Chapter 27 - Training (2) (1/2)

(3rd's person)

”Today we're going to practice hand-to-hand combat. When it comes to fighting seriously, even if I only use 10% of your power, I can still beat both of you black and blue.”

Hearing his arrogant words, Annie, who already had a lot of fighting experiences, began to get irritated. Combining with the overwhelming strength that she had cultivated these last 10 months, which is 70% of her titan power.

Meanwhile, Mikasa wasn't that much different. Being told that she would lose even if Athanatos was only using 10% of her strength, hurt her pride. Even though she only knew a trick or two about fighting, her instinct can complement the rest, making her look like an experienced fighter.

The two girls began to get fire up, both can't wait to prove Athanatos wrong.

”There's a reason why we only did physical training up until now. Do you know why?”

”Isn't it to adapt to our titan power?” Annie answered confidently since he often repeated this phrase.

”Yes, but that's only half of it. The point is to have absolute control of your body. Just like how you need to first learn how to walk before you can run, the same thing applies here. The physical training is only the first step for the strength that you can achieve. If you were as strong as you're now, but can't control that power, then the upcoming training will definitely kill you.

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(Annie's POV)

He was right... I would have been kill at least millions of times if I couldn't control this body of mine to perfection. Each joint, each muscle, each piece of bone, and everything, they all served a purpose. If I neglect just a single one, I... don't even want to think about what might happen.

If the 10 months of physical training was hell, then these last 3 months of actual combat was... SO IMPOSSIBLE THAT EVEN GODS WILL DIE

I was in so much pain the first day, I cried for 3 hours straight.

The only salvation that I had was after a day of training in the hell chamber, there's a day of rest in the real world. I was never more thankful that I was alive than I was now.

But... there's still almost a year of training left. I hope I can live through this while remaining sane.

Right now, I was dodging a rain of spears falling at the speed of sound. And occasionally, there are some special 'infrared homing' spears, which Athanatos called it, the Impossible to Dodge Spear. He was right, I got impaled by at least hundreds of these by now, that was at least until yesterday which I found that if I dodge when it is within 1 cm near me, the thing will no longer target me.

It should be a good thing... but...

”AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!”

That's impossible, I dodged everything! So what hit me?

Giving a glance at Thana-kun, I can see smoke coming out of his finger.