Rix was at practice the next day.
When I saw her waiting for us, I wasn’t surprised because she had beaten us there. I was surprised that she was there in the first place.
The redhead smiled broadly as everyone else walked into the fighting pit. I stayed behind, so that the two of us could go in together.
“The old man is Yhan Plere and he is with his only daughter Neme.” Rix began to report. "He’s level thirty five and she’s twenty eight.” She walked up to Glima to get her cuff deactivated.
I was right behind her and as we walked down the steps she whispered. "Just like the weapons.”
I got what she was insinuating, then realized that she wasn’t asking for permission. Now the reason why she was at training made sense. She needed an alibi for the captive’s prison break.
“Today we will do something more challenging.” Glima wove her hands and two monsters appeared in the middle of the pit.
The first looked like a lizard with frills around its neck. It was tan with brown speckles and its eyes focused on us immediately.
The second was a large cat. Both monsters’ shoulders were just over two feet high, so they weren’t large except when compared to their animal originals. The cat began stalking to the side as the lizard opened its mouth.
“DUST LIZARD!” I gave the warning just before Gesai did.
Rix flicked the blade out of her weapon and veered off towards the cat.
“DASH!” I sped into Oz and grabbed on to her as I moved out of the sand shooting out of the Dust Lizard’s mouth.
“You good?” I brushed myself off. I might not have been hit, but there was still dust everywhere.
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The raven-haired woman nodded as Gesai started shouting orders.
“Ren! Buff Rix! Justia! Keep an eye on Rix in case she needs healing. Oz! Atlas! That lizard is fast and can shoot again quickly, but it doesn’t have any teeth. As long as you can avoid its breath and claws, it's harmless. Get in close and take off its head.” Our teacher looked at the man standing close to Glima. "Jord… Just stay there.”
I wondered how this monster would deal with electricity, so as it planted its feet to prepare for a second blast, I pointed my finger at its open mouth. "Earth Shot! Electric Shot!”
The first two projectiles went down its throat, which prompted it to close it before shooting its breath at us again. The two arcs of electricity caused it to hop to the side. I changed the grip on my sword, but Oz beat me to it.
“Quickdraw!” The raven-haired woman zipped forward and sliced at the lizards neck. Since the monster was already in motion, it couldn’t correct itself, which had left it wide open. Oz’s blade cut cleanly through the neck, reducing it to smoke.
“How about…” I looked over at Rix to see that the redhead had finished her monster and was putting her weapon away. “Showoff.”
Rix shrugged and turned to the Summoner. "Do you have any bosses?”
“We’re not doing bosses until the five of you can work better as a team in a crisis.” Gesai looked at the older woman for support. Glima just nodded.
“Then let’s work on that.” Rix began stretching.
The next pair of monsters appeared in the pit, but before we could fight them, there was an explosion. Glima dismissed the monsters with a wave of her hand.
“Weapons. Now.” The bald woman took Jord’s weapon and jumped into the ring.
I barely had time to take off the sheath of my sword before she stored it in her crystal band. There was a second explosion as she rushed to the door. "Stay here.” It sounded like she locked the door after she went through it.
I looked at Rix, who gave me her best innocent look.
“What are we going to do?” Ren walked over to Oz and grabbed her arm.
Rix pointed up. "There’s no roof, so I’m going to watch.” She looked at me. "You coming?”
I started to, but then realized something. Glima had taken our weapons, but she hadn’t sealed out cuffs. I looked at my crystal band display. It read 1 new message.
I waved for her to go on. "I’ll be there once I mess with this.” I held up my crystal band.