Chapter 50: Military Training Just Goes Like This

The issues that quickly arose were not limited to formations.

Running at the very front, Jacob deliberately chose a rugged wilderness path, even including crossing rivers and climbing mountains in the route.

As a mutant among the people of Eden, who is nearly a thousand years old, he certainly wouldn’t feel tired. On the contrary, if he were to run through the entire Eden domain, he could run from the northeastern end of the Mesopotamian plain to the southwestern end without stopping for a breath.

However, the young people from the city of Larlag lacked such extraordinary stamina. Even though they lived in the era of gods, after using up most of their energy at the beginning and not being allowed to rest midway, they soon began to gasp for breath and felt as if their limbs were laden with lead, not long after leaving the city.

It was at this time that most of them realized the formation had become so loose, it was as if it were a clay tablet that had been smashed.

“As expected, but it really is a sorry sight when seen in person.”

Adam, sitting on the back of a Pterosaur alongside Jeanne d’Arc Alter, looking down from the air, couldn’t help but sigh.

“Honestly, even the conscripted peasants might be more reliable than them.”

The heroic spirit, once a commander in the French army, made such an assessment.

To this, Adam simply shrugged.

“After all, no matter what, the preaching of discipline and the popularization of military affairs far exceed this era that had just recently begun to differentiate hunters from warriors, where combat relies entirely on personal bravery. But blank slates have their advantages; in other words, when there’s nothing on top, you can write as much as you want. Moreover, our ‘luck’ seems not too bad.”

He directed his gaze towards Naram and others at the very end of the entire group, who were in a more orderly row.

Because they had focused on maintaining formation under Naram’s leadership from the beginning rather than rushing forward, they still appeared relatively more at ease even now. Anyone who ran out of energy and fell behind was waited for by them, slowing down until the other could catch up and join.

Gradually, they became the main force.

When Naram snapped back to reality, he was surprised to find that somehow, he had become the leader of everyone.

Having never experienced anything like this, he felt panicked and nervous.

Sometimes, people under pressure, instead of making mistakes, push forward even more.

This short-statured young man from Larlag might belong to that category.

He clenched his teeth, trying his best to maintain an appropriate pace, moving his numb limbs, stepping on the uneven ground, leading the entire group to catch up with Jacob, who showed no sign of slowing down.

Because he exerted all his effort, he didn’t even notice that as the sun gradually set, their route showed no intention of turning back towards the city.

Eventually, the group stopped in a forest that had naturally formed due to the expansion of Eden’s domain and environmental improvements.

Greeting the people who could hardly stand up was Adam, who had landed in advance.

“Your performance is far from the required standard, especially in terms of neatness and speed, which could be described as poor.”

The rebuke from the progenitor of the Eden people made them all lower their heads.

What was originally thought to be simple turned out to be so difficult.

This made their initial ignorance-based arrogance and pride vanish without a trace.

Noticing this, Adam did not continue to berate them.

“However, you do have some redeeming qualities, beyond my expectations, not a single one of you fell behind, and all members arrived at the destination simultaneously. As a reward, and also as the next challenge, the people of Eden will provide you with cherished ingredients and spices for your dinner.”

With Adam’s words, Jacob signaled the other Eden people to take down boxes of various sizes from the back of their Triceratops partner. When they opened them, the new recruits, who could hardly move just moments ago, immediately lit up.

In addition to the basic staple of wheat, purchased meats, and various plants with unique fragrances only produced by El Neim, as well as large jars of honey and vinegar, were included.

Mouths that were thought to be dry began to salivate, and stomachs emptied by the exertion of energy began to rumble.

Perhaps due to fatigue or the slight discipline established during the journey, although they were eager to feast immediately, no one actually made a move.

Seeing this, Adam nodded in satisfaction.

“All the ingredients are available for your use, but my requirement is that you must make cooked food other than grilled meat. The Eden people here will provide you with necessary guidance, of course, they will not directly help.”

After expending a great deal of physical strength and being far from civilization, an individual’s fragility becomes unprecedentedly evident.

That’s why Adam gave them such a task.

Hunger and the desire for food would become a common motivation, and undoubtedly, with everyone already at their limit, whether learning or gathering materials to make kitchen utensils and start a fire would require teamwork and even present a certain difficulty.

“This time, as long as you can complete it within the allotted time, you will be rewarded. I suppose none of you wants to wake up tomorrow morning all sore, wanting to rest perfectly after exerting all your strength, so this reward will allow you to recover from fatigue.”

The young people, who already had a semblance of a team, quickly got into action, tempted by the food and rewards.

And Jeanne d’Arc Alter, who had just been observing, quietly approached Adam and whispered in his ear.

“What means of recovery do we have? I can’t perform miracles, are you going to personally take action?”

“Nothing really wrong with that. But it would be too inefficient.”

Adam smiled mysteriously.

“Captain Drake and Da Vinci should be arriving soon.”

“…So what did you have them do?”

“Collect things and paste ‘science popularization’ flyers.”

“Huh?”

Jeanne d’Arc Alter was completely puzzled.

What did flyers have to do with recovering strength, and why involve Drake and Da Vinci in such a task?

“You should now have some understanding of the practical application of the great art. As interveners, the best method is to find cognitive concepts that are almost formed and then gently push them, so that everyone can link them together.”

“Hmm. So, distributing flyers is to ‘remind’? To clearly combine what is already known.”

“Correct.”

Adam snapped his fingers.

“Compared to abstract mimicry armaments, people have known from very early on that consuming and applying certain plants can bring beneficial or harmful effects and have scattered explanations for this. What we need to do is add some elements suitable for development to these explanations in a unified process, such as categorizing plants into yin and yang, thus facilitating the anchoring of concepts to find valuable formulas.”

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