Max's routine progressed fast, after sword training the next day was spent at the library.
Inside the library, Max found all sorts of nerds occupying the study tables, as compared to the training halls there was a clear lack of muscle definition in those who chose to spend their time inside libraries.
Max's task inside the library was to solve puzzles and apparently he got 1 stat point for every puzzle that he solved.
However, the catch was that he needed to figure out how to do it himself and if he already knew the answer to the problem, varsity was not going to give him any stat points.
Drax was an exception to this rule, since varsity could not actually determine if Max was cheating when he talked to grandpa within his mind. However, while Drax mentored Max from time to time, he did let him struggle without providing the answer, as Drax wanted Max to think hard and actually develop a problem solving mentality.
The thought process that went behind solving a problem was really important and while Max could just gain the stat points with Drax as his cheat it would not actually be beneficial to the guy as he would not develop his critical analytical ability.
The puzzles included everything from maths problems to solving riddles and objects like the rubix cube, while it was still easy to do when one knew how to approach and solve it, the process of learning how to solve a problem helped Max develop some much needed brain cells.
On the very first day, Max was able to solve three puzzles, impressing every need in the room as Sebastian glared at him in dismay for not being able to solve a single one.
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( The day after )
The day after was probably the most expensive training day of them all, which was constitution training, as it costed a whopping 400 merit points an hour, which meant that a single days expenditure costed Max close to 4000 merit points just from the training alone, adding the 500 merit points he already paid for the mornings lecture his single day expenditure came to a whopping 4500 merit points wiping him clean of all his savings.
In constitution training, Max was first thoroughly stripped naked and tested by a few nursed, as they carefully felt every bone and every muscle of his body.
For the first 3 hours, the only thing that they did was to draw on Max's body wherever they felt there was a problem or a defect, and then they started to damage Max's muscles along those marked lines, and giving him hairline cracks along his bones wherever they felt necessary.
Max was going through literal torture and because of his insistence of not removing his mask, he was the only one not wearing a mouthpiece to supress his screams as he howled in pain under the procedure.
His HP was dropped to a dangerous red level before the procedure was ended and he was tossed into a herbal bath for healing.
If one thought that the tearing of muscles and breaking of bones was painful, they had clearly not felt the horror of the herbal bath, as while the pain in the previous procedure was limited to areas where Max was injured, involving a few limited nerves. The herbal bath covered his entire body, plunging every inch of his skin into unbearable pain.
Constitution training was undoubtedly not for those with a weak will, as the degree of pain one needed to go through to see some tangible constitution improvements was simply ludicrous.
After a full 7 hours of the mind-numbing bath, Max only gained +2 stat points as his mood darkened considerably after this.
Usually the first session should give anywhere from +7 to +10 improvements or so Max had heard, however his primordial vampire constitution was already much better and refined than the common man's, needing more time for a tangible improvement.
The only consolation that Max had was that Sebastian only gained a single point after his session and was in a darker mood than even Max.
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( The next day )
It was Saturday and the last training of the week was endurance training. For which the university had built a special oxygen deprivation mountainous region with many running trails.
All one needed to do was keep running on the trails against the steep and narrow slopes without adequate oxygen to train both stamina and endurance.
,m Max and Sebastian ran shoulder to shoulder for the first time during this training, as the presence of the other party was a good motivator for both as with both having a big sense of pride they refused to fall back behind the other or take a moment to catch their breath as it would show that they were weak.
" Y-you can take a break whenever you want Ravan, I'll wait for you ". Sebastian said
" Why? Y-you tired already " Max replied huffing and puffing
" No I don't need the b-break, b-but I-I thou-thought you look ... out of breath ". Sebastian replied
" I'm fine" Max said as the two continued to grit their teeth and run.
The two finally started to bond over the struggles that they underwent day-to-day, as slowly but surely Max became more accustomed to Sebastian's presence as little by little he was happy to have a friend who shared the same goal and had the same work ethic as himself.
Max had met many people in his past life, but rarely did anyone have the level of passion or matched the energy that Max used to have before his life went downhill, and Sebastian was one of the rare people who did.
Not once did Drax have to push Max when he was racing against Severus as in the end the duo managed to gain a +4 in endurance and over 20 points added into their stamina panel after the ten gruelling hours of training, walking out with wide smiles on their faces.
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