Clang.
He walked into the training site, returning back from the verification hall, once he was done attending to the Technicians, he must return back to the hellish trainings.
The training site was constructed specially for the Subjects.
To test and confirm the capabilities of a certain Subject, Riley returned to see his fellow Subjects dressed in their prison like uniform, he noticed his fellow Subjects heavily sweating.
Lined up in different formations, both boys and girls were together.
Many had bruises on their backs.
Even though they're in an open field, wirh the scorched sun constantly increasing its pressure, the had mana resistance, they could survive for a few hours.
He knew this wasn't the only reason why they kept on sweating profusely.
His entrance drew all attentions towards him, but none dared utter a single word, the Lieutenants had their faces covered with masks, firmly gripping whips.
" Trash, are you going to stand there and die or will you join them? " A Lieutenant questioned, his voice etched with venom.
Riley took a step forward when he felt it, the intensity which made his bones screamed out in pains, a groan escaped his lips, he struggled to remain standing, withstanding the intensed pressure.
" Tch, what's this? Gravity? " He asked himself.
He gnashed his teeths, tilting his gaze, he clenched his fists, he took a step forward, spitting out bloods from his mouth, he noticed the devices sealed on the four corners.
" Gravity enhancer? to think an high level technology would be used in such a....." Riley wasn't able to complete his statement.
3X Gravity!
He collasped on his knees, the ground quaked intensely, his teeths gritted, withbhis fists clenched, he could feel his body breaking down, his bones cracked, overwhlemed by the intensity he felt.
A loud groan escaped his lips.
The intense pains he felt increased the second he received a violent whip across his back, he collasped on the ground, he felt the effects of the whip, screaming out in pains.
The Lieutenant responsible for whipping him chuckled softly, he stood before Riley with a grin.
" Hmmph, you have quite the potential don't you? not only did you withstand the first stage of the gravity effects and you also survived the triple effects huh? " The Lieutenant questioned.
He grabbed Riley by the shirt, lifting him up on the air.
He locked eyes with Riley, noticing the venom laced in the eyes of Riley, the eyes which had a single goal, to destroy....he sent Riley flying.
Riley crashed on the ground, he got whipped again.
In the Willow's Ground, Lieutenants are slavers, and the Subjects are the slaves, they are gods within this land, a subject attacking them is equivalent to rebelling and once that happens.
The Subject will be executed for treason.
" Interesting, you have those vile gaze huh? I expected you to plead for your life, to my suprise, you felt like killing me don't you? to rip me apart, why don't I give you the opportunity to do that? " The Lieutenant uttered.
Riley's eyebrows curled up.
He winced softly, a soft groan escaped his lips, standing up while being under the 3x gravity, a grin escaped his lips when he felt it, his body slowly began to heal and the pains he felt vanished swiftly.
\You have adapted to the Gravity/
\You have leveled up by 1/
The Lieutenant noticed the change in the atmosphere, with Riley standing before him completely unhurt, all the bruises he got had completely healed up, stunning the Lieutenant.
" What a suprise, It seems you got some irregular powers don't ya? kid, what's your Talent? " The Lieutenant questioned.
" Sorry I can't tell, its a secret " Riley answered.
The enraged Lieutenant swung his whip, with his whip expanding in length, it sliced through the cheeks of Riley, causing him to bleed out but he remained unfazed.
" What a cheeky brat, have you forgotten where you stand huh? if you have then let me correct you kid " the Lieutenant spoke out.
He took a step forward, swiftly covering the distance between himself and Riley, his speed stunned Riley.
" He's fast " Riley exclaimed.
" I'm pretty sure you are aware that the current training session is on hold because of you, I don't care to know what your stats is, I'll give you a chance.....you will receive ten grade points if you stand victorious "
" You will fighting against ten of your fellow Subjects "
" A battle to the death that is, while you're in the Willow's Ground, grade points is the most important factor to survive, the higher your grade points, the longer you stay alive in this Hell "
" Just as I said, you will be fighting against ten subjects, it doesn't matter whether they are allies or just random, they will be getting twenty grade points each if they kill you in the most gruesome manner "
" This is your fate " The Lieutenant stated.
" Tch, I don't understand what's my problem with death, but it doesn't matter, killing a human is more easier than taking out a Zurture " Riley said to himself.
" When will the battle begin? " Riley asked.
" Is that a question, it starts now....you have thirty minutes to select a weapon, choose wisely " the Lieutenant said, with the training session suspended, every Subjects were forced into a corner.
They stayed together, whispering amongst themselves.
Yvan and his friends stayed in one side together, while many were excited to witness their first deathmatch in this month, Yvan was saddened, with Riley put at a very huge disadvantage, its being concluded already.
He'll be dying a gruesome death.
[Meanwhile]
Riley spent a few minutes in the inventory room, with different mana and normal weapons on display, most were swords, spears, bow and arrows, shields and even axes.
This were the weapons which suited the gifted to enhance their powers.
But he ignored all of them, they weren't his style after all, he spent nearly fifteen minutes searching, that was until he found the perfect weapon for him, the Glock 19 pistol hung on a shelf.
Overloaded with mana, it had no physical bullets but mana.
He grabbed the pistol, gently examining it from where he stood, he pointed the pistol at a direction, with his right eye closed, he poured in his mana into the pistol, he clicked the trigger button.
A Mana bullet was fired.
\Mana Sensitivity Talent is active/
He disrupted the flow of mana, erasing the bullet mid air with his Talent, a grin escaped his lips, he grabbed two more weapons, a runed dagger which he kept hidden on his body, and a normal gun.
Containing lead bullets and not Mana.
" Sharp, this is perfect, I don't know who i will be facing against but this should be enough to keep me alive " Riley said to himself, he made his way out of the inventory field, returning back to the battlefield.
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" Isn't sending off that child to his quick death? going against a one against ten handicap match is suicide, are the superiors aware of it? " The voice of a soldier was heard.
Present in the control room of the academy.
With their attentions fixed on the events being displayed on the screen hunged on the wall, the Lieutenant Colonel is present before Director himself, the highest authority of the Willow's Ground.
He's a middle aged looking figure, grey haired, firmly muscular.
One could tell he has fought so many wars.
The Director sighed.
" Yes, apparently Commander Tory received a report from the Technicians after the verification of that child, for the first time, an awakener broke free from the Zuranium Metal, if rumors of such information spreads "
" We may lose our edge against them "
" Commander Tory initially wanted the child to be deployed to his death, to die as a soldier but we can't wait that long, since he's within my control, killing him my way won't be a problem "
" With no objections from the Commander, that sergeant dies today! "