After some well-needed rest, Maria and Cine felt their minds clear up and the world around them seemed to be much clearer than before.


    Although they weren''t able to sleep with 100% ease due to them not fully trusting their newpanions and even with that thought in the back of their mind they still sleptfortably.


    "Everyone ready?" Aaron spoke after everyone was awake and they all nodded their heads.


    "Alright! Let''s move out!"


    Everyone took out their weapons on his call, even Maria and Cine readied their weapons in case something unexpected happens.


    They began moving in a direction opposite of the area where Mira was presumably at and began their journey.


    They trekked through the area collecting Light Crystals, killing beasts, and picking up anything that seems interesting for several hours while Maria and Cine walked at the back, bored. There were several reasons for this, but the main one is that their newpanions were just too weak and their enemies even weaker.


    But there were a few things that they took note of while watching them act and it gave them new insights on how to function properly as a group.


    The first thing Maria and Cine noticed about this group was how coordinated they were for a 5-man party. Another interesting thing was they all seemed to have different weapons with a fairly well-bnced team.


    Aaron was the leader and seemed to be part of the vanguard, along with Flint. He used a spear and his Earth affinity to mainly obstruct enemies and keep them at a distance. Flint used his sword and mes to deal more damagepared to Aaron. Most enemies never got past him.


    Ike seemed to hover in the middle of their group, protecting their nks and blind spots. He seemed to be more of an assassin with the way he handled his daggers and Darkness affinity, but he was much more useful in a battle concerning multiple enemies.


    Valery and Vivian were the rearguards where one focused on single-target damage and precision while the other specialized in AOE or high output techniques.


    Valery used her bow to hit the weak points of their enemies from a distance while also using her Water affinity to help heal her injured teammates.


    Vivian was a bit different, using a weapon that neither Maria nor Cine have seen before: a staff. From what they gathered, the staff helps to boost her lightning abilities damage output while keeping her Qi usage at a minimum. Her role in the team was to basically just lob a bunch of lightning bolts.


    Their lineup intrigued the two of them because everything Mira taught was how to be a one-man army, or in their case a one-woman army. They need to be strong and fearless like the vanguard, agile like an assassin, and capable of ranged or AOE abilities like the rear-guard. Not only that, but they need to train their sixth sense enough to be able to sense when enemies areing from behind while training and improving their instincts enough to dodge an attack in their blind spot without even seeing it.


    So basically, they just need to go through so many battles that this bes second nature.


    And while they haven''t reached the realm Mira is at, the two of them aren''t necessarily bad at handling multiple enemies as long as they aren''t stronger than them.


    Whenever they watched the five of them battle, Maria and Cine would put themselves in their shoes, except instead of 5 people having 1 role, it''s 1 person with all 5 roles. They were trying to extract and understand what the five of them are doing in hopes of it helping their ws or at least inspiring them.


    The only downside was… They were too bored!!! There was no need for them to step up since these beasts are way too weak for them, but they didn''t enjoy walking around doing nothing.


    "Hey! Why don''t Maria and I take over for a bit? I''m sure you guys would like a break." Cine offered.


    <o>,m "Are you sure? If you are worried that we''re too tired, don''t. This is also good practice for us to sharpen our skills and coordination." Aaron countered, but part of him was also a bit bored with dealing with these weak-ass beasts.</o>


    "It''s fine. Maira and I have been getting a little bored seeing how you all are having all the fun. Maria, why don''t you go to the front? I''ll stay at the back." Cine said with a smirk.


    Maria nodded her head with arge smile while the others started to get worried. They all felt like putting Maria as the leader was about the same as putting a child up there.


    "Umm… Are you sure that''s okay…?" Aaron asked nervously and before Cine could answer, Maria shouted.


    "Not to worry! My sense of direction and luck is quite good! For example, one time I was in thisbyrinth and I never got a single turn wrong despite that being my first time in abyrinth! Actually, I didn''t even know it was a maze until after the fact! We will surely be rich was someone as great as me leading the way! Hehe~" Maria pounded her fist in the air while giggling.


    She didn''t even wait for a response before she started marching in a random direction, totally different from the straight line Aaron was going in.


    They were a bit hesitant to follow such an idiotic reason until Cine walked up to them and started to exin.


    "It''s true, her sense of direction is abnormally good. I don''t know if it''s her instincts or just in old luck, but regardless following her will most likely be better than following me or you… Even if it doesn''t make sense. Plus, it''s not like there is any downside. We aren''t looking for anything in particr so just go along with it for now." Cine said before following after Maria.


    "Sigh… Might as well follow her. Cine is right, we don''t know where we''re going either and if she does have great instincts or high luck then we''ll only benefit from this." Aaron said with a sigh.


    "I suppose so. Hopefully, she doesn''t lead us to our deaths though." Vivian said, having a somewhat bad feeling about this.


    She knew that Maria and Cine were both much stronger than them and their lucky encounters might involve things or beasts out of their league. At the same time, they might be able to acquire items that are above them.


    "I vote to follow them! Maybe we''ll get to witness them battle against a Rank 6 beast! And if they are that strong then we might even be able to gain something just by watching them fight!" Flint argued with zing eyes.


    The other two didn''t say anything, but nodded their heads showing their support.


    "Well, that answers that. Let''s follow her for the time being." Aaron finished and the 5 of them caught up with Maria and Cine.


    What they didn''t know was that they are about to experience the might of not just one, but two one-man armies!