章節 44: Commander Test (1/2)
With the new test he created several minutes ago, Arden now is waiting for the participant to make their team while sitting on the hill.
Even though he is sitting on the hill, he is not idle either. He appointed some random soldier from each section and told them to come to him.
He tested his trust to them by asking several questions before deciding they would be the judges that would judge the test replacing him and dismissed them.
Not long after he announces the competition or test to determine which one would be the most suitable to become the commander of each sector of the army.
The original people that kept their hand raised till the end now took a step forward. With their friends behind them in a straight line, facing toward Arden as he put his hand to the land and use it as a foothold, then raise himself up from the sitting position to a standing position.
Arden looked at them as he began to smile proudly. All group was full and not a single one of them flinched or showed any sign of fear to fight others.
Arden called the judge back to him and gave them a piece of cloth, each with a different colour. He told the judge to give them to the groups that would fight.
The judge rushed down the hill after getting the orders and began gathering the groups. After that, they each gave them a piece of clothes.
The group that would compete on the test for commander.
5 groups(infantry)=red, blue, brown, black, white.
3 groups(archery)=red, blue, purple.
2 groups(Acropolos/cavalry)=red, blue.
After that, he announced and start directing them to the place they would compete against each other.
"The one from the infantryman section, go there! For the Acropolos, the cavalry I'm proud to have, go there! For the archers, go there! Remember to change your weapons to a dull one before the test starts!" he points at the empty lands for the people to do the test and they rushed to their own position.
30 second has passed since he gave the announcement, the participants are ready to compete against each other. Any second until he announces the test to be started, and he gave the command to the judge.
He looks at them from the hill, with a very clear point of view to each of them. The judges look at him from their place as he looks back at the surroundings.
A pentagon shape was made by the infantry sector, with a big circle formed by the surrounding audience, curious to see what would happen.
While at the archery sector, a kind of triangle was made by each group of participants, with almost the same size of the crowd surrounding them but at a distance.
While at the Acropolos section or cavalry, along big space was formed by the audience like any other section, more like a jousting competition than a test from Arden's point of view.
The archers have their bow ready and a quiver full of arrows with blunted ends; the infantries have their shield, sword, axe and all kind of melee weapons they used and the Acropolos have their spears ready.
Once he had seen enough preparation mentally and physically, he shouted as loud as he could.
"Start!!!" each group of participants started advancing to fight.
Some of them didn't move at all, just looking warily at other groups of people. While all of this happened, Arden turned his attention fully to only one sector.
'I will focus to the Acropolos first," he thought and began turning his view to them.
While other tests could last 10 minutes or more, he knew the Acropolos could only fight for a short time. He knew about this information based by from his own experience.
Once the cavalrymen got knocked off their horse, most of them would be killed by the enemies surrounding them even before they realized what happened.
The chance of surviving the occurrence at the middle of the battle is almost zero, only if they are lucky or somehow the enemies have some mercy.
Those are the major reason for him to focus his attention on 1 fight only and not on other fights. Some of the other reasons would be he thought that the mounted fight is more entertaining than others.
It's not wrong for him to think like that, as he could see the entertaining picture. Both groups from the end is charging each other with their horse galloping across the field.
Spear pointing at each other and shield at their opposite hands, with the correct technique though not flawless.
The sound of the horse galloping across the field make him curious to see closer, he came down from the hill and rushed to watch it.
Even though many people blocked his path, they quickly move away once they saw him trying to get a better look at the group of Acropolos galloping toward each other.
He got into the perfect place, without anyone in front of him to block his view. From the distance he is standing, he could see and hear everything.
Thud.
Thud.
Thud.
Clash!
They clashed with each other, the sound of spear slided off the shield of the opponent buzz Arden's hearing. Some of the participants now knocked off their horse and is on the ground.
While most of the member of each group clashed spear and shield, some of the spears hit straight into the bodies, making the opponent lose their balance and fell.
Some of them lie at the ground moveless, blacked out from the impact to the hard ground. The other turned their horse as fast as possible and charged again.
This time, Arden thought he had seen enough before leaving the crowd and began making his way back to the hill, but…
He glanced at a random small opening making him could see the fierce fighting between all 5 groups competing on who would be the commander.
The fighting was very fierce and close, no group would win before fighting. The scene of 2 groups clashing with each other made him curious.
He pushed his way to the place with a clear point of view and saw the fierce fighting of the 2 groups in the middle, the blue and the red one.
2 people from the red and 3 people from the blue now laying on the ground, unconscious with some wounds can be seen in their body that is uncovered by their armours.
The odd is not too good for the blue team but they didn't flinch at all fighting against 3 opponents. The red teams have people equipped with shield and sword, 2 handed swords and a person with a flail and shield.
While the people from the blue teams strangely used a staff and 2 short swords as the weapons. A unique but also strange combination.
Because of the combinations, the blue team could keep their self out of the reach of red teams thanks to the staff and once one of the red team's members got close to them.
The person from the red team has the risk of getting attacked by the member of the blues if he got to close to them.
But if they didn't attack, they would prolong the fight, while on the aggressive side would make them tired faster, it's not beneficial for them to prolong the fight.
While the red teams are sweating and focusing on the blue teams that are relaxing and waiting patiently for their opponent to make a move.
At the corner of the arena, Arden caught a glance at the other three teams, brown, black and white teams, fighting ferociously while the red and blue teams are fighting at the middle.
His attention turned to them instantly as he became more excited to see who would win. Upon further examining, he concluded that…
The white and black teams started to fight first, at the middle of fighting, the brown team joined to fight, split their attention both on white and black.
Instantly, the white and black team worked together and now at the fierce fight against the brown team, they made a temporary alliance at the middle of the battle.
The fight becomes more fierce and fierce, the tension was increasing and the crowd cheers louder as the fight became longer and longer.
When he was focused on the fight, he felt a slight tap at his shoulder. Arden turned back and see a kind of soldier at his early 40.
With a small wooden plank with the 5cmx25cm size. Every 5cm at the wooden plank, there is a small wooden plank used to border each area at the wooden plank.
Arden looked at him confused before realizing it's the person who took care about the bet, while it's not uncommon to find it at this kind of occasion.
He is pretty surprised that the person dared to ask him if he wants to bet by patting him at the shoulder and expecting him to.
Most of the noble prohibit their soldiers to do this kind of thing, 'if a soldier lost the bet, it would reduce the morale' the nobles said and confiscated all the money once they caught the soldiers.
Arden just looks at him for a second and the person looked at him and examine Arden's face before realizing he made a mistake.
He began rushing before getting stopped by Arden's hand...
"Wait!" Arden reached his money bag and took an Auren from it, then place it at the blue team.
For some reason, he believed the blue team would win, judging from their expression, strategy and a unique kind of weapon.
The bet person looked at him confused before leaving him alone to watch as Arden began turning his attention back to the fight.
There, he could see the brown team getting owned by the white and black team. The white team did something unexpectedly!
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