"So this Density gauntlet, you are saying the higher the defense the stronger the attack right", Serena asked still trying to understand the whole thing. Dante nodded giving her space to ask another question. "Then what is the crown for? If you ask me it is a little bit too flashy."
Dante laughed a bit before telling her about the Combat crown. She was a little bit surprised but she knew deep down that he needed such an item during times like this.
"So now what about you Serena? Anything you wanna share", Dante said with a look that she couldn't quite understand.
"It is a long story", Serena said in an attempt to push it off, however Dante was not having that.
"Then it is a good thing that we have all the time in the world", he said sitting down on a rock nearby.
Serena gave a smile upon hearing this before she began to narrate the details of her past.
"When I first came to this new Earth I did not have to fend for myself alone because I had come with some other people. We were seven in total. When we saw that the Earth was no longer the place we remembered it freaked us out. Though soon enough we discovered that there was some cool stuff that came with the change. First of all we had superpowers followed by the fact that we had the whole planet to ourselves. We were wrong about that part though, some Fractures appeared out of nowhere just as if they were hunting us down. Thinking our new powers made us better we fought them only to barely leave with our lives. Out of the seven of us only three of us made it out that day."
"The three survivors consisted of me, Mia and Ren. We became good friends while trying to survive in this world. After three days of survival, our original memories came back along with an ability boost. The abilities we acquired was nothing like yours though but it wasn't really bad. We also acquired the ability to use Nano Lites in the environment to some certain extent. Mia physical abilities multiplied by two, I got a strange ability to sense when others were coming to the world and even help them break free from their dream world."
"What about Ren?", Dante asked since he was curious. He knew it was best to know what he was going to be up against in the future.
"Ren got the strongest ability I had ever seen until now that is. His physical abilities became comparable to a High Fracture along with the ability to sense his environment. Those skills made him an force to be reckoned with. Because of these skills we decided to help the humans returning to Earth so as to avoid them from having the same experience as we did."
"We did well to be honest I won't lie. In record time we gathered so much people that we wondered what to do with them. Eventually we discovered the 'Garden' and decided to make it our safe haven. Everything was good and I believed it was going to remain that way until....."
"You don't have to speak anymore if you don't want to", Dante said upon noticing some hesitation from her.
"It's okay, you need to know. When we had finally built the perfect paradise for us survivors, somethings began to change. I had been in a relationship with Ren for about four months so I never wanted to assume the worst of him. I noticed some survivors had began to get missing, whenever I asked they would tell me they left the camp for a mission of some sort. Though none of it made any sense as they would never return. I decided to investigate and eventually found out that Ren was behind it all. My love for him never made me notice his desire to rule over the people as their king. When they refused to submit to him, he would get rid of them with his superior power."
"I met Mia to explain the situation to her, however she did not believe me in the slightest. After that I was haunted asking myself what to do in order to fix everything that was going on, it was plain wrong and I knew it. One day, Ren called for me and explained to me everything he had been doing. He told me to join him to rule but I refused and tried to make him see the error of his ways. This eventually led to a fight which I barely managed to survive. I ran away from the camp and went into hiding while Ren used the opportunity to banish me from the camp. Mia was not aware of any of this though so I believe she was brainwashed into thinking I was the enemy. Though when I think about it further I believe that she didn't believe me then not because she doubted me but because of her love for Ren. I never noticed that she was in love with him but later on it all made sense."
After hearing everything, Dante couldn't help but sigh. He had learnt a lot from the story, some good and some bad but all in all it was information. Though he still wanted to concentrate on the brighter side of things. Apparently there were a lot more human beings than he thought and everyone acquired skills when they appeared in this new Earth, however it would seem that Dante was some kind of mutation. He also discovered that he was likely to regain his original memories after three days. Funnily enough he had only a few more hours before he entered his third day on this planet. Lastly he also discovered that Serena had the ability to find people coming to Earth and even help them escape the dream world if possible. This was most likely how she had helped him back then. But the question still reminded, why did she help him in particular?
"Don't worry Serena, I believe you", Dante said with a smile before attempting to get to his feet.
Serena smiled back when he stretched his hand at her for a hand shake. They were now officially friends. Serena could not help but be ecstatic since she had no one to call friend for a very long time. She quickly returned the hand resulting in a firm handshake.