Today was the day Lyrica had her test to join the raid.
Iris was waiting outside for Shiro and Lyrica to get ready, using her phone todo a little more research on the dungeon that they were going to be going to.
That was when she saw something out of the corner of her eye.
"Mrow"
"..."
Iris stared at it.
When Shiro and Lyrica got outside, the first thing they saw was Iris holding a black cat in her arms, petting it. She looked as if that was all she ever wanted in life.
[Having fun?] Shiro asked, having to tap the notepad a few times because Iris wouldn't look at it.
"Void... floof..." Iris replied as if holding back tears.
Yin, who was on top of Shiro's head, immediately panicked and dove into Shiro's pocket, causing all three to let out small laughs.
That's when Iris noticed Shiro's outfit, she was wearing a white shirt, short jeans, and black stockings rather than her usual simple white dress.
"Shiro you aren't wearing the white dress today?" Iris asked, sense it did seem indestructible. So were Iris's own hoodie and black sweatpants now that she thought about it.
[Nope, Lyrica said it was too boreing] Shiro replied with a shrug.
"It is!" Lyrica added.
[Anyways we have to go or we will be late for the test, put the cat down.] Shiro wrote
"Never!" Iris protested, hugging the cat tighter. However that made it struggle out of her grip and jump off, walking away.
"NOOOOOOO!" Iris looked as if her soul was broken while Shiro grabbed her wrist and dragged her along, Iris still reaching for the cat.
Lyrica, who was walking next to Shiro, eyed her holding Iris's wrist with a little jealousy.
Walking past the adventurer's association, They headed towards the training center.
The training center was massive as it was an underground facility. The first floor consisted of the reception and the terminals to apply for rent a training room underground.
The main reason as to why the rooms were designed underground was to avoid the times where people would cause cracks on the ground. Therefore, berserkers and the like get the lowest rooms to make sure they don't damage anything too severely.
Iris reluctantly pulled herself together as they got to the door, walking with them while still mourning the loss of the cat.
Walking into the reception, Shiro pulled out her phone and messaged the leader of the raid.
[I'm at the reception with my friends. Where are you?]
"Excuse me. Are you the one who applied to the Spider's Whisper raid?" A voice called out as Shiro looked up.
The source of the voice was a grown man with a hulking body build.
[Jonas LVL 30 – Axe Warrior]
[Yes I am. I'm mute so I'll be communicating with my notepad.] Shiro wrote out.
'Is this a joke?' Jonas thought. The girl in front of him was a kid. Not only that, but the two people with her were kids as well.
Already feeling fatigued, he massaged his eyes.
"Ok. Follow me, we'll be conducting the test." He said as they all followed him.
Entering the elevator, Jonas started to explain the test.
"There are a few tests that we'll be conducting. The first being close combat since the spiders tend to fight in close quarters. Next is dodging a multitude of ranged attacks and finally, how she holds up to having both happen at the same time." Jonas said as Lyrica nodded albeit feeling a little nervous.
She was a level 15 doing the recruitment test for a level 20 raid. She couldn't not be nervous.
Understanding that Lyrica was feeling nervous, Shiro only smiled slightly and tapped her shoulder.
"Hm?"
Patting her head, Shiro smiled lightly.
[I believe in you.]
"Un." Lyrica nodded with a blush feeling more confident.
"I miss the void..." Iris mumbled sadly.
Reaching underground floor 13, the three walked out.
The design on the floor was simple and sleek with white walls.
"Ah! Flashbang!" Iris said, seeing the white room.
"Believe it or not, you are actually the second person to have said that." Jonas said, swiping his ID card on one of the doors.
They were greeted with a team of people and equipment within a pretty large room which looked to be roughly the size of half a football field.
"This is the original team. Everyone here is either level 20 or 20 plus. They'll be the ones to help conduct your test." Jonas said as Shiro nodded.
[Paul LVL 20 – Assassin]
[Erica LVL 23 – Fire Mage]
[Trace LVL 20 – Swordsman]
[Silvia LVL 30 – Grand Healer]
"The first test is the close quarter's combat. We'll be having Paul and Trace attack you while little test dummies would also obstruct you." Jonas said as Lyrica nodded.
Walking into the middle of the room, she held out her hand and summoned out the dual ended poison blades.
"Wow. That's a pretty intimidating weapon you have there." Paul said as he pulled out two daggers.
He was a tall and skinny male as he measured up to around 6ft 5. His hair was blond and eyes were brown.
"Don't joke around. This is the recruitment for a raid. We can't have a weak link or we'll die." Trace said unsheathing a sword.
He was slightly shorter than Paul as he was roughly 6ft 3, black hair and black eyes.
"Ready." Lyrica said as she twirled the blade around her arms to get warmed up a little.
Paul and Trace looked over and Jonas who nodded as activated 4 spider puppets.
Making an ice chair, Shiro sat down and watched with interest.
Iris glanced at Shiro making an ice chair before doing the same with her holographic creation, sitting down as well.
Paul instantly went into stealth as trace rushed towards Lyrica.
Twisting her body, Lyrica swung her blade at him forcing him to parry with her sword.
Paul appeared behind Lyrica ready to attack.
Lyrica wasn't unprepared as she pivoted on her foot and twisted the second blade towards Paul.
*CRRR!!!!
Sparks flew as the three blades collided with each other.
One of the spider puppets was about to latch onto Lyrica's leg as she crouched down and jumped up.
This forced Paul and Trace's blades away.
Stabbing the dual ended poison blade into the ground, Lyrica put strength into her core and twisted her body.
Kicking towards both Paul and Trace, Lyrica showed great flexibility.
Whilst supporting her body on the blade, she had enough stability to do a perfect split and kick towards both enemies.
Jonas was surprised as he looked over at Shiro.
"Why does she fight so well for a level 15?" He asked.
[Trade secret. Less asking more testing.] Shiro replied bluntly.
Jonas only shrugged as it was up to Shiro if she wanted to tell him or not.
Iris tilted her head, wondering why Shiro was keeping it a secret.
Controlling the spider puppets, Jonas made the other 3 jump at Lyrica.
After kicking away her enemies, Lyrica had a serious face as she had to not let the 3 puppets touch her.
She decided to use one of her newest skills gained when she reached level 15.
Readjusting her grip on the handle quickly, Lyrica lowered herself down before twisting her body.
The momentum caused her to start spinning slightly. But that slight momentum was enough to activate her next skill.
Blade Whirlwind.
Her speed instantly picked up as she landed back on her legs and twirled the blade around. The silver and blue light that came from the blades made it seem like a tornado was around her.
*PA PA PA!
The three puppets were knocked away as a gale was picking up.
When her blades reached the fastest they could go, Lyrica twisted her body and slashed three times in a row which erupted with blade energy.
Trace's pupils shrank as he quickly activated auto counter on his sword and blocked one of the attacks.
Paul twisted his body as he barely dodged the attack since he was further away from Lyrica.
[I believe she passed the test?] Shiro asked with a grin.
"Indeed she has." Jonas nodded. He wasn't annoyed at the fact that his two friends lost. But was in fact relieved since this meant a reliable teammate.
"Next is the long ranged test." Jonas called out as Paul and Trace returned.
Silvia tapped her staff on the ground twice as a green light coated the both of them, healing them instantly.
"This test will have several cannons shooting at you and you must dodge." Jonas called out as Lyrica nodded before pausing.
"Hold up. Did you just say cannons?!" She shouted out. No matter how well her hidden proficiency may be, she didn't have the capability to dodge a cannon at close range.
"Hahaha, don't worry. These cannons are simulations of the web shooter spiders. They'll be shooting nets around the speed of which the spiders would shoot their webs." Jonas called out as Lyrica nodded.
If that was the case then she could do it no problem.
Seeing her confidence, Shiro only sighed and shook her head.
Placing the cannons in place, Jonas looked over at Lyrica who nodded.
*BAM BAM BAM BAM
Several balls of nets were shot as they expanded in mid air.
Lyrica twirled her blades as she cut towards the nets.
*Ping~!
Her blade bounced off the net as she was shocked seeing the toughness of the net before it wrapped around her and secured her in place.
Seeing this, Jonas only sighed.
"Little girl. You were overconfident. The spider's webs are something even level 20's would find a little troublesome." Jonas said as Lyrica only nodded disappointedly.
Iris looked at the webs in curiosity while Shiro comforted Lyrica.
"The nets are quite strong aren't they?" Iris asked, thinking.
"They are, being level 20 their silk is extremely tough." Jonas confirmed
"Will you be collecting the silk during the raid?" Iris asked
"No, loot will be split based on contribution, what the system gives you is what you get." Jonas replied, shaking his head.
"You can feel free to pocket them if you want, just the party wont go out of the way to keep them alive for you" Jonas replied as Iris nodded. After all keeping one alive could endanger the party.