Insectoid 2 (1126 Words)

Sam stands at the edge of the training ground and observes the people on it for sometime bevor he walks over to them.

One of them looks in his direction and waves him to come closer.

"Hmm you must be new right?" The guy asks Sam.

"Yes I'm a fresh ling and need training and equipment." Sam says.

"Understood, you will be Eight from now on. I'm One, the big guy over there is Two, the thine one on the left is Three while the on the right is six. Seven and Five are on nest duty's." One says while pointing at the respective people.

After the short introduction One began teaching Sam the beginner routines and some standard training instructions, while Two was sent to fetch the equipment.

Sam memorized the routines fast and started to execute them again and again while One told him to rest time to time. After a while Two came back with the equipment, which lead to Sam repeating the training routines in black metallic armor and a sword on his waist.

Sam soon lost track of time as he got into a rhythm to the point that One doesn't even have to tell him to take a break.

After an unknown amount of time One told him to stop and go to eat and drink and then come back and continue even in his absence till he tells him otherwise.

Finally free from the repeating training Sam makes his way to the cafeteria to eat and drink.

In this training round alone Sam already learned to calculate his stamina and limits which had been unthinkable for him before.

This made him realize that he is now completely different from before.

He came out of his thoughts as he reached the cafeteria which of course isn't the name used by the Semar race but it can be translated as that so it ok.

Standing before the counter he nodded at the woman behind it and promptly gets a big bowl of brown soup and a loaf of bread placed in front of him. Thanking her, he made his way along the counter to the next person, a guy that handed him a big full water bag. Sam took it and made his way to one of the tables.

The atmosphere in the cafeteria here was completely different from the ones on earth.

On earth people would talk and with each other and have a break and fun.

But here in the nest of the Semar, it was just a place to efficiently feed a large group of people and no one stayed longer than he needed, so there was always enough space for the newcomers.

Sam was the same he sat on the nearest free spot and after a short nod to his table mates he began eating and drinking.

Fifteen minutes he stand up and brought the empty bowl to a different counter and returned to the training ground 11 with the water bag and started his training routines again and again.

Sam could feel that he had grown a lot stronger than before,proof of that is the knowledge that he gained from his bloodline.

Through his dedication he got informations on stamina and endurance training techniques which he added to his usual routines.

"Stop, it's time to teach you the basics of the sword." One says one day, Sam couldn't tell how long he has repeated his exercises because he never needed to sleep.

Sleep was needed to rest the mind but he managed to make a perfect rhythm of training and resting, he also added a self made meditation technique to effectively rest them mind with the body.

Now he watches as One executes some sword technique and explained every step.

Sam soon began to imitate him and One corrected him wen-ever he made a mistake.

This continued till One only needed to correct Sam in some minor things and sometime later left Same to his own training.

After a while of perfectly executing the sword technique, One stoped him again and brought five with him.

"Eight, you already mastered the basics so you can start to having mock battles with Five and Seven when they are around." One explained while Sam and Five sized each other up.

Sam nods and makes some distance between himself and Five.

Five unsheathed her sword and took a offensive stance.

One retreated some meters and said "Start!".

Five crossed the distance between Sam and her fast while keeping her center of gravity low.

Sam didn't take a defensive stance and instead made a slash aiming at the left arm of Five.

She used her sword which she held in her right hand to intercept the attack, once they clash she let her blade slide down to Sams sword handle and then punch with her pommel to his belly.

Sam threw his right knee up and hit her forearm successfully blocking the punch to his belly.

But what he didn't expected was the punch that hit his chin hard.

Five used her left hand to throw a hook at Sams head which was distracted by her much more treating sword.

The punch decided the end of the battle as Five used the chance and placed her sword at Sams neck.

Sam didn't hesitated and admitted defeat, after Five retracted her sword Sam continues to sit on the ground and thinks over his mistakes and achievements.

Soon after he stands up again and makes distance between himself and Five again.

One who stands some distance away gave Sam some hints and then started the battle again.

This time Sam focused on defense.

Sam observes the fast approaching Five and readied his sword to block her attack.

Five once again dashed forwards whit her center of gravity low.

She aimed her sword at Sams right leg intending to make him lose balance.

Sam didn't block the attack bit instead evaded it by taking a step back with his right leg and positioned it so that he was able to attack Five with a heave swing of his sword.

Five tried to block the heavy attack but lost her balance in the process.

Using that chance, Sam followed the swing with a roundhouse kick aiming at her head.

Five dogged the kick by making a roll forward, but Sam managed to change the kick into a stomp and hit Five in the back which brought her to the ground.

The battle was decided as Sam held his blade at Fives neck.

From there on Sam continues to sparring with Five and sometimes Seven.

He of course didn't stop his routine training and soon falls again into a rhythm wehre time blurred before him.