Efter having lunch Kajus made his way to the receptionists he made a Clan call to gather his new team member for the mission, Lioness gathered them and introduced Kajus to everyone.
The rookie had a nervous smile on him, his name was Alekxis and he was short with a very pointy face, Kajus noticed his knuckles were covered with bandages if this pointed out his fighting style or his temperament he didn't know. His forehead had a scar on it and Kajus could tell that this boy infront of him had a tough story behind him.
"Alekxis is a mouthful, do you have a nickname?" Kajus asked
The rookie looked like he was deep in thought when asked about that question he answered quickly " I dont have one"
"What do your friends call you ?" Kajus asked
The rookie bit his lip as he looked down in frustration, Kajus quickly understood as he with a kind tone said " I see... Well I will call you rookie !" Grinda quickly hit Kajus as she smiled towards the rookie.
"Let's call you Little A" Grinda said with a forced smile on her face
Little A had various emotions watching this scene. "I like it, at least better then rookie" he laughed.
The Clan member besides little A was a head taller than him and exuded a tone of arrogance, he was a clan veteran but was still new for Kajus, "what can I call you then?" Kajus asked
"Hmph, call me senior" he coldly said
Kajus didn't like his tone but he did expect an answer like that so he didn't show any emotions on his face "very well senior it is!"
"my name is Grinda, it's a pleasure to meet both of you" she said with a smile trying to ease the heavy air after "mr senior".
"Hi Grinda!" Little A blurted out with a smile on his face
"My name is Kajus and I will be your temporary leader on this mission if anybody has any questions let me know, I will need a explanation of your battle strength and also if using magic I will need your specifics on your spells"
Kajus said in a commanding tone, he truly felt a top if the world at the moment, leading rookies and commanding even his seniors who wouldn't feel his ego expanding when first put up in this situation.
" I punch " little A called out, the simple response stunned both Kajus and Grinda making them look insync with their facial expression.
"What do you mean punch?" Kajus asked
" Well I punch "
"I see" Kajus still had a dumb shocked expresaion on his face.
Kajus looked at little A for a couple of seconds not knowing how to react until Grinda saved him
"Why don't you show us? Lets go to the training room!"
Kajus gave Grinda a thumbs up as they went towards the training room.
"Attack that wooden training doll, it weighs 90 kg and its reinforced with magic to withstand impacts better so if you can damage it or make it move it would cast away many doubts in my mind" Kajus said
Little A showed a very confident face, it looked like he knew that he would break this wooden doll into pieces.
Little A slowly unwrapped the bandage on his fists showing the many scars and calluses of his hardened hands, he stood himself right in front of the doll and punched the doll, a loud impact was heard as the doll wiggled and moved.
'Not bad, he made the doll move! That is something not a lot of people can do underneath the knight rank especially with ones naked fists.' Kajus thought
Little A breathed out heavily as he prepared his left punch, BAM , a loud impact was heard and the doll was heavily swinging back and forth as it swung back towards little A again it received another punch followed by a barrage of punches, 3 punches a second, 4, 5, 6! 6 punches a second! The wooden doll started making creaking noises but no one could hear it as the sounds of heavy punches were heard throughout the training room.
'Amazing, I don't think the doll can keep up'
Little A screamed but it was not out of fear but a battle cry, as he screamed he started punching even faster, 7 punches a second he was like lightning and his thunderous punches sounded like a man hitting a plate of thin metal with a sledgehammer, his fist started to glow red as he continuously struck the doll.
'MAGIC' everyone reacted to the glowing fist.
BAM! A loud sound was heard that made even Kajus feel wobbly, following the sound a rain of wooden splinters made everyone duck covering their eyes. The doll had exploded and its entire upper body had gone up in smokes. The arrogant "senior" had a look of shock and so did Kajus and Grinda.
Little A looked sweaty and slightly tired " well? What do you think of my punches" he said with a smile on his face.
"Very Good! I am very happy that you know magic! It's a good resource to have out on the field!"
"Magic?" Little A said with a curious gaze.
This made Kajus respond with little A's gaze with his own confused gaze, Grinda also joined in looking at little A.
After a couple of seconds of silence Kajus broke it.
"Your glowing hands of course, it was magic right?"
"No" little A quickly responded
Feeling a little annoyed by the nonanswer, he asked slowly " then can you please explain your glowing hands?"
"It's a long story but to make it short I have metal in my hands that light up when I punch fast!"
"...I see"
'who has metal in their hands? Is this kid alright? Does his parents know? Why does it even glow when he punches fast?!' Kajus didn't show his emotions but simply smiled "thank you for showing us"
Kajus glanced at the senior "with that out of the way I need to know your fighting strength"
"Hmph don't be cheeky with me brat, I tell noone my abilities definitely not a brat like you"
Kajus frowned 'this guy seems suspicious, he seems like the high ego low tolerance type so why would he accept the mission I was leading, money? No he is a clan veteran no way that he doesnt have better missions he can pick up' Kajus felt perturbed over this.
"Fine don't tell me but you better do as I say, I don't want to get a bad record on my first mission" Kajus coldly said.
The grumpy senior made a noise and crossed his arm, Kajus couldve swore he saw a smirk which made him even more cautious towards his senior.
Grinda gave a run down of her ability and Kajus explained the mission. It was time to head out!