I Heard You Have a Sword Here?

"But..."

"There's no 'but'..."

Joanne interrupted him directly, then looked at Bruce Roberts. "Have you all seen the situation outside? What are your plans?"

"We don't have long-term plans yet, but we do have a short-term plan."

"Oh?"

"We're planning to go find food together with them!"

Bruce Roberts replied 'honestly'!

"Go find food together??" Joanne was initially stunned, then hurriedly persuaded, "But it'll be very dangerous outside!"

"It's okay, we have weapons!"

Bruce Roberts raised the Andúril sword in his hand.

The hilt was new, the scabbard rusty, a very strange combination.

"Even if you have weapons, it's still very dangerous, you know?"

"It's fine, we..."

"Hey, young man, how are you? I'm Jamal, the head of the hotel security team. I heard you have a sword here?"

Bruce Roberts's words were interrupted by a sudden voice.

The person was none other than the head of security - Jamal.

Seeing the other staring at the sword in his hand, Bruce Roberts didn't deny it: "That's correct!"

"Can I talk to you about something?"

"What's the matter?" Bruce Roberts frowned.

"Can we talk somewhere else?"

"Sure!"

"Well..."

Jamal pulled Bruce Roberts aside and explained his intentions directly.

Hearing that the other wanted to cooperate with him, Bruce Roberts couldn't help but be surprised.

"You want to cooperate with me?"

"Yes!! I think there might be something wrong with the clothing store across the street. We can go take a look together. I have seven or eight strong young security guards on my side, plus other survivors, totaling more than a dozen people, no problem."

"With your help, our chances of success will be much higher."

"You think there might be treasure there, so you want to go over there, right?"Bruce Roberts didn't rush to agree, but instead asked a question first.

It had to be said, the entrance to the secret realm gave off an extremely mysterious feeling. Even if they didn't know what it was, there was an urge to explore.

Hearing this, Jamal didn't deny it. "More or less!"

"What if there's nothing inside?"

"That's no loss!" Jamal said directly. "Anyway, we need to go to the second floor to find food and clear out the monsters in the hotel. It's just a matter of time."

"That's true, but I want to know, what's in it for me if I agree to this?" Bruce Roberts showed a knowing smile.

Actually, Bruce Roberts had never considered cooperating or anything of the sort. But since he intended to let these people take the lead, he naturally wouldn't refuse Jamal's proposal.

"If there really is something valuable in there, we split it fifty-fifty!" Jamal had already thought of an answer. "As for the food downstairs? We can share it jointly. How does that sound to you?"

"Sounds good? Alright, let me discuss with them!"

"Sure!" Jamal nodded slightly. "By the way, your name is Bruce Roberts, right?"

"Yes!"

Bruce Roberts answered and then turned back to the crowd.

In fact, there was nothing much to discuss about this kind of thing. After all, this team was entirely under his command. Saying so was just for show.

As for the final result between the two, there was absolutely no suspense.

Two minutes later.

Bruce Roberts found Jamal, agreed to his request, and spoke up.

"Since it's cooperation, have your people follow me, I'll give you some weapons!"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Jamal's eyes lit up. "Brother Lu, do you have spare weapons?"

"Finnegan!" Bruce Roberts couldn't be bothered to beat around the bush. "Take him back to the room to get weapons!"

"Okay, boss!"

Finnegan answered and turned back to the room.

These weapons were prepared in advance by Bruce Roberts for them. So, no one knew that Bruce Roberts had an arsenal.A few more minutes passed.

Looking at the five cleavers, four hatchets, three baseball bats, and two steel bars thicker than thumbs in front of him, Jamal was dumbfounded!

"My goodness, where did you get all this stuff from?"

When he was the head of security, he did receive a notice that someone was delivering goods to the upper floors of the hotel and was told not to interfere.

At that time, he didn't pay much attention to it and just arranged for the matter to be taken care of without further inquiry.

Now it seemed that the person delivering goods to the upper floors was this guy??

"Don't worry about that. I've given you the weapons. The rest is up to you!" 

If he wanted these people to clear the way for him, they naturally needed to have some combat ability.

Otherwise, if they collapsed at the first sign of a monster attack, what would be the point?

Anyway, Bruce Roberts had prepared plenty of weapons like these.

Even arming all the survivors wouldn't be a problem.

But Bruce Roberts was a man who needed to build his own team!

He needed a large number of weapons himself.

So, whether for himself or for his future team, he couldn't possibly give out all the weapons.

Giving them a small portion was already considered very generous.

As for the concern that lending weapons to others might turn them into weapons against oneself?

Bruce Roberts wasn't particularly worried about this.

After all, it was only the first day of the apocalypse.

It was difficult for anyone to develop murderous intentions towards their own kind when there was no conflict of interest.

Moreover, the weapons Bruce Roberts gave them were all melee weapons, so the risk was very low for himself, who had abilities and a crossbow.

Plus, with the help of the villain's eyes to prevent Ganking, Bruce Roberts was not worried at all!

Hearing Bruce Roberts's words, Jamal was also understanding. "Brother, that's great. With these weapons, our chances of winning are even greater!"

With the weapons contributed by Bruce Roberts, the confidence of the people increased greatly.

Their dependence on Bruce Roberts himself also decreased significantly.

Soon after!

Under Jamal's leadership, the survivors set off in a grand procession towards the lower floors.

The reason they were chased to the 8th floor earlier was simply because the monsters appeared suddenly.

People would instinctively feel fear towards unknown monsters!

So, as soon as they saw the monsters, they would subconsciously run to a safe place.Now that they were mentally prepared, they naturally wouldn't be as afraid of the monsters as before.

"Are you really going downstairs with them?" Joanne asked with some concern upon hearing Bruce Roberts's words.

After all, Bruce Roberts and the others were her students, and she didn't want them to put themselves in danger.

"Of course!" Bruce Roberts looked at Joanne. "But don't worry, Joanne. If we find food, we'll definitely bring some back for you."

"Oh? Well..." Joanne was touched by his words, but still said, "You don't need to. Just take care of yourselves."

"Which room are you in, Joanne?" Bruce Roberts asked, seemingly unrelated.

"8046. Why do you ask?"

"No reason, just curious!" Bruce Roberts smirked with a meaningful smile. This Joanne, she was really something.

With her curvy figure and alluring background, it was hard not to have thoughts about her...

Even if she wasn't the female lead, Bruce Roberts had ideas about her.

But for the current Bruce Roberts, the secret realm outside was the most important thing.

So he didn't say much to her.

After bidding farewell to Joanne, Bruce Roberts took a deep breath and shifted his focus.

Then, with Cedric and Cynthia Sanchez, he returned to the room to arm themselves.

Each of them received a tactical vest, with a knife, some chocolate, and a bottle of water in the tactical pouches.

Bruce Roberts still had his Andúril sword, Cedric took a fire axe, and Cynthia Sanchez took the crossbow Bruce Roberts had before and strapped on a quiver of arrows.

A girl using a crossbow?

It might be a bit challenging, but for her, it was the most suitable weapon.

Because among the three of them, she was the only one without melee skills.

After giving her a brief tutorial on how to use the crossbow, Bruce Roberts, along with the other two, followed Jamal!

Thanks to Heywood's mediation, Jamal found cooperation with Bruce Roberts.

This saved Bruce Roberts a lot of trouble since he had wanted them to take the lead anyway.