The opening to Shurry's training had gone on for hours, they fought through the night, the only fighters allowed to leave from the maelstrom of combat were those who went to take care of the gods. Of which was few and far between. Everyone fought through the early morning, through breakfast, and through the morning to noon before finally, Shurry allowed them a break.
"Alright, that's enough!" Shurry bellowed, stopping everyone from moving in an instant. "5 minutes to eat and rest. Hurry up." He said, moving to go eat, which entailed him going down several floors becoming an absolute menace to the monsters.
Everyone was so exhausted, that despite their injuries being completely healed as if they were ready to go again, the mental strain on them during this singular warm up session was clear for the gods to see.
"They're really going through the ringer aren't they?" Miach asked, with a slightly bewildered expression.
"It's that wolf, he's too hard on them." Hestia complained.
"Hestia, dear, that young man is going easy on them." Freya noted, with a slightly inquisitive expression.
"UGH. I already know that Freya! It's just an expression." Hestia complained.
Loki had run over to Ais, and began checking up on her with frantic worry. "Ais, he didn't hurt you did he? I can't tell, maybe we should remove some of these clothes in private." Loki received a bonk on the head from an exhausted Riveria. "Oh that hurt mama."
"Stop it Loki, you're being a nuisance." Riveria sighed, continuing her walk and gracefully taking a plate, and started down the line where supporters were scoping out the meals. When she stopped for meat, the supporter nearly collapsed in shock, but placed some meat on her plate. "More… We're all going to need a lot of meat to continue with this pace." She sighed, opting to eat the meat without worry, it was much better to do something unusual for her species, than it was to not be properly prepared for the training.
The sentiment Riveria had, seemed to be nearly unanimous among all of the elves minus a few. The gods were stunned, but Loki was snickering. "There ya go! You're gonna have big boobs now!" And another whack, once again from Riveria.
The supporters who'd been shocked, finally spoke up. "It's almost like he knew the elves would be like this. So that's why he had these wolves go on a hunting spree."
"I know right, they're so reliable. And they're even comfortable pillows." Another supporter laughed.
Lily, who'd finally been able to sleep, woke up from her nap on top of one of the wolves. "They're good beds too." She yawned and stretched before offering some scratches and pets. "Thanks a lot I needed that."
"I wonder what kind of training Shurry will have us do next." Tiona wondered, before devouring her plate, and then grabbing seconds.
"Whatever it is, it's sure to be just as harsh or worse." Tione said, with her mouth full of food.
"Hey, Bell, what's he going to do next?" Hestia asked with a grin.
Bell, still stuffing his face, looked up, and blinked with a blank expression. He quickly finished chewing and swallowing. "You don't want to know, Goddess. I can't tell you either, but I can say, you probably won't see this part of training, only the results." He answered before going right back to devouring his meal he'd been needing for an hour and half.
"Awe, don't be like that, Bell, you can tell me anything, I'm your goddess." Hestia tried probing again.
"Lady Hestia…" Ryuu started, then chewed and swallowed. "Let Bell eat his food…" She continued eating again. "We all need it." She finished.
"Alright children, choose, eat, or talk…" Hathor started, the pause from the children was unanimous, and with a nearly in sync blink, they went back to eating. "Wow, it looks like they're really hungry."
"Of course they are, they didn't eat breakfast, and were fighting all night long." Takemikazuchi chuckled.
"The training methods Shurry employs aren't too dissimilar to Zeus familia's. But he's something else entirely." Baldr mentioned.
"If that's the case I can guess what might be next." Loki snickered.
It was right around then that Shurry returned. Again with more meat, and watching the scene. "Good, you're gonna need some fuel for what I have planned." He said with a smirk at the sight of everyone eating without a word. "Also, Lady Hestia, don't think that because you're a goddess, that I won't punish you for breaking my rules. For asking about my training from Bell, you will not receive alcohol rations for the next week."
"WHAT!? No!!! Please!?" Hestia begged.
"Kekeke, looks like you really messed up, Hestia. Don't worry though, I'll drink your alcohol for you." Loki snickered out with a grin.
"No, you won't. And for that, your rations are gone for the next two days." Shurry declared, then looked to everyone else. "Everyone, I'll be giving you a number, and dividing you into groups. Once you're done eating, gather into your groups and await further instructions."
""Got it!"" Everyone said, then went back to eating.
Several minutes later, the groups had been set up. Divided not by familia, nor even how well they work together, but for completely different reasons.
"Finn's team, your task is to conquer the northern 67th floor." Shurry began. "Gareth's team, you're to clear the southern 67th floor. Rivera's team, the eastern 67th floor. Allen's team, the western 67th. Hogni's team, the northern 68th floor. Hedin's team the southern 68th floor. Ottar's team the eastern 68th floor. Leon's team, the western 68th floor. And finally Bell's team will clear the entirety of the 69th floor." He explained.
""Huh?""
"You heard me. Oh, and two more things, you are only allowed to assist other teams under two conditions. First, if you are assigned to a floor that hasn't yet been reached. Second, when you've completed the floor you're assigned to." Shurry stated. "Now get going. You should be thanking me I've assigned far more than enough to handle every floor. Back when I first started training harder, the parties we had were just the Hathor familia members. So none of this pity party. And get to work. Once you clear these floors, you'll get your dinner." He finished, taking a seat and began meditating.
Bell took charge of his team, and went on to the next floor. Once more, the others simply followed suit, despite their worries.