After a couple of minutes of following the officers, Shaan finally arrived at the open field. He could see all the sleepy faces of the amateur daemonists sitting on the grass of the field, wearing their sleeping clothes. Strange, what does all this mean?
"Please take a seat and find an empty spot. Wait until all the other Daemonists arrive, and Mr. Luis will begin today's activities immediately."
"Yes, I understand."
Shaan slowly walked past the other Daemonists and tried to find an empty spot. However, it was not easy to find an empty spot. Almost all the spots, especially the one in the center of the field, were filled, so he decided to look for a spot quite far away from that position.
"Ah, finally." Shaan immediately sat down when he saw an empty spot. "At least now, I've got my spot. Now I just wait and... Yaawn. Damn. I'm still really sleepy." He directed his gaze around. "I also don't see any-"
"Good morning, everyone." Mr. Luis slowly stood up in the middle of the field. Today we are doing meditation practice. Because all of your mentors are doing tasks from the government, I will be leading today's exercise," he explained. "All right, before we start today's meditation exercise, I will briefly explain the function of this meditation. As your mentor explained before, meditation and physical exercise are ways to control your insanity level. However, the benefits of meditation go beyond that. Meditation can also improve the concentration required by a Daemonist."
"So, in other words, if we meditate often, then it will be able to improve the Mind link ability?" asked a purple-haired man in the crowd.
"That's right. The more you meditate, the easier it will be for you to access your Mind Link to increase the bond between yourself and the Daemon. This will certainly be very useful for Daemonists like us," he stated, then returned to sitting with his legs crossed on the grass. "Alright, then it's time we start the meditation exercise. Watch closely and pay attention to what I'm doing."
With an upright sitting posture, Mr. Luis raised both of his hands upward and then placed them on the ground. He then closed his eyes, inhaled, and exhaled slowly two to three times with increasingly steady breathing.
'Hmm... strange. I don't see anything at all." Shaan rubbed his eyes repeatedly. "Is it possible that what Mr. Lius said is-"
Both of his eyes instantly widened when he saw Mr. Luis' entire body suddenly emit light. The light was a golden yellow, which instantly reminded Shaan of the color of the elixir of the seven virtues that had been injected into his body when he first entered this training camp.
'Oh my, what...what the....'
Everyone present was left stunned when the light suddenly revealed a silhouette within it. For a brief moment, a creature resembling a fox could be seen, seemingly staring at them all from within the glow with its piercing gaze. Strangely, the creature didn't have just one tail—it had nine, all swaying freely in the air, leaving Shaan completely speechless. Damn, what is that creature? I've never seen anything like it before. Could it possibly be Mr. Luis's Daemon?
Just a few minutes later, the silhouette of the creature finally disappeared along with the light that enveloped Mr. Luis' body. Mr. Luis slowly opened his eyes and was instantly shocked when he saw the confused looks on everyone's faces.
"What's wrong with all your faces?" Mr. Luis furrowed his brow. "Is something wrong?
"No, not at all," said the brown-haired man, shaking his head. "Oh, heck. But what just happened? What kind of light was emanating from your body? What kind of creature was seen in that light?"
"Calm down, I'll explain it one by one." Mr. Luis smiled. "The yellow light is my mana energy, and the silhouette of the creature you see is the form of my daemon, Kitsune, or commonly known as the 9-tailed fox demon."
'Oh my, so that yellow light is Mr. Luis's mana energy?' Shaan's goosebumps instantly bristled. 'This crazy is crazy. It turns out that Mr. Luis has that much mana.'
"So, the more you practice your meditation skills, you will be able to do what I have done before," said Mr. Luis, standing up from his position." Now, all of you start meditating."
Immediately, everyone who was there began to meditate. For the first few minutes, everyone seemed so excited and concentrated on applying all the practices that Mr. Luis demonstrated, hoping that they could do what Mr. Luis had done before.
However, after about 60 minutes, some Daemonists began to feel bored because they were not getting the results they had envisioned. Not only that, other factors such as the hot sunlight that was beginning to heat up and the sleepy feeling that still enveloped them all made one by one of them begin to lose concentration.
''Crap, it turns out meditating isn't as easy as I thought.'' Shaan exhaled, trying to stay calm. 'Stay focused, Shaan. Just stay focused.'
"Remember, all of you stay concentrated," said Mr. Luis, walking over and monitoring each Daemonist who was meditating. "Keep your minds calm and don't let any factors interfere with your meditation." Mr. Luis immediately hit one of the heads of a Daemonist who had fallen asleep during meditation. "Hey, who told you to sleep?"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Luis," said a fat man who immediately woke up. "My eyes are so tired, and I can't help but feel sleepy."
"The dark realm is not the same as this world. You won't have any good rest, and you have to stay alert at all times or else the creatures of darkness will devour you very easily." Mr. Luis looked at him with a sharp gaze. "Understood?
"I-I understood, Mr. Luis."
"Now, as punishment, run around this field five times."
"Huh? B-But I only fell asleep for a few-
"I said, Now!"
Wordlessly, the fat man simply ran around the field. Shaan and the others could only remain silent as they watched the fat man run around the field, which was quite large. Damn. It seemed that Mr. Luis was a very strict person in giving punishment.
'Surely that man is feeling very regretful now for being caught asleep in the meditation session.'
"All of you, listen to me. The dark realm is a very horrible place filled with bloodthirsty, monstrous creatures. If you are not serious about practicing and polishing your skills, I am sure that you will be easily killed by the creatures of darkness in the dark realm. And I'm dead serious about what I said."