Before seeing Adrian and Oliver return in one piece, they thought that all hope was lost."It's so good to see you two alive, sirs." An ordinary-looking young man wiped away his tears of joy as the other stood behind him.Oliver asked, "Lyle, what happened here? Where are the others?"The young man's name was Lyle Higgins, a team leader in Mount Gremont Railway's security team. When the reset happened, many of the management-level staff disappeared. Lyle immediately led the survivors underground, where they had remained in hiding for three days.Lyle replied, "We don't know what happened. The sky just became like that all of a sudden, followed by people vanishing into thin air while monsters appeared. We are all that’s left. I brought everyone underground, hoping someone would send in reinforcements, but nobody came. Our wireless devices don’t work, so we can’t make contact with anyone outside the base. Neither could we do anything reckless with the monsters around."Cian, Oliver,
Rozi’s family was gone by the time she regained consciousness, and she now had to face a global catastrophe that had hit the future generation. She knew this would be immensely difficult to resolve.Half an hour passed as Rozi and Adrian discussed matters. Lyle and the others managed to calm down and accept everything that was happening. Now, they were prepared to do whatever was necessary to rectify the situation."Sir!""Sir!"They walked toward the man they saw as their last hope. Humans were pack animals, requiring a leader to guide them in the right direction.Adrian asked, "Have you all managed to calm down? Feel free to ask me any questions that are on your mind."A young man stepped forward and rubbed his reddened eyes. "Sir, all of this happened so suddenly. I'm not sure if my family is still alive. Do you think I'll be able to see them again in the future?"Everyone, including Adrian, wished to see their friends and family. However, from that day onwards, they were all
Oliver said, "It usually takes three days to get to Novemton from here, but with the monsters lurking around, I doubt we'd make it there even in a month.”"We have a car, Mr. Oliver," Lyle said.These words were music to Oliver's ears. Adrian was surprised to hear this as well. After all, vehicles were an extremely important commodity in such a situation.Lyle continued, "Although most of our vehicles were damaged, we still have a few semi-trucks from a stock delivery. We could ride them to Novemton if needed."Oliver and the others celebrated. Their journey would be a lot shorter with the help of those vehicles.Adrian said, "Lyle, take a few men with you and prepare the vehicles. Oliver, Cian, Padraig, I want you three to gather all of the rations and weapons you can find and put them in the vehicles. We're taking the supplies with us to Novemton.""Yes, sir!" Everyone responded in unison. Oliver and the others hurried off to accomplish their assigned tasks. Adrian walked tow
After twenty minutes, six trailers drove into the base. Under Oliver’s guidance, everyone moved the weapons, food, and water onto the trailers. They split the supplies among the six trailers in case anything bad happened. They emptied out the whole base and got ready to receive Adrian's next orders. They were lined up in a row when Adrian and Rozi got back."This isn't a drill. It’s a race against time for our very lives. Plants will not survive without sunlight, and it's only a matter of time before we run out of food. If we pool together the city's reserves, I believe we’ll have three years' worth of rations. So, we have to win this battle within that time or we'll starve to death before he even kills us. Once we run out of food, all hope of survival dies. Is that clear?" "Yes, sir!"Adrian nodded and continued, "I'm going to break you into groups. If any of you think you have something unique to offer, please step forward. Oliver will record your skills and information. We hav
“Matthias, I need you to focus on the communicators. We're going to need them up and running as soon as possible.""On it, sir.”"Let's move.” The six trailers departed Mount Gremont's base. They were going to go through the mountains to reach the nearby villages. After checking around for a while, Adrian would continue onwards, passing through the other counties along the way, before arriving at Novemton.Sitting in the passenger seat of the frontmost trailer, Adrian had a serious look. He gazed at the snowy mountains and frequently spotted monsters lurking about. Some of them were even wielding weapons.Suddenly, a monster army appeared in the distance. More than two hundred monsters screamed and screeched as they charged toward the trailers. "Over there, sir!" Cian yelled.Adrian immediately noticed the monsters, and so did everyone else. "Speed up!" Adrian then picked up a gun and climbed to the roof of the trailer. “We've got company! Prepare for battle!" Adrian yelle
They either had to stop the trailers or continue on and ram into the monster. The trailers would surely overturn upon impact, but if they stopped, the monsters behind would catch up and topple the trailers. In other words, they were stuck between a rock and a hard place.Adrian yelled, "Keep driving! Rozi!"A figure dashed out of the rearmost trailer. It was Rozi, brandishing her rainbow-light sword. "Go!"Adrian jumped off the trailer. He and Rozi took a side each, running past the trailers and toward the monster horde. Bam!!! The moment they entered the monster ranks, Dragonbane shot out a golden beam that devoured everything it touched. Grabbing onto a monster, Adrian stabbed it through the heart before hurling it away. Rozi matched his movements and slashed out with her sword, claiming monster heads or cutting them in half. Both were tirelessly taking out the monsters on the road as more charged toward them.The trailers were able to safely cross the road thanks to the pa
“Sir, all the residents in the alleys have been evacuated to the third safe zone. You may begin retreating now," a voice said through the communicators. Yelloton had set up a wireless communication system the second day after the reset. Because of this, Jerome was able to continuously locate survivors. Over the past few days, he had managed to evacuate the survivors into twenty safe zones. However, many of his subordinates either fell or were in critical condition. "Everyone, retreat. Move discreetly to the nearest safe zones," Jerome immediately instructed upon receiving the news."Squad one, copy!""Squad two, copy!""Retreating now!"The gunshots stopped, replaced by the sound of footsteps moving through the alley as the soldiers retreated to their safe zones. "Squad thirteen, clear.""Squad fourteen, clear.""Squad three, clear."After everyone had retreated, the same voice came through Jerome's communicator. "Everyone has retreated, sir. You may retreat now.""Copy!"
Nobody was prepared to face such a sudden catastrophe, but everyone had performed well given the circumstances. At the very least, they had gathered into an army as they waited for a chance to fight back.Jerome sat down on a makeshift mattress as Lewis handed him a bottle of water. "How much food has our rescue squad found? How long will it last our people?" he asked.Lewis remained silent for a moment before he said, "There were a lot of missing people throughout Yelloton. For those people’s sakes, our rescue squads left behind a lot of food. The ones who haven't located the safe zones will probably need it, but don't worry. We have enough food for more than a month.""What about our communicators?" Jerome asked.Lewis shook his head. "Many of our towers have been destroyed. The signal from the wireless communicators won’t get very far.”Jerome pondered for a moment before saying, "We have a massive battle ahead of us, so we have to restore our wireless signals no matter what. T