"Wait, you are attending Gold Academy too?" Ray asked with an enthusiastic tone.
The past hours had passed with both of them talking about their normal lives, and from time to time, they flirted with each other.
Ray was interested in her; unlike most other girls, she had a dream to go to Mars and finish the war. Her body showed that she was not just talk; her muscles were perfectly built, with one of the best-shaped asses that Ray had ever seen.
"Yeah, it's good to see a friend in there!" She didn't want to go to most of her classes, but now, some classes she was going to make sure that she attended.
"If he doesn't do anything in five minutes, I'm going to start it myself!" She thought to herself as she pulled herself up from her chair, showing a better view of her ass.
Being watched by Ray and seeing his big bulge under his pants made her lust consume any other thought in her mind.
Lust system
Mission: Find a kink for Rose Icefang
Rewards: 1000 exp for each of the participants
If the task is finished in under one hour, both participants will get a bonus relationship.
"What?"
"What?"
Both of them screamed at the same time. It was the first time that Ray saw something like this; the reward could let him reach level 2 in an hour!
"You don't have any kinks?"
"No... In my system, its place is just blank. You know I'm not really into sex and this stuff." The reward and her own heat made her want to go down on this rabbit hole.
Ray slowly walked toward her; she wore a black bikini that showed less skin than any other bikini that Ray had ever seen.
He was just curious about what she had under those, and now he was going to get rewarded for it!
"I know it's too soon, but you know what's best for both of us."
Her face was red like a tomato; she nodded a little while opening her legs for Ray to sit between them.
"Ray, get your shit together."
"Keres?" His mood changed completely upon hearing the new person. "How bad is the situation?"
A figure manifested from the shadows of the room; her voice came from the shadows around them: "A group of unknown origin has attacked the tower; the first thirty floors have already fallen."
Ray moved to pick up his watch; his normal clothes appeared around his body, with an invisible armor around his body.
"My mother?"
"She is safe, but we must slow them down until Yelena can find a way to stop their hacking system."
Memories flashed in his mind from when he was just a child and they tried to assassinate both of them; many things had changed from that time.
"No, I will slow them down. You should go and protect my mother. We don't know if they have vanguard or assassin squads." He turned to face the confused Rose: "Rose, you go too."
"But ... but I want to fight too!"
"They have blackfire throwers; you can't do anything." Keres walked out of the shadows; her face was covered by a white mask resembling an owl, with a red cape and a full-body black leather suit.
"That mask..." Rose had heard many horror stories about that mask, the owl of the white city, the last warrior of a city that had vanished from the face of the earth.
Keres stepped forward toward Ray: "Why should I trust you that you can slow them down?"
"Because that's the safest route we can take. If I die, Yelena can have full permission to do whatever it takes to break in."
The tower had its own barrier around it; they probably had hacked it, or else they would be dead by now. However, Ray was sure that Yelena could break the barrier, but the problem was that the tower itself could fall too.
Ray checked his body; most of his magic was replenished, and his physical condition was not perfect, but it could last for a few hours.
He saw the Rose was wearing her clothes too. "Rose, we only know each other for a few hours, but I must ask for a favor: keep yourself and my mother safe."
Rose nodded.
Shadows whispered to her, "Let's go."
In a few breaths, Ray was left alone.
He went straight for the elevator; after making sure that Rose had reached floor eighty, he cut its ropes and locked down its service.
A voice echoed in his mind: "Ray, you are the most stupid person I have ever met."
"How much time do you need?" His wings grew from his back and flew toward the stairs.
"Two hours. But I don't give a fuck about the tower; if something was about to happen to you, I'd charge in."
"Yelena, I know it all, but I won't let that day repeat itself. Now a more important matter: are they squads or just a group?"
"A five-member squad with a thousand-person army."
"Damn." A thousand people was a lot, yet what caused the most fear was a full squad.
"Any advice?"
"Don't hesitate to go for the neck. The best way to slow them down is long-range engagement; the range of Blackfire throwers is really low."
"What if I run into their squad?"
"Run."
Ray sighed.
"Yelena, if something goes wrong, just tell her that I love her."
"What do y…"
Ray closed his mind to any outside messages.
"They can't be more dangerous than a moon-beast!"