95 Recruitmen (1/2)

On a house by the road, six people diligently sharpened bones using dull bone knives. They trained their energy usage to make the dull knife peel off the outer layer of the bone and reshape it accordingly. They didn't rush their works and strives to achieved higher energy control as per their teacher requested.

They were taught that materials that have the same tier would require outside help for it to be worked on. That is the reason why they were using Tier 0 Bone Knives to sculpt items.

The teenager threw another finished knife towards the pile of finished products on his side of the table. His action gathered the attention of the group.

”Hey, Jonard. Are you sure you're doing things right? I just started my second one and you're already on your fourth one.” said an old middle aged man jokingly.

”Mac, are you getting jealous again? The young would always overtake the old. That's an old saying that I really hate.” said the other old man.

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”I'm still better than you though.” Mac harrumphed as he glared at Kavin. He threw the finished knife towards his side of the table. There were now two knives on his pile while Kavin was still working on his second one. He chose a random bone and started working on it triumphantly.

The two adult men chuckled at the old men's childish bickering. Jonard and the woman just smiled at the scene.

Although they were talking like this, they were actually close to each other. Though this is the first day since they started working together, they felt close enough to joke and bicker with each other. Just as they were starting to laugh, Old John entered the room. He first looked at the table, then circled the room. He taught a few more basic things, like how to sharpen and how to do it. The correct way of holding the knife and how to peel effectively, resulting in smoother surfaces.

Afterwards, he left the room with a smile.

The next day, Jonard was promoted to Apprentice II by Old John, he could now work on Tier 1 materials if he was able to sculpt a Tier 1 bone into a knife or a dagger.

Jonard selected a smooth bone from the pile and worked on it for half an hour. When he submitted it to Old John, he was praised and was officially allowed to work on Tier 1 materials.

The group congratulated him and promised that they would train better at controlling their energies.

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”Recruiting for volunteers! The National Police asks for your help to make the town a more secure and livable place. There are benefits for those who volunteers. There would be roof above your heads, you would have food at your table and the best of them all, you would be helping the country to stand up once again!”

An officer shouted on top of his voice on the middle of the plaza square. It was already night time and a lot of scavengers have returned from their trips to relax and have fun on various pubs on the plaza. Various would mean those open table pubs and those who were doing business on darker side of the plaza. The economy is striving successfully causing people to have things to work for. Those who were able to scavenge would wake up in the morning and would return in the evening. They would trade useless loots for points and would spend the night however they want, mostly drinking and other stuff. Those who weren't brave enough would then set up some kind of business or services that would sponge off from those who were abled.

This became a daily routine for everyone and it became the norm.

”Sir, I don't think this is going to work.” a young officer by the side said. ”Not everyone thinks like us. Those who have the strength and were willing have already volunteered. The remaining people would rather go on their own and live for themselves while others don't even have the strength to fight.”

The officers face darkened a bit. ”I know... just continue training the volunteers and make sure they have enough skills before sending them into fieldwork.”

”Yes, sir.” the officer saluted, then left.

Lieutenant Cedric sighed again. ”I'm sighing to much this days...”

”Well, that doesn't seem good.” a voice came from the side. ”You should smile more often than you sigh. I heard it's bad for the health.”

Lieutenant Cedric turned his head to see Jun smiling at him. Several seconds later, the statue shone continuously and bodies started to appear one after the other.

Before the lieutenant could ask questions, Jun started the conversation. ”We cleared most of the infected on the west. We need to clear that side tomorrow. Are your men ready?”

Lieutenant Cedric wasn't able to process the information at first, but still nodded his head. He then said, ”How did you do that?”

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