Chapter 27: Efficiency Nodes
After a while of touring the weapons training arena, Zephyr still decided to go with a large battleaxe. Maybe because his mind was set on it in the first place, he didn’t really feel much connection to any other weapon he saw.
There were very few soldiers practicing with the battleaxe, so their section of the arena was fairly quiet. Most of the soldiers were simply going through forms with the weapon and not sparring.
Zephyr looked around at each of them as he got closer and immediately felt out of place, like he was the odd one out here. Which he was.
Every single soldier was huge. They had bulky frames to accommodate the large weapon they all used.
’Cedric would’ve fit right in here,’ Zephyr thought.
It wasn’t like Zephyr was small for his age, but he also wasn’t winning any medals for his height or size. He was just middle of the park. Not short by any means, but not particularly tall either.
A huge guy with his brown hair in a short buzz cut watched as Zephyr approached them cautiously, staring at him pointedly as he stood to watch the soldiers who were practicing.
Zephyr nodded at him in greeting, but the soldier didn’t respond, only gazing at Zephyr with a flat look. His large battleaxe was upside down on the ground with his hands resting on the butt of the weapon in a relaxed pose.
Some other soldiers noticed Zephyr but continued their thing like he was of no significance. Only the brown-haired soldier continued to stare at Zephyr.
’What’s with this guy?’ Zephyr began to feel uncomfortable with the unnerving look.
"Hello sir..." Zephyr hesitantly stepped up to him to greet, trying to put an end to the weird look.