Eventually, the doors to the training grounds burst open and Garrick stormed in with a savage grin stretched across his face.
"Stop whatever pathetic excuse for training this is and follow me, you maggots!" he barked before suddenly turning toward Zephyrion with a strangely gentle smile. "…you too, top trainee."
The expressions of the trainees twisted instantly.
Garrick was practically declaring that Zephyrion was the only person present who wasn't trash.
Yet Garrick shamelessly turned around and walked away without the slightest care for their reactions.
…
Moments later, Zephyrion found himself standing within the steel training grounds alongside countless other trainees gathered around the arena.
Steel, iron, foundary, every trainee within the third tier was present.
Lumi and Tobias had already broken away from their respective lines to stand beside him among the iron trainees.
