A technomancer’s journey in an apocalyptic world - Chapter 102

Ryan sipped from the warm bowl of soup that was given to him, the warm bowl had managed to quench his hunger though he did not know if it was because of the taste that was so unappetizing that he lost his appetite or it really was because it managed to really satisfy his hunger.

‘Well I should at least compliment and say my thanks to those who have worked hard to get us something to eat no matter how unflatteringly unappetizing it might seem to be.’

“Are you ready brother?”

Ryan looked up towards his sister as he spoke, “I am as ready as I can be, if we finish our work fast we can begin our journey fast and return home quickly as well.”

Michalina nodded in agreement before she spoke with a frown, “Today will be a long day.”

Ryan grimaced at her words before he spoke with a frown of his own, “I was thinking about what my fellow apostle’s were talking about the other day, the thought that a very powerful monster is stopping the others from evolving is a very worrisome thought and the scouting parties have yet to locate any such monster.”

Michalina’s frown deepen even more as she spoke, “So, what do you suggest?”

Ryan patted the vehicle as he spoke, “Tell Jessica to be ready and make a run for it if things go south, the last thing I want is the passengers of the road train becoming zombies it would be troublesome to deal with.”

Michalina nodded with a sigh before she spoke, “Ryan do you think that he could cause some problem.”

Ryan’s face darkened upon being reminded of his patron God as he spoke with anger in his voice, “I have completely confident with the fact that he would do something bad so we have to be cautious, I do not wish to be cursed yet again.”

Michalina nodded before she spoke again, “You know Ryan about the thing that those two were saying about, about forming a personal group under you.”

Ryan nodded as Michalina continued, “If in the future you wish to do so, I will happily support you and join.”

Ryan smiled at her as he spoke, “Thank you Sis, for having my back.”

“Mention not, now let us get ready the day light is burning away.”

A few minutes later the group looked at the next destination, the third and fourth signal was coming from a building, a rather large building which happened to be a large hospital, ‘Eco Village Super-specialty Hospital’.

“So this is a hospital of your world?”

Ryan nodded towards Xuelong as he spoke, “Yes, though this one is a bit special, Super-Speciality Hospital’s are a bit special with various kinds of treatment styles, diagnostic machines, various doctors specializing on various different ailments, as such they are good but at the same type this kind of hospitals are few in number as well.”

Ylerias frowned as she spoke, “Why so if they are so good then why are they so few in numbers.”

Michalina spoke with a grunt, “Money, simply money running such large establishment require a large amount of money and as such getting treatment in this facilities are costly not everyone can afford one.”

Ylerias simply gave a nod of understanding as she spoke, “I understand even in our world there are some illnesses which can be cured by some specific potion but the ingredients are so costly and rare that most cannot afford.”

Ryan simply nodded at her words before he spoke with a serious look on his face, “So how should we deal with it, there are hundreds of them.”

Xuelong frowned before she spoke, “We can bring that giant vehicle of yours and use those guns to mow them down.”

Ryan frowned as he spoke, “Well we can do that but I am afraid about what kind of creature is leading them, as such I cannot knowingly put others in danger.”

Xuelong gave him a nod of understanding as she spoke, “Fair enough so what do we do then?”

Ryan bit his lips for a moment before he spoke, “I can create a temporary fort and put some of the bigger guns around this place, we can draw the creatures out here and slaughter them, well then I should get to work then and in the meantime keep an eye on them.”, his gaze then fell on Michalina as he spoke, “Raven should be stocking up some materials that is being converted to bullets ask Angela to bring sizable some enough for four mounted machine guns.”

With that Ryan quickly made his way to the nearest house as he began to dismantle it with a touch under the fascinated eyes of his fellow Apostles.

“His abilities are wonderful.”

“So, true Xuelong and since his gauntlets now prevent the loss of materials when dismantling as well as loss of mana when creating and destroying he can really work without any restrictions, oh by the way Xue have you heard of ‘Word Eater’ level after all the highest I know is Celestial?”

As Xuelong shook her head negatively Ylerias spoke with a frown, “The Gauntlet that is on Ryan’s hand is a ‘World Eater’ rank but at present it is lowered to uncommon tier, and I forgot to ask my Goddess about it.”

Xuelong simply patted her as she spoke, “Well better luck next time.”

Ryan quickly constructed a towering tower that seemed to over look the Hospital, Ryan then went on to placed the four heavy machine guns on top of it along with ammo caches nearby.

The entire process took Ryan the entire morning and it was nearing their time for lunch, as he finished the finishing touches he looked towards his fellow companions as he spoke, “Everything is finished but I fear it would be loud.”

Xuelong looked down from the top of the structure as she spoke, “This is nice, they will have a hard to time for them to reach up here, making it easier for us to deal with them, but what have you thought about the escape route.”

Ryan blinked owlishly at her as Xuleong spoke with a sigh, “We know there are an around two hundred undead here and combined with the fact that the noise of your guns more would arrive here how do you plan to escape.”

Ryan had the sudden urge to bash his head for forgetting the obvious while Michalina spoke with a frown, “We can use ziplines to escape, Ryan could place one at the back, and in case of emergency we can escape from it.”

Ryan nodded with a smile on his face as he spoke, “I can work with it.”, and it took him a few more minutes for him to get ready to execute the plan.

Xuelong looked at others as she spoke, “Are you all ready?”, and as her fellow apostles gave their consent she raised her hand as she cast her spell, “Sound bomb”

A light turquoise colored ball fell on the ground before exploding with a loud noise making everyone wince but the sound managed to do its job as multiple roar was heard from inside the hospital as Xuelong spoke with a smirk, “Shakidra hand me the bait.”

A bundle of bloodied bandages found its way onto her hand as she once again casted another spell, “Water Ball.”

The bloodied bandages was now covered by a ball of water that was clearly unstable from the wobbling of the ball trying to maintain its shape and was turning into red due to the presence of the blood within the bandages, as Ryan looked at it intently, ‘The water is covering the bandages that are drenched with my blood, but it is unstable for some reason.’

He then watched Ylerias place her hand on top of the ball as she spoke, “Wind ball.”

This time another shell formed on top of the already unstable sphere, a turquoise colored sphere that was deeper in color to the previous one, but it did managed to increase the instability even more, the duo then aimed their creation towards the hospital letting it.

The unstable orb dashed towards the hospital with as much grace a drunk person does while walking on a straight line, but it moved fast enough to almost reach the hospital before exploding in to a shower of red mist that was soon carried into the hospital.

A moment of silence descended before various noises erupted from inside the hospital.

~keugh ~

~krrgh~

~khwa~

Ylerias gripped her bow hard as she spoke, “Get ready everyone.”

Meanwhile, back with Alpha Raven Ryan’s ex-family were curious seeing the car returning back a few times with Ryan coming along once as well though they did not wait very long as they left soon afterwards.

They were waiting anxiously when all of a sudden an announcement came to board the vehicle which was followed by another frantic check to see if anyone was loitering around against their better judgment when all of a sudden the road train began to move.

Isabella gained a look of alarm on her face as she spoke, “Wait a minute the car did not return, where is brother?”

Her questioned send reignited the tension amongst the group as both Catherine and she ran towards the cockpit only to be stopped by Nikita.

“What are you two doing? This is a restricted area.”

By then the rest of Ryan’s ex-family had managed to reach as well, as such Marcel spoke in a pleading tone, “Please we cannot leave Ryan is not back.”

“I know Lord Ryan is not back yet, but it was his command for us to move from our position.”

Beth looked towards the speaker as she spoke, “You went out with Ryan yesterday, were you not a doctor.”

Maralyn gave a nod as she spoke, “Yes, I am but Shakidra went out today in my stead so…”, whatever she was going to say came to a halt as loud sound like distant sound of firecrackers came to her ears as she spoke with a grim look on her face, “Ah, so the battle has begun.”