Even though people were already sleeping, Hero was still on the roof, guarding the place with Simon on his side. While he was staring in front of him, he saw a person running as fast as he could and stopped right in front of him. Hero saw his purple eyes shining and turned back into normal eyes.
'A person who gained the power of the purple gem, huh?' he thought to himself as he kept on staring at the guy. The leader of Paul's Elite Group, Wartz. He saw him smiling and waving his hands causing Hero's forehead to furrowed and wary of him.
"Hey there, Mr. Hero. I didn't come here to fight with you. We all know that in just a flick of your finger, I'd probably be dead by now by how strong you are. I can feel it since I am also an awakened one." He introduced himself and stepped closer to him. "I have gained the power of speed after eating the purple gem."
"And what is your purpose for introducing yourself to me?" Wartz was taken aback hearing his cold voice. He stopped for a moment but then came back to his senses. He giggles to take away his nervousness however, Hero can feel it how his heart races faster as he walks even closer to him.
"I know there is something that you hide, Mr. Hero. About the purpose of taking all those orange gems and blue gems. What is the purpose of it?" Hero smirks staring at him.
"You can't get in our community, don't you? That is why you're here to ask me personally hoping you could get an answer." Wartz gritted his teeth secretly as he stared at Hero's glaring eyes.
"I am only asking. We are all humans here trying our best to survive in this new fvcked up world. Your knowledge might help humanity to live in peace so why not share it? Or else maybe there is a reason why you're hiding it from us."
Simon is about to take a step but Hero stops him. "Alright, I'll tell you. All of those colored gems you can take from monsters can make you stronger. You can also use it to strengthen your weapon," he seriously speaks.
"And how can we do that? Do we need to eat those gems as well so we can consume the energy and make ourselves stronger?" Hero smirks even more before speaking.
"There are limits to answer to your question, young man. Now step away to our territory or else I won't hesitate to kill you right here right now. I guess you don't want to be killed, am I right?" Hero's pitch eyes glare at him causing Wartz to take a step back.
He can't do anything but step away and decide to go back. He turns his back and clenches his fist while gritting his teeth. He clicks his tongue and jumps and runs as fast as he can to get away from their territory.
"That was fast, he's easy to talk with, huh?" Simon mentioned and smiled looking at Hero. He saw his eyes turn to normal and sat as if nothing happened.
Simon wanted to know everything about him including how he got his power however, he was hesitant to speak and bring up that topic. He is afraid that Hero might get mad at him or something so he just chooses to be silent. The curiosity he had about him is growing stronger, but he still needs to keep quiet.
Everyone is getting ready as per Hero's instruction. He can already feel the strong aura and power coming underneath the ground. He stood up and went to where the other people were. He looks at them equipped that are merged with gems, holding their weapons too.
"We're ready," Sir Pancho speaks. Hero nods his head before speaking.
"I want you to stay here first before—" he wasn't able to finish his sentence when he suddenly sensed someone was behind him in a second. A strong power emits from his body causing Hero to feel threatened and afraid of it.
"You." He pauses for a moment and speaks again. "You are the one who let the guy get away from me."
Peitho immediately releases arrows toward the monster and Simon's bullet hits his head however, the bullet isn't able to make a crack in his head. "T-that is the monster!" Kalvin shouted.
Everyone began to step backward and since Hero noticed and felt their hearts race faster and they were panicking he shouted causing their attention to be drawn to him. "Stop! Stay focused, everyone! Don't be afraid, as long as you all are equipped with that, you don't have to be afraid of!"
And that causes people to have courage and confidence in fighting monsters. They can hear it. They can feel it. The roaring and the screaming people outside their territory as a lot of monsters swarm the City.
Simon leads them to get out of the place as Hero tells him that he will be fighting against the monster. The one with donkey legs. He doesn't know who he is and what kind of monster he is but one thing for sure is that this monster is special. He might be one of the strongest soldiers or Valerie's protector.
The power that he emits in his body makes Hero's hands tremble. He can feel that the monster is a lot stronger than him. He didn't expect this. Everything from the past changed and he needed to act as fast as possible.
"Who are you? This is the first time I saw you."
The monster laughs and looks at Hero. "I must be the one to ask that, human. Who are you and how did you bring back everything from the past? Well, I can say thanks to you I can be able to change everything. You were able to kill Valerie before but not now because I won't let you."
Hero's eyes widened upon hearing it. How could the monster know about his time-traveling? What else did he know? Was he the reason why everything that happened in the past changed?