Chapter 15: Training
"98...99...100!"
"Ah...Finally!"
Shaan immediately lay on the ground as his push-ups reached 100. His whole body felt so tired that he could feel the pain spread throughout his body. Just imagine, he had walked around the field for 5km, squatted 50 times, sat up 50 times, and pushed up 100 times. Honestly, in Shaan’s entire life, he had never done such an extreme physical exercise before.
"Good, at least you’ve accomplished the warm-up stage of this exercise." Maximus folded his arms, looking at Shaan lying weakly on the ground. "However, it’s not over yet. I will give you about 20 minutes to rest before we move on to the next exercise."
’The warm-up stage? Seriously. This training is insane.’
"All right, Mr. Maximus," Shaan said with a gasp.
With all his might, Shaan gathered all his energy and walked back to the cafeteria to get a drink or a high-protein snack provided in the cafeteria. "Ah, at least this is much better." Shaan quickly gulped down his drink bottle. "I’m just curious—how are the other trainees doing? Did they go through the same kind of training...?"
Shaan’s eyes widened in shock as he saw several other participants appear, staggering weakly. They were so exhausted that they had to support each other just to stay on their feet. Not only that, their faces were covered in bruises and swelling, as if they had taken a serious beating, making them look far more battered than Shaan.
"This is insane, I... I just can’t take this anymore," said the green-haired man as he laid his head on the table. "This agility training is driving me crazy. Imagine having to dodge swinging wooden beams coming at you from all directions for almost two hours straight. My whole body’s covered in bruises from getting hit over and over again."
"Aa, I... I agree," the blue-haired man to his left also complained. "I’m also continually being asked to train my mana enhancement skills by sitting in the center of a spell circle using a special machine. When the engine is turned on, it feels like your body is receiving hundreds of blows in a short period, until it makes you very exhausted. "