BRAGR) Nukes Part 2 (Patreon)

I had only been standing on the roof for a few minutes when I heard my name being called. “Zoe!” I turned to see Derrick running over.

“What’s wrong? I though ti had Hilde say to have you begin evacuations.” I was a bit confused since he should have been getting people into the underground sectors.

“I passed it over to one of my men. I also had them grab the head sets as well. If a nuke goes off an electromagnetic pulse will destroy all the electronics. I am afraid out internet receivers will also be damaged. I had someone go around to collect them. I figured you would want to save as many as possible.”

I had not thought about that. It is a good thing Derrick was, or else getting into the game would not be easy. We were using satellite constellation internet. This meant our internet was all coming from space and needed receivers. If they got fried, we would be screwed. Unlike my dreams, wi-fi had not been made available for free by the time things began.

“Alright. Let’s quickly grab the ones up here and stick them in our inventory.” The two of us ran around the room, unplugging each receiver and stashing it away. We had just grabbed the last one when the sounds of the bombers came from above us.

“Heh… it seems they were targeting us.”

“What!? Why!?” Derrick asked in surprise.

“Because we are a threat to whatever government is left. But I am surprised they were willing to send a bomber in this area. There is a dragon flying around some place.”

“Zoe, I heard these barriers can not block radiation. The people on the outside are going to die.”

“Dad, you should know that there is not much I can do for them. We are only able to house so many. I asked Hilde and Mati to set up the barrier to give them a chance at survival. They might not die during the explosion, but even if they do get radiation sickness. We can heal it.

“After the bomb goes off, Hilde and Mati will clean up the area and make a new barrier to block all radiation. It will act as a filter of sorts making it so any rain that drop will be cleaned. This will allow us to keep using our rain catchers. Anyway, they will suffer only a little and then be healed after. There is not much else I can do.”

I heard a whistling sound coming from above. To think I would be getting front-row seats to an actual nuclear explosion. “How do they say it in Japanese? Tamayaaa!”

Boom!

Both barriers shook as a massive explosion was heard. I was forced to look away until the light dimmed. When I turned to look back up at the sky, I saw a fiery ball and black smoke condensing together before suddenly spreading outwards. Lightning could even be seen flickering within the massive mushroom cloud that had formed. The entire area around the barrier had been completely blown away. All the buildings that had withstood the monster wave were now nothing but rubble.

“Hmm… a bit disappoin…”

Boom!

I was interrupted by another bomb drop. I couldn’t help but sigh. It seemed these bastards were hell-bent on taking us out. “Heh… just wait and see.”

“Zoe?” Derrick seemed confused by my statement.

“You know we could have prevented the world ending right?” I asked Derrick as I turned to look at him. He fell into deep thought for a moment before nodding his head.

“Well, we didn’t because we wanted a new world order. To break the chains of the old system. To do that, you need to rid the world of the old governments. This is why we did not try to do anything to the creators of Mortal Online and worked to make this place we have now.

“But the government seems to have survived in some context. So we will eventually have a fight on our hands. We will need to work harder to keep leveling up because the real world and game world will not be safe for those who wish to create their own rules. That is why we will create an even bigger army. There are thousands of people camped out around out territory. We will treat them and make sure they stayed fed and have access to water and other facilities. Those who wish to enter beyond the encampment will need to swear loyalty to us and join our military.” I know it was a bit evil to do what I am about to do but I guess it doesn’t matter. I am a demon, after all.

“We should go. We can only stay in the radiation zone for a short time.”

Derrick’s words made me look at the message I got saying I had been hit with a status effect. I sighed before looking up at the sky once more. I clenched my fists. There will be a day I can fly. When I can, I will destroy such threats with ease in the future.

All they bastards did was make me change my goals a little and give me a ton of headaches. “Dad, hit me with a status remover when we get inside.”

“I, know! Do you think I would let you suffer? Angel would kill me.”

“You are really scared of your daughter.”

“You have never seen her really mad. She is indeed scary.”

“Haha. Angel will always be my cute Angel.” No matter how made Angel got, she would always be my Angel.