Ch 178: Two years ago Astera (2)

"Commander!" The handler shouts

"You guys were gone for two days. What's this report about a portal?" The commander asks

"It was like the time we met Geralt of Rivia." The Handler says

"Wait you met Geralt? How did he end up here?" Kyra asks before remembering Ciri can teleport between worlds.

"Anyway, I'm coming from a world filled with monsters that are manifestations of negative emotions. There are several academies all over our world.

"Okay?" The commander asks

"I'm basically saying we have a ton of hunters that are well trained and almost all of them are freelancer." Kyra says

"I see where this is going. What do we have? Although we haven't been too understaffed ever since the fifth arrived having more help never hurts." The commander says

"You guys have a near endless supply of resources of an endless list of such resources." Kyra says

"You want monster materials?" The commander asks confused.

"Our monsters disappear when you kill them. We get nothing from them. Our world before I interfered was quickly draining its energy resources." Kyra says

"How do we know your hunters are up to our standards?" The commander asks

"How about a spar with one of my best vs one of your best?" Kyra asks

Kyra looks at Ruby who nods before she brings out her scythe.

"Paarr!!" The Handler shouts

Kyra looks up to see someone jumping from the canteen to the trade yard.

"Her? Ruby do you wanna fight against the slayer of elder dragons?" Kyra asks

"That sounds fun!" Ruby shouts

"Is there anything in the arena?" Kyra asks

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Kyra is atop a mountain looking down into the arena.

"You realize we could still call it off." The commander says

"Ruby is ridiculously strong you know." Kyra says

Ruby lets the opponent make a move first dodging each one of them with minimal effort by a hair.

"You are actually really fast!" Ruby shouts getting abit excited.

"At least I didn't bring Yang. Who knows if that blade would survive her." Kyra says

"What does that mean?" The commander asks

"Well each of our hunters have a gift. We call it a semblance each of them usually train it to the extreme.

Kyra looks down to see Ruby dodge a sword by turning into petals.

"What was that?" The commander asks

"Ruby's semblance petal burst. She can turn into a burst of petals and travel really quickly as them while also being intangible." Kyra says

"That seems similar to the." The commander says but goes silent watching the slayer cast an Igni at where Ruby is going to show up.

"She has experience fighting things that can teleport?" Kyra asks

"Leshen." The commander replies

Meanwhile Ruby's cloak is on fire.

"Wow! Great job!" Ruby shouts putting out the fire with magic.

"Oh no she's going to use magic." Kyra says

"Magic! Can all hunters in your world do that?" The commander asks

"No only a select few I know all of them aswell." Kyra says

"But that semblance?" The commander asks

"It's similar to magic but is ultimately limited." Kyra says

Suddenly the entire arena floor is frozen.

"I also know a few ways to do that without magic. If my Weiss was here she could probably work out a way to with the ever crystal." Kyra says

The commander looks at her.

"I will talk with the guild and see if I can get permission for this." The commander says

"Just tell them Yume said hi. Also I just send the mission requests to me since we have a different system for dispatching hunters." Kyra says wanting to use the automatic one since it's already in use.

"Hmm, that shouldn't be too difficult." The commander says

"How about a researcher aswell. To teach the students at my academy of your monsters and their weak points. I will make it a mandatory class for any hunter that wants to take a request over here." Kyra says

"How much power do you hold in your ruling system?" The commander asks

"I'm the headmaster of the academy the portal here is on academy land." Kyra says

"Ah, that makes more sense. I was worried you were an emperor or something." The commander says

"That's too bothersome." Kyra says looking down to see Ruby using the hunter for sparring practice.