"Barron, stab his lower left!"
"Soren, come on, take that guy down."
Inside the training ground, two youths were sparring with wooden swords, the battle fierce, while other students watched from ten meters away, some even cheering them on.
The environment here was spacious, and on the wooden racks at the edge of the field hung many unsharpened weapons and blades. This was Viscount Snow's training ground, located within the castle in the North District.
Because Scholar Hyde and Viscount Snow had a deep relationship, this knight training ground was also made available for these students to use for free. Stables and several warhorses could be seen not far away.
On the high grandstand, Viscount Snow and Scholar Hyde sat under a wooden shed, discussing the two trainees.
"Baron Quide's son, Barron, is quite good, his skills are impressive," Viscount Snow commented on one of them.
"That commoner youth named Soren, I'm seeing him for the first time."
"Soren, his father is a warrior who returned from the frontier and is currently living in seclusion in Cinderstone City," Scholar Hyde recalled the student's background.
"Oh, there's such a warrior. How strong is he?" Viscount Snow stroked his small handlebar mustache, asking with interest.
"He should be in the middle of 'Tier 2 - Blood Law,' but he said he won't go to the battlefield again," Scholar Hyde shook his head.
"It's said that he experienced too much death on the battlefield, and his wife also passed away prematurely, so now his only hope is to raise his child healthily."
"That's a pity, but for someone who has experienced the battlefield like him, if he's willing to come here and be a training instructor, it should be a very good choice," Viscount Snow suggested.
"I will inquire on behalf of Viscount later." Scholar Hyde nodded slightly… bang.
With a powerful strike, the wooden sword in Barron's hand was directly broken, wood splinters flying, the break full of wood fiber. Taking advantage of his opponent losing his weapon, Soren also kicked Barron to the ground and plunged his sword into the dirt beside his neck.
This action startled Barron, who only reacted a few seconds later, then his face filled with fury.
"You lowlife!" He felt this was an insult to himself.
"You're the lowlife!" Soren was not to be outdone and immediately retorted.
"How dare you insult a noble!"
"Scholar Hyde said that everyone here is a student, there's no distinction between noble and commoner!" Soren brought up what the teacher said on the first day.
"You!"
Barron was so angry that he clenched his fist and punched Soren, but Soren dodged it and instead throwed a punch himself.
Seeing Barron get hit, two noble students, his cronies, immediately went up to help. At this point, several other bolder commoner students also came to help Soren.
The three noble friends swung their fists and feet without restraint, while on Soren's side, except for him, no one dared to strike hard, only trying to separate the two.
Facing the boys brawling on the training ground, the girls on both sides were relatively calm at this moment.
"A bunch of idiots." Iona crossed her arms over her chest, not wanting to watch such a crude and boring scene.
"Lady Iona is right." Valerie had completely become Iona's shadow these past two days.
On the other side, Karen looked at the scene with some worry, "Should we stop them? The teacher said fighting is wrong."
Komiya shook her head vigorously: "No, no, no, let them fight, just don't drag us into it."
"We can't afford to offend the nobles, and Soren's side isn't to be trifled with either," Komiya analyzed in a low voice.
"Also, Tia is relatively weak, it wouldn't be good for her to go over," using her companion as a shield, Komiya stopped Karen from going forward.
"Okay, we'll protect Tia." Karen looked at the delicate long-haired girl beside her and decided not to participate in the fight.
Viscount Snow and Scholar Hyde had witnessed almost the entire situation on the training ground below.
"Hehehe, what a lively group of children," Viscount Snow said with a laugh.
"Young people are just like that," Scholar Hyde also shook his head slightly.
Because Regas Kingdom was founded on martial prowess, it actually encouraged such non-fatal combat. This was also why several youths in the arena would start fighting at the slightest disagreement; they were all familiar with and accustomed to this style.
"Let them fight, you can pull them apart later," Viscount Snow instructed his attendant beside him.
"Yes, my lord." The attendant respectfully assented… Half an hour later, the brawl on the field ended. Several injured students leaned against the wooden fence at the edge of the training ground, receiving wound medicine from their classmates.
"Sss—ouch." The big student, 'Lei,' used his hand to shield his finger as medicine was applied. He had a bruise near his eye and was grimacing.
"No, there's still a lot of medicine not applied," Komiya complained grumpily, then continued to apply the medicine with her finger.
Across from them, Barron and his companions also leaned on wooden chairs, with Valerie applying medicine to two of them. As for Iona, she wasn't paying attention to them at the moment, but was talking beside Viscount Snow. Seeing her smiling sweetly, it was hard to imagine her usual haughty demeanor in front of her classmates.
On the other side, Sylvia also held wound medicine, applying it to the restless youth in front of her.
"You have quite a few old injuries."
The girl finished applying the medicine with a cloth stick, then withdrew it and inserted it into the medicine bottle. She briefly observed the youth named Mike; he resembled a wild beast, somewhat fierce, with various scars on his body.
"You don't need to worry about it," Mike responded grumpily to the girl beside him.
"Mm." Sylvia didn't argue but quietly stepped back.
Mike was somewhat surprised by her obedient behavior. He turned his head and looked closely at Sylvia a few times. Although the black-haired girl was beautiful, her physique, hidden by her loose robes, appeared relatively thin.
'She's quite pretty, only slightly less so than Iona. If she had a bit more flesh, she'd probably be on par with Iona,' the youth thought to himself.
Perhaps seeing Sylvia was quite obedient, Mike's attitude became slightly more polite.
"Thanks."
"It's nothing." The girl shook her head and then went to the other side to look after other injured classmates.
Cleaning wounds, applying medicine—she did these things skillfully, which surprised several other students.
"Did Tia do this often before?" Komiya asked curiously, and others also wanted to know.
"A while ago, many people in my village were injured, and I helped take care of them, so I learned a bit," the girl replied.
"That's really impressive then!" Komiya gave a thumbs up.
Seeing that the students had mostly recovered for the time being, an instructor walked over. He was well-built, dressed in leather pants and a white shirt, with a slight beard.
"Scholar Hyde has asked me to train you and see what your foundations are like."
"Coincidentally, I was present for your entire fight just now, and I saw some of your abilities." He walked back and forth in front of everyone with his hands behind his back.
"Several of the boys are quite good; they all know the Breathing Technique." If they didn't even know the Breathing Technique, they probably wouldn't be able to study under Scholar Hyde.
"Now, pick up your swords and challenge me one by one. I will point out the flaws in your swordsmanship and footwork."
The instructor shouted loudly, gathering the students present, and then the afternoon's lesson began.
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