Chapter 22

I looked at the first examinee. He was a confident man which means that he could be somewhat strong. He was wearing a fitted long-sleeved white shirt tucked inside black leather pants. He had some black metal armor on his right shoulder down to his right hand which was holding the heavy weapon. The armor had straps connecting to his left shoulder going across his abdomen and connected to his belt. He was wearing a black leather glove on his left hand. He also has knee length boots made of black leather with connected metal plates protecting his knees. He was definitely a clan warrior, but I am not sure from which clan.

"Now," Sebastiene called out. "Let the first match begin!"

The moment Sebastian said begin, Skirr dashed towards the examinee who was on the other side of the ring. He raised his heavy weapon to strike at the examinee who was standing with his weapon resting lazily over his shoulder. He watched as Skirr dashed towards him with an excited smirk before taking a step back and using both hands, swung his heavy weapon forcefully. The clash between the two weapons sent sparks flying and the burst of strong wind from the impact caused the debris and dust to fly towards the onlookers but was stopped by the barrier we set up.

"He's pretty strong to be able to stop Skirr's attack." Athy commented narrowing her eyes at the examinee. "Where do you think he originates from Anderson?"

Anderson, Athy's gigantic personal knight, looked away from the fight to answer her.

"Based on his clothing, he seems to be from the Wind tribe, my lady." Anderson answered.

"The Wind tribe huh." Athy looked at the man fighting on par with Skirr and the other four knights. "I heard they have strong warriors that specializes in wind magic. Their military power is not to be belittled."

"That is true my lady." He answered. "Their warriors are not only strong but are very light footed."

I looked at the man fighting, he does seem strong and quick to be able to block and dodge the spirits attacks.

The fight continues and Skirr was getting more agitated as time went on. The examinee had already destroyed the other spirits leaving Skirr as the only opponent left for him. He looked at Skirr and pointed his weapon at him. Skirr dashed towards him again, this time he stood his ground and parried the attack by holding his weapon vertically, making Skirr's blade slide downward and Skirr losing his footing. The man took the chance and immediately stabbed Skirr in the neck with a dagger defeating the latter.

The onlookers clapped their hands in awe at the wonderful display of strength.

"Examinee number one, please state your name and your position." Sebastiene interviewed the winner.

"I am Haktor Fuujin from the Wind tribe."Loud gasps and soft murmurs can be heard when he stated his name. "I am a fighter class."

I took a glance at Anderson and found him with a shocked expression.

"Is he someone you know Anderson?" I asked.

"Replying to the eldest lady, Haktor Fuujin is the current general of the Wind tribe's military force." He answered me.

I frowned at what he said.

'Military General?' I thought looking at the man talking with Sebastiene. 'What could he be doing here, taking the exam?'

The first examinee, Haktor, went down the ring and Sebastiene called for number two, but the scrawny young man surrendered when he saw the summoned spirits that he was about to fight. The opponent chosen was the Cerberus, Kaido, with two other regular spirit knights. Number three also surrendered and number four lost without even destroying a single spirit.

"Do you think anyone would be able to win against Kaido Athy?" I asked my little sister.

"They don't really have to kill him in a physical fight right?" She retorted.

I looked at my little sister who was definitely having fun watching her warrior scare the hell out of the examinees. I wonder if she is slowly becoming a sadist.

The fifth examinee came up on stage and I narrowed my eyes on her when she took off her helmet. She was a beautiful young lady, probably in her early twenties, with long braided red hair down to her waist and deep blue eyes like the deep ocean. Her full red lips were set in a hard line, not smiling nor frowning. Her pupils were slanted just like Sebastiene indicating that she was either from the demon race or the beastmen race. She was wearing a silver armor with beautiful patterns carved into it. The armor reflected the sun making her beautiful face shine even more so the audience cant stop but stare at her.

The beautiful warrior put on her helmet when Sebastiene gave the signal for the fight to start. Kaido licked his mouths as he ran towards the woman with the knights on his side. A halberd, a two-handed pole weapon, suddenly appeared on the woman's hand. She moved as quickly as the first examinee easily defeating the knight on Kaido's left before jumping over Kaido and stabbing the other knight with the other end of her halberd while in mid-air. She then turned around, pivoting in the air using her axe handle and landing on the edge of the ring behind Kaido who turned around in a frontal assault.

'Is she going to surrender now that she defeated two knights?' I thought to myself.

She did not.

She raised her hands, palm facing the incoming Kaido who was in a mad dash. When Kaido was a few meters away from her, a small spark of flame appeared in front of her and quickly engulfed Kaido until nothing remained but dust flying around.

The training ground became quiet. Nobody believed what they were seeing. A woman actually defeated the Cerberus?

The deafening sound of cheers and claps filled the training grounds as other knights and examinee cheered for her.

The lady took off her helmet when Sebastiene announced her as the winner.

"May the lady please state her name and position?" He asked politely.

"I am Marionna Ellaine Fuego, the eldest daughter of House Fuego." She stated directly looking at where we sat.