𝔖𝔞𝔩𝔲𝔱𝔢 (𝔄𝔱𝔱𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔫 𝔵 ℜ𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔯)

𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 18: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕

⚀ 3ʀᴅ Pᴏᴠ ⚀

Droplets of sweat went down their chins.

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

Their arms were on the brink of giving up, and their legs were tired from running too much. They were both physically and mentally exhausted from all of her orders. From daybreak to dusk, they were all ordered to train and follow the orders of Valor. It was obvious that they chose a bad decision; to abuse their kindness.

Only one week has passed but all of the traitors were about to let themselves get eaten by titans. Some even tried to escape the second wall but ultimately lost to the soldiers. Her training was that brutal. Many were caught who were about to commit suicide due to it. Numerous begged to her with salty tears but failed and had no choice but to train under her.

Seeing those kind of situations, news scattered to the soldiers and to the international ones too. People who wished to be trained by her changed their perception about it. If their training was already hard for them then surviving a day under her would be impossible, it was a miracle that they were still standing. Only because Valor was going easy on them. 

"Lower." They forced themselves to go lower. "90." she said as she put her boot on someone's back then pushed it downwards. They were doing pushups for 100 times, many already gave up because the pressure of dying. And because of exhaustion from the earlier training, it was slowly driving them to the edge.

The Scouts watched the training while guiding others too.

"Stand up. 3 minute plank. Start." They started to position themselves, arms and legs supporting the body. Arm strength was the thing one must have during this session. Not even 30 seconds passed, half of the surviving individuals gave up. 5 already passed out, and only the second hour of the day was done, they still have a long way to go.

"Did I say you can rest?" Y/N asked a man whose face was kissing the dirt. Y/N grabbed hold of the man's hair, lifted his dirty head, and looked at him with monotonous eyes. "Answer me." He shook his head no in quick manner. "Then stand up. I will not give you any special treatment even if you're the president's son. So stand the fu** up and continue." Y/N sternly commanded. "Yes maam!"

Hange watched and chuckled. "Hey Valor!" the scientist called. The said woman walked towards her, her footsteps were quiet, and barely made a sound even though she was walking fast with all of her weight.

"Don't you think you're a bit too tough on them?" Hange asked, hands on her hips. "I'm not. I'm just preparing them for the titans. If they can't handle me then they already have two options, and that is to die during training or die in my hands." Valor answered with her arms crossed.

"Captain Y/N," Mikasa called beside her. Y/N only continued to look at the soldiers but responded, "What?" Mikasa was double-thinking whether she would continue. 10 seconds of silence passed.

"Mikasa? What is it?" Valor repeated, now looking at the teen. "Can you also train me? I believe that with your skills I will learn new ways and gain new benefits to able to bring out the best of my abilities." Ackerman confidently stated. Y/N looked at her confusingly, why would anyone want to be brutally trained willingly? Hange looked at Mikasa if she was serious. Desire and obligingness were all written over her face, confidence seeped out of every pore.