Chapter 40

The ice cold water hit Seth like... well, a bucket of ice cold water.

"Get up boy!" a voice said.

He snapped awake and leap out of bed. It took almost a second for him to get his bearings, and when he did he realized it was still dark outside. He had been sleeping in the trainee barracks of The Bank. It looked like a medieval version of every barracks he'd ever seen in a movie.

"We're burning daylight, now stop wasting time," Heinrich said.

Seth shivered and instinctively shook much of the water off like a dog or cat would. The action peppered the entire room in water, much to the consternation of those who hadn't been woken by the commotion.

"It's time for training," Heinrich said.

"But it's still dark outside," Seth yawned.

WHACK!

Heinrich's fist smashed into the side of his face and knocked Seth clean off his feet because he wasn't ready for it.

"What was that for!?" he shouted as h