My OP Minion System in the Apocalypse

The day was coming to a close and it was almost time to see the results of the expedition.

I was curious to see how effective my new formation and organisation of my Minions were. As much sense as it made theoretically, I still wasn't really sure if there were any external factors which may have caused issues to occur.

The sky was slowly darkening as the sun gradually hid under the horizon. I was standing outside beside my Residential Heater Scout Minions. Dinner was already cooking so it was basically just a waiting game as I waited for my Minions to return from the forest.

I had been looking at my Advanced System Menu a few times during the day and noticed some losses here and there, but in general, most of my Minions seemed fine. After a few minutes, I finally heard ruffling within the forest. Groups of my Minions began returning, providing me with the resources they gathered.

It wasn't long before the majority of my force had made their way back to the settlement. I check them over once more. ????????????????????????????. c????????

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<Advanced System Controls>

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[Resource Division] (106 Minions) -6

- 3x Woodcutter Minion

- 11x Miner Minion

- 35x Scout Minion (Farming)

- 21x Scout Minion (Mining)

- 33x Scout Minion (Woodcutting)

- 6x Scout Minion (Hunting)

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[Combat Division - Standard] (118 Minions) -12

- 1x Advanced Warrior Minion

- 1x Warrior Minion

- 31x Scout Minion (Swordplay)

- 52x Scout Minion (Archery)

- 36x Scout Minion

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[Combat Divison - Magic] (38 Minions) -1

- 2x Scout Minion (Fire Magic - Residential Heater)

- 1x Scout Minion (Water Magic - Ice Warrior)

- 1x Scout Minion (Water Magic - Arctic Wind)

- 2x Scout Minion (Wind Magic - Defensive Wind)

- 2x Scout Minion (Earth Magic - Brute)

- 10x Scout Minion (Fire Magic)

- 9x Scout Minion (Water Magic)

- 7x Scout Minion (Wind Magic)

- 8x Scout Minion (Earth Magic)

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[Utility Division] (26 Minions)

- 13x Builder Minion

- 12x Scout Minion (Utility)

- 1x Minion Manager

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In total, I had lost 19 Minions, which was pretty significant, but the main factor was depending on how many resources they gathered. All the losses were in Scout Minions so as long as I gathered enough resources to make up for the ones lost.

A little while later, my Minion Manager approached me.

[I've got the end-of-day report]

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<End of Day Report>

Total resources gathered:

- [x3900] wheat

- [x1498] wood

- [x7992] stone

- [x156] apple

- [x199] meat

- [x9342] leaves

- [x74] iron

- [x12] gold

- [x4] diamond

- [x1] platinum

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Other:

N/A

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This was when I realised something.

I needed to invest in more Minions, and I needed to send them out on more expeditions.

These gains were very nice.

From what I could see, I was at the point where I didn't really even need to only make Scout Minions anymore. I could start to make some of the more expensive but more specialised Minions like Warrior Minions.

I opened my inventory to take one good look at the total resources which I was going to invest in Minions. I quickly converted all of my wheat into apples.

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<Vegetation/Wood>

[x7406] wood

[x9442] leaves

[x407] meat

[x351] apples

[x96] wheat

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<Inventory (Mining)>

[198x] iron

[96x] gold

[23x] diamond

[3x] platinum

[8068x] rocks

[14x] ultra-hardened stone

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From what I had, I had the option to make another Warrior Minion. They were significantly more expensive than the Scout Minions but apparently, they were a lot stronger and had far more growth capabilities. I was at the point where I could invest in multiple things, so I decided to make another Warrior Minion.

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<Vegetation/Wood>

[x7406] wood

[x9442] leaves

[x307] meat (-100)

[x256] apples (-95)

[x96] wheat

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<Inventory (Mining)>

[98x] iron (-100)

[96x] gold

[23x] diamond

[3x] platinum

[8068x] rocks

[4x] ultra-hardened stone (-10)

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It was a pretty hefty investment, however, I hoped that it'd be worth it.

For the rest of my resources, I decided to just invest the rest in Scout Minions. The main reason was that I wanted to get some more magic Scout Minions. They were extremely effective in taking out big hordes of zombies. Aside from that, I didn't really need more Builder Minions and I didn't really want more Miners or Woodcutters. I wanted to strengthen my army more since I needed more escorts.

After making the investments, I decided to go back inside.

"Hey, Chloe."

"Ah, you're back~"

"Yep, back from being outside for like a few minutes."

"Aw, I missed you, you know~"

"Sure."

She was standing in front of the fireplace.

"You never finished the story about your first love~"

"I'll tell the rest later."

"Fine..."

I walked over and checked on the food that was cooking. It was the same thing as always.

Honestly, I probably had the resources to buy some different ingredients and make some different food, but I couldn't really be bothered. I had no knowledge of what other things I could cook and I didn't really care much about eating the same thing anyways. Maybe I'll try some other foods another day, but for the time being, meat stew is fine.

The water in the pot boiled and slowly filled the hut with the aroma of meat and vegetables. I simply stood in front of the fireplace as well, letting my body feel the warmth of the fire.

"Anyways, Chloe, did you manage to collect many resources today?"

"Yeah, I let my excavator-drill run for a decent amount of time."

"Ah, that's good, do you have any ideas for what we should do next?"

"I'm not really sure, I guess I'll upgrade my equipment."

"That sounds like a decent idea."

A few minutes later, I checked on dinner again, it had finished cooking so I served it for the two of us. We continued to talk with each other as we ate our dinner.

"William, have you ever thought about going back to our old world?"

"I mean I have a little, but it doesn't really make much sense anymore."

"What do you mean?"

"Like, if basically everyone's been transported here, the only way that makes sense is if everyone got transported back."

"There might be a god or something."

"But is it really even worth it to go back? Like life here isn't terrible, and it's not like people have a desire to go back since literally like everyone's here."

"Ah, I guess so."

Going back wasn't really that much of a priority, in fact, there wasn't much reason to want to go back anyways. This would likely be our home for quite a while at least...

I slowly finished my dinner.