Chapitre 6: 6 The Last place Academy
The man asked for his manual, which John promptly handed over to him. It would after all simply return to John's inner world after a period of time anyways. The man only spend a moment examining it, before handing it back to me. "A dual mana based passive cultivation method, arcane eye and silence. Your skills are undoubtedly beneficial for a sniper."
John nodded listening to him, this would be what most people thought looking at his skills, and if be was not as reckless he would have thought the same. However, he knew he did not have the patience to wait in ambush for an extended period of time.
"Unfortunately I do not have the patience for a sniper, I like to move around, sitting still is a chore."
The man laughed. "If everyone had the patience to being a sniper our school would be filled with distance shooters, and have no need for heavy guns like mine, but that's fine. I know just what to do with you. Have you heard of hand cannons? They are super charged super weapons. They expend a large amount of power into a single shot, much like a sniper rifle, but they are only effective in short distances. With your skills and cultivation method it would be a feasible path for you, and suit your "personality"... however the down side is you need to get up close and personal, and you will have a limited amount of ammunition, until your mana recovers. "
"But truthfully this is a problem for later, graduating from level 0 will take you a while, only when your armament hits soldier rank will it have any sort of evolution. And not such a massive one as when it upgrade to sergeant level. Join the other recruits. We will be departing via the portal when all of the recruits have made their decisions. Our marksmanship college is always one of the lesser chosen fields of study, as it requires a ranged armament, so getting the 10 disciples we have gathered already is considered quite the profit. But don't underestimate us due to the low numbers. We wouldn't be one of the five universities if we didn't have the strength to back it up."
The man led john to the group of students who were waiting. As he said there was already 9 others waiting. There were 6 girls, and 3 guys, they had gathered into groups divided by sex. The guys immediately seemed to rejoice when they saw another male enter into their ranks. The girls only eyed me with apathy as they continued their conversation.
The guys came in all shapes and sizes. A tall bulky man approached me, his eyes seemed to burn with desire as he spoke. "Welcome, us brothers thought we would be the only men here, leaving us at the mercy of these females."
Brothers? John thought to himself. There was a slight resemblance in the three, if only in the fact that they all shaved their heads. A short skinny man spoke next "we are indeed brothers, though we only share a dad. We were sent to special dungeons to prove ourselves, and we all awakened ranged weapons. The tall guy awakened a bow, I awakened a pistol, and the quite guy over there awakened a crossbow. Three different weapons for three different brothers. What about you?"
"A pistol as well, why are the girls avoiding us?"
The tall guy responded again "Marksmanship for whatever reason is usually dominated by females, and they have a tendency to look down on the male recruits. Most males end up joining the soldier path if they awaken a ranged weapon. I'm sure they view us as lesser beings for joining the marksmanship school"
A soft laugh rang out through the room as a short woman stepped forward. "Don't fill the new guy with lies, the reason we won't talk to the three of you is because when you walked in you immediately sexually harassed the little miss over there!"
The short man began to speak again "just because I accidentally touched her butt doesn't make it sexual harassment."
The girl spoke again "sure! If it had truly been an accident there would be no problem. But you followed up with a comment on the firmness!"
John took the opportunity to step away from the situation, approaching the group of girls who were glaring at the three boys. He bowed to the girls when he approached. "I apologize for being of the same gender as your assailants ladies, can you forgive me of my unwilling transgression and allow me to join your group?"
A collective giggle came from the group of girls, one of them quickly spoke up, A redhead covered in freckles. "I saw you earlier with Hera, it was rather brave of you to stand up for her, knowing the circumstances. My sister has always been picked on ever since she awakened a pet type armament. Her reaction when fusing with it only made things worse. You of course are welcome to join us, but your relationship with my sister has already spread throughout the girls so don't try anything funny."
John quickly nodded at her words, though the words of a relationship caught him by surprise, he had only just met the girl after all. "So are you guys close? I have only just met her, but it is easy to tell that she is a very special woman. "
The girl laughed. "My name is Juno, and she is my twin. I can't say I was surprised when she did not awaken our clans famous chakrams, she was always more into melee fighting as a youth. Though when she awakened a kitten as a armament it sent snickers through the children of our clan. We are quite famous for our combat prowess, so to rely on a pet was quite shameful. I think her special class really will be a benefit for her. I do have to say though that you are the first boy she has taken an interest in, don't mess it up. "
The short girl was still berating the boys when the recruiter once again walked into the room. "That's it, no more recruits, 10 is really not a bad number, we've had more and we've had less, but I'm surprised that we got four boys this time. For some reason our school has always been dominated by females." The man nodded as he looked over the group. "If you will follow me to the transport portal, your new academy life will begin." The group grew quite as we walked through the now empty courtyard. No noises could be heard, and it was soon apparent that the other large tents had already been packed away. They were the last to leave.
The man once again began to speak "Our academy is one of the top five, but to be honest it places last among the academies. Ranged warfare is important, arrows and bullets are the kings of combat, but unfortunately their popularity began to plummet with the arrival of magic. Who cares about a spray of bullets, that takes an insane amount of mana, when a fireball can do the same for less? Who cares about a single high powered bullet, when it can be blocked or dodged with enough skill.... " the man sighed "but do not let these things get you down, unlike those traitors to our art who have joined the soldiers, we will train you to become the warriors who rain death on their opponents. To be those who use techniques and firepower to obliterate the enemy."
"In short, welcome to the once proud school of marksmanship, the school that will awaken your potential, driving you to be the best you can be."
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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