Chapter 58 daily life and the hunt in Malrton 1 (1/2)

Mars woke up and after being confused for a second he remembered where he was

'that dream... it was properly my past life'

Mars spent a few minutes making sure he burnt the contents of the dream into his mind before he gently pushed Victoria that was lying on top of him off and got up and stretched before he put on his clothes and went over to the window and opened it to let in some of the morning air while he woke up a little more he watched to sunrise

'well then, let's get on with it'

Mars grabbed his sword and left behind the still sleeping Victoria and went out of his room and after navigating the halls like a sailor lost at sea for some time he finally found a exit and went outside and walked over to the empty training yard and sat down before he closed his eyes with his sword in lap ready for use and began to meditate while he listened to the mansion but also the town of Malrton wake up from its slumber. After a while Mars picked up some light footsteps that stopped in front of him

”umm... Mars?”

Mars heard the voice of a young lady, of Hanna and gave a slight smile but still kept his eyes closed

”sit down Hanna we will start when the others get here”

”okay...”

Hanna sat down and waited along with Mars for some time until the 4 knights Annabel, Gill, Jeff and Oliver also arrived and greeted Hanna with respect and happiness in their voices

”well then...”

Mars open his eyes and stood up and looked at Hanna and the 4 knights that all was clad in some tightly fitting training clothes

”first off I would like to say a few words is that okay?”

Mars asked and revived nods form all around, even Gill that had spoken down to him when they first met seemed to have changed his ways and was obedient

”good.... there is 3 things in this world people truly respect money, status and personal strength, if your lucky you can earn enough money to live your life in luxury, if you lucky you can earn status to stand above the crowd...”

Mars looked at the 5 people in front of him one more time before he continued

”if you work hard enough you can become strong! personal strength have nothing to do with luck or birth, it has to do with hard training! and that is what I'm here for, not to train you but to help you get personal strength, to help you get ahead in life”

the eyes of the 5 people sparkled, especially Hanna's eyes seemed to light up

”but while I train weak people I don't train weak willed people...”

Mars raised is sword and pointed it at the 5 before he continued

”know that the only way to surpass your limits is to surpass them, the only way to break down you mental walls is to run through them!”

Mars put his sword up on his shoulder and continued

”if you choose to accept my training know that I will push you beyond your limits and injure you badly... well as long as you don't die instantly I can heal you so it fine”

Mars waved his hand with a casual attitude and continued

”so if anyone of chose to leave do it now or I will hunt you down and drag your ass back to training”

Mars looked at the 5 and saw firm resolution in their eyes and gave a smile as he sat down again

”good then as a test run along the edge of the training field”

the 4 knights gave a nod and began running only Hanna remained behind and asked Mars a question

”umm... how long are we supposed to run?”

Mars gave a smile

”until you collapse and/or puke”

the color drained slightly form Hanna's face before she clenched her fists and began running after the 4 knights

'good resolve'

Mars silently praised Hanna and closed his eyes again to meditate and for the next few hours all that entered Mars's ears was the sound of running, at first fast but late slower and slower until he heard a 'thump' and opened his eyes

'well it makes sense that Hanna is the first one to go'

Mars stood up and walked over to where Hanna was lying on the ground covered in sweat panting but still barely conscious and keeled down next to her and asked

”does it hurt?”

”yes... it.... does”

Mars gave a slight smile and asked

”does it hurt more than what they did to you?”

Hanna grit her teeth as a cold glint flashed in her eyes

”no....”

”then what do you prefer?”

Hanna clenched her fist and began struggling to slowly get up again

”that's good, you can do this”

Mars encouraged her form the side and sure enough after a few attempts she managed to get up right where she slowly began running again