The shadow souls were done training the chosen ones. Jhoten and all his peers were standing at the centre of the enormous shadow army with firm eyes. Dragonhead and longsword-bearing shadows stood before them. Dragonhead ordered, "State the amount of time taken to get accustomed to your new selves and the number of shadows it took to make it happen!!"
Jezba started, "7 years, 27 shadows!!"
Tirmuk followed, "43 years, 53 shadows!!"
Thus, the lineup followed as usual with the remaining bunch.
Juggaan, "12 years, 11 shadows!!"
Zbeck, "11 years, 14 shadows!!"
Alkarini, "9 years, 19 shadows!!"
Jibaarun, "4 years, 23 shadows!!"
Takanu, "14 years, 15 shadows!!"
As Jhoten's turn came, everyone looked at him. Dragonhead and longsword stared at him. He opened up, "2 years, 2 shadows!"
"Gasp!!!", the rest of the bunch shook towards him. Dragonhead spoke, "Continue!!", to which Bobani flinched, "Ah, 13 years, 21 shadows!!!"
The lineup continued.