489 Failed Battles

"Again!" Ashton roared in a fury. 

The cold rage within Ashton had subsided a bit. The reason behind it was extensive training. It was okay, as he was used to surplus training, but that wasn't the case for his recruits. 

Continuous training for twelve hours wasn't a herculean feat for metahumans. The problem was they weren't training against each other but against Ashton's summons! 

It wasn't just the metahumans who were in a pickle; the Giholos were in the same boat. Following their blind faith towards the 'flame god', they decided it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to train with their revered lord. 

The aliens knew that their *lord's* training regime would be challenging. However, they had not expected to shed blood, tears and sweat simultaneously! Had it not been for their blind faith, most of them would have collapsed in a matter of minutes.