Almost all of the Vesta had been moved from the Mall to the Eastern city exit—thanks to Sarah and Amy showing the passage through the broken gate now, Alexander didn't have to worry about getting through.
He spent the past few hours introducing Sarah and Amy to most of the new Vesta who wasn't part of the school, but there were too many things to do, and he couldn't just spend it messing around with his lovers.
Time was running out.
Stella, Maria and Althea followed him as he went to the Mall one last time to ensure nobody was left behind and to visit the Forsaken village before leaving. Ideally, he wanted to convince McAlister and a few more people to accompany him.
He would also meet Ayumi for the first time in a while—strangely, the girls said that Kaliara had been going back to the Forsaken village every day since she came, which was curious and made him wonder why.
'I hope that old man agrees to come, even that nun and Paolo... Somehow I don't want them to die.'
Alexander didn't know what happened to the residents of a safe zone after the third wave but from the looks of how the Lustaria capital city became a safe zone, merging with the one found to its south upon reaching the pseudo-third wave...
It meant they would be crushed, no matter Valu's strength!
The trio arrived at their former base around 10:00 am with 2 days to go before the end started—strangely, there was an unexpected group waiting at the gate with hundreds of humans shouting and screaming at them...
It was Simon and his group!
Alexander pushed the crowd apart, while Althea and Maria seemed to make it a game to keep the humans away and would kick anyone who came close in the shin... It sounds harmless, but their simple kick shattered the bone and any flesh, causing the human to be completely crippled!
"Ah! Alexander, you're finally here... damn, I was so worried you might never return." Simon's raspy voice sounded as he smiled like an idiot. "Can you hear my request? I know it's out of line, but I..."
Hearing his request, Alex was quite amused and realised that his Vrykul group was very useful. He was glad they retained that he might need human emotion and affection.
Not everything could be unfeeling and gloomy.
***
Meanwhile, at the Eastern exit, Claire was helping shift heavy stone pillars and debris to make the entrance large enough for them to leave without any panic or issues—her tall body was drenched in sweat.
Despite this, her face was brilliantly shining like a luminescent lamp!
'He kissed me and said I was his lover in front of many women... Even Sarah and Amy!' She thought to herself, the little cow tail dancing and slapping her thighs as she tossed another huge rock to the side, almost crushing the small orange-haired Topaz who helped with blacksmithing and the etching of the crotch tattoo that all Vesta now had.
"Oi Claire, watch where ye' toss the fucking rocks!" Topaz whined with her cute high-pitched voice, her head only up to the abdomen of the minotaur. "Stupid cow tits... hmph... he kissed me too and even petted my hair!"
The two were an unlikely pair but seemed to work well, with Claire doing the heavy lifting and Topaz then checking all the rocks and metal for anything salvageable before using her upgraded pickaxe and hammer to carve out the needed things to give to Emerald or Opal to make useful things.
Claire was the one who would join the girls on most of their expeditions to the other dimensions or into the city, looking for spare copper, iron and other metals and rocks to make makeshift tools like the current ones in their hands.
Thus she became their protector and older sister due to her size, despite being the youngest!
Bang! Clack!
In the distance, a group of beautiful women were watching the scene of the huge hammer and pick used by Claire with a sense of defeat and a slight hint of joy.
"Sarah, did you know that little mediocre Claire had a crush on Alex?" Amy asked, cleaning her guns but sneaking looks at the changed girl. "Now her tits and ass are so fucking huge... does darling like that shit? Is it the milk? Should I get pregnant?"
While Amy was fixated on stupid things, Sarah looked at something else, "Her movements are more relaxed and free. It seems the issue on her mind was Alexander all along..."
Her face showed a smile as she cared deeply about the girls from the club, especially those from childhood, like Claire and Samantha.
"Amy, could you take that minotaur in pure strength?"
"Not at all, even though my only blessing is my fucking strength and sex drive!"
"Why?"
Sarah didn't answer, but her eyes shone, like seeing a worthy opponent, before she turned away and began to help the other Vesta discuss the area, layout and current situation in the eastern city of New Haven.
The beautiful Brunhild watched from above while all the women were preparing, standing on a damaged, worn-out apartment building. She smiled at the sheer number of women working to support her son—initially, she felt it might be like the past, where they were forced and miserable.
However...
Alexander seemed to have done something much different from his past self, the smiles on each of the women, their healthy competition was something that could never be achieved in the last life... As her eyes moved to the one who seemed to be leading them.
"Little half-elf princess, why are you out here and acting like the others? You are the only one service my dear son without being a member of his little pack of ghouls..." Brunhild's eyes shone seeing the beautiful blue-haired elf that worked harder than anyone else, her huge breasts swaying as her bra latch seemed to have snapped earlier in the day.
"If your love for him wasn't so pure and untainted... I would have smitten you down for acting under his control when you are a free bird, maybe also thank your mother for being an amusing drinking partner."
Down on the ground, as she was sorting the Vesta into different groups and giving them all tasks before they left and after, Laura felt a chill down her spine, causing her to suddenly look around, feeling a sense of terror like never before... "Somebody knows!?"
It wasn't that she was deceiving Alexander, and she had been infected at one point, but the royal blood of her clan and the fact he didn't force her to lay with him allowed her to recover, yet her heart and mind wanted to stay...
That was why she gave him that suit, the letter.
Not wanting to become his lover as his Vesta or Ghoul... But as the Half-Elf divorcee Laura!
Because of this, she worked harder than before—if there needed to be 10 kills, she would make her unit and troops do 20 and should he ask her to level them twice, she would aim for thrice!
"I don't remember when I fell so deeply for him—was it the fleeting glances? His handsome face... No..." Her mind recalled his desperate attempts to protect everyone—no matter how much damage or pain, he would smile, try to make everyone feel at ease... "That... Maybe it's just because he's Alex? I hope he will understand my affection and love in the end."
With a determined face and soft eyes, she shook her head, ignoring the pressure and feeling of rejection from above. Instead, Laura would do what she could best! To organise and lead the units in his absence, support him even in places he could not see.
The half-elf that was left with a broken heart betrayed and devastated by her ex-husband and their loss...
Finally started to look forward and wanted to give her heart to another man; this time, she would dedicate everything to Alexander without holding back.
Until her dying breath.
***
"Please, Alexander! Let these humans use our base since we are leaving. Some of them are old friends... the old man would give us bread when mother's paycheck was less than usual, and we were starving..." Simon's face was filled with vibrant emotions as she pleaded with Alex, "I will work twice as hard, make triple the efforts...--"
Alexander's hand stopped his words; poor Simon, thinking he was rejecting him, felt despair, almost looking at the people from his old neighbourhood.
The gentle girl who should never have survived but did... Forced to kill her parents... The old man and the married couple who always used to fight are now more affectionate than ever and fight zombies while flirting!
"Dear brother, that was my plan from the start. I am happy to feel your emotions and desire to help these people, though, Simon." Alexander's smile was a gentle and warm look, different from his twisted and fearsome smile, as he turned to the humans.
"I will take a few things that I need but will leave a large amount of food and water behind for you to sustain yourselves." He then looked at Simon with a wink, "But I want to warn you that in the coming weeks, the world will become harsher... The zombies will grow stronger; numbers will grow rapidly... Are you still sure you wish to root yourself here?"
They all looked at him grimly before the small girl suddenly spoke up with her cute voice, but the contents were rather sad, "Handsome elf, mister... We want to find a place to settle, keep warm, and eat food that isn't rotten... Nothing more..."
'Poor people, you will be torn to shreds...'
Alexander didn't feel anything for them.
However, thanks to Simon's emotions, he could remember those feelings when he was still human and wanted to honour the desire of his first Vrykul and the man who showed him respect in the apocalypse.
"Simon, can you protect these people with your 200 Vrykul and 200 Maidens?"
"I... Alex?"
"Show me your resolve if you want to save them. Save them until the end, and meet me again in the northern city of Lusteria."
Alexander didn't speak, ignoring the calls from Simon behind him, with Stella, Althea and Maria pouring healing potions on the crippled humans as they left towards the Forsaken village.
"Alex... ALEX! I will... I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN!" Simon cried tearfully, but the tone was happy and filled with vibrance.
"Ah... Alex is crying!" Maria gasped.
"What are you saying, idiot... it's the sun's reflection on my fair skin!"
"Fufu~ you are sad to leave your first male friend in this hell, aren't you?" Althea joked, copying Maria
"It's just my eye leaking... nothing of the sort..!"
'Why do Vrykyul's intense emotions effect me!! God damn Simon... just wait, I will make you do press-ups for a week naked in the northern snow!'
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