Chapter 60: Second Phase (1/2)
After packing all their luggage, they made sure there was no trash left in the area since they didn't want to destroy the environment.
Alea then took out glasses from her pocket and handed them to Theo. The glasses had a rectangular shape with a red frame which would look good on Alea but weird on Theo.
Either way, Theo didn't care about his appearance, so he took the glasses from her and put them on. The frame seemed to be adjusting its size to match Theo's head. Even when he shook his head, the glasses didn't fly away, so it would be fine even if he used his full speed when running back.
Surprisingly, the dark world which lowered his vision range to only ten feet in front of him had brightened to the point he had no problem in seeing somewhere around fifty to sixty feet in front of him.
”This is…” Theo drew a gasp. The scenery he looked at was certainly not like when the sun was up. It was filled with blue light from the moon. Yet, it was bright enough to find anything he needed.
”It's good, isn't it?” Alea smirked.
”Yeah. As expected from a rich young lady… Should I grab your tight right now?” Theo threw a joke with a poker face.
Alea surprisingly didn't answer him as she looked at Theo with eyes wide open, wondering if she heard it right.
Glancing over her, he frowned. ”What?”
”No. I'm just surprised that you can joke.”
Theo's eyebrows twitched as he really wanted to hit this girl for thinking of him as someone who couldn't even talk properly. ”Is that a problem?”
”No, I am just glad you can do something like that. After all, it means you trust me a bit, right?”
”…” Theo turned around, added another minus on the point, and started running to their camp. ”I was wrong. I shouldn't do it since you would make fun of me.”
”Wait! I didn't mean to. Wait for me. I apologize okay? Theo! Sorry!” She hurriedly chased Theo, trying to talk it out during the journey. Although it was annoying to have someone's voice echoing in your ears continuously, the journey, at least, wasn't that boring because of it.
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The next day, Major Sam had gathered them in the middle area. Unlike the previous day, Theo could find a bracelet on the side.
”We have measured your strength, stamina, and other things during the first week. For this entire week, you're going to wear this weight all the time, including sleep. This is where the real training starts, so come to me if you feel like quitting.” Major Sam shrugged. ”We will be calling your name. The people with the name start from A to D follow me. I will be handing the weight.”
Most of them wanted to complain since the training was already hard enough. Yet, it would become even harder from this point on. Some of them already had a thought of giving up because they couldn't find a need to get some extra points by working this ward.