The Earth After Rebirth

Chapter 402 Sekani's Plea

He turned slowly and smiled widely trying to convey oblivion and innocence, "what? Why?"

"It's been six months you idiot! You can't just leave for that long. You know Harbingers have started coming out of dungeons?"

"Whoa. Wait, what? It's been six months in the real world?"

"That's your only concern? No, it's been seven days in the real world!"

Kiro rolled his eyes and continued helping people cross over, until the last one came through, which was Hubris.

"You're being a little too dramatic Hiro, shouldn't you be asking where these people come from? Why they're here, how."

"I'm not dumb, you obviously found other worlds." He wasn't exactly excited, the situation was urgent they needed fighters not people who still needed training.

"That obvious?" Kiro whistled.

"In any case, you've missed seven tournaments!"

Kiro arched his eyebrows, confused. It seems a lot had happened since he journeyed with his mount. If only they knew it had been more than a year for him. Yet they were complaining about seven days.

"Since we decided not to run dungeons, Harbingers have been filing out of them. We needed to fast track the process, so every day is tournament day." Hiro commented feeling a little overwhelmed.

He wasn't only overseeing the tournaments but he was also training the craftsmen and they were not making him proud if he was honest.

The rest of After Dark came outside to see the commotion. Kiro used this as a chance to explain the situation to them, how Hubris created a gateway that connected the worlds. Everything he knew and theorised.

"So, if I go over there, I'll lose the ability to fight? why?" Ishaan wasn't a fan, if they were to protect this world they'd end up dying.

"I reckon it's Chronos' doing. You remember how our world met its downfall right? Maybe the gods took measures so that no being can ever get power. It's also possible that, connecting them to Asgard triggered this." He shrugged.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"I'm sure it is." A deep voice said from behind.

He practically jumped on his chair, "dad! don't sneak up on me like that, you scared me half to death!"

"I didn't think anything could catch you off guard." He chuckled.

"I may be humanity's leader but I'm still only a human." He complained biting into the juicy chicken leg he was holding.

"Ki, I know about the sanctum."

Kiro's eyes shot him a look of skepticism, he choked on the meat he was eating. Coughing for a while, he took mouthfuls of water in one go. He didn't know whether he was stalling to pretend he didn't didn't know anything or it was just shock.

"And I know you know about them too."

'What, Hiro didn't say anything about this.'

His hand raised slowly and gestured for his father to be quiet, his other hand gestured that it wasn't safe to talk about it here.

"That's alright, Wilfred sweeps the house once a day, it's completely safe." He sat beside his son.

"Aren't you gonna ask about Loki?" He tried changing the subject.

"That's your mother's department." He smiled, "in any case, I need information about the mine. Wilfred can't find anything unfortunately. We've been waiting for you to come offline."

"Dad, it's dangerous. You saw what they did to Hiro's dad, I can't lose you too." He didn't know where they were coming from but he was suddenly on the verge of tears.

"It is dangerous but its more dangerous to harbour this all on your shoulders. You have the world to save, let me be your father. You needn't do this all by yourself." Sekani squeezed his shoulder to reassure him.

But the trauma of losing his family was too deep rooted. He couldn't bare to go through something like that again, he swore it.

'Then, why do I feel like I can trust him with this?'