BXBX NOVEL Chapter 271 Meeting New Mentors
Arriving at the barracks, there were 6 people waiting for them, 2 of which were Luna and Elaina. The others were people that they had not seen yet, but judging from their appearance it was easy to tell who would be paired with whom.
"Welcome, glad to see you are all well. It even seems that you've finally made it to tier 7." Elaina scanned each and every one of them, surprised that they managed to tier up overnight. It was definitely abnormal, yet strangely enough it was just like Freja, which explains why she was so adamant about getting them trained.
"Oh my god… what happened to you, Silver!!!" Luna, who adored cute things, was in disbelief when the small wolf boy was now pretty much a full-grown man. She circled around him trying to ascertain whether her eyes were playing tricks on her.
"Uhhh, I grew up?" Silver didn't know how to respond and felt a little awkward having Luna hover around him. Elanor gave Luna a death stare seeing that she was making him uncomfortable.
"O-oh sorry." Luna realised what she was doing and slowly backed away, a little disappointed as she gathered the two were in a relationship.
*sigh* "Anyway, today you will be going through a training routine with your respective mentors." Elaina wanted to throw Luna across the field, but instead, she just tried to move on and began the introductions.
"Shaman, you will be going under Tyso's watch." Elaina gestured to a male demon monkey who was dressed in black robes with two katanas hanging off his waist. Tyso did not speak much and only nodded in response to Elaina's introduction.
"Now for Elysia, you will be with Vania." The next person in line was a female demon half-elf, something they did not think possible and made Elanor raise an eyebrow. The elf demon wore a skin-tight red top and black pants showing most of her curves, which Silver couldn't help but stare at.
Elanor noticed Silver's gaze and elbowed him in the ribs, breaking away his attention. Elanor then quickly looked away, slightly blushing as she didn't want him to think of her as the jealous type.
"I may be an elf, but I have lived here all my life therefore gaining demon traits, so don't think too deeply about my appearance." Vania did a polite bow, understanding why they may be a little surprised that an elf, whose people were known for taking pride in their country, has completely defected to another nation.
"Moving on... Clara, your mentor will be Kano. He is an expert only in whips. That's the closest I could get considering your weapon is extremely unique, but I'm sure you can still learn a lot from each other." Elaina didn't have anyone who was an expert in whip blades so the next best thing was just someone who used a whip.
"Greetings." Kano was a female demon who had a cowgirl aesthetic which got a slight chuckle out of Shaman. It was extremely stereotypical to the point that even her voice had a typical Southern accent which Shaman found hilarious. Luckily for her, her laugh would go unnoticed.
"Last but not least we have Shino who is our top stealth expert in the intelligence branch." Silver looked over to see who it was, but when he did the person that was pointed at had already vanished. Suddenly Silver felt a chill down his spine and, out of pure reflexes, he spun around as he pulled out his scythe.
A small woman who was completely dressed in skin-tight black clothes swung down with 2 small scythes. Silver managed to block her blows, but the ground underneath him shattered, showcasing how strong the strike was.
"I like him, glad it wasn't a waste of my time Elaina." Shino nodded approvingly as she walked back to where she originally stood.
"Glad you like him." Elaina was worried for a moment and was about to interfere, but she saw Shino redirect the force at the last moment. Silver on the other hand was shaking in his boots as the sheer force he felt from that strike terrified him.
However, he also realised that the power he just felt was something he might one day achieve, which definitely excited him.
"Alright! Like I said, Elanor will be with me. As for everyone else, I would like you to follow your respective mentor. Luna, you will keep tabs on everyone. Make sure that by the end of the day they are all properly healed." Elaina gave the call to split up and begin training. Walking up to Elanor, Elaina took her hand and teleported them away.
The mentors gestured to follow them, taking each of them away to their personal training areas, which is where they will be living for the next few months.
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As the group split up, it seemed that Silver and Elanor were the only ones to be taken to separate locations. Shaman, Elysia and Clara all found themselves in a massive part of the castle where it would seem more of the elite demons resided.
The main area was a massive hub with hallways leading to different sections, each marked with signs depicting what was down that hallway. Many of the demons looked over curiously, as it had been quite a while since anyone other than the elites have been allowed to this area of the castle. However, after having a quick look they returned to whatever they were doing.
"You will be staying here with us while we train you. We were instructed to let the three of you share a room. But before we settle you into your room, we will get straight to training as we need to see for ourselves the kind of skills you have." Vania explained what the plan was and the three girls nodded together. They were relieved that they would be staying together, but were still somewhat worried about Silver and Elanor.
"This is where we will separate for the time being as we will be heading to the personalised training halls." Vania said as they reached an intersection. The various paths led to a different hallway with differently marked doors. Each instructor took their charge down the relevant hallway… which weirdly enough ended up being one and the same.
"..." Vania stood silent for a moment feeling the extreme awkwardness that came with saying bye, but still walking in the same direction.
"I-I guess not." Letting out a defeated sigh, Vania followed the other 2 mentors as well as the two girls following them.
"Haha, it's okay." Elysia patted Vania's back trying to provide some comfort to her mentor.
"Thank you." Vania latched herself onto Elysia giving her a hug, which… wasn't the best idea. Both Shaman and Clara turned around, panicking that Elysia would burn Vania to a crisp, but when they turned it was quite the opposite.
"No worries, but isn't this a little too close?" Elysia was acting rather normal for someone who would kill if anyone other than Shaman and Clara touched her.
'Okay that's exaggerating, but it seems like she is holding herself back.' Shaman saw the veins popping out from one of Elysia's hands, which showed she was about to lash out. Clara noticed this as well and tried to gesture for Vania to let go.
"Oh sorry." Vania quickly let go as she did not mean to invade any personal space and was just treating Elysia same as she does for everyone.
"It's okay, but Vania, please be careful around Elysia, she can get a bit… unreasonable when it comes to other women and men." Shaman quickly walked up and whispered the warning. Vania nodded understanding the situation… hopefully.
After getting the warning, they quickly caught up to the two other mentors who did not stop nor care about what was going on. Soon they each found their rooms, each containing the environment best suited for their respective weapons.
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While separated from the others, Silver wasn't too far as he was taken to the underground part of the castle. He was taken to a small room filled with magic holograms displaying incoming communications as well as maps of areas displaying the locations of high-tier monsters.
Yet the most people-packed section by far was the one that seemed to deal with intelligence from other nations. Silver scratched his head at this since the demons were supposed to be closed off, yet seemed to know everything that was going on.
"Welcome to the backbone of the Demon Lands, where we are constantly gathering information about the other nations as well as the dangers inhabiting our own lands. It is our responsibility to ensure the safety of the people of our land." Shino introduced the internal workings of her job, however this would not be their focus.
"But I'm sure you don't care much about all of that, follow me and I'll show you your training regimen." Shino continued onward to a different room which revealed an obstacle course of extremely dangerous traps with a dummy at the end.
"If you can survive this, then I will take you out on a real mission." Shino smiled, presenting the challenge to Silver who had a look of dread plastered on his face.