Chapter 10 - Tutelage (1/2)

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It was about 4 a.m on a rainy night. Fang Li was a newly appointed guard on an outpost in District 12. He was about 20 years of age with short black hair and a sturdy build. It was his duty to be on guard that night.

It was quite chilly outside so he was standing near a heat-stone on top of the watchtower. His job was to keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary and sound the alarm in case of an emergency, such as a barrier lighting up.

”Damn it, why is it my turn again? This hazing bullshit is getting real old, real fast,” he mumbled rubbing his hands together in the cold of the night.

Suddenly, he heard a noise outside the camp. Taken aback he jumped up and started looking around. No matter how many complaints these soldiers had, when it came to doing their jobs they never relaxed.

He saw a hunched figure slowly moving towards the camp. It passed through the detection mines without triggering them, and the first thing that came to Fang Li's mind was that it was a demon. And not just a normal one, but such a powerful one that it could even bypass the mines they had placed outside.

He took a deep breath, trying to calm down. Looked towards the figure again and it was still moving without a care in the world, just a few dozen meters away from the camp. So Fang Li finally made up his mind and sounded the alarm.

*EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

It was like a scene from a war movie.

”WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!!!!” an extremely loud voice shouted and the two dozen soldiers that were asleep sprang up and into action.

”Everyone take positions!” ordered Sgt. Wei, getting on top of the wall to see what was in front.

Everyone was extremely nervous, if something got this close to the camp without sounding a single alarm, then it was probably powerful enough to kill everyone there. Yet not a single person of the 24 people present in the camp even thought about running.

There was a residential area not too far behind them. If they ran away, hundreds would die.

The soldiers took up their spears and bows and got up on the wall, looking at the lanky figure outside.

”Stop! This is Fortuna City of the Mei Kingdom! No matter who you are, do not throw away your life needlessly. You have no chance of making it out of here alive if you hurt a single civilian!” Sgt. Wei barked from the top of the wall menacingly.

Just as they were getting ready to release their arrows, a weak voice came from the figure.

”Um, is this the outpost number 36? I got a little lost and have been trying to find outpost 36 for a few hours now,” the figure said.

”Who are you? What's your name? Why are you looking for outpost 36?” the Sgt asked after a few seconds, thinking this to be a ploy from the enemy. But then again, if the figure was powerful enough to bypass the warning systems of the camp, why would it need to lie?

”My name is Hao Xuan, some soldiers came to find me yesterday at my home but I was away,” he replied weakly.

And then the Sgt suddenly remembered about the unusual order he got from the main army.

He jumped down from the several meter tall walls, solidly landing on the ground.

”Come here,” he said gesturing towards Hao Xuan.

Hao Xuan complied and went up to him, the Sgt took a look at his face and suddenly his expression turned even worse.

”Attention!” he shouted and all the soldiers stood up straight.

He turned around, ”Everyone get down here and form a line,” he shouted.

”Fang Li, step forward!” he said again.

Taken by surprise, Fang Li came up to the front of the line.