Ch 12:- Choosing a Weapon

After the classes where over all the students have gone to grab some breakfast and Rayne in particular was extremely hungry and his whole body was sore then also he ate a minimum amount of food because he knew in this class either they would be taught martial arts or they would be taught how to use weapon in both the cases satisfying his hunger is not an option.(I guess most of you already know that doing exercise after a full meal is usually not recommended because it causes gastrointestinal issues.)

The weapons hall was away from the main school building and off to the side in its own separate building. It was a single large one-room building that had an Asian palace feeling to it. To enter the building students needed to scan their watch into the scanner and then the two large doors would slide open.

Although the outside of the building had an eastern feeling to it. The inside was completely different. It was a large room where the ceiling was about twenty meters high. The room had no decorations apart from mountains and mountain of weapons hung up on the wall and in the centre of the room was a round raised platform.

Standing at the back of the hall was a bald-headed man wearing leather armour and had a long katana blade by his side. But the katana blade hilt was jagged and rough and the back of the blade the same. It looked like it had been forged from an animal that was not of this planet.

The man remained silent at the back with his eyes closed. Quinn could only assume the man was their teacher, being the oldest one in the room. Meanwhile, Rayne looked between Quinn and the bald man thinking ‛If I were to write a story and in that story the main character is a dumb vampire and the other person is a bald man famously known as the blind swordsman who seemed to have some ocular ability then I could only guess that this is Quinn's training arc that is the only thing I could conclude.'

The room slowly started to fill up with students and that's when Layla had entered and spotted Quinn. She immediately came over to him and started chatting. Unlike when Vorden had spoken to Quinn, the other students didn't really pay attention because Layla herself was also considered weak.

"This class is a lot more popular than I thought," Layla said.

The room was filled with about thirty students inside. The other classes had around fifty but it was still more than they had expected.

"Yeah, I wonder what weapon I should pick," Quinn said staring at the wall.

"Well, I already have mine," Layla said pointing to her bow on her back.

"Ahm! brother wouldn't you introduce me to this beautiful lady that you are chatting with," Rayne asked Quinn.

"Well Rayne this is Layla she is a... friend of mine and Layla he is Rayne my brother only younger by 4 minutes,"

" Rayne isn't your name a little girlish and what does it mean by the way," Layla asked.

"Well Rayne is a gender-neutral name and it means the comforting sounds of rain drops," Rayne replied while smiling

"I am going to ask you one thing seriously is your story will be like Bella and Edward," Rayne asked full of seriousness.

Meanwhile, Quinn was really confused by the comment of Rayne and Layla face was as red as a tomato.

"I take you silence as yes." Rayne casually said and their conversation ended with an awkward pause.

A lot of the student in the room already had weapons of their own.

Quinn, Rayne and a couple of others were the only ones who didn't have anything on them. Just then while Quinn was busy staring at the wall, and Rayne was looking for a weapon, the other students started to get rowdy as someone entered the weapons hall.

"What is she doing here?"

"Isn't she an elemental user, why would she be here."

"Who cares, maybe we can spare with her and if we beat her we can ask her on a date."

As Quinn turned around to see who the girl was everyone was talking about, it turns out he had already met her before. It was Erin Heley the ice ability user.

While just like any cool dude Rayne completely ignored her and kept on staring at the large wall of different weapons

"I wonder why she decided to go to this class instead of the elemental class?" Layla asked.

Just then the bald-headed man opened his eyes and shouted at the top of his voice.

"ATTENTION!"

Everyone froze and turned to look at the old man.

"My name is Leo and I will be your teacher for today." Leo then pulled out his katana blade from his sheath and pointed it out in front of him. "Your first task will be to pick your weapon, you must think carefully. Your weapon is your lifeline. When your ability won't work the only thing you can rely on is your own skills. Now go and Chose one from the wall around you."

The students fanned out and started to look at weapons. Even those who had beast weapons already were trying out new ones.

Rayne had already inspected most of the weapons and he had narrowed down his option to katana, a western style sword, and a bo-staff. He wasn't able to understand which one to chose after 10 minutes of brainstorming session he chose the bo-staff because it was the only one left right now during his brainstorming session most of the swords were actually picked by the students.

As he grabbed the Bo-staff he was shocked because nothing happened no such notification appeared like you found the super ultimate sacred weapon nothing appeared. The only thing unique about the staff was that it was a bit heavy but that was manageable. At that same moment he heard a voice which was soothing at the same time bone chilling.

"Not a bad choice kid " said the mysterious voice which seemed to echo a thousand voice at the same time.

Rayne immediately turned around but he wasn't able to see anyone. At that time a golden silhouette seemed to be materialising before him and it seemed that no one was able to see the silhouette that he was seeing.

"Don't worry young man I am the creator of the system, the system doesn't have any major function it is only used as an anchor for me to help you and appear in front of you. "

Rayne was shocked would be an understatement he mind was blown because he just had seen a being that is equal to the god and if he survived this world he would for sure write a ducking story about his life.

Once everyone had finished picking out their weapon. Leo called everyone to gather around the centre ring.

"Now I won't claim to be an expert in every weapon," Said Leo, "Some of you might even be able to use your weapons better than me. But what I am an expert in is fighting with weapons alone. Fighting can be considered a game. You are always trying to predict your opponent's next move, you measure your opponent's ability and so on. For your first lesson, I want to see what you've got. We will have a sparring match. Two people at a time. We will all watch the match and commentate on what could be improved on. Now, are there any volunteers.

In an instant, Erin was the first to put her hand up. Without even waiting for Leo to say anything she headed for the arena in the middle and stood inside. She held a single silver longsword that shined bright. It wasn't one of the weapons that Quinn had seen on the wall so he could only assume it had been one she already owned.

At first, a lot of the students were hesitant of going up against Erin. Her reputation for being a high-power level had already reached many peoples ears.

"Oh, I also forgot to add, Abilities will be banned during today's sparing sessions," Leo added. "It is important that you know how to use your weapon first, only then can you truly bring out the full potential of the weapon with your ability."

After saying those words. Students had raised their hands like a rocket. They all wanted to get the chance to beat the famous Ice queen. Now that she wasn't able to use her abilities this was their chance.

In the end, A large man was selected from the crowd who wielded a two-handed axe. He was about double the size of Erin in terms of muscle.

"I think you chose to join the wrong club ice princess, your ice abilities will be useless here." The man said.

Erin didn't reply though and simply took her stance. Waiting for her opponent to come forward first

The man charged in wielding his large axe above his head. When he swung it down Erin spun her body to the side avoiding the blow and at the same time slashed at the back of the man's legs causing him to stumble.

She then placed her blade towards the man's neck. Inches away from his throat.

"I give up." The man said.

Everything had happened in an instant and the room was suddenly silenced. They all knew Erin was strong but it was unexpected of her to be so skilful with the blade. Most ability users, if they had a strong ability like Erin, would rely on that power and not bother learning a weapon. But it was clear to everyone she had some practice.

After the fight had finished, two men seemed to appear out of thin air wearing a black military uniform. They then grabbed the student by both arms and escorted him to the school doctor to get healed up.

The group continued to watch a few fights, the rest of the fights had lasted a lot longer than Erin's, as most of the students were equally matched when it came to using weapons. Even when Level 4 power users were fighting against level 2. When They couldn't use their abilities it all came down to skill and the body.

The next fight that had caught Leo's attention, was the fight with Layla. Even though Layla could no longer use her telekinesis. With her bow, she was able to shot ahead and predict where her opponent would turn.

She had trapped her opponent multiple times and continuously asked him to give up. But her opponent was a level 3 power user and he had his pride on the line. He didn't want to admit being defeated by a level two user even if he wasn't using his ability.

That's when he got reckless and decided to charge forward. But a few arrows in the boy's legs stopped him dead in his tracks before Leo had decided to call the match himself.

"The next pair, Rayne Talen, and Kim Atureo the arena."