After regaining his sight,leo saw what he had already expected. A mashroom looking cloud. The result of using mankind's strongest double edged-weapon.
A nuclear bomb.
{strange,although I don't really know all the aftermath, that should happen when a nuclear bomb is launched, but I atleast know, the most distinguished one that is the nuclear radiation, and precisely because I know that, all this makes less sense.},some time had passed, even so no sight of radiation reached here yet.
Another thing is that the huge mashroom cloud,is gradually getting smaller at a rate visible to the naked eye, which shouldn't have happen,{well, thinking about this wouldn't help,although I don't know why,but I am thankful to God for that}
Even with all these things that happened,I didn't care much as I went to help the others,they were all fine at most slightly injured, because of their enhanced physical bodies, even so they were all knocked out, The only reason why I wasn't, Is because I drank the level 2 potion before.
one of the three cars we drove ,was out of the road, so I lift it up, then put it on the road again.In this whole process, I almost didn't feel its weight.{a benefits of having a supernatural like strength,but I should careful, not to break something without knowing with this strength}After putting down the car, I woke them up.
When they saw the scene behing the car,they all freaked out.After seeing them calming down a little I said," let's get out of here, I don't know what had stopped the radiation from reaching here ,but we should move in hurry while we can"(Leo)
"yes,hurry up, who knows,what would happen next"(Steven)
As I got in the car I saw that Josef had opened his eyes as well.Before he could say a word I interpreted him. "later, now is not time to talk, if you want to fight or hit me later I will listen to you , but now in not time,so please"
I said feeling a little annoyed, even though I didn't know from where those feeling had came from,or were they even mine to begin with?
His face became red after hearing me, I didn't know if it was because of anger or another thing, but after that he sighed, then looked back at his house direction,as I tear filled his eyes,"honey, son our house was burned to ashes then our town also disappeared from the map, why I am still doing here", he said in a low voice as he cried.
Without caring about that, I drove the car with the highest speed the car can possible handle.
While leo didn't seems to care why the radiation didn't spread,others did.
———
When all this had being happening.
In a room in unknown location,The most important characters in the world had gathered discussions around, a round table. Their topic, was what is happening in the world now.
They were not gathered physically, but just through technology, as all what can be seen in the room is a group of silhouettes looking at the screen in the wall with a dumbfounded expressions.
Those people were kings, presidents, ministers of all the world countries around the blue planet.they were also the group of heartless bastards that just made the decision that goes against the humanity, which is sending a nuke without any care for their flow humans that would be vaporized, just because of their selfish fears, that didn't suit their position as the protectors of the masses.
They fell in even more despair as their plan and sacrifice they made was all for nothing.
Looking at the screen in front of them, they were speechless, unable to close their open mouths from the shock.
"..."
After a while, One couldn't help but shoot out loud,"impossible,how can this be…",He said that as disbelief was writing in his face, but he was not alone in his act,since most those who sat there had the same look on their face.
the screen at the moment shows the scene that happened a few seconds after the nuck was used.
after the smoke and shockwave passed, a figure on the screen. that figure was of the unscatched world disaster, the minotaurs. Who was surrounded by destruction and a hell of flames.
Unlike usual ,he didn't walk instead he stood in the center of the destruction without moving an inch. This gave one of those who were watching this, some hope,
As he said "is it perhaps only looking fine outwardly ,while the truth is that it was actually severely injureded." as he said that, his words reignited the lost hope in those on the round table.
But they soon found out that they were thinking too much.
When they observe the screen again, they saw, with the minotaurs as the axis the brown light colored domain start to engulf the city like he did before, everytime he walked.
After that light engulfed the city, the radiation that was supposed to happen as an aftermath of the nuck didn't. He stayed like that for ten min, then suddenly he run at very high speed .a speed beyond logic for a humanoid being.
"what the hell is that speed it's already above the 700km/h"
"those who drank the level 2 potion are only able to run about 200 km/h, that's more than three time the different "
"if he had this speed, why did he not used it before?"
As they were discussion one of them said,"I may know why it did that"
"then what are you waiting for say it"
"this is only my thoughts so, I don't know maybe its wrong"
"just say it first then we will see then"
"then excuse me,you all should know the when the brown light touch something it change it to the same texture, basic structure, and the environment of that star that descended into the sea, Anything that it touch cease to exist, except for two thing!"
"humans,and animals!"
"yes,be it tree,water ,earth… everything vanish,but the only exception is humans and animals,but even so because that light change the world's basic structure into something that we can't live in ,so we can only survive for some addition seconds or even mins at most"
"so what you are trying to say is that the reason why that monster start running now is because we killed all the lives that were in the city, so he doesn't need to waste time there anymore,right?"
"unfortunately,i can only say yes",After that a long silence had surrounded the room,until they all couldn't help but start cursing their horrible luck,and their previous decision out loud.
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After driving for a while leo and his group had found a group of police cars that look like an almost a fleet.
As his car is getting closer he saw a familiar figure between those policemen,who also saw leo at the same time.
Regin and leo got out of their cars at the same time,then toward each other.
As they face each other neither of them spoke for awhile until,"I ..I …I am sorry" (regin)
"for what ?" (leo)
"I wasn't able to do anything, other than saving those who were close to me" (regin)
"weren't you able to announce that to all the city ,so they could run" (leo)
"I could, but I didn't!" (regin)
"you are really honest about this,then while you are that honest, do you mind telling me, Why?" (leo)
" two reasons, one is I was order to do that by the higher ups, two is, if I did that ,those who will try to run, will close the road with their numbers so less or maybe none would have being able to run at that time",Regin said as he clenched his fist tightly.
{Looking at how guilty he looks,it seems what he did or forced to do had, broken him inside.I shouldn't make it more difficult for him,its not like what he said is not right.if he announce that before, less than ten percent of those that appear in these cars would have survived, but in the end that was just when talking about number, and human life can't be count by numbers}
"sigh,its okay its not like its your fault so don't apologies anymore" Even after leo said that regin still had the same guilty look in his face.
"enough about me,seeing that you had run can I ask how did you know?" (regin)
"No,i didn't know I was just lucky ,I and my family decided to run ,if we were ten mins late we would have already died" (leo)
"..."
Regin had a dumbfounded look on his face, as he heard leo words.
"Ha-haha...",seeing his expressions leo couldn't help but laugh at him a little.
"what kind of luck is that???" (regin)
"HA ha ha, see ya later.",leo laugh at him as he said his goodbyes and return to the car, then drove again.
soon we arrived at [Gesiy town].
I was a deserted town ,we didn't find anyone on it, all its residents seems to have runaway before we came here.
"guys let's have a meal here first then move forward what do you think?" regin suggested, being somehow mentally tired we all accept his offer, deciding to stay for the lunch then continue on our own way.
"leo,are you sure we should, let Josef in the car,without eating anything?" (jessica)
"don't worry,I will save some for him to eat later ,we should let him sleep for the time being, it's better than hearing his naging about his vaporized house every moment ….", Leo's hand suddenly moved to the metal pipe beside him . This move alerted those who were around him
"what's the matter leo" regin came to ask after he notice his movment, "I don't know", Leo said as he was still holding the pipe in his hand tightly, feeling a danger he never felt after he had assimilated hak's experiences
"you don't know?"(regin)
"yeah I don't know, but one thing I am sure of is, something dangerous coming toward us"(leo)
"somethi….no,wait that's impossible how could that thing reach here in such a short time?..."(regin)
As he said that,he noticed that all those who came with him, cast their sight toward the east.
Talking a deep breath and praying that what he had in mind, was not what is really happening, he with a resolute face looked toward the east .
but as If life was mocking him,he saw the familiar brown domain that surrounded THAT THING,engulfing all what he can see to the far east.
in the middle of all that he saw HIM,moving at a speed that goes against any common sense he had about the speed of living things.
when we all begin to panic, it suddenly start to moving at a slower pace, compared to his earlier demonstration,when he was getting closer to us, about 3 km away.
———Pov regin———
"why the hell did he slow down,no, let run quickly,now is not time for this ,let's start moving while we can" as I said that, We all moved very quickly toward our cars.
while doing that i was thinking 🤔{ did the headquarter gave up on us, otherwise why would they not send a single massage about this before.}
as i looked at my phone i found that it was cut of the signal,but not only mine all my men as well.
after I looked at the phone of one of those we saved , i found that it was actually connected to the signal.
{ so they really have done it, as they say 'one who can do it once , can do it twice' so I don't really have the right to get angry at them}, I thought as he look at the huge numbers of cars that were moving toward the station to refile gasoline, something we all planed to do after eating.
But because this turn of event we are doing that now, with the currently speed of that monster, we shouldn't be doing this, but we are forced to, most the cars don't have enough energy to move to the next town.
{What should we do now?}
"OI , Regin you seem to know what is That. do you mind sharing some information with me,please." (leo)
Knowing what kind of situation we are in I told him all I know,while skipping unnecessary details, Leo's mood changed several time as I talked about the minotaurs. from being a little calm to being frightened.
"Are you sure you are not just trying to scare me ?" (leo)
"Do you think,I still have the energy to do such a thing after all what had happened In this two days?" (regin)
"Sigh,I know,I am sorry it's just what you have said was too much for me " (leo)
"I know,even though I told them before that the nuke wouldn't be able to do anything to Him,they still launched it.also even though, I thought that it won't be effective, I thought that maybe it would at least delay him a little,but the opposite happened somehow." (regin)
"then do you know why did he slowing down now" (leo)
"I am not really sure about that ,I can only thing that it slowed down when it saw us, the reason is still unknown though, Oi….where are you going?" (regin)
"I will go see if there is something that can be done to that thing ,while helping you delay it for a while" (leo)
"haven't you heard what I have said before everyone who fought him all were killed before they could clash weapons with him" (regin)
"I know,don't worry I am not an idiot, i know my limits ,if I can't do anything against it I would run don't worry" (leo)
"you…..do what ever you want" (regin)
"thanks haha, could you please stop my family from following me later please" (leo)
Looking at where leo point his hand , I finally realised that the man in front of me didn't want to play hero, Instead he was forced to, since his group and family's cars are at the very end of the line, making them the first target of the minotarus.
After realising all that i said with a serious was,"go ahead and don't worry, I wish you good luck"
"thank you" leo said with a smile as he walked forward.