Chapter 21 - Meeting Leon (2/2)
”Wait for a couple of minutes. Leon would start attacking him soon. We can go back to the armory once the fight is over. Leon needs to open it,” he continued.
As Salazar told in a couple of seconds, Leon started to attack. He landed a couple of punches on Marcus' limbs to slow him down. He quickly followed up with a dash and caught Marcus by his hand and twisted it and threw him on the ground. Marcus immediately gave up the fight.
”Any improvement the past few weeks?” asked Marcus looking at Leon who simply nodded in agreement. Leon gave Salazar a look and quickly moved towards a large door.
”Come on. He is opening the armory,” said Salazar walking towards the armory. As Balthazar walked through the door, he found himself in a room which looked like a large broom closet. Salazar quickly shut the door and Leon put his hand on the wall beside the door.
The floor of the entire room shuddered as it dropped down slowly. A few seconds later the floor stopped, and they got out of the elevator. They found themselves in a large hall with a couple of fighting platforms and many cabinets filled with weapons and armor.
”Get on the platform,” said Leon pointing towards a platform. He had a loud manly voice and it reverberated in the room. As Salazar and Balthazar got up the platform, he asked Robert, ”Are you comfortable with the spear you borrowed?”
”Yeah, it is not bad. I think it would be quite suitable for me,” replied Robert.
”We can have another try after Balthazar to see if we can get you something better, if required,” said Leon.
”Come on,” said Salazar signalling Balthazar to fight. Balthazar was still a bit sore from the beating he received before breakfast and didn't really want to fight. But he started to fight Salazar. Within a minute, he was lying on the floor thrown down by Salazar. This went on for a couple of times before Leon signalled to stop.
”You were right. He is very fast but not that strong. He also seems to be very observant,” said Leon. ”How are good are you with a gun?” he asked.
”I am all right. I had a lot of practice at the army,” replied Balthazar.
”Range of your best snipe?”
”About 6000m.”
”Good.”
”So, what do you think would suit me best?”
”Well you are nimble and fast for your physique. Got decent reflexes. You would be good with throwing knives, hidden weapons and the like. You can also use a couple of scythes. Let us try a few things out.”
He quickly pulled out a pair of gauntlets from a cabinet and threw them to Balthazar. ”Let's start with these. Small blades are hidden at the wrists which can be released at a high speed. I think you put them to good use when in a pinch.”
”Thanks. But these can't be used in a battle, continuously right?”
”Don't worry. No hurries. I have a belt full of small knives. The belt has small groves to hold these bars,” he said pulling out a small metallic bar from the belt. He squeezed it and it opened into a thin and sharp throwing knife.
”Hit the bottom of the hilt and it will compress back into a bar,” he continued. ”Not detectable by the standard security systems. They are made of darlink alloy and are very expensive and hard to find. Don't lose them.”
”Wow. That's great.”
”You would also need something visible to carry around so that no one expects you to have hidden weapons. Let face it, if they find you without a weapon, they would be on guard against hidden weapons,” said Leon pulling out a pair of thick batons.
”Batons? Bladeless weapons? Would someone aiming to kill even consider these weapons?”
”These aren't batons. They are scythes,” said Leon hitting a button on the handle and a couple of blades popped up revealing them to be scythes. ”You can also attach a cord between the handles or from the hands to your belt which can be used to extend your range of attack.”
”The blades are undetectable too and it is easy to pass them off as batons which are legally accepted to carry around.”
”Ya, these suit you,” said Salazar. ”Come onto the platform, Robert. Show me how good you are with the spear.”
Soon, Robert came onto the stage. He pulled out a stick which when squeezed opened up into a large spear. It had long curved blades at both ends. Though Salazar didn't have a weapon, he was able to evade Roberts spear with ease. But Robert was able to evade Salazar better with the use of the spear to block Salazar's path.
”Yeah, I think it suits him well,” said Leon coming towards Balthazar. He sent a few files to Balthazar. ”These are tutorial for your weapons. Best use the V.R. suits to practice them.”
”From today, both of you will be practicing your weapons with Salazar in the evening,” said Leon.
”Yes, every evening instead of hand-to-hand combat, we are going to have weapons practice after your runs,” said Salazar.
After that Leon joined Salazar on the platform to have a couple of bouts. Both Balthazar and Robert seated themselves as Salazar got beaten up by Leon. They really enjoyed the fight now that shoes is on the other foot. Looking Salazar on the lying on the platform made them very happy.
A few rounds later Leon decided it was enough and Salazar left along with Balthazar and Robert.