“FORWARD MATCH!!” Haywoode yelled to the squires as they did their daily morning parade drills. Haywoode is the best squire out of all the squires that enter the training facilities. He had great leadership, marksmanship, and fighting abilities.
He was dark-skinned and muscular. He stood out from the rest of squires standing about 6’2,” as he led them through the parade grounds.
He is standing on the side of the parade grounds with a batch of knights in Camelot military uniform. Behind the knights was Knight Captain Reede, the leader of this military base has he watched the squires do their drills.
Once the squires finished their drills, Reede stood up and faced the squires. “Good morning, squires.”
“Good morning, Knight Captain,” they yelled in reply.
“I know that everyone is excited to start the advanced tech training. We will be starting it today but let me give a piece of advice. “Don’t get too excited, because what you experience before was nothing compared to what you are about to experience.
There is no time for pampering you magots. This training is two years early, so I expect for everyone to two years more competent and ready to go. Now, the next three months will be rigorous training. I expect all of you to complete this training and become Knights of Camelot. Now are you Knights of Camelot!”
“Sir yes sir!” The squires shouted to their knight captain.
“This training will not be the usual training that we do,” the knight captain said with a stern face.
“The government is going to supply everyone with standard guns and bullets. Now, get prepared because everyone is going to the forest. The first phase of advanced training is to survive for five days in CreepyWillow Forest.”
“Now, don’t think that you can go there to relax and sleep, because the government left some presents for everyone. They personally provided genetically modified predators, that is more dangerous than anything you have ever faced.”
“Now, your implant may boost you in various ways, but these predators are boosted as well. Don’t be hopeless, because once the three months are over, the survivors from three hundred squires we have here today will be given benefits that you didn’t expect.”
“Good luck squires. You have thirty minutes to prepare for deployment. Do not bring any accessories with you only your military gear.” The Knight Captain reminded them before they left.
“It is going to be exciting time for you. Your three months of suffering begins now,” he said, as a grin slowly morphed on his face.
“Dismissed!!”
“Sir yes sir!”
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“Damn! Aledos, we are heading to CreepyWillow Forest alone. I can’t believe they want to kill us. What the hell?” Kalen blurted out, as he opened his door into his room.
“Stop whining will you. It will be fine. We will survive this,” Aledos replied.
“How do you think we will survive this? There is no way it is possible.”
“There is no guarantee, but it is not a sure way to death. Calen don’t think I don’t notice you. If you really want to, you could be the top squire in the group. But now you are whining about going to the forest for training. Chill out man.” Aledos said in a slightly provocative tone.
“I know. My goal is to be the greatest knight that every lived and help our country become ally with any of the big five, but man you know I still must be rational. You know what I mean.” Kalen replied with a grin.
“I know you are the greatest, Kalen. Now tell me how we are going to survive this training.” Aledos asked?
“I say we go in kick ass and survive so we can serve our country.” Kalen said while giving Aledos that why are you asking stupid questions.
“Alright you say so. Let’s just be careful out there. Can we go eat now?” Aledos ignored his friend’s expression, while diverting the conversation to another topic.
“Let’s go eat.”
There was not much to prepare for the mission. So Aledos and Kalen forgot about their conversation and got some food. After eating they both returned to the parade field.
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Kalen nudged his friend. “He is coming.”
Aledos just stared at his friend like what the hell look.
“Alright squires, you will be divided into groups of ten,” Knight Captain Reede didn’t waste any time as he started giving out instructions for everyone.
“Every group will be assigned a Knight Sergeant to lead. Now, follow the Knight Sergeant to your designated helicopter. You will be dropped in segments, one by one. Good luck.”
Kalen and Aledos was placed in the same group. It was only temporary, but Kalen rejoiced as they had a little time to talk. “Aledos, why was you talking to Haywoode about?” Kalen asked his friend leaning in close.
“To wish us good luck. Brother, come closer. You would not believe what Haywoode has told me. It is shocking.” Aledos exclaimed.
Kalen lean in closer to Aledos.
“Dude, Haywoode told me the real reason why our advanced tech training was pushed forward. It’s because of the Republic of Gaul is trying to invade our country as again. It changes plans for the government.”
“I hate those Gaul bastards.” Kalen burst out in hatred. His overflowing hatred was without basis, because he had a huge beef with the Republic of Gaul.
“Aledos, I promise you if this information is true. I am going to prove myself during training, so I can fight these bastards. I am fired up for this training. I am going to survive this training.”
“I feel the same way Kalen. Good luck my brother,” Aledos said as he understood his friend’s feelings.
“You as well.”
The Republic of Gaul is a country with middle-grade military power, and they are directly opposite of Kingdom of Camelot in terms of territory comparison. Republic of Gaul and Kingdom of Camelot are neighboring countries with no close sentiments to each other. Invading other counties for their resources or territories are the norm in this century. Republic of Gaul has always coveted the Kingdom of Camelot’s territories and resources. The Republic of Gaul is more advanced than Kingdom of Camelot technologically, but not by much. The Gauls don’t like that and show much aggression against the Knights of Camelot. All citizens of Camelot have hatred already indoctrinate into them. There is no good interaction between the countries only hatred. If the countries every interact with each other, it always leads into small skirmishes. These skirmishes would at time lead into major invasions. The Gauls are more enthusiastic about the invasions, as they are slightly stronger. Kalen, a knight
Kalen woke up feeling refreshed and revitalized. “I feel like I am in a VIP suite. It is so comfortable. It feels way better then I imagined,” he moaned with satisfaction. He stared at the makeshift bed of tress leaves. He smiled and looked satisfied with his work. “I am going to miss this experience.” He got out of his tent and observed his surrounding making sure there is no danger near back. The sun was shining brightly. He started to grin, as he was enjoying free vitamin D. “What a beautiful free world,” he exclaimed feeling satisfied. He found water pit near his camp. He washed his face and filled his canteen with water. He checked his shadow to see what time it was, he felt it was around seven in the morning. “I should eat something before I leave and continue on my training,” he thought. He ate some of the tigon meat, and then stored the remaining meat in a makeshift bag that he hand-made with some tree leaves. He knew that improvisation is a must learn skill to survive in
“This training is going to be harder than I thought,” Kalen thought, as he walked through the forest looking for a place to wash the blood off his body and clothes. After about twenty minutes of walking, he found a stream nearby. He subconsciously looked around the area for any kind of threat. He quickly rushed up to the water as soon as he noticed he was in the clear. “These four days remaining are going to be a pain in the ass,” he thought out loud. He looked to his right, and he was shocked to find a jackfruit tree. He eyes brightened immediately. “Thank you, God. There is something to eat beside meat. He brought his dagger and climbed the tree for the fruit while staying alert. “I can’t let my guard down. My life is more important than this fruit. He knew that if he let his guard down like a fool that was hungry, he could be attacked and killed. Suddenly he thought about his friend Aledos, as he probably in same situation as him. “Make it through this brother. You are not allo
Bzzzt!! Bzzzt!! Kalen woke up top hear his alarm going off on his phone. “Damn, it’s 6am already. I didn’t get enough sleep last night,” he grumbled as he quickly got up. He showered and brushed his teeth.Twenty minutes later, he was dressed in his new military uniform that was provided yesterday. He strapped on his sword and daggers, and ready to face this new challenge. He left his room surprised that Aledos was not waiting for him. He is usually up before him.“What happened to this fool now?” He questioned as he went to his friend’s room. “I can’t believe he is still sleeping. He reached Aledos’s room in about 15 seconds.Boom! Boom! Boom! He banged on his friend’s door as he called out, “Hey dumbass, what the hell are you doing in there?”“Alright, you can stop banging on my door. I just woke up late. I’ll be there in a minute,” Aledos yelled to his friend.“I said it, when the sun rises normal people respond fast to get up. But you my friend are slow as a snail. What a bad infl
After 30 minutes, were one of the first groups to be dropped off within the mountainous region of the forest reserves. As soon as Kalen landed, he surveyed the area to make sure there was no immediate danger. “This will work for us. We can see far and have more obstacles to take cover,” he told his friend, who also surveying the area. “Kalen, I want us to dominate this competition. Let’s find a place to set our camp and defensives before we scout the area.” Aledos said in a calm tone, as he turned to look at his friend. Kalen grunted in reply, as they quickly found a cliff that gave them plenty of cover from the exobeasts. The friends dropped their gear and went out to prepare their defenses. They decided that Kalen would wield the sniper, as he was a better marksman than his friend. They knew that Aledos can’t shoot to save his life. He has poor accuracy. They quickly set up their makeshift perimeter without any delays. They settled down, and Aledos decided to go into the forest
Aledos woke up and looked around, “where am I?” He asked out loud as he tried to stand up, which brought on a wave of dizziness to him. He touched his head and felt the cloth bandage. He began to recall what happened to him.He sighed as he glanced outside. “It’s already evening, I wonder where Kalen went to.During the construction of their make-shift residence, they placed rocks to form a cave before their encounter with the exobeast. He went out of the tent to see his friend sitting beside the fire roasting some meat.“Looks who is wake? Bro, how’s your head?” Kalen asked as he casually munched on his meat.“I am not sure to be honest. I still feeling little dizzy though.” Aledos replied as he supported his head with his palm.“Man, you are tough as hell. Come and eat some roasted meat. While you were sleeping, I killed an antelope. It is so good, come and eat,” Kalen said with a smile.“Alright,” Aledos replied as he moved forward. He felt the wave of hunger as he smelled the meat
Aledos Hawke woke up to see that the sun arisen. He could see the sun rays filter into the cave. He admired the rays as his eyes adjust to the light. He checked the watch on his wrist to see it was already 7am. “Why haven’t that fool wake me up already?” He cursed as he quickly got up and made his way outside. He saw Kalen already up and he was doing some pushups. “I can’t believe this asshole. He does these pushups daily so he can keep his 8 pack, just to impress the ladies. F**k!” Aledos cursed as he watched his friend. "Aledos, you awake. I thought you will be sleeping all day. You would have missed a fun day. Good morning, dumbass.” Kalen got up to greet his friend properly. “Kalen, you better watch it. My head injury healed, so don’t try me. I can still kick your ass if you call me a dumbass again,” Aledos while giving his friend the evil eye. “Damn, Aledos. You are such ungrateful bastard. I was so nice of enough to protect you throughout the night. I even prepared you a ni
The vine was stretched thin as it held the spears in place. With just one laser beam it snapped.BOOM!!!! Kalen saw his hard work go into use. The handmade spears shot up quickly. They didn’t have the same force as the used by the Camelot army, but they still get the job done. They would still inflict enough damage to the sabretooth.The sabretooth sensed the danger it was about to enter. It tried its best to avoid the trap, but it was too late. The spears impaled themselves into its exposed belly. It roars in rage and pain as it felt its bowels and blood flowed out from the wounds.Due to the force and momentum the sabretooth was moving, the spears caused some massive damage to it. The sabretooth was impaled on its belly to its leg.Kalen did not underestimate the sabretooth, knowing it will do it best to get out and continue to attack. He leaped into the air as the sabretooth was falling into the spears stabbing it in the neck with his sword.Blood rained down onto Kalen and the gro