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Once Eram got to The office he found Cedric there smiling with Shila right by him. " Welcome Eram I am glad you came again." Eram Still felt nervous about being in a room with Shiela but over the past few days, he has slowly let go of his grudges.
" Has the other two shown up at all?" Eram asked out of curiosity.
Cedric had a small smile. " Unfortunately no. Ryker showed up for a bit to see if the offer still stood and left. The only other time Michael came up here was to check on you to make sure you were okay when you were sleeping." Cedric looked down sadly.
Eram then sighed knowing he was going to have to talk to them to get the training. " So what will I be learning today?"
Cedric pulled out three Soul-Beast and said something that startled Eram. " I want you to kill these three soul beasts please."
Eram looked at him baffled as he was asked to murder something for no reason. " Why though? Did I do something wrong?"
Cedric sighed realizing he failed to adequately explain what he wanted him to do and why. " No of course far from it. Your growth and stability far exceed what I was expecting. These are three soul beasts with unique core abilities that will greatly benefit you. This one is called a Shill Reanon filler they have the unique ability to make their body harder through their ability." He pointed at what looked like a small baby rabbit. " These are all S-Rank beasts so they will help you later."
Eram looked at Cedric weirdly. " I thought that my boosts were temporary?" Eram wondered if he had been mistaken.
Cedric looked at him and seriously responded. " That is not the case entirely. You will get a temporary boost in power along with the opponent's core when you initially damage an opponent however if you manage to kill the opponent you will get their core forever. Please keep in mind that just like all core abilities it will drain the pho you have when you use them and if you do not have enough skill similar to when you used Sheila's ability it will drain your pho till you don't have any more to use.
One other thing this school won't teach you but I'll give you a lesson on is that pho has no end. You can in desperate situations turn your soul into pho once you run out. Just keep in mind that if you damage your soul too much you'll die and be unable to be resurrected. Back onto topic the Shill Reanon Filler is an S-Rank beast and is extremely powerful. I have a baby here for you to kill and gain its core.
The second beast I have here is a Brainuly which has an extremely fast mind once again it is a baby. It has the core ability which allows it to quickly respond to threats replacing all nerves in the body with pho which is almost instantaneous." He pointed at a gross pile of flesh that was growling and ramming itself into the cage. " Cedric looked sadly at the three animals knowing that they were innocent and he was killing them essentially.
Cedric continued while Eram was getting dizzier. " Lastly we have a baby Cerberus which is A triple S-Grade Soul-Beast. Cerberus has the unique core ability to create what we call Hellfire around itself which can't be put out unless the opponent pho is drained of course there are ways to get rid of the fire other than letting your pho get drained but they take skill to do so you won't have to worry much about that." Cedric then pointed at the third cage and a sleeping puppy with three heads.
Eram was about to vomit at what he was being asked to do Eram walked up and was getting dizzier with every step. By the time he got there, the Brainuly had gone to sleep from exhaustion. Eram sat on the Chair next to Cedric's desk and tried to do what he was told. He then asked, " Why did they have to be babys'." Eram barely whispered that last part out.
Cedric knew the pain he was putting the young boy through once again and felt even worse. " Getting the adult of any of these three soul-beasts here is impossible. They would rather die than be chained up whereas a baby is easier to bring back by killing the parents than taking the baby. I picked these three out as they will help you through your journey."
Eram looked at the cage Cedric opened which was the least attractive the brainuly and stared at it as he was given it. Eram shakily held the sleeping Brainuly which was scared for its life. Eram then looked at Cedric with his eyes getting watery. " What do you want me to do with this."
Cedric then looked remorseful. " Crush it between your hands." Eram looked at Cedric as if he was looking at a monster. Cedric felt the same way about what he was asking this child to do.
Eram looked down tearing up and then pushed his hands together slowly crushing it. It made crunching sounds and started to flop around aggressively to live. Eram began to cry as he kept crushing it. Hearing its screech woke up the other two creatures who instinctively knew they were next. Eram started getting stressed at the creature dying in his hands and started screaming at it. " Die! Die! Just die already!" With one final hard squish from Eram, the small sad creature died.
Eram opened up his hands and started to vomit looking at his hands which were covered in a goop. All of the blood and remains of his victim lie in his hands. The smell only perpetuated the sick feeling Eram had. Eram knew he had given the small beast the equivalent of a small torture session and passed out.
After a while, Eram woke up and thought he had a nightmare only to see he was still in the office with the unmoved Shiela and Cedric who was grimacing. Eram then thought about killing himself but decided against it as he was sure Cedric wouldn't let him.
Cedric then handed Eram the Shill Reanon Filler which looked like a small rabbit. As soon as Eram put his hands on it he could feel it quivering in fear. Eram put his hands on his head and then stopped. " Cedric I can't do this."
Cedric looked at him and said. " Of course, you can please take a break. We can talk about other things. Do you miss your parents?"
Eram looked at him relieved he could forget about what he was doing for a bit. " I do. I miss them a lot."
Cedric then realized he should keep going. " Eram, how do you think your parents would feel if you died." Cedric knew what he was doing was wrong but knew he could get Eram to do it.
" The would-be sad" Eram said back in a quiet voice.
Cedric hit the nail while it was hot. " There can be no freedom unless you suffer and fight for it." Cedric then thought about what to say next then continued. " All of your friends became explorers to be free of something you should try to ask them once you head back to your room once we're done here. Every creature fights to survive. Though one species doesn't but you'll learn about that later."
Eram looked back at Cedric and asked one last question. " Can I please sit for a while and think about it." Cedric smiled sadly knowing that Eram was going to go through with the monstrous act. Cedric couldn't believe how despicable he had become through his long life.
Eram rested for an hour thinking about what he was going to do. I stressed him seeing such small and innocent things being harmed for no reason. He hated killing but knew he had to. He hated What he had to do but knew he had to do it in the end. What Eram hated most though was how weak he was.
What his short time in Xell has taught him is that there is always a bigger fish in the sea and if he wanted to survive he would have to become one of the big fish. He had to become big enough to walk on others and trample their beliefs for his own.
Eram got up and headed back over to Cedric and said in defeat. " I'm ready."
Cedric looked down to hide his disgust in himself as he handed Eram the Shill Reonon Filler. Eram looked at the creature and quickly snapped its neck vomiting. He held the gross vomit in his mouth and swallowed it not allowing himself to puke at the slightest bit of misery he was putting others through.
Eram then looked at the small puppy that was now in his hands. He felt his heart breaking at what he was about to do. The puppy looked him in the eyes and started whimpering with tears dampening all 6 of its eyes. Eram started to sweat and knew if he was going to take longer he would back out of it and give up. Eram closed his eyes and snapped each of the puppy's necks one at a time.
The whimpering from the puppy was sending Eram into a panic attack but Eram couldn't stop. After He snapped all three of the puppy's heads he passed out once more. Eram slept for a solid five hours living through a series of nightmares.
By the time Eram woke up the room had been thoroughly cleaned. His eyes had dark circles around them emphasized by the wet pillow that was soaked in tears. Eram looked up and realized he was still in Cedric's office.
"How long have I been in here?" Eram asked in a whisper.
Cedric looked at him seeing his first son in Eram. " Do not worry child. Ever since you entered this office time has stopped. You have not missed anything. Though now that you are ready to see your friends again I will warp you to Michael." After he said that Cedric warped away Eram.
Eram feeling dissatisfied with the turn of events almost burst into tears again. The small trinket in his chest though was warming him back up. Eram turned around to see the stunned Michel.
"How did you get here?" Michael asked.