the meadow of oblivion

Ch3 : Commander Ranay

Across the farthest plains of the regiments domain, the training grounds were located. A serene atmosphere, the vastness of the sky, clear fountains and a meadow spread throughout the horizon. What could be better than to judge the percentage of recruits in such a place?

As I was moving forward to the specific place I heard the soldiers making their way toward me and all of them forming two rows across the pathway and at sight, saluting me. Their heels clashing against the ground creating a thunderous bang.

Then the appointed captain came up to me in the same manner and said,"We are ready for the daily observation protocol Commander "
"Then let us start with the preparations captain."I say as I reach for my marking gun and shoot the beginning of the trials.

The candidate selection is for the UGR armada will begin momentarily with a number of carefully selected tasks. All the candidates present are highly qualified and each being a possessor of great skill and capacity makes this audition a worthwhile course. For centuries the army of UGR has guarded the realms scattered throughout the universe.The combined forces of this regiment has been made under the council of justice pretty much quite similar to the parliament system in many countries of different smaller and trivial planets.

The council of justice comprises of the heads of the sectors in each realm making it the most powerful
decision making council.In this case a board of members unitedly make the decisions, pass the laws, create policies and maintain universal peace between the realms. But in this case the keeper is considered as the most powerful person of the Council as they are the ultimate guardians who provide protections and put up the force fields that separate each realm from another.

My father, Arthur Ranay being the current keeper and me being the next chosen keeper brings a lot of demands in this regard.

The election of officers to be trained have begun. I head over to the main department, were ot will be held. The guardians present there all give the knights salute, often given by the guardians to higher ranking officers.The knight salute is one of the century old tradition maintained among the realms.
With that the presiding officer came in to hand me the reports of the candidates entering.

I went in front of the crowd and started to give the instructions,"At ease everyone,today at the UGR base we will begin to score, observe,justify and finally elect suitable people for the job."

"In front of me there are one thousand highly qualified apprentices who want to be trained by the finest army in the universe and want to get a job here, but I assure you only a selective number of you will be able to join." I say looking at the perfect columns of officers, shooters, sorcerers, benders, and other all talented apprentices.Looking each one in the eye as I stand up in the pedestal.

"People here in the guardians league pledge with blood in a strong magical contract to spend their lives in the name of justice for the realms.Here we train real guardians, real protectors of the galaxies. And I your head commander Kharin Ranay stand here and ask you, can you put down your lives for the sake of trust and the deep bondage between the realms?"

All of them answer with a salute and say in sync,"Yes, we can!"The clear resolve of a person can be measured by the sheer enthusiasm in their work and in the present circumstances I could say to myself that this time I had got myself a splendid batch.

Being pleased I say,"Very well, let us begin. "

Though we say that all participants with skills are welcomed there isn't any hope for those who aren't efficient in all universal sectors or at least the fundamental ones,because this kind of works require the full attention,power and stamina of a person.

The first task for the candidates is a duel of swordsmanship. After the fierce battle between the opponents the number of winners would come down to the nomination list.At this, the number of number had come to afair minimum of five hundred.

Most of the ones who could survive the starting were the ones with the ability of the fundamental potentials like combat with all weapons, martial arts, magic, bending, programing, etc.

Despite the struggles faced, the candidates weren't overwhelmed. Such a type of attribute happens to be quite appreciated by my kind.

The second task was to detect their magic and bending skills.Fifty teams were made each team comprising of five members they would have to unitedly face a significant number of magical beasts in separate grounds to understand their leadership qualities.Afterall in a battle field the most important task is to cooperate with the associates and trust someone with your back.

The second trial went along just fine as well.But soon the numbers came down to 150 candidates.

The third trial would be with an interview of them by a 15 member board including myself.

Due to shortness of time the interview had been postponed till 48 hours later. But at the time a certain someone had caught my attention.