Izo’s quarters was basically an apartment to herself. After Odin left, the pink Jelly remained happily on Izo’s head as Izo kept a firm grip on Pucca by Pucca’s neck. Pucca let’s out heartbreaking cries as Izo shaved Pucca’s fur off to make Pucca look like a puddle. Pucca lets out pitiful sad sound as Pucca shivers in shock and terror on Izo’s bed.

Satisfied with her stress relief activity, Izo dusts off her clothes before heading out. The pink jelly happily bobs in front of Izo leading the way back to Odin. Odin glances up at Izo and says, “Some of the champions of our faction are practicing in the training room, why don’t you go and greet them?”

Izo lets out a huff but does as she is told. The pink jelly happily moves to follow Izo downstairs, but Odin keeps a firm grip on the pink jelly. The Pink Jelly miserably and rather gloomily lays down in a chair to wait for his mama.

Odin snorts and says, “Don’t sulk, you know what she would be getting into. Instead, why not gift her with something once she returns?”

The pink jelly brightens up and begins to fiercely work in concentration as it begins to form something out of thin air. Odin shakes his head and goes back to his work as his ravens show him what he wants to know. But more importantly, keeps an eye on a certain someone.

*

Izo makes her way to a training room after having been pointed by furry little brownie towards the training room. Izo’s heart tightened in pain at the stinging remembrance. The time in the Godly planes was vastly different and what may be hours or even a day here, could easily be months and even a year in the mortal realms.

Izo calms her emotions down, before venturing into the training room. Much like the temple training room, this one emerged on the edge of a cliff that oversaw a large plain, an ocean, and forest. And the ceiling is a never-ending blue sky that one could fly into and never reach the end.

Izo calmly studies the four figures fighting down below. A male mage, a female knight, a male ninja-like figure and Leo. Izo’s heart twinges at the appearance of Leo causing Izo to click her tongue in annoyance. It would appear that Leo and she were not going to get along given how her heartfelt about him.

“It would appear you don’t like someone,” a female voice commented.

Izo narrows her eyes to the side to see a young woman with chin-length violet hair and violet eyes. The young woman had a band of flowers on her head and had a green like a robe dress. Izo frowns at failing to have noticed the young woman’s presence. Had she just arrived, or had she been here all along? Izo wasn’t sure, but she didn’t like not knowing and most especially having someone sneak up on her.

“So, are you a champion too?” Izo asked.

The maiden smiles and ignores Izo’s question for now. “You’ve already met Leo, he’s Odin’s chosen, but allow me to introduce the others. The golden-haired female knight is Olivia, the champion of Helios. The olive-haired mage is Harry Drake, the chosen of Bast. And the dark-haired mystical arts practitioner is Rin, the chosen of Kali,” the young woman said as she gazed over the valley and grounds below.

“Yes, but my question is who are you?” Izo pointedly said.

The maiden smiles and says, “Can you guess who I am?”

Annoyed Izo widens her eyes and innocently says, “Do you know who you are?”

The maiden blinks in surprise and smiles, “Huh, you certainly are the chosen of Cthulhu.”

Izo snorts as the maiden replies, “I am Fria, a Valkyrie.” Izo warily takes a step back at the response. A Valkyrie wasn’t someone to be trifled with as they were beings that collect slain warriors but more importantly are powerful warriors themselves. In other words, Fria was basically an angel.

Fria smiles at Izo and says, “You seem to lack a partner, would you like to spar with me?

Izo politely says, “But shouldn’t you first change your clothes?”

Fria let’s out a giggle and suddenly Fria is wearing shining battle armor with a large spear at her side. “I shouldn’t have said anything,” Izo grumbled to herself.

Smiling Fria says, “After you.”

Izo pulls out her World Tree Scythe from her inventory and takes a deep breath, before jumping down the cliff. Fria smiles with interest and says, “Oh, now that’s new,” before leaping after Izo.

Izo leaps across the ground and wordlessly says, “Inferno ‘ilo!” Hearing a breeze next to her, Izo dives to the ground and releases the spell of fire and ice up at Fria. Fria brings up her shield to block the attack as Izo hurtles forward and brings her scythe down.

Fria suddenly goes flying through the air and smashes between the four fighting figures. The four startled figures of Olivia, Leo, Harry Drake, and Rin all stare in recognition of their trainer. Before anyone can react, Fria yells, “All of you move!” As a blast of magma erupts from the sky and falls onto the ground.

The four hastily retreat as they stare with surprise at the figure floating in the air above them with a scythe in hand. Leo's eyes widen in recognition of the thin, tall woman with a cold face. “Who’s that?” Harry Drake curiously asked as he casts a floating spell over all them to carry them back to the cliff.

“That would be Izo Reed, Cthulhu’s chosen,” Leo flatly replied.

“Oh?” Harry Drake commented noticing the flatness of Leo’s voice. “Did something happen between the two of you?”

“Nothing happened,” Leo unhappily replied.

“If you say so,” Harry Drake muttered with disbelief. He wasn’t about to argue with Leo given Leo’s temperamental attitude. Besides, he’d much rather watch the battle. It was proving quite interesting to say the least.