Chapter 54 the barons hospitality 4 (1/2)
Mars pulled another chair closer and patted his lap, then Victoria jumped up and took her usual spot with half her body on his lap and the rest on the other chair
”sure, ask away”
”okay, first off my name is Alex i'm the guild master here”
Mars gave a nod, he had figured that anyone that called Reimund by name could not be simple so he was not to surprised by Alex high standing, but when Alex saw Mars's lack of reaction he mental added a few points for being calm
”then let's start... have you ever killed anyone?”
”sure”
”then what did you feel when you did it?”
”hmm...”
Mars stocked his chin as he thought for some time before he answered
”besides the breaking off bone though my hands and the smell of burnt flesh, nothing at all”
Alex gave a slight frown but asked the next question
”how do you feel about following orders?”
”no problem, as long as I like the one that's giving them or they pay me... or if they are a good looking women then I have no problem”
”okay... then what kind of combat capability do you have?”
”hmm... sword, bare hands, fire magic and shadow magic... also Victoria here I guess”
”oh right you magic beast... if you mind can I ask what type she is?”
”no I don't mind, Victoria will you tell him or should I?”
Victoria purred on Mars's lap until her horns flashed and Alex's expression changed drastically before he calmed down by letting out a sigh
”okay then... moving on, I need your race for the record... you're not human right?”
”nope, well half human at least ”
”what do you mean?”
”I mean i'm half dragon”
”....well that explains what I heard about a small sun appearing at the temple earlier”
Mars scratched the back of his head but also looked a little proud
”yeah that was me”
”okay... that's was it, now it's just what rank to put you... I don't really think you want to start at wood right?”
Mars went over the ranks in his head form and found wood was the lowest of the 9 ranks
”no, that would hurt my pride”
”yeah... well the highest rank I can assign you is iron, but that's only after a live combat test”
Mars gave a smile, after all skipping wood and stone before going straight to iron was about the bottom line for his dragon like pride
”sure no problem”
”good, then let's go find someone for you to fight against”
Alex stood up and walked downstairs again while Mars and Victoria followed him and when he reached the first floor again he yelled out into the crowd
”I need 3 iron's for a combat test, 50 cel per person”
”a combat test?”
”looks like it”
”sure i'm game”
”me too!”
”look it's that kid again”
”that's him, the one that blocked the street with fire magic?”
”yeah... well i'm going to skip this one I don't want my face burnt”
soon 9 people gathered and Alex chose 3 which he led along with Mars through the backdoor out to a training field that could easily fit 100 people, although only 40 or so was on the field at this moment Mars also noticed that a back door form the hunters guild let here and there was also a bow range off to the side
”hey Mars, how did it go?”
Mars looked over and saw Reimund, Irene and Elsa was sitting on a blanket off to the side of the field while drinking tea which Elsa poured for the 3 of them
”it went fine, i'm going to take a combat test now”
Irene gave a smile and waved him closer before she whispered
”be sure to hold back a little and don't injure them to much”
”...sure”
Mars gave a nod and went back to the group just as Alex yelled
”clear the field”
the people on the field stopped training and looked over before they cleared the field and formed a crowd that looked at Mars and the 3 other mercenary's with interest
”okay here's the rules Mars, as long as you beat 2 of the 3 you get to be ranked iron”
”...sure”
”good, then Fred you're up first”
”on it boss”
a mercenary walked out, he was human and held a spear and wore leather armor
”good, ready.... START!”
Fred took a stance and trusted out with his spear towards Mars which dodged the tip of the spear by leaning slightly to the side while he had his hands down to the side of his body and a bored look on his face
”how about this!”
the speed of Fred's thrusts sped up but still all his spear hit was air as Mars dodged with millimeter to to spare, before he stepped in and grabbed Fred's arm before he threw him into the air and back onto the ground, only braking his fall at the last moment before he mounted him holding his arms down with his knees