Chapter 51: Chapter 49: Digging Deeper

Max dragged himself from the training field, breathing hard, the corners of his vision swimming. It took all of his strength just to stay on his feet and not stumble. But he didn’t mind. It wasn’t the first time he’d exhausted himself training, although this time he was deliberately doing it to see if he could train his Constitution or Endurance, or at least the way he made use of it. But he knew he would be fine if he just waited for a bit.

Tim shot him a look and smiled at him, heading into the field a few meters away. Max read the edge of amusement in the smile, the slight exasperation, although he knew most others wouldn’t have. He debated flipping Tim off, but the effort was too much for a useless rude gesture.

Once he was out of the way, Max leaned against the mound of earth at the foot of the palisade for a bit, before he straightened up. The fortification still wasn’t finished, but it was going well, and they were already considering expanding it further.

He blinked, noticing a System screen hovering in his vision.

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