Of Shadows And Blades

It was not the strangest thing asked for by Aliyah. The Shedim, being a people who were suited to be mercenaries, were always being made to do oddball tasks and jobs for the ones they were hired by.

Money wasn't their real end goal; that was something they more or less picked up along the way that helped them fund

Their true end goal was simply to find something or someone to fight, and while many of them just attacked people on-site, many more found a much more civilized way to produce conflict.

That's why Cera and Wode accepted to train this strange child. They could sense his innate and immense strength even by just being in his presence alone.

So, for that afternoon, training was simply just another way for them to fight, and it was quite an interesting battle indeed.

They began after the arena closed for the day, so many of the spectators were gone, leaving only a few curious eyes and, of course, the Mazzikin to watch over the training.