Berry had won the last training by sheer luck, through repeated trainings he had finally found a way to safely control his attribute although his progress was slow and small given the amount of time he invested in the control of his attribute he was still grateful.
Berry tried remembering how the training always started in the Servant's Camp. The training started when all 6 servants including Frank stepped into a large stone circle that appeared in the middle of the camp anytime training started, runic languages were written at the tip of the circle not for adorning it, but they were used to keep what went on in the circle in the circle by creating a purple energy shield that shielded anyone outside the circle from any harmful aura emanating from a soul being, harmful skills, spell casting and any harmful weapon that was accidentally misplaced during the course of battle.
Concerning battle, out of the six servants two were selected to have a friendly duel among themselves until a victor could be decided either by the opponent losing health to the minimum or the opponent being shoved out of the stone circle.
The loser was given an energy bar to absorbed to regain their lost health and advised to work on their skill, while the victor was also given an energy bar to absorb before preparing for a new duel until he either lost or defeated all the servants therefore becoming the winner of the duel.
The winner of the duel was rewarded by visiting the library to learn any skill in the span of one day before returning back to the camp.
After remembering all these Berry secured a space in the stone circle while the last one to enter the stone circle was the aloof newcomer Frank.
***
Frank actually expected training to be what he heard from the official that was scouting the camp, while Sebastian was standing in one place coordinating the training.
But what made him surprised was that the reward for training was studying in the library for one day, back on earth studying for an hour was the greatest kind of torture teenagers and anyone that wasn't a scholar experienced except if the book was an interesting novel. Frank and most other people his age often found playing games and sports, watching interesting movies, conversing with a friend or celebrity, reading comics and manga and eating their favorite or expensive and delicious snack or food a worthy reward.
But here in the land of souls, the soul beings didn't find any of that rewarding it was a little weird for Frank but he still stepped into the stone circle hoping to win even if it was for a little bit.
The training started with everyone picking a card from numbers 1 to 6 and the order of their fight was dependent on the number selected. So if a number like 1 was picked, 1 was the first to fight and 1 had to fight 2 while if a number like 6 was picked 6 was the last to fight and 6 had to fight either the strongest champion who had defeated other people with numbers before 6 or the person who chose the letter 5.
Anyway no matter the number chosen there were advantages and disadvantages in choosing the number.
Frank selected a number and almost cursed when he saw the number written on the other side of the card. The number written there was indeed number 1. After everyone selected their number and moved away from the stone circle, he was a little grateful and at the same time terrified to find out that his first opponent was Berry nicknamed "Weakest Soul Being".
He was grateful because he had observed Berry fighting or better yet not fighting and then concluded that either Berry didn't know how to fight with his fists or that Berry had indeed a weak body even weaker than other soul beings. On the other hand he was terrified because through all the fight he had observed, the opponents of Berry often ran away immediately after they saw him. He couldn't help but wonder what would happen to him if he confronted Berry.
With a bad taste of fear in his gut, Frank decided to checked his ranked up skill.
First was "Average Gamer(B)" which had ranked up immediately he learnt the skill Meditation and the second was his most recent skill that ranked up, the skill he was growing quite fond of while still observing it, the skill gifted to him by death, "Meditation(E)"
[Skill Description: Average Gamer(B) (Passive Skill)
*You have a developed a faint sense to know low level skills being used by other people or beings due to your experience in playing games*
Sometimes this is a good thing other times this is a curse.]
Thinking back to his fight with the huge skeleton, Frank saw that it was the Average Gamer skill that allowed him to know some of the skills being used by the huge skeleton. Frank hesitated for a while before he checked the next ranked skill.
[Skill Description: Meditation(E) (Active Skill)Lv 1
*There is a slight chance that when meditating, your body will remain in a trance state while a piece of you will be able to move around*
You finally understand what Death's book means
Etre: To be
Some soul beings in Darkovia believe in the concept of "to be" although the knowledge is old if practiced well it could be the greatest power after ???
The skill Escape(C) will be generated.]
Frank was stunned by what he read in the description of the skill, he said:
"A piece of myself?"
"Was that what I was? "
"Was I not real?"
"But it felt so real"
"What the hell was that thing that looked like me"
"Was that another piece of me?"
Frank had a lot of questions on his mind but he calmed himself down a bit before preparing for his fight with Berry.
***
Berry saw how Frank was reacting and believed taking care of Frank would be a walk in the park as he stepped into the stone circle, Frank stepped into the circle with a clear sense of fear displayed on his face along with a feeling of helplessness.
Berry could only wonder how a useless and helpless thing like Frank defeated the huge skeleton in the Talent Bout. Unfortunately for him he wasn't the only one thinking about this, most of Maru's servants and officials had a look resembling confusion and disbelief on their faces.
But no one could say anything since the fight had already begun. Berry stopped hesitating and then activated his attribute expecting Frank to turn around and leave the stone circle thereby declaring he - Berry the winner and then he only had to face 5 more opponents.
Berry was expecting Frank to walk away but immediately he glanced at Frank he had a look of disbelief on his face.