After a few hours, Shiko regained consciousness, being on Asuka's lap, he got up surprised and agitated "Where is Lyn? Have we managed to save Zene?" were the first words that came out of his mouth as he looked around.
"Don't worry, Zene has already regained consciousness, he is at the top of that destroyed building," Asuka said relieved that Shiko woke up, pointing to the building Zene was in. Then he said "Lyn is unconscious, but I have managed to heal her completely, you were the last one I recovered since you did not have many wounds, strangely your HP was at its maximum" after these words, Lyn woke up agitated.
-Lyn: Where is Shiko? Have we managed to save Zene?
-Shiko: Didn't you just say the same thing I said when I woke up?
-Asuka: Don't worry cyclops, you did a good job taking care of Shiko in the fight, we are all safe.
-Lyn: Who do you call a cyclops, little cherry?
-Shiko: Leave the arguments aside, Asuka, aren't you tired of spending so much magic to get the three of us back to heatlh?
-Asuka: *Sign* Yes... I am...
-Shiko: You can sleep, I'll carry you when we are on our way to a safe place.
-Lyn: Do you plan to do that for her? I'm your friend from years ago and you never did that to me!
-Shiko: Lyn... try to understand the situation a little, thanks to Asuka we are all safe- Shiko said in a serious and scolding tone. Zene, seeing them all awake, came down from where he was and spoke to them.
-Zene: Since I was a child, I have been benefited by being talented in fighting, being fast and I have had a good teacher in my arts to never be seriously injured in my work, but the first time I was with you I was seriously injured twice and lost an arm. What kind of curse do you carry?
-Lyn: Well... Maybe in your entire life you had never fought a monster of that level, we are talking about a guardian of this world... by the way… Martial arts? fighting since childhood? Are you some kind of criminal?
-Zene: …Are there no hunters in your world?
-Asuka: In your world? Do you belong here?
-Shiko: Asuka, is his voice unfamiliar to you?
-Asuka: I think I've heard it somewhere else...
-Shiko: When I came to this world, I met a mysterious man who gave me some kind of tutorial on how things work here, in all the darkness I could barely see anything of him, but his hair was the same as Zene's and his voice was the same.
-Asuka: Now that you mention it, I met a guy just like it.
-Zene: They're not as idiotic as they seem, but yes, their speculations aren't wrong, I'm that same person who showed up in that room.
-Shiko: I see... since you say you're something like a hunter, I guess you were tasked with that mission, right?
-Zene: A hunter is one of the adventurer's fighting styles of this world, and the reason I was there is because a girl promised me a very valuable reward in return and that girl belongs to the royalty of a city not far from here, so I didn't hesitate at all to accept.
-Asuka: And can you know what kind of reward that is?
-Zene: She says she knows... the formula for making our worlds connect.
-Lyn: Know the formula? Does it mean that thanks to it we have been transferred here?
-Zene: Probably, although it's not something I'm interested in, for now I just want to put an end to all this crap that's going on.
-Asuka: I guess you mean the threat that has the entire continent wrapped in black magic, if so, why don't you join us?
-Shiko: Despite having mistaken, thanks to your help we have been able to defeat that guardian, if we learn better to fight together and coordinate, we will be able to do this easier and faster.
-Zene: I accept your offer, on the condition that I keep the objects that Deaby has left when he died and you give me part of the experience, I see that you are level fifteen, I need to be a little on par with you.
-Shiko: Do your clothes also have this type of mechanism?
-Zene: The person who promised me such a reward is the creator of them.
-Asuka: Well, another reason to walk alongside this guy.
-Shiko: By the way, are there guardians who have always been bad? When Deaby died, the light that made him disappear was black...
-Zene: There are guardians who are only where they are because of their power, they deceived the person responsible for choosing them to protect such an area and they really only use their position to conquer and think that they are powerful or kings of something, some of them were already possessed by ambition naturally, and Deaby was one of them.
Before continuing to speak, Shiko looked at Asuka again and noticed that the girl was already asleep "Zene, you know these areas better, take us to a safe place to have a place to stay today" said the boy, Zene accepted, then Shiko carried Asuka on his back, and they started traveling to the nearest area.
When everyone arrived in this area, it was already getting dark and just like the day before, all the way they couldn't notice any monsters all the way. The area they arrived in was a kind of monster shelter.
-Zene: A tribe of Golems used to live in this place, but now it's empty, so we can use it.
Lyn investigated the area, and saw that there was food, some strange weapons, and blankets made of animal skins. "If we haven't seen monsters around and we have all this, if it's a perfect place to stay," she said happily. After a few hours, Asuka woke up and saw that she was lying on the grass, with a blanket on, when she looked around, she noticed that the others were there, with a fire heating the food they had found, then the girl got up and joined them.
-Asuka: How did you find this place?
-Shiko: Some Lyns used to live here and it's a comfortable place.
-Lyn: You just called me a golem!?
-Asuka: Hahahaha! This girl is not a golem, she is a cyclops!
Lyn, very annoyed by Asuka's mockery, quickly got up and looked for a fight "It was just a little joke that started because of me, it's not that big of a deal Lyn," Shiko said, making this girl, still annoyed, sit down again.
-Shiko: There are probably much stronger guardians than Deaby, we need to find Mirei quickly.
-Zene: Who is Mirei?
-Shiko: He's my brother, he's also in this world with the same goal as us.
-Zene: Deaby had powers of telekinesis and through it he transmitted the scandal of the people throughout the towns to instill fear, I don't think the boy didn't notice it around him.
-Asuka: How strange... we do not hear such effects.
-Shiko: Maybe Hydra knew that for some reason we are immune to this, and he warned us, by the way, how did you find the place, Lyn?
Lyn: Deaby was the guardian I met, even though his personality was disgusting, he explained to me everything that is happening on this continent, and I fought against him, but in the middle of the battle he lost control, strangely instead of attacking me he left the temple leaving me some experience, I chased him as best I could and when I got to the beach I lost sight of him and that's when we got to the beach. Saw.
-Asuka: What do you mean they met on the beach? At what time?
-Shiko: Is it something to get upset about?
-Asuka: ... No...
-Lyn: Ajam... As I said, then I left the place and slept in a kind of cave that I found, when I woke up, I heard rumbles, apparently the cave was near the city and it was then that I found the chance, Deaby was destroying the city.
-Zene: How did you follow him for so long if in combat you were not able to follow his movements?
-Lyn: Fighting him is one thing, but following his pace running was not that bad, I am an athletic girl, much more than Shiko's weakling.
-Shiko: Do you want us to talk about your intelligence, Lyn?
Lyn didn't say another word, after that talk everyone ate, put out the fire and went to sleep, although Shiko and Asuka stayed up late because they had insomnia, and to pass the time they chatted a little.
-Shiko: Do you think that Zene has helped with all this of receiving us into this world for such a reward?
-Asuka: I think he did it to hide his motives, since he is a hunter, even if he has good motives, he should not want to show them.
-Shiko: Something like a tsundere?
-Asuka: Hahahaha, that's what I was about to say.
-Shiko: Maybe he wants to feel part of the salvation of his continent, even though people think he's a dirty rat because of his work.
-Asuka: Just because he is a hunter does not mean that he is dedicated to murdering or stealing.
-Shiko: But it does mean that I can accept all kinds of jobs, that include these things.
-Asuka: Even so, although he may not seem like it, he is a good person.
-Shiko: Although we don't know their motives, they may be very good at helping in all this, despite everything they are loyal to the peace of their world, it is something that I could call "loyalty of a hero".
-Asuka: You are right, just by the fact that you help us by coming here, you have already participated in the salvation of your land, and more so now that you have joined us. By the way, we still don't know his full name.
"I don't use my father's last name since he abandoned us since he was a child, and I don't use my mother's so as not to defile it among so many crimes I've committed, my only name is Zene" these words shocked Asuka and Shiko who thought Zene was asleep "Fall asleep at once" he finally said before falling asleep, then Shiko and Asuka fell asleep, the next day first thing, they all woke up and took a trip being guided by Zene to the nearest town they had...
To be Continued...