While Erik went with Master Nieminen to the Red Palace, Anderson, Amber, and Nathaniel remained behind with Master Rook.
"So, you are the kids who got the first three positions in the school tournament, right?"
"Yes," the three replied in unison."Good, if this is the case, did you already choose a teacher?"
"Yes, sir," the three replied.
"Let me hear then..." Master Rook said.
"I would like to train with Master Logan Hilton," Nathaniel said.
"I want to train with Master Ajay Bell," Amber said.
"For me, it would be Master Jane Larsen!" Anderson added.
These were three Masters currently teaching the emperor-ranked students; they had all been in the army for many years and achieved a lot during that time. They were the best of the best in their respective fields.
"All right, these teachers are currently busy with high-ranked students, so it will take time before we arrange a schedule. I suggest you go now since the masters you got assigned will take you to get your weapon," Master Rook said.
"Yes, sir," The three said in unison.
***
At the same time, Erik and Master Nieminen were leaving the Yellow Palace, their current building, and headed back to the Red one. They took Master Nieminen's car and quickly arrived back at the vast building.
"Where are we going?" Erik asked.
Master Nieminen looked at Erik and answered, "We are going to your floor's armory," Master Nieminen said without looking at the young man.
Erik then recalled what Benedict had told him the previous day. Apparently, each student was bound to get a weapon, and they even had the possibility to customize it.
The armory was simple, with many holographic screens from which each student could interact and create their weapon.
"We must hurry, the other teachers will come here to make their students take their weapons, and once they do, there will be a mess there." Erik nodded.
They entered the main hall through the Red Palace's main gate. The place was mostly deserted since most students already went to the yellow palace to train, giving the place a gloomy look. The duo quickly took the elevator and arrived on the first floor. Once there, they walked through the corridors until they finally reached the room where the armory was located.
Once there, the guard immediately asked the teacher to show an ID, which she promptly did, and then they entered the room.
"You can come here to see the weapons and the various options, but only with a teacher you can build it." Master Nieminen said.
"Let's go!" Master Nieminen exclaimed as the door opened. Once inside, she quickly went to one of the terminals, and Erik followed suit. The woman turned the device on, and a list of weapons appeared. Master Nieminen quickly went to the sword section, then to the Flyssa. Then a series of options appeared in front of them.
He had already looked at what he could do there the previous day, but the sheer number of options was so great that he was amazed again.
"Wow! There are so many choices!" The awakener exclaimed, looking at the screen.
"We must be fast, Erik, so do not waste time!" the woman said.
Erik trusted his teacher regarding the weapon's dimensions and weight. He concluded it was better to only choose the aesthetic parts. Master Nieminen decided that the blade had to be 90 centimeters long with an overall length of a meter and fifteen centimeters by considering the pommel and the handle. It also weighed 0.9 kilograms.
Clearly, the blade had all the characteristics of a Flyssa. It was a single-edged blade that narrowed below the hilt and widened to a needlepoint. This allowed the user to both slash and thrust.
As for the materials, the peasant students could only choose steel as the primary metal, which itself had a rather good mana conductivity. However, at the squire level, one could also choose to use different alloys than steel.
Still, most people chose to use Eshalt, a type of high mana conductive ore that decreased the amount of mana needed to use the power. Of course, it worked for those powers which allowed to imbue items with mana.
Of course, the students who could summon mana weapons mostly used these weapons to train or brought them in case their mana ended. Since, with their improved strength, they could damage thaids regardless of their mana defenses, it was good to bring another weapon.
However, for people like Erik, which had imbuing-like powers, the weapon choice was crucial since the materials could decrease the amount of mana needed.
The hilt was made of steel and was covered by wood for a more comfortable grip. As for the Pommel, Erik decided to represent a dragon's head. Clearly, there was no guard. The young man decided to paint the grip red and the blade black, giving it some laser engravings depicting runic symbols.
"Ok. Now that we have selected the weapon, we need to wait for it to be ready," the teacher said.
"Wouldn't this take a lot of time?" Erik asked. He had watched many videos where blacksmiths forged such weapons, and it usually took a lot of time, even months, to do that.
"Most of the blade has already been forged. We only missed the pommel, which will be made with modern tools, and the painting. It won't take longer than ten minutes to have the sword," the teacher said while looking at the young man.
Afterward, they went to a small podium in the middle of the room and waited there. After ten minutes, the sword came out of the machine and was placed on a pedestal.
"Take it," Master Nieminen said. Erik did so and grabbed the blade by the grip. "How is it?" Master Nieminen asked.
Since Erik had superhuman strength, he didn't have particular problems raising the sword and tried to swing it. However, his clumsiness almost made him injure his master.
"Easy, easy! You could take an eye out of someone..." the woman said.
"Sorry!" Erik said with an apologetic look.
"Let's go back to the yellow palace. I will teach you the basics there," Master Nieminen said. As they left the room, the other teachers came to the armory to let their students make their weapons.
Since there were many people, the teacher tampered a little with the holographic screens making it so that, at least for whatever concerned dimension, length, and materials, they could only choose what the masters decided.
Later, Erik and Master Nieminen arrived at the yellow palace and returned to the room they previously were in.
"All right, young man, I want you to start by swinging your blade this way. I will show you..."
The teacher then went into stance and swung her sword vertically from up to down. She repeated the motion several times until the boy understood how to perform the movements correctly.
Clearly, since Erik increased his dexterity a lot, it wasn't that hard to learn how to perform the move correctly. Besides, since he increased his intelligence, understanding things became easier.
"Very well done," the master said once Erik performed the move the first time.
As soon as he heard those words, the young man raised the sword and moved his arms accordingly again.
"That's correct, very nice," Master Nieminen complimented him.
Erik then looked at her teacher and immediately asked.
"Master, what is the fighting style you will teach me?"
"Good question. It is called Crypt of the Desert style. I developed it myself."
"Cool name. You came up with it?" Erik asked.
"I did. Glad you like it. Many people told me it's lame..." the Master said while looking at her student with a sad look.
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