While everyone was working hard, Rhode sat down himself and earnestly trained for a while.
Baron Nash said, even he couldn't win, how dare you say you've reached a limit?
Train, you must train.
If there's anyone with no patience for sitting still, it's Makarov, Mira, and Asuka.
Makarov doesn't need to train, Mira shouldn't over-exhaust herself now, and Asuka is too young for excessive training.
So these three generations started playing cards.
Although Asuka wasn't very familiar with the rules, by the time others finished training, her face was clean while Makarov had sticky notes all over his face.
As a bonus punishment, Makarov was going to transform into a giant today to take Asuka home.
Alzack and Bisca took advantage of their daughter's luck and also sat on the giant's shoulder.
Before dispersing, Rhode called out, "Remember to arrive at the guild by 7 AM tomorrow, latecomers will be punished with a lake swim!"
Most people shivered, but a few didn't care.
So Rhode added, "Dragon Slayer Mage arriving late will be punished by a roller coaster ride. Demon Destruction Mage punished by a 10-kilometer run in a down jacket."
Natsu quickened his pace home, and Gray withdrew a smiley face.
...
The next morning, everyone arrived at the guild on time as expected.
Additionally, Laxus also appeared at the guild.
Rhode greeted him, "When did you get back?"
"Last night." Laxus casually handed a form to Rhode.
Rhode glanced at it, "You want to join as well?"
Laxus remained expressionless, "The old man insisted I sign this."
"Baby~~" Biguslo stuck out his tongue and 'whispered' beside him, "Actually, Laxus wants to join the group activity."
"Oh~" A group of people looked at Laxus with smiling faces.
Laxus felt a bit uneasy being watched, trying to maintain his expression, "Too talkative, Biguslo."
As the inspector, Fried had long lost his cold demeanor from yesterday. He spoke with admiration, "Such a candid expression, as expected of Laxus!"
Ibarglin couldn't help but retort, "Where's the candidness?"
Lucy quietly retorted Ibarglin's retort, "At least the part about Biguslo being talkative was candid."
Rhode clapped his hands, "Alright, everyone is here, go inside to get your weights, and then head west out of town for a 10-kilometer cross-country run, only after returning are you allowed to have breakfast!"
Many people couldn't help but groan with their lips, but their bodies were quite honest.
Mainly because the training result was good yesterday, everyone became more willing to follow the arrangement and felt a bit more motivated.
"Why is it different?" Macao weighed his own load and found it seemed similar to Romeo's, both smaller than Natsu's.
Mira showed the paper in her hand, "Because everyone's situation is different, Rhode has arranged different weights for everyone.
"You, Romeo, and Wakaba are using the same level as Wendy."
Macao couldn't help but mentally sigh, Rhode is so considerate.
But upon hearing the latter part of Mira's sentence, he immediately felt discontent, "How can I be the same as Wakaba? Add one kilogram for me!"
"What did you say?" At this time, Wakaba's ears were always very useful, he immediately rushed over and got into a competitive state with Macao.
Seeing the two going up by one kilogram each in competition, Mira waved her hand, "I didn't prepare that much in advance."
Kao and Wakaba snorted simultaneously, also said a sentence simultaneously, "Consider yourself lucky."
But in reality, both felt relieved inside.
They realized they were a bit caught up earlier, really adding up might be deadly, luckily Mira…
However, Mira kindly pointed to the corner of the warehouse, "If you don't mind, carry a few barbell plates each?"
Macao and Wakaba: "..."
"Well, I'm a bit hungry, I think we should hurry, finish the run early and come back for breakfast."
"Mmm mmm, I think so too!"
The two rivals immediately left the door with arms around each other's shoulders.
Romeo covered his face, "Really, always like this…"
Such high-intensity exercise, it's inconvenient for Mira to participate, so she stayed at the guild with the President to accompany Asuka.
The three cats were banned from flying, but allowed to transform into human form, just needed to add corresponding weights for human form.
Li Li expressed not fearing challenges, so decisively transformed and got weights. Carla expressed needing to accompany Wendy, so also chose to transform.
Hapi was easy, no need for choices, as he couldn't transform.
Rhode himself wore weights and immediately started leading the run.
At first, everyone thought there was nothing to it, it's just long-distance running, even with added weights, it's just a very ordinary exercise.
But after leaving town, entering the uninhabited area, things became a bit different.
Only to see Rhode running, raising his hand all of a sudden, loudly shouting, "Everyone take caution, falling stones ahead in the sky!"
Instinctively, everyone raised their heads, only to see clear skies.
Yet suddenly, a yellow ray of light shot from Rhode's hand, fist-sized stones spaced about a meter apart, falling continuously from 30 meters high, covering the whole team.
"Too dangerous!"
"Hey!"
"Why do we have such a thing?!"
The group wailed and dodged, wobbling.
The initially inconspicuous weights remarkably affected their flexibility now.
Hence most people evaded quite embarrassingly.
And this was just the beginning.
Just leaving the falling stone area, Rhode shouted again, "Wolf packs might appear in the woods, could pounce anytime, but everyone, do not harm wild animals!"
"Whoa!"
As Rhode's words fell, Marcus saw a wolf jump down from a branch.
He rolled away, dodging the attack, but accidentally tripped Wollian nearby.
The two rolled together, almost stepped on by Nabu.
"Do wolves climb trees?!"
"What wild animals? They are clearly Rhode's wolves!"
"Here they come again! Ah!"
"Bigda failed to dodge, penalized to retreat 100 meters and rerun!"
"Is there punishment for failing to dodge?!"
"Watch me, the Fire Dragon's... Whoa!"
Rhode punched Natsu, summoned River Crab, and announced, "Natsu committed a foul, sent back 500 meters to rerun!"
No one dared act now, only keeping track of the Shadow Wolf's movements, trying their best to dodge attacks.
Finally, when they broke out of the woods, they were welcomed by Beaked Birds and Ghosts, along with Stone Beetle's tripping service.
The group moaned endlessly, while Rhode kept shouting, "Can you not handle such obstacles, the old lady selling popsicles at the guild entrance runs more relaxed than you!"
Lucy gasped for breath and complained, "Who the hell is that old lady..."
Amid frequent sounds of falling, Rhode curiously lifted Wendy, "There's still 10 meters to the next Stone Beetle..."
Wendy brushed off the dirt, "Sorry, I stepped on a pebble."