Realizing the situation that they found themselves in, they didn't initially know how to communicate with this woman in this situation. Then Benedictus remembered the earbud that could automatically translate languages. He thought about using it for himself to understand her, but at the last moment he placed it in her ear. She did not understand initially what he was trying to do until he activated it. 

He then started speaking, and it translated his words for her, "If you can understand my voice, try not to reply because I can't understand you. Instead, just nod your head." 

As the device translated what he said for her, the woman looked at him and nodded her head. He then asked her, "Are you another contestant in the trials?" 

She nodded once more, and he then asked, "Have you met another of our kind before?" 

She shook her head no. It would appear that they were the first humans that she had come across. Lucky for her, they were the type to actually not leave her for dead.

Benedictus began explaining what had happened from their perspective, "A week ago, my pet Emma found you floating in the river and tried to pull you out. I helped her save your life and I healed you. You've been unconscious since I saved you. The two of us have been taking care of you while you were in a temporary coma."

The woman opened her mouth to say something, but she remembered that they couldn't understand her. Instead, she took the earbud out of her ear and handed it back to Benedictus. She motioned for him to put it in his ear so he could understand her for a moment. 

He quickly wiped it on his shirt to get off any ear wax that might have on it before he placed it in his left ear. Once she saw that he had put it in, she began to sit up and talk. Benedictus realized there was like a two-second delay between what was said and what was translated. 

She told him, "Thank you. My kind do not forget their debts. You saved my life and I will try to repay you for it. I would like to properly introduce myself. I am Roksazza Vatula. Among my people, I was a general that they had called the Blood Wind Butcher. If it is alright, I would like to travel with you for some time and fight for you to repay my debt. My current level is 10. And I have some pretty powerful skills and abilities."

Hearing that, Benedictus, to a degree, could understand what she was implying. Trying to see how to respond, since he knew she could not understand him, he opened his character sheet and showed it to her. He gestured to it and had an expression on his face as if asking if she could read it. It took her a moment to realize what he was trying to have her do, and she saw how the screen translated the words for her to read in her own native language. 

She looked at the screen and saw where it showed his name, "Is this your way of introducing yourself?" 

He gave a nod, confirming while pointing to where his name was. She looked at it and asked, "You are Benny... dick... tus?" He confirmed with another nod, and he instructed Marcelina to also show hers as a way for the woman to learn her name.

Looking at the other person's character sheet, Roksazza tried pronouncing the name, "Marcie... Lena?" Marcelina gave a so-so thumbs up gesture implying that she was almost there and that it was close enough.

He knew that the shop sold more translators, but it cost 1000 gold by itself and he only had 700 left. For now, he would have to find a way to communicate with the woman. Most likely by letting her keep the translator so she could understand them, and potentially helping her learn some basic English.

He gave her the translating device back and told her when she had put it back in, "Rest. Don't try to move around too much just yet. Your body might be back to perfect health, but your mind is still going to need at least maybe a day of readjusting before you should try walking around. I've almost died enough times that, at this point just trust that I am speaking from experience. It's nice to have a fellow soldier here with us. If you need anything, at least for now, try and call out to us, and we will help you as best as we can." 

She gave a nod and with that Benedictus excused himself from the room, "I am going back to my cabin. Marcelina will help you bathe since it's probably been a week since you've had a proper bath. I would not wish to intrude on your privacy like that." 

She lowered her head in thanks and Benedictus got up and left the ladies. Marcelina helped Roksazza out of her torn rags that served as clothing and into the metal tub that she used to use to take baths in. She would help the woman get a proper bath and see if she could fit into some of the clothes that they had. 

As Benedictus entered his cabin, Emma followed behind him after having come from playing with Charles. She had gotten slightly bigger, most likely due to all the good eating that she's been doing lately. She was still young and growing and very active. She climbed up his leg and onto his back, resting on his shoulder. It did not help that she weighed close to 20 lb, but he happily gave her a couple scritches under her chin and gave her a little kiss on her snout.

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful and the group spent it mostly just looking after Roksazza and making her feel comfortable. When morning came around, everyone went about their normal routine except Benedictus decided to bring a proper breakfast to Roksazza. He figured that she must be capable of eating their food since she didn't have any kind of negative reaction to any of the stuff they had been feeding her while she was unconscious. 

When he entered the stone hut he saw that she was up and currently doing what looked like yoga. He looked at her and was slightly upset that she had decided to push herself after only recently regaining consciousness. However, she was her own woman, and he wasn't going to try and tell her what to do. 

He did voice a little bit of annoyance at it, "When I said you should try walking in the morning I didn't mean entirely unassisted. I was suggesting more of assisted movements, but clearly you're fine enough to do this much. At least take a break to get some breakfast." 

"My body has rested enough. I do not like the idea of staying in bed for too long. My people believe that it breeds laziness," she said in perfect English, which took him by surprise, especially noticing that her speaking English gave her an almost Russian accent with some slight British flair. 

He looked at her confused how she suddenly knew their language, "When did you-" 

She cut him off and answered, "There is an item in the Ascension Shop that allows you to learn all the languages of a specific race. I now know every language you humans speak. And I know that this one is what you all call English." 

"Good to know I'll probably take a look at that in the shop myself. If it's not too costly, I'll definitely buy one for me and Marcy so we can try talking to you and some of your native tongues," he responded while placing the plate of breakfast on the nearby nightstand next to the bed.

Walking up, he grabbed her by the hand and made her stand up straight. She was confused why he decided to interrupt her stretches, "Why are you-" 

"Eat. Exercise can wait 10 minutes. What can't wait is your body's need for proper nutrition. We've only been feeding you the bare minimum when it came to nutrition while you were unconscious cuz we don't know what you can and can't eat. Get some food in your stomach.... Or stomachs... I don't really know your people's inner anatomy," he immediately said, slightly pulling her towards the bed so she could sit down and eat some breakfast.

She ultimately just decided to do it, feeling like he might not let it go until she did. Taking a seat and grabbing the plate of food, she began to take a couple bites. She was shocked by the sheer deliciousness of the meal. She had never tasted such amazing flavors, despite having eaten some of the best cuisine on her home world.

Seeing the smile on her face, he said, "I'm glad to see you like my cooking. Normally we eat the food provided by the ascension shop's survival meals. But I still had some food from when I originally got transported here that I didn't want to spoil. I decided to use it for breakfast since it was still good for at least another week or so."

"What is this called? It looks familiar to some of the foods on my world," she asked him, generally curious about the human cuisine she was eating. 

"Scrambled eggs and bacon. I was able to preserve it so far by keeping it cold and hiding it underground so it wouldn't spoil. I added some toast with some cheese on it," he gladly responded, probably talking about his cooking.

She shared information about food from her home world of a similar type while being happy to try this delicious new alien food, "It is similar to some of the dishes on my world. We also have eggs, toast, and cheese. The amphibians that we breed for their nutritious eggs make for delicious eating. I have never heard of anything like this bacon. But it is good."

He talks about the chickens that lay eggs and how they are different from the possible amphibians she's thinking of, "Our eggs come from chickens, which are a type of bird. I've heard that some people do eat eggs of different species that are capable of laying eggs, but I've never tried them. Personally, chicken is one of the best creatures on Earth when it comes to food. They're numerous, easy to cook, and their eggs are delicious. There are about a few hundred ways to cook them too."

She got excited about trying more human cuisine, "If it were ever possible to try some of this chicken you speak of, I would happily do so." 

"Well, we do actually have some meals in the survival packets that do contain some chicken....... But they also contain beef as part of the meal....," he nervously mentioned. 

"Why did you say it like that," she asked, kind of unsure what he was implying. 

He tried to explain in a way that didn't come across as offensive, "Well, beef comes from cows..... On our world they look very similar to...... Let's just say a lot of your features are similar to a cow but not really the same.... I'm not sure how you would feel about eating meat from a creature that might resemble your kind to some degree." 

"Depends. If they are an animal on your world, then that means that it is not like I am eating another person. Even if they do share similar features to myself. So it wouldn't be cannibalism. Honestly, I would be willing to try it just to see how they taste. I do love good food," she replied nonchalantly, as if it was no big deal.

"That's good to know. In that case, I know what we're having for dinner tonight. You can give it a try and tell us if you like it," he said before standing up, "For now I'm going to go get to my early morning sparring session."

"May I join you? I am eager to watch you. Marcelina talked a lot about you yesterday, though I could not really respond to most of it. She mentioned that you were the first human to reach level 10 and were rewarded with some pretty powerful abilities. I was the first of my people to reach level 10 as well, and I wanted to get an understanding of how relative to me, you are in power," she honestly requested genuinely curious to see if Benedictus was really worth all the hype that Marcelina went on and on about. 

He agreed to her request while giving her a warning, "I don't see why not. Just try not to get too close. The blast radius of some of my abilities is kind of big these days. I'm still working on trying to focus it, so it causes less widespread destruction and more focused condensed force." 

Quickly finishing her breakfast, she followed him outside and saw the training golem that he had purchased. She remarked about how nice it was, "I saw that in the ascension shop. I was actually going to buy one myself. It's nice to see that I can try and spar with this one instead. It looks quite nice." 

He calmly agreed before instructing her, "Glad you think so. It's been pretty useful, and I like it a lot myself. Now stand right there because if you get any closer you're going to be in the range of some of my attacks. I don't want you to get hurt just because I can't minimize my area of effect that well."

Following his instructions, she stopped in her tracks and got into a seated position on the ground to watch what it looked like to see him spar. The moment he activated the golem, he decided to start off with an easy demonstration by setting it to the most minor setting. It activated defense mode and prepared to tank whatever attack he threw its way.

Taking a deep breath, he said to her, "This is my current strongest attack at maximum effectiveness." 

With his pistol in one hand and magical fire channeling in the other, he started focusing the flames into the shape of a small ball of fire no bigger than that of a baseball. He then tossed the Fireball spell at the training dummy. On impact, it detonated with such great force that if the dummy wasn't using defensive magic, everything around and behind it would have gotten destroyed. The arcane barrier that it placed up to defend against the raw damage dealt kept him from accidentally destroying all the fortifications he had built in that part of their base. 

The dummy itself, however, was deeply damaged. Its arms were melted away, and the heat had turned most of its body red-hot. The force of the fireball had caved in its chest and blew off parts of its metal armor plating. Then the restorative magic kicked in, and its body reformed back to its original state as if nothing had ever happened. 

The display of power was so great that Roksazza was actually deeply impressed. She thought that her abilities and skills were strong, but she doubted she could replicate that much power in a single hit even by trying to utilize all of her abilities and benefits. She was definitely able to come close enough that she believed that she could at least replicate half of that power.