Assistence

Acceptance

The Military

" Miron Zervou, you passed the test... Welcome to the military! " said Sergeant Major Christopher with a cheerful voice as he declared that Miron had passed the test, and successfully joined the military of the last human nation. This nation had needed many soldiers because a police force wouldn't be enough. " Thank you, Sergeant Major. " said Miron, as he walked into the fortress that is known as The Sandgate Hold. The Sandgate Hold was a majestic fortress, with 15 levels. In the lobby, he spotted some soldiers happily chatting away. He went to the cafeteria to eat some lunch. After he took his tray, he sat down on a random empty table. A few minutes later one of his comrades sat down next to him. " Are you the rookie? " said this young man that sat down next to Miron. " Yeah, that would be me. Nice to meet you. My name is Miron Zervou. " " Yeah, sure. My name's Eduard Croditier. Judging by your name, are you from Lobal? " " Yeah, I was born there but I lived in Dauga since I was 3. " " My father worked in Lobal for 10 years, and even I know a bit of the Lobalese language. "

These two soldiers ate their lunches while talking with each other. After they finished, they have been notified that the military had a new mission. The two of them quickly ran to the yard where everyone was already waiting for them. " Hurry up! " shouted the Sergeant Major.

" I know that we have a new guy, and you would probably like to get close to each other, but we got a report of a large number of monster hounds on the eastern outskirts of Tyloford City. Everyone shall get to the scene in half an hour. "

Said the Major General, and everyone ran to the hangar where the cars were stored. There were 6 cars in total and the military had 34 people, along with the Major General. 

Tyloford City was one of the last big cities of human history and the largest one out there. It started as a watermill that the Tyloford family ruled in the 4th generation. The city has come a long way since then. The war didn't reach the city's center, but the east was almost completely destroyed. As the soldiers traveled in the east, they saw all kinds of burnt, collapsed, or buried buildings. The east was also very dangerous because it had low radiation levels.

When the soldiers arrived in the east, as they got out of their vehicles, a large number of monster hounds immediately ran towards them. Luckily, one of the mages set up a neon barrier, and that protected the soldiers. 

" So why are we doing this anyway? Wouldn't this be normally the job of the police force?  " said a soldier. " Yes, this would be the police force's job. But the police force's quarter was slaughtered because of these damn dogs. That's why the citizens of Tyloford need us, the military. " " No way. Are we talking about the same police force? I meant the local one, not the one in Rozzerhaben. " at the same time, the monster hounds' group launched another attack on the soldiers, damaging 2 soldiers. " You little shit! " shouted a soldier as he stabbed an enchanted spear into a monster hound, killing it in an instant. Then, the rest of the monster hounds ran towards the soldiers as well. Eduard took an enchanted assault rifle and began shooting at the monster hounds, killing 4 of them, but the rest evaded the bullets. One of the monster hounds jumped on Eduard and began to scratch his face all over, but I managed to get it off before any major damage was done to him... or so I thought, but the monster hound has scratched out one of Eduard's eyes and left a large scar starting from the bottom of his forehead, all the way to his mount. The scar also went through his left eye. " Corporal Eduard!! " I shouted as I ran to the car to aid Eduard's face. " Take care of him, Private Miron. We will go too but we have to deal with the remaining enemies. " Said the Sergeant Major, and took out an enchanted spear. That spear had been enchanted with high-level magic. He cut a monster hound with it. That monster hound caught on blue fire and ran around trying to put it out, but with no success. He died seconds later. After I have treated Eduard, I took his enchanted assault rifle and began to shoot the monster hounds with full force. I hit 6 of them in the head, I hit 12 of them in the chest, and 3 on the legs. This went on for another hour. I was shooting, Sergeant Major was killing them with his powerful spear. When we finished, we went straight back to Sandgate Hold, where my comrades took Eduard to the infirmary.

Defect

It was already 1 AM when I heard an explosion coming from the north. A few seconds later I heard the alarm, too. I got out of bed and opened the door to the hall of our barracks. A lot of soldiers began to run, so I ran too. We arrived in the armory where we picked a pair of enchanted guns. The announcer said that 11 monster hounds broke through the northern gate, which is a weak one, and there were a lot of monster hounds in the forest north to Tyloford City. The building's northern side was on fire, and the monster hounds were destroying everything they saw. It was probably an act of revenge for what happened in the afternoon. The soldiers began to shoot, and so did I. We killed off most of the monster hounds, except one. It ran to my left. I chased after it. It ran into the infirmary, and was standing on top of Eduard, almost as if it was saying " move a muscle and he's dead ". But Eduard woke up and began to strangle the monster, and with his help, I shot it in the head, killing it in an instant. " Damn, this dog had a lot of blood. Did you have to shoot it specifically in the head? " said Eduard. " It was the most effective way. It is better if it's his blood on you than yours. " " Heh, don't worry. I already had been covered with my blood. To be honest, it wasn't the best feeling, but at least I made it this far. " And with that, he went back to sleep. Since it was 1 AM, I went back to sleep too. My first day in the army had been difficult enough. I wonder how will my second day be.

And that concludes the first official chapter of Assistance. In the next episode, you will learn about Miron's adventures, and how will he handle the burdens of the military.