Lord of the Sky City

In the quiet night on the training field, Kyle's loud voice, along with the high and clear responses from the team members, shattered the tranquility of the night sky, allowing their voices to echo continuously across the field.

Honestly, Rocky was stunned by the scene before him, overwhelmed by the spirit of the squad, although he had already guessed that the squad Giventer sent him to was extraordinary, he hadn't expected it to be like this. From Kyle and the team members' tone, this Void Magic Squad seemed to be the most elite in the Alliance Army?

Yes, Fierce Tiger Squad was indeed one of the most elite Void Magic Squads in the Alliance Army!

In the Void Magic Corps of the Alliance Army, there was a very special and secretive unit named Blue Crune, composed of ten Void Magic Squads, each equipped with the most advanced fifth-generation Special Armor. Every member was a cherry-picked ace warrior from countless Void Magic Warriors, each capable of taking on ten foes alone.

It was precisely because of such high equipment and capabilities that Blue Crune was revered as the strongest Void Magic Corps in the entire Alliance Army. One fact alone proved the unit's prowess: since its establishment, it had never deployed all of its members!

The ten Void Magic Squads of Blue Crune had participated in countless battles, always the most dangerous and intense, yet the unit had never needed to deploy all its soldiers in one battle or war because they had never encountered an opponent that warranted a full deployment!

Even now, facing the Kafka Empire of equal status, confronting an Imperial Army that was no weaker than the Alliance, perhaps even slightly stronger, Blue Crune had not deployed completely. They had simply dispatched one squad to each of the Four Great War Zones.

Clearly, in this unit's view, even if the enemy was the Imperial Army, one squad was enough, because even just one Void Magic Squad from among them possessed the formidable strength to resolve a major battle!

Fierce Tiger Squad was that squad!

"Rocky."

"......"

"Rocky!"

"Yes! Sir!"

Obviously, Rocky had not fully adapted to military life. When Kyle called his name, his response was a half beat slow, which immediately made Kyle glower and roar again.

"From now on, when I call you, you must respond immediately, understand?"

"Yes, Sir!"

Standing before Kyle, Rocky was strenuously adapting to his new identity and environment, responding as loudly as possible.

His reaction finally calmed Kyle's roar. Then Kyle looked around at everyone and revealed an extremely ugly yet unwitting smile, "Folks, since we have a new member today, I've decided to have you undergo a special training tonight to welcome him!" Discover exclusive content at My Virtual Library Empire

"Everyone, attention!"

As Kyle finished this sentence, not only did confusion show on Rocky's face, but expressions of despair and dejection also appeared on the others. Unfortunately, Kyle didn't give them time to reflect and immediately yelled.

Oddly enough, perhaps due to his truly loud voice or maybe some kind of magic power in his commands, upon hearing his order, Rocky instinctively stood straight.

"Everyone, left turn!"

"Twenty laps around the field, run! None of you can sleep until everyone has finished," Kyle said.

After Kyle's words, Rocky, who had been at the back of the line but now was at the front, stood with his mouth agape looking at him, wondering if he had heard something wrong.

At this late hour, why did they start running, and for twenty laps around the field no less!

Does Kyle not realize how large this playground is?

However, Kyle clearly didn't care about such details. Seeing Rocky looking at him but not running, he roared once again, causing Rocky's ears to buzz, forcing him to start moving.

Rocky had never experienced training like this before, and although he felt some complaints and dissatisfaction inwardly, he was quite confident in himself. After all, he was a Third-Level Warrior. Maybe it wasn't a very high rank, but he still had physical fitness, so he believed completing these twenty laps would definitely be manageable.

But he had clearly overthought it...

The playground was much larger than he had imagined, and what was more, for the first time he discovered that running was not as simple as it seemed. Without prior training, suddenly undertaking such a long run was completely overwhelming for him.

After only two laps, initially at the very front of the team, he had fallen to the very back, while compared to him, the rest of the squad was not at all unfamiliar with this kind of running. For at least the first two laps, not only did they maintain their pace consistently, but their breathing remained very stable as well.

The gap started to show then and became larger and larger afterward.

After running at the back for five laps, Rocky began to lag behind. He found that his physical stamina was far less than he had imagined. After five laps, he was already gasping for breath, while the others continued as usual, their pace moderate and unslowed.

And by the seventh lap, as he gasped for air and looked up, he realized the team had disappeared from sight. When he instinctively turned his head, he found the squad behind him.

About to be lapped?

Realizing the squad had actually run behind him, Rocky suddenly felt dejected. Were they running too fast, or was he running too slow? How had he gotten lapped?

Just as he was thinking this, the squad had already run past him.

"Rocky! Keep it up!"

As the squad ran past him, Rocky saw Abbas give him a thumbs up, seemingly to encourage him, but this only bruised Rocky's pride further. From Abbas's demeanor, it was evident that running so many laps had been a breeze for him.

After that, Rocky just watched helplessly as the others surpassed him.

Consequently, he had completely fallen a lap behind, but this was apparently not the end.

As time went on, Rocky increasingly felt the toll on his stamina. By the eighth lap, it seemed as if his lungs would explode, and breathing became extremely difficult. As he was already drenched in sweat, his clothes were completely soaked and uncomfortably stuck to his body.

By the tenth lap, his legs felt as if they were filled with lead, so heavy he could hardly lift them; let alone run, even taking a simple step was incredibly difficult, yet the squad passed him once again at that moment.

Regrettably, Rocky, by now, had no mind to pay attention to this anymore. As his physical strength was depleted, his mind also became somewhat unclear. From then on, his pace became slower and slower, and it was more appropriate to say he was walking than running.

Under these circumstances, by the time he had reached the thirteenth lap, the rest had already finished!

The other members of the squad had completed their twenty laps and all returned to Kyle's front; some sat directly on the ground, others were continuously panting heavily. Everyone was quite exhausted, yet no one went back to the tents to rest.

Because Kyle had said that everyone could go back to sleep only after all had finished running, and obviously Rocky had not finished, so even though the others had done so, they were still not allowed to return...