Chapter 5

She was nervous, no that was understatement, she was bumbling mess, she didn't know much about weapons and now forced to chose out of blue,

She didn't have special training, she only knew little of holding a knife without hurting herself, since she didn't have to wield real weapons in her whole life.

The weapons she was presented with varied from one another, there were a bunch of battle axes , swords, pole arms, maces and warhammers.

She tries to analyse advantage of every weapon for her, since she don't have much experience with them anyway,

"What weapon would be beneficial to me?" She asked herself in her head,

She looked around the stash, and saw Big battle axe it suited her taste but;

"It's too Heavy for me, so this choice is out of the picture" she looked at another weapon now, it was a long pole arm, it was called quarterstaff, and next to this was a halberd and bunch of spears.

She tries the weapon in her hand, she grabbed with both hands and tried swinging couple of times, and decided that this type of weapon wasn't for her,

Next weapon that she came across were swords, she thought for a couple of minutes, and decided that she will use a sword in battle, now she only needed to choose the type.

First type that came to mind was shortsword, since it's mostly ona handed, and has an average reach. It would greatly suit her,

Her other choice would be two handed sword, longer and heavier than ona handed blade, would be a little harder to control, but would deal additional damage to the foes using the gravity and weight on the opponents.

"So the sword it is then" Her decision in mind was clear, she went near the sword and grabbed by the hilt, the sword wasn't anything special, it was was a straight, double-edged weapon with a single-handed, cruciform hilt and a blade length of about 70 to 80 centimetres, that would give her a little advantage of range so she can avoid close combat.

"I will use this sword" she chose the sword in her hand that will become her trusted partner in the near battles.

Thales was observing carefully, a small smirk was seen across his face, he was aware of her thought process so it was quite predictable she would use either axe or sword.

"You will fight on the 5th day of every week, so be ready, in your free time you can train" He said those words and left her alone in the arena that was empty, no person was currently in the place she currently resided.

She wasn't expecting that she would get free time at all, she thought that he would throw her in big water from the beginning.

"Since I have free time, I need to prepare, from what I heard arena is a brutal place where death is common"

With the sword in hand she started practicing, she was swinging blade left and right, trying to get used to the weight of the blade,

She was determined and a little terrified,

Thales entered the room where Cero was currently residing, with a calm expression on his face greeted him.

"How's the experiments going, and have you finally placed those seals on these beasts that are ready to be set free to wreak havoc?" The gray man asked

"Well the experiments are going great, I finally found a solution that will increase compatibility even further, and the way to place the seals on those beasts" Cero answered.

"Well, that's great news, By the way how's Number 1 progress with the crest?"

"I noticed that the crest of [Flames] is slowly manifesting, along with her whitish hair, My lord."

"Does she have the same side effect as the other girl, you know the Subject number 13"

"You mean Lysithea, well it's hard to tell at this stage of experiment, but when the crest fully manifests itself everything will be known, only time will tell." Cero answered.

"By the way my Lord where is Subject Number 1, "

"I sent her to the Arena" Thales answered the question, that froze Cero's blood, he was shocked at first then this shock gave birth to the new emotion Rage,

"Are you Crazy?! Why send her to the arena, a product in which invested so much, without any training, she could die, Arena isn't some kind of Joke!"

"Don't speak to me with this kind of tone"With commanding tone Thales said, stopping Cero from continuing his rant.

"And to answer your question, I send her there, so she can prove herself if she is worth keeping, as experiment and weapon"

"But sir, you know very well that she won't have a chance there without any training"

"Your insolence is quite upsetting, so shut your damn mouth!" For the first time in his long life time he saw Thales angry, deciding not to push the man to even more powerful wrath, he shut his mouth.

" Excuse me, I will take my leave" Cero said with disdain in his voice, as he left the room.

He was in a bad mood, from rage he hit the nearest wall, leaving cracks behind.