Each was forcing their heavy footsteps as the tread.
They wanted to give up. But for the sake of their group members, they could not do so at all costs.
They had not have lunch, and they could very well forgo dinner for their entire group.
‘This is why it’s called training of hell.’
‘Very fittingly put on the timetable.’
While contemplating again and again, they were forcing themselves to keep moving.
At this time, Min Sura sank to the floor in exhaustion. He sat there for a long time while panting.
“No, no more…I can’t do it anymore.”
At the sight of this, Lee Hyun who was far in front, came back.
“Piggyback.”
“Huh?”
“Piggyback. It didn’t mention anything about this on the board so I think it’s ok.”
“Yes, but…I’m heavy.”
“Don’t worry, you’re prolly not as much as before since you’ve spent a lot already.”
Lee Hyun had experience in rice delivery.
Giving a person a piggyback ride was much easier than carry a bag of rice!
‘In comparison to bringing up loads of brick up the stairs, this is much easier.’
Min Sura, with conflicted emotions, leaned on Lee Hyun’s back carefully.
“If it gets heavy…please let me off.”
“Okay.”
It wasn’t hard for Lee Hyun to carry.
He rested both hands on his thighs to push himself up and was moving slowly at first. This attracted the eyes of the students around them.
Some envied, some praised!
It was already a tough thing to carry a girl when one was already physically spent!
But what they saw after was the real surprise.
Dadadadadak.
Lee Hyun was holding onto Min Sura as he ran.
“Huh?”
“What th…”
They were already having a hard time walking!
If they had known Lee Hyun had to adjust his speed in consideration, they’d be in for a real surprise.
‘If I try to get back as soon as possible, I’ll have nothing to do but act appropriately with those people. I’ll just roughly match the leading ones and that’ll do.’
Lee Hyun ran within the leading group of the second lap.
“Aaa, so hard.”
“I’m dying, dying. If it have ice cream to eat right now would be wonderful.”
“Even if it’s just some cold water…”
As soon as the other students arrived, they dropped to the ground and sounded sickly.
Min Sura’s face also strained.
‘He really gave me a piggyback and ran.’
He was filled with anxiety when he thought if he had gotten heavy again he’d be put down.
But they really arrived running steadfastly.
He knew he had lots of male friends, but he just realized that the sheet anchor he thought he had wasn’t there.
That projected onto Lee Hyun; and Lee Hyun appeared much more favorable in his eyes.
Having returned after two laps around the island, before long it was already time for dinner.
Lee Hyun immediately started preparing food.
The foods he was making this time were grilled chops covered in rosemary sauce and Mediterranean shellfish soup.
Although he could have just made the grilled pork to eat, he but specifically opted out for the more labor intensive dishes because he thought about the amount of work their jaws would be doing otherwise.
“Hyeong, let me help you.”
Park Sunjo came over with his hands ready.
The other group members, unless they weren’t presented at the moment, were lying on the ground gasping for air intensively to be able to do anything else.
Fortunately for Park Sunjo as he made into the first group during the first lap at the 29th place.
Lee Hyun asked while trimming the ribs.
“Have you done or watched a lot of cooking at home?”
“No. I don’t watch it. I don’t go into the kitchen so I almost never see it.”
“But there must be a dish you can do.”
“Yes, I can make a bowl of ramen well.”
“…Do you know how to peel fruits?”
“Peeling? I’ve never seen it done before. If you leave it to me then I’ll try.”
“Wash the dishes.”
Lee Hyun rather chose to suffer alone.
In Royal Road, he can receive help from his party members as they have a basis for cooking to trim the materials and such.
But now in the real world, since there was no such thing as Cooking skill to keep things tolerable, he decided to directly work on them all.
But Seoyoon was exempt from cooking even with the skill.
The worse food!
Even comparing to fighting off a fever from the cold, a human with highest spirit would die if they were forced to eat something so tough.
If Seoyoon was somewhere within the vicinity of the dish, it would dried up somehow.
‘Welp yeah. Anywhere in this world, there are people who are incompatible with this sort of stuff because they’re not fated to suffer.’
The smoke billow from the fire was huge as Lee Hyun grilled the ribs.
“You need?”
Hong Seonye offered him a towel.
She came and brought him a clean towel.
Her hair and face were wet as if she had just gone to wash her face with water.
“Because of me that you had to do two laps when you’re not supposed to. I’m so sorry. It must have been tough.”
This time also, Lee Hyun answered candidly.
“It was not a big deal.”
“The professors are really too much, If we come here for an MT then why the hell are we training!”
When women strongly criticize something, the point they’re making usually lies contrary to what they’re saying.
Essential, the right thing to do in this situation that could blossom into that of friendship is to agree and pass judgment on the said subject.
Rather than using one’s logic or offer a solution, just use a few simple easy to understand words accordingly to increase points.
On the other hand, Lee Hyun took a good look at Hong Seonye like he had never done so before and roughly replied.
“The implied hell’s training is too easy.”
“It’s easy?”
“It doesn’t need to be called ‘training of hell.’”
Generally, if something is named that, then it shouldn’t be so easy.
If it was laid out like Lee Hyun’s plan, then it wouldn’t be so effortlessly doable. Upon arriving to the island, they would march orderly into the mountain for 20 kilometers.
At the end of the march, they would exercise for about three hours through the mean of having battles. After that, a meal that takes about five minutes to finish then onto the next course.
In which they throws themselves into the sea; with sea water fill about half of their body, and they would run in that state while carrying logs!
It’s also good to drag a log through the mudflats. One can get a really good workout with heavy logs.
After which, they can get about two hours of sleep at night.
At this point it can’t be called basic training!
He had learned this from watching the instructors from the Dojang.
This was not the breaking point of humans!
If it’s something you crave then you can do it.
Even if you can’t make it.
To reach the pinnacle of strength, this is nothing at all.
After seeing them, Lee Hyun suddenly matched his workout to align himself to their standards.
“Uh huh.”
Hong Seonye had a totally different interpretation.
Although he showed he had a lot of strength running the lap for her, what she want in a man is the looks to show him off, and would not care for otherwise.
‘Does he like me?’
She had no other option but to be mistaken.
They finished their meal.
They had a sumptuous dinner while the other groups could do nothing except eyed them with envy.
The other groups’ food was simple: kimchi ramen, beef ramen, Neoguri Deung ramen, or some other types of food they couldn’t recollect.