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I was woken up by someone bashing on my door. They tossed me some ragged clothes to wear and led me to a wide open and crowded area.

Dracca was there. She wanted to see if the 'Combat Unit' part of my file she read held any truth. With nothing but the clothes on my back, she tossed me into the center of the crowd, who circled around. A captured bandit from a rival clan stood in front of me. Before I had the chance to get any word of protest in, the bandit took his first swing.

It's difficult for me to describe what happened next, but in that split moment something just 'clicked'. The punch was easily deflected, and two were returned square in the head. Which was enough to knock this guy out.

I could see something stirring in the head of Dracca. After a moment of thought, she ordered for two more captives to fight. Stronger ones this time.

These guys were no pushover. They knew how to throw a punch, take one, and deflect one. My only saving grace from the fight was that they never fought with each other before, so they were uncoordinated. They couldn't properly attack together, so if one attacked and got deflected, it gave a brief uninterrupted moment of 1v1 which was capitalized on.

I took some bad hits but was able to return the favor two-fold. Got a solid hit on #1's jaw, knocking him out on the spot. #2 let anger get to him and threw a sloppy punch, easy to catch and reverse. Even through the roaring crowd, you could clearly hear the unmistakable sound of his arm breaking.

Dracca seemed content with the display but could tell she was brewing up something else. Suppose I'll find out tomorrow. But for now, I got fed.