Chapter 17

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Oliver, Evelyn, brook, Kyle, peter, James, and Sean were training with robot dummies.

“I got these from the training program at the Evergreen castle many years ago. We stole them” Bruce announced.

Each robot had a different build and a different weapon. Oliver was assigned to one that was tan, tall and skinny, and carried a rod that generated electricity.

“I got the weapons from King Luther to for the robots” Bruce added. “I also have some of your weapons from the blacksmiths”. He pulled out a back and unzipped it. Then he dumped the back.

“James, Evelyn, brook, and Oliver I don’t have weapons for. Sean I want you to go get your suit and all your weapons” Bruce ordered.

“Then what do we do?” Brook asked.

“Use your training weapons” Bruce replied. “We will fight one at a time. Sean will demonstrate first” he announced.

The group waited for a few more minutes until Sean came back. He had dark red and shiny gold full body armor that covered his chin. He also and a red mask and had a curved sword, bladed disk, and a small bag of powder strapped to his belt and a shield in a slot on the back of his armor.

“The powder is sleeping powder” he explained as the group stared at it in confusion. He walked up to a huge bulky robot and Bruce activated it. He swung a really long sword with amateur skill. Sean easily blocked its swing and slammed it in the chest with his shield and climbed onto its back. He cut its head off with his disk and dropped down.

“Nicely done” Bruce said. He pointed Evelyn. She used her staff to fight a slender robot with a female build.

“I’m surprised they had a girl one” Sean said. The robot used a pair of duel daggers and lunged forward. Evelyn split her staff apart and blocked its. The pair fought on for another minute before Evelyn cut the robots leg and bashed it to bits with her staff.

Oliver clapped the hardest to show the most support for his friend. He was up next and stood with his robot that held a hammer.

They pounded their weapons together and tried to smash each other. Oliver eventually overcame the robots strength and sent his hammer straight threw the robots chest area.  The crowd clapped.

“Oh snap” Evelyn exclaimed.  The sunlight from the windows light her blonde hair to gold and her eyes shimmered.

Oliver swung his hammer around skillfully and took a seat beside Evelyn. James stood up next with a trident.

“I didn’t know we had one of those” Oliver said.

“Must have been a specialty weapon” Evelyn answered. “I have one too”.

“What is it?” he asked.

“My mother’s favorite weapon where war fans. She taught me how to use them when I was seven years old. The blacksmiths are making me my own pair because the design won’t match my suit” she explained.

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