Choosing a Weapon

I sat cross-legged and while the rest of the young troop took the test, I began to think about what had just happened to me.

Did what happened had changed anything in my body. I started to close my eyes and look for the slightest change but nothing that I could notice. The only thing I could feel now was a form of warmth radiating from my mark.

So I moved my hand to that spot and started to say, "What mystery do you hold?"

I then stopped moving and as I was so amazed by what had just happened to me, I almost forgot the reason for coming here.

I was there to join one of the nearby sects and had passed the test with splendor. Even though I wasn't caught up in one of these sects, I knew I had the skills to become a cultivator and that was most important.

I then looked at the sky and thought of my parents.

I then whispered, "Don't worry I'll make you proud."

Finally, after waiting an hour, I was again on my feet and the second test would finally begin.

I got up and started to walk towards the group of young people who were in front of the old man.

When the latter saw that everyone was in front of him, he began to speak "I already wanted to congratulate all the people who passed the first test. It is always a pleasure to know that new people will be able to protect our country in this dark time that we face. "

Intrigued, one of the young people spoke up, "What do you mean by dark times?"

As we all looked forward to the answer, the old man only told us, "This is neither the time nor the place to talk about all of this. It would be better if you focused only on the trials to come and only after that could you think of something else. Am I clear? "

"Yes!"

He continued "I am now going to explain the next two tests to you because you are going to do the two in succession. As you know, we are going to test your physical strength. We will first test your strength, speed, and then your endurance.

After you have this, the third trial will begin. Also, I will give you some important information. The first three people in this trial will have a guaranteed place in one of the sects. "

These words, which seemed so simple, immediately changed the vision that my comrades carried on the trial. They would give everything to finish in the best but strangely that was not the case.

I didn't covet the first place or the top three. My only goal was to get good results even if they weren't the best.

Now that they were all up, Alpha made a stone that was about 2 m tall appear.

He said "This stone is called Craigis. It is one of the materials used by cultivators to create weapons. But for ordinary humans, it can be used to know the strength of the latter. As you can see, this stone has a size of 200 cm. For every centimeter that you manage to pass, that will mean you have 200 kg of force. "

Now that the explanations were over, he whistled and a group of men started coming towards the arena, you could see that they were firing what appeared to be a wagon.

Finally, they reached the arena with their truck and after bowing to the old man, they left the arena as if they never came.

We were all amazed at what had just happened and so I asked him "Excuse me but what's in this cart?"

"Weapons, this wagon holds the weapons you are going to use."

I continued, "Weapons, but what is it going to be used for?"

While my question had also received the approval of other people, the old man only told us, "These are going to be used to destroy the rock. You really think that you are going to strike this one with your bare hands, that would only destroy your fist.

Now each one of you takes a weapon. "

We, therefore, execute this order, and very quickly a file was created.

When I finally came to the carriage, in the latter there were all kinds of weapons

Whether rapiers, swords, spears. But I wasn't interested in this kind of weapon.

I already had a weapon in mind. So I put my hand in the wagon and the weapon I pulled out was very surprising. Indeed it was an axe. I was going to use an axe as my weapon of choice.

Why this choice, myself I didn't know, it was just that I felt I had an affinity for this type of weapon.

So I held on to it and go back to the line with my axe in my left hand patiently waiting for my turn.

Finally, while I was waiting, it was the turn of one of the three prodigies to pass.

So I began to stare at him, it was the one with the lava qi. He had like most people picked up a sword. He stood in front of the stone and violently let his arms fall forward.

The blade came in contact with the stone and as it had come in contact with it, it immediately stopped. The young man then withdrew his blade as if nothing had happened and came to join us.

The old man meanwhile went to the stone and said "Force of 700 kg, it is very good for a person who still has not started to cultivate and refine his Qi."

After him, it was my turn, so I walked lightly towards the stone. Now that I was in front of the latter, I put one foot forward, the other back, raised my left arm, and brought it down with all my strength towards it. My stroke was accompanied by the whistling of the wind.

My axe then came in contact with the stone and like the person who had passed before me, as soon as it made contact, it stopped.

So I withdrew my axe from the stone and I was amazed at what I saw.

Indeed I had just made a notch of about 5 cm or maybe a little more in the rock.

So the old man stepped forward and said, "Alright, 1100 kg force, it looks like you were born with much higher strength than your peers."

Everyone was stunned by my score and I, too, knew that I was stronger than normal people but not this strong.

Finally, the first part of the test ended and the Top 5 was like that.

Cropta 1100 Kg

Akio 850 Kg

Ah Cy 775 Kg

Ambrocio 700 Kg

Feryl 500 Kg

I had come first with a lot of advances which I found astonishing but I knew that I was going to lose my position of first with the test that followed, the one that depends on our speed because I knew speed was one of my weak points.