Thorne woke up, feeling refreshed as if he had not just fought against criminals yesterday.
'Hmmm, I guess this is another advantage of Mythical Zoan Devil fruit, it will give you great healing capabilities, ' Thorne said to himself while inspecting his whole body. He then got ready as today was their first day of training in God's Knight, taking a bath. After cleaning himself and he then walked out of the bathroom, where he stood in front of a mirror, where his reflection was seen, and he kept looking at the tattoo he now had. Thorne then wore his new uniform and headed to the hall where Garling, Shamrock, and Seraphina were waiting for him.
"You are late," Garling stated,
"I'm not, it's still early, isn't it?" Thorne answered, defending himself.
"You are being held at a higher standard, since you are my son, I must ensure that my name is not dragged to the mud with your actions," Garling said to Thorne who just nodded to him.
"Let's go, I still have my duties," Garling said, while Shamrock, Thorne, and Seraphina followed. They then boarded a carriage which had the flag and symbol of the Figarland, and they travelled just for a few minutes, with slaves carrying the carriage, with all of their might, Thorne can't help but feel pity to these poor souls, that have zero life behind their eyes, just wanted to die, so Thorne made a decision.
After arriving at the palace, Thorne looked at the slaves who carried their carriage, they were just standing, without any will behind their eyes, with Thorne's observation haki, he could not feel any will in these people, so he drew his gun and shoot the slaves, releasing them in their misery, Thorne then went inside where Garling, Shamrock and Seraphina just looked at Thorne strangely, until Seraphina, Garling, and Shamrock smiled believing it was due to cruelty.
They then went inside the castle, where no one was there yet, since they would not begin their assembly until an hour later, when most of the recruits arrived, it was then that they were met by Shepard with Killingham, where Killingham was sleeping while standing, and Shepard was eating something, Shepard was just looking at the recruits until his eyes laid on Thorne, he learned from Shamrock that he was now a Devil Fruit user with an incredibly powerful potential,
"ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, THIS IS THE MAIN QUARTERS OF THE GOD'S KNIGHTS. THIS IS WHERE WE UPHOLD OUR DUTIES AND IMPROVE OURSELVES, FAMILIARIZE YOURSELVES HERE IN YOUR FREE TIME, THIS WOULD BE YOUR SECOND HOME," Shepard shouted to the recruits, waking up Killingham beside him, who immediately observed the recruits.
"We will begin our training, starting with your most familiar weapons, and all of the Devil Fruit users would wear this". Shepard then began the training him giving the devil fruit users seastone shackles with so much purity that it would make a weaker devil fruit user faint the moment it touched them. After putting it to the recruits who have devil fruit, some of them directly fainted. Thorne, who wore the shackles, felt his strength being drained due to his Devil Fruit being deactivated, but other than that, he didn't feel anything in particular, unlike Luffy.
"It would be to ensure that you were not becoming strong just because of your devil fruits, but also your natural strength," Shepard said while explaining their would be routine, First, they would sprint the entire training yard of the castle where it was nearly 5 km to go around it, for 3 hours straight, where their minimum laps should be 100.
They then started, where almost all of them immediately took off, with Thorne starting ahead. He then sprinted to the fastest speed he could while maintaining the Full concentration breathing, making him much faster than any other recruit. he finished his first lap in just under 3 minutes while the others were still in the middle of the lap.
Thorne then finished his 100 laps requirement in just a little bit over an hour, where the other recruits are still in their 10th laps, which amazed both Shepard and Killingham, noting the sheer difference between Thorne and the other recruits, they then both decided to up their challenge.
Taking out 4 weights for Thorne to wear, each of which have magic in them that would adjust its weight based on the strength and speed of the wearer, it can reach the weight it would give from a size of a small building to an entire weight of a continent, they both then called Thorne to their side, which Thorne approached them where they explained his would be test. Thorne then put on the weights on all of his limbs.
Thorne then immediately sprinted to their place, with the weights doing and adjusting their strength to match Thorne's strength, which stopped at the weight equivalent of tall buildings in each one of his limbs, which made him run slower, and it also increased the burden of the Sea stone since it was made in the same material, making his Devil Fruit enhancement that was remaining on his body suddenly gone, now he was just sprinting at the normal pace like the rest of the recruits, while there is a noticeably marked on his every step.
After nearly 2 hours of running with the weights on, Thorne was on the verge of collapsing, his strength long drained and he was covered in sweat, but his spirit refused to give up he just refused to stop, it maybe due to his pride as a Figarland or the stubborn nature of Roger and Luffy combine in him, but he just kept continuing.
'Just a few more minutes, just keep running.' That was the thought in Thorne's mind until suddenly Shepard yelled for them to assemble, meaning their first training was now done.
"GOOD WORK EVERYONE, almost all of you finished the exercise without, with some just a bit shy on completing the target, but let's congratulate our champion, who not only completed the challenge but also accomplished it with the additional conditions" Shepard said, while looking at Thorne, which was followed by every recruits, which Thorne just ignored, trying to catch his breath with the brief break he is experiencing.
"After ensuring that our body is strong enough, we must learn to harness it to fight properly, so now, we are going to do weapons training, everyone, partner up, except for you Thorne, it would be unfair if you partner with the recruits considering your strength" Shepard then said while calling out Thorne, who was greater than any recruits they have available. After that, all of the recruits partner with one another, considering they all know their capabilities since most of them grew up together, except for Thorne,
"Thorne, I would be your sparring partner," Shepard then said, looking at Thorne, waiting for a moment of defiance or resistance, in which he was allowed to punish Thorne, according to the wishes of Garling, but nothing show on his face, without any complaint he just stood in front and looking directly on Shepard.
"For the gun users, go with Killingham, he would lead you to your instructor," Shepard called out to the ones who would be using guns. He then looked at the recruits that remained, all of which are holding swords with satisfaction.
"Now, I believe that the best teacher is experience, so all of the ones that remain would do sparring against their partners. I know all of you already have the basic lessons, so I would advise that you do it with all your strength, fight with all you've got," Shepard announced to his student, in which they immediately started, while Thorne was just looking at him, as if waiting for some kind of signal.
"Won't sneak attack?" Shepard asked Thorne.
"That would be a huge dishonor and insult to my name, even if you are stronger than me, I would not engage in that kind of embarrassing behaviour," Thorne said, while drawing his 2 swords.
"I see, I guess being that prideful is consistent with our heritage, but you mistake me, I let my guard down just to let you sneak attack, since I believe, that would be the only time you will be able to hit me," Shepard said to Thorne while also drawing his sword. They then started dueling, with Shepard not taking it seriously while Thorne attacked with all he got, while still wearing the weights in all of his limbs but without the shackles. This continued for about 4 hours, when they were dismissed for the lunch break, with Shepard, free from wounds and blood, while Thorne was covered in blood and wounds he got from Shepard fighting back.
They then head towards the cafeteria, where it was like a restaurant, with the food being served by the servants. Thorne then immediately sat, while ordering a servant to bring him lots of food as quickly as possible, which the servant obliged. After an hour had passed, with Thorne eating a lot of food that would be enough to feed the entire community, all of his wounds healed up, and his stamina and strength recovered. Ready to take another part of the training.
In the afternoon session, they are just given a task continuing the same routine they did earlier, with them sparring against their partner first and ending the day with 3 hours of cardio. Thorne, who sparred against Shepard again, managed to land some of his strikes, even with the weights, with Shepard, now realizing the horror of the talents Thorne has, even while holding back, he thought that it would at least take Thorne a week of training before landing a hit.
When the first day ended, Thorne then walked back towards the castle of Figarland where, his no one was there except for the servants who served him food to eat again, but this time, he only ate as much as 4 fat people eat in this world, after taking a bath and cleaning himself up from the filths he was exposed to, he then lay down in his bed, closing his eyes, while excited for the next day.