22 The first spar with a weapon

Madison was a good woman. She didn't care about people's rank or level and was only focused on who they really were.

Her goal was to win the war against the monsters. She had lost too many things against them, so it wasn't with some petty conflicts about levels that humanity would win.

And since a lot of bullied people have a lot of potential, it wasn't by making them want to kill themselves that they were going to win the next war. They needed all the help they needed, and if a single bullied person could help thousands of lives, then they will surely win.

And it was also one of the reasons why she became a teacher. She wanted to tell and show the lost ones that there was still hope in this world where the strong were ruling on the top and were disregarding those on the bottom.

"Alright everyone, as you can see on the big wall over there, there are a lot of weapons. So your first task would be to pick one of them and familiarize yourself with it, is that clear?" Madison said as everyone nodded their heads.

They then all began to go there, but since Kye already knew what weapon he wanted, he waited for a little to be surrounded by fewer people.

So he was waiting in the back alone since Ven also went chose a weapon, and unbeknownst to him, someone sneak behind it.

"What are you waiting for?"

"Argh!!" Kye screamed because the one who said that scared him and fell on his butt. He didn't know how he didn't remark that since there weren't a lot of ways to go behind him.

"Hahaha," Madison laughed. "I'm sorry young boy, I didn't want you to be scared," She then reach out her hand to help him stand up.

Kye hesitated a little since he too knew about the hero Madison, so if people saw him doing that they would surely target him, but in the end, he accepted her hand. He didn't want to be rude in front of her and preferred to be targeted a hundred times more. At least like this, he would be able to gain EXP.

"Thank you, professor," Kye said once he was on his feet again. "And to answer your earlier question, it's because I already know which weapon I want."

"Oh? Is it the one on your ring?"

"W-what?" Kye was shocked by that. He didn't expect her to know about it.

"Oh my bad, it's probably better that you don't show it to people, right?" She smiled. "Then go and pick the one that looks like the one in the ring."

"Y-yes," he immediately goes. He didn't know why people had eyes that show them everything, but it was scary.

So he quickly took his weapon and regrouped with Ven. The latter had chosen a katana. It was, like all the weapons here, made of beast bones.

"Why did you pick this one, Ven," He showed the katana with his finger.

"It's because it looks cool and the katana is a very strong weapon. It also synergizes pretty well with my ability."

"That's good then. I'm sure you will be great with it," Kye said as they waited for everyone else to do their choice. Choosing a weapon among all of the ones present on the wall was really hard. There was a lot of variety and every single one of them had pros and cons.

And as he was waiting for people, Kye thought of something.

'Wait, if the sword the system gave me had a stats window, is it the same for this one?' He thought as a window appeared in front of him.

[Bone bastard sword:

Stats:

Strength: +1]

'Well, it's really not the best. I guess nothing can be compared to the one I received from heaven, right?' He thought seeing the sword's stat page. It was really poor when compared to his ring.

Still, it was better than nothing for now. He couldn't use his ring, and even if he could, it wasn't as if he would have been able to use it properly. So it was better to get some experience with this one to be immediately good with his real sword.

So they waited and around thirty minutes or so later, everyone was now ready to pass into the next task.

"That's good. Everyone found what they wanted," Madison said. "But don't worry, if you don't feel good with the weapon you have now, you can still change it later. But I advise you to do that quickly because you won't be able to master one completely at the end of the year otherwise.

"Anyway, if everyone understood, then let's do something more serious," She clapped her hands with a smile. "Everyone, please chose a partner and fight only by using your weapon. Abilities are not allowed, and it's the same with real injuries, is it clear?" Everyone nodded. They didn't want to be caught by someone like her because they wouldn't pass the best time in their life otherwise.

And since Kye and Ven were sides by side, they decided to spar together.

"Please go easy on me, Ven. It's my first time using a weapon." Kye said as he got into stance. However, one could easily see that he was pretty awkward with the sword.

"Yeah, I will go slowly. You don't have to worry about that." He got into stance too, and after a few moments, once everyone had found their partner, Madison whistled to announce the beginning of the spar.

Ven immediately rushed toward Kye. The latter tried to move too, but the former was already thrusting his katana downward toward Kye.

Thankfully, he avoided it at the last moment. He couldn't help but thank his agility for that.

Ven swung his blade another time and was about to attack Kye again, but this time, the latter could see Ven's movement easily, so instead of dodging, he parried with his own blade.

However, Ven had more strength than him, so he was losing this confrontation.

So Kye stepped back, but Ven knew he was about to do that, so he already prepared for the next swing.

And now, even though Kye saw the movement, his body wasn't fast enough to react, so the katana came to him and stopped right in front of his neck.

"I guess this is my loss," Kye said.

"I guess so, but you're pretty good with a weapon already," Ven praised him honestly. "I didn't expect someone that never used any weapons to dodge my strike and even parry it. So you can trust me when I'm saying that you were good."

Hearing that, Kye smiled because he didn't know if he would have been good or not with the sword the system gave him. It wasn't because he had chosen this sword that it means that it was the one he would master the most easily. So hearing that he wasn't as bad as he thought made him feel glad.

"Your friend is right. Your movement is still pretty awkward, but you have a great future ahead of yourself. Especially with a bastard sword," Madison added after seeing their spar.