Reclamation (2)

Once the chaos seemingly died down, the corpses of the fallen soldiers were given a makeshift burial. However, it was done more as a precaution against garnering unwanted attention than to let the dead rest in peace. 

In the surrounding area, corpses of hordes of undead lay unchecked. Ashton, along with his summons had faced most of them alone, leaving some for the soldiers. 

While most of them handled the undead with some effort, some had to be saved from even the weakest undead grunts. Being left unchecked was the best thing to happen to the undead as they rapidly evolved over the months. 

That said, the performance of his soldiers was below expectations. If they entered Contingency as they were, they wouldn't survive for more than a minute. 

[A minute? More like ten seconds! That too after you trained them to the bones!]

'Not all of them are useless.'