Push-ups.
"Hmm, nice choice". Captain Wayne uttered, then he voiced out once again, "Is there any reason why you decided to choose sword?".
Hugo didn't want to tell him about his father, he didn't want to tell him that he was trying to follow his dad's legacy 'cause he was a good swordsman. So he said,
"No, there's no reason. I chose it 'cause I know I'll be more comfortable with it, and I'll learn how to use it fast".
"OK. Now, drop the sword back on the table". Captain Wayne uttered.
There was a perplexed expression on Hugo's face, what does he mean, 'Drop the sword back on the table?'. He's chosen this as his weapon, so wasn't he supposed to be with it? He glanced at Captain Wayne and voiced out,
"I thought this sword is mine since I've chosen it as my weapon, so why are you telling me to drop it back on the table?".
Captain Wayne laughed a little before speaking, "Yeah, you've chosen it as your weapon, but you can't be carrying it around yet. You aren't even good at martial arts yet, not to talk of sword fighting. You'll get a sword when you're showing signs of improvement, when you can handle a sword. Before you start learning sword fighting, you have to learn martial arts first. So,
I brought you here so you'll choose your weapon ahead of time so I'll know what I'll base my training on. Even when I would be teaching you sword fighting, we'll use sticks, not real swords. This is what I did to all the students in the A class, they chose their weapons, but they haven't been given them yet. I did that so the teachers training them would know what to base their training on...it must be according to the weapons they chose,
The only students with their weapons are the ones in the S class and F class. And as a matter of fact, not everyone in the F class are with their weapons. So you shouldn't be talking about having your weapon now, what you should be thinking is for you to train, become stronger, and for your power level to increase".
Hugo nodded his head, yeah, that was true, what he should be thinking now is how to become stronger, and for his power level to increase. He dropped the sword, then Captain Wayne said to him,
"Let's go outside".
The both of them strolled out of the compartment, then Captain Wayne locked the door using the key. They evacuated the building as they were already on the compound once again. According to what Hugo was seeing, lots of the A class students were already on the compound training, they were done with the brain testers.
Vera and Ryder weren't standing anymore, they were training now. A male adult was training, Ryder, and a female adult was training, Vera. He also sighted Evelyn on the compound training, but Everett was nowhere to be found, where did he go to? The compound was busy, students everywhere with one aim in mind, to become stronger, to defend themselves from those zombies.
Hugo was still glancing around when Captain Wayne tapped him on his shoulder and said,
"You can see, the compound is filled up, but there are still silent places, I want us to go there. I want to train you in a free and silent area".
After making that statement, he pointed at a certain spot in the compound, no one was there. Then he uttered to Hugo once again,
"Let's head over to that spot".
The both of them began sauntering to the spot, and on getting there, they halted. Then Captain Wayne closed his eyes, placed his two palms together, and said,
"Hugo, do the same and feel the energy flowing around you".
Hugo was confused, like, was he being serious? What energy was he talking of? He didn't even know when he voiced out,
"For real?".
"Yes, for real. Do what I'm doing, place your palms together, close your eyes, squat a little, and feel the energy flowing around you". Captain Wayne voiced out once again.
Though Hugo was reluctant, he'll have to do it. So he placed his palms together, closed his eyes, squat a little...but, he wasn't feeling any energy flowing around him. Close to a minute, Captain Wayne inquired of him,
"So, are you feeling any energy flowing around you?".
Hugo would have to tell him the truth, so he voiced out, "No, am not feeling anything".
"For real?".
"Yes, am not feeling anything".
Captain Wayne sighed a little, opened his eyes, straightened his hands, stood like a normal person, and sauntered to where Hugo was standing. He stood right in front of Hugo, and with an audible tone of voice, he let out,
"STOP".
Hugo opened his eyes, trembled, lost balance, and almost fell to the ground...he wasn't expecting that. Then Captain Wayne glanced directly into his eyes and inquired once again,
"So, you didn't feel any energy?".
"No. If I may ask, what type of energy are you talking about?". Hugo asked.
"Don't worry, forget about it".
After making that statement, he walked closer to Hugo and hit him hard on his shoulders. And Hugo let out the word, 'Ouch'. Then Captain Wayne turned around, walked some meters away from him, turned around once again as his gaze was now fixed on, Hugo, then he uttered,
"Do thirty push-ups, no stopping".
"What! Thirty push-ups? Isn't that too....."
Captain Wayne cut him short before he could even finish making that utterance, "Do you want to say thirty push-ups is too much? Just be happy that I didn't make it thirty-five or forty. Do thirty push-ups right now".
Hugo wasn't sure he could do this, but he's got to try. As he was about to lay on the ground to proceed with the push-ups, he heard the system's voice,
[ Ding! Ding!]
[ New quest]
[ Complete all the push-ups tasks that would be given to you by Captain Wayne]
[ Quest reward: +20 Exp]
[ Failure to accomplish quest: Captain Wayne would be upset]
Seeing this new quest from the system, he wasn't sure he could complete the thirty push-ups at first, but now, he was gonna try his f**king best to complete it. And if there's more to come, he'll try his best to complete them also. He needed the Exp, he wanted to level up as fast as possible. He knelt, then he put his hands to the ground using that to support his whole body.
Then the push up started, he started going up and down,
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And that's how it kept on going, he was doing the push-ups smoothly. But by the time he got to 18, his hands were already wiggling. He was already sweating a little, but he kept on going, he wouldn't give up. By the time he got to 23, he heard a 'Crack' in his hand. Not like his bone broke or something, something else happened due to the push-ups.
His hands were wiggling as f**k, he just felt like giving up, but no, he wouldn't do that. First of all, he doesn't want to displease Captain Wayne, like, 'You couldn't even do thirty push-ups'. And secondly, he needed to accomplish the quest that his system gave to him, he needed that Exp. So he kept on going,
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And done, he lay on the ground immediately, he was sweating and his breathing was heavy. But at least, he did it, yeah, he completed the thirty push-ups. Captain Wayne strolled to where he was lying and began clapping his hands, then he uttered,
"Good job, boy. You completed the thirty push-ups, but you're not done yet".
"Am not done yet? What else?". Hugo inquired.
"Catch your breath first". Captain Wayne said strolling some meters away from, Hugo.
Hugo lay on the ground for close to two minutes, his breathing reduced before he stood up from the ground. Then he strolled to where Captain Wayne was standing and uttered,
"So, what else? Are you gonna tell me to do another round of push-ups?".
Captain Wayne glanced at him and retorted, "Yeah, you gonna do some more push-ups".
Oh, Hugo wasn't expecting that, he wasn't expecting that Captain Wayne would tell him to do some more push-ups, he thought they'll move to another training.
"Do twenty more push-ups, and you are done with the push-ups part". Captain Wayne said.
Hugo breathed in and out, then he lay on the ground using his hands to hold on to his whole body. Then the push-ups started, he started going up and down...twenty push-ups, here we come.