Cliff immediately took the escalator to reach the third floor, he then walked to his designated room. Upon arriving in front of the room, he opened the door and saw that room was not vacant; people from the last orientation were already there. Again he picked a seat near the front and waited until Glenn arrive to start the briefing.

The door was opened and Glenn entered the room, he immediately went in front of everyone. Glenn cleared his throat and began speaking, “Okay some major announcement. The job training will not be a week anymore, it will be 11 days including today. As for the reason, I’m not sure, so don’t ask.” After that Glenn stopped speaking, to give them a good while for them to process what he just said.

Cliff was surprised by the announcement, he immediately thinks of a reason from this action of the Tavern. Then he remembered that Raine’s niece is also participating this year’s job training, rumors tell how she dotes her niece. So maybe, she is the reason behind the change of schedule of the job training.

Cliff thinking of it no more took out his phone and texted Loraine about the change in arrangement. After that, he put his phone back in his pocket.

Glenn noticed that everyone has finished informing their respective families and have settled down, so he continued with the briefing.

Glenn getting their attention, began speaking, “Now to the main agenda. I’’m here to brief you the basics of diving and give the general idea of how this job training will work.” He then produced a ball of energy on his hand, he then spoke, “Please focus your attention on the ball of energy. This ball represents you, as you can see it is stable but if add more energy to it will become unstable.” Glenn proceeded to add more energy to the ball. After some time, the shape of the ball cannot be maintained and then it exploded.

The people were surprised by the explosion, but Glenn continued speaking. “Now this is the same as you entering a rift. The energy from the rift enters your body causing it to become unstable. Though you will not explode, your energy channels might be damage some that suffer from this injury retired early.”

Glenn senses everybody’s worries, so he continued speaking. “Don’t worry this rarely happens, to avoid this you just need to be relaxed as you enter the rift and just let the energy from the rift flow thru you. Don’t oppose it, if you do you will know what will happen.” The group’s worries were slightly abated but will still be cautious entering the rift.

“Next to the place where we will hold the training. The place is within a rank zero rift and known as the ‘Diver’s Camp.’ “Glenn announced to the group.

The Diver’s Camp, the facility that the Tavern built to train new Divers. This facility lets new divers experience working within rifts. But a few years back this facility does not exist, it only came into reality when the Tavern noticed that new Divers are having difficulty completing a mission. According to their research, most new Divers don’t have the experience and knowledge in actual combat, so most sucked using their skills while some have trouble in adjusting to the energy beyond the rift. In order to solve this problem, the Tavern decided to build a training facility for new Divers where veteran divers will share their wisdom and knowledge to the greenhorns; it's like an apprenticeship program. Also, they built the facility in a world beyond the rift, so new Divers can easily adjust to the changes in energy if they go diving in the future.

After the implementation of the Diver’s camp, the success rate of new Divers completing missions went up. Also, some of the veteran Divers have found an easy way to rake in cash, so most applied to be the instructor on these job trainings.

“Since today the is the first day of the training, you will just tour the facility today upon arriving,” Glenn said. Looking at the group is excited and nervous at the same time, Glenn continued. “Now I will explain the arrangement of the job training.” Glenn talked for about ten minutes to let everybody know how the training will flow.

First, there will be classes every morning which starts every 8:00 am and will end at 11:00 am. He reminded everyone that anyone that will be late will have to run laps at the afternoon training and the number of laps they going to run will be determined on how many minutes they are late for the morning class. The classes will provide the knowledge needed in being a Diver, this includes monster classification and flora identification.

Next food and lodging for them are provided by the Tavern. The cafeteria is opened from 6:30 am to 10:30 pm and the food provided is free but reminded them not to overeat cause it might affect their performance during training.

Lastly, the practical training will be held in the afternoon. This where each of them will hone their skills and fighting capabilities. The afternoon training will start at 1:00 pm and will run thru 6:00 pm, after that they are free to use their spare time before dinner. But Glenn suggested that they should practice more after the practical lessons, to improve themselves. Also, there is a curfew, everyone not in their room by 11:00 pm will be punished.

“Having said the important stuff, we will now proceed to the room assignments. The rooms are co-ed, so boys and girls behave yourselves,” Glenn announced, which cause quite a stir in the group. Sighing, Glenn speaks up, “The purpose of this camp is to train you, so it's not a simple sleepover.” Hearing what Glenn has said the entire room settled down.

Glenn again speaks to announce which people are roomed together. “Clifford Weller, Eleanor Spring and Chadwick Price will be on Room 10,” Glenn said which caught Cliff’s attention. Cliff began to look around the room to look for his roommates but failed cause everyone tried to do the same, so he decided to do it later.

Then a ring was heard thru out the room, everyone looks for the source of the sound. Then Glenn took out his phone and answered it. He talked to someone for about a couple of minutes then he ended the call.

Glenn again get everybody’s attention and speak up, “Guys we’re proceeding to the basement of the Tavern, everyone follows me.” Glenn ushered them out the room and proceeded to lead them to the basement of the Tavern.

END OF CHAPTER