Guns And Fantasy - Chapter 9 Training Semester

“So, Olly any other rules I should know about?” Nate questioned his new buddy Olly as they headed towards the bathroom.

“Not much. Baldy is strict with time but that’s about it. As long as we complete the exercises and be on time then we’re good. Other than that no fighting in the sleeping quarters, dining hall and bathroom. If there is a reason to fight he will gladly host a spar in the field.” Olly replied.

“Hmm, so about the exercise. Baldy didn’t teach any fighting techniques after I came in, so is the class in the morning or there is a separate day for those classes.” Nate questioned again as baldy only made them do physical exercises.

“Baldy said he’ll separate the year in four semesters. 3 months physical training and after that, he’ll separate the groups by their physical abilities. Some will be trained for the assassin, some in swordsmanship, archer, spy, and mages get their own classes as well. Once classes are separated they will have their own specified semester which he has yet to tell us about.” Olly replied as he sighed.

With his size, it was hard for him to continue physical training as he had already lost few kilos of weight in just two weeks of training under baldy. But he had his reasons to continue the training as did everyone else who was here.

Arriving at the bathhouse Nate saw a giant pool with steam coming out and bucket seats on the side to wash the dirt and sweat beside the pool. “Welcome to the bathhouse, the most relaxing place in all of Lydia Kingdom but we only get to spend half hours here. But it is definitely more relaxing than the brothels I used to visit.” Olly said as he displayed a perverted grin and he remembered his past days.

If it was before then he would definitely choose brothel over a hot bath but after a day of intense physical training, there was no doubt on which was more relaxing. It was clearly seen in the expression of the other kids who dipped their body on the hot water as they closed their eyes to wash away the fatigue they collected on the field.

Olly and Nate joined the bath as they had limited time. After the bath came dinner and the meal provided was not directed towards the taste but rather towards nutrients. But the taste didn’t really matter when the mouth was hungry. 90% of the meal was meat and not just any meat but meat from magic beasts.

Since the meat belonged to magic beast it was highly nutritious but the meat was more chewy and dense and also had a bland taste. But it provided more energy as clearly seen in the field today. Despite having his magic awakened Nate wasn’t able to keep up with other children where most of them were ordinary human and they only trained for two weeks more than Nate.

And like this Nate spent repeating a fixed routine for the course of 2 and a half months as he was late to join the camp. Waking up at 5 and running towards the field for morning training and after 7 they would get a half hour break for breakfast and again training till the afternoon for another 1-hour break for lunch and again continue the training till 7’o clock in the evening and then bath and dinner and sleep.

Nate continued the routine without any complaint as understood the importance of good foundation for his body. It also helped him to maintain discipline and forget about his otherworldly things such as phones, internet, games and such.

Nate wanted a new life that was different from his previous one and he was given an opportunity to have that. He had many regrets in his previous life because he chose an easy way on every choice he was given and therefore had to live a mediocre life.

Once you choose an easy way then you’d do same for the next one and then before you know it, it would already be too late to live your dreams. Nate did the same as well and he wanted to make sure his previous life didn’t continue here as well.

Nate reflected back on his previous life and sat his priorities straight. He wanted the luxury and wealth he desired in his previous life but the way to achieve the same goal here was a bit different. This was a world of magic and strength meant more here than knowledge from the books.

He was not some genius who could bring the technology from his previous world to here and start a business. And even if he could, he was not sure if he could protect himself as the laws worked differently here.

Since he was already a beginner mage, it was enough if he reached higher realms in the magic. Strength was more valuable here than the degrees in the educational field in his previous world.

Anyways Nate continued the training for two and half months and the result was visible. A full day of physical training boosted by nutritious food filled with some amount of magic worked wonders on the body.

And today was the day where they would get divided into different classes according to their preference as well as physical capabilities. Nate stood with Olly as they looked towards baldy in expectation.

Nate had joined later so other kids had already formed their circle and with the physical training in the day he didn’t have much time to socialize. So his only friend was Olly. Olly was an outcast due to his size as well as his background and his only buddy was Nate.

After months together, Nate found out Olly once belonged to a noble family in the kingdom but his family head got assassinated within own family compound. After that misfortune came one after another as his family’s best fighters were deployed in the borders and died there. Other noble families tore apart his family’s wealth like a vulture as his family’s influence got weaker.

Olly’s father and mother died in the silent fight between noble family and somehow he ended up here. Most kids in the camp had their own problems and Olly couldn’t blend in with the commoners as his size a huge part in it as well.

After three months of training Olly enough weight where he couldn’t be categorized in fat at all. He looked around and short when he was fat but after he lost some weight his height became visible to everyone else as he was one of the taller kids in the group with the height of 5.6 ft. and had a broad frame because of his previous weight.

Nate also improved a lot probably thanks to him being a mage. His soft muscles had become dense and hard and abs were starting to get visible but his body had yet to reach the best condition. But he was not worried since the main course of training was just starting.