William ran on a mountainous trail winding up a dry mountain along with the rest of the unit.
The only distinct sounds were heavy breaths and the clank of heavy mana restriction chains.
A month had passed without much commotion, but for the students it was nothing less than hell; they were going through military training, which had turned out to be much more difficult compared to the rumors that they had heard.
Their day started before the even sun rose; they were to report to the drill grounds where the officers restrained their hands with heavy mana-restricting chains that suppressed almost all traces of mana, stopping any ciculation and these chains turned their bodies as good a mortals.
The unit had to complete a 50-mile circuit before the sun rose above the valley.
At first it seemed doable for the students, but slowly they realized how vital mana was for their bodies, in a way they had never thought they would.
