135 The Vanguards, Departing for the Unknown (1/2)
A few minutes had passed, and Evan had left the room as he headed towards the direction of his party members. After gathering all the supplies they needed, putting most of them away in his limited storage space, he now carried two large bags on his back. It took only a moment for him to arrive at the lounge where he noticed a rare scene, the sight of Joe and Rick seated an opposing side with a bad air flowing between them.
Layla and Breya have been engaged in conversation around a table, as Emilia sat nearby, looking at something with full-hearted devotion.
Evan was surprised by the strange atmosphere; his eyes ran over both Joe and Rick as he thought to himself, 'Darn, looks like I missed the party...'
His eyes then shifted towards Layla and the others, fixing on Emilia for a little longer than usual. Soon though, he cleared his thoughts as he knew that there were more important things at hand.
By this time, everyone had noticed that Evan had appeared at the doorway. They each had different reactions, with Layla running towards his side and hugging him.
”Evan, what happened? Why did you faint yesterday?” Joe asked as he tried to clear his thoughts of Rick.
”Right, there were no signs of any sickness, or brain injury when we inspected you. What caused you to have such a change?” Breya asked Evan as she walked over, her eyes flashing in a curious light.
”...” Rick looked on in silence while Layla had only now eased off Evan with her worry some eyes as she spoke, ”E-Evan, is this some kind of hidden curse from the rifts? Will you be fine if it occurs again?”
Evan looked at Layla and sighed before playing with her hair as he replied, ”Everyone, while I have yet to understand what this is, I can assure that it's no illness. So don't worry too much; from what I've seen so far, it will only last for a short period, and if it occurs again, it will more or likely be the same.”
Joe and the others looked at Evan deeply as Layla asked, ”Are you sure?”
Evan seeing Layla's look nodded and replied with a firm look in his eyes, ”I am, so don't worry about it, come now, let me get something to eat. I've already gathered most of what we need, so after everyone prepares themselves, we'll be heading off on our journey.”
When Evan said this, he promptly headed towards the kitchen section of the lounge.
Layla looked at Evan as she thought, 'He doesn't want to say it to everyone, since its so, I'll only ask him later...'
”Bastard, keeping everything to himself, che! Fine, he'll share whether he likes it sooner or later,” Joe cursed under his breath.
Layla, Joe, Rick, and Emilia stared at Evan deeply for a moment, each with their thoughts before they separated to arrange themselves. Breya, on the other hand, looked at Evan with odd eyes as she pondered, 'I get the feeling that he's lying to us, but for now, I'll simply have to keep trace of his outbursts and record the data.'
As she said this, she jotted down some notes before she headed over towards a different section of the room to arrange some stuff.
Evan, who was fixing himself a sandwich now had somewhat serious-looking eyes as he contemplated, 'Speak not of those odd memories that accompanied my dream. There are far too many changes. Things that I quite frankly have no memory occurring within the Earth Sector. Elumar's power... God's Chosen, the Mother Breed's attack occurring months earlier, why have I never heard of these things before? Am I to expect that a change might occur to Breed Queen as well? If so, what of the other worlds? Would the strategies made even work as intended?'
As Evan pondered a series of questions, he found that even if he overthink them, they would still give no answers, in the end, he cleared his thoughts, 'I shouldn't overthink, it will need to no good results. While there are only some core areas that have differences, so far, everything else seemed to be in a similar occurrence to what I can remember. If I work with that and assume that things may go out of hand, then no matter what, we'll be able to pull through somehow, with strength, we'll be able to overcome any obstacle.'
Having thought to here, Evan took a bite of the sandwich as his eyes narrowed, showing a cold look when he thought, 'I only need to pay attention to a few things. The first being the RADA group, the second being that of Elumar, and the final being slightly changes a particular True Superior World.'
Evan's eyes flashed as he shifted them towards a window, gazing at the bright morning scene beyond the distant horizon, the sun now peeking from the mountains as its ray scattered across the world.
Quickly finishing his meal, Evan wiped his mouth and looked at everyone who seemed to be ready as he spoke with flashing eyes, ”It's time; let's get moving.”
Joe and the others nodded as they took up a few large backpacks before they walked out of the room. Soon though, the moment they exited, everyone couldn't help but look to their sides in surprise.
There, all the way an unknown distance were a bunch of soldiers that stood in silence as they saluted. Evan and the others looked at this in shock for a moment before they smiled and continued onward.
'Oh, must be a send away present from Alan, and the Sector Chief. Ha, it seems Alan's spread the news of my plans, oh well... better than going off in silence. It should at least bolster the spirits of Joe, Layla, and everyone else...' Evan thought while walking by the soldiers with everyone, not long after they had left this region, leaving behind the soldiers that had respect on their faces.
”Who are they?” A girl recruit asked as she looked at the direction Evan's party left in puzzlement.
A veteran looked at the gurl and replied with a smile, ”Ah, yes, I had forgotten that a new batch of brats had arrived. You newbies have yet to know everything, listen here, that team just now is the strongest party we have assisting our army. They are likely even the strongest Ascenders Party in our world.”