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Chapter 3 - The Test

Kajus Picked up a bow and a quiver of arrows, the arrows looked cheaply made, the shaft was a pale wood and the tip was made of stone, these arrows are probably their practice arrows. He looked across the grassland and saw two wooden dolls at the end of the yard, about 20 meters away from where Kajus stood and 4 meters away from the wall.

He dared not shoot early and looked a Geoff for permission to shoot, Geoff only glared at him and yelled "SHOOT ALREADY!"

Kajus jumped in his head but his exterior only nodded, he licked his finger to check for air currents, there were none.

'There probably isn't any air currents here since the walls are on his left side and the "L" shaped clan building covers his right so the yard is enclosed.

He grabbed an arrow between his pointing finger and long finger and pushed the string back with the arrow creating a crescent moon shape, the bow was fully drawn now and he held his breath fully focused on aiming.

'OK i can do this' he repeatedly said in his head,

The arrow went loose creating a swishing sound, the arrow landed moments after on the wooden doll to the right, Kajus breathed a sigh of relief and he felt more confident.

Geoff said " Well done! another!"

Kajus did as instructed and let loose another arrow, it hit the same doll a little bit higher this time, it was hard for him to see exactly where the arrow landed on the doll.

"well done! not let's see if those shots where any good"

Kajus went to the wooden doll with Geoff and the girl that was next Geoff, this was the first time that Kajus actually noticed the girl, he spared her a glance and looked where the arrows had struck.

"Well done Kajus! The first arrow hit right in the chest, very clean! and the other hit right at the middle of the throat! HAHAHA well done"

"thank you sir, no need to praise me"

"Mm, well let's carry on, you said you were practiced in the art of the sword and halberd right?"

"yes sir"

"spar with Grinda she is another recruit just like you, she is proficient with magic and the sword!"

Both recruits nodded and picked up two wooden swords, now Kajus could see the other girl more clearly. She was really cute! She was tall for a woman about 1.70 give or take and she had white hair done in a ponytail, her eyes solemn and her face small and cute.

Geoff gave the signal to start sparring and Grinda Immediately closed the distance, she side stepped to the right and swung hard at Kajus's arm, Kajus responded before the sword hit by kicking at her with his left leg, the girl didn't stop her swing but when she noticed the kick it made her arch the sword up and it hit Kajus in the throat, the kick hit her simultaneously the kick hit her stomach, Kajus did not waver from the hit since it was not a lot of force behind it but the girl got put to the ground gasping for air, Kajus was a big guy and his natural nervousness made him not hold back with that kick.

The girl looked at Kajus with a glare that could kill and Geoff didn't mind what happened and expected that the girl would stand back up.

The girl slowly rose back up with that glare still glued on Kajus, he stood there still and unmoving like a mountain, like even if a flood would come and wash away the building that they inhabited he would still be standing. The girl found this scene un-nerving and she got quite frightened, of course Kajus felt really bad about what happened and he just wanted to ask her if she was ok but his weak heart chastised him from speaking.

She quickly made distance between herself and the unmoving mountain, she took a breather and re focused, again she started sprinting towards him and made the same move but this time Kajus dared not raise his leg again so he met the sword in air, the moment their wooden swords were about to collide the girl jumped back, realizing it was a faint Kajus took a step towards the girl and slammed down with his sword, the girl still frightened from the kick closed her eyes in panic.

The sword hit her in the head and she fell down screaming "STOP YOU WIN"

Kajus standing there without a single emotion on his face, made a grabbing motion towards the girl, he thought 'i should probably give her a helping hand up, i hope she doesn't hate me'

The girl took this big hand coming towards her as another attack, and that he would now finish her, she quickly started to incant and a blue arc of water flew out of her hand as fast as an arrow.