The Ace by Majestroke

Author:Majestroke [Majestroke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-25T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

Squad 72

Viribus wasn’t your typical military academy. It was a school for newer recruits - students who had just finished their education and was looking for a job. As for people like Adrian and Minerva, they sat for the aptitude test while attending to the academy and managed to get high scores.

Unlike normal military schools, the recruits were divided into three categories - Leader, Marksman and Soldier. Each squad had four soldiers, two marksmen, one healer and one leader. Recruits were divided into these four classes using the scores of the aptitude test. Recruits who got more percentage of marks for the physical test rather than the written test became marksmen and soldiers. If a recruit managed to excel in the written paper by gaining a higher percentage than the physical test, they were chosen as the leaders. Healers were borrowed from the medical schools.

Adrian had taken more scores to the written test so he had become the leader of Squad 72, which sadly also had Minerva in it.

The written test wasn’t for everyone. It was designed in a strategic way. Even if a person spent whole hours in the library studying military guidebooks, he won’t be able to pass the test. It wasn’t about studying. It was about thinking, planning and making the best choice, and Adrian loved thinking and planning. Despite being two years younger than most other recruits, he had gotten the highest scores from the test. As for his physical test, he had purposefully taken low scores. He needed to become the leader of the squad for his plan to succeed.

Viribus was a few miles away from Adrian’s academy. Sometimes he took the tram, but for the most part, he decided walking was the best option.

Entering Viribus, after showing his pass to the guards, he found himself facing a gigantic ground. People were training in different parts of the huge land, some doing combat training, others firearm training or a small group of people doing the regular push-ups. All of these people were below thirty years. Once they pass that certain age gap, they’ll be sent to the Royal Army School for further training.

Adrian passed on the ground and headed for the much larger building purely made from porcelain. Its height wasn’t much compared to Adrian’s university but the enormous crest of the fox on the top of the building was enough to intimidate any outsider. Inside the bronze doors was the consulting desk, where a half drunk soldier sat on a wooden chair, which was on verge of a break after bearing the weight of the obese man.

“Are all of my crew here?”

Instead of replying, he opened one of the drawers and picked up a pair of keys.

“Room 12, go straight, turn right and follow the corridor.”

“Thanks.”

Adrian picked up the keys and followed the directions. After each squad is prepared, they’ll get what is known as a ‘Novice mission’. It was designed to break the ice among the new team and rate each of their skills when they are together.

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