwise this trip is going to be much more difficult.” “That’s true and I should get up already if everyone is waiting for me.” I get up and go out of the tent. “Finally, awake sleepyhead?” Martin asks...