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room with a simulated human and simulate Earth. You talk him into doing whatever horrible thing you can think of. I’ll be impressed if half of you can tempt him to commit a simple mugging. Anything more creative than that will be rewarded.”
    “Once everything is done, you will receive a final score. A very small number of you will be recruited immediately following the announcement of your score and will become minor demons. The rest of you will be assigned to follow minor or middle demons on earth until someone requests your promotion. You will all report back to me until you become minor demons and I can request to have you pulled from wherever you are. Most of you will stay demons-in-training for a very long time.”
    Venom shifted his gaze to Shadow and then another demon with a smug grin on his face.
    “Don’t think you can get by on family connections either. I don’t care if you’re the nephew, son, daughter, or whatever of a major demon. I don’t even give a shit if you’re the bastard offspring of Satan. You will meet the same requirements that have been in place for millennia. No one will coast on a family member’s reputation while I’m the demon training instructor.”
    Venom’s speech continued but Shadow stopped paying attention. The other demon that Venom had looked at before making his comment about familial ties was still grinning. Shadow nudged Leech.
    “Who’s that over there?”
    “Which one?”
    “The big one. The one that looks like he could rip the teacher apart.”
    “He probably will at some point. That’s Nightmare, Lucian’s son. He’s the only one in the class other than you that has a direct tie to a major demon.”
    Shadow smiled.
    “That’s who Uncle Cain wants me to intimidate today. By sending me here with a scythe, he guaranteed that Venom would make some comment about special treatment. That guaranteed that I would find a rival.”
    Leech shifted his stance and looked uncomfortable.
    “Not to say that you can’t, but are you sure you can beat him? I mean... he’s huge and you don’t have your scythe anymore.”
    “I’ll be fine, Leech. Don’t stress it.”
    Venom’s speech was wrapping up.
    “So now you’ll have fifteen minutes to find a partner for the labyrinth. Those of you who don’t will be randomly paired with anyone that’s left. Choose wisely because you don’t get to do this over; this is your one and only shot.”
    Leech turned to Shadow and bowed his head.
    “Well, I’ll get out of your way so you can find someone to team up with. Good luck.”
    Leech took a few steps and a large hand grabbed him around the throat and lifted him into the air and then brought him down hard on the ground. Leech drew the sharpened bone from his cloak but his hand started to shake when he looked up and saw who had attacked him. Nightmare stood over him, still smiling, with his arms crossed.
    “I came over here to talk to Shadow but it looks like the smallest dumbass in the class decided to get in my way. You gonna apologize for being in my way?”
    Leech looked scared. He looked around to see Nightmare had brought a fairly sizable posse with him. Even if he had been a match for Nightmare, there was no way this was going to be a fair fight. While it really annoyed him, he was going to have to apologize.
    Right before he began his apology, he saw Shadow out of the corner of his eye. He didn’t look scared. He looked menacing. Leech was immediately glad that he had made a deal with him. As if to confirm that Shadow still wanted to fight Nightmare, he raised both of his eyebrows. Shadow smiled and nodded. The deal was still on. He just had to muster enough confidence to play his part.
    Leech got to his feet. He considered shoving Nightmare for added effect but decided against it because he preferred his arms to remain unbroken.
    “I won’t be apologizing to you. Here’s the deal, Nighty. Turn around, walk away, and maybe Shadow won’t kick your