After successfully felling a giant, they encountered another one. Adam wracked his brain, trying to think of what to do.
("Crap, what do we do?") [Adam]
Six eyes stared at them, looking at them as if they were food.
"Uh, Alex? You think you can run?" [Adam]
"Uh, Adam? I don't think you know how much mana I have. I have less energy than a can of soda right now." [Alex]
Though they were in a dire situation, sarcasm was not much of a problem for Alex.
"Way to be helpfu- It's coming!" [Adam]
The giant began to move. As it reached down for them, it suddenly stopped.
"Huh?" [Adam]
It fell down with a crash, shattering into thousands of pieces.
"What the hell?!" [Alex]
("There's… no blood?") [Adam]
"Hey! Are you alright down there?!" [???]
A loud voice came from above. Blocking the sun out of their eyes, the two saw a silhouette of someone in the air.
("Wait… Isn't that…?!") [Adam]
"It's Vamp!" [Alex]
The silhouette dropped to the ground. What stood in front of them was a man twice their height. He wore a thin tattered black robe along with a suit inside it. His hair was combed back white, and his eyes were hazel brown.
"Oh? If it isn't Adam!" [Vamp]
"Vamp! It's been so long!" [Adam]
With his large hands, he ruffled Adam's hair in delight.
"You've gotten so big!" [Vamp]
"You say that everytime you see me though..." [Adam]
While they were having their fun, Alex stood there completely baffled.
"What? You know him Adam?" [Alex]
"Yeah! He saved me and my sister when we were about to get eaten by some voidlings. He's literally the reason why I want to be a hero." [Adam]
"Don't mention it. If only I had been there faster…" [Vamp]
"..." [Adam]
("Am I… missing something here...?") [Alex]
"A-anyways! Good job holding out! I saw you guys fighting earlier, but it looked like you were handling it pretty well." [Vamp]
"You saw us? Why didn't you help?" [Adam]
"I thought you could handle it. And I was right! I was busy you know, dealing with the rest of the voidlings in the area. Thanks for handling that one for me." [Vamp]
"If you're here now… Is it over?" [Alex]
"Yeah, that one was the last one." [Vamp]
As he spoke, a song played from his pocket.
"Ah, whoops. I have to take this one." [Vamp]
He walked away a few meters and answered his phone.
"Hello~" [Vamp]
("We can still hear you…") [Adam] [Alex]
"Where are you right now." [???]
A cold voice came from the phone.
"Ah… About that… I'm actually at a residential area right now. It's that one near that karaoke place you know?" [Vamp]
"That doesn't matter right now. Come back here this instant." [Cold Voice]
"What are you, my mother…?" [Vamp]
"What did you say?" [Cold Voice]
"N-nothing! I'll be there soon!" [Vamp]
He quickly ended the call and walked back to Adam.
"Sorry about that, but I gotta go. I'll come by to see you next time. Tell your sister I said hi." [Vamp]
"Alright, see you." [Adam]
As Vamp was about to leave, Alex called out to him.
"Wait!" [Alex]
"...Yes?" [Vamp]
"Can I… get an autograph?" [Alex]
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
"And that's what happened." [Alex]
"No way… You actually got to meet Vamp?!" [Brandon]
"I even got his autograph!" [Alex]
After the incident, Adam and Alex met up with the others inside the safety dome. It was only a few minutes after they arrived that they were allowed outside.
"So you're telling me that you two took down the giant, another one appeared, and Vamp came by to save you?" [Felix]
"Yeah, that about sums it up." [Adam]
"And you didn't get me an autograph of the third strongest hero on the list?" [Felix]
"...Was I supposed to get you one?" [Adam]
"Yes! You were! Do you know how rare those autographs are?!" [Felix]
"Not… really…?" [Adam]
"Haa… I can't even today... " [Felix]
"...If it makes you feel any better Vamp might be coming over soon." [Adam]
"You're absolutely sure about that?!" [Felix]
He came close, maybe too close.
"Uh… Yeah…" [Adam]
("He might be more into heroes than me…") [Adam]