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n'Din! Din! Din! Din! Din! Din! Din!'

nEverybody swiftly shoved themselves in between others.... as they rushed towards their beds.

nAs per Hayden's instructions, they were to stand at attention in straight vertical lines just besides their beds.

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nThe sight of these lined up men was truly a funny sight to behold.

nSome still had their P.J's on, while others he stood there with no clothes, socks or even boots on.

nFor others, they were missing their pants or shirt..... while for others, it was their belt that was left out.

nOf course in all of this, there were still many who ended up being fully dressed and ready for action..... although 85% of them were the Baymardians.

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nAs they stood there at attention, the warrant officers began scrutinizing them one by one.

nAnd in the end, most of them were due for punishment.

nThey felt their hearts beat anxiously, as the inspections began.

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nIn truth, even though they had been knights ever since they were 7..... they found that they looked up to these warrant officers in awe and a hint of fear as well.

nMore specifically, it was the air of seriousness around these officers that made them stay alert.

nSince they had arrived, they had never seen any of them slack off before... not even once.

nThe level of professionalism here, was truly something which they had never witnessed before.

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nDraymond's mind was nothing but a mess, as it grew more chaotic within every passing second.

nAnd when he saw warrant officer Hayden inch in calmly towards him, he felt like jumping into a pit of fire instead.

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nHe was scared **less of this broad burly man, who looked like he took steroids for a living.

nThe man was cleanly shaved, and had muscles that protruded out of his greyish shirt like a well sculptured herculean.

nHe looked like he could kill any one with just one punch.

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"Private Draymond... where the hell are your boots?

" Hayden asked, while standing face to face with Draymond.

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"S... sir... they're in my locker.

" He answered in a whispery tone.

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"Private!...in this camp, we speak our minds as loud as we can.

nFear... is not allowed here.

nNow I'll ask you again!!!

nWhere the hell are your boots?!!!!!

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"They are in my locker sir!

" Draymond answered somewhat confidently.

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"God-Dammit!!... speak up clearly Private!!!

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"They are in my locker sir!!!!!!!!

" He yelled out.

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"Good!!

nLet this be a lesson to you all.

nIn here, we always speak up no matter what.

nWe do not train people who cower in fear.

nSuppose I was an enemy, would you be intimidated to give it Carona's secrets just like that?

nHold your heads up high, calm yourselves and use your brains to get out of any situations.

nIs that understood?

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"Yes Officer Hayden!!!

" Everyone replied.

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"Now, Private Draymond.... after this morning's training, you'll receive your due punishment as well.

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nThe scrutiny continued.... and even those who slept around those in their P.Js were also punished as well.

nLike his majesty had always said: 'they are one!'

nSo they were required to be their brother's keeper while staying here as well.

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nSoon, they all ran out of their living quarters and headed towards a large training field for their morning drills... and of course after their drills, those who needed to be punished, did so in tears.

nTheir body already felt like it was at its breaking point prior to the punishment.

nBut now, they felt like slapping their former selves who were busy enjoying 1 or 2 extra minutes of sleep.

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nDue to this lag, many of them had even missed breakfast..... as time was up when they arrived from doing their punishment and freshening up.

nTheir bellies grumble slightly, as they sat in those early morning classes.

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nLuckily, the buildings all had cafeterias that sold things like sandwiches and so on..... so they

nAll in all, they had thoroughly understood the importance of time in the military.

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nIf someone wanted something done in 10 minutes, then they bloody hell had to do it by then.... or else they could be punished again.

nAnd this in itself would create another lag to their schedules too.

nThey weren't willing to take those chances again!!!

nEspecially Duke Samuel.

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nHe felt like he had been dropped intohell all kn the name of training.

nFrom frog jumps, push-ups, press-ups and so on... he had felt like his legs numb out a while ago.

nBut he had to say, his best classes were the ones in the classrooms.... as they were things that he had never heard about.

nHe was actually looking forward to those ones in particular.

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nBut of course, while others remained stressed out about the whole ordeal..... one particular female was rather enjoying herself a little to much.

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nPenelope felt like playfully skipping around today.

nWhat she loved most was a good challenge.

nAnd today, she got one.

nShe had messed up in almost all classes, but she was excited rather than deterred.

nThese were all things that no one apart from these Baymardains knew of.

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nIt was like sacred knowledge, that had been passed onto her and her soldiers free of charge.

nShe had attended first aid classes, obstacle course classes, camouflage classes, terrain and weather identification classes, combat classes and so on.

nAnd all she could say, was that she freak** loved the barracks.

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nOne important thing that she had also noticed, was that the soldiers here looked after each other.... compared to her own.

nFor example, while the Baymardian girls in her dormitory woke up, they did their best to wake everyone close to them.

nBut most of her own men didn't bother at all.

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nShe used to think that she and her family did a great job with them.

nBut just by staying in the barracks, she had seen numerous flaws in her 'perfect Caronian' soldiers.'

nFrom discipline, to cowardice to even attention to details... they were all truly lacking in numerous aspects.

nThis definitely had to change!!!!!!

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nOf course, while Penelope was in sheer joy and awe of the barracks' system..... Landon on the other hand, was also in joy as well.

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"Congratulations host, for completing your main mission.

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