Rhyss Training

Coming out of the room Emma met Asher outside leaning on the wall, seeing aunt Emma he straightened his posture and asked her politely,"when will Alex be done?".

Chuckling at Asher's funny performance she said,"in about three hours, I gave him a potion so he should come out in three hours max". What she gave Alex was a potion that would help Alex in absorbing more restorative energy from the bath and it also made Alex sleep. it was Alex first time experiencing the bath and with his grumbling attitude adding something to make him sleep would make things easier.

"I understand", Asher said with a nod.

"I will be back when he's done, you should also find somewhere to sit you can't just stand there", Emma said while she walked away, her shoes echoed in the lobby, she thought of the two kids and chuckled when she remembered their cute actions.

After three hours, a vigorous Alex jumped out of the pool and smiled while feeling the excessive energy in his body.

"How do you feel", Emma who was standing at the sides said with a smile.

"I feel great, I never knew we had something this good", said Alex who was still amazed with how much energy his body was filled with, he was about to do more exercises when aunt Emma stopped him.

"Don't waste that energy doing all these, go to the training room your dad has been waiting for you for awhile now and trust me you will be needing this energy, your dad has only given you pointers but never trained you don't expect his training to be like others Alex", Emma advised Alex she had seen how the cheiftian trained and she was sure he will not go easy on his son.

"Don't bother, the energy I'm feeling right now is enough to train with my dad a dozen times and I may still have more energy remaining", Alex said while he jumped about, he hurriedly put on his clothes and ran straight to the training room. Emma just shook her head, she pitied the enthusiastic boy. Seeing Alex running out of the room, Asher called out to him but he kept running so Asher had to go after him.

Four hours later, Alex flopped on his bed bed exhausted, he turned his head with a lot of effort to look at Asher who had fainted on his bed, the unlucky boy was caught by his father to join the training, his words were

"As Alex aide, you are to protect him when he can't protect himself and you can't do that weak, so from now on you two will come together".

The only reason Alex was still awake was because of the energy he got from the bath, 'i couldn't even last one full training session', Alex thought as he shudders remembering the training.

' "Alex what weapon do you want to be your life companion?", Rhyss asked staring at Alex with a serious face. This was a very important question, he needed know what weapon Alex would choose.

"The Lance!", Alex said loudly, he wanted to use the Lance because that was his dad's main weapon and his dad was his idol also the weapon looked pretty good.

"Why the Lance, what's your affinity with it?", Rhyss questioned with a raised tone.

"Eh!", Alex was dumbfounded, affinity, he did not know what that meant and 'why the Lance' isn't his father supposed to know it's because he uses the same weapon, he told his father that he would follow his path and his father would always laugh, so why was he getting angry now.

"Are you good with the Lance?.

"Yes, I'm good also good with many weapons", Alex answered confused, his father should know all these things, what's the meaning for the questions.

"Do you want to be a silver Spartan warrior?", Rhyss asked his son with an unreadable expression.

"Of course, I am going to join the Spartan regiment", Alex replied proudly, the name of the silver Spartans were worshipped by the silver bloods, they were the first army formed by the ancestral silver bloods and their one of the strongest regiment, only under the blood knights.

"You do not understand, we have the Spartan infantry, but very few silver Spartans",rhyss said puzzling Alex who was getting more confused, how can a warrior in the Spartan infantry not be a Spartan.

Seeing his son's confusion rhyss explained, to"Spartan warriors are warriors who mastered no weapon but can combine the usage of their three weapons to beat even a grand master who had mastered a certain weapon. Now imagine an army of these warriors".

Wow!", Alex was amazed at this Revelation.

"Now that's what the Spartan regiment stands for", rhyss said with a complicated expression, back then the Spartan regiment had more than ten thousand of these great warriors.

"Now back to our question, what weapon comes to your mind first, which weapon gives you the feeling of being at your peak, which weapon feels natural when you wield it??, Answer with only one weapon's name", rhyss said abruptly and urged Alex to answer.

"The sword", Alex muttered subconsciously, realization evident on his face he shouted"it's the sword, I'm best at using the sword". He looked at his father and understood why he was angry, if he used the Lance, while he may succeed in following his father's footsteps he would never reach his position, forever behind.

"You're a born sword master, you just have to train hard and it will manifest", rhyss said proudly, Alex was born with the affinity of a weapon which was kind of rare, even if he did not awakened the alderigde phantom, his affinity can cover up a little.

"Now it's time to begin your training" '.

Massaging his aching shoulder Alex stared at the bathroom door but there was no strength to go there, he just closed his eyes and slept off. The door opened and Emma saw two exhausted kids snoring on the bed as they slept in stupid positions, she laughed, went over and placed them in a comfortable position and left.

The next day, Alex and Asher had arrived at the training room but they stood at the door neither of them were willing to go in. Alex nudged Asher and said"as my aide you are supposed to go in and search the perimeter".

"What perimeter, that's a guards job and he's your dad so I'm pretty sure you are more safe than me", Asher retorted, he will not experience what had happened yesterday 'maybe the cheiftian's mind has softened today', he thought, he looked at Alex and said mildly.

"Maybe your dad will not be as strict as he was yesterday, he may just give us a little work and we are done, so you go in first and don't forget to put on a pitiful face". Asher tried to convince Alex to go first.

"Hump!, I'm not that foolish Asher", Alex snorted at his friends useless excuse. Suddenly he stumbled into the training room, his eyes widened in anger as he turned and shouted"Asher!!".

Rhyss just laughed at their childish antics, he could hear them from the room but th kids didn't know. He had to stop them before they forget what they came here for.

"Alex you will continue from where we stopped but this time you shall do it 3000 times. Then we will proceed to the next one", rhyss said strictly, he turned and faced Asher whose face had turned pale, he stuttered"..th..three... three thousand..and there is more!". He gulped his saliva in fear.

"You!"a booming voice brought him back to reality, he could do nothing but widen his eyes in horror as he heard his decree" the same with Alex but you will stop at the first one.."Asher breathed out in relief when he heard he won't be participating in the next training but rhyss next words broke his fantasy of an easier training" you will train with a much heavier weapon, at least double the previous weight", rhyss strict face made Asher nod meekly.

"Good, now begin!".

Alex and Asher went to the weapons rack and selected their weapons then moved to their positions. Alex stood in an appropriate stance and parried, pierced and slashed his sword, he repeated the same move until he was exhausted, drinking a large cup of water he went back to his position and continued, but at a much slower pace. Asher laid on the floor, his weapon was twice its weight so he got tired twice faster, his clothes were soaked with sweat, he turned his head and glared at Alex with anger.

Feeling his gaze, Alex turned and asked"what!".

"You should have followed my plan",Asher said with a hard glare.

"Just get up and train, we have lessons, well that's if we make it out of here awake and don't forget you pushed me", Alex said while wiping sweat off his face, picked up his sword and continued from where he stopped.

"Do not just wave your weapons, coordinate with your body, the force must first come from your feet, not just your arms", said rhyss who appeared unknowingly, he leaned on the door and crossed his arms, staring at Alex who had been venting his frustrations by swinging his sword forcefully.

"Do not ever forget to let your anger empower you, the day it controls you especially in a battlefield, you are a dead", rhyss said seriously.

"And be quick you need to go to your lessons and also rest, you leave for the camp tomorrow". rhyss added as he opens the door and walked away.

"This is the one time that hearing about the camp gives me joy", Asher said to Alex with a relived expression,"at least at the camp there won't be such intense training, right?", He also questioned, he needed to be assured because the cheiftian's training was a nightmares.

Alex shrugged with an 'i don't know' expression and concentrated on his sword, ignoring Asher who was panicking.

"Alex, what do you mean by that, Alex, Alex!, Explain to me!".