Werewolf Leveling: Building the Strongest Pack in the Apocalypse Chapter 292: Four Leaf Clover

The captain leaned back in his seat the mont I spoke.

"That’s good to hear. Welco to the military. Ethan will be your platoon leader so he willsee to your training."

"Yes, sir."

Following Ethan’s lead, I did a salute and left. After that, Ethan handed three pairs of the standard military uniform, and later that night, he introduced to the platoon. Apart from Ava, I didn’t know any of them, but they all greeted warmly.

Ethan had 15 mbers in his platoon, and with the addition of , it beca 16 mbers, all of whom were awakeners. His platoon was then further divided into 4-man squads. Since I was more familiar with Ava, Ethan made so arrangents for to join her squad.

Strangely, the atmosphere around the room was light.

"They seem happy for a group that is sent to fight demons," I said to Ava as we waited for the other mbers of the squad.

"Yes, well... We’ve lost a lot of people. We’ve learned to cope with it," Ava explained.

Sothing about the room and the atmosphere aroused my curiosity.

"How often are newcors like killed?"

"W-What do you an?" Ava visibly recoiled at my question. It was hard to believe she was a military officer.

"The answer is a lot."

Suddenly, another voice chid in, answering my question. It was a young man about my age, or maybe a little older. He looked like he was a junior in college before everything happened.

He had blonde hair and a well-leaned figure. He also had a small scar on his right cheek. Beside him was a young woman. She had fiery red hair that was cut short and she was covered in battle scars.

There were two major scars on her face, but around her arms and the rest of her body, there were several. And that was only the ones I could see. She had more muscle than girls her age, which made think that she trained a lot more.

"Newbies drop like flies. We don’t expect much from any of them." It was the young man who spoke, with a wide grin. The girl stood beside him with her arms crossed. "This platoon originally had 40 mbers, and now we’re down to only 15. We’ve received like a dozen newcors in between, and none of them stayed long."

"Ah, you guys are here. This is our new mber." Just as Ava spoke, the blonde-haired young man approached .

He stood in front of and stared into my eyes for a while without saying a word. After an awkward minute, he finally sighed.

"You won’t live long. You don’t have that burning passion to live. You need a certain level of intensity to fight in this field; you don’t have that." The young man sighed again before extending his hand for a handshake. "But if we’re going to be fighting side by side, then we should at least get along. I’m Rizor, by the way. The girl back there is Liz. She doesn’t talk much, so don’t expect much out of her in terms of conversation."

"It’s nice to et you," I shook his hand.

Watching our interaction, Ava smiled, seemingly satisfied.

"Good, now that we all know each other, I’d like to formally welco you to Squad Four Leaf Clover," she said.

I raised an eyebrow.

"Four Leaf Clover?"

Rizor chuckled and threw his muscular arm over my shoulder.

"That’s our squad na. In short, it ans we’re lucky."

Ava and Rizor spent a few hours telling different stories about the battles they had encountered. Liz didn’t say anything; only sat and listened to our conversation. Reminiscing about their previous missions, they laughed lightheartedly until the smile on Ava’s face suddenly disappeared, and she turned to look at .

"Hey, uhh, Ethan told what you said. About trying to escape the mainland with your friends before your boat capsized. Does that an that Liora, Isabella..."

"They’re all dead."

My answer imdiately cut through the atmosphere. At least this way, she wouldn’t ask about them again.

"I’m really sorry."

The next morning, Ethan took aside for personalized training. The two of us stood inside the combat room.

"I need to learn more about your ability. Show what you can do?" Ethan said, preparing to fight.

I stretched out my hand, and imdiately a small fla began to form in my palm.

"That’s good, but I need to see your ability while in combat," he said.

"If I fight with fire, soone is going to get hurt," I said, which caused a confident smile to form on Ethan’s face.

"How do you think I beca a lieutenant? With my awakened ability, I’ve already reached my first evolution."

"Really? Does that an you’ve already awakened a class?" I asked.

Ethan, seeing my interest, nodded proudly.

"Yep, I was one of the first in the military to evolve. If you’re interested, then I’ve awakened a monk class."

"A monk class?" I inquired.

"Yes, it allows to use spiritual energy and martial arts in place of heavy weapons. The mont I evolved, my agility increased tenfold. So instead of worrying about hurting , your focus should be on catching first."

With that, Ethan burst forward. He was fast and nimble on his feet. He bounced around the room like a monkey. If I had to make an estimate, I’d say he was half as agile as Sylvie. It was still impressive for a human.

I wasn’t good at using fire magic, so I didn’t have to try to look weaker than him. It naturally looked that way; it was a struggle for to use my magic. The issue at hand was that I didn’t want to accidentally incinerate Ethan or blow up the entire ship if I wasn’t careful, so I had to hold myself back.

Khalissi said she would train in magic, but since she’s not here, I’ll have to find soone else to teach .

"Not bad, but your fighting could use so work," Ethan said after we exited the room. "You’ll progress with ti. By the way, I wanted to ask you..."

BRRRR!

Just then, a loud alarm went off inside the entire ship. Imdiately, the whole ship erupted in panic. No, upon further glance, it wasn’t panic. Their heartbeats were high, but they acted perfectly rationally, grabbing their weapons and eting up with the platoon.

Following Ethan, who had rushed off without a word, I was led to the outside deck. The mont we got outside, we saw soldiers running, their gazes fixed up in the sky. Ethan followed their gaze and almost lost his footing.

Wanting to see what the commotion was, I too glanced up at the sky and was left in shock by what I saw.

Far out in the distance, a flock of scaly creatures was flying towards us.

There were so many that it covered the horizon for as far as the eye could see.