THE TRAINING-2

Mia got up and followed Uma's instructions for the whole day. She was bashed into the grounds many times. Mia lost the counting after the tenth time. Uma was also merciless in her attacks. Mia managed to pass the first few rounds, but as time went by concentrating became harder and harder.

"You need to keep your calm and learn to manage your senses properly. You are way too confident in your pitiful talent and are not working properly. I honestly doubt your fucking dedication to this job." Uma began to curse at Mia.

Mia lost her cool and broke her stance in an attempt to attack Uma suddenly. To her surprise though, in the next moment, her view of the world had turned upside down, as her body crashed into the ground one more time.

Mia clutched her fist, trying to push her body up. She looked at an emotionless Uma and said. " Never question my dedication. I work harder than anyone else in my surroundings to achieve my goals."

For the first time through their meeting, Uma gave out a chuckle. " Working hard. Do you think that is the problem? Do you think hard work will take you to the fucking top? That is just bullshit some loser wrote in history books."

"If you want to climb the fucking stairs to the very top of the hunting world, you need to start acting smart, not hard. Talent ratings are a fucking veil the Hunter Association puts in the eyes of the general public. It means nothing in our line of business."

"Get your ass up." Uma branded Mia's back with another hit, making her scream in pain once again. Mia managed to push herself back up. The look on her body was extremely pitiful. It was riddled with scars and multiple cuts with blood flowing out.

"What did I mention in the previous lecture?" Uma asked.

" It is about the correct positioning of a hunting team with general configuration." Mia managed to recite the name of the topic.

"Recite the details," Uma instructed.

"I don't remember," Mia said.

"What is that now?" Uma sounded angry.

"I said I don't remember your lecture," Mia said in an aggressive tone. Uma once again vanished from sight, and the next moment a hand was clutching Mia's neck and lifted her in the air.

It was none other than Uma. She looked right in the eye and said. " You don't fucking remember the contents because there were none. We have been wasting time in trying to rectify that fucking ego of yours and have managed to derail the whole training. You would have understood that if you had concentrated.

Uma's grip was getting tighter and tighter until Mia began to choke out of the air and eventually lost consciousness. Uma then threw her body to the ground and kicked it towards Huntress, who hurriedly grabbed her.

"Take her to the fucking infirmary and prepare her for tomorrow's session. I want her in tip-top shape. Once you insert her in the pod, return her to continue our spar. A fucking lousy disciple is sure to have a lousy teacher training her."

"I am not lousy. I just decided to take care of her and train her in a good way."

"Take care of her and train her in a good way. Great words fitting for a weakling who is in denial of her inability to even train a talent. Shut up and go. I don't need to hear your explanations."

Huntress carried Mia's body to the second floor where she entered a room filled with multiple gas pods. She put Mia's body in one of the pods and closed it. She then initiated healing protocols and multiple devices came to life immediately.

An array of needles appeared within the pods, which soon injected themselves into Mia's body and a shiny liquid began to pour into her body. Her injuries began to slowly heal, and her breathing became normal. Once the protocol was over, she took Mia's body and put her in bed.

She then proceeded to the underground floor and continued her training with Uma.

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The next day-

Mia woke up from a nightmare of dying in Uma's hands. She immediately grabbed her neck and felt its position and condition. her breathing was extremely fast as she felt gasping for air. It was as if someone had just released her from a chokehold.

Uma wasn't messing up with her. During their final confrontations, he felt incredible bloodlust pouring out of Uma's body. She was serious about killing Mia.

Mia slowly managed to calm down and grabbed a small glass of water that was laid beside her. She drank the whole thing before finally calming down and analyzing the situation.

She began to inspect her body for injuries but was surprised to see that she was fully healed. She got up and looked at the clock, just to see that the timing of her training had arrived.

Initially, she was hesitant about going down there but finally decided to go. She soon arrived at the battle arena, just to see Uma already present at her previous spot. Huntress was nowhere to be found.

"Get ready and report to me within 10 minutes. we will start today's training. Put on the battlesuit from yesterday." Mia's body almost instinctively along with the orders from Uma.

She went back just to find the battlesuit to be in bloody condition. She wasn't dreaming when she remembered the experience in the previous day's training. She hurriedly put them on and went to the arena.

"Take your stance." Mia managed to get the stance right and Uma proceeded to instruct her on the subject of research. An hour slowly came to pass, and Uma asked her to recite the contents.

"The lecture was about the various species of subterranean night wolves which are a common species within ice-element dungeons. I got to know about their physical characteristics and general power limits. We also found that there have been variations and mutations throughout time, and there are more than 15 species known to hunters. I also got to know their typical movement patterns, attack patterns, hunting patterns, and their group constitution."

"Good. You will now take a 15 mins to break before we proceed with the next set of training." Uma instructed and left the arena. Mia fell down on the floor grasping for breaths, and her legs shaking. The first session was extremely tiring. She wasn't sure if she was going to last.

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At the same laboratory on the the second floor, Huntress's body was within the pod being injected with the medicine. She was badly injured, almost to the point of mutilation.