Next to the training ground stood rows of wooden racks, on each of which hung a near-death Soldier, their bodies covered in whip marks.
Someone in the queue suddenly couldn't hold on, and their Firearms drooped. The patrolling Captain immediately rushed over, dragged that warrior out, and strung them up on the rack for a severe whipping, delivering a full twenty lashes.
The Captain did not dare to show any mercy with his beating; if he had shown any sign of softening, the Colonel would step in and hang him up on the rack. If the Colonel showed leniency, General Dharma would hang him, and the punishment would escalate following this hierarchy, up to General Dharma himself.
The requirement for the women was that they could faint but must not waver.
This training session lasted a full two hours until the woman on the high platform disappeared from sight, and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, collapsing to the ground all at once.
