As they walked out of the bleachers and through the training center, Metcalf couldn’t help but stare at Lance’s sword.\u00a0 It was huge!\u00a0 It was wide enough for her to hide behind!\u00a0 And with the ease he was able to handle it; he could probably cut through a squirrel in a single swing!<\/p>\n
She was so startled by its size she could only blurt out the obvious.\u00a0 “That’s a huge sword,” she shouted, “How do you lift it!”<\/p>\n
Immediately the student with knife and chain started giggling.\u00a0 “Not now Will,” Lance’s other companion said.\u00a0 Will tried to stop as best he could.\u00a0 The joke escaped Metcalf.\u00a0 It seemed to be an inside gag between the two of them.<\/p>\n
Because of Lance\u2019s armor, Metcalf couldn’t see any muscles but he looked fit enough.\u00a0 His dark brown face was average at best, serious and observant.\u00a0 There was no hint of strain.\u00a0 Carrying the massive sword was easy for him though it could possibly be heavier than he was.<\/p>\n
Lance was a large Crisho, almost six centimeters tall.\u00a0 He dwarfed his companions easily.\u00a0 At six and a half centimeters long, his sword dwarfed him.\u00a0 He attracted a lot of attention by just walking with it.\u00a0 Metcalf couldn’t help but think how much attention he got when he entered the training center.<\/p>\n
He had not been here long enough to be experienced with the school.\u00a0 He could possibly be experienced with combat.\u00a0 There were rumors that he rescued a team of Protectors on one of their missions.\u00a0 She didn’t know all of the details, but to save those trained intensely to save countries from warlords and militants took some skill.<\/p>\n
He was obviously well practiced at manipulating motion.\u00a0 How else could he lift such a large object so easily?\u00a0 Metcalf was glad she didn’t challenge him to a three strike drill.\u00a0 Even a simple slap with that thing would knock her out.<\/p>\n
As he walked through the other students, he adjusted sword\u2019s angle so that it was almost vertical.\u00a0 He took care not to hit anyone accidentally.\u00a0 As a result, the tip of his sword poked about a decimeter into the air becoming a beacon to anyone looking for him.\u00a0 Obviously Metcalf wasn’t the only one amazed at his sword.\u00a0 Conversations stopped as students turned to stare\u00a0 as they walked.<\/p>\n
“Its name is Aido<\/em>, ” Lance said.\u00a0 The starting conversation took Metcalf’s eyes away from his sword.\u00a0 Only then did she realize that she was being spoken to.\u00a0 Lance continued, “Some of my friends in Dust Wind made it for me.\u00a0 They kept adding layers to it as I got stronger.”<\/p>\n “Isn’t it a little uncomfortable to walk around with,” Metcalf asked, “You could hurt someone with that thing.”\u00a0 Metcalf had seen large weapons before but this one was extreme.\u00a0 Heavy, sharp and impossible to sheath, he probably had to prepare for every doorway he walked through.<\/p>\n As soon as she finished talking, Will started giggling again, louder this time.\u00a0 Again, it was followed with the other student saying, “Not now<\/em> Will,” this time with more emphasis.<\/p>\n “A friend taught me a technique for moving things,” Lance said smiling, “There are a lot less people in Dust Wind too.\u00a0 I’ll have to get used to crowds.”<\/p>\n Metcalf was having the worst luck with \u00a0targets today.\u00a0 First she\u2019s picked by a student from the top twenty percent, and now she picks a student that could possibly have crazy skills.\u00a0 Thankfully, Lance was a new student and unfamiliar with the school drills.\u00a0 She could pull out a surprise tactic that he would never think of and beat him that way.\u00a0 Then she would be done for the day.<\/p>\n They reached the push drill area.\u00a0 It was relatively empty but that was no surprise.\u00a0 Academy points moved too fast for most students to be comfortable gambling here.\u00a0 The drill guard was happy to see them.\u00a0 This would be a well-used drill during the other times of the year, just not now.\u00a0 With midterm coming up, he was just plain bored.<\/p>\n Just as Will described earlier, there was a smooth rock from the river placed perfectly in the center.\u00a0 There were also two platforms on either side.\u00a0 Metcalf walked to hers while Lance and his friends took the other stand.\u00a0 Metcalf was ready to enter in all the information but it seemed that Lance was discussing things with his friends.<\/p>\n #1<\/a> \u2013 Lost and Found #13<\/a>\u00a0– Lost and Found #15<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As they walked out of the bleachers and through the training center, Metcalf couldn’t help but stare at Lance’s sword.\u00a0 It was huge!\u00a0 It was wide enough for her to hide behind!\u00a0 And with the ease he was able to handle it; he could probably cut through a squirrel in a single swing! She was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[75,26,2,27,82,80,58,170,81],"class_list":["post-449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-lance-da","tag-metcalf-luo","tag-sons-of-sword","tag-spear-mint-academy","tag-steve-jia","tag-stream-quarters","tag-training-center","tag-uncategorized","tag-william-wei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":893,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions\/893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonsofsword.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}