The Test

Following Walter with no direction in mind, he could only keep his mouth shut as he waited patiently for him to explain. Seeing Sam remain silent along the way, Walter couldn't help but silently appreciate the manners he had shown. But it wasn't manners which he was thinking about, Sam was genuinely lost, so he wouldn't try to make a joke of himself by being late on his first day.

"If you're not going to ask me your questions, I might as well just leave you on your own." Walter had said with his back facing Sam, grinningly slightly.

"I-" Not being able to process what was happening, he couldn't find the right words to say. Seeing him unable to bring out his words properly, Walter laughed. "I'm messing around with you, who knew under all that killing intent, you would actually be a goody too shoes."

"You were there that time?" Ignoring the last remark emotionlessly, Sam couldn't help but feel shocked. He was sure that the moment he had taken away his intent, he apologized to everyone there, but he had never seen someone like Walter then.

"Don't act surprised, it isn't only you who is particularly special you know. I will admit, you did restrain me with your intent for a couple of seconds, but I managed to shake it off and get away, without you noticing."

Understanding what had happened, Sam nodded. 'I guess there really are people who have their own unique ways...'

"Okay aside from all that, you approached me for directions and support, so I'll be brief about the areas you should know about. I can expect that all the Vice Commander had told you, was to eat, sleep, walk, and sh*t." Hearing this, Sam couldn't help but put his head down in shame, to take what the Vice Commander had said seriously.

"Let me start with the Districts, there are four districts in total here in the Ancestor Corp. They are divided into specific commodities as such: The Ancestral Quarters, Ancestral Fields, Ancestral Facilities, and finally the Ancestral Base. As to the name, the Ancestral Quarters is where us soldiers reside in, from Unit One down to Unit Five. Regarding the Ancestral Fields, as you heard from the soldier a while ago shouting 'Primary Field', the Ancestral Fields is divided as well into 5 fields beginning from Primary, ending in the fifth. You'll know why soon. The Ancestral Facilities, are listed with facilities such as the cafeteria, gym, and etc. Finally the Ancestral Base is where we will be receiving our tasks for later performances. So really, you could think of the base as a dome, divided into four areas, and right now we're going to the East section where the Ancestral Fields are at. That good enough for you Private~?"

"Yes, you really explained it perfectly, thank you for helping me again Walter." After gaining the information from Walter, Sam was now confident to travel around the Corp on his own.

"No need to thank me, this is honestly basic information to the others as well. You would have learnt it sooner or later. Don't misunderstand though, we're not friends, I'm just helping you out because you seem interesting to me."

Laughing in his head, it didn't seem to be the case when Sam had thought of their conversation a while ago, winking at Walter in understanding. "Of course I do~"

Feeling a shiver down his spine, Walter turned away and began dashing to the Primary Field without hesitation. "The field is just up ahead, so I'll leave you to yourself. Good luck."

With his figure disappearing into the crowd of his unit, Sam grinned slightly, as he started to make his way to the group. Once he arrived at the field, he could see the people he had once seen separated into groups within the field, as they looked to be close amongst one another. As well as spotting Walter sitting alone in a corner of the field, staring at the ground.

A few minutes later, two middle aged soldiers had made their appearance in front of the group of teenagers. One of them having an astonishing figure, big enough to seem able to handle a bear on his own. While the other, was average in all aspects, but if one were to look closely, there was a spirit of fierceness in his eyes.

"Good Evening Freshlings, my name is Zhu! But you shall all call me, Sergeant Zhu! Now that all of you have finally assembled to the quota, we can finally begin with your training! The main purpose of creating such a Corp. was to bring up Soldiers who could fight the Ancestors toe to toe. But as there are plenty of unique Ancestors across the globe to date, our focus will only be the ones who are terrorizing our country. So to begin, all of you will be tested of your endurance, tactics, battle ability, cooperation in today's test. You will be rewarded with how well you do!"

Sergeant Zhu announcing with a boom to his voice, until the average soldier beside him had added while smiling. "Whoever will receive first place, can hope of getting 1000 points..."

BOOM

The surrounding teenagers had all burst into an uproar, as they had heard that they would be given 1000 points respectively to whom takes first place in the test. Unbeknownst to Sam though, he had no clue with what points are or for what they were for...

"Sorry about that, I forgot to explain about the point system on our way here. Basically, like other systems, each individual will receive points based on the merit they gain by killing Ancestors, or other specific tasks given. You would be able to earn access with these points, or a promotion to the next rank if you have the intended amount. That's basically it."

Walter had suddenly appeared behind Sam, knowing that he would be unable to understand why they had raised this certain topic in an uproar.

Hearing the voice behind him, in fear Sam had sent a kick towards Walters stomach, sending him flying across the crowd as he landed next to the Sergeant. Realizing that it was Walter who had spoken to him, he began rushing to his side to check on how he was. Seeing that he was just knocked out, Sam put out a sigh of relief until he heard a voice laugh.

"Hahahahhaha! As expected of the one who could go head to head with an Ancestor bare handed! You did not disappoint us, with even sending your own friend flying with a kick!"

As if a god had spoken into Walters very soul, he suddenly woke up and declared. "He is not my frien-!" Without being able to finish his declaration, he had been hit in the neck by the average soldier, once again falling into slumber.

"You two indeed have a unique relationship, cherish it young one."

Everyone surrounding the man, felt an uneasy feeling go down their back as they watched Walter getting knocked out twice in just a span of a minute. For the reason he woke up so suddenly, no one bothered about it.

Sam slightly smiling as he could feel impending doom if he got on the bad side of this man. "Yes indeed, he's an interesting guy..."

"Well then, enough interruptions. Let us now begin the test!" Sergeant Zhu had then followed after the unusual event.

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