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Chapter 22 - Chapter 22: Marching orders

Minverva walked into the Barracks, where all of the men and women were training their minds and bodies to become weapons of the church. " I would need a templar for use against any fowl magic directed against us. We will also need rangers, and sorcerers to send magic right back at the fowl beast. But to round out the team we need a heavy, perhaps a juggernaut? That would do nicely."

"Fellow acolytes of the light, I bring a message from our holiness St Augustus. I am assembling a hunting party. Our prey? A traveler, one that killed Cassiopeia and Davek. Our brethren! Are we going to let that stand?! We are a family! We protect each other!" Tears started dripping down from Minerva's eyes.

Visible anger appeared in the gathered men and women in the barracks. One man spoke up " A filthy monster killed Davek and Cass??! Unforgivable! I will cleave it in two!" A woman spoke up shaking with anger " How dare they! They kill one of us??! I will burn them to cinders... then piss on the ashes!" everyone stopped and stared at the woman " Marie.." another man said. "What? Are you telling me that you wouldn't do the same? Pfft! It's just a monster. " Then another man spoke up. "No, it's not Marie, it's a traveler. They are more dangerous than a regular run of the mill monster. You know that." Marie paused " Kristoff, are you scared of a monster?" To which Kristoff, the man who had just spoken, flared with anger " How dare you!" Just then another woman showed up and stood between Kristoff and Marie.

She was tall and blond with a toned body; she had blue eyes which were currently scrunched up with tears falling out. " Family does not fight with another! We are all we have! We have to protect the church and we do that together!" Everyone stopped fighting. " Lucy.." Everyone calmed down, and then they heard someone clearing their throat. It was Minerva " Now that everyone has calmed down. I will be choosing the team that will go after this... abomination. We cannot let it to the level of others. If that were to happen... I don't think we could stop them... so make sure that doesn't happen. I will be choosing the team I feel would be best suited for this task. Kristoff, you will be our ranger. Keep your team protected from all angles and ferret out any threats with deadly precision. Do this for us. Kristoff was about 5'9 with long brunette hair tied in a braid behind him. He was always cautious and serious.

Daniel, you will be our tank. Our juggernaut. Crush our enemies beneath your feet in the name of the church. Daniel stood proud, a beast of a man. 6'5 and literally packed with muscle with a short crew cut of red hair and a long beard, also currently a massive grin. He really loved his job. " O Ho! When I woke up, I knew it was going to be a good day today! Oops minus Davek and Cass of course. But I do love the fact that I can crush that lil critters noggin when I see it."

Then Minerva stared at Marie. " Marie, you will be our mage. I know your proclivity for explosions.. You are free to go wild, burn our enemies to cinders. Leave nothing left!" Marie had short pigtails of red hair and if you could not tell by her fiery temperament she was a pyromancer. She had a lean athletic body and red eyes. Due to the abundance of the fire mana inside her body.

"Ya hear that bro?" She gestured to Daniel " looks like I get to hunt this beasty with ya. How about we make a wager? " Daniel chuckled, ''Oh, what do you have in mind?" Daniel said with a wide smile " The loser does whatever the winner says for a week." Marie said with an evil smile. She obviously needed help with chores. Daniel smiled even wider. " Deal!" He more than likely had it in mind to find a way to troll her somehow to his amusement.

"If you are done." Minerva spoke up after letting them have their fun. Now, Victor. Please step forward." Victor was a tall skinny man with wiry muscle and very quick on his feet. He had short purple hair as well as purple eyes. He had a long noble man mustache and he looked at Minerva with something akin to reverence. " Yes, your holiness?" he said with a smile. Minerva paused and smiled. " Keep the team alive with your water magic. I am trusting you with this." Victor bowed. " As you wish my holiness." Then backed up to where he was before. Minerva looked at Lucy. " Lucy, you will be the glue that holds this team together. You will be our off tank, most of our tanks rely purely on muscle. But you are trying something different. You are persevering with faith alone. I commend you for that. I would like to see what you can do." Lucy did a little fist bump and then said " I will not let you down! I will protect the church from any monster, I won't let them hurt anyone else! I know God will protect us and give us the strength to slay this monster."

With that Minerva looked at the team she had assembled. This would work. The team she put together would slay this traveler and come home safe.

" Get your gear together and finish anything you need to finish training with, you leave in the morning.. The beast is in the desert area. Based on where Davek and Cassiopeia were sent we can only speculate where the beast is, but you are trained for this. Slay this monster and come back alive!"

With that Minerva walked out of the Barracks and her gaze grew cold. " I have to go train, something is coming I can feel it.... Something big enough to tip this world over onto its side."

Minerva made her way to her training room and began training, honing herself into a weapon.