ch 24 End of First day

Arthur and his group reached their class . " Sir may we come in ",all of them said . " a yes you may enter.", . All of them entered and stood in front of their teacher . "Why are you all late " asked Captain Nox. " Sorry sir Captain leo asked us to deul until your opponent had fainted ", said Oliver. " Leo did that . He should not have said that in his first class and then what happened ", said Captain leo . " Damian was left with 5 broken ribs and Branden was almost half dead so we had to go to medbay ", said Arthur . " that is what I was afraid of . I will talk with with him regarding this matter ", said Captain Nox.

Let's start our class ." Firstly have you ever wielded a weapon ",asked captain Nox . Everybody moved their left to right indicating a no . " do you want to fight monsters head on with your bare hands punching and kicking it ", said captain Nox . " if you put like that it sounds a bit foolish said Damian . " Can we not always use our ability ", asked Arthur. " Do you have endless mana power to maintain your attacks ", asked Captain Nox . " For you to stay alive and fight till the end in a battle you have to pick a ideal weapon for yourself ",said Captain Nox " how are we going to find which weapon is suitable for us ",asked warden . " but trial and error method . ", said captain Nox. " come with me ", he said . He took to a room where many different types if weapons were kept . " these weapon are all made of hard azure wood made for practice ', said captain Nox . " firstly you all pick a weapon which you think is cool to weild ",said captain Nox . " is this how really how it is suppose to work"thought everyone .

"My family members fought with spears . I will I will pick that ",said Vor and picked a spear . The weapons were not sharp but were made for training purpose. "That was quick " I always wanted to weild a katana ",said Branden and picked a blade . "That is not a katana but a tang style blade ", said ",what is that " asked Branden . It has more range than a katana and it is way more durable it was created in China during the times of tang empire . " you sure to know a lot about weapons ", complimented Arthur . " it is my speciality ",said Captain Nox . " I think I will too pick spear ", said Damian . " do you have bow and arrows ",asked Magnum ." No , you really don't want to wield a bow do you ", I thought for a long range bow will be good ",replied magnum . " I can list you 5 ways where a bow can get you killed in the battle field ", said Captain Nox. "I have lost many brothers who were experts of bow ",said captain Nox with a dark face . " My father said that among the casualties on the frontlines the people who use bows is the most ", said Arthur. " your father fought on the frontlines ", asked Captain Nox. " yes , he was your superior Henry Reinhart ", replied arthur . " "you are his son . Your parents were the best comrades I have had . I mourn for their loss till this day ", said Captain Nox with sadness in his eyes . " You father used daggers . I think you too shall use them ", said captain Nox. " I too think I will pick those ",said Arthur and picked a pair of daggers .oliver and Noah both picked up tang style blade ." Sir then can you recomend a weapon for me ",asked Magnum . "if you want to fight from long range you can use a whip ",replied captain Nox . " here I have i have a leather whip stored here ",said captain Nox and handed over a finely crafted black leather whip to Magnum " you must use it with caution otherwise you may harm yourself",said arthur . " i will two axes " said warden. "Why such a different choice ",asked Captain Nox.

" you said pick a weapon you think is cool ",replied warden.

" Now I will give a manual in which you will have the basic skills on how to weild your weapon . You must learn those skills in a week ",said captain Nox and handed each of them a manual related to their weapon . "Read through the manual and start practicing if you dont understand something come ask me about it ",said captainNox . Arthur started reading through the manual . First a right slash then a left slash the a deception attach and a stab to the stomach and a slash to the leg . A upper slash is used to severely injure the opponent . When doing an down wards slash to apply pressure use both the daggers to increase force . There many points on how to increase effectiveness of your daggers . Arthur read through them in half an hour and started practicing on a dummy . "The weapons could also help you amplify the effectiveness of your abilities",. Said captain Nox.

They practised for 2 hours and then went to cafeteria for dinner. "Ahh that was a long day ",said Branden . " surely it was for you ",said oliver. "Hha aahaa ",all of them started laughing. "Hey I will win next time ",he complained ." In your dreams ",said arthur . All of them reached the cafeteria. There were hundreds of cadets in the cafeteria . There were people who looked at them with admiration and respect about there were also people who looked at them with jealousy. "Hey look there comes teacher's pets ",said a boy from a group . Judging from their looks they were either from big families or were high ranking cadets . "Why don't we pra tise what we learnt today what we learnt in captain leo's class ", said Arthur . "Atleast our father gave birth to a son ",screamed Damian . Listening to Daiman's response the group of boys wrote seething in anger . "We will not start the fight we will have them start and then kick their ass . "Let's teach them a lesson ', said a boy and about 30 recruits started moving towards them n " Do they really think that they can defeat us ",. " don't kill anyone just break some bones ", said Arthur .