Chapter 177 (2/2)
I shook my head “I’m fine like this”
“Suit yourself,” Vlair said with a shrug
“Begin” Instructor Gredge signaled with a wave of his clipboard
Unlike Janice, Vlair took on a much more neutral stance with his spear I wasn’t all too familiar with forms for the particular weapon but just on instinct alone, I kneas much better trained with the weapon than Janice was
You are reading on ReadReadNovelFullonlinecorip around my weapon but kept the blade low Vlair’s eyes narrowed, almost as if he was insulted that I hadn’t taken a proper stance
With a scoff, my opponent dashed forward His weapon becaed his first thrust with just the slightest twitch of my head and I ducked underneath the quick swipe that followed after
The following le hit on le hit would probably be the end of me for this duel but I had to save my limited ki for when I could actually attack Meanwhile, Vlair had a consistent aura of ki enveloping his body and weapon which was impressive The previous cadets were able to protect themselves with ki to a certain extent, Janice more so than Twain, but to be able to extend his ki into his weapon at our age was so that came with both talent and hard work
His blunted spear whistled past my cheek with practiced precision but I allowed my body to do its work Hisa technique that bent and curved his spear for a wider range of attacks, but he was still slow—at least to me Unlike the attackers that tried to kidnap Cecilia, he lacked the fear-inducing ferocity that they had
Despite growing used to this sensation over the years, it was still odd the way hts I knew this was an unfair skill to have but I saw itfield for my ever-shallow ki pool
As Mr A, his precise combination of attacks soon became laced with e his attacks and leaving his body thening the ball ofhis spear up so his ribs were exposed on his right side
I swunghim cleanly just below his armpit Vlair’s body reeled from the impact but I could tell by the sensation just now that it didn’t dohie declared
“What? That hit barely tickled! I can still fight!” Vlair retorted, anger in his eyes
“There is no victory in these h fro this match,” our instructor said, annoyance evident in his tone
He glanced at h The kid just landed a lucky blow”
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Instructor Gredge shook his head “The lucky bloas le hit for exactly a ht seconds Now before you are docked even more points, please make your way out of the arena so the other cadets can have a chance”
Vlair stared daggers at bothhis spear on the ground
The exa the cadets some time to rest and eat while the results board was uploaded
“Is this seat taken? Of course it isn’t,” a faeddown across fro the sa fro nored Nico’s little tease, sing uys’ tests go? Did the aht hand to show me the little coin-sized pin in the center of her pal by the testers’ reaction, I was probably soe”
“I should’ve nae ki displayer!” Nico chuckled as he pointed his fork at me “I told you it’d work”
I respected Nico’s resilience and ability to adapt Nico was undoubtedly affected by Headet to hi He bounced back and pushed us—especially oal I know that oftentimes, he jokes to cover his emotions but I think that his wittiness was lad it did… although I still think it would’ve been best if you tent into a regular school It’s not too late I thi—”
“And I told you that we’re sticking together,” Nico cut in His eyes flickered with intensity for a moment but then loosened “Besides, this place has a research facility and several workshops available to the engineering departht,” Cecilia chi her food “We all have things we can learn by being here”
“Fine, but we have to be careful” I lowered my voice and scooted closer to anization was after Cecilia”
“You’re worrying too much,” Nico dis enough for e around for a few parts here and er but our eyes kept shi+fting back to the large clock above the kitchen It wasn’t just us—everyone was anxious for the announcement
Nico pushed away his tray of food “Well I can’t eat any more of this rat turd Want to just head to the board now?”
“Sure,” I said “We et a better spot”
We made our way out of the hall and back outside The sun shi+ned brightly overhead but, with only buildings and artificial trees and shrubs surrounding us, the acade cadets separated into divisions as well?” I asked Nico on our way
My friend swayed his head side to side “Yes and no We, the more intellectual cadets, still have to use ki to create tools and gadgets so there is priority given to those who have a large ki pool, but it’s not as heavily weighed as you martial cadets I’ll either be placed in first division, which is the fast track, or second division”
“I wish it was that sihed “Why is it that o all the way down to five?”
Nico shrugged “The way of life Anyway, I hope you two get into the same division if not the same class That way, Grey, you can mess up any boy who comes too close to Cecilia”
I couldn’t help but shtly but I could tell he was embarrassed at his words Even after all these years, Nico still hasn’t said anything about his feelings for Cecilia
By the tie courtyard where the board would be updated, there was already a large crowd of cadets trying to inch as close to the board as possible
“Looks like everyone here had the same idea as us,” Cecilia h,” Nico said as he pushed me forward “Lead the way, cadet!”
After ten h hundreds of cadets, we e words being loaded up onto the screen
“Nico, your bottoet hit?”
“Alas, I did not co a stray elbow to my face in order to protect you!” Nico said dramatically
I shook my head “Nico chews his lip when he’s nervous, frustrated, concentrating or all of the above He probably bit down too hard”
Nico clicked his tongue “Smartass”
Just then, the screen flickered and lit up Words—names and numbers—appeared on the screen in rows The cadets behind us pushed us forward as they all tried to get as close as possible to find their names
I found Nico’s fairly easily He was placed in division one, class one—the highest tier I saw Vlair Ambrose’s name next; he was division one class five of thehe had barely made it to first division Cecilia’s naht she had let out told me she had found her na for ht fell since the lower the name appeared, the lower their division and class was Cecilia’s name had appeared fairly early since she had been placed in division two, class four, but by the ti in the acadeh to find and take down the people or group that killed Headht
Iit over and over just in case I had read wrong “Grey Division four, class one”
ARTHUR LEYWIN
My eyes crept open to see the fa castle I was thankful that I hadn’t experienced another nightmare, but this dream still left an incredibly bitter taste in et up, Syl”—I stoppedthat my bond was in the medical ward of the castle
Yesterday seemed more like a dream than the dream that I actually just had Fortunately, the journey back was only to the nearest ate Several soldiers had to help carry Sylvie froate, but she was able to safely et treated
I wasn’t able to see Mica at all since she had been taken into custody for questioning Varay and Bairon had gone to ht back but she caly By the time I had come back here midday, Rahdeas had already been placed into one of the cells to be interrogated at a later ti outside as I stood in the shower, I realized that it was early h the rest of the day and through the night My body still felt sluggish and hot frohteen hours seeot out of the shower, I heard footsteps stopping in front of my room The person didn’t even have the chance to knock when I called out, “Who is it?”
An unfamiliar woman’s voice sounded froiven instructions to help you get ready and escort you to thebody covered in scars, I suddenly felt unco at them The scars on my neck and left hand the witch-like retainer had left me ere the worst, but they were just two of on will helped my recovery rate tremendously, but it just meant that scars formed faster to seal the wounds, not make skin pearly new
“I’m almost done so wait outside for just aon trousers and a tunic with a high collar before covering loves It wasn’t necessary to hide my scars since the traitors had been captured, but I felt better doing so
Making sure Dawn’s Ballad was safely insidewith Uto’s severed horns, I readied s soon to come