Chapter 53: I challenge you![GTG]
Swords, bows, halberds, katanas, maces of all sorts, scythes, spears, nunchakus?... Heck! Sabers?!
Oh, it was just mana-powered swords. And then there was the section for conventional modern weapons, which no one really spared a second glance, probably because of their rumored weakness. With good armor, a bullet was worthless, and against creatures of immense power, it was of no use at all.
Ryan himself stood stunned by this sight. He had no idea what to pick. Sure, he was a bit good with swords, but that suddenly felt too generic a choice for him. Maybe he should pick something more interesting.
He stared at the sword section and now had another problem. Why were there so many goddamn types of swords?! There was an epee, a scimitar, a katana... That was pretty cool-looking, but that wasn’t the problem. There was Janbiya— who would ever make use of that? There was a claymore, a flyssa, a flamberge! A goddamn Labrys! Oh, that was not a sword. But there was also a lance. Like, who in their right mind would pick a lance as a permanent weapon?!
Well, the fact remained that the school actually gave great freedom to pick whatever and whichever weapon looked appealing, but the repercussions of a foolish choice would still bounce back on the student who made it.
He glanced at the spear section and found some normalcy, but only that they all had different looks and shapes. He could actually see a trident there, but the weapon didn’t feel like something he could use. He looked at a bow but shook his head as the downsides of such a weapon came to mind.
"Huh?" he blurted as he suddenly felt a tug on his sleeve.
"Oh, it’s you, and it seems you’ve already made your pick," he turned around and met Helen holding up an epee, a sword with a thin, long blade.
"Yeah, aren’t you going to though?" she said, pointing to the instructor who was looking at his wristwatch, his gaze occasionally sweeping about to catch idling students.