Chapter 243 - Academy life once again (5) (2/2)

”.... Yes that would be him although he just said that you threw him out of class without reason”

”Well if you speak with the other students I think you will see the picture, I won't explain myself further as I have to prepare for class”

”I see... Well I'll do as you recommended then”

Henry gave a nod and left the training field behind while Mars prepared for class, soon the students arrived and Mars taught class of course 78 was there too but instead of trying to get Mars' attention all the time she spoke with a few friends and helped them train their [Swordsmanship], Mars gave a nod seeing her get a little bit more independent as the afternoon class slowly passed it was time to train Gorge and his friends. Mars as usual sat down and meditated until they showed up

'My mandate... Energy... Home...'

Mars felt numerous thoughts pass through his head, like floating clouds he was able to observe them from afar as they flowed on without distributing his state of mind but all too soon he had to wake up from his meditation as Gorge and his friends arrived

”Well then let's get started”

Mars walked over and grabbed some wooden swords before he threw them to the group of four that easily caught them

”What are we doing today Mars?”

Katrina asked Mars that was doing some light stretches, Mars gave a smile and held his wooden sword up

”As warm up we will be having a light four VS one spar, in other words all of you come at me”

The four of them looked confused for a second before Katrina suddenly stepped forwards and slashed down on Mars that took a step backwards and narrowly avoided her swing before he yelled at the other three

”Come on, move it!”

The other three woke up from their daze and jumped at Mars, after about 10 minutes Mars was finished wiping the floor with them, they were all battered and bruised despite Mars not striking them once, the reason for their unsightly appearance was because they kept attacking without looking around them so when Mars dodged they often hit one of them resulting in the current situation. Mars gave a sigh and spoke with a wry smile

”Well now we know what to improve on, no need to feel down after all knowing what you need to improve is half the battle”

Mars' words managed to cheer the four of them up somewhat Mars gave a nod seeing that the fire in their eyes still burned brightly and continued onwards with the training, this time it was one on one as Mars directly attacked and lightly struck their weak points while telling them how to improve at the same time, time passed and eventually the four students were all worn out from the training. Mars gave a smile and walked over to Gorge that was sitting on the ground and helped him up before he clapped him on the shoulder

”Good work today”

”Thanks Mars”

Then he did the same with the rest of the group and made sure they were all standing before he spoke to them again

”You all have done very well today, but remember that today is only the start on a long journey and that you have to keep it up for sometime before you will be able to see yourself improve... A certain amount of strength is needed to live freely in this world and I believe you all are on your way to obtain that strength... Well then see you tomorrow at the same time, same place”

Mars walked off leaving the group of four alone on the training field to catch their breath before they looked at each other with wry expressions on their faces as they imagined doing the same thing tomorrow too but then Freya spoke

”Tomorrow too... I don't even know if I am able to move tomorrow...”

Gorge gave a nod and so did the other two before he spoke

”Well he is without doubt the best [Swordsmanship] teacher this academy has to offer, so of course his training is hard... Let's just see if we can keep up with it”

Kelvin gave a nod and spoke

”My dad always said that strength is hard earned, now I kind of agree... There are no shortcuts”

The other three gave nods before Katrina spoke

”Well I am starving let's go get some food...”

The group of four left the training field to get some food, meanwhile Mars was starting his meditation without eating dinner and so before he noticed it was morning again and a new day had dawned as he got up and stretched before he walked towards the training field. Weeks passed like this and soon Mars had been teaching at the academy for a month, he was now completely used to his life at the academy, currently it was afternoon and Mars was waiting for Gorge and his friends to show up for training so as usual he sat on the training field and waited for them to show up

'...Tomorrow is the day of the field trip... Hopefully it will go smoothly'

Mars had been to a couple of meetings about the field trip and knew that there had been years where there had been casualties among the students and teachers so he hoped that this year would go okay