Wolves of Valor

Chapter 9: Hardcore training part 1.

Sonny would now be standing outside with Elra and a bunch of oak trees, they weren't far from the den but they were by a spot Sonny hasn't been to, “Alright, so you're training begins now.” She would say clearly ready as she had her coat wrapped around her waist. "Alright, so, what do I do?" Sonny answered back confused, "Start with a front punch." To this Sonny would throw a straight punch in the air, he was trained before but this training was gonna be different, he was shown all the basics at a young age but those were now gonna be put to the test, "How was that?" He asked looking at her, "That was kinda good, now do it a hundred more times, both hands, five sets for each hand." She told him without a single hint on her face to show she was joking or bluffing on this command.

Sonny was a bit shocked at that for a second before realizing he was part wolf and had Wingling blood in him, he knew he could last far longer than a human, "Pfft that's easy, I'll be right on i-" He was saying before Elra interrupted and corrected with, "And if it's not perfect, even if you screw just one time, even by one inch, you start all over again and keep doing so till you get all five sets right, now try this punch." With this she would throw a perfect looking punch, it even had a small burst of wind sound to it.

Sonny's hopes had fallen a bit as he began questioning, "Any time I-" He was about to say before Elra answered the question for him, "Mess up, yes. This will be how you master your punches to perfection, so get to it!!" She'd call out as Sonny slowly nodded and got into a stance, "Ehhhhh, okay.." He'd begin throwing punches, restarting every time he messed up to get his punches perfect, and after about three hours he'd finally complete it before collapsing on his back with a loud exhale, "Finally! My arms feel like ten ton weights. . ." He'd complain quietly, Elra just gave an evil smile, "Hehehehe, you'll have to do it all again tomorrow so don't get too comfortable, now, take a small break and get over here to this oak right here." She would smile and looked at the boy.

Sonny's eyes shot open, "What!?" He wanted to train and get stronger but he was NOT expecting this, Elra shook her head, "You wanna win don't you? And don't think it'll be over when you beat him, it'll only be the start of your battles so you need to be r e a d y!" Elra seemed to have accepted that fighting Glitch was inevitable, though this was mainly due to the fact that two against one was easier than one against one, they could win if they do this right. "Okay... I understand.." He would get up and go over ready. Elra would nod and smile, "Okay, begin punching this spot with all your strength until your first knuckles bleed."

Sonny blinked as he looked at her confused, did she go crazy? "Uh... Why?" Elra shook her head, "This is gonna strengthen your fist, harden your punches, and make them more lethal and you won't stop training with me till that tree is broken, got it?" Sonny would sigh as he realized this was gonna hurt, "Fine." He'd begin punching it having trouble at first before continuing it, breaking some of the bark and then hitting it harder and harder before his knuckles would burst with blood covering now his fists as his hands would shake along with himself as he was looking at them.
Elra smiled seeing that he did it right, "Good good, now here wrap them up, they should be healed in an hour or so with you being part demon, now let's train how to parry, block, and dodge." She'd say tossing him some wrappings as he'd wrap them around his knuckles slowly and painfully, luckily and coincidentally, he knew how to wrap his hands which when he did he would get up and go over to her.

Sonny would look at her confused at what this trial could be, "Okay so what do I d-" She would punch him in the nose before he could finish, the punch wasn't hard enough to break it, not even make it bleed but, just to hurt it pretty bad, "Ow! What was that for?!" He held his nose as he glared at her annoyed, as Elra looked at him, "Keep your hands up." She said as she kept her hands up like a pro fighter.
Sonny would just groan and put them up as Elra would show him how to parry strikes and hits before she'd start throwing punches letting him mimic her and soon they would train with reflexes and defense for awhile before they went over to a large field some distance away from the den. “Here, we run, here you'll build up your energy and endurance, so run as fast as you can and try and push forward to that tree wayyy over there.” She said as she pointed at a tree that looked like a speck from where they were at.
Sonny blinked in shock at how far it was, "But-" He was about to protest before Elra who was taking no 'buts' yelled out, "Do it!"
Sonny who out of annoyance of being yelled at all day just groaned and stomped his foot down, "Ugh!" He dashed forward running as fast as he can across the field eventually making it to the tree after a couple minutes as he'd collapse coughing trying to catch his breath, he made it there pretty fast considering his tired out state.
Elra would come running over and pick him up holding his hands behind his head. “Hands behind head, it'll allow the air to flow through your body easier.” She let go but noticed he was super skinny, quite the opposite, his arms felt pretty fit meaning the rest of his body must be too showing he wasn't new to training, it made sense considering he's holding up better than a lot of people could with this brutal training.

Sonny looked to her, he felt a bit accomplished but tired out as he looked at her, "Okay, so what now?" He asked curiously, Elra would just smile to this, "Now let's go back." She pointed all the way back at where they started.

Sonny's eye twitched at this as he yelled out in frustration, "Oh come on!" He would run back just as fast if not faster managing before he came to a stop at a the den with his hands behind his head breathing heavily before turning and proceeding to reject his breakfast behind a conveniently place bushed as Elra walked behind him and patted his back gently, "You did well today, get some food and some rest, we begin all over again tomorrow morning, we also do kicks too then."

Sonny would nod going inside and collapsing on the mat before passing out dead asleep, food was not on his mind, only  sleep.
Elra would go to Skyler smiling softly, "Hey, can I actually stay here until he's fully trained, once that's done I'll leave." She asked in a polite tone, hoping for a yes as Skyler nodded, "As long as it helps him live, I don't care." She would say calmly, with this, Elra gave a large smile, "You won't regret it Skyler."
She would go in and get a new mat before laying on it and passing out as well and Skyler would just laugh and go sleep herself.

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