754 Heartless Part 2 (1/2)
When soldiers sparred with each other, they mainly used wooden spears. Most Qin people were trained in swordsmanship, so even children would have toys like wooden spears and wooden swords, using them to train up some techniques from a young age. Long military weapons were difficult to find so it was difficult to train oneself in these weapons before one was fully grown.
All sorts of spears, halberds, and axes were tools for killing on the battlefield. Ordinary swords and knives were no match for heavy-armored soldiers.
On the sparring grounds, soldiers used wooden spears against each other one on one, five versus five, or forty against forty.
Sparring was only an excuse. Saleen and Lex just wanted to observe the matches and very soon, they were able to lock onto Tyrant as a target. Another soldier with similar physique was immediately eliminated by Lex. The God's ring was sensing something!
Soldiers rehearsed killing with all their might on the sparring ground. Even though they were only armed with wooden spears against heavy armor, quite a number of soldiers were still seriously injured. Fortunately, there were mages allocated to the regiment of soldiers for healing purposes. All of them gave everything they had.
It was Tyrant's turn soon. He held his wooden spear and walked into the arena that was designated for solo sparring.
Saleen regretted the set up slightly. He spoke to Lex softly while he was thinking. If they had known that they would be able to find their target so easily, they should have brought Eleanor along. The assassin would not be able to use his full powers over such a long distance, but Eleanor's long bow would definitely have the upper hand over the assassin.
Once again, Saleen sensed an aura similar to Bain's on Tyrant. If Bain was around, this fellow would have been exposed long ago.
Tyrant faced his opponent with a wooden spear in his hands. He approached slowly and was not in a hurry. His opponent was a beginner-level swordmaster who was an officer in the battalion of new recruits. In order to join this new corp, he was willing to be demoted to a normal soldier and start from scratch.
His wooden spear struck at Tyrant without hesitation.
Saleen and Lex nodded silently in approval. His strike was clean. If three to five of such strikes occurred at the same time, an ordinary opponent would have been struck at least once. In terms of technique, this soldier was very proficient.
Tyrant's wooden spear was suddenly raised and his strike was parallel to his opponent's wooden spear. The lengths of the wooden spears were the same, but the position that he was holding was slightly further behind. This meant that he would need to exert more force in order to stabilize the spear.
Both of them aimed at each other's chest. If everything remained as they were, Tyrant would surely emerge victorious due to the advantage of his weapon.
The soldier heard the sound of a wooden spear breaking and knew that he could get injured even if he was wearing a metal armor. His hand trembled and the wooden spear smashed against Tyrant's weapon. He was holding the wooden spear at a more reasonable position so once the weapons smashed against each other, it would be easier to knock away the opponent's weapon.
With a slam, the soldier's wooden spear was disarmed and Tyrant's wooden spear stabbed into the soldier's chest. The soldier snorted, bleeding from the nose and mouth. He took a few steps backwards. Tyrant sent the soldier flying out of the arena with a sweep of his wooden spear.
The soldiers outside of the arena quickly rushed to the injured soldier to remove his helmet. They were relieved to find the soldier still conscious. Two people carried the injured soldier away from the arena to seek treatment.
Saleen tilted his head and whispered a few things to the water puppet. Then, the water puppet walked to the front, pointed at Tyrant and said, ”You, come over here. His Highness has something to say.”
Tyrant threw down his wooden spear and walked over calmly. The closer he was to the water puppet, the more overjoyed he was.
When the water puppet was still ten yards away, Tyrant shook both his arms and the metal armor on his body burst into pieces. The water puppet was shocked as Tyrant dashed towards him without a sound.
There was a short sword underneath the broken armor of Tyrant's right arm. The sword looked strange as it did not have a handle. The blade of the sword was fixed onto the upper arm and extended out from the palm.
There was a dramatic change in events. Of all the soldiers that were sparring in the arena, about one-tenth of them were stunned. Their level of swordsmanship was outstanding, but they were not experienced. The majority of the soldiers were immediately aware that an assassin had appeared. They were all still wielding wooden spears, but they did not charge forward in case Lex and Saleen misunderstood them to be rebelling.
The officer amongst these soldiers gave a command and the platform that Lex and Saleen were on was immediately surrounded. The soldiers on the exterior rushed to the military warehouse to retrieve weapons. The remaining one-hundred or so soldiers took out their short bows and were prepared to shoot at the assassin.
Saleen was extremely satisfied with how the soldiers reacted as only one-hundred or so soldiers out of a total of one-thousand were too stunned to react. This meant that the soldiers that they had recruited were all of high quality and were of an appropriate age. After they had taken care of the assassin, these soldiers were eligible to be put through the Lie Detection spell.
All soldiers that passed this test, as long as they were not the enemy's spies, would be able to become a member of Bitter Water Prefecture's army. Lex would definitely fulfil whatever promises she made.
Tyrant laughed coldly to himself when he saw the soldiers' reactions. If he really wanted to leave, no one would be able to stop him once he used his Shadow Dance. He struck at the water puppet with his short sword. His boots burst open to reveal another pair of boots that were dark gold in color.
This was his favorite piece of equipment. It could increase his speed and allow him to sprint in any environment without making a sound. The magic equipment was made of soft gold and could repel magic and weapons. To an assassin, his legs were extremely important, they would determine whether he could flee or hide himself successfully.
”How dare you!”