Chapter 491: You Are Lab Mice (2/2)

Ye Zi turned to Duo Lun and said, ”Duo Lun, you need to rest for a couple of days until you can start training again.”

Duo Lun nodded.

Wang Tong stood up and walked to him after Ye Zi was gone. ”Duo Lun, this is all your own fault. You wouldn't have gotten hurt if your foundation were solid enough. Remember, while you are on the battlefield, fight with your brain instead of your life. If you make the same mistake again, I will not allow Ye Zi to look after you. You are a dead man on the battlefield if you don't train hard anyway, so you might as well die in my training room, under my watch!”

Duo Lun and Tan Bu looked down and shuffled their feet on the ground nervously. To them, Wang Tong was the absolute authority, and therefore, they didn't dare talk back at him. Although Wang Tong was an amiable fellow, when it came down to training, he would turn into the devil himself in the snap of a finger. Wang Tong had spent a lot of time on these two lab mice, experimenting different versions of the tactics on them. His goal was to groom these two soldiers into the backbone of Battle Wolf.

Despite being constantly under Wang Tong's fire, Duo Lun and Tan Bu knew that his intentions were good. If they didn't keep at it, their band brothers would soon catch up with them once he started to spread the tactics among the ranks of Battle Wolf.

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The loot was much needed during this difficult time, and it allowed the Battle Wolf soldiers to focus on improving their tactics instead of survival. Everyone dreamed of kicking the Zergs out of the City of Maersa, but the human forces were still too weak to even make a dent on the city wall. Therefore. Wang Tong waited patiently, digging in for a long war.

The next morning, Lie Wushuang left with the other four warriors of House Lie, but Lie Xuan stayed. Seeing her face in the empty living quarter assigned to House Lie guests, Guan Dongyang's face lit up with glee.

”Brother Dongyang, take care of her, please.” Lie Wushuang pleaded before he left.

”Don't worry. I will protect her with my life.”

”I believe you. As for the attack on the city, I am afraid that House Lie's hands are tied at the moment. You are on your own. But, we wish you can succeed.”

”I will, and thank you.”

After the guests were gone, Guan Dongyang called for a meeting, during which, he assigned Wang Tong as the new instructor for METAL combat and mastery.

A soft susurration of doubts crept across the crowd as Guan Dongyang made the announcement. However, no one raised their voice to protest against the decision. Battle Wolf's main focus in the next a few months was to improve its combat ability. Although they were literally sitting on a pile of treasure, without improving themselves, they would eventually spend their fortune dry.

Guan Dongyang didn't give his soldiers much explanation about the new training program, since he thought that Wang Tong would elaborate on that when he started training.

Before Wang Tong started the training, he decided to handpick a few soldiers with great potential to form a focus group. He needed ten METAL fighters and then Mastery casters.

Wang Tong's method of sieving out the best candidates was simple, the soul scan. When Wang Tong used the soul scan on Ye Zi, her senses pricked, but she wasn't sure what Wang Tong had done to her. Lie Xuan crossed her arms and leaned against a wall in the corner as she pondered over Guan Dongyang's decisions.

After some time, all ten soldiers were chosen, and the focus group was formed. It included many familiar faces, such as Ross, Ye Zi, and Hamir.

Guan Dongyang dismissed everyone except for the members of the focus group.

Ross' patience was wearing thin, so he piped up, ”Boss, what the heck is this guy doing? He is wasting our time!”

Guan Dongyang ignored Ross and turned his head towards Wang Tong.

”Starting today, you will be under my supervision. The reason I picked you guys was that you are all too weak. Pathetically weak! My training is… unconventional to say the least. I hope you can make it to the end” Wang Tong said with a cold and disinterested voice.

”How dare you, Wrench Monkey! ”Ross shouted.

Wang Tong cracked a smile and then waved his right arm gently.