Test and Qualification

Clion made his way down the village towards the village barracks.

The village was small, only 3 kilometers long and wide.

10 minutes in, Clion could vaguely see a burly figure from a distance, accompanied by 2 people behind him.

Clion walked towards the big guy as he greeted him,

"Good afternoon, Sir Lani."

Lani was the captain of the small army. He looked towards Clion and nodded.

"Go stand with the rest of them." He pointed forward, towards 15 young teens.

Clion made his way towards the people as he stood still towards the end. The youths were standing in a 5 by 3 with Clion as an odd one out.

"Today you will go through the military test, to see if your qualified to join. Make the village proud." Lani said as he directed two soldiers behind him to take the youths to the testing ground.

"Follow us." The Soldiers ordered them as they went towards a stage.

"There's three test, first is accuracy. You will throw your weapons at these targets from a distance of 3 meter, 5 meter, and 7 meter. You will be given 5 tries each distance. Grab a weapon and form a line." One of the soldier stated.

The first was a youth in white shirt and curly hair. He went towards the weapons and picked up an axe. He went towards the 10 meter line, and started to stretch.

In a swift move, he threw the axe straight into the target, barely hitting it.

"1/5." Stated the soldier.

"1/5"

"2/5"

"3/5

"4/5! Good enough for a kid your age, move on."

The kid made 4/5 hits at 3 meter, 2/5 on 5 meter. And 0/5 in 20 meter.

"Next!" The soldiers shouted.

After all the participants finished, it was finally Clion's turn.

Clion went towards the 3m mark, grabbed his spear and threw it straight into the target, missing it completely.

"Damn, I was too anxious waiting for everyone to hit.." Clion cursed under his breathe.

He quickly regained his composure as he made the next 4 shots in a row.

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"Well done, now to summarize the accuracy."

"Jensen Ive, Axe, 60% accuracy.

Fissy Lei, Bow and Arrow, 66% accuracy.

Clion Faurin, Spear, 80% accuracy.

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Jas Hiln, Spear, 93% accuracy, impressive."

"This Jas guy is good…I need to train even harder" Clion said with admiration.

"Next up, speed test, you will run 50 meters, run as fast as you can, kids." One of the soldier said.

They were led into a track as the kids lined up once more.

"I'm not fast not am I slow, let's see what Jas Is capable of." Whispered Clion.

"First up, Janel Kursit." Said the soldier holding a clipboard.

Janel was a short girl with long dark hair and toned features.

In a blitz she ran as the fast as she could kicking up dust behind her.

"6.4 seconds, next." Said the soldier.

"Jas Hiln, 5.2 seconds.

Clion Faurin, 6 seconds.

Elip Jina, 5.8 seconds."

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" said the soldier.

"Next up, strength test, I Lani will supervise this." Lani looked towards the kids as he left them to a 1.8 meter tall square punching bag standing on the ground."

"Punch as hard as you can and as far as you can." Lani explained.

Each kid punched one after the other.

Clion was 5th and his punch only took the bag 1.1 meter back. After 7 people went, a huge guy walked forward, his muscles were toned and you could tell he would pack a punch.

He raised his fist, and as his fist made contact, the loud sound alerted the villagers nearby as they looked towards him.

"Interesting, Jai Lin, 2.9 meters." Lani looked impressed.

"The following 3 will be admitted with a score above 15." Lani said as he took the clipboard from the soldier.

"Clion Faurin, 17/20.

Jai Lin, 17/20.

Jas Hiln 18/20. " Shouted Lani.

"You three are eligible to enter the village army, get to know each other, you will be medically tested tomorrow before the soldier training." Lani said as he walked away.

"Hello, I'm Jai Lin, 15 year old, son of a butcher. Nice to meet you guys!" Jai Lin said as he walked towards them.

"Jas Hiln, 14." Said Jas as he walked away from the testing ground.

"I'm Clion Faurin, 14, I also need to go. I will see you later Jai!" Clion also dashed towards his house.

"The hell?" Said Jai Lin with confused and disappointed look as he also walked away.

Clion was dashing to his house as fast as he could. As he arrived, he put his stuff down and started to do physical training.

"That Jas guy is far better than me even if the score was one point ahead. I can't waste any time." Clion breathed heavily.

30 minutes later Clion took a pause as he realized he needed to rest for the medical examination tomorrow.

"I can still squeeze in some cultivation right?" Clion questioned himself.

He sat down in a lotus position as he started his meditation. 2 hours later, the moon was high above his house as Clion slowly opened his eyes.

"What is this tingly sensation… I read from the book, that the reason for meditation is to gather, cultivate Qi, is this Qi?" Clion said.

"Whatever, I'll ask Sir Lani, I need to go eat and sleep."

The sun was shining it's rays onto the Lioulo village as the villagers each started to open their doors.

The villagers would start opening their market, or tend to their field as the day started to get busy in this small place.

Clion slowly opened his eyes as the sun-ray blinded him, with a relaxing stretch, Clion started his day with a breakfast and prepared to go to the medical examination.

As Clion reached the place intended, a small hut with 5 people inside. There was his two peers, Lani, and a bald dude who looked to be in his forties.

"Welcome, please sit on this bed here, the two here are already done, it's your turn." The examiner said with a warm smile.