"Let's go", Ray shouted at the top of his lungs as he took charge of the team and attacked from the front.
Kicking the ground, he jumped high in the air and punched forward with all of his strength. His hands covered in flame made him look like a flaming warrior as lightning sparked below his feet. Just behind him, another student attacked as icicles rained on the beast.
"I am not going to be left behind," Tim shouted with gusto as he ran forward with a giant hammer in his hand.
"Silly boys, attacking with no grace or anything of that sort," Aella spoke, her hands constantly plucking her now as arrows shot forward and hit the beast from all sides.
Meanwhile, Sirius and Emma worked together as they cleared any leftover beasts that attacked from behind.
"What should I do?" Aliya pouted, displeased that she had to wait for someone to get hurt so she could heal them as Ray had told her to refrain from fighting head-on.
Just like that, the Advanced-Tier Rock Loin was slain within a few lives as the whole team worked together.
"3 minutes and 27 seconds, that's a nice improvement everyone. Let's take a 5-minute break before continuing the training," Ray said as he took out the beast's core and stored it in his inventory.
"Uh… leader.. How did I do? Am I qualified enough to be a part of the team," The new kid asked expectantly as his eyes glistened from the anticipation of joining Ray and the rest of the team for the monthly test.
"I don't know why you are not part of the Elite Class. You are clearly strong enough to be in the elite class," Ray asked, amused over the fact that even when strong enough, both of his newest members aren't a part of the elite class.
"Uhh… I am not old enough to be in the academy yet," The student said while scratching his head.
"Then how did you get in,"
"Oh that, it was easy to get admission in the academy. I just had to show them my strength and they gave me admission," The student said proudly as he puffed out his chest happily.
Seeing the kid's nonsensical behavior, Ray turned to Noah and glared at him in anger as he motioned to deal with the kid.
After all, it was Noah who recommended the kid when asked,
On the other hand, Noah just kept his head down in embarrassment as he came forward and pinched the kid's ear, and dragged him to the side.
"You better take care of him and make sure he doesn't do anything reckless," Ray sent a voice transmission directly to Noah's consciousness as he warned him to control the kid he brought in.
"Okay guys let's move forward," Ray said out loud as he motioned for Emma to use her ability to find another beast at the Advanced Tier.
"Un," Emma nodded and used her ability as her pupils changed color and a slight blueish aura engulfed her figure. Ray looked at her in astonishment as he thought,
"She has gotten stronger than before. I guess it won't be long before she breaks through the Mortal Realm and reaches the Magical Realm,"
As Ray thought of this, he checked his advancement mission as he remembered that something had been updated within it,
[Mission]
[Advance To The Magical Realm]
[Mission Requirements Updated]
[Requirements: (1/5)]
[Requirement No.1:- Conquer A Dungeon By Clearing All Of It's Beasts In The Fastest Time Possible]
Seeing the mission getting updated made Ray very happy as he thought,
"It just seems to be aligned with what I plan to do. Better give it my all,"
An Hour Later,
Ray and the others appeared in the training room as they exited their game capsules.
"Okay everyone, team meeting in 5 minutes," Ray ordered and went to his room for a change of clothes.
While changing his clothes, he thought of the team formation and the strategy to use while clearing the dungeon,
"Hey Aurora, should I put that new kid on frontal assault along with me?" He asked, perplexed over what to do as he found potential in that kid.
"I guess it's a good idea to keep him on frontal assault alongside you. This way, he wouldn't disturb the other players while also supporting you. Though, I am worried about Aliya. You need to give her a more useful role and not keep her for healing only," Aurora advised as she told him what she thought of the team.
"But why? Isn't that how healers are supposed to fight anyways," Ray asked, confused over what Aurora recommended.
"I know what you mean, but that's the conventional way. On the other hand, Aliya is not someone who would stay and do nothing. She is a restless soul who loves to contribute. Also, her abilities with staff are more versatile than you can imagine. Just try using her as a combat healer for a change,"
"Okay, I will try and see what happens," Ray said, agreeing with Aurora's suggestions.
5 minutes later,
Ten students sat around a table as they finalized their formation for the monthly test.
"So we will have Aella supporting us from behind along with Elina. Sirius, I, and the new kid will take frontal assault. Emma will be our eyes and ears on the battlefield as Aliya would act as a combat healer. Noah would use his spirit attacks and spirit formations to defend against any stray opponents while Tim would be the tank," Ray spoke all at once and waited for his words to sink in before asking,
"Any questions?"
"Yes," Aliya said, raising her hand as she asked, "What is a combat healer?" She asked, perplexed over what her actual role would be. Would it be healing her teammates or aiding them in battle?
"Your role is the most important. You will be the free electron of our team. Supporting anyone in battle while healing those who are in need at the same," Ray said with a smile and continued,
"Also, could you lend Tim your hammer," Ray asked as he pointed toward Tim while Tim scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Yeah, no worries. I have no use for it, I just bought it for fun," Aliya said nonchalantly as she took out a strangely large hammer with a long flexible handle and a large head that had spikes coming out of it.
Looking at the hammer made Ray remember an unsightly memory from last week when Aliya smashed his head with the same hammer. Though, the spikes on it's head were a new addition that made the hammer even more dangerous.
"Don't forget to return my baby," Aliya said with a smile as she handed the hammer to Tim. However, her eyes betrayed her smile as they literally spewed fire as a warning.
Meanwhile, all Tim heard was,
"If I see a single scratch on my baby, then you are dead," Tim understood the warning and gulped as he nodded his head in fear and took the hammer.
"Uhhm," Ray cleared his thought as he broke the strange atmosphere and said,
"If no one has any issues with the Team formation, then let's move on to the strategy".
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A/N:- First of all, I apologize for not uploading the second chapter yesterday. I had a lot of college work to complete and it got very late so I wasn't able to write.
Though, I will upload another chapter in a few hours and most probably two chapters tomorrow and on Sunday as well.
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