On the training ground, the clatter of weapons against each other can be heard. Among the duelists, children from 7 to 20 can be found, they all possess a look similar, at least for the youngest of them, their head are shaved, and they have an odd particularity of drilling wholly naked. Among these same younger ones, one in particular shine in the eyes of the elders.
He was a giant, already standing 5.6 feet(1m70) at only 12 years old, an herculean body, even the adults spartian looked little in front of him with their 5.3 feet(1m60). The boy was currentely fighting an older one, he was assaulting his opponent with his weapon.
*Bang*
The wooden spear made for training crashed against the shield, and the hand holding it could help but shiver after each collision, the ennemy had a superior strenght.
Hector was having a hard time, it may seems like the combat still had an uncertain outcome, but he had a strong instict of battle, and he could tell that he was only postponing the inevitable.
Trying yet again to use his brute force to repel the enemy, unfortunatly his inexperience yet again became the cause of his fall.
Hector used too much power and since his opponent only avoided the strike, carried away by his momentum, he made 2 step forward, just enough to receive a graceful shield bash in the face, just plenty strong to make him lose consciousness. A nice way to end the training of the day.
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When Hector returned to his sense, he was lying down on his bench of reeds. Yet another Spartian thing about the children education, to tell the truth, it took him quite a long time to accept all of this. He could still feel dried blood on his face, it did not bother him much, he was sturdy and accustomed, in a few days, he would be completely cicactrized with his incredible ability to regenerate
-'Menu'
Turning his head to face the red screen invoked by thoughts.
Requirements to activate the module achieved, 1000/1000 energy harvested. The circuit is restarting, please be patient, 1 hour until the end.
37 minutes and 23 secondes / 1 hour.
The screen appeared once he was born, or at least when Hector was reborn. He still didn't really understand why this situation was happening or even what was the meaning of this monitor. At first, he was suspicious and though maybe possessing a legendary System-sama, but since he was only able to unlock it right now, the energy was extremly hard to collect, the only way he found was by eating, and he only won a wretched amount.
All this is without taking account the word in which he was currently living, for any people living in the 21th century, you could say it was hell. Not to say, that he was even living in the worst place there, Sparte, the best way to represent the way of life there is this quote, "Sink or swim".
Fortunatly enough, he was born with a completely freak of a body. His size may not have been incredible in the future, but in this period, he was an abnormality, and that may be what allowed him to live so well compared to the others children of the same age.
Retourning to the screen, he couldn't hide his excitement, after all, if we took into account his last life, he was actually over 39, so he had the experience of the web novel, and knew what a system means. It was the only chance to escape his condition, and the only thing he could hang on, to keep a straw of hope in this hostile place.
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The minutes slowly passed, it felt like an eternity to Hector, therefore, he took advantage of this time to restore his calm, other young Spartans were in the room, and it is better not to pass for a possessed.
And finally.
*DING*
The support system for newbie is now functional. You can say Menu to ascertain it.
The name of the system was strange, but whatever, at least it was confirmed to be one, not everything was lost.
-'Menu'
An impressive window opens.
Name : Hector Species : Human Age : 12 Bloodline : ??% ??? Status : 0,4% Commoner Soldiers : 4 Territory : 1 Neighborhood Statistics : Strengh Human-7 Constitution Human-7 Vitality Human-9 Soul Superhuman-4
Description : The body of a children with the statistics of an adult.
Well... There were many informations to study. But the ones to make Hector really curious are actually the soul description with super human. This can be considered as an exciting new since it may means that he can become stronger than any human in this planet, after all, he didn't see any evidence of there being supernatural things beside himself.
The bloodline with all those ?? is also intriguing, he could help but wonder about what sort of secret it hides, however he knew it should be related to how strong his body is.
Beside the two former, only the status and the soldiers were interesting, they should actually be related.
Since the begining of the Spartan education, called the agôgê, the children undergo an harsh treatment. Beside the usual rituals fights, since they are poor, they tend to steal food, it's something known by everyone, that's like a test of ingenuity, and you DON'T WANT to be cought.
Hector being no different from the others, he had to do the same. He wasn't proud of that, but like everyone, he only wanted to survive. However, being stronger than the others of the same age, and much smarter, he decided to form his own gang. He would have his own territory and a few henchman, it was his first step to establishing himself in this world. Since then it had been 5 years, and others kids, inspired began to do the same. And so began the conflict between the young spartans, to the great misfortune of the Hilotes, serfs of the Sparte.
There is actually only a few thousands citizens of Sparte, since there are harsh conditions to be one, therefore the majority of people living in the city are actually the ten of thousands of slaves called Hilotes.
While Hector was lost in his though, a 14 years old teenagers appeared seemingly in a hurry. After a glance in the whole edifice, he finally found Hector and came beside his bench.
Only when he stopped near him did Hector notice.
-"Hum ? Xerons, what do you want from me, didn't I order you to monitor our territory?", Threw Hector a bit annoyed by this distraction.
-"Boss, it's Laeorus and his dogs, they are yet again trying to take over our place.", Replied nervously the boy.
-"What ! This time they're done, there won't be another one !", Rugit-il.
Just when Hector was standing and began to sprint to go protect his territory, a new system window appeared in front of his eyes.
*DING*
New Mission
Description : Defeat and subjugate Laeorus and his henchman.
Rewar : + 9 Soldiers, and + 1 Neighborhood.
Defeat : - 1 Neighborhood.