"As a newborn goddess you should know...though you must keep his identity a secret, as a matter of fact, you wont be able to speak his secret to any mortal in any tongue, verbally or telepathically, a passive of his unique properties", *Archa began*, "Kuuja you see, is a type of outer god called an Aldrich Horror, one H.P. Lovecraft, a rather nutty Gore Magala, wrote some interesting stories on how mortals perceive them...as in they cant understand them."<br/><br/>*Sakura was next to speak up*, "Its a bit confusing, but in simple terms, hes a type of celestial being between a God and a Devil which only other celestial beings can understand, or defeat for that matter, simply put, when an Aldrich Horror's body dies, its 'influence' which is its true form, just jumps to the nearest mortal body, snuffs the current soul out of existence and claims it for its own, their true form usually has some terrible effect on a mortal mind, hence the name, Aldrich Horror, a God of Chaos if you will."<br/><br/>*Next Archa stood and stretched out before placing a claw on her belly*, "Don't fret boys I'm not going to digest you for knowing about it...", *she drummed her clawed gauntlet over her thin slender middle*, "Its a simple matter of removing the memories of the conversation from your minds...now then its about time I let you out to get back to your training regime", *The war goddess walked out, hopping clear over Sakuras head and bounding off her rump with a playful chuckle and looking over to the training field marked by her mighty greatsword oblivion, still sticking out of the soil. Next she took a knee and with a big breath, belched eleven soldiers up from her belly. Their bodies glowed with heat, but they were not hurt from her terrible magma filled stomach, in fact the flames had a cleansing effect on their bodies, much like a hot spring but kicked up to 11. With a wave of her claw and a snap of her claw, golden sparks snapped and crackled before the soldiers eyes, indicating the memory wipe.* "Now, I suggest you boys first take a warm shower to disperse my aura over you, stay like that for too long and your muscles can tear themselves apart like a roast turkey." *After seeing the soldiers off, Archa began to walk out to the training grounds, shifting into her colossal Red Miralis form and swiftly trotting to the far side of the training grounds to watch over the camp. Her great height making her a mobile watch tower, the flaming volcanic cannons on her wings would allow her to shower heaps of flaming magma bombs on anyone within one thousand yards, making her a natural siege engine, and that was without the use of her divine powers.*<br/><br/>*Sakura also stood after Archa bounced off her backside, and deemed it right to follow her, She wasn't part of the royal guard herself but Arcen was, and Sakura now had an investment in their training.*<br/><br/><br/>-=-=-=-<br/>*At Oblivions shadow, the name the soldiers had given to the grounds due to the swords presence, Grandus and Uleron were already deep in their sparring match. The Kirin lad had drawn both of his fine Rapiers, each one made from pure Mythril, making them both light weight, and nearly indestructable, his fighting stances proved to be a real challenge for the battle seasoned Grandus, but the old Lao-Fatalis hybrid was on point with his longsword, a blade of simple steel with no special properties. The mythril rapiers bit into his blade with their lightning swift strikes, but Grandus was full of surprises, In his off hand he materialized a grappling hook out of flame, with fiery rope that wrapped around his left gauntlet while he sheathed his sword leaving his main hand free. Then with Ulerons next whip like strike, he danced backwards and flung his grappling hook at the Kirins feet. Quickly snared, Grandus pulled the rope tight and yanked Ulers legs out from under him, next slinging additional loops of rope over his opponent, until he'd wrangled the Kirin into a fetal position with simple hard-flame constructed tools.*<br/><br/>"Did anyone tell you my specialty? I have an extremely low fatality ratio on the battlefield, pay attention and I can show you ways to capture opponents most soldiers never even think of, the grappling hook method is a mainstay of my troops, they all carry these." *With a snap of his claws, the hook and rope vanished, and Grandus redrew his sword*, "You're footwork is a bit sluggish today, the break soften you up Uler?"<br/><br/>"No-capn Grandus-",<br/><br/>"Please its just Grandus, or Grandpa if you like, thats a favorite of the men, though some like to call me Santa fer the beard n Red armor"<br/><br/>"Er Grandus, I got into a scuffle with Maxon earlier, and I threw my breakfast at him...now I'm fighting on an empty stomach"<br/><br/>"I see, well we can't have that, I want you at top form, theres no fun in scrapping with someone with a belly ache", *Grandus kept his sword out and walked over to the side of the arena where his big red leather satchel(or man bag if you like) sat, sliding the straps loose, he searched the bag until he found a parcel and tossed it to Uler*, "their sweets, little waffles soaked in caramelized honey and covered in oats, the density of the bread and the nutrition in the oats should keep you going. Its a traditional road snack of my house, Sakura nearly pulled my beard out for the recipe, now their available to the whole army in heaps, you can grab some for the road at the Caffe in those nice little packages", *The wafers were quite thin, and about the size of ones palm, but the dense chewy texture, and the savory sweet flavor made them quite an addictive treat. Ulerons ears were twitching after his first bite and he swiftly chomped the rest of them down.*<br/><br/>"Those are positively addictive...are you sure they werent drugged?", *Uleron said licking his gloves, but grandus had already begun to charge him down, this time around utilizing two short fiery man-catchers, which were U shaped polearms with outward curving tips that could be swung to puncture armor, or thrust to snare an opponents limbs inside their fork. This time Uleron while putting up a viscious counter, was almost instantly dissarmed as Grandus twisted the U-Hooks and pulled the Rapiers right out of his grip almost instantly, leaving the Kirin stunned.*<br/><br/>"You never know whats going to be out there on the battlefield, most soldiers have standard training, but some are specialized, think outside the box. Your berzerk trance is fast and hard to counter, but you need to add some extra gear to your tool belt...for instance."<br/><br/>*Grandus flung out his right arm and out slung a hidden dagger with a thin white rope tied to it*, "Hidden weapons are the ideal way to catch an opponent off guard, their lightweight and don't slow you down as much as a sidearm, but they can break easy. This rope dart is one such weapon. Talk to the hanaryuu, the little grass ones in particular specialize in this kind of lightweight weaponry", *of coarse the next thing Uler knew grandus had flung that dart at him, not waiting for him to retrieve his swords, Uler had to dodge and weave to get at his blades but grandus harrassed him as he did, cutting at his arms  and nearly striking him in the ear with the sharp bladed weapon. Grandus even snatched Ulers off hand Rapier away and wielded the weapon himself, and in moments, they were fencing at high speeds, but grandus having the rope dart, gave him a distinct advantage. Still it was a fine duel that ended with Ulers blade on Grandus's belly*, "I'll have my sword back now Santa."<br/><br/>*With a chuckle, Grandus returned the sword and wrapped his hidden rope dart back into his right claw gauntlet, fixed inside a leather pocket that kept it safe and out of view.*