Mortia said sizing me up and glancing over my weapons and limited armor. sure I think I might be able to do that reasonably well I've done a lot of training but no real combat though so I'm not sure if i will only hold out for 15 minutes once we anchor or if I can last till the end of the mock battle like that. I replied with a nervous grin. FIVE MIUNTES TILL THE MOCK BATTLE BEGINS PLEASE MAKE ANY FINAL ADJUSTMENTS TO YOUR PLANS! a magically enhanced voice announced.
Well I suppose we should start by forming a skirmish line center left and wait for the battle to begin. Mortia suggested. As we moved into position I tried to relax knowing that this could seal my fate till at least one Familia decide it would be worth it to hold another trail to recruit members. Trying to clear my head I tried to meditate on an out come that I would want letting Mortia put us in positions she liked for the mock battle.
Jack your on the new kids left, Frank take his right if looks like he getting tired pull him to the center and squeeze the gap shut you know the rest. Mortia commanded. With me included there were 15 of us in the formation. LET THE BATTLE BEGIN! the magically enhanced voice announced.
Mortia's crew and I charged the opposing lines piercing them all the way and holding a gap open as planned. then it became a pattern of thrusting my spear at whoever was in front of me or the the people to my left and right anytime I saw an opening we bleed them for a solid hour and a half before Mortia's crew got targeted by a rouge that some how or another worked their way around the area we were fighting in; then took me and five others out. By the time I was knocked out there where only 30 or so people left.
Rubia was proud of John even if she had not won the bet she had riding on him, the guild frowned on betting with adventurers but her bet was with a co-worker so it was ok, he placed in the top 30 in his first trial. She watched the whole thing from start to finish and saw John prove he could work well in a team even if he did not know the members of the team and that he knew how to use his weapons well even if he seem nervous about the mock battle.
Rubia watched as the deities began to descend to the arena floor to begin recruiting some even passing up the winners of the battle in favor of those that displayed some trait or potential that they liked healing the fallen and waking them, before discussing their offers of recruitment into their familias but after another hour Rubia was outraged no one had attempted to recruit John.
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Loki was glad she had managed to pester her bodyguards into watching the mock battle with her today in an attempt to beat her boredom and boy did she see some thing interesting. The person that caught her eye was a young man/woman Loki was not sure as the way this person walked and looked made it seem as if they did not know which they were either but they were smart enough to seek out a group with similar equipment...
That group happened to be a group of shield maidens and shield brothers this lone warrior showed he understood the tactics and maybe even the culture of a people she and her foster family had claimed as their own known as the North men, Norse, and most famously known as the Vikings. Loki and her foster family had been chased from that world along with all the other gods by one upstart deity. One who claimed to be the ONLY True God under three different names and began a crusade of convert or be forced to flee you homelands and face death in foreign lands or face death at the hands of your neighbors.
Clearing her mind of those unpleasant memories Loki watched this intriguing person closely deciding that they looked like a he to her wondering what secrets and trauma he tried so hard to keep hidden. Loki had developed as sixth sense for this kind of thing and knew I weighed heavily on him even if he was not actively thinking about it, wondering what kinds of tricks and pranks would best help him face his trauma and move past it as if the trauma no longer was something to carry with him. noticing the other deities had collected their desired recruits Loki turned to one of her bodyguards. Aiz dear would you keep an eye on that mortal till I can get a watcher assigned to them? Loki asked indicating John.
Aiz saw the woman that her goddess had indicated realizing that it was the same person that she watched in the mock battle. she had determined that the woman had trained to the peak of what any human could attain without the falana that she would obtain from a deities blessing upon entering a familia. Aiz had already decided that regardless of who's Familia that woman became she would help train her pulling her to her own skill level and re-enforcing what she already knew and perhaps pushing forward because of a new perspective. Nodding to her goddess Aiz went to inform a Guild member that went to collect those that failed to be recruited in this trial so that she would be able to keep an eye on the woman and swap with the watcher when they finally arrive. Spotting a guild member already approaching the unconscious woman to move her to a room she could recover Aiz hurried to intercept her and attempt to stay near the young woman.