38 The instructor is scary (1/2)

The normal students breathing slowly stabilized while they were resting, but they continued to lay flat in the field without movements. Their body felt as dead as a log. The awakened students were better off as their body had better recovery and able to sit up.

”Everyone has exceeded my expectation in both good and bad ways, but at least you all managed to complete the exercise-”

”Did you mean you weren't expecting all of us to complete the exercise?” An awakened student interrupted Eugene.

Eugene eyebrows creased a bit. He was already displeased with the behavior of the awakened students during the first half of the exercise. ”We were evaluating your characters and capabilities. There's no way to keep track of whether all of you actually did 40 laps.”

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The students were surprised. What the instructor made sense. There are so many of them. Unless they were single-handedly targeted, there was no way of keeping track of who did how many laps. Some students had done more than just 40 laps to help the struggling ones make it through. They don't know whether to be happy or not at the sudden revelation.

”You are all the future elites of the kingdom and what we are training are capable soldiers, not puppets. Following orders is good but following blindly is not. You need to think carefully about orders given. Even your superiors could make mistakes. Mistakes are a part of what makes us humans. We make mistakes, learn from them and grow. But do remember that a price is paid for mistakes made on the battlefield. Let that be the first lesson.”

Students of Crawford University naturally enjoy better privileges but also burdened with an equal responsibility compared to other schools. The new recruits from the other schools only had a day of mental preparation before they were sent to the training camp near the wall. They did not get to stay back in the Capital.

”Overall, you all did a great job. If this was the battlefield, those who leave their comrades behind to die are worse than animals. At least animals know the meaning of loyalty.”

”But those animals are all savage beasts now, would they still understand the meaning of loyalty?”

”But this is not battlefield.”

Eugene was bombarded with a few questions and retorts.

In the face of life and death, you would be the first to run without a care for your fellow comrades! Feeling wronged? Judged unfairly? The reason I didn't mention that you were all being tested was to evaluate your behaviors. I'm not interested in watching your hypocritical acts of concern for others.” Eugene didn't give them any face at all and criticized them harshly. He changed his mind about giving them special treatments.

”Edric, Cayden, Adrian...” Eugene started calling names and a bunch of others. ”You are all the strongest, the offspring of high-ranking nobles and should be the natural leaders of the group but what were you all doing? Showing off your capabilities? Not only did you not help the others, you made it inconvenient for them as well.

Those who charge ahead in the enemy lines alone are usually the first to die. What are you feeling proud and arrogant for? Wipe those things off your faces for me. Take away your family backing and what are you? A nobody! The beasts would not care what family is backing you and would slaughter you all the same.”

Those that had their names called all had ugly faces for being criticized by the instructor. They felt like they were being humiliated by the commander who was a commoner. Leon watched the whole situation unfold and shook his head. The instructor was trying to instill important life lessons and wake them up with the hopes it would save their lives when they are thrown onto the battlefield. The front-line wasn't a playground and needed to be treated seriously. He didn't want them to become complacent during training, only to forfeit their lives later.

Pity the instructor's words was just going through one ear and out the other. They were unconvinced. Towards these noble scions, Leon though that they wouldn't be convinced until they see the coffin. The instructor was wasting his breath.

”Who the hell are you calling a nobody?!” One of them couldn't handle the criticism and blew his top.

”10 spanks.” Towards this student, the instructor did not replied and just signaled for one of the soldiers to take him out to be punished with 10 hard spanks. The soldiers under the instructor were all 3rd step awakeners, the same as the student being punished. However, their physical prowess was on a whole different level during to their rigorous military training. The student couldn't even resist as he was dragged out of the crowd to be spanked.