Shaping everyone up

The next day, they woke up for the first rays of light. The Aries warriors that didn't stand guard were slipping in pairs under tents made out of leaves, while the goblins were sleeping outside as a sort of goblin pile. Cleopatra nudged against Ezyze that he embraced like a pillow.

So soft.

Ezyze greeted everyone.

Good morning Arthur, I hope you slept well. I thought hard and I think that we should do three things. With Cleopatra, 10 Aries warriors and 11 goblins, we should go out and try to hunt some beasts and monsters to raise our levels. 5 warriors should go scouting around to understand our surroundings. 5 others should stand guard while you teach the remaining 11 goblins about martial techniques.

But I can't teach them our household coveted arts.

You should Arthur. As I said, we are in the same boat. Although they are the weakest force now, they may evolve into a strong force that we could eventually rely on. Do you want to send only Aries warriors to their graves?

No but..

No buts, remember, our survival relies on it. Also, at some point, I may have to rely solely on the goblins if you found yourselves elsewhere. Do you want me to die without at least any chance of survival? You are the Aries librarian Arthur, your knowledge and teachings may be more valuable, today and in the future, that your abilities as a single warrior. Please Arthur, allow us to develop ourselves.

Fine.. but at their level, only spearmanship and round shield can be useful. With their small statures, I even wonder if they can be of any help!

Thank you. Also, I will need you to lend the blue goblin daggers that he can use as swords, and please teach the brown one hand to hand martial arts. Don't forget to help the remaining Aries warriors in progressing on their own.

After making round shields and lance quickly for the first 10 goblins, a red haired man came.

Greetings lord, my name is Baal, I am a level 26 red-horned sorcerer and the captain of this group. We have 8 Aries warriors and 2 Aries spearmen, their level averaging 22.

Name: Baal

Title:

Level: 26

Trait:

Hell horned bloodline S

Swordsmanship B+

Class: red-horned sorcerer (rare) rank 1

Nice to meet you Baal, let us become stronger together.

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After some times looking around the plains, while the mammoth and sabertooth were strong beasts around level 25-30, the group had to find weaker preys. Scattered downhill, at the junction of the valley and forest, several groups of Wild thick furred boars were around. They were a meter in height, some bigger.

Name: Wild thick-furred boars

Level: 8-12

After selecting first a group of 5 boars, the Aries warriors began to slowly surround them while Ezyze, Cleopatra and the group covertly approached them. After making sure that their escape routes were closed, Aries began attacking them and critically injured them, breaking their legs or almost destroying their backs. As a race made for war, Aries sure were impressive, moving swiftly, coordinated and unfazed by sudden movements. When Ezyze and the goblin warriors approached, all hell broke loose. The goblins stumbled upon each other's, some afraid of the boars' sudden movements. It took 3 of them and repeated efforts to slay one boar. Only the blue goblin managed to jump on the boar and slash at its eyes before plunging his blade to its head. Ezyze faired better and managed to jump over an injured board and plant his axe in his head, while Cleopatra distracted it. Blood splattered and most of these ragtag group of human were soaked. They were soaked but alive.

Level up, you gained 3 stat points.

Since all members leveled up and saw blood for the first time, they repeated this process 3 times before separating into smaller units after feeling confident with slaying and battling. 3 goblins were with 2 Aries warriors respectively, blue goblin, another goblin and cleopatra were with an Aries warrior and the 2 Aries spearman and Ezyze was with Baal. He chose to be on his own to gain greater situation awareness and even succeeded at slaying a weaker boar on his own. He felt himself improving and gained 4 levels. When the sun started to set, Ezyze stood at level 6 while all the other were at level 4.

When they returned at the camp carrying several boars, the scouts already returned and Arthur came to him.

How was your first hunting session?

Nice, it is something to see blood again. I feel that my senses improved and my instinct sharpened. I am level y while the others reached level 4. We have tons of food for the following days and everyone becomes better warriors. I am glad to become sharper, however I am wondering about things related to magic.

Magic truly is a world of wonders, especially for us Aries. You should ask Baal, he may have guidance for you.

Baal?

Yes, he is a formidable sorcerer, he may not have shown it, but he is able to wield lethal flames.

I will. How were things on your end?

The scouts came back. They found out that these plains are very vast and besides these mammoth and sabertooth, few other animals live here. In the forest however, there are several nests of monkeys and strong horned rabbits, as well as sightings of tempest blue garus.

What are these?

These are birds that seem to never be touched. The ones that we could see are rank 1 around level 27, they are hard to see.

How was training on your end?

Good, most of them achieved beginner spearmanship and shield mastery. The brown one however truly is something, I am sure that she is already a beginner at Aries martial arts.

Of course, it is not surprising with her level of talent!

What do you mean?

She has a S rank martial body.

After receiving Arthur's incredulous look, Ezyze began explaining him that he can see the faction's member's traits, and a simplified version of their status.

That is amazing! What are the others able to do?

Well the brown has S rank martial body and tough skin at B-, the blue one has something called sound of the wind and swordsmanship at A- rank. All the warriors already carry weapons that go along their traits, however Baal has a B+ rank swordsmanship.

So he has talent in swords.. The blue one also does? We will need to do something about it!

Later on, everyone ate a lot of boar. Cleopatra was shocking many, eating two boars on her own. When the camp died down and guards started their shifts, Ezyze went to Baal asking him for guidance regarding magic.

I am a sorcerer, it is in my bloodline, I can hardly help you. It is an innate talent that blossom on its own. We can move magic like that with our thought.

He created a ram that ran around and crashed in the fireplace.

We just feel the mana particles around and use our vessels to just do the rest. Besides trying to help you feel mana, I don't really see how to help you in any way.

I a grateful for any help. Please help me.

Like that, they spent two hours with Baal infusing mana in Ezyze's back, while Ezyze tried to feel this warm energy flooding specific path of his body and grasping something weird around. This was especially exhausting for Ezyze, as it was both mentally and physically taxing. They went to sleep.