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After everyone headed to the close room, and Edwin was successfully pushing the Forretress away from the others, it was close to explode when... "Juuuuuuuuust kidding." Sitra finishes eating her popcorn and approaches the glowing Forretress, pushing Edwin aside. Sitra raises her right arm, and punches the Forretress. Sitra's fist pass through its iron skin, almost reaching the other side of its body. For one second, the Forretress stops glowing, right before turning into a small gem, falling to the ground. "Aaaand done! Ok everyone, it's safe to go out." The members who were hiding in the room go back to the hallway, and everyone looks surprised and confused. "Don't worry, this doesn't count as me helping you. Y'know, Merlin would go nuts at me if this place was destroyed, and after all, even if it exploded, y'll would be safe. And don't look at me like that! I just did it so Merlin won't kick my ass later! Now you still have a mission to complete, so move!" Victory! Everyone leveled up! In the room, right below the bell which was used as an alarm, there is a old looking chest. Three others doors can be seen, one at each corner of the room. No more sounds coming from shadow pokemon can be heard.

The Shellos even tried to defend itself from Edwin's Fury Cutter, and even if it managed to negate some damage, got right by Sparks' Electroweb and Altasal's Thunder Shock, instantly dying and turning in a small gem. As for the Drilbur, who was being targeted by Elías and Leo, tried to dodge their attacks, but Altasal's rock hit it, distracting the Drilbur, who has been struck by the Bubble Beam, and the attack was enough to kill it. Just like the others, Drilbur disappears in a purple smoke, turning into a small gem. Leo's Mega Drain didn't manage to hit it before it died. The Ferrotress though, tired of getting ignored, starts to charge energy around it. Ferrotress uses Self-destruct! It is charging energy and preparing itself to explode! "Ohhhh, that's cool! What will you do?~" Sitra seems to be.. eating popcorn while she watches the group.

The Forretress who had been ignored by Edwin, turned its attention to Elías, who was also close. The Forretress looked at Elías, and launched a wave of small stars at his direction. Forretress used Swift. The Shellos though, ignored Elías's Bug Bite, that dealt 16 damage, and focused at the Electroweb coming into its direction. To intercept it, the Shellos used Mud Bomb, completely destroying the Electroweb, and hit Sparks with it, dealing 15 damage. But as the Shellos was focused at Sparks, it didn't see Altasal's Thunder Shock coming, and got directly struck by it, receiving 26 damage. As for the Drilbur, it was searching for someone to use Dig, when it heard the Thunder Shock being launched right from above. The Drilbur found its target, and appared right below of Altasal, who even tried to dodge by reaction, but failed and got hit by the Drilbur's supereffective move, receiving 50 damage.

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Being targeted by two attacks, the Beedrill tried to protect itself from the first one, Sparks's Electroweb, reducing some damage taken, losing 9 HP. The Beedrill, though, was vulnerable to Altasal's Thunder Shock, and got directly hit by it, taking 12 damage. Angered by the attacks, the Beedrill charges towards Sparks, using Twineedle. A Forretress appeared from the corridor, and the team was starting to getting surrounded by both sides. The Forretress tried to attack the closest one to it, that was Edwin. Forretress used Bug Bite on Edwin. The Drilbur, from the other side of the small corridor, quickly dug a hole, using Dig, and disappearing from the surface. Meanwhile, a Shellos appearead from the room, and used Mud Bomb. A big ball of mud is throw against Leo, who had just used Extrasensory on the Machoke, instantly killing it. The Machoke disappears in some sort of purple smoke, and turns into a small gem.

The Beedrill easily dodged Altasal's Thunder Shock and Spark's Screech, and as a reaction to the intense light made by the Thunder Schock, Beedril uses Drill Run, quickly spinning on the air and going into Altasal's direction. Drilbur uses Rapid Spin on Elías, who was close to the door, to remove the Sticky Web and inflict a bit of damage. Meanwhile, Machoke was trying to defend itself from Leo's Extrasensory, and was able to negate most of the damage. Machoke takes 18 damage. Angry because of the attack, the Machoke decides to attack Leo, running towards him and using Ice Punch.

June 7, 10:36 AM Sparks's Electro Web hits a pokemon, making it scream in pain, before falling on the ground, while Leo's Leech Seed appeared to hit nothing. The noises now were right behind the door, and it starts to tremble, seeming to be receiving impacts from the other side. A loud noise comes from the door, right before shattering into small pieces of rock, going into the team's direction. The down was destroyed. Elías was too close to the door to be able to dodge the rocks, and is hit by some small bits of it. Elías takes 4 damage. Edwin was too busy looking for enemies in the corridor to notice the rocks, also getting hit by some of them, although his iron body protected him from most of the damage. Edwin takes 2 damage. Sparks and Leo elegantly dodge the rocks, while Altasal found a beautiful rock on the ground, bowing down to take it, and luckily avoided a big rock. Now that the door was destroyed, the team could see what was inside the room. At the place of the destroyed door, a Machoke, probably the one one who destroyed it, a Drilbur and a Beedrill were standing there, looking at the group. Their eyes don't have pupils, and their faces have no expression. They seem to be caught in Elías's Sticky Web. Behind them, there's a small shadow gem laying on the ground. Meanwhile, the noises coming from the corridor are getting closer. Battle Start!

The moment Altasal opened the door, tics could be heard coming from the walls. Tic. Tic. Tic. Tic. Tic. Tic. Din Don Din Don Din Don! An absurdly loud bell ring could be heard coming from inside the room. The grunts inside the room now became much more agitated and more near to the door. A scream of pain could also be heard, probably from what Altasal's Thunder Wave hitted. Not only that, but the same sort of noises are now coming from the corridors, and appears to be getting closer. Sitra facepalms while laughing. "Oh, ancient alarms! So obvious but so effective! Hahahahahahah! What will you do now?"

The group decides to follow straight south. After some time walking, the corridor turns to the west, and they walk more, until they find a path, leading to stairs that supposedly will take them to the next floor. As the objective is to clear the dungeon, they can't go there yet, and instead, keep walking the corridor, until it splits in two ways again. The majority decided to take the nearest split to the north, where they find a door, looking like the one from before, but less mossy. Sounds can be heard coming the other side of the door. Sitra appears to be bored, and yawns. "Ugh, this is so boring! I knew Merlin would give us the most boring dungeon. They are probably having fun right now!"

The majority chose to follow the corridor instead of trying to break down the door. They walked a considerable distance, until the path splits in two ways. One to the south, where you can't see the end, and one to the west, where it immediately turns to the south.

June 7, 8:17 AM After the group was done talking and getting ready, everyone heads outside, as Sitra said. There, they see Sitra, and behind her, a carriage, attached to two Mudsdale. "What are you waiting for? Hurry up!" The group get up on the carriage, and the two Mudsdale starts to run. "Ok, so lemme do the boring supervisor stuff and explain to you your job today. As we already said yesterday, this will be just a test to see you you dumbasses will be able to go on exploring missions. Your only job is to clear this dungeon, killing all shadow pokemon inside. Also, as I know some of you probably will make drama about killing other pokemon, don't worry. They don't have emotions, they don't talk, and when they die they transform in shadow gems that I mentioned yesterday." The carriage leaves the city, entering the plains. "The dungeon you are going to clear is called Serenity Ruins, and is supposed to be connected to some ancient pokemon that I forgot the name and it doesn't matter right now. Oh yeah, before I forget, take this." Sitra handles to the group some lunches. "This is your breakfast, now you better eat it, because I don't want to save your asses because you are too hungry to do something!" Sitra jokingly says, before continuing to explain. "Oh and before I forget! I'm not going to help you find the way or fight. I'm only going to interfere if you are going to get killed, and if this happens, you pretty much failed at the test. I will just watch you guys to see who is best fit to be the leader, because as you may know, I won't go to the missions with you." The carriage enters in a valley. A big lake can be seen from afar. "Ok, we're almost there! Oh yeah, if you haven't noticed, there are 3 Oran Berries in you backpacks. If you feel hungry or get hurt, just eat it." June 7, 10:12 AM The carriage stops, and Sitra, together with the group, leaves it. Near to it, there's a big stone door covered in moss. Behind the group, there's a giant lake, with a crystal clear water. Sitra approaches one of the Mudsdale, giving it some money. The carruage then turns around, walking back from the way it came. "What? Did you think we would go back with them? Of course not! I'm not a money fountain!" Sitra says while laughing, and approaches the big door. "Also, one more thing! Merlin said that we need to be careful, because this place is too old and can easily collapse." Sitra then kicks the big old door, blasting it open. The group looks at her with a disappointed expression. "What? Stop looking at me like that and go do your job! I will enter right behind you~" With the door now blasted open, the group can see a little inside. A big stair leading down can be seen, but the place is too dark to see what is at the end of it. The group starts to walk down the stair, and arrives at a corridor. There are some lit torches at the walls, making enough light to see the corridor. To the south, there is a door, just like the one from the entrance, but smaller. To the north the corridor keeps going. You can see that a bit ahead, it turns to the right. And of course, behind you, there is the stair that leads to the outside. What direction will you take?

June 7, 8:03 AM Part of the team was peacefully sleeping in the dormitory, when suddenly... "HEY, WAKE THE FUCK UP!" Sitra appeared by the door, yelling. Edwin and Sparks were right behind her. Edwin hadn't any wounds on him, and appeared to be alright. "Do you know what time is it? IT'S 8 AM!!! The other teams already left to the dungeon two hours ago! I was too busy sleeping to come wake you up. Now get your lazy asses up, and go get ready. We were supposed to walk there, but I'm going to spend my money and call a taxi because someone here doesn't know how to be responsible! Meet me outside in 15 minutes." Sitra then leaves the room, leaving Sparks and Edwin there.

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"Well, that's unfortunate for you." Alcott said, as he knocked out Edwin, who didn't know that Alcott had Scrappy as ability. Unfortunately for him, Alcott got hit by a very powerful Bubble Beam, taking 32 damage. Right after Elías's Bubble beam, Jullien got up from the ground, and charged towards Alcott, using Drill Peck. "Time to end this little game!" Alcott even tried to dodge Jullien, but was still a bit confused from the last attack, and got hit by a close range Drill Peck, taking 62 damage. All win conditions have been met! Jullien, Edwin and Elías are the winners! June 6, 7:41 PM The pokemon around were surprised by the battle, and started to clap. "Well, that will teach them to not underestimate the others." Said Arla. "T-True..." Applauses could be heard coming from the stairs. "Well, well, well..." Sitra appearead, with a disappointed face. "S-Sitra.. I can explain.." Said Jullien, scared of the punishment they were going to receive. "Really? How can you explain the fact that there was a fight and nobody invited me to watch it?!" "..." Jullien didn't know if Sitra was serious or not. "Be glad that I was lucky to see the entire fight. I've heard some noises coming from here, and as I know how teenagers can be pervs, I came here to check you out. But then I see a fight and duuuuuuude... What a great demonstration of power!" "Aren't you angry with us?" Jullien said, still not believing that Sitra wasn't going to punish them. "Why would I be? This fight was 100% legal! Everyone had consent in it, so it's ok. Too bad for those poor little dumbasses tho. They really got a beating. Especially those two." Sitra points towards Alcott and Edwin. "Well, I'm taking them to the infirmary. Tomorrow, they will be in their 100%! There's nothing that Bonbon, our trustworthy Hariyama can't cure!" Sitra approached the fainted pokemon, placing them in her right shoulder, like when someone carries a sack. "Well, see you tomorrow kiddos! You better go to sleep now~" Sitra walks away, going down the stairs. Everyone scattered around again, and Jullien was surprised by Sitra's reaction to the fight. "That was... unexpected. Hey, thanks for helping me. I'm really glad, no one had ever defended me. If you ever need something, please tell me. Also, tomorrow I'll make sure to say thanks to your friend, Edwin. I feel a little bad for him, though. Well, I'm really tired because of this fight, so I guess I'm heading to sleep. Good night, Elías, and thanks again!" As Jullien said that, she headed over to her dormitory.

Vulnerable and in critical condition, Elgar is unable to dodge Elías's Bubble beam this time, fainting instantly after receiving the hit. "Well, well. Who is the weak now?! Only one left!" Jullien charges towards Elgar with all her speed, using Drill Peck. Unfortunately for her, Alcott sidestepped it, and she hit the ground instead. "Well, if I can't win this fight, I'll at least take out one of you with me..." Alcott uses Storm Throw on Jullien, who is still on the ground and unable to dodge it!

Gnell, who somewhat defended himself from Jullien's attack, taking 21 damage from it, had a surprised face for a moment, when he got attacked by behind from Edwin's Pursuit, taking 30 damage, and faiting almost instantly. He muttered to himself "..W-Why...", before falling on the ground, uncounscious. "Gnell! Dammit! You'll pay for that!" Says Elgar, as he easily dodges Elías's Bubble beam, charging towards Edwin once again. Elgar uses Flame Wheel on Edwin! "I won't let you!" Jullien charges towards Elgar, using Drill Peck to intercept the attack. Jullien succesfully intercepts Elgar's Flame Wheel, hitting him and dealing 35 damage, throwing him back for a considerable distance. "Dammit..." Said Elgar, trying to get up from the attack. "I think this is not going the way we wanted to, huh? Well." Alcott concentrates for a bit, charging energy on his fists. Alcott runs towards Elías, and uses Storm Throw!

Battle Start! "Well, someone needs to start it, right?!" Elgar takes impulse, and starts running towards Edwin's direction! [Elgar uses Flame Wheel on Edwin] "And I'm going to take care of you myself, little princess!" [Gnell uses Clear Smog on Jullien!] A blast of Poison Mist is launched against Jullien, who tries to defend, but still took most damage of the hit. [Jullien takes 19 damage!] "Damn you..." Jullien starts to fly, and charges herself towards Gnell, with her wings spread. [Julliens uses Wing Attack on Gnell!] Meanwhile, Alcott decides not to attack yet, and instead, [Uses Work Up]. Alcott's Attack and Special attack raises one stage!

Jullien looked at the Dewpider, surprised by their words. "...Thanks.." She looks back at the trio, with a determined expression. "But I still want to fight! I'll prove to you that I deserve to be here!" "Well, 3vs1 isn't really a cool thing. We are not that much of assholes, y'know. So how about this? Me, Alcott and Elgar against you, the Dewpider, and..." Gnell looks around, and sees the Honedge close to them. "And that Honedge!" "Ohhh, that will be fun!" "Guess I can't refuse it, then." "Hmph. Fine by me. Will you two accept it?" Jullien looks at Elías and Edwin. Some pokemon from the other teams approaches the group, forming a circle around them. "H-Hey guys... Maybe fighting is not the best option here..." Said the shy Togetic. "No. Let them do it. Sometimes fighting is the only way to respect each other. It would also be a good training. And I kinda want Gnell to be taught a lesson." Arla, the Grovyle, answered to the Togetic. "Hey! Arla, why are you so mean to me?!" Gnell said to Arla. It seems that both of them know each other for a long time. "Because you deserve it, Gnell."

June 6, 6:52 PM "Don't worry about your families. We've made sure to prioritize their safety. I suppose you don't have any more questions, so I'm going to end the meeting now. Also, before I forget. Wandering around the guild after 10 PM is prohibited. Please, stay in your rooms after that time." As he said that, Merlin wandered off. Heros and Sitra followed him. Whispers could be heard between Alcott, Gnell and Elgar, right after the supervisors made their leave. "Isn't her the King's daughter? She doesn't look that strong... Hah, we got so unlucky to be in the same team as her!" Elgar, the Ponyta, whispered. "I know right? She probably used her father's influence to get here... What a loser..." Gnell answered, "Yeah, I heard that s-" Before Alcott could finish the sentence, someone touched his shoulder from behind. "Why don't you said it in my face? I can hear it you know." Jullien appeared from behind them, looking upset. "Careful guys! She is angry and is going to throw her father's crown on us! Run!!" "Hahahahahahaha! I bet she is going to call her sudits to punish us or something like that!" "Shut the fuck up!" "Wow Princess, no need to be angry y'know." "No need to be angry?! What do you even know??" "G-Guys let's try to be c-calm ok...?" Arasine, the Togetic, tried to lighten the mood. "You know what? I bet I can take out the three of you all by myself!" Said Jullien, totally ignoring Arasine's request. "Hah! I want to see you trying it!"

Merlin looks at Elías, a bit surpised for the question. "Well..." Says Merlin, looking to the ground, with a sad expression. "The guards took care of the terrorists, and they are being interrogated right now. For the people, most got away. A lot got hurt, but have no risk of death, but... I won't lie to you. The number is still not exact, as we are still looking for survivors, but we think the number of deaths is something between... 1000 and 1200..."

June 6, 1:07 PM When everyone was done eating and talking, Marcus took the big group to a tour through the guild's ground. The tour was slow, boring, and seemed to be endless, while Marcus's personality wasn't helping. The group was taken to see almost every part of the guild, hearing each little detail. Some were almost starting to fall asleep. June 6, 3:12 PM After two hours of a a tour that could even be called torture, Marcus finishes showing the 2nd floor of the guild. "And with this, the tour is over. The only place you didn't visit yet is the Boss's Office, and hope that you never have to. The meeting that will reveal your teams and give you the guild's gear will happen at 6PM, right here. Please, do not arrive late. You now are free to use the Guild's facilities, and if you have any questions, you can meet me at the entrance, where we first met. Farewell." As he said this, Marcus walks down to the 1st floor, walking to his post. The group scatters around, trying to find something to do for the next 3 hours. June 6, 6:00 PM When the time for the meeting finally arrives, everyone is reunited at the dormitory's hall. The three supervisors arrives, standing right in front of the group. "Sorry for making everyone wait. It's now time to reveal the teams, distribute your gear and explain how things will work from now on. Without any further ado, let us start." Merlin looks at Heros and Sitra, nodding. "I will be the supervisor of Team 1. The members are: Jullien, Gnell, Amzu, Arla and Elgar." "Team 2. Don, Leena, Alcott, Arasine, and Satha. You supervisor is none other than me. Don't disappoint me." "ANNNNNNNND, THE LUCKY ONES TO BE ON THE BEST TEAM, ALSO KNOW AS TEAM 3, AREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.... The ones whose names haven't been said yet! Congratulations!" "Sitra... please..." "What?" Merlin and Heros looks at Sitras with a disappointed face. "..." "..." "Anyways. Let me explain to you what is going to happen now. Tomorrow, each team will go to a dungeon, and we supervisors will go with you, but we won't do anything unless needed. Your objective is simply to clear the dungeon, eliminating all Shadow Pokemons inside. Those dungeons are supposed to be relatively easy, and will be just a test to determine if you are strong enough to already take exploring missions. We will also use the results to determine the leader of each team." "Another thing. We've left the guild's gear on your respective beds, inside your dormitories. You will receive a backpack,a guild's badge, a map and a guild's scarf that fits your size. The badge allows you to enter places that normal citizens wouldn't be able to enter, and the higher the rank of your team, the most influence your badge will have." "Also also! I'm sure Marcus showed you the Trading Post on the floor below. There you will be able to change your shadow gems for pure, shiny and beautiful money! The bigger the gem, the more money you receive. I know I don't need to explain this because it's obvious as fuck and everyone should know this by now, but you get shadow gems for "killing" Shadow Pokemon, and the stronger they are, bigger them gem that they will turn into when killed." "And with this, I believe everything has been explained. If you have any questions, please do not be shy to ask. If not, head over to your dormitories, because you will need all the rest you can get for tomorrow." Merlin finishes saying, waiting to see if anyone has questions.

Sitra looks at Leo, laughing from his flirt attempt. "Oh, really now? Then tell this guy behind you that this girl right here is single, but she prefers other girls. Sorry~" "Good question, good question indeed!" Sitra remarked. "Well, we supervisors will discuss about the best way to distribute you this afternoon. We try to balance the teams. Y'know, we can't have a team full of support focused pokemon, and neither a team full offensive, but this is Merlin's job and I don't even know what we are going to do. I just follow the flow, y'know." Right after responding to Edwin, Altasal asked a question. "Uhhhh... I don't really remember. I think you will receive a Guild's Badge, a Wonder Map and a Treasure bag. Together with it you will receive a guild's scarf, that is obligatory to use while in duty. Yeah I think that's all. We will explain what each item does in tonight's meeting. Does someone else have a question?" "I do have a question." Jullien, the pink Murkrow that hadn't said much the entire day, said. "Then go ahead and ask!" "Why did we get teleported away from the stadium?! We could have helped them!" "Well, Nirva, the Xatu that teleported us, was obviously protecting the king. And it would also be a disaster for the kingdom if something happened with the new recruits on their first day. Also, it's not like you guys could have done anything against that terrorists. Our guards are very well trained, and having you there probably wouldn't help them." "But w-" "Ok, ok! Question time is over~ Now if you please follow me, it's time to meet the Guild's Quarters! This is where you will sleep, eat, and get missions from. Please refrain from breaking anything or fighting outside of the battlegrounds, as our Boss can be a bit.. scary." June 6, 12:10 PM Sitra approached the gates to the building, and entered it as they opened. The group followed, and as they entered, they could see the space much more clearly. At the middle, there was the big white building that could be seen from afar. It looks like a big college. In the front of it, a beautiful garden, one that usually would only be seen in dreams. At the left side of it, there were arenas, three, to be exact. Probably the battlegrounds Sitra had told them about. To the right, minor buildings, apparently shops or something like that, could be seen. Some pokemon were standing in each one of them. A Claydol was standing right outside of the front door that leads to the main building, and approached Sitra and the group as they came in. "Greetings, Sitra." Said the Claydol, without showing any sign of emotion or expression. "Yo, Marcus! Those behind me are the new recruits." Sitra said, as she turned towards the group. "Marcus here will be pleased to make a tour through our grounds. But I believe you are hungry by now right? Marcus, before starting the tour, lead them to the Guild's Canteen, ok?" "Understood. Please, follow me." Marcus leads the team towards the building. The halls are white and clean, having big windows to the outside. After one or two minutes, the group arrived at a big space, crowded with pokemon. Everyone apparently is talking between themselves, and eating. When the recruits arrive, everyone at the cafeteria stops talking for a moment, and looks at them, before starting to talk again. At the other side of the cafeteria, A Hariyama is standing behind a buffet. Next to it, a sign, with the phrase "MEAL OF THE DAY: MASHED POTATOES AND MAGIKARP MEAT".