C32 demonic

"Alright kids, it's been a couple months since I saw you last!" Alvana hands me a sheet, on it are their scores "Steven, Rolls, Calypso, come to the front." Behind me are twenty two younger kids, I'll be taking four since Celeste won't take any "rolls, choose the kids." He picks two out "Calypso, Steven, you two will be team leaders, which means that all the teams answer to them, am I clear?" I look around to everyone, including the new students, and make sure they nod "if you ignore their orders or try to bother me with something they could fix, I'll kill you myself, if you don't believe me the last student that did it is still looking for his balls in the sewers." I call the rest of them up in threes, and soon only four new students remain. "In the next three months none of you will take a rank test, I want you all to focus on gaining experience fighting beasts. Today though, is a special treat, courtesy of the top three. They'll be killing a wyrm worm with me." This is why I'm back anyway. Alvana asked Celeste to let me go so I could deal with this. I chose to let my students have this chance, Calypso is the only one that seems happy about this though.

We're about ten minutes into the desert and already the newer students are starting to tense up, "I wonder if if I should start screaming." Everyone looks at me "number Five!" He jumps, and stands to attention "what is the first thing I taught you, and what should you all be teaching your students right now?" I look at the others, aside from Rolls no one bothered even talking to their students. "Sir, the first thing you taught us is that we shouldn't tense up before the enemy even appears." I raise a hand and look at the rest of my old members "now, why aren't you telling your own students this?" After a moment they join their students "you shouldn't follow everything I say to the letter, after all, what's kept me alive might not keep you alive, however, you are now teachers, do your duties." After a round of nods I turn back to the desert, it should be about time, the bait I've laid out will lead the damn thing right to us. I feel a slight trembling in the ground, "get ready, here it comes!" The new hunters freak out and again, the number ignore them to get ready themselves, I'll wait until after this thing kills someone to get on their cases "are you all idiots! Get your students in gear you fuckin' morons!" I raise an eyebrow at Steven, and he shrugs after a moment "I'm supposed to be a team leader right?" I nod and the sand bursts up, I was the one leading, and it's me the thing came for. The only reason I didn't get hit is because I stopped, but that doesn't mean that it's going to, the sand falls over me as it rises right in front of me "this is a wyrm worm kids, now pulls your panties off the floor.. AND FIGHT!" The last part I roar as I roll under its attack, it literally just jumped up and slammed the earth, going Back under the sand. "Numbers five, eight, and nine! Sit the fuck down, if you can't talk to your students you don't get to do shit! One more warning and I'll make you train until you can't stand!"

Two new students were lost, partially because they didn't follow orders but mostly because the orders they were supposed to follow were late. I stand in front of five and seven, both of whom are pale, "yes, you got a man killed, congratulations, I gave you orders, I gave you reminders, you didn't bother listening. Get your heads in the game. People will die, we're hunters, get over it, you can mourn back in the city. Speaking of which," I turn and look at the horse that is running g from the city "when we get back, remind me to kill some people, including you two." I walk forwards and bloodthrain comes to my hand, this is a new skill I've recently learned I could do.the demon tied herself to me, if either of us die so does the other, and as the master of the sword I can call it to me. "Celeste... tell me what Ren is doing right now." I feel her focus on me and start driving a wedge in the beasts, I'm not trying to kill them all, since they're running from something then maybe they'll part and leave us alone, I have the confidence to get out of this but I can't drag thirty people with me. Luck is in our side as that exactly what happens, the horse parts after I kill enough and the rest follow along, soon we have a runway free of enemies. "Let's go kids, and when we gilet back help me find the families of the two that died." True to form I've numbered them all eleven through thirty, and that's the way they'll stay for now. "Based on my observation there will be some changes to the numbers. Steven, you'll stay at first place, rolls you'll drop to third, calypso fights better than you, calypso, you're up to second. Four drops to sixth, eight and seven you take fourth and fifth respectively, five you drop to seven, nine comes up to eight, ten goes to nine as six goes to ten." The others mumble about my decision but when I turn around they all shut up. I nod and turn back around. This is a fairly big horse, but even now we're on the tale end of it, I'm just worried about who made a horse run off this way. "Kids, pay attention, what can you tell me about our surroundings?" I don't let them say it out loud, i have them come up to me, I'm about halfway through when calypso comes to my side, "sir, I've got a question." After a few moments it becomes apparent that she is waiting for me to continue, so I motion her on, "why weren't you afraid when the wyrm worm appeared in front of you, you didn't even move until it almost hit you, but even then you didn't summon your sword." I turn to her after a moment but before I answer I stop. The wind has stopped, the surroundings have gotten quiet. I stand there me a while, almost twenty minutes in all, but nothing comes our way, the world continues to be still. "Sir?" Calypso is watching the horizon with me, but like me she sees nothing. "There's something here, calypso, put your hand in the ground and tell me what you feel." I'm worried about a legend chancing upon us, this big of a force, and comprised of new students... I don't want to imagine what bloodshed might ensue 'Nicta, I smell a demon, one of my kind has been here, and recently at that." Calypso stands and shakes her head, she didn't feel anything underground. "Bloodthrain, can you tell where it is?" I feel annoyance wash off of her, she's been trying to do that "I can't, it's either a higher tier than I, or it has special camouflage abilities. There are few of either in my homeland." That tells me that one, bloodthrains' demon was once a high tier demon, and two, the demon were catching wind of here is extremely troublesome "all forces, now is the time to tense up. Keep an eye on each other, apparently this thing!" I roll forwards and kick calypsos leg at the same time, she falls and the tail that sweeps over is misses by inches, both our hairs start flailing. "Back up, get away from it and spread out, keep it contained in an area, I'll deal with the thing!" I settle in to fight this new foe, and hope that my knowledge of beasts is useful for demons.