Chapter 9 New Routines - Part 1

Once they got home, Landon told his mom and Lucy all that happened. They warmly welcomed Momo and Grace into their family. Little Momo and Grace were given rooms close to each other. They were also close to Lucy and Kim’s rooms.

Landon gave the job of training Momo as a Knight Page to Josh. Momo was 8 now, so it was the perfect time to train him. (Although 7 years old was the appropriate age in the continent.)

He sat on his bed and tried to go to sleep. Tomorrow was a busy day for him. He had to train with the men in the morning, and then head out to the farms to solve the barren land situation.

As he laid on his bed, his eyes became heavy with fatigue and his mind drifted to sleep.

-THE NEXT DAY-

Landon stood in the center of the inner courtyard facing over 300 men. He was impressed. If he were back on earth, it would be about 5 A.M now, and yet all the men were up and ready.

None of them came late. Even Momo showed up early. He knew that for his plan to work, he needed to discipline them well.

He looked at them coldly, giving off an aura of an old war veteran.

"Line up in straight lines of 10!"

He started counting out loud: "1...2...3...4...5...6...7.....52"

They all formed their teams under 52 seconds waited for his next command.

"Too slow. Line’s should be formed by the time I count to 5. From today onwards, anyone who isn’t fast in lining up will run 10 laps around the courtyard before training begins. Is that understood!!!"

"Yes King Landon!!!!!"

"During training, I will be your Commander and not your King. When Answering to me you will all say :Sir, yes Sir. Say it!!! Landon yelled.

"Sir, yes sir", they yelled back.

"There are four Military Disciplines to follow while training. These rules are to be followed only when you are in training. First: I am the Law here; second: obey my orders; third: Unconditionally obey my orders; fourth: When I am not around, Obey Commander Lucius’ orders !"

The men were taken aback by his opposing aura that sent chills down their spines.

Hearing this, the soldiers thought that this exercise would be a breeze. Even little Momo and Lucius was doubting the effects of this kind of exercise.

How could Landon not know what they were thinking of? Back on earth,he thought the same thing too, the first time he saw how the 3xercise was done.

Landon walked to the very back of the lines besides Lucius and squatted down. Then he yelled coldly:

"Start!"

Once they started, everyone was was excited. They thought they would finish it fast, and be done.

After a while, they were breathing heavily and their throats were dry. Most of them were proud of their strength before, but now they couldn’t help but look at their weak bodies. Even Lucius started to feel the burn, but he knew he couldn’t stop.

Gary felt like he was about to die. His heavy arms and tired legs started wobbling.

Momo felt the burn in the legs and thighs. ’Does this mean I’m weak?, he thought.

From the back, seeing people feeling tired, Landon spoke out:

"If you give up so easily, are you real soldiers?Are you real men? Get up!!!! This is an order. My command is law"

When they heard him at the back, they all had one thought:

’Demon Trainer’

As the training progressed, their thighs felt numb. Everytime they wanted to quit, they would hear the devils voice from behind:

"Those that give up will be face my wrath. If you want to see...heheheh..Try me"

As they looked at little Momo, they were truly envious of the fact that he had finished his rounds.

Trey truly felt like his legs were going to RIP off his circuits. As he thought of his bestfriend Landon, he wondered were he had learnt this sort of demonic training from. Trey thought that Landon made the training up on the spot.

Infact, no one suspected that Landon was different. He had always been a very weird child. He was always too quiet growing up, a little introverted. When people would bully or insult him he would just watch. He never really cared about how they treated him. He never cried or showed any form of worry. So they all thought this was still him.