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Chapter 4 - The incident

On a cold morning the recruits under Fritz were ordered to be ready be 04:00. This had become the usual for them after a few months and they knew what would happen to them if they didn't comply.

When they first encountered Fritz they thought that he was literally all talk but they learnt how strong he actually was. On the first day, to serve as an example he taught the recruits hand to hand combat. During this session he sent two recruits to the infirmary with multiple injuries. Those recruits have still been giving Fritz problems, they are unruly and extremely arrogant. They believe that they are the top of the class and don't have to listen to orders. Because of this Fritz was extra strict with them, telling them to work harder to serve the country proud.

On this morning though Fritz was acting unusual for his usual self. It appeared that he had lost all patience with the recruits. His voice was colder than usual and his eyes full of hate. The fact that he was like this meant that something bad would happen. The recruits that didn't want to get injured were ready within about 2 minutes. Unfortunately there were still some that thought they didn't need to.

To Fritz the whole ordeal was purely because some of the mages were cocky because they were magic. They were also from a higher standing family with some influence. Frits didn't care though, he would soon snuff out the arrogance and soon be on the fast track to a promotion within the army.

The changing rooms for the soldiers were split for the men and women. Fritz didn't care about wasting time waiting for a female officer to enter. He would just walk in and thankfully the female recuits were ready and were about to leave. Fritz preferred this attitude instead of that in the mens room. He quickly turned around and headed down the hallway, the hallway had dim lighting all the way down with rifles locked in boxes.

When he was walking down the grey hallway towards the changing room the majority of the male recruits were ready and waiting outside the room, except two. The two that were still changing, wasting time, chatting they noticed Fritz but continued to talk. At this point Fritz was at his limit, he grabbed a nearby rifle out o|r and cast a explosive spell and launched it at them. He toned the spell down a bit as to not destroy too much of the building but enough to cause injury to the maggots in front of him.

Moments before the spell made impact with them the two recruits, Kurtz and Hanz, formed a magic shield but because they had never listened it broke and they were blasted out of the room through the window falling two floors onto the cold stone floor. The shattered glass pierced Kurtz's skin, they were bruised and in pain all over. Fritz floated down carrying the rifle in hand, bayonet attached.

"if worthless maggots like you can't even follow simple instructions then how will you be able to serve our country, you'd only be an embarrassment." Fritz's voice was cold and sharp like the blade at the end of his barrel. He walked slowly towards the two before reaching Kurtz, stepping on him pointing the blade towards his head. " I should just cut out your brain and calve the rules inside. Maybe then you would understand." as he said this he pulled the gun backwards and was about to thrust it into Kurtz throat but a hand stoped him before he could.

As soon as this happened Fritz was furious, who would stop him teaching a recruit a lesson. The hand belonged to a recently promoted Colonel who was in the building next to the changing rooms. He was about to leave the base when the explosion happened.

"What are you doing !" his voice was shaky from the shock but was quite strong as he was able to stop Fritz's attack, also judging from his uniform Fritz knew that he was from strategic hq. He basically worked in safe work area high up in the chain of command. A position Fritz wanted, but because he was only training he had a long and hard path, especially now.