Immunity Fire

Chapter 3

The crowd could not help but gaze at the most beautiful sight they have ever seen. They were so hypnotized by the camp's beauty that they couldn't even pay attention to Mr. Calbert.

From where they were standing, the sight was filled with birds flying gracefully. The entire camp was surrounded by large, beautiful mountains filled with large rushing waterfalls.

As they entered the grounds, the trees had different heights but some of them were so large that they could outdo a skyscraper. Nothing was ever bigger or wider than these trees. They were sequoia, oak, redwood, chestnut trees that blocked the sunlight like a shield. The sequoia trees had large wooden tree houses on them; the teachers and the third years live in these houses; all except the first and second years. Between these sequoia trees, there were canopy bridges wide and long enough to reach each other. Around these tall and wide logs, there were wooden staircases going around them in a snakelike pattern. The tree branches held these large lanterns; they say they appear to have a very bright gold.

The buildings came in different shapes and sizes. Most of them were wood, sandstone, brick, cemented, or glass. Some were square, round, or triangular. The décor were lights on top of the doorways, Victorian warrior statues that were bronze, silver, or gold, holding spears and javelins whilst fighting beasts.

"Alright ladies and gentlemen, let's begin with the tour!"

The first building they entered was decorated with swords, shields, spears, and javelins on the wooden walls and heads of animals hunted down like bulls and bears. There were also weapon stands along the walls.

"This is the barracks. This is where you select your weapons and use them for only Swordplay training. You are not allowed to keep them with you in your shelters, or anywhere you go. You must all be unarmed at all times except for your training. Now follow me." Mr. Calbert started to rush the tour.

The next thing Mr. Calbert showed them was the training grounds. It was a plain, green field crowded with trainees practicing on each other. The training hasn't even started yet and the second and third years have already started. Many of them practiced with swords and shields and performed several combat skills; some did flips and jumps or spin kicks while their opponents either dodged or fell to the ground. The first years were amazed by how cool the fighters were.

The archery range was next to be explored. It was a small triangular building where inside were filled with archery standings either hung on the walls or placed on the ground. It was a bigger outdoor space fencing several targets to shoot. There were a couple of trainees practicing their shooting skills. Some shot with black crossbows, longbows, or compound bows. Almost all of them were able to shoot the targets but few of them shot a bullseye.

The tour was led to the centre of the camp where there was a giant tepee campfire spot surrounded with rocks big enough to sit on.

Nearby were the lunching grounds. The lunching grounds were simple brown benches of wood where you can sit and study Monsterology or Experiments and to have their meals. There are no kitchens so it was very weird how they can have lunch with no kitchens to make the food. It wasn't weird anymore when they saw warriors arriving from the deepest parts of the island carrying carcasses or fruits and vegetables.

"Those warriors you see over there..." Mr. Calbert showed them, "Are called the Feeders. Their job is to go deep into the hunting grounds which are the deepest and most dangerous parts of the island and catch and find food for the entire camp to eat. These warriors would have finished their three years here and they are not only doing this for charity; they do it for a living. Without them, we wouldn't be able to last another day."