Chapter-20: The Expedition to Thin Out the Horde, and Meeting Rentaro Satomi [2]

Chapter-20: The Expedition to Thin Out the Horde, and Meeting Rentaro Satomi [2]

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1st POV | Ren's POV |

The loud, blaring sirens that signaled the start of the expedition, rang throughout the huge plaza as all the Promoters and their respective Initiators entered their transport vehicles like armored cars, or Humvees and even armored trucks.

I, and the rest of our group, entered our modified Humvee. Our mood was quite calm, because we trusted each other's skills and abilities.

Vroooom-!

Toka floored the gas pedal as the Humvee lunged forward in a burst of speed.

"Yeah! Woohoo!"

Sajuna shouted in excitement as our designated driver, Toka, was doing fast and furious maneuvers, honestly, I don't even know how she learned them, I only know that it is possible because of her Blood Manipulation Ability.

She had said when she received it that her , that it enhances her physical capabilities, such as; Strength, Agility, Speed, Endurance, Regeneration, Senses, and Dexterity. Her senses were better than a normal human's, and her agility also complemented that in combat.

Our Humvee kept up with the rest of the convoy, the engine was in full blast, our Humvee was going 200 kilometers a second.

"I'm going up"

I turned to look at Akari climbing up the top hatch of the Humvee as she slid her sniper up first, and then pulled her small body up on the hatch after.

"She's really excited to try out her new modified sniper, though she doesn't show it much"

Sajuna spoke beside me, easing up the mood a little bit.

"She's still a little kid after all"

Akari was still a child through and through, no matter even if she has experienced normal kids shouldn't experience and shoulder a burden no child should burden. Children shouldn't need to fight in the front lines and treated like shit.

I looked towards Honoka, who was eating a candy that I gave her, fondly as I patted her.

"Hn?"

"It's nothing.." I said with a light smile

I reached to my pocket as I gave her more candy. I will change the views of this world for sure...

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3rd POV | Promoter Convoy |

The convoy set a camp to rest through the night. They set up impromptu defense lines and perimeters where dozens of Promoter and their Initiators will patrol constantly as well as hunt.

Ren, Sajuna, Toka, and Kanesada, including Honoka, Himiko, Akari, and Ichika were resting in their big tent that was erected beside their parked Humvee.

Then, Ren and Sajuna decided to wander around the camp, together. Sajuna wanted to enjoy the peaceful moments before the battle that they will fight. They walked side by side together.

"You know...when I first arrived here, I never expected to immediately go to a dark world like this.."

"I expected cliche things happening like a naíve child..like, I expected some dark worlds but I didn't expect to jump in headfirst to a very dark apocalyptic world with a dark fantasy setting.."

Sajuna lamented and sneered at her own naive self for expecting things happening... The anime worlds they go to is real, the characters has emotions and..character, they won't act just like in the anime like some mindless puppets... when some characters find out that their fate is inevitable, they mourn, they despair over their weakness too...

Pap-!

"Kyuuu!"

Ren's hand plopped on top of Sajuna's head. Sajuna was startled and let out an 'eek' from the sudden warm hand that was placed on her head.

She suddenly held up her fingers over her mouth and near her nose in an embarrassed manner as a red blush spread across her face.

"R-Ren?!"

Sajuna panicked as her hands were suddenly and gently seperated and Ren's handsome face came in her vision..

His beautiful violet eyes, twinkling like a royal gem, his fluttering, brown hair, spiky and soft at the same time but elegant, his strong but not burly arms..his sharp jaw and his look makes her crazy...

'Bad! bad Sajuna!'

Inside her heart, she scolded herself as her eyes blurred like a drunken person.

"Sajuna...Sajuna"

Sajuna's head shook as she regained clarity from the smooth and gentle voice calling her.

"Are you okay?"

She was then promptly greeted by Ren's worried look, when she looked, she immediately felt a warm spring breeze coming from Ren, she almost became unfocused again but shook herself to stay focused.

"Ha, ha? I'm sorry, I dazed off, please continue what you were saying...R-Ren-kun"

She felt embarrassed to be this close to Ren, but she still enjoyed it nonetheless. Ren still had his concerned look, but continued.

"As I was saying-Sajuna, don't be burdened too much, we can still change the ending remember? Because we know what happens in the plot, we can prevent the bad things from ever happening and change the worlds we visit to a better place"

"You're....right"

When Sajuna realized that, she began recovering her optimism and happiness again.

"I swear,-I swear I would become strong enough!"

Ren took a look at her face recovering motivation and her original happiness and innocence albeit a little bit matured now.

So for once in quite a long time, Sajuna smiled brightly, her smile was warm and full of hope again, she had become motivated again!

"Hehe, another win for me today"

Ren also smiled in front of her fondly...

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The duo continued to wander around again after having a heart-to heart conversation, the camp was quite big as the tents and the vehicles spanned over 4 kilometers. The Promoters were like an army, or hunters from Dungeon gate manhwas.

With this amount of Promoters to ambush Aldebaran and his swarm, they were destined to be fighting a very long battle as they didn't really know the properties and the abilities of Aldebaran as the old details about it was destroyed when the Gastrea pushed humans into a shell with Monoliths.

"Look, isn't that the protagonist, Rentaro?"

Sajuna said as she pointed to a dark blue-haired guy with grey eyes. he was wearing a three-piece suit with black gloves.

"Look, Rentaro!"

An orange-haired loli shouted cheerfully to the mopey-looking guy. That little orange haired girl with twintails was an Initiator, Ren remembered that her name was Enju.

"That's our main protagonist"

Ren said as Rentaro noticed them too, he felt some kind of pure, unadulterated aura coming from him.

Rentaro's eyes narrowed as he cautiously met Ren's gaze...

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Word Count: 1051

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