“It’s understandable that you want to eat and rest early after a long day of training. But is it appropriate to fight over such a trivial matter? You’re all city defense soldiers, who went to war together. Don’t you understand that?” Dora scolded exasperatedly.
The two city defense soldiers lowered their heads in shame.
The soldiers around them who had been heckling earlier looked ashamed.
“Commander Young and I will let you have our food, but you must also be punished!”
Dora then looked at Jasmine and ordered, “Commander Young, take them outside to do five sets of push-ups. No eating until they finish!”
“Yes!” Jasmine gave a military salute before leading the two city defense soldiers out of the canteen to do push-ups in front of the main entrance.
One set of push-ups was 20, so five sets were 100. They could take a one-minute break after each set.
Dora and Jasmine‘s dinner was placed in front of the two city defense soldiers.
Other city defense soldiers who had finished their meal curiously came out to watch.
The two city defense soldiers performed standard push-ups under Jasmine’s supervision.
It was extremely exhausting to do standard push-ups. The first 20 push-ups were unnoticeable, but the two city defense soldiers were already finding their arms sore by the second set.
By the time the third set was done, they felt their arms go numb. However, they did not groan or complain but only clenched their teeth and went on with the fourth set of push-ups.
When they completed all five sets of push-ups, the two city defense soldiers were somehow touched by the smell of the food as they picked up the plate with trembling hands.
Of course, they were no match for the legion he had led before. However, there was nothing he could do about it. It was not the legion he nurtured. Besides that, it was in the City-State Union and outside Dragon Kingdom.
The city defense soldiers were somewhat affected by the City-State Union’s chaotic culture, so it was inevitable.
Just then, Jasmine walked in.
“How was it?” Dora asked, knowing Jasmine understood what he was asking.
Sure enough, Jasmine immediately replied, “It worked very well. The soldiers have begun to feel the honor and belonging as a team.’
“That’s good…”
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