Kai staggered backward, breathing hard.
[ First kill conformed.]
[ Emergency combat protocol boost : +10%
Reflexes .]
More drone swarmed around them their shrieking metallic cries filling the ruined street.
The girl moved like a ghost, her blade and rifle working in perfect harmony.
She shot down to drone mid air pivoted and sliced a third in half before it even reached her .
Stay close ! She barked over her shoulder
If you get separated you're dead.
Kai didn't argue.
Adrenaline powered his limbs as he dodged and swung, barely keeping up .
Minutes or maybe only second passed in a blue of motion and noise .
Finally, as kai cleaved the last drone
Through it central core, silence fell over
The wreckage.
Smoke drifted in lazy trails through the air.
Kai fell to his knees, gasping for breath, the energy blade flickering in and out of existence.
The girl approached him her gaze assessing.
You're lucky she said.most newcomers don't survive their first hour."
Kai coughed harshly.
" Who... Who are you?"
She hesitated then extended her mechanical hand.
" Lune," she said simply" survivor."
Kai stared at her for a moment before taking her hand.
Her grip was firm, stronger than it looked.
Kai he said.i thing... I'm not from this world."
Lune smirked faintly.
" No kidding."
She turned scanning the horizon.
Far off in the distance the ground trembled.
A colossal fingure too far to make out
Clearly loomed against the broken skyline.
It moved with slow, terrifying purpose, like
A god of death stalking through the ruins.
Kai shivered involuntarily.
" What is that?" He whispered.
Lunes voice was grim.
" A mecha overlord ," she said one of many."
Kai swallowed hard.
" What happened if it finds us ?"
Lune met his gaze, her silver eye gleaming coldly.
" We die."
Without another word, she started walking.
Kai hesitated only a moment before following.
The world was shattered.
The rules were unknown.
The enemies were monstrous.
But deep inside the fear and confusion, something burned in him .
A spark
A will to fight.
To survive.