Chapter 23: The Trio Beast Drill
The training field was quiet at the morning, filled with the morning mist that curled like serpents across the grass.
From the eastern terrace, golden sunlight poured in beams through the cracked walls of the Sanctum’s upper dormitory as it scatters over the sharpened edges of the practice grounds.
Kelvin stood still with his face looking focused and his chest was rising and falling in a calm movement. Away from him stood Darius, his thick arms were crossed, a grin tugging at his lips. To their left, Lyra adjusted her gloves, her silver hair were braided tightly behind her back.
"Tell me again," Darius said, tilting his head at Kelvin, "how were you able to survive Soul Convergence without combusting or wasting away?"
Kelvin smiled faintly and said. "My stubbornness and maybe..... fate."
Darius chuckled. "No way, you can’t be kidding me, I watched the replay. You looked half-dead but as scary as hell."
Xerion’s voice hummed faintly in Kelvin’s mind. You did not look half-dead. You looked majestic.
Kelvin’s lips twitched to a smile. "Even the dragon thinks that I am a showoff now."
Lyra rolled her eyes. "Enough of the talk Instructor Mealin said we are to run the coordinated relay today and remember, no shortcuts."
"Then let’s give them a performance that they will remember," Kelvin said, rolling his shoulders.
They began the Tri-Core Beast Synchrony Drill, a simulation designed to test the synergy between beast tamers and their contracted companions in real-time battlefield environments.