Ch 3: End of the Three Months Training

3 months later:

Silver spends the days like this and soon 3 months of training will be over. It can be said that after 3 months of training, he became very strong. His malnourished body has also recovered very well thanks to the nutrients obtained. He can now perform fast and powerful attacks. Speed and strength will increase exponentially as his body develops. The only obstacle is his age.

During these 3 months, he met all of the soldiers who received training. However, he hangs out with Marcus and the teenager he saw the first night. It can be said that they are also good.

He learned that the young man's name was Sirius Gem. He has had very close friendships because of his similar experiences in the past and the similarity of his goals. His family was a farmer. He previously ran his family's farm. He was also engaged to his neighbour's beautiful daughter. But one month after the engagement, the village was destroyed as a result of a pirate attack. Similar to Silver, Gem survived by chance. He went to the city that day to sell products. Then, when he reached the village, he saw that it had been destroyed. Then he started bounty hunting. However, due to the lack of basic training, he could not show much effect in bounty hunting. During his voyage, he comes to Louguetown where he hears the Marine auditions. In this way, he participates in the elections and becomes a naval soldier. His dream is to end this pirate age.

During this period, Sirius Gem showed the most development. Since the day he started training, he continued to receive training on his own after training every day. And thanks to this training, his strength has improved considerably. he reached 1.9 meters in length and structured a power-oriented body. In addition, he removed the limits behind his development by eliminating the lack of basic training. His power will increase exponentially in the coming period.

Silver did not train on his own because he could not lift the body in the first week. With the start of the second week, his body has adapted to training, his weakness due to malnutrition has disappeared and his endurance has improved. In this way, he started training with Sirius Gem every day after the daily training. And the intensity of training has increased day by day. At the end of the first month, he started to take the second place after Sirius in every subject. In addition, by raising the target to full hit rate within 50 meters, he has made the most progress in this regard.

Marcus also occasionally attended their evening training. However, he did not develop as much as Silver and Gem since he did not always participate. On the other hand, he has developed considerably compared to the others. After the normal training period, the majority did not continue their training. Only a few people have trained on their own, along with Silver and Gem.

With the beginning of the second month, the intensity of education has increased. That's why most of them are again reduced to what they came to first at the end of the day. Thanks to the extra training Silver received, this situation did not occur. The race started to run 30 kilometres, with 10 laps running around the field. Pull-ups, shuttle, push-ups increased from 100 to 250. Swimming training has been increased to 1.5 hours. The same number of shots can still be shot in shooting training. But with 10 perfect shots in a row, the distance increased by 10 meters. With the beginning of the second month, some soldiers changed their weapons due to their incompatibility with swords. Sirius Black, too, feels incompatible with the sword, so he switches to using halberds. The number of shaking has increased to 1500.

The increase in power accelerated with the increasing difficulty of the training. The second month ended like this.

The difficulty of the training increased in the same way in the third month. The rate increased to 45 kilometres and 15 laps were run around the field. Pull-ups, shuttle, push-ups increased from 250 to 500. Swimming training has increased to 2 hours. Shooting has not changed again. Only the distance has increased. Silver can now never miss a shot from a distance of 100m. Sword swing training has increased to 2000. For Silver, he needs to swing total 4000 times.

There have been some changes in the last week of the training. With everyone's adaptation to the training, they also started to receive combat training. Every day the group starts fighting with each other. In these fights, the Sirius Gem has always been the winner. Silver is generally in the top 5 due to its physical inadequacy. Marcus is in the top 10.

In this way, the time has flown and the training has come to the last day. In fact, if the training had continued, even if not with a similar difficulty, after enlistment, the soldiers would have been quite strong. However, due to the time spent at sea, exhausting wars, laziness and various similar reasons, many people quit training after being drafted. This is why many soldiers cannot go beyond the cannon bait.

After the training, everyone gets in line and waits in front of the Instructor Adam. Instructor Adam looks at the faces of the newly recruited soldiers and sighs. He knows that many of them will quit training. He trained more than a thousand soldiers in this way every year. So he knows that very few of them will continue their training, some will die, some will soon retire, and most of them will become ordinary soldiers. Therefore, he would be very pleased that even 1 soldier among them showed enough potential. And with these thoughts, he looks at the few people standing among the soldiers. Among them, Silver and Sirius Gem are the most he looks at. He has seen high opinion for both and knows that if they survive, they will rise through the ranks. After a while, the review takes back his gaze and begins to speak.

"All of you have officially become naval soldiers since today. But until you are appointed, you will remain in reserve forces and continue your training. You will fight tomorrow to determine the final power ranking. "These words of the Instructor Adam are interrupted by the soldiers.

The soldiers start talking to each other and questioning. They were happy that the training was over, but some were disappointed when they learned that there would be a final battle.

Seeing this situation, Instructor Adam is disappointed and shouts in anger.

''Silence! What do you think to be a marine? Playing games? Do you think we don't know that many of you want to be a marine soldier because of their popularity among the people? Hey, what's your name, soldier? '' After saying the words Instructor Adam refers to a soldier.

''Aydan Canar sir?'' The soldier replies.

Instructor Adam speaks, shuffling the papers in his hand.

'' Let's look who is Aydan Canar. He was born in Lougetown. His family is engaged in trade. He wanted to be a sailor so he could sleep with more girls."

Then he starts yelling not only at him but also at people with similar thoughts.

"You will die, Aydan. You are all going to die. You have no willpower. You have no purpose for survival. You don't hold on to life. You are lost in today's riches. You will all die on your first mission. Some of you will die of fainting fear, some of you will die of fear. Your enemy will also make fun of your corpse. They either use it for fishing or leave it in nothing in the middle of the sea. But you will all die. Where do I know? Because every day thousands of soldiers die like you. Having the same training as you, like you, some become soldiers to sleep with girls, some become soldiers to get rich. But they all die. And what happens to those who die? Nobody remembers. Last year I trained more than 1000 soldiers like you. Only half are alive now. And only 10 of these are still Marine soldiers. The rest either crippled or stopped being sailors out of fear. And none of those who died is remembered. I don't remember the names of any of my students from last year. After all, they will die and you will take their place. When you die, my next students will. Your name will disappear in the dusty pages of history. Who you are, where you are from, your family, your children… None of them will be remembered. Why should I remember and have an excess in my brain? " Instructor Adam was out of breath from shouting for a long time, he was sweaty and his voice dropped.

Hearing this, many soldiers startled and bow their heads. Only a few people are still standing straight and pondering Instructor Adam's words.

'Instructor Adam is right. If you're weak you're nothing.' Silver thinks.

"I have to be stronger," Sirius Gem thinks as he shakes his hands.

Meanwhile, Instructor Adam, who has calmed down, drinks a glass of water and continues his speech.

"Well, where were we? Anyway, there will be a war tournament between you tomorrow. Meanwhile, Captain Smoker will be there, and he plans to hang a few talented sailors. So, perform well tomorrow. You can now disband 'Instructor Adam finished his speech with these words and leave immediately.

With the departure of Instructor Adam, most people start to ignore his words. And they go back to bed. Only those who did extra training every evening remained. The remaining people continue their training by considering the words of Instructor Adam.

Silver completes his training by thinking of the instructor's words. Then he goes to watch the sea to relax. For Silver, these words did not cause any effect other than an increase in his resolve. The fear of death? This fear vanished for him the day his family died and he achieved his purpose to live.