Plundering in the Apocalypse

A minute later Alice and Elena came downstairs.

Shin who was waiting with Simon abruptly stood up. "Is everything okay?"

Alice glared at him and thought. 'What okay? You don't even understand you are the reason behind this.'

She sighed deeply.

She glanced at Elena meeting eyes with her. 'You do remember what we talked about.'

Elena understood the expression on Alice's face and replied inwardly. 'I'll keep that in mind.'

"Everything is fine you don't have to worry about that. We can start with the main issue." Alice replied to Shin as she cleverly diverted the topic.

"If you say so," Shin said. Although he didn't understand the details. He was happy that everything was settled.

Although Elena had a lot on her mind she decided to keep it aside for the time being after her talk with Alice. One thing was clear she can't give up just yet. No one knows what the future holds for them. So she made a truce with Alice for now.

For a moment Shin had a thought. 'What if Elena had feelings for me and she cried after learning that I was in a relationship?'

'Nah, no way I am that popular. Also, I don't think she had feelings for me. She always acted pretty cold too. I might believe she hated me if not for the fact that she at least talked with me.'

'But what if? Even if there was a 1% chance. If she did like me. If that was the case. What would I have done? What do I think about Elena?' Shin's thoughts were interrupted by Simon's voice.

"Stop standing there blankly. Sit and start speaking."

Everyone took a seat as Shin started speaking.

"Guys tonight a world-changing event is going to occur. It is very detrimental to humanity."

As his serious words sounded. Everyone went silent.

"What do you mean by that? And how do you even know about something like that?" Simon questioned on behalf of everyone.

Shin started explaining that he got Leonard's memory who was a regressor so he now knew a lot about the future events.

"So the Leonard drake who everyone is looking for was a guy from the future and is already dead. I see now." Simon muttered in disbelief.

Although Shin's ability to get the memory of the dead was absurd they had no doubts about its validity. His powers can't be compared to normal standards. So they had already given up on pondering about that.

"Wait! Who is Leonard Drake?" Elena asked, she had just woken up, so she had no clue about the current situation outside.

"Leonard Drake the genius awakened who cleared the whole labyrinth," Simon uttered and paused as he thought of something.

"Were you two the ones who cleared it and used him as a scapegoat? So the materials you got for Elena were by clearing the labyrinth." As everything was connected. Simon and Elena got emotional. They did so much to help her.

"Well, that was the only way we could think of. We needed a Level 100 monster core and only inside the Labyrinth could we have found monsters with levels. So we took the bet. It worked out fine." Shin answered to which Simon had a stupefied face.

Elena saw Alice in a new light. 'I thought she hated me why would she try to save me?'

"Thank you so much, guys, for saving my sister. If I had lost her. I don't know what would I have done. She is the only family I have left." Seeing Simon cry Shin got emotional. This was a rare sight for him.

"Don't cry, man. Everything is fine now." Simon felt embarrassed by Shin's words.

"Who is crying?" Simon retorted.

After some time as everyone calmed down. Simon asked the next important question.

"So what event were you talking about before? Are more terrifying monsters going to invade earth?" Simon asked with a serious look. If this was the case it would be very terrifying.

"Invasion will happen. But this time it's a little different from a monster invasion." Shin's words got everyone's attention. He continued.

"You guys remember right just before the cataclysm. There was news that became a hot topic. The one contacting with interdimensional beings, or rather Aliens." Shin's words echoed inside everyone's minds as they understood the meaning behind the verse.

"Don't tell me," Elena muttered with her eyes wide open. If what she was thinking was true. Then, 'No way. It can't be.'

"Yes, Aliens are coming."

"..."

"Tonight?" (Simon)

"Yes, tonight and our's planet's structure will also change. Think of the things that have happened as just the prologue for what's to come." Shin explained without any intention of hiding the actual danger.

Everyone gulped in horror.

"So are we going to fight them?" Elena asked in all seriousness.

"Not yet, but the trouble will surely arise. There will be conflicts. So we should prepare."

"What kind of preparations can we do? There's no way to avoid it." Elena mumbled as she pondered over this.

"Are we going to tell everyone about that?" Simon asked.

"And how would we do that? If they react negatively it may lead to a bigger conflict and in the worst-case scenario we die as the suspect." Elena answered back objectively.

"Don't think about it. We can't do much about this. I just want everyone to prepare. We can't even fight them as we are now. And not all of them are hostile to us. So we are safe for now." Shin's words caught their attention.

"The problem is after their arrival many troublesome things are going to happen. So we need to get stronger and we would need a lot of resources."

"Are we going to clear dungeons?" Simon questioned with a look of confusion.

"That too but it's not simple. We can't gain access to these resources easily as individuals. So we will work as a guild." Shin uttered as he crossed his arms.

"Which guild?" Elena questioned. "I don't know if we can trust ourselves in the hands of others."

"Why would we join another guild? We already made a guild for us. Astros guild." Shin replied casually.

"Are you going to let me join your guild too?" Simon asked with some uncertainty. Although they were good friends. Simon knew how strong Shin and Alice were. The gap between them was immense. Even her sister was a lot stronger. If not compared to them. As for him, he wasn't sure, if he was useful. So he had doubts about will Shin let him join them.

Their friendship and guild are different matters.

"Would it be alright for me to join? If you are forcing yourself-" Simon felt some guilt as he uttered those words.

"What do you mean? You are already a member. Your name is already registered as a member of the guild." Shin replied. 'What is he even talking about?'

"You entered my name without permission?" Simon mumbled stupefied.

"What? You got a problem with that. You have done the same to me a lot of times. Adding my name in events without permission. Don't think I will ever forget." Shin held a crude against Simon about something in the past.

"Well even if that was the case. I would have forced you to join anyway. So just accept it as your fate and give up."

Simon felt warm inside his heart and also somewhat insulted. But he kept his calm. 'He mocked me intentionally. Hmph.'

"Are there other people too?" Simon asked grumpily.

"Yes, we will get to them later. I have already mentioned to them about the guild. We will act on other things after tonight's events." Shin's words made others curious about who the other members were. Even Alice was clueless on this matter.

"So how are they? I mean tell us something about those Aliens."

"Instead of calling them Aliens, other-worlderers would be better. As I mentioned some would-be allies and some would be hostile with us, it depends on how we make our relationship with them be."

"There are many species among them. Some are beautiful while some are weird."

Shin paused and then continued.

"But they have one thing in common. All of them are a lot stronger than the current humanity even firearms and those top Martial families can't do anything about that."

"So if they want to, they can easily destroy us." Shin's words frightened everyone.

"Are you telling me? Our life or death is at their hands?" Simon muttered to which Shin nodded.

"How strong are they?" Elena asked while gulping down her saliva and sweat covered her forehead.

"100 level is average among them." Shin's words made them understand the power difference.

They continued talking for a while.

***

That night as Shin had mentioned. Several blue portals appeared connecting the world with another world and the beings from that world entered here.

This time the portals had significant differences. Instead of demonic energy, the portal emitted pure mana.

The increase in mana in the surrounding caused the world to take a big change. Whether it was for the better or worse that's for the future.

But now one thing was certain.

'Aliens are here.'

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A.N.:- Hey guys, this is the end of volume 2. Hope you enjoy the next volume.