After the lunch, we go to the defense wall to know about the hunting roaster given to the companies by the Defense Corp. The companies send their cadets and soldiers to the places where the defense corp need patrols and hunt over populated animals, but couldn't do it, so the companies do it for them.
We are here as we will be going on patrols starting tomorrow in the wilderness. It is part of a cadet's job in the company. We will have to patrol twice a week, when the soldiers in good grades go on the missions.
Snowfa and I wait near the defense wall while Jack goes in to check on the patrol schedule. He comes out after a few minutes and tells us that we will be patrolling the farmland plains starting tomorrow.
We go back to the training room 12, this time we wore our company armor to get used to it as we will have to wear them during the patrols.
At the end of the day, I was able to fight against 8 robot animals individually while Snowfa was able to fight 3. From the afternoon Jack made us to fight alone as I was helping Snowfa if she couldn't defend or attack.
It made her scared, but still she made good progress by the end of the day. I didn't use the Ice Armor or infuse it to my sword till the end and used only my raw strength to fight the robots.
Because of that, I got injured a lot of times, but still I was able to complete the fake hunts which made Snowfa admire me more and she became ,ore friendly to me than this morning.
I didn't use the Battle Exercise also as my mind and body is still not strong enough to bare the pain of the 3rd move. I will have to wait for a few more days before I start performing it again.
We exchanged our contact details after the training. She is someone I need to be careful with as she is Mr. Cooper's daughter and I don't want to fall on his bad side being too close to her.
The next day I reached the office by 8:50 AM and could see Snowfa in the lobby smiling and waving her hand at me. She reminds me of my sister when she acts like a child making me smile which I couldn't to control.
Our trainer Jack comes in at 7:58 AM and we take a company car that drops us near the southern defense wall where the Farmland Plains is.
It took us 50 minutes to reach the location from where we will start the patrol. This land was used for farming in the past, but now is infested with animals. Our job is to patrol the boarders of it and kill any animal that comes out to attack us.
This infestation happened after the town defended against a horde from the south. The blood from that battle has stained the land and no one wanted to farm here after that which made this fertile land to become a wilderness for the animals to attack humans coming this way.
The grass and the wild plants have grown pretty much to my hip height because of the soil not being cultivated for many years. We wear our armors and start the patrol. We will have to patrol a part of the road in plains to make sure there are no animals in the vicinity to attack the travelers.
I take the lead as we did in the fake hunts with my shield and sword at the ready. Snowfa walks close to me mimicking me in the way I walk. Jack is following us with 2 meters distance. He is here as an observer and will join the fight only if it is needed.
We maintain silence when patrolling so we can avoid drawing unnecessary attention. I concentrate on my senses so I will know what is happening within the 20 meters from me.
I am not sure why we were given a patrol duty with just a day of training as usually everyone who joins a company will get a month training before go on patrols. I am fine with it as I already have experience in fighting animals.
But Snowfa is new to this and as I can see, she has never fought a real animal till now and I am not sure if she can handle an attack. The only back-up I can rely on is our trainer who is with us. Even our team has only 3 people which is the minimum requirement for the patrol duty.
I am not sure how the company has allowed us to go into wilderness when we have someone who has no experience in hunting or fighting. With all these in mind I also focus on the patrol as we have to go on a steady speed to cover the patrol area thrice before we can get back.
I can see Snowfa is a little nervous but is determined to complete the patrol duty and to face the animals that we will come across. I see her eyes that is roaming everywhere in front of us and checks every sound that is heard.
The patrol duty ended by 3:27 PM when another team came to relieve us. We went to a restaurant near the defense wall as Snowfa was unable to eat properly when we were in patrol due to her nervousness. We reached the company by 5:20 PM and can see Mr. Cooper waiting in the lobby.
Seeing him, Snowfa runs to him and hugs him which he returns with love and care, just like how my mother hugged me when I woke up in the hospital. He looks at me with a smile to which I nod with a smile. Jack goes to him and whispers something in his ears to which his face shows seriousness and looks at me.
I am not sure what Jack has told him to look at me with this seriousness. I look back at him with same confusion and he gestures me to follow him while he goes to the lift that is at the end of the lobby. I follow him to the lift and we both take the same lift and he select the 3rd floor on the screen.