"And if you manage to finish that part of the workout, you will immediately need to lift 100 kg of heavy weights while doing some fast push-ups, high pull-ups, and even more things."
"Ahh..." Urek groaned weakly.
"No, I am not finished speaking yet. If you successfully completed all of that, a tough combat training session will follow, using raw hand-to-hand combat moves and weapons directly against me."
"Ahh... isn’t that too—"
Bonk!
"Don’t dare talk while I am speaking, I am still not finished. After that part is completely done, you strictly need to train your internal core by meditating inside the quiet, closed hall."
"...Is that finally everything for today?"
"Of course..." She paused for a long second, which suddenly made Urek’s pale face regain its bright luster. Unfortunately, his small hope was quickly crushed.
"It is not. You also need to stabilize your physical strength and your fast reflexes right after you finish meditating."
’Hell... Are you seriously saying I will do all of that in a single day?! I will literally puke out all my internal organs with that hardcore shit!’ Urek thought in total shock.
"Is everything perfectly clear to you?" Selene spoke flatly, keeping her expression calm.
But deep inside her mind, she was laughing like an absolute madman.
It was her sweet payback for making her feel so flustered yesterday, plus his total lack of a proper reaction to her beauty. Of course, she had her own hidden side too. A very wicked one.
Well, it was not really an impossible routine because it was the exact training regimen of the main hero.
If Urek truly wanted to become a great hero, it was totally obvious that he needed to take on a hardcore training schedule too.
Pwack! Pwack!
"Now work, work, work! I do not want a lazy slacker in this training room!"
’Where on earth did she get a leather whip...’ Urek scrambled away quickly as the sharp sound of a whip cracked loudly right behind him.
"The young lady won’t be coming early today, so do not expect a beautiful savior to rescue you. Keke, do not dare to slack off, Rek, or this whip will mark your bare ass!"
’Thank you very much...you mad bust’ Urek cursed inside.
He was completely hopeless now. It was entirely his own foolish choice to blab some crazy shit back in the local bar.
Now, he was forced to eat his words and accept everything.
Hu... hu... hu...
’This painful routine is actually not bad after all...’ Urek had been running for almost two whole hours now, but he was feeling really spent and exhausted.
Though he could feel his tight muscles screaming in pain, it was not just the tiredness. Strangely, he even liked the feeling.
’ I am definitely not a masochist.’ he told himself.
Thud...
His tired body hit the hard ground.
"Good job... You did a good job, I am completely satisfied with you, Rek." Selene smiled down at him, looking really satisfied that Urek was doing so well.
’Shit... Then why the hell are you looking so disappointed right now...’ Urek’s tired eyes landed directly on her leather whip. It was still perfectly fresh and unused.
"Don’t look at me with those suspicious eyes... I am not a sadistic instructor who will happily snap a leather whip on my student’s ass."
"...Thank you, I guess..." Urek muttered. He was slumped completely onto the dirty ground, having lost all his physical strength after running a full 200 kilometers long distance.
"Now get up right now, you still need to lift those weights."
"W-wait, please... Let me rest for just a brief bit..."
"Do you really want to get your ass whipped today?"
"N-no..."
’I swear, man... I will definitely spank your ass until you scream out for more... I promised myself that.’ Urek remained entirely true to his inner words.
"Now move your body! Let us be highly productive today."
"P-please, just a tiny bit more rest..."
"...Selene, what exactly is going on here?"
As if a beautiful goddess had suddenly come out from the high heaven...
Urek instantly started weeping down from the tears of pure joy. A savior. The beautiful savior was finally here to save his life from the cruel demon!
"Uhh, this is just some light, healthy exercise for Rek, my lady..." Selene spoke softly, quickly hiding her hands behind her back, acting as if she were hiding nothing at all.
"Is it really true, Urek?" Wenya turned her head toward the crawling, pitiful man who was slowly approaching her feet.
"N— ack! YES! It’s completely true..." Urek gasped loudly as Selene secretly stepped hard on his bare ass cheeks.
"Oh, well, that is wonderful to hear. But let Urek rest for now, Selene. Look directly at his face... He is literally crying because of pure joy." Wenya was very happy that there was another hardcore training freak inside her circle.
"Yes... my lady," Selene complied.
’ I absolutely cannot let him spill the secret that this training regimen was originally built for a Tier 2 fighter, and a legendary hero at that!’ Selene’s mind went into a wild overdrive.
"So, how many total laps did Urek make around the field?"
"10— ack!!!"
"Twenty laps, my lady! I already finished guiding him." Selene made a perfectly angelic smile to Urek, who was looking right up at her.
"Huhu, that is very good for a Tier 1 fighter... You are really something special, Urek. Now let us all eat something delicious first before the next training session begins."
’...It was a fucking hundred laps!’ Urek screamed internally.
Now Urek would greatly spank her ass while the true hero was training somewhere else, without him knowing... It was a firm promise.
Five brutal days passed quickly. Urek’s monstrous physical improvement completely shocked Selene during their intense sparring sessions.
"That is enough," Selene gasped out loud.
"How can a simple tier two fighter push me this hard?"
Urek smiled. He had reached tier two yesterday by spending half his total wealth. He was very poor now, but incredibly strong.