Chapter 55 (2/2)

“Maron, if you have David’s competency, I’ll do it for you!” Jim said while glaring at Maron.

Although Jim had used some of his authority when settling that matter, it was in accordance with the military regulations. It was a proper procedure.

David’s sniping ability could indeed be useful in times of war. Besides, recruiting a potential Sniper Armorer was something that the military would usually do.

Although there were plenty of armorers in Pelan City, there were actually three divisions. The armorers that served the military would only face the outside world. They would not take part in the matters in Pelan City.

The armorers who served the government were few in number, but they had to manage a large number of civilian armorers. As such, the government was forced to frequently borrow local civilian armorers.

The third division contained the largest number of civilian armorers, which included retired military armorers—armorers who had graduated from the Armorer Academy and returned to their hometowns. There was even a large number of armorers with complicated status who were there to fight for their own interests.

Talented young men like David were exactly what the military needed. Even if he wouldn’t become a soldier in the future, he should still have good relations with the military.

“Jim, you’re underestimating me. Once I get into Nan University and become an armorer, I won’t even bother looking at these authorization documents if they’re placed in front of me!” Maron said arrogantly.

Although he said that, he knew that people of Pelan City often vied to become reserve combatants of the City Defense Brigade. Being allowed to own multiple hot weapons was enough to tempt the vast majority of people.

Besides, if there was a big war in Pelan City, would it be possible to hide?

By then, if that happened, it would be better to take up some weapons and join the battle. The young men of Planet Rocky were never afraid of fighting in battles. The environment that they were born into had decided that the best of them would fight the Bugs. They would only get to raise their status by taking part in the battle.

David saw Maron’s desire to become a reserve combatant and understood that it was a good thing. Hence, he felt more at ease.

“David, are we going to the shooting range this time, or should I take you somewhere else?” Maron asked when he saw that Jim was done discussing with David.

“Where can you take David to play?” Jim said to Maron with disdain. He then turned to David and said, “I shall take you around the city today to see the real situation outside the city!”

David’s eyes lit up. The view outside of Pelan City was something that he had seen before when he was on the wall. However, he had only seen it from afar and had never reached it.

“I’ll go too. If I take this guy with me, I might even be able to kill a few Bugs larvae myself!” Maron exclaimed with excitement as he raised the Eye of Death replica.

“Jim, it won’t get you in trouble, will it?” David asked tactfully. He really wanted to go as well.

“It’s nothing troublesome. We’ll just move around within the city boundaries. Basically, there won’t be any danger. It won’t just be the three of us either. We’ll be taking a few more people with us!” Jim said with a smile.

David carried the scabbard on his back as he left. On the other hand, Maron placed the Eye of Death replica and some ammunition in the car.

Jim’s car was a military hovercar while David and Myron followed them in the Glaston VI.

They had chosen the Southern Gate this time. When they arrived, David had already seen hundreds of people standing at the Southern Gate. Those people were carrying all kinds of weapons, knives, spears, and hot weapons. Although there were no armorers who wore exoskeleton armors, they had some combat power, and some armored hovercars were lined up crookedly next to them.

David had also seen the Southern Gate. It was a square gate that was 10 meters tall and 10 meters wide. At this moment, the reinforced and spiked gate was not activated, and it looked rather menacing.

The two cars did not approach the gate and pulled up in the military parking lot that was not too far away instead.

David wanted to help Maron carry the Eye of Death replica, but he refused. David could also tell that Maron seemed to be intending to take over the right of ownership of the Eye of Death replica.

However, David did not vie with him for it. Given the current standards of Maron who did not go through proper training, he definitely would not be able to continue after a few shots.

Jim walked past the crowd of armored hovercars with the two of them. While some of the people, who were waiting, were dissatisfied with the fact that the three of them were not getting in line, most of them knew who Jim was. Due to such, the voices of the people complaining were rather soft.