The next day, Saul makes his way to the bathroom, barely hanging on as his body is aching in pain. He reaches over to the sink for his toothbrush and slowly brushing his teeth as he’s barely awake and in pain. Then, the mirror began to glow as Frey’s head was poking through the portal.

“Yo, kiddo. Up and at them. Time for some training.” Frey said as he yells to a tired and sore Saul. 

“Can’t it wait till I get dressed and breakfast?” he asked. 

“NOPE!” Frey then grabs Saul and drags into the portal and flings into the bathtub on the other side of the portal.

“Seriously? Can’t a guy just have a normal morning without getting hurt even more so than yesterday? Is that too much to ask?” Saul asks. 

“No. and yes that is too much ask.” Frey replied. He then picks up Saul out of the bathtub and heads straight into the dining hall again. Although now Sara is there and is wearing sports bras and tights while she puts on some gloves and brass on her feet.

“Uuhh what’s going on here” Saul asks. 

“yesterday we did weapon combat now we’re doing hand to hand. Hoped you’ve recovered well.” Sara said as she cracks her knuckles. Saul immediately tries to run for it. But as soon as he runs out of the door, Saul bumped into other members of the group. 

“Wow wow, easy there short stack. Where you running off to?” a tall man wearing a black coat with red flames decorated all over it and red and black hair stood in front of Saul. 

“If it’s a piss break surely you could hold it in.” another came around wearing a similar design to the first man, only his jacket had blue lightning on it instead of fire and his hair was white and blue. They were no older than high school seniors.

“oh hey, Kam. Hey Jax. Haven’t seen you guys in a while” Frey shouted. 

“You still training this newbie?” Kam asked. 

“Yeah it’s a slow process but we’re getting there. Speaking of which, there you are Saul.” Frey shouted. 

“No no no no no no! Please help!!!” Saul shouted as he was dragged back into the dining hall.

“Now this gotta be fun see.” Kam said. 

“I’ll get the snacks.” Jax said as he runs off to get the snacks while Frey suits up Saul for the next combat training. 

“You’ve ever tried any martial arts before kiddo?” Sara asks as she takes a stance and side hops.

“Well, once when I was 4th grade. But I never have gotten past yellow. Mom thinks it is too dangerous for me to learn anything further. She thinks I’ll become a violent psychopath by attacking anyone out of instinct.” Saul said as Frey finished putting on a martial art Gi on him.

“I mean she’s not wrong if you ever use it irresponsibly. Alright now come at me.” She said as she’s ready. 

“Wait what?!” Saul yelled. 

“I said try to hit me.” Sara repeats herself. 

“I can’t do that. I can’t hit a girl-“ Saul was then sent flying through the room from Sara’s roundhouse kick and made a crater on the southside of the room. 

“What did we missed?! How far is he improving already?” Jax said as he’s hoarding a bunch of snacks of chips, drinks, and cookies. 

“Relaxing they just started.” Kam said as he’s sitting on the east side of the room. Jax than takes a seat next to him and hands him half of the hoard of snacks to Kam and enjoys the spectacle. Saul then crawls out of the crater.

“WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!” Saul yells out. 

“You didn’t make the first move so I did.” Sara said as she’s still side hopping. Saul’s jaw was disjointed but the contract mark began to glow and repaired his jaw back in place. Frey then helps him up and moves back to the center part of the room. 

“So why we fighting in hand to hand again? Isn’t me learning to use weapons is enough?” Saul asked. 

“True but you could never know if you’re in a situation where you don’t have weapons and your opponent has weapons or is better at close quarters.” Frey said as he walks around Saul. He then gives him a wooden dagger. 

“Now say you’re robbing me. Attack me now.” Frey said. Saul then lunges forward and does a jab attack but then Frey grabs him by the forearm. 

“One way of doing disarming those who are armed. The best way of doing it is by grabbing them by a pressure point on the arm. Either by the wrist or the forearm. Apply the pressure like so.” Frey said as he applies pressure to Saul’s arm until he lets go of the wooden knife. 

“And now you’re disarmed. And helpless for an attack.” Frey does a quick jab stops as he was a few centimetres away from Saul’s stomach area. 

“Had I gone full force your stomach would explode from the impact. But the wrists, forearms, and stomach area are not the only weak points.” Frey says as he let go of Saul’s arm and points other areas of his body such as the neck, knees, and ankle.

“Aiming for these as well will stagger your foes but only for a moment. You never know if the enemy is stronger than you. Which is why you must use strategy over brute strength.” Frey said. 

“Even if I body build myself to be bulky like a barbarian?” Saul asks. 

“You’re thinking way too ahead of yourself kiddo.” Frey said as he flicks Saul’s forehead. 

“He’s right you know.” Kam shouted. Sara and Frey were genially surprised to see Kam's interest in the newbie. Kam climbs up from his chair and walks over towards Saul. 

“What you’re thinking more is building muscles on the outside. But what you should be focusing more on your muscles on the inside. Go ahead, hit me.” Kam said.

“Wait what?” Saul asked,

“Relax, I won’t hit back. Just hit me with what you got.” Kam said as he let himself open for an attack. Saul just nodded and with all of his might punch Kam on the left abs. 

“AAAAAAHHHHH! OWHAHAHOW! DAMN, THAT HURTS! WHAT ARE YOU MADE OF?” Saul yelled in pain. Kam then removed his coat and shirt revealing noticeable scars and cuts all over his body. But there were signs of any visible muscle on his body. He then takes in a deep breath flexes as his inner muscles began to show as they also send a small shockwave from popping out. 

“As they say, it’s what on the inside that matters most. I took that seriously by training my body to the max to be the living embodiment of immovable fortress.” Kam said as he flexes his body a bit and as Jax steps out from his chair.

“He’s not wrong either. Building your body is important to help you resist blows, however.” Suddenly Jax disappeared and Saul was confused about what happened and looked around. 

“But it’s nothing compare to lightning speed.” Saul gasped as Jax was behind him and he didn’t hear him coming at all. Then he disappeared again and appeared again behind Sara and Frey. 

“Your body is light enough to build it for speed. Though maybe not as fast as me but still enough to move around quickly.” Jax said as he keeps disappearing and reappearing all-round Saul. Saul tries to take a swing at Jax but Jax dodges and shoves Saul. Then Jax appeared behind him again and shoves him again. He keeps at it for a bit then he unleashed a powerful kick as it sends Saul flying across the room again. Saul stood back and prepared to attack again.

“Okie that’s enough both of you guys if you remember correctly it’s me and Frey’s job to train him. Not you two. You guys always go too extreme.” Sara said as she pushes Jax and Kam away. 

“Oh, come on name one time we went too extreme on newbies.” Kam said as he leans on Jax’s shoulder. Sara and Frey frowned at them and pulled out a long paper that unrolled itself. It rolled out to be as 7 feet long. 

“I said name one.” Jax said. 

“That was just their medical bills. THESE ARE THE ROOKIES!!” Sara yelled as she pulled another scroll of paper as it rolled out to be at least 30 feet and almost reaching Saul’s feet. Saul picks up the bottom part of the paper as the list of names were enormous.

“Jesus Loise, what the hell did you guys do to them?” Saul asked. 

“uuuhhh rough them up a little?” Kam said awkwardly and grinning. 

“Rough enough to make them send them into the hospital?” Saul replied. 

“Okay, maybe just a little bit.” Jax replied. 

“Good, now you get it. Now both of you go! Now! Shoo!” Sara said. Kam and Jax frowned and went back on the side of the room. Sara and Saul then resume their combat training. Saul tried to block most of Sara’s attack but she was too fast to keep up as she was pushing him back into a corner. Saul tried to do a low kick sweep as it knocks Sara down to the ground. Saul celebrated for a moment. Until Sara smirked and wrapped her legs around his head and tossed him over to the other side of the room. Saul then quickly got back up but gets pushed back then as Sara backflips into Saul. 

“Good attempt kiddo but not good enough yet. But A for effort of a new strategy.” Sara said. 

“That’s great and all…but can get off of my chest now?” Saul asked as he could barely breathe. 

“oops, sorry.” Sara then got off of Saul then helps him back up. Once they both got back up they got back to training.

Kam and Jax left as they got bored and Sara kicked out of the hall. 

“Man, and here I thought we get to have some fun with the newbie.” Kam said. 

“Well, Sara kinda has a point. Maybe we were a bit too rough with this one.” Jax replied. 

“Yeah not really. I thought we were holding back to a degree.” Kam said.

“Well, maybe we have to come up with something that doesn’t involve us going into combat with the rookie.” Jax said.

“hmmm… obstacle course?” Kam asks.

“Nah, our last one broke. And Sara’s parents were not too happy about us using their vacation home as one.” Jax said.

“uuuhhhhhhhh…… Stealth ops?” Kam asks.

“Sounds too quiet even for us. We need something that’s not too quiet. Something that at least gives us to move. And I can’t believe I’m saying this, but something….. normal.” Jax said as he shutters. 

“Oh god, I never even thought of that this day would come.” Kam said. 

“hhhmm”

“hhhmm”

Kam and Jax walking around the manor about the manor three times as they were coming up with ideas of how they could train Saul in some shape or form. After making another few laps around the manor they finally came up with an idea.

“Hiking trip!”

“Hiking trip!”

While Kam and Jax were thinking of their plan. They didn’t realize that a lot of time has passed by and it was already night time both in the demon realm and the human. Meanwhile back in the human realm, Frey drops Saul back into his bedroom as he applies some medicinal cream on his body.

“Just relax for a few days and the medicine will cure your body. Sleep tight kiddo and you’ll be fine through the light training!” Frey said as he exits out of the room while Saul is laying on the bed in a body cast.

“Again…..HOW IS THIS LIGHT?”