Lith was guided to a large tent. Inside the tent, there were two people.
-well, you already know John-Sahr pointed to the man that carried a rapier- and that lady is Mila.-
-So you are the cause that we don't have cook-Mila commented looking at her simple breakfast.
-oh Mila, don't be like that is not his fault that the cook saw enemies and run headfirst to his death-
-okay, sit down kid- Sahr order while she sat and picked up a plate for herself. She proceeded to explain, how her groups were John and Mila. They were traveling with the rest of the encampment, seemingly because Lady Shaura was infatuated with John, so she paid the rest of the people to follow them to make their life easier. Lith had no idea who Lady Shaura was and Sahr didn't explain. They were on their way to the Cavern. It was one of the few dungeons of the continent. What made the Cavern special was the fact that until now nobody had reached the deepest level. It was known of people who were able to go to the six-level some said that they had gone down till the 7th level.
-wait if there are only a few dungeons on the continent, doesn't that mean that there is an almost continuous stream of people entering the Cavern, how come those numbers had not eliminated everything from the dungeon?-
-you will see once we arrive there-
-Hey, the kid seems to have a brain- said Mila, making Lith blush, but it was short-lived
-I wouldn't bet on that-John remarked. And before Lith could say something else Sahr continue with her explanation, they have like a week of travel to leave the dessert, and a month more after that to arrive at the mountain range where the Cavern was located. To arrive at the Cavern would take them a month and a half if nothing went wrong. Lith was also informed that the rest of the encampment would live them alone after crossing the desert.
-Now, your responsibilities-Sahr said while looking turning her head to face Lith.- You will be in charge of cooking this does imply making sure that everything is clean after we are done eating. You will have to take care of your own tent and things. We will make sure you have enough things with what to cook and the equipment for cooking will become part of the things you need to carry.- Shar kept thinking-Note that you will also have to incorporate yourself into our routine training. Mmm, so what do you know how to use.-
-Two one-handed axes or the halberd-Lith answer proudly. Sahr race an eyebrow and smirked.
-Interesting, after you finished cleaning the dishes, you will meet us next to the pond.-
After everyone finished their breakfast and left Lith alone. After cleaning everything and putting away the things he would need to cook. It took much more time than he thought it would take. Limit explained that kind of small thing was one the big factor in that travel took so much time. Cooking, eating, and cleaning takes time. Now ready, Lith went to look for Sahr.
Next to the pond, Sahr, Mila, and John were training. They were doing combat practice, John and Mila against Sahr. John rapier was fast moving in every kind of angle; on the other hand, Mila had a spear that moved back and forth looking for an opening. Sahr on the other hand had a knife in each hand. While she was on the defensive side, she had control of the fight. She moved and made sure that Mila and John were not able to attack at the same time. Half the time if Mila was not in the way of John, John was in the way of Mila. Some hits landed on Sahr every now and then, but the angles were not correct or there was no force behind them.
Lith didn't see why they didn't attack in pincer form, retreat a few paces, and attack. Sahr didn't attack often, and when she did attack one of them the other interrupted. From the outside, it seemed like a coordinated dance. But the stand didn't last long Mila and John's looks crossed they simultaneously did a jump backward. They wanted to try to gain space to do the attack in a pincer fashion. Sahr smiled and kicked sand in the direction of Mila and directed the attention to her. Mila had to close her eyes Sahr took the opportunity and moved past the spear. Mila received a kick and stumbled to the floor. Sahr threw his knife towards John who deflected the attack. When he was about to resume the attacking, he noted that Sahr was looking behind him. Turning around he saw Lith standing there.
-You are finally here, Mila up from the floor- Sahr commanded- Let's see, first Mila against Lith. Spear against halberd seems to be a good much don't you think?- she thought a bit- after that axes against Milas spear, and we will repeat the process against John.
Mila cleaned a little bit her clothes and waited in position. Lith had some confidence he had some training fights against spears. But once he was in front of Mila with all her undivided attention.
-Start- Sahr announced.