Lieutenant Kim’s awakened profession was that of a [Junior Grade Commander].  

Can it really be that he’s not just a commanding officer?  

In the strategy meeting he’s participating in, there’s no trace of the cluelessness he had when he was the company commander of the 423rd battalion.  

Rather, he’s repeatedly offered sharp and cool-headed advice and insights like a genius strategist.  

In this strategy meeting, he was the only one who was shining the most, as anyone can see.  

‘Since his level as a commander officer has risen, has his actual capability as a commanding officer also improved?’  

It’s a bit surprising.  

I just can’t get used to it.  

‘Well, good is good, right?’  

Even the poor relationship we had in the past is ancient history now.  

Lieutenant Kim is now showing me unwavering loyalty.  

And,  

if I had to pick the person who’s not contributing the most in this meeting,  

‘That would be me.’  

Regrettably,  

I don’t have much connection to strategy and tactics.  

After all, my specialty isn’t commanding, is it?  

“I’ll leave the operational matters to Lieutenant Kim.”  

“Okay? Then later…”  

“I’ll cook you an extra snack.”  

“Thank you so much, Young-joon!”  

So,  

I’ll leave this to Lieutenant Kim and focus on what I’m good at.  

If Lieutenant Kim’s specialty is commanding,  

Then cooking is undoubtedly my specialty.  

‘There is also that matter I’ve been quite diligently working on.’  

Since it’s something I’ve been trying for quite a long time,  

I’m now in the final stages of it.  

And the enemy happens to be vampires.  

I even have some recipes in mind.  

There’s a chance it won’t work, but  

if my plan succeeds,  

with hundreds of vampires,  

‘I’ll gain a ton of experience points.’  

***  

There was a man who had come to join the [Gangwon-do Survivor Union], the large guild situated in the northern part of Inje County, leading his family.  

And, now he was in a very dissatisfied state.  

“Damn it.”  

“Calm down, brother.”  

“No. Even so, how long has it been since we arrived? When the hell are they going to let us join?”  

From talking to the survivors who had arrived earlier,  

It seems that while it had always taken quite some time, this delay is unprecedented.  

The reason, it turns out, is:  

“All because the person in charge has changed.”  

Apparently,  

The previous scout recruiter was quite a capable person.  

But for some reason,  

There was a recent change in that position.  

The new person who took over seems to be severely lacking in ability.  

As a result, the progress of the work has become extremely sluggish.  

“I don’t get it. Why did they suddenly replace the one who was doing a good job?”  

“Brother, it’s a large group, so as it grows bigger, mistakes are bound to happen, right?”  

“Damn it. I should have just joined that military base instead.”  

The man had tried to seek help from a military base once before,  

but ended up barely escaping with his life from the incredibly powerful monsters entrenched there.  

Given that experience,  

even though he had heard rumors of a surviving military base, he judged it to be either a false rumor or a malicious one spread by marauding deserters.  

It might have been a misjudgment, but there’s nothing to be done about his dissatisfaction.  

Suddenly, he felt the ground trembling.  

“Is it an earthquake?”  

“No. Listen closely. There’s a sound coming from somewhere nearby.”  

While he was dissatisfied, this area was the one where the [Gangwon-do Survivor Union] had managed to maintain a certain level of order, so encounters with monsters or zombies were rare.  

But,  

they weren’t completely nonexistent.  

‘Is a large monster passing through the area?’  

Just in case, the man rushed out of the building, thinking he should avoid anything he couldn’t handle.  

And,  

what the man encountered was not a monstrous giant.  

‘What, soldiers?’  

A few young men in military uniforms.  

It had been a long time since he’d seen soldiers, so the sight was rather unfamiliar, making him a bit flustered.  

But the man shouted at the two of them:  

“Who are you? And what was that sound just now?”  

In truth, if they were plundering looters, he wouldn’t have had the courage to confront them so boldly.  

But this was the territory of the large [Gangwon-do Survivor Union] group.  

As they maintained security here, he believed those soldiers wouldn’t cause any trouble.  

After all, the [Gangwon-do Survivor Union] numbered in the hundreds of members.  

Even formidable individuals would have to be mindful of them.  

However,  

“Who are we, you ask…”  

“Do we really have to answer that?”  

The two soldiers had an attitude as if wondering why he would even ask such a question.  

At that moment,  

with a loud sound,  

A large tremor was felt behind the soldiers.  

‘Damn, is it a monster?’  

The tensed man readied to draw his weapon,  

but soon had to lower his hand.  

The source of the tremor had revealed itself.  

Along with the sound of a massive tracked vehicle moving,  

“Huh, what…?”  

Crushing the zombie corpses on the road,  

a huge tank emerged.  

The soldier with the machine gun mounted on it pointed at the tank following behind them and said,  

in a matter-of-fact tone,  

“We’re soldiers.”  

Leaving the astonished man behind,  

The soldiers began slowly moving alongside the tank.  

And then,  

“That’s really… the military, isn’t it.”  

Dozens of tanks, armored vehicles, and military trucks came into sight.  

With over a hundred soldiers following behind the vehicles.