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In just less than 3 minutes we found a group of ogres. 4 of them. This near the town, they must be level 2 or 3 at most. I saw Bilky slowing down a little.

" Just as we discussed, Zhira and Bilky engage the two in front. Throw them off balance, and we will take it from there. " I said it again just to be clear.

" Shal, use a killing blow for the first one, then come back in formation. Don't worry about getting attacked by others when you are fighting one, all of you. We will support you until your moves are ready. "

" Yes " they all replied and we started the textbook example of clearing monsters.

First ogre swung his spiky canabo towards Zhira she just dodged and cut a deep wound on ogres right leg. He stumbled and Zhira moved on towards another behind him. Meanwhile Bilky with her skill activated swung the axe with amazing force leaving an ogre without a leg on the ground. Shal sprinted near the stumbling ogre Zhira had left behind and jumped swinging his sword horizontally, cutting the ogre's head off cleanly. Rahil used bullet shot killing the ogre crawling on ground. Zhira was fighting one on one with the third one. I killed the one who was the furthest from others with my five magic powered fast krigara blades. Bilky attacked with an air slash towards the fourth one but the ogre was aware of the attack, he dodged on side and swung his blunt sword at still in motion Bilky after using air slash. She tried to make a stance and swung her axe overhead but there was a small opening, she wouldn't make it in time. I was ready with my blade but before I could act Shal landed on an ogre thrusting his sword deep in his chest. He had used high jump after cutting the head off of the first ogre. Everything ended in less than a minute.

" We killed five ogres in half a minute !!! " Zhira shouted excitedly.

" Yeah, they did better than I expected. " I said.

" We….we did it..! " Bilky said.

" Yeah…!! " Shal was also beyond excited.

" At this speed we can kill so many of them in just a single day…." Zhira said.

" Of course ! that's why we prepared all this time. " I said.

" Our efficiency can really jump a notch like this…! " Rahil was the one who had done most of the work in preparing.

But still this was just one victory and it wasn't perfect. We still got ways to go.

" Bilky you don't have to use powerful moves while engaging a group of enemies, always think two moves ahead. Your attack would not have connected in time the second time. If you lose your balance even for a second on the front line, then it's an opening for your enemies. It's fine if it's just two or three monsters but in a group you just have to throw them off balance. Nice job for the first time though. And you too Shal that save in the end was a perfect example of synergy and teamwork we need to develop from this trial run of ours. " I had to mention few things as a leader or it might end up in very serious mistakes in future.

" That's…..um thank you. " Shal replied. I noticed that he was staring at me and not just him, all of them were staring at me.

" What ? " I asked.

" I didn't even see that." Zhira said.

" I thought Bilky distracted him by doing that…." Rahil was overthinking things as usual.

" You noticed that too ??! " Bilky said. I guess Shal was the only one who knew exactly what happened.

" Of course I did !! That's my main job ! To cover for you guys. " I said.

" How are your blades so fast ?! " Shal asked when we started running in formation again.

" You know rock bullet right ? How do you throw them ? " I replied.

" Yours was five times faster than my rock bullet " He said.

" The more magicules you spend in throwing the faster they are, it's a little difficult to have a control like that though. Plus not everyone can spend so much magicules on just throwing stuff. " I explained.

" A control like that..!! It takes years to just double the speed for normal people. " Shal said.

" She is really good at balancing and controlling magic. I think she has the talent.." Rahil said.

" What is this talent thing you guys keep mentioning ? " I asked.

" Some people are born with the extraordinary ability to control magic, they understand magic way better than others. It is said that not all great magicians have the talent but most magic skills that we use are developed by the people with talent." Rahil nerded it out.

" Nah ! It's nothing that important. You just need to improve your imagination and you can improve your skill quality too. I haven't been able to do it since birth, you know ? I learned it through practice too. " I said.

" Yeah. The world rewards those who work harder than others for it " Bilky said.

After the ogres we also fought a big herd of high leveled goblins. There were more than 17 of them. But Zhira with her lightning fast swordsmanship did a phenomenal job as main tank then Bilky also learned from her mistakes and did an amazing job as second mt. with her strength she was a beast. Her axe was so powerful it could cut even the thickest skinned monsters like butter. I had half a mind to make her main damage dealer but Shal was just somehow better in pure damage. It was clear how used to he was with using his skill. He also made less mistakes and he really had that overall judgement as to where he was needed most on the battlefield. It was the best position for him so I just let it be. Rahil and I, we were used to fighting together. He even sometimes comboed with me when I try to distract some monster with my blades or earthblade Rahil would just be waiting for opportunity and finish the monster with light bullet or eternal fall. He was a far better team player than anyone I could have ever found. He could use the chaos of the battlefield to his advantage like a cool anime character, I guess being clever was not the only thing he had in his corner. Zhira…well she was even bigger monster than the monsters themselves !! She was like a beast out of a cage. When we went to level on my dirt slab I wouldn't let her go so wild. Obviously it was too dangerous to tackle heards of monsters with just two kids. You have to cover each others blind spots perfectly but in a team of five people she just had one job. And man did she love her job. Her blood covered face showed a grin that made my spine freeze. All of us had used our magic effinity skills like fireball, air slash, sky strike, eternal fall, bullet shot but she never used any of that. She was more than enough with just her swordsmanship. Shal had even used inferno once and Bilky and Rahil also used a high heal and water world. Zhira was the oldest so she obviously knew all this C and B rank high leveled skills so when I asked she just said that she never felt so much freedom in a fight so she was just gonna test her limits !! she was weird but I loved this amazing side of her. To be honest I admired her for enjoying this world like me without much fear or necessity like survival. She loved the thrill of it. She was a real player !!

We were a force of nature. In that just one day we may have killed more than 250 to 300 different types and levels of monsters. Direwolves, Goblins, Ogres, Giant spiders, some slimes in between, Nutrabear ( some kind of rat and bear combo ), some pig like monsters called crawlers, once in a while we spotted a big eagle or something we attacked but it ran away and even some Batsquatchs but they were really difficult to handle. Shal and Bilky were as good as any teammate I could ask for ! Actually they were even better, because we were just beginning. Bilky leveled up to 2 in just this one day. We got tons of drops and stuff, I stored most of them because they asked me to hold on to it for them. I was hoping for another skill scroll but I guess they really were rare.

In the evening when I ordered everyone to stop, everyone looked like i was their mom telling them to stop playing video games. I had only used 3000 magicules which was way better than when I was alone. Bilky had used up the most; she had just over 100 left. Shal had 200 left, Rahil over 500 and Zhira who had 4000 as a waccar to begin with only used 350 something. She still had over 3500 magicules left. But our stamina was really low so we decided to go home for today.

" Well done guys ! You all exceeded my expectations…" I said.

" Yeah it is really fun !! " Zhira seconded it.

" Yeah….I can't believe that we didn't even do a single big mistake " Bilky said.

" That's because of that freak's absurd commands…" Shal said, looking at me.

" Yeah…it's like she knows every time exactly what we need to do in any situation." Rahil agreed.

" What are you guys saying !? It's just simple see and tell." I said. My leadership wasn't that great to be honest. I always think back on situations like I could have done that better or some other way etc.

" No, it's more than that. I thought you were just bossy at first but not a single one of your orders were unnecessary or something that was out of our limit. It's like you know us better than we do ourselves." Shal elaborated. What was with them? I just did what was most natural things to do.

" Anyway, go home and rest. I think from now on we can do this everyday." I said.

" Yessss " Zhira and Bilky shouted together. Rahil and Shal were smiling too.

" You guys know the conditions and training for the remaining skills you need to get right ? " I asked Bilky and Shal.

" Yes." they said in unison.

" Good. Practice on your own time from now on. We will start our trial runs at 2 o'clock tomorrow. Only use half your magicules. Rahil will do recovery skills for you but don't waste it any other way except training." I explained our future plans.

" Yes ma'am " All of them shouted together then we all laughed like crazy people.

We ran back to the palace. It was another successful sneaking. No one had noticed us gone today either.

Late night when I was working with father on some festival stall applications and permit documents he said,

" You are still going to do it right ? Or have you changed your mind ?"

" Huh ? What are we talking about here ? " I said.

" Are you sleeping while working !?? " He said coldly.

" Not at all. My focus…Yes my concentration on work was so deep I couldn't hear you..! " I was getting really good at lying recently.

" I heard you snoring…" He said.

" Shit…"

" What ? "

" Nothing, I was just saying how smooth these papers are…"

" Not smoother than you at least…"

" I was saying that the list of anvinsik people we gathered on the pretext of job recruitments in the palace is finally done. " He said.

" Ohh yeah, when can I meet them ? " I almost forgot about them.

" Tomorrow if you want " He said.

" Okay, perfect." I replied.

" We told them it's the job of your personal butler or maid so you could interview them personally." He said.

" Oh ! Nice job " I said.

" Why does it feel like I am the one working for you…!! ' He said.

" You are just stressed because of the paperwork. Here drink this…" I made him a nice mug filled with tea,

" What excuse could you have for creating food and drinks out of nowhere !? That's not armor or weapons ! " He said.

" I could just make lots of tiny armors of tea and release them together…" I said.

" You really think I believe that ? " He said, his eyebrows raised.

" Of course you don't ! But that's the only answer I have for you " I said smiling. It was our most common topic to argue while we worked. He had mentioned a lot of times that he doesn't believe my stats are real. And well I never confirmed or denied it. There was no other way of knowing my stats and I wasn't going to tell anyone.