CHAPTER 15 - THE WARRIORS

Everyone could obviously see who the winner was, it was an unmistakable fact.

The white medicinal paste had a better healing quality than the others, it was made by a girl called Oreva.

She didn't have an excited look on her face as she won, she looked like winning first place was beneath her as she walked away from the stage.

The second position was taken by the boy, although the quality of his medicinal paste was lacking in comparison to Oreva he was superior to the other girls who made the paste.

The last two pastes were equally tied as they got healed at the same time.

The lady walked on stage and said, "There's no need to pronounce the result as you can see Oreva has won."

The crowd cheered in response, they all knew the wonders of an alchemist, and although most of them were proud and haughty they still helped them.

Now the final event in the ceremony has reached, it is time for the Warriors to participate.

Micheal and some other people got ready as they all wore their protective armor and prepared their weapons.

The sun was already way past the middle, it was last afternoon, the blacksmiths and the alchemist had been working since morning and it was finally their turn.

Some people came on stage to remove the large cauldrons and stoves, and some others cleaned the stage.

After that the warriors got on the stage, there were ten of them and they all couldn't fight once so they had to pick draws.

The lady brought a bowl with papers writing one to five in doubles, if two people picked the same numbers they'd fight so that was how it went.

She walked around as they picked their numbers, Micheal got the number five with another boy.

The two who got number one was a girl with a bow on her back and a boy with a spear.

Looking at the girl she was at average height not too tall or short, just average with an afro that she packed, and a simple bow with arrows on her back.

On the other hand, the boy looked oppressive, his large physique with that spear and his bulging muscles would make the common man fear.

The rest who had later numbers went offstage and prepared to watch the fight.

They both got on stage as the match started, "Anita I never knew you were a warrior, I thought you were an alchemist" the boy said with a light smile as if mocking her.

In response she said nothing and prepared her bow, "don't you know this is a close combat fight, what's a bow gonna do in here huh?" he said with a provocative smile.

She didn't speak and just brought an arrow from her pack and placed it on the bow, the boy stood there watching not doing anything allowing her to continue.

As she nocked her arrow and was about to shoot he came running at her, and she shot.

Shwwwm

The hot wind blew against his face as he dodged that arrow, and he launched his spear to her guts, she parried the strike using her bow and left a nasty kick using her left foot at the side of his head sending him flying back.

The kick left him disoriented, he was shocked at her strength, and her quick reflex, he had seen her attend alchemy classes before and she hadn't trained in bows so he thought this would be a easy fight for him.

He stood up clutching his head as he looked at her, she kept a calm face as she shot another arrow, he couldn't dodge it in time and blocked it with his spear, after blocking that several arrows came at him, he couldn't block everything and was hit in his thigh and arm.

He threw his spear at her trying to stop her from shooting more arrows, as he ran in her direction.

She dodged the spear turning around, he thought he had made an opening and rushed to throw a punch.

She turned and landed a spinning heel kick right above his ear.

He saw her leg coming but couldn't dodge it, it was too fast and he had jumped to land a punch and he couldn't move.

He felt pain, it felt like his head was about to come off, he had lost the fight and she had easily won, it wasn't even up to five minutes yet, after that thought he blacked out.

The winner of this round is Oreva, the lady with the microphone said as the crowd cheered, they usually didn't see warriors fight since they didn't fight in the city, the only way was when they were battle monsters so this was a refreshing experience for them.

The next match begins…..

The boys stood on stage, one with a one-edged sword and the other with a halberd, the fight started and ended as quickly as the other match.

Although the halberd user had a longer reach he lacked experience, and experience was what the sword user had, he was literally toying with the halberd user on stage.

For every time the halberd user attacked the sword user left two sharp cuts on his skin, the fight proceeded till the halberd user gave up due to countless cuts and he was losing blood quickly, he had to get treated immediately or he'll be in bed for almost a week.

The third fight was won easily by the boy with a hammer, he didn't even use his weapon he fought with his bare hands with just brute strength and won the match.

The fourth fight was another fight between a boy and a girl, Lee, and Maria.

Lee used a short sword similar to a dagger while Maria used a sword, she was one of the most talented in sword arts at the academy the fight was highly looked upon.

It started with her running to him, swinging to his left shoulder which he easily dodged as he moved right, she continued attacking but her efforts were all in vain, although she was a genius in sword arts those would only work if she was fighting the opponent but she couldn't even touch his sleeves.

After attacking for a while she got tired on her own and forfeited the match, the rest of the students were astounded, Lee had hidden his speed, he was known to be an average short-sighted user but the speed he showcased today showed his true strength.

And the last match began as Micheal and another boy called Vasco entered the stage.