A few soldiers sprinted through as fast as possible, while some were able to keep up a faster jog. Most however assumed about the same speed as Devon. He was in 6th place out of 24 now, a generally good start. The next obstacle was hurdles. He'd have to get over them quick while still running in the mud. The one's before him already took to jumping over them, while one other side-slided over them. The one side-sliding was a bit slower, but also used less energy.

A few more people were getting ahead of him, while others opted for the same deal. He was 10th out of 24 now. Even with his careful approach, the running was starting to wear on him. Next came a wall, which he'd have to climb over using a rope. He could see that some ahead of him were putting their all into it, rushing up the wall with the rope without barely even setting their foot against the wall. Pure muscle strength. While others used their feet too, which was equally effective. Either way, this was going to be tough on his stamina, but Devon had conserved quite a bit of it.

Devon was falling behind a little bit more again. Going down to 11th after the move upwards. Once his feet hit the ground beyond the wall, there was a last obstacle left. Crawling under barbed wire, through mud. The people ahead of him were at it, crawling fast as they could, through a rough environment to say the least. Some were pushing it too much, getting scratched up.

He was gaining on people again. Getting up to 9th place as he rushed through. The pain was no pleasant thing to Devon nonetheless, but it was a good performance. Now a last rush through mud and he'd be done. Some of the people up ahead were putting their all into the run, but they had worn themselves out except for a few, and slowed a bit.

Here came the slightly gay part of taking a shower together with another 23 naked dudes. But it was cool, because no one had dropped their soap.

And after some time, they were done and ready to do whatever they wanted in their down time. Devon could talk to some of the other recruits, though he had not paid much attention to the others so far. Otherwise, he could simply sleep and wait for his call tomorrow.

The next day came. Birds were singing, the sun was shining, and the stomping of feet sounded loudly. Recruits were heading off and on to the armoury, collecting their new gear and duties around the clock. By the time Devon was ready to head off and receive his own, most had already done the same, meaning there was little need to wait.