[GUILD TRAINING GROUNDS - NEXT DAY - 8 AM]
Captain Sera had lent them the private training grounds.
A massive space—a hundred square meters, surrounded by magical barriers designed to contain explosions up to level 60.
"You'll need this," Sera had said seriously. "If two Fragments interact badly... well, I'd prefer not to have to repair half of Coral Port."
Now, Alex and Raven stood in the center of the field.
Separated by ten meters.
Emily waited outside the barrier, hands ready to cast emergency [Purification] .
Grim (Awakened form) hovered between Alex and Raven, watching.
"Ready?" Alex asked, touching the Fragment mark on his chest.
"As ready as I'll ever be," Raven replied, flexing her right hand where Fragment 3's mark glowed faintly.
"Then... on the count of three."
"Wait," Emily interrupted from the barrier. "What exactly are we expecting to happen?"
"I have no idea," Alex admitted.
"Great. Very scientific."
