In the later stages of the apocalypse

"I... I just don't want him to bully my mom anymore."

"Is that so? Alright, go and bring your mom and sister here. You don't need to worry about Heywood manager!"

"Okay, thank you, Young Master Bruce!" Jamie replied excitedly and ran out of the room.

Watching the boy's departing figure, a smile crept onto Bruce's lips.

"A twelve-- foundryman? Heh... quite interesting..."

Yes!

This boy named Jamie awakened as a foundryman

And it was for this reason that Bruce was willing to let him bring two followers into his team.

Although the profession of a foundryman wasn't particularly useful for Bruce in the early stages, as they lacked combat abilities, they were extremely rare.

Sometimes, even in a survivor base with tens of thousands of people, you might not see a single forger.

In the later stages of the apocalypse!

foundryman weren't the rarest profession, but they were definitely the wealthiest.

While others were busy fighting monsters and leveling up, forgers were already wealthy.

As for the reason?

It was because the weapons and armor they forged were highly sought after by awakened individuals.

Especially in the mid-to-late stages of the apocalypse, when firearms couldn't inflict significant damage on monsters.

Iron-level monsters had fragile lives and were easily taken down with firearms, but from the Bronze-level monsters onward, firearms became less effective.

By the time you reached Gold-level monsters, firearms were almost useless.

Even with armor-piercing bullets, breaking through their defenses was uncertain.

Moreover, bullets were consumables, and in today's world without electricity to aid production, every bullet counted.

When bullets were truly depleted, special weapons forged by forgers were needed.

Of course, Bruce had never seen what a foundryman looked like.

He couldn't see the profession due to the boy's betrayal rate being no less than 30%.

He only deduced that he was a foundryman based on the boy's performance.

In Jesse's early plot, there were professions for all awakened individuals in the apocalypse.In Jesse's early plot, there were professions for all awakened individuals in the apocalypse.

Although these professions only had a single name without detailed descriptions or specific abilities, Bruce carefully studied them.

He found that, except for the Foundryman and Alchemist, other professions were unlikely to have the ability to decompose monster corpses.

And Cynthia was a healing-type awakened individual.

If this boy were an Alchemist, his abilities would conflict with Cynthia's.

Having two conflicting abilities in the protagonist's team would be very unreasonable.

So Bruce concluded that Jamie was a Foundryman.

Ten minutes later, the boy brought the mother and daughter to Room 8008 where Bruce was.

They had secretly come without Heywood manager's knowledge.

In the room, there were only Bruce and Cynthia, who was leaning against the sofa.

Bruce scrutinized the newcomers.

Angela was around thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old.

She had decent looks and figure, but at most, she was only seven or eight out of ten.

Perhaps because of her age, she was more favored by people like Heywood manager.

Seeing Bruce, Angela held her daughter tightly, showing signs of fear.

Bruce didn't show much reaction. "Your name is Angela?"

"Yes... yes!"

"I'm Bruce. You're much older than me, so you can call me , or just Young Master Bruce, like they do."

"I... I'll stick with Young Master Bruce!"

Angela didn't know what method her son had used to convince Bruce. She only knew that Bruce killed without hesitation and showed no mercy when facing monsters.

Faced with such a strong person, how could she dare to use a diminutive term before his name?

"Alright!"

"Young Master Bruce, are you really willing to let us join your team?"

"Of course!" Bruce nodded. "Your son told me about your situation, and coincidentally, his awakened ability is useful to me. As long as you follow my orders, I can provide you with food and ensure your safety!""Will... will Jamie be in danger?"

"Generally speaking, he won't! Even if there's danger, I'll prioritize protecting him."

"I see... well then!" Angela hesitated for a moment, then nodded cautiously.

Bruce's abilities were evident, and Heywood manager was indeed a coward.

It was better to come to Bruce's side than being bullied over there.

"Jamie, take your mom and sister to have a meal first."

"Okay, Young Master Bruce!" The boy nodded eagerly and led Angela and her sister away.

As they left, the door closed behind them.

"Bruce..."

"What do you call me?"

"Hus... Husband..."

"That's right. When no one's around, call me that!"

"Could you... not bully me like this?"

Cynthia pouted, her face full of grievances.

She had wanted to ask Bruce something while the boy was leaving, but Bruce's attitude towards her didn't seem like that of a boyfriend.

This feeling made her very uncomfortable.

"Is this also called bullying?" Bruce was somewhat speechless. "Anyway, if you have something to say, just say it."

"I... I just wanted to ask if this child's ability is really useful?"

Cynthia wasn't dwelling on this question either.

Although in her mind, it would be good to bring more survivors, it didn't fit Bruce's style.

So she was just curious.

"Why not test it out?"

"Test? How?"

"Follow me!"

Bruce didn't bother to explain further. He pulled Cynthia and found the boy again.

Then he called Elbert and the four of them went downstairs together.

The test results were very clear.This little boy can decompose not only lizard skin but also the tendons of lizards, the scythes of mantises, and the teeth and bones of zombies?

Do you still dare to say he's not a foundryman?

The scythes of mantises and the teeth and bones of zombies can't be used as medicine!

They're all materials for making weapons!

"Not bad, it's indeed the ability I wanted. Jamie, go rest now, we'll talk about anything else tomorrow."

"Okay, Young Master Bruce!"

With all the arrangements made, Bruce stretched lazily.

After confirming that Jamie was indeed a foundryman, Bruce had some other ideas.

Weapons were definitely not needed for now.

He had the Andúril sword, and there were plenty of cold weapons in the arsenal.

It wasn't very practical to have Jamie, who had just awakened his ability, make weapons that were more powerful than these modern cold weapons.

However, having him make gloves to prevent zombie bites was no problem.

"Huh, gloves? Damn!"

Bruce suddenly cursed in his mind.

Why didn't he think of this before??

He remembered that some dog trainers would use gloves specifically designed to prevent dog bites during training.

Wouldn't it be great to have some for preventing zombie bites?

It seemed that his experience was still too shallow, and his preparations were not thorough enough, right??

But thinking about these things now was useless.

What Bruce could do now was to make good use of the current resources and survive in the apocalypse.

Thinking about what wasn't prepared properly before wouldn't help.

Under Bruce's absolute strength, the monsters in the hotel were cleared out completely.

The left side of the 8th-floor elevator became an absolute restricted area for other survivors.

This was the second night of the apocalypse.

Of course, Bruce would sleep with Cynthia tonight.

Young people, with their vigorous energy, it's normal.

Having some exercise wouldn't affect their normal work the next day.

Seeing that Bruce was going to sleep with Cynthia, Joanne had no choice but to sleep alone.

But rooms 10, 11, and 12 were Bruce's storage and weapon rooms.

Elbert and Cedric stayed in room 6.