A heavy sigh is heard in the middle of the meeting.
"Are we done yet?" asks our beloved Grim Reaper as he interrupts Thanatos from his speech.
Thanatos starts walking towards Death slowly as he emits some dark miasma making those who touch it feel dizzy and chills down their ghostly spine.
The beautiful interior of the palace the meeting is being held on, the shinning white with a mix of blue is being "corrupted" by his footsteps.
The large pillars around the big table where the "Mortifers" are sitting started taking the color of darkness that enveloped them.
"Is there something to your disliking Mortifer Death?" Says the God of Death himself.
"Why do we have to stay here and listen to your shitty lessons for the newbies, just bore THEM to death not us."
Thanatos lets out an exhausted sigh and says calmly "We need you , the "Mortifers" who are the highest ranked Grim Reapers so they have someone to look up to and learn from" , Thanatos chuckles as he remembers something "Weren't you going to recruit a human as your student? Why don't you take a few of the newbies as your new recruits?"
Death lifts his head and looks Thanatos on his cold dark eyes that normally would feel a bland expression coming from them, but somehow they feel pity at the person looking at them , at Death.
Death gets up and analyses the newcomers. He points at a tall newbie with dark brown hair and blue eyes looking really tense, "Too tall and has a low affinity to Soul Energy" says Death then proceeds to analyze the rest of the recruits.
He points to a scrawny young man saying " Extremely low mana pool " then he proceeds to analyse a red haired girl "Unbelievably clumsy and too soft".
Death goes on to point out all of the weak points of every recruit present, lowering their morale and making them doubt their own abilities.
As soon as he's done analyzing everyone, Thanatos laughs and asks Death " You pointed out those weak points as if they are permanent, but didn't u have the most flaws back when u started? "
"Yes, I remember that, but how many of these guys will actually work extra hard to fix those flaws? They all quit in the end, or just stay at their entry rank and live with that for eternity" says Death as he makes an agitated expression.
" They will change your mind, trust me on that, and i hate to say this but, i want you to repay your debt by selecting at least 3 juniors " says Thanatos as he puts his big hand on Death's shoulder.
Death sighs and accepts the request Thanatos made, " Alright, i'll take in 3 students, i hope you're right about what you just said".
Thanatos pats Death's shoulder as he laughs in joy, " Something you don't see too often on this guy " thinks death to himself as he goes to select his 3 new students.
Death points to one of the newcomers, "You, tall guy, come here and stand behind me" , The tall young man does as he is told.
Death continues to select two more students "Weak guy and shy chick, behind me as well" , and the new students have been selected but when Death looks at Thanatos, he notices that Thanatos has a puzzled expression on him.
"What is it? Is something wrong?" Death says while he stares at Thanatos suspecting something is fishy.
"No, nothing is wrong, in fact i am shockingly delighted by your selection, you picked the ones who you classified as the worst among them all" says Thanatos with a smile on his monster like face.
"Don't smile like that, you're creeping me out, and besides i want to make it a bit fun you know?" says Death as he proceeds to leave the meeting room with his new students right behind him.
After a while, the group almost at their destination suddenly stops in the middle of nowhere, a field as far as the eye can see, which is located north from "Anima Messor Academy" , AMA for short, the place where new Grim Reapers are taught the rules and ways of a Grim Reaper , also the laws of Soul, Mana and Essence.
"Ooookay, before we start your lessons, i'm going to ask you for some basic introduction" says Death while sitting on a giant rock in the middle of the field.
He looks at the shy girl and analyzes her once more.
Red fiery hair, green eyes, a figure that many desire to have, but a shy, insecure girl who is afraid of social interactions.
" State your name first" Death says to the girl
"A-Aldis" the girl says with a low tone , looking at the ground the entire time feeling nervous.
"What was that? I couldn't hear you, say that again." Death says as he gets in front of her and closes his ear in to hear better.
"Aldis" she replies a little bit louder.
Agitated, Death lets out a thundering yell "I STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU!".
"MY NAME IS ALDIS", the girl finally yells out her name and takes a deep breath, her legs shaking from what she had done.
Death smile and grins a bit, tapping her head and saying " Good job, you did well".
He redirects his focus to the feeble young man with blue hair and blue eyes, scrawny body, who may have a low Mana Pool but has a strong affinity with Soul Energy.
Death then asks the young lad "What is your name"
"Remiel, teacher" he says while puffing his chest, and maintaining a soldier stand.
"You look as if you would get blown away by wind. You think you can become a good Grim Reaper?" Says Death as he stands in front of the young lad, intimidating him with a Death Stare.
"I will try my best!" The young lad says with a stiff nervous voice.
"I won't bully you for now" Death says as he goes to his last student, The tall boy with dark brown hair and blue eyes, strong build, menacing at that, if someone looked at him they'd think twice before approaching him.
"This one seems to be the one with most potential between the three" Death thinks to himself, but boy was he in for a ride.
"State your name, boy" says Death with a deep voice.
"Domiel" says the intimidating young man with a surprisingly high pitched tone, as if it was a girl's voice. Death just stands there shocked.
"What… The…Flying…FUCK?!" Death says with a puzzled face , asking himself why he even agreed to take them in.
After a couple of minutes, he calms down and starts to think this more rationaly, "Alright, those are things that can be fixed, and it won't interfere with the training, so let's just continue."
He then sits in front of the giant rock instead of on top of it like he did before and asks the bunch "Anyways, back to the lessons, what are the ranks of the Grim Reapers, from lowest to highest"
The two boys don't seem to know the answer, but Aldis seems to know yet her anxiety is not letting her answer. Death notices that and tries something else instead.
"If no one answers within 10 seconds, i will no longer tutor any one of you" he says while looking at Aldis, expecting an answer.
After hearing this, the three start to panic, not wanting to stop before they even began, Aldis musters her strength and answers the teacher's question.
"Apprentice, Apostle, Harbinger, Death Bringer, Reaper of Souls, God of Souls and Mortifer." Says Aldis with a concerned look, wondering if she messed up.
"That… is correct" says Death, but the voice of Remiel breaks the silence saying "There is also another rank which was made only for a certain Grim Reaper "The Defying God".
"It is said that the Grim Reaper who holds this title has the respect of All the Gods in the Great Pantheon." Says Remiel with shining eyes with excitement.
Death interrupts Remiel's admiration moments to get them to a real lesson, as he summons his scythe, Dark/red aura emitting from the blade of the cursed weapon, sending chills and feelings of suppression to everyone, Death slashes the air and creates a portal to Limbo, the neutral zone between heaven and hell. The Training zone as he calls it.