"Let's continue with the reason why we're here." Shawn said and tapped on a button on the conference table revealing the images of some strange beasts. "To the new lieutenants, I know this is your first time but pay attention. This is a grimlore." Shawn said and pointed at a humanoid object, its form appeared humanoid but were composed of shifting words, phrases, and symbols that glow faintly. These scripts constantly move across its skin, revealing fragments of cursed or forgotten stories hidden under it's tattered cloak.
"So this is a grimlore." Ethan thought. "Lieutenant Melwen, just guess the rank of it from one to seven." Shawn said to Melwen. "Prime, I think this one will be at least the second rank." Melwen said from her point of view. "Sorry to disappoint you but this is the lowest rank of grimlores, the shadowspawn." Shawn explained.
"They are normal grimlores that spawn from residual dark energy. They are the most spawned grimlores amongst the ranks. They are mostly used as pawns for greater grimlores or sorcerers who have gained better control over forbidden lexicons. Thier common attacks are shadow attacks, meld with with darkness and surprisingly they have fear-inducing presence. The fear of them is one of the reasons for failed forbidden lexicon experiments." Shawn explained further.
"For you lieutenants again there seven ranks of we the Scriptweavers and the Grimlores. Each rank holding five letter rankings. The ranks from lowest to highest are; Threadling, Syntax Adept, Logic Weaver, Code sage, Runic Architect, Master Scriptweaver and Grand Compiler. With the grimlores their ranks are; Shadowspawn, Runeclaw, Tomehound, Hexfang, Obsidian Warden, Eclipstalker, Void Titan. Each of these ranks, of both grimlores and Scriptweavers have minor ranking beneath the major ranks which are the letter rankings; A, B, C,D, E,and F. So the first image was a C rank under the shadowspawn major rank. Hope you've got it?" Shawn asked after his explanation.
"Yes, sir." All the lieutenants responded in chorus. "So now, I'll give a little detail about the Runeclaw rank of the Grimlores then after that you can leave the captains here for their meeting." Shawn said and swiped his hands across the holographic image of the shadowspawn image to display a different image. "This is one of the examples of the D rank runeclaw. It's own name is shade leopards. Their spots are shaped like ancient symbols and sigils instead of the normal dots you see on the natural leopards we have in our world. The symbols on the fur glow as they move, that is one thing you can use to identify them quickly. One of their unofficial names are story spinners. They can weave stories with their quick movements to create illusions drawing their prey into a false reality. I hope you've got it now? Now I'll like to meet only the captains so the lieutenant leave and socialise with eachother." Shawn ordered.
"Yes, Prime." All the lieutenants responded and left the office. "Hey! Ethan you never told me you would be joining the Scriptweavers." Melwen lushed out at Ethan. "Shaw...uh Prime advised me to join." Ethan changed his choice of words before he could be punished for calling the Prime Protector's name casually infront of the other lieutenants. "Let's go have a mock battle in the base training room." Ethan said and walked with Melwen, following the other lieutenants to the training room.
"Now I understand why our school's enchanted training room is one of the top tier training rooms you can ever get in Fenzash." Ethan said in surprise after comparing the military base training room to their school's training room. Although, the military base training room was somehow high-spec than that in their school Ethan still felt some similarities between them.
"Oh, Prime's lieutenant. I'm Ian Fletcher current lieutenant of Captain Zephyr Gale.Would you mind have a mock battle with me?" Ian a muscular boy almost like his master the muscular captain who asked about Ethan during the joint meeting asked with a wild grin on his face. "I can't disgrace Shawn Infront of these mocking guys." Ethan thought. "Ok, I accept." Ethan said and moved to the center training room where he took his stance infront of Ian. "He even closed his eyes." Ian said mockingly aloud to the hearing of the other lieutenants around who started laughing.
Kestrel Vale, a tall and slender girl with soft features took her place as a referee for the mock battle. "Fight!" Kestrel shouted and immediately Ian dashed forward with a punch whiles holding a shield with his left hand. Quickly, Ethan dodged the punch but before he could land a downward slash across Ian's chest, Ian blocked it with his shield and immediately with came out with a hook punch right to Ethan's jaw which sent Ethan flying backwards. Before Ethan could get up again, Ian was already there with a hammer fist to his back slamming him down again.
"Someone this weak is the Prime's lieutenant. What a weakling." Ian said with another hammer fist to Ethan's back before kicking him away. "I would not disgrace Shawn in a place like this." Ethan kept telling himself but before he could get up again Ian came in with a axe kick at his back again. This time Ethan dodged it by a few centimetres but since he was still lying on the floor, Ian got the chance and landed another axe kick at his back again.
"Haha! I wish I was in the same class as the Prime I would competed with you and taken the lieutenant position from you. It's a pity I'm in the guardian class." Ian said. All this while Ethan laid on the ground unable to move from the severe pain he felt.
In an instant, Ethan felt as if a needle had been pushed through his heart and he could feel danger approaching. Quickly, he started looking around, looking around at the other lieutenants who looked at him with eyes that seemed to be telling him that he was a disgrace on his own but Ethan ignored all of them and turned Melwen. That was when he saw the reason why he felt like the danger was approaching as he could see a creepy figure approaching Melwen from behind but it seemed no had noticed it.
"Melwen!" Ethan shouted, instinctively manifesting his lightning lexicon and in a flash Ethan was behind Melwen with his sheathed lightning sword planted in the head of a wolf-like beast whiles panting. "How did he get?" Ian asked but got shocked after seeing what Ethan had done. No one had sensed the Grimlore that near to them. "No wonder Prime chose you as his lieutenant." Captain Fiona Frostbane, a medium height woman in her early twenties with an athletic and toned body entered the training room with a smile followed by Captain Zephyr.
"Captain Fiona!" Kestrel called out and ran to her captain. Ethan was still panting as he didn't manifest the lexicon at will which took a toll on his learning body. "What? He has a lexicon." Ian said in shock. "Killing an F class Tomehound rank on your first day." Fiona congratulated Ethan. "What?" The lieutenants shouted in shock. "Congratulations. We had sensed something bad happening around you guys and so we came here to check only to see Ethan killing 5th rank Grimlore type. Just amazing." Fiona continue congratulating Ethan but Ethan had long gone unconscious whiles still standing.
"Wait, there is something wrong. He is unconscious." Captain Mason Campbell, the healer class captain, a medium build young man ran to Ethan's side and laid Ethan on the floor. He then placed his hands on Ethan's chest and started exuding a green aura which healed all the sores on Ethan's body. In mere seconds, Ethan was up again. "Well done,lieutenant Ethan." You've proved your worth of being the Prime's Lieutenant." Mason said with a smile.
"He defeated the unexpected guest in mere seconds. Which means indirectly he is the strongest lieutenant as at now." Zephyr said with a pat on Ethan's.
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