The next day, after school Roderick went to the factory to make preperations for the training he was to give these kids.
Roderick then contacted Jeremy and said, "I just got the program installed, tell the others to come to the factory…I'll be waiting for them."
When they all arrived Roderick greeted them. "Are you ready for your first lesson?" he asked, they all nodded.
Once in Lyoko Roderick said, "Okay Jeremy…start her up!" Suddenly the surroundings disappeared and they found themselves in pitch-blackness.
"What is the meaning of this?" Ulrick asked. Roderick turned around and said, "Welcome to the training fields, right now you see nothing because I don't wish to rush you into something like a soldier with his head cut off! That was the mistake you made with Devian, but with my training that won't be likely to happen again."
Roderick looked at them and then said, "I think you already know about your virtual forms' abilities by now, Yumi…yours are that fan attack and telekinesis, Ulrick…yours are 'Triplicate' and 'Triangulate', and Odd…yours are Laser Arrow and Foresight. I know this because I studied your profiles, they are all good abilities."
He continued, "But against someone like Devian, well you get the picture…the truth is your virtual forms have other abilities more amazing than the ones before it, but at this moment you cannot access them until you go to the next level. Right now you are all level one, while I myself am a level four."
"So until we get to the next level, we're pretty much weaklings. But is that all going to the next level can do is unlock abilities?" Ulrick asked.
Roderick shook his head and replied, "No, it can also increase your hit points…SB is at level one as well but is nearing the next level, Warlock and Dark Angel are level two, Nightmare is a three, and Phantomae and Seraph are both level four."
"What about Devian…what level is he on?" Odd asked.
Roderick gave a deep sigh and said, "Devian is a level 10, or what is called an 'Avatar Level' he has reached the pinnacle of virtual evolution and for there cannot go any higher."
Then the darkness ended and Roderick said, "There, I think that good enough for our first lesson…but don't worry, the real hard stuff will begin this weekend."
And with that they left Jeremy and the others going one way, Roderick the other.