Chapter 29 - Something that needed to be done (1) (1/2)

(3rd person's POV)

It had been more than half a year after Eren and Armin both decided to start their training under Athanatos. This decision that they have made, was something... that they have always regretted each night after their training.

They weren't exposed to any of Athanatos' secret, such as the time chamber or his overpowering abilities, but there was one thing that they knew, he wasn't normal.

On the first day of training, they were forced to do 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and a 10k-run. It took Eren 6 hours to complete the entire thing, while Armin took almost 10 hours total. The two girls, although they didn't have to, also joined in with the training. This shocked Eren and Armin with how monstrous their strength was, even though they were only using 1% of their power. Overall, it only took Mikasa 12 minutes to complete the feat beating Annie by 20 seconds.

This continued for 3 months. All of this was just to make their body stronger, with the end result of Eren completing the entire feat in 2 hours and Armin 4. What was crazier was the end results for Mikasa and Annie were 7 minutes and 7 minutes 16 seconds respectively.

This baffled Eren for a while as he couldn't understand how they could get so strong in such an amount of time. Of course, he would never know as, after each day of training, the girl would go into the time chamber and go through a hellish training regimen. This boosted their strength to a level so high, that if anyone of them decided to take over a country, they wouldn't even break a sweat.

The last three months of training was then consisted of weight training, breathing exercise, meditation, etc. They were forced to wear a 100 kg suit, and then do the routines that they have always been doing the months before that. Then after the training, they will through a series of 'calming exercises', with the purpose of training their mind to become more mentally stable. This period of training was Armin's favorite time, and it was a breeze for him. Meanwhile, Eren struggles to stay calm for too long, which got him a beating from Athanatos once he started to misbehave.

Looking at the scene from the surface, all you would see is just a bunch of kid training together. But that's is if you're only looking at the surface. Deep behind the scene, something was happening... And it wasn't going to end well for some people.

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(Nightfall, somewhere within Wall Sina)

”Alright, let's start the operation ”Evil is Good.”

”You should change that name...”

”Huh? Isn't it good? I mean it basically tells you what we're about to do.”

”Sigh* You... forget it.”

”Uhm...”

”You too Mikasa? What's wrong with the name?”

”It's nothing Thana-kun.”

”That's what I thought. Let's go change things for the better.”