chap 7 training 1/?

Silena and I leave the stables she says" Well i better get back to my cabin I believe the Hermes cabin is at the arena." i nod and thank her before jogging my way to the arena to find everyone gearing up in armor " Hey phill where is my armor?" i ask as I approach he turns and looks at me " We don't have any extra at the moment you will have to find someone to lend you a set." Nodding I turn and walk away before looking down in the ring on my finger and pulling our a set of gear that has a black scarf attached to the neck and with its matching bracers and boots.

[a/n: the Mercenary gear from assassin creed odyssey] I slip the gear on and attempt to fix it on my chest before walking back to phill who looks shocked at the armor I'm wearing " Where did you find that?" he saks I shrug " Found it does it matter?." He shrugs " If you stole it then yes." i just shake my head and pick up a training sword and give a few test swings " Its to heavy and don't feel right." i mutter as phill walks up. " Of course it is this training its not meant to fit at first come on here I'll help you with the swordsmanship." he chuckles as he takes one sword and begin walking me through it for the next 3 hours.

" That was...fun.... give me ..... five!" i say panting with a massive grin on my face causing phill to laugh " You learn quickly you almost have the basics down but I think a spear would do you justice." i nod and spin the sword " Maybe but lets say I use a spear what if it breaks I'll need a back up weapon." he nods and tosses me a shield " ok now lets see how you do with a shield." he says as i slide my arm in and take a stance and we do a quick run through when a horn sounds " What is this one for?" i ask as we put the weapons away " Lunch by the way the name is Chris!" the guy says as we walk up to the correct area" Do we need to burn food with this meal?" i ask as we get our plates they nod and scrap some off and I do as well before sitting down " Do we have to go back to our area after lunch or can we go somewhere else?" i ask in-between bites of BBQ " You can go somewhere else you just need permission from your head counselor and you do just depending on where you want to go?" Phill answers as he leans on the table " i want to go learn to use the spear i noticed that where we were was only swords." Phill nods " Your in luck today Athena is with the spears so you should be able to get the best training possible." i nod and shovels the rest of the food down.

" Ok phill I'll see you at dinner." i say as i walk towards the the spears are to find a group there casually training " Pardon me." i say as i walk up to one of them " What are you doing here shouldn't you be with your cabin?" The teenager say as he looks down on me" I'm staying with Hermes but I asked if I can come learn spears Phill said that Athena was here and that i would get some good training." I reply and look up at him, " Oh did he now in that case you can join Jackson he is still learning the basics to he got here barely a month and my name is Trey." i nod and walk over to the kid he pointed at " Jackson i take it?" i ask to which he nods " And you must be Zak what can i do for you?" he says leaning on his spear, I nod " trey told me to come over here to learn with you." he smiles " Great now i won't be the only one falling on my face." we both laugh as trey tosses my a spear and we both take stance as he takes a spear for himself and starts to spar.

15 minutes later

Both Jackson and I are laying flat on our backs panting " Jackson you been at this a month and your barely improving at all." he says coldly before looking at me" And you although you learn fast you still need practice but even to the untrained eye you possess some talent with the spear it just needs to be refined." We both nod and sit up " Take 5 and get some water we will go again after you rest up abit." trey says as everyone gets a cup of water a splashes it on their head while i drink mine. " Ah zak just the one I was wanted to see." We all turn around to see chirion walking up. " Training with the Athena kids are we?" He asks when he comes up to me i just nod " Yes sir phill said i would get better results to train with them."

He nods and motions for me to follow to which i do. " Where did you get that armor?" Chirion askes as we walk towards the big house " It was in the ring i have eleven more sets that look like this one." i say as we walk inside to find a man with a pot belly and wearing a orange jumpsuit. " So this is the new one zok boredly?" he says as he cuts a stack of cards " Zak Bradley." i correct and sit down to which he rolls his eyes" Whatever." he says as he deals the cards " My boy we want to talk about this underground how would we identify the safe houses or stores?" Chirion askes as he picks up his and while i do the same " We can use the omega system for the stores and alpha for safe houses." i say i as i raise the bet as the man sets two cards down and draws two, chirion nods as he set three down the draws before raising the bet " Seems like it could work." he says as i set down a card and draw " I was also thinking about adding info brokers to but you can walk into any restaurant or bar and ask around after slipping them some money." I say before raising the bet again. " ok I'll be the first to reveal my card sad to say but I have only a pair."He says as chirion sets down two pairs and i set down a full house. " Damn lost to a mortal."