Shifting Tides - Part 4

But even that struggle, and basic torture that he had applied to them, still had not been enough. The results were significant, but they were still not the results that he wished for.

The harshest Patrick men, in the form of their Sergeants, split up amongst the thousand, to pay attention to individuals, and ensure that not a single man could slack off. They were put through the motions, forced to fight and swing their sword on the spot for an entire hour, and they were set to do another hour more, if Oliver's schedule was to be followed. They were made to do the most basic of strikes, but it was the endurance, and the total body strength that Oliver was looking to see built in them.