Recruit training felt completely new to Yu Muyang.
Back when he first joined The Flame-Chasers, he skipped recruit training and went straight into the Logistics Department.
Later, when Ato came looking for him, he passed the test and joined Elysia’s Second Squad without ever going through normal recruit training.
“How long does this recruit training last?” he asked out of curiosity.
“About three months.
Outstanding recruits can become official Flame-Chasers soldiers earlier, of course.
It’s not a strict three months.
If someone doesn’t stand out within that time, most of them get sent to Logistics.
Otherwise they would only serve as cannon fodder on the battlefield.”
Ato’s explanation was blunt, but it matched the current reality of The Flame-Chasers.
The front-line death rate was high, yet they weren’t the kind of organization that treated lives as worthless.
If a soldier’s potential was average, it was better for them to stay as regular soldiers.
At least that way they could live a little longer.
“If you see any recruits you like, I can pull a squad out just for you to train.”
Yu Muyang still trained very hard these days.
For the current Flame-Chasers, his strength already counted as high-end combat power.
Aside from Elysia, he was pretty much the strongest.
Yu Muyang shook his head.
“I know my own situation.
Training myself is fine.
Training new recruits?
Better leave that to someone else.”
After all, he grew stronger mainly through real combat.
He even suspected that without the system, his growth rate wouldn’t have been that different from people in the Previous Era.
Once someone became a MANTIS, the differences weren’t that big.
Not everyone could be Kevin or Elysia.
[I’ll just train by myself for now.
I can get closer to Hua and Kevin later.
With their talent, they’ll stand out within a month.]
[That’s the best time to approach them.]
Once he made up his mind, Yu Muyang said goodbye to the others and headed to the Third Training Ground.
The First and Second Training Grounds were fully occupied by the new recruits.
As high-end combat power of the Second Squad, he shouldn’t fight them for space.
“Want me to spar with you?”
Elysia saw him about to leave and asked with a playful smile.
Yu Muyang felt a little tempted.
Sparring with Elysia would definitely improve his strength.
But after thinking it over, he still shook his head.
“No need.
Let’s wait until my strength gets closer to yours.
Right now I’d just get beaten up.”
[Damn it.
Do you really think a Herrscher can do whatever she wants?]
[Elysia was already this strong before awakening.
No wonder people say that after awakening she was second only to Kevin among the Thirteen Flame-Chasers.]
[How did a Herrscher like Elysia even go through the MANTIS experiments?]
[Mobius must have guessed Elysia was a Herrscher when she ran the experiments.
So instead of injecting foreign genes, she just activated and guided the Herrscher power already inside Elysia.]
Hua, who was in the middle of training, couldn’t help looking up at the beautiful girl.
Shock filled her eyes.
She’s a Herrscher?
But Captain Himeko told her that all Herrschers have the destruction of humanity as their first principle.
So why was there an unawakened Herrscher inside The Flame-Chasers?
Hua’s brain was starting to short-circuit.
Right now she wasn’t sure whose words she should believe.
After Yu Muyang waved goodbye, Elysia turned and looked at Hua, who was still staring at her in shock.
She put a finger to her lips, winked playfully, and smiled.
Keep this secret for me, okay~
Hua understood at once.
Elysia could also hear that person’s thoughts.
She stiffly nodded.
She wasn’t ready to deal with schemes at this level yet.
Better finish recruit training first.
She should also keep an eye on that guy named Kevin.
This world was really too crazy.
In the days that followed, Yu Muyang stayed on the training ground almost every day.
Elysia would show up from time to time to watch him train.
Every time he finished, she handed him a bottle of cold water.
Elysia stood at the edge of the training ground, so of course everyone noticed her.
At first people thought she was just passing by.
But as time went on, the soldiers training there started to feel something was wrong.
Why did Elysia always have a bottle of water in her hand?
Why did her eyes never leave that one person?
Why did she walk up smiling and ask if he was tired every time he finished training?
This had to be love.
It was definitely love!
Gradually, fewer and fewer people came to that training ground.
Rumors that Elysia might be in love spread through The Flame-Chasers almost instantly.
There were even photos.
For a while it became the hottest topic inside the organization.
As the other main character, Yu Muyang naturally received a lot of attention too.
At first he felt a little moved that Elysia kept coming to watch him.
But he stayed clear-headed.
With the way he was now, having done nothing special, how could Elysia possibly fall for him?
This was all just a cover.
He sat on the bench, twisted open the cold water Elysia had given him, and drank it in one go.
He felt much more refreshed.
Elysia sat right beside him and simply looked at him.
Many of the people watching from a distance ground their teeth in frustration.
She’s looking at you like that and all you do is drink that damn water?
Let me take your place!
Yu Muyang never believed those rumors.
Every time he saw that kind of news on his phone, he just laughed and scrolled past.
A Herrscher of Human falling in love with someone?
Impossible.
Maybe Elysia just found it troublesome to keep rejecting all her admirers, so she was using him as a shield.
Once that thought crossed his mind, he became certain.
That had to be it.
Being a shield for Elysia wasn’t something he couldn’t accept, so he continued to spend time with her openly.
“The girl named MEI who was rescued from Nagazora City has already been settled.
Mobius said her talent is very high.
She’ll probably be able to lead her own laboratory before long.”
“Kevin’s training results are also crazy.
His training intensity and strength are already almost catching up to yours.”
Ato and Elysia were both shocked when they saw what Kevin had achieved in just one month.
This kid was practically heaven’s chosen.
He was only a tiny bit behind the data from Yu Muyang’s own test.
And he was still just a high-school student.
Right now Ato kept staring at the data sheet in his hands, muttering under his breath that he had already grown old.