272 Training Soldiers - New Shield (1/2)

A stable life.

Normally, an individual could easily achieve stability once getting a regular job. It doesn't matter whether the job had a high paying salary or a high position.

Once someone had a regular job, they could become stable.

In the apocalypse, becoming stable means having enough strength to live day by day.

To feed yourself, to fight for resources.

If you can't, there's a high chance that you'll die.

After the basic checks on the newly recruited army, King brought them to the very front lines.

Teresa and Baras, the towns northern and eastern to Morong, respectively. The First Army had 149 recruits and would be trained daily until they're used to fighting in groups. The army's main goal was to be able to deal with Evolved Carriers without receiving any casualties.

Jun overruled the decision to send the disqualified recruits to the Scavenger unit and placed them as reserve army soldiers instead. They would still continue to train and would receive remuneration from Black Haven, but with no benefits and only half the regular salary.

As the First Army attempted to clear Teresa, they were able to meet an increasing number of survivors scavenging for loot.

Everyone knew that the scavengers from Black Haven hasn't reached here and these scavengers are probably locals or belong to the Antipolo City up north.

Teresa only had fresh regular carriers and mostly Rank 1 Evolved Carriers. The First Army was taught how to differentiate how many days the carrier has died depending on the clothes carriers wear.

A worn dirty carrier was easily recognizable against a newly killed survivor. Even if only a day passed, their clothes tend to remain softer than blood-drenched clothes of the older carriers.

The First Army was faring well against Rank 1 Evolved Carriers. Attackers and Defenders were assigned based on their skill.

A person who can block a Rank 1 Destriyer's punch face to face would mean a lot and naturally would be placed as a Tank.

People who had piercing or cutting related skills would become frontline attackers and had to remain alert and on standby to make sure that the Tank's skill would be put to good use.

Unlike toggle skills, most skills that completely negate an attack had an averagely long cooldown.

Individuals who had supporting skills were taught how to use bows for further attacking ability.

For example, a teacher who had the silence skill could help keep the Destroyer quiet, making sure that they could pick lone Evolved Carriers on their own. If it can't shout or roar, the Tanks don't need to worry about the ringing on their ears while fighting.

There's also a unique support skill by an unemployed NEET. He had the skill called Disrupt, which helps confuse the target by jolting them for a second.

Not that they wanted to in the first place.

Most of the scavengers were from Antipolo while the few unrelated ones were from secluded barrios that managed to survive by themselves.

Baras was of the same population size and land border.

Unfortunately, since not many people have traveled from town to town, the whole town was still populated by carriers, and not just regular carriers—Evolved Carriers.

The First Army had to slowly push forward and had to retreat several times to the outskirts due to the enemy numbers. Though the town residents fought back due to evidence all over the place, one could assume of the grim end that the town couldn't escape.

King had to make a decision. He either has to go back and request for help or continue with the slow progress.

Since they were here to train, he was inclined to continue. They just have to be careful with fighting the enemies and everything should be fine.

”We'll take a short rest to plan things out. Team Leaders, come over for a meeting.”

One hundred fifty people blocked the road that led to Baras. No carriers could sneak out unless they were invisible.

King gathered the team leaders for brainstorming. This were temporary team leaders that had high contribution and has good prospects with retaining the title.

There were six people that came forward and met with him, two from each roles.

For the tank team leaders, one was a bodyguard while the other was a club bouncer. The attack team leader had a barber and a chef. Last but not the least, the support team leaders, a teacher and a NEET.

Everyone worked in harmony since previous jobs doesn't really matter anymore after leveling up.