Hellish Training

Upon waking up the next morning, Harold started their new training regiment.

They wore bags filled to the brim with rocks, started using metal weapons which they could barely carry, and doubled the amount of running, sit-ups, and push-ups they normally did.

They were taught how to swim and climb steep hills with their bags on.

This at first might not seem like a lot but the boys were only eight years old.

Their beds disappeared and were told to sleep on the hard ground, they usually would stop training at night due to the sheer coldness of the night, but now, they were forced to duel each other in the darkness.

Lastly, the boys were taught how to hunt, how to use a bow & arrow, how to skin an animal and cook it properly.

They weren't allowed food from the house anymore, if they wanted food, they would get their own.

[Author's Note: while it won't have an impact on the story, please remember that Aerys Targaryen, The Mad King, will become king when the MC turns ten-years-old]

As the months and years started to pass, before the old men knew it, the boys turned thirteen.

Lorik had hit puberty when he was twelve and continued to grow, his once curly brown hair is now pulled back into a man bun.

Standing at 5'3ft with tanned-skin, lean muscles spread throughout his body, during these past five years, he's taken a personal liking to dual-wielding two shortswords, he preferred dodging and deflecting.

He and Alexander had become brother's over the past seven years they had been together, despite Alex just starting puberty, he was already the same height and weight as Lorik.

Alex stood at 5'3ft with short ash-colored hair, slightly tanned yet fair skin, his muscles were a little bigger than his brother's.

Over these five years, he had grown to like using light leather armor, and a single longsword with his left hand empty to use his magic, he instantly took to using a bow a lot of the time, he loved the silence and precision it had over his lightning when hunting.

As his spells reached one hundred, he got a pop-up telling him they would now cost 50% less mana to cast.

His levels, stats, skills, and magic had grown a lot, he had even bought a few more spells.

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Name: Alexander Aeric

Age: 13 years old

Level: 22 [10/4600xp]

Health: 180

Stamina: 200

Mana: 350

Stat Points Available: 45

Store Points: 70

[Base Stats]

Strength: 24

Dexterity: 22

Intelligence: 35

Magic: 35

Perception: 20

Charisma: 18

Vitality: 22

Luck: 10

Traits: [Minor Mana Regen] [Perfect Memory]

Skills: [Gamers Mind: Max] [Gamers Body: Max] [Reading: Max] [Writing: Max] [Stealth: Max] [Boxing: Master 500/750] [Weapon Maintenance: Max] [Reflexes: Max] [Swordsmanship: Master 380/750] [Swimming: Adept 25/500] [Cooking: Master 600/750] [Hunting: Master 0/750] [Skinning: Adept 300/500] [Archery: Max]

Spells: [Shock: 100/100] [Healing: 100/100] [Oakflesh: 100/100] [Bound Dagger: 100/100] [Stoneflesh: 100/250] [Candlelight: 100/100] [Bound Sword: 100/100] [Conjure Familiar: 25/100] [Lesser Ward: 50/100] [Frostbite: 35/100] [Flames: 100/100]

Inventory: Steel Longsword, Bow, Arrows {30}. Full Leather Armor, Dried Meat (12),

Store: Open

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Now, sitting at his campsite while chewing some dried meat, he squints at his stats.

'System, spend eighteen points and put Strength, Dexterity, Perception, Charisma, and Vitality to twenty-five points'

[Your request has been complete, you have five new traits]

[Strength Concentration: The user can focus their strength into a point of their body, allowing them to cause a massive amount of damage, and lift heavy objects]

[Enhanced Quick-Draw: With a sword, the user can draw their sword(s) and cut their opponent in successful quick strikes before they would have a chance to react]

[Panoramic Vision: The ability to see in all directions at the same time]

[Subliminal Seduction: User can project seductive thoughts to the minds of others, speak with subliminal seductive power behind each word, and/or stimulate the brain's pleasure centers by touch, voice, or thought. This can be used to attract and seduce any subject one desires because the subject receiving the thoughts would believe they were the ones thinking them]

[Thermal Resistance: The user can survive in any temperature without discomfort]

Alex had to close his eyes for a second, seeing in all directions at once was making him nauseous.

He was elated at his new traits, especially, Enhanced Quick-Draw, that would be helpful in many situations.

He looked at his twenty-seven stat points left but decided to keep them for now, closing the system.

After opening and closing his eyes several times, he finally gets acquainted with his new vision, being able to see in every direction at once was cool but it was hard to get used to.

Thermal resistance was beautiful, the scorching heat that was previously burning his skin was now just warm and comfy.

'Hmm, maybe i should head north of the wall and meet the wildlings in the future, that could be interesting'

With his new vision, he sees his brother trying to sneak up on him from, "You still suck at sneaking"

He hears a sigh before Lorik sits beside him and taking some dried meat, "Well, not all of us can be good at everything", he says with his traditional smirk.

As the boys grew up, they found a calmness and safe feeling around each other, they prefer to sit in silence with the occasional sentence here and there,

Lorik breaks the silence, "Two more years, i wonder where they'll send us"

Alex looked at him with a serious expression, "Doesn't matter, your my family, even if you anger the entire world with that shit-eating grin of yours, I'll be there right by your side, all you need to do is call for me"

The tanned boy gives a hearty laugh before leaning on his brother, "yeah, it's us against the world"

Again, silence fills the small camp, Alex smirks, "You didn't return to camp last night, did you finally decide to quit being a warrior and work in a whorehouse instead", this causes his brother to push him.

"Shut up, at least I've had sex, unlike someone i know", he says with a daring tone of voice.

Alex just looks at him, "do you want to make a bet?"

Lorik looks at him in confusion, In the past seven years that he has known Alexander, he's never once made a bet, "What's the bet?"

Alex clears his throat, "We'll go to the market, you can pick out any woman you see, and I'll seduce them... if i win, you have to do all the hunting for a week but if i lose, I'll do it"

He knew how much Lorik hated hunting, he was never good with a bow & arrow, but his brother nods, "Deal"

They shake hands and make their way to the nearest marketplace three miles away.