The next day, Adam checked out the training quest again and it said now :
3rd tutorial gate 26h 23minutes [expand]
Training session 1h 6 minutes left [expand]
So, he clicked on the [expand] button
The window enlarged and a wall of text appeared.
[Training session - 1h 6minutes left]
[Location - nearest training facility registered in the system]
[Facility closest to you : Galaxy Fitness Ursus]
[The training will be conducted by a system appointed supervisor and will be held for every soldier in the vicinity at the same time]
[The training session will last 2 hours, not included breaks]
[The training session is mandatory unless you have full filled your required training hours for the week]
[Being late will result in a penalty in a form of additional training time]
[Destruction of training facility results in a pay cut and forced labor]
[Disturbing the supervisor or the training session will result in a penalty in a form of additional training time]
[Refusing to train will result in a penalty of pay cut and if further abandoning duties - demotion]
[The supervisor of the training session is not responsible for injuries acquired during training not caused by his direct orders]
Adam read all of that and closed the window. And everything seemed fine.
Except for the fact that he was still f***ing tired from both fighting and training for 3 hours straight and swinging the sword instead of resting.
"You know what " he tossed the shirt from yesterday into the bag "They force us to train"
and the pants
"They 'encourage' to fight monsters" grabbed his shaker
"and they didn`t show up" juicy scoop of protein powder went in it
"AND they penalize for being late" Shook the shaker aggresivly
"F**k them" and tossed it in the bag.
Adam put on some old tracksuits, put in small ear headphones, grabbed the phone and went out.
"Wait" small runback to the house "I`ll be sweating like a pig" and grabbed a towel.
1 hour to training. What to do. What to do...
So he went for a jog.
Because. Why not.
If he`s going to train, he`s gonna train. Especially if he`s about to be in joint training session ran by some unknown "supervisor"
So he ran.
And by the end of the hour he was at the gym.
A small gathering was in front of the building, mostly men but a few ladies too. All of them in pretty good shape, no one fat, no one with a weird posture. Just ... fit.
Some were talking, some were just standing around, others checking out cars in the parking lot.
[The training session will begin in 5 minutes]
pop-up window appeared and startled Adam for a second.
And as it seems everybody else , since it became quit instantly.
"Alright people" some guy exited the gym "You all saw the message. you have 5 minutes. Get in, get dressed and we meet out here again"
Silence
"Who the f**k are you" someone said
The man made a slow step forward, coming out of the doors fully and showing himself to everyone. Around 30s, black hair, short beard and mustache, not too tall. And really really visible muscles around a tight gym shirt.
"I`m going to give you one guess, and I`m pretty sure it`s really f**king obvious"
jokingly the heckler answered "What, you work here"
"Yea but that`s not important today. DOWN AND GIVE ME 10" he answered with a laughing voice too, which quickly turned into an army command.
The heckler at first did nothing, but soon he dropped to the ground completed the push ups in no time. His face was a little scared, and a little more angry.
"God I love this system" and then louder to everyone "YOU HAVE 4 MINUTES. GO GO GO"
The crowd stormed the gym, took to the lockers and ran out ready to train.
[The training session is now beginning]
"Listen up. I`m Grant, usually I train people in here, now I have to train you. I tell you what to do, you do it and everyone goes home happy. Except that guy" pointing at the heckler.
The group of around 20 people in front of him said nothing.
"Okey fine, let`s just start . See these cars?" parking lot with cars. nothing special
"Give me 5 laps around"
Adam, who just finished the jogging session was mostly like - why not. again.
So he started to run, slowly but faster than walking.
And the rest went after him.
1st lap and they passed the instructor, who was holding a stopwatch.
"What the hell is that supposed to be, RUN B****S RUN"
So Adam sped up, and the crowd sped up too.
2nd lap in, the instructor was pleased.
the 3rd though was not as good.
"Do I sound like a joke to you, WHY ARE YOU SLOWING DOWN" and he pulled out a whistle and started blasting it.
4th lap again. and for the 5th one he started to chase the last guys, hitting them with the stopwatch.
After everyone stopped, and most were visibly tired, trying to get some water and rest a bit.
"YOU`VE RAN 2 KILOMETERS AND CAN`T CATCH A BREATH" The instructor came last, "encouraging" the final runners "5 minute break. I need to take a piss"
He ran into the building, leaving the crowd to rest.