JaN: Well....here's the continuation of the last story....and Jaucifer, thx for the review!!

Chapter 2 : Training

Well, Xan took great care of El and Rhine and the two of them really appreciated Xan's efforts of taking care of them. He provided them a nice room in his house...he made sure that they'll finish their meals..In fact, Xan treats them like his own children. Even though Xan could be reaching the 28 years soon, but he was always carefree.

Xan realized that the kids can't be just kids. They needed training. So one day he decided to take them to Poring Land and tank them.

"Well kids, it's time for you to start training. I'll be helping you in Poring Land until you can fight stronger monsters. By the way, what do you kids plan to be?" Xan asked.

El and Rhine looked at each other and thought for a moment.

"Well....I've always wanted to be as strong and swift as my dad...." El explained.

"Well, what are your suggestions?" Xan asked.

"Erm...I want to be a knight, just like him.."

"So, knight it is. Don't worry; I'll train you to be just like him." Xan smiled. "Ah, how about you Rhine?" Xan continued.

"I want to help people and save them from danger..like how my mom was..and...she was a priest...Can I be a priest?"

"Well, of course you can!" El laughed.

"So, now that I've found out what you kids want to be, I'll be training you to fit your job perfectly. So let's go now." Xan said.

Xan lead them to their destination and once they reached there.....

"Wow!!!! Strawberry jelly!!!!!!!!" Rhine shouted, as she was amazed with the amount of porings there.

El looked at her strangely, while Xan chuckled.

Rhine was so fascinated with the "strawberry jelly" that she even approached one and touched it! Well to her surprise, her arm sank into the blob!

"EEEEEK!!" Rhine gave a loud shriek. Xan and El quickly ran towards Rhine..... Rhine quickly pulled out her arm which sank into the body of the poring...

For a moment, Rhine was a little too fascinated with porings that she was staring at her arm that had slimy "strawberry jelly" and then......she licked it!

"Hm....I thought strawberry jelly was supposed to be sweet....but..hmm....this taste different...TOTALLY DIFFERENT.." Rhine uttered.

"HAH! Now I know how they loot items so easily!!" El said, in surprise.

Xan couldn't help it but to laugh.

"Hmm kids, I'll go hunt for some poporings first. And remember, don't hit any other monsters except for porings while I'm away." Xan told them and left.

El and Rhine saw a poring and hit it...Well...Rhine was still as fascinated as ever about porings and their translucent body..

"Rhine.....porings aren't desserts you know....they're monsters in this world...so in order to be more experienced, you have to hit them.." El said.

Rhine was reluctant, but she tried hitting them. When it died, it burst and its "strawberry jelly" were splattered on the ground...Rhine's eyes popped out...but she continued hitting up some porings and she finally got used to them. El was relieved by that, though.

Then, Xan came back. It seems there were some poporings after him, but those were for the kids to hit. After a whole day of training, finally El and Rhine were ready for their job quest.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JaN : Well, that's it for chapter 2...chapter 3 next up!