Yusei takes a break from working and sits on the window seal and sees Tempus and Locus training, while Sonoshee sits, trying to use her magic. As Yusei is watching them train, Julius walks in the room. "Your Majesty, the damage all over the kingdom is now fixed, and the kingdom's money is still growing so we don't have to worry about running out anytime soon," Julius says to Yusei as he notices him focused on something outside. Julius, curious about what has Yusei's attention, walks to the window to see Tempus, Locus, and Sonoshee.
"Julius, I want you to train them so they don't get in the way," Yusei asked. "Yes sir, but if you don't mind me asking, is there any other reason you want me to train them?," Julius asks.
"I want to see how strong they can become and how far they're willing to go to become stronger. So that means, don't go easy on them," Yusei answered, as he picked up a cup of tea and went back to watching the kids.
"There's a necklace, the Echelon Amulet, that shows the amount of power one possesses and which configuration they fall into. But Julius, you're too strong to put it on, so it would break if you did. It's in the armory, in a box," Yusei says informatively.
"I wonder how powerful those kids will become before I take them up Dragon Mountain," Yusei thinks to himself as he drinks some tea and continues to watch.
Julius walks out of the room and goes to the armory to get the necklace.
Meanwhile outside.
"Tempus, I know physical training is good to do, but I think we need to find a way to learn new moves with our magic," Locus proposes.
Tempus gets up from doing push-ups. "I know, but I can't think of anything for us to do and we really don't know what our true magic is. I know I can stop someone for a little time, you can teleport, and no offense to you Sonoshee, but we don't know if you really have enough magic to do anything and that's it," Tempus says to his friends.
Sonoshee looks at Tempus with a mad look. "You know what? I probably have more magic than both of y'all, and just because y'all can stop someone and teleport doesn't mean I have useless magic," Sonoshee exclaims with a mad voice, as Julius comes from behind placing his hand on her shoulder. "That is correct, Sonoshee. That does NOT mean you have useless magic."
"The king has asked me to train y'all, and from what I've heard y'all don't know much about y'all powers or how much power each of you have," Julius clarifies as presents the Echelon Amulet, having a clear stone in the center.
"The stone will shine a particular color depending on what configuration of power you have and depending on how deep the cracks become the amulet measures your power. The deeper the cracks the greater the mana pool you have at the moment," Julius explains.
Tempus inquisitively, "What's a mana pool, sir?"
Julius educates the kids, "Your mana pool is the amount of power one possesses. Your mana can grow through physical training and practicing your magic. Some other ways like bonding with magical monsters or absorbing someone with the same magic can also boost your magical power, but it is rare to find someone outside of your family having the same magic. So who's first?" Julius asks as they line up in order.
Julius puts the Echelon Amulet on Locus. The stone starts to shine like the sky on a clear night and a medium sized crack appears on the bottom of the stone. Locus looks at Julius with an excited grin.
Julius then places the amulet on Tempus. The stone illuminates and a mid-sized crack appears along the left side of the amulet.
Tempus and Locus ask Julius at the same time, "What's our powers."
"Your powers are very unique and I haven't seen them in over a hundred years. I'm not totally sure, but Locus your configuration appears to be space and Tempus your configuration appears to be time," Julius tells the boys.
"Now for Sonoshee, let's see just how much more power you have,"Julius cracks as he places the amulet on her.
As the necklace is placed on Sonoshee, the stone starts to glimmer a magenta shine and the stone almost bursts from all the cracks. Julius removing the amulet from Sonoshee's neck, "What do ya know? You're right!"
"So what's my power Sir Julius?" Sonoshee asked with great curiosity, while the boys sit stewing because her power is greater than theirs.
"I haven't seen this configuration in a very long time, much like Tempus and Locus, but if I'm not wrong your configuration is Creation Magic. It's very, very unique. Your power may have no limits similar to that of the king," Julius answers delightfully.
"But my magic has only made tools and that's it. So,how can my power be that great," Sonoshee asks, confused.
Julius puts his hand on Sonoshee's shoulder and looks at her saying, "Just because your power isn't big and flashy, it doesn't mean your power is bad or useless. Your power will mature and it could become powerful enough to create a kingdom of your own in a blink of an eye, so don't go writing off your power just yet." Smiling back, Sonoshee replies to Julius, "Thank You Sir Julius."
"Now that we have indicated the way to train each of you, the training will be different for each of you aligning with your powers. And like said the more you train your powers, the greater the growth to your mana pool. So Tempus, Locus, and Sonoshee from Monday to Wednesday y'all be working on physical training, then from Thursday to Saturday you'll be training your powers. Tempus and Locus Sunday will be self training," Julius instructs.
"Ummm? Sir Julius, what am I supposed to do on Sunday?" Sonoshee asked him.
"You'll be training with the king," Julius replied.
As they hear what Julius says, Tempus and Locus ask him with concern in their voice, "Is she going to be safe? Why is she training with the most powerful demon?"
"The reason Sonoshee is going to be training with the king is because I don't know how creation magic really works, but the king's power is like nothing I've ever seen. He's able to control his power like it's part of his body and soul. I think she'll learn how to use her magic much better with the king, than training with me," Julius says to them.
Sonoshee, shocked, says "I-I'm way too scared of him."
"I can't understand why his power is so intimidating and overwhelming," Tempus asserts to everyone.
Julius interrupts, "Ok, let's not think about it until it's time. So let's get started on y'alls training."
"So y'alls workout will be five sets of fifteen push-ups, four sets of twenty squats, three sets of thirdy pull-ups, eight hundred meters. Also, don't get used to it because it changes every week," Julius says grinning ear to ear.
"When do we start?," Locus asked.
"Y'all will start tomorrow on Monday," Julius tells them.
After Two Months of straight training
"Y'all have grown tremendously over these two months," Julius said as Tempus and Locus threw multiple punches and kicks at him.
"Sadly, not strong enough to hit me," Julius smirks.
"Damn you, Tempus let's go," Locus shouts and Tempus disappears and Locus charges at Julius with a space orb in his hand.
Before the orb comes into contact with Julius, he brushes it to the side and hits Locus in the stomach making him fall to his knees and the space orb hits Tempus as he reappears in the air next to Julius sending him flying in the training room wall. While Sonoshee creates a massive cannon,firing multiple cannonballs at Julius, surprising him, he shoots the first two with a sunbeam and dodges the third one hitting Locus, Julius does a roundhouse kick, breaking the rest of the cannonballs.
"You surprised me Sonoshee," Julius complimented her as he shrugges the dirt off his cloak.
Sonoshee falls to her knees covered in sweat, "That took a lot more magic than I thought," she said, breathing heavily.
Tempus and Locus slowly recover from the training match. "My head hurts, there's three Julius and a lot of stars," Tempus said, leaning on the wall.
"You think you have it bad I got hit by a cannonball, I think my stomachs in my throat," Locus stated as he lay flat on the ground.
"That's enough training for a while, enjoy the break," Julius said.
Hours later
Locus walks in the room he shares with Tempus after his shower. "Sonoshee's power is unreal, I thought I was going to die for a second," Locus said as he sat on his bed.
"I agree, I think it's because she was training with the king, but she won't talk about the training she's doing," Tempus says a bit aggravated.
Meanwhile in the ladies hot springs
"Training with the king is tiring and brutal, but he's knowledge about magic is amazing. It's worth the pain to get stronger and become the best I can be," Sonoshee shouted proudly.
She hears two people join her in the bath.
"Someone seems to be working hard," one of the ladies commented.
"I'm sorry we haven't met, I'm Aiko and this is Hana we're vampires and you?," Aiko says curiously.
"I'm Sonoshee, I'm a human please don't drink my blood," she asked with a bit of fear in her voice.
"Don't worry, We won't drink your blood unless you want to become one of us?," Aiko said as she got face to face with Sonoshee.
"I'm fine, thanks," Sonoshee replied.
Aiko returns to her side of the bath next to Hana, "I could drink your blood, but I rather not get in trouble by his majesty. She stated.
"So what do you think about his majesty?," Sonoshee asked Aiko.
"Well I don't know much about him really. I do know his power is beyond anyone's I've ever felt or experienced, and a lot of powerful demons come and go through the village, but that's most of it other than he's kinda hot," Aiko said, letting her hair down.
"Hot, are you sure that's it, lady Aiko. You were on and on about how handsome he was after they released us," Hana stated.
"Shut up Hana, that was between us, meanie," Aiko yelled at Hana with a bright red face.
"Well Lady Aiko and Ms. Hana y'all have a wonderful night. Me and the boys have a lot more training to do," Sonoshee said as she got out of the bath and covered herself with a towel.
Ch 6 End