Willowing City Wasteland Camp.
The camp was located only fifteen minutes away from the city. The camp was a rough assembly of tents and makeshift shelters. A few fires burned low in pits, warming the camp's inhabitants.
Surprisingly, the camp itself was pretty clean. There were only fifty soldiers that protected this huge camp, consisting of a few hundred people. However, there were a lot of normal workers the city sent.
The camp didn't consist of only parties from Willowing City. In fact, half of them ca from multiple cities not far from the area.
A lot of people were drinking and telling their tales to others. So conflicts arose but imdiately disappeared after the soldiers intervened.
East of the camp was a wasteland. There were scattered ruins all over the area, but most of them had been ransacked and ended up becoming a beast's nest.
Clovis and the others reached a big tent surrounded by a lot of trucks.
When they entered, they saw a few big counters with several people behind them.
"Welco to Willowing City Wasteland Camp." The woman in her early thirties greeted them. "I'm Elia. It's the first ti I've seen your faces around here. Do you perhaps have just arrived here?"
"Yes. I heard from the soldiers that we should visit this place first before going to the wasteland."
"Indeed. This place is the information center. We handle all your necessities. If you need magazines and other things, you can co to . If there are so in stock, we will sell them at the market price. If not, we will make a request, and the city will bring so.
We stock up on everything during the night, so please take note of it."
"You sure that you can get anything here?" Jay asked. "For example, how about a bike?"
"Definitely." She turned the screen around, showing several pictures of bikes. "These are the bikes that I can recomnd you take if you want to explore the wasteland. It can travel across uneven terrain and has quite good durability."
"…" Jay fell silent, staring at the bikes seriously.
"Should we get one as well?" Clovis asked lody.
"Do you have any experience riding it?"
"Nope."
"How about an UTV? Your driving skills are not good, but this one should do the task. We probably need to buy it since there's a high chance you're going to destroy it. Just make sure you don't drive too crazy… I don't want to die in such a foolish way," lody suggested.
"That's a good idea." Clovis nodded in agreent.
anwhile, Ragna and Kanaria exchanged looks. It seed that they were thinking of the sa thing. "Quad bike?"
"ATV," Kanaria replied. "We haven't spent much of our money, so I guess we can splurge a little bit."
Clovis nodded. "Yeah. Is it possible to get them in a single night?"
"Yes, sir. We have partnered up with the stores in the city. We can help you fill up the necessary paperwork in just a minute." The woman nodded. "But before that, I'd like to register you and your team in our database."
Clovis nodded, which resulted in Kanaria bringing their Explorer Card.
The woman looked surprised at the mont when she saw one Tier 4 in the group.
As the woman said, everything was settled quickly. It didn't take more than ten minutes from registering them to completing the paperwork for the vehicles.
"If you encounter a Tier 4 beast, you can retreat and inform us about it. We will try to assemble a subjugation squad to handle it. You can also ssage directly at this number, and I'll try to take care of your request." The woman ended it with a smile.
"Alright. Thank you."
As promised, everything was delivered to them during the night when most people were asleep.
The next morning, Clovis and the others simply picked them up from the information center.
"This is amazing. I guess there's a reason they're creating this camp." Clovis was amazed by their speed in handling all requests.
"Wooo!" The roaring engine of the dirt bike rang in his ears as Jay was riding it at full speed, heading toward the wasteland.
"Oi! Don't take a head start!" Erwin chased after him using the sa bike.
"You're too slow!" Jay snorted.
This was the reason Clovis paired them with each other. Their rivalry was petty and intense at the sa ti. They would definitely clash with each other a few tis during the challenge, but Clovis thought that these two would be the ones who had the highest chance of winning this challenge.
Their excitent affected Kanaria and Ragna. He had promised Kanaria that he would listen to her request if she ended up winning, so she was fired up.
The ATV was big enough to carry both her rifle and her sniper rifle. They rode their respective ATVs as they carried their own supplies.
anwhile, Clovis and lody were left behind, each of them showing no sign of rushing.
"I guess that's the reason you suggested a UTV." Clovis pointed at the weapon in the small storage behind the seat. It was not a pistol that lody normally used.
"Yeah. 20-gauge REE-32 shotgun. It's pretty light compared to other shotguns. While I still need both hands to use it, I should be more useful in close combat with this one. I have my pistols and so grenades with ."
"That's a lot of stuff you are bringing." Clovis chuckled.
"Indeed. That's why I choose a UTV instead of a bike or ATV. They can carry more."
"Yep. We will use ruined buildings if we want to rest for the night. There are also enough supplies, from water to bullets, so I guess it's ti for us to go as well." Clovis walked toward the driver's seat.
"You better not crash it." lody shook her head helplessly while taking her seat.
"It should be fine. We'll just take our ti on the first day." Clovis shrugged and started the engine. "Just make sure that the others don't beco too reckless, especially those two."
"Pfft. We'll definitely see them punch each other. I'm going to record it."
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