The God of War

Arken Empire, the Imperial Palace Knight Training Grounds.

The training commander's roar erupted even before the rooster's cry that awakened the dawn.

“You lazy bastards! Get up, already!?”

Those being called lazy bastards were all renowned swordsmen from across the country.

They were famous enough in their home regions that failing to know their names would have been like failing to know the sun, whether for fighting monsters alone or winning swordsmanship tournaments, and they had been quite full of themselves.

But once they entered this place, they realized they were merely frogs in a well.

The brutal training and frustration—so intense that one might wonder whether a human could endure them—shattered their spirits again and again.

“You must grow beyond the weaklings you were yesterday! Abandon your weakness of yesterday! Live for today and advance toward tomorrow! Understood!?”

“Yes!”

“Your voices are too quiet! We’ll start with an easy thirty laps at full speed!”...