Grind Season

"UP DOWN AND GO UP DOWN AND GO UP DOWN"

"KEEP IT UP KEEP IT UP"

"YOU'RE ALMOST THERE DON'T WASTE ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS FOR NOTHING"

"HEAD UP"

"SHOULDER BACK AND ELBOWS IN"

"LOWER LOWER LOWERRR"

Revan was marching around and instructing the participants. Some of them had their arms shaking while doing the pushups.... they were struggling to hold up their weight. Some had their legs shaking and others couldn't raise their body in order to complete their pull-ups.

"LAST STRETCH GUYS, DO WHATEVER YOU NEED, GET YOUR SECOND WIND, KICK IT INTO SECOND GEAR AND GRIND FOR WHAT YOU WANT!"

There was a difference between the bottom of the pack and the top. When some men couldn't push anymore... their arms would collapse under them and their sweat would feel like a thousand pounds keeping them glued to the floor. The difference was that when Rei and Kai fell they would get right back into it. Rei would slap his chest or slap the ground in order to hype himself up and he would get working again. Kai would take a couple second to breathe deeply and lower his fast heartbeat... neck and neck he and Rai would go back and forth with short breaks and intense sweat sessions.

Revan thought to himself, "It looks like I have 2 wolves in my pack."

As sweat filled the air... people began to leave. There were a few people who were at the bottom of the barrel. Not because they weren't genetically gifted, they were at the bottom of the barrel because they would do the bare minimum to get by. Revan noticed that these were also the same people who barely sparred and if they did they would barely expend energy. "They deserve what they get, well.... there's no helping them now.." Revan was thinking and observing.

By the end of it all there were still most of them left. If Revan had to guess..... maybe less than 100 of the participants didn't make it through and ended up failing.

Regardless, everyone was drenched in sweat, not a single participant was dry, especially with the hot sun peering down on everyone. In the Wastelands the sun felt much stronger than in 3 Peaks. Even Revan had sweat dripping down his forehead.

Revan wiped the bead of sweat from his forehead, "Congratulations to everyone who has passed the entrance exam... it is necessary in order to begin the 1 month of hell training. If you guys didn't prepare sufficiently you wouldn't have made it through the entire month without quitting before it ended. Now... I want you all to have half a mushroom with your post workout meals. The 5 Nights Mushrooms will be eaten in halves after every workout in order to maximize recovery and it will aid in rebuilding stronger muscles after they are torn down with our workouts."

Revan: Make sure you guys are ready. Tomorrow you guys can have another rest. After that, your hell month will officially begin... Well, see you guys tomorrow

"See you!"

"Bye Instructor"

"See ya Boss!"

The individual participants were unaware of Revan's name so they created unique ways to call for him.