As Theo looked at the camp, it had a big training area, and there were several people training and sparring, there was a big tent in the middle and about 5 tents behind it, to the right people were eating.

Theo went to the command post which was the middle one, he got registered and they gave him 2 pairs of uniforms, a tent number, and instructions to present himself the next morning for training, because he had forging knowledge he would be receiving battle training and sent to the support area to see if they could use him, the B barracks were for hybrid soldiers that could be useful as part of infantry, rangers, scouts, special squads, medical or support groups, basically they could be placed anywhere.

When he got to the tents there were five big tents, he had number 4, when Theo went in, it was filled with hay mattresses, there were about 30 or 40 people already there, Theo just picked one, put his stuff on and laid on it, thinking how just a few hours ago he was home with his family and now he was here, after some time he drifted away and fell asleep.

Theo woke up before dawn so he decided to go and do his training routines and get ready for training, he changed into one of the uniforms, took the dagger he made, put the chain under his uniform, and went out.

As he was going out he stumbled into someone that was right outside, “I'm sorry I didn't see you” Theo said quickly trying to keep him from falling, “it's ok, my fault for standing right outside the tent, didn't think anyone else was up” the stranger said with a smile, he was slightly taller than Theo, had short brown curly hair, hazel eyes and with slightly dark skin.

“My name is Ferdinand Walker, nice to meet you,” he said while extending his hand, Theo greeted him and said “nice to meet you too, I'm Theodore Dawes, I'm from Vermis”, “I'm from Vermilion City”, Theo looked at him a little seriously “you must be a noble then”, he brushed off my serious eyes and said with a smile, “My family are nobles, so what brings you out so early”, ‘looks like he doesn't want to talk about that so I won't press, “I wanted to see the rest of the camp and get used to it before training and do my morning routine,” said Theo “Ok, great, I can be your guide, I was one of the first recruits to arrive so I already know where everything is and do you mind if we warm up together afterward?”.

Theo nodded and then followed Ferdinand around, he showed him the mess hall which was a cabin newly built for them to eat, they only served breakfast and dinner, he showed him the other barracks which were just a group of tents like their own, a total of 4 barracks, A for infantry which was the biggest one, B for hybrids C for rangers and special units and D for medical and support, there were the offices for the trainers, group leaders, Nobles, and High-Borns.

After showing Theo around they went to the training center, most people they passed would greet Ferdinand as he was already acquainted with almost everyone, Theo had never met a Noble before yesterday but Ray would often talk badly about them and worse about High-Borns.

They were the first to get to the training center, Ferdinand suggested they stretch and asked to follow Theo's routine, he had a fairly simple routine, 200 pushups, 200 squats, a thousand sit-ups, and 200 chin-ups and finish with a 5km run, Theo had been doing this for almost three weeks now and could just now finish the whole routine when Theo saw Ferdinand he was barely sweating which probably meant he was used to harder routines.

After the warmup Ferdinand asked, “Would you like to train with me every morning? Maybe you'd like to try my routines”, Theo then thought before speaking ‘It took me weeks before I could finish Ray's workout and I'm already exhausted, this guy's routine will probably be impossible for me as Theo was pondering Ferdinand said “Don't worry we can go gradually”, Theo then answered a little unsure “All right, let's do it,”

By the time they were done, Everette along with another 4 uniformed officers arrived and the rest of the recruits were about 200 men and women of all ages.

Everette introduced himself as head of the B barracks, then introduced the recruits to their instructors, for the next 5 hours all they did was go through physical training, starting with the foundations, Theo could tell that Ferdinand had been training from an early age, the way he moved looked so natural, Theo was struggling to understand the footwork for the movement techniques they were trying to teach them,

By the end Theo was wiped out he was sweating buckets and he just laid on the floor, gasping for air, the instructors left and the recruits started leaving to get supper, Ferdinand went towards Theo and helped him up, come on let's go get something to eat.

After training, Everette went up to Theo and Ferdinand, “good job today, I could tell you were struggling a bit but it'll get easier”, he then nodded at Ferdinand and left,

“Looks like our fearless leader likes you,” said Ferdinand sarcastically, “well, we rode together from Vermis so we already know each other, so you know him?”, “Yeah, I know him, we've crossed paths, be careful, all he cares about is himself” Said Ferdinand while he helped Theo up.

Before getting supper Theo had to go to the support center, so he left Ferdinand, when he got there some big guy was in charge of the blacksmiths, he asked questions about the equipment which Theo already knew of, then he tested him on making a sword, this time went by normally and he didn't get the feeling on where to strike and when to stop heating the material, so the item was subpar and looked barely usable, the big guy said he'll put Theo in as an alternate and have him drop by once a week to try to help him improve.

Theo then went to get supper and then to sleep, he was exhausted, the next day he went to have his morning workout with Ferdinand,

Ferdinand’s workout was a little different than what Theo had been doing they'd start with a 7km run then they would go with ropes and work on resistance training, for Theo it took about five minutes before he felt drained but Ferdinand could endure for 30 minutes without resting.

They went to get breakfast and then attend Everette’s training session, Theo asked Ferdinand if he could spar with him.

They walked from the mess hall back to the training grounds, Ferdinand took a wooden lance out and Theo grabbed a wooden dagger before they started their sparring session Ferdinand asked “Do you know how to infuse it with mana?”

Theo then said, “I awakened the day before I was drafted so I don't know anything” Ferdinand looked at him a little shocked, “Wait so you've never felt the flow of mana before?” “well, kind of, I've been trying to write my name with it but I can barely get the energy on my fingers” Theo shrugged, “Ok, then we should go back to basics, put your dagger down and sit down with me” Ferdinand put the lance away and then sat down cross-legged on the floor, Theo sat in from of him.

“Ok, so what you've been doing is great, but you need to draw mana from your core and get used to it, so what were going to do is cast a magic circle of mana restoration, this will help you channel your mana”

“So I'm going to show you a magic circle and try to memorize it, it can take a couple of days so just try and study it for now”

Ferdinand then cast a magic circle and said, “can you see the circle that's around me? This is a tier 1 magic circle, it's one of the most basic ones, just like our ranks, magic spells are tiered 1 to 7, so look at my spell and try to learn it”