After Balder left the safe room became very quiet aside from food and water deliveries there is nothing going on in the room other than Wulfgar causing trouble, and it's natural for a wolf to get bored in a room like this so he didn't spend all his time here thrown on my sleeping pillow. Not only did he try to play and keep me company, he did so with Raziel and Torris, neither of them could ignore Wulfgar for long and avoid playing with him.
Wulfgar had a very effective tactic of simply throwing himself on top of people to get their attention and since he's grown enough and his body is quite strong, he manages to have enough strength to push one of us to the ground even as everyone else here they are silver core warriors. He even tried to get closer to Alex, but she wasn't in the mood to play with him, even after the jokes he did around her like hiding between the pillows and looking different places around her.
I don't blame Wulfgar's lack of comedy skills as he is a wolf, no matter how smart he is and his actions are quite human he is still a level one wolf, Alex had to see and hear the agonized screams of people that she led, no matter how much she distances herself from them for being a noblewoman, she must still have met them a little, during a long journey they must have taken she must have gotten to know some of them well and all of this makes them their deaths are harder for her to overcome.
Honestly, I was lucky this time, without the sacrifice of the Pruma family mercenaries my friends and I would have died at the hand of a lunatic, but that is past and I decided to spend my time meditating and practicing my control over my aura and elemental energy within mine. core, it wouldn't be nice to do my training in front of other people and that makes the training less effective. Aside from the interruptions Wulfgar made, I'd had hours of training before the time we were supposed to be in the room was over.
When we left the room and traveled through a maze of tunnels, we finally saw the sun in the sky and fresh air, this is something you can only feel in an open environment like the patio we are in now, but unfortunately, I couldn't enjoy the air for long. fresh, as I just got a message written on black paper with red ink.
So, I made my way to one of Principal Griamlkin's offices, I was quite surprised to find that she has several offices spread throughout the institute. I don't understand why she does this, but I think Balder must have some idea why there are so many offices.
When I entered the office, I found my master sitting with the pitch up and a sword that still smelled blood beside her, this is the first time I see her gun and just being in the same room with her makes me uneasy. From what my master told me her saber was made mainly from the column of a lizard monster that has a body with metallic properties, a level five magic beast, that saber that is still smelling of blood and extremely sharp and heavy is the building. The entire institute was not made of resistant materials, the floor would be marked by the weight of the master's saber, but it is strange that it is not made with materials from the element of death, this type of material is rare, but I do not understand it as the master's weapon. she doesn't have them when I asked her, I only got an enigmatic smile in response.
"Good morning, master. How was your hunt? Did you manage to kill a lunatic assassin?"
Her smiling face was replaced by a frown, but soon returned to a sinister smile.
"No, but I managed to kill some cultists and rip the legs off the bitch who protects you from the demonic killer, these people are a bunch of lunatics. That bitch I was a pain to capture, but now she's in the custody of the priests and she must be burned at the stake to be 'cleansed' in two days' time, depends on how long the priests are willing to try to interrogate her."
"So the mage who could cast a curse on me and the others is doomed, I'm not ashamed to admit that I'll sleep much better after she's dead. I'm afraid of dying an agonizing death because of a curse cast across town."
An evil laugh engulfs the entire room, and my master's joy is giving me the shivers.
"You confused him one thing, Ulric. The bitch with the priests is a shadow and earth element mage who attacked us with a ridiculous string of powerful and confusing spells, and in mine of all the chaos she created the demonic assassin fled leaving her behind. The curse element mage that could be targeting you is in full health, the bitch hasn't even shown up to help the demonic assassin, it looks like she's not in the region or their partnership is over."
That was unpleasant and I'm sure the mistress made this misunderstanding on purpose just to make fun of me, but I'm still happy knowing that the curse element mage is far away or has nothing more to do with the demonic assassin, it doesn't matter which option is right i feel very safe knowing she has no reason to waste her time with me anymore.
"Okay, I don't think I was called here just to find out the demonic assassin got away, do you have any orders or punishment to give me?"
"Straight down to the point, I'm happy with your courage to admit your mistakes. But I have to admit that I didn't expect your ability to get in trouble to be this great, Ulric. Just as you had the courage to admit that you were afraid of Morgana, I will admit that I am afraid of her ability to attract trouble and engulf everyone with you."
"That damn lunatic disappeared from this part of the continent years ago, Ulric, but the day you go out to see your girlfriend fight he makes his return killing a bunch of Pruma family mercenaries and several adventurers and civilians for the rest of the night. You didn't know this before because I asked nobody to tell you about it, but he did a great massacre that night when the family nobles and adventurers tried to capture him, a lot of people died all over the city, like over a hundred deaths that night."
"I'm not telling you this to make you feel bad, a lunatic killer doesn't need an excuse to kill people, but I want you to understand that you could have been one of the names on the victim list. You may think that you are strong for your age and that many people have the same level of power as you are even decades older than you are, but you are still weak."
"You could be going to war next year and that's going to be a great place to die, if you find something inexplicable or that seems weird don't go investigate because you'll end up putting yourself in mortal danger. You must go back to base and make a report, you attract a lot of trouble and I'm not making a joke about it right now, if you bring trouble in mine from enemy territory, you'll end up dead and that would make all the money I've invested in you so far and that I'm going to invest in you in the future be a waste of money, I don't like losing money, Ulric, do you understand?
"Yes, don't make you lose money."
"Fine, and that wasn't the only reason I called you here today, Ulric. You will go to the kingdom's capital next week with your friends, the next test run has been brought forward and its period will increase, this is a great opportunity for you to train and it's time for you to advance to the intermediate stage of the gray core, Any questions?"
"Yes, why has the test changed? What happened in the last few days can't be the reason for that, the demonic killer is more of a problem for the south region and where does he run off to after fleeing here, can it?"
"Yes, but he hasn't been the only happening in the last few days. I heard several problems in the neighboring kingdoms and in other regions of the kingdom the activity of the priests of evil gods has increased a lot, and this is always a bad sign. They are like vultures that have found new bodies to feed on, and my metaphor is not just an ornament, there are a lot of people dying and it's not just here in the south, the damn idiots have decided to resolve all the conflicts they've had in the last few years now and the amount The huge number of deaths attract necromancers, assassins, scavengers and corpse sellers. Most of this scum are people who are devotees or priests of evil gods."
"The whole scheme of the army and royal family is getting out of control and they decided to advance the test to accelerate the formation of the elite groups of young people, because the war could start much sooner than they predicted and also at the risk of your being used to hunt down people who have some relationship with unwanted worshipers and cultists. You better prepare for boot camp it won't be easy, and your wolf will stay here because animal companions aren't allowed in camp, you don't have to worry about him I'll take care of him just fine."
"Any question?"
"No, I better go pack my things. I thought the reason the dates changed had to do with something happening in the old ruin."
"This is another problem that is close to bursting, in recent days several mercenary groups have fled towards the ancient ruin taking advantage of the fact that most people in the south were hunting the demonic assassin. I am absolutely sure that in the next few days there will be one more bad event that will attract even more trouble, we are living in a very restless time, Ulric and that is always a sign that something big is going to happen."
It's after being bombarded by various information I left the master's office.