We stand in front of the massive gate and I ask "What exactly is the next stage?" He smiles and says "Training." He pushes the gates open. As the gates open wider, I feel a ray of bright light hit my face. I know I've felt this before, this was the place where I used to dwell before I was condemned. We go inside the massive gate and I feel a gentle breeze of wind touch me. He puts my arms over my shoulders and says "Welcome back!!!" As I hear those words I suddenly feel relief inside my soul. I tried to crack open a smile but I failed to because when I do, Aquarius starts laughing about how ugly it is.
He invites us to go down a long staircase with him so we can go to where we will be doing our training. I ask him "What exactly do I need to train? I mean you gave these gifts, aren't these enough to make me stronger?" He replies "You must hone them, know how they work and master it." I take his point, I mean, I am not adapt in using everything that was given to me, When I was condemned, everything good left in me was stripped off. My will, my bravery, and most of all, my joy. I nod and try to make my eyes look around. As I looked up , I saw something, a gray, serpent-like creature. Aquarius rushes to me and says "Hey, something wrong?" I just shake my head and said "No, nothing's wrong."
As we continue walking, I see a Colosseum, an arena and I asked him "Is that where we'll train?" He answers "Yes, prepare yourself." We continue walking until we reach the arena's entrance and suddenly, an angel descends in front of me, walks up to me and says "Good to see you again, brother." I broke down in tears and said "Michael, forgive me for trying to overpower you before." He laughs and says "Its alright, I'm glad you agreed to help us, without you, I wouldn't think we'd be able to carry this out." Aquarius nods and says "You're vital to us, we need you." He calls us three to begin with training as quick as we can. Michael suddenly asks "Can we have full access to the weaponry?" He replies "Take everything you'll need, finish it as quickly as possible, I'll go, I need to attend to matters."
We follow Michael on the way to the weaponry and Aquarius approaches me and says "I cannot wait to show you how I fight." I reply "I shall be looking forward to it" After a while of chatting with Aquarius, I look at another corridor just to see the Serpent-like creature once more and this time, It glanced at me. I attempt to ignore it and I succeeded.
After a while of concentrating on the thought of ignoring the creature, we finally reach the weaponry. Michael approaches me and says "If I'm correct, that sword is called El Espada de Gigantes, and boy, you look funny sheathing that thing behind your back." I replied "Is there another way to store this?" He replies" Yes, by clicking the gem found on the hilt of that sword. Oh yeah, that sword can make armors right?" I nod and say "Yeah." He then quickly cuts me before I speak and says "Each thrust of that sword makes an armor to your body, right? Well, if you're already equipping an armor by the time you thrust your sword, that sword has the ability to make the armor's material tougher than any high quality armor of the same material." I smile and say "Thanks, that helps" He then shouts "Lets prepare, get everything you need, lets start as quick as possible." I quickly head for a chainmail made of Mythril, a material that is forged using the scales of a dragon, really light, durable, and can withstand extreme temperature. While equipping it, Aquarius approaches me and says "Ooooh, Mythril, nice choice. I got Adamantine, a really heavy armor, the good thing about it is that it doesn't rust, it can add pressure on high-speed impacts and it's blue, I like it." I see Michael waiting for us, not equipping anything at all, just his sword. After we prepared, an explosion occurred in the center of the arena, the place where we were supposed to train. We hurried to that place and when we reached it, I see the serpent-like creature breathing out what seems to be gray fire. Astonished, we prepare ourselves for the onslaught this creature may have brought.
