Apocalypse After

Duet Ends

A few days have passed.

After several days of traveling, Alexander and the other six people finally reached Shelter 13. When the other five people went to report, Aurora brought Alexander who was ‘terk’ back to her residence.

Arriving at home, Aurora closed the door and looked towards Alexander who was immediately sitting on the chair with a lazy expression on his face.

“What?” ask the young man.

While Daisy and Aster were a bit panicked when they saw Alexander's seemingly unfavorable state, Aurora sat down on the chair and removed her mask. He looked towards the young man with a dissatisfied expression on his face.

“Do you not know how troublesome it is to take care of you for these few days?” aurora asked dissatisfied.

Hearing the woman's words, Alexander shrugged with a relaxed face. He then glanced at Daisy then said, “Take water for both of us.”

“Good, Mr.” Daisy nodded with a gentle expression on her face.

Meanwhile, on his own initiative, Aster took water to wash Alexander's face and wipe his body.

The young man did not look embarrassed. He took off his shirt and trousers, leaving only his shorts. Ignoring Aurora's cold gaze as Aster helped cleanse her body, the young man instead asked.

“Jadi ... is there anything you want to ask?”

Hearing that, Aurora finally nodded then retorted.

“Is it a gain or a loss?”

The Aurora question has a clear meaning. Mutated creatures or special types are indeed very rare. It was just that, due to its rarity, the abilities gained from their root miracle were unknown. It can be very strong, but it can also be very weak and useless.

Hearing that, Alexander nodded lightly. He himself had already seen how the Aurora root miracle worked.

The ability of the black spider allowed Aurora to pull out a poisonous black thread from her ten fingers. The woman can also stick to the wall or ceiling. Can be with hands or feet, but can not be used if using socks or gloves. Instead, however, the mutated spider allowed Aurora to create shoes and gauntlets from the exo-skeleton.

Normally, this type of spider would have nothing to do with the exo-skeleton. However, it seems that the change occurred due to a mutation where the body of the creature became harder and sharper. So, the ability that Aurora gained was indeed very profitable.

The ability of Alexander ...

“Honestly, it's better than yours. However, that ability has some pretty fatal flaws which could injure enemies and friends around him,” Alexander replied with a flat expression.

“Do you intend to hide it?” ask Aurora.

Although it was Alexander's right, but the woman felt somewhat disappointed. They obviously worked together for so long. However, it seemed that the young man could not believe it yet.

“Not that I don't want to show it, Aurora. However, unlike you who have obtained a poison resistance (low level), Daisy and Aster can be instantly killed if I take them out.

After all, you have not been able to control your strength, let alone me who only understands in mind but has never tried it.”

Alexander shook his head. He clearly understood what Aurora was thinking. But the young man also had his own calculations.

“So so ..” Aurora nodded lightly. “When can we go out to practice?”

Hearing that, Alexander stroked his chin. After thinking for quite a while, the young man finally explained.

“Four days of rest, three days out for hunting and training. Since the abilities we gain are quite numerous and troublesome, we must learn to control and master them as quickly as possible.

We will go out to look for some ingredients to be exchanged for foodstuffs, to maintain daily consumption. The rest of the time we will use to practice.”

What Alexander said was quite reasonable, so Aurora nodded with a serious expression on her face. That way, their training schedule was decided.

---

The 25th, the 6th month, the 399th year of the black lunar calendar.

In the forest far away from Shelter 13 and rarely visited due to the lack of monsters and fruits that could be retrieved, two people were fighting.

Klang's!

“Although it has been seen and fought many times, but it is indeed cheating, Al.”

The Aurora whose both hands and feet were coated in an exo-skeleton that formed the legs and claws of the monster looked up, feeling somewhat annoyed. This summer, he and Alexander have been training a lot. They had mastered each other's abilities, but the woman was still envious of Alexander's abilities.

Meanwhile, Alexander looked down while staring at Aurora. Not standing on a tree branch, but he floated in the air.

Moreover, Alexander's eyes turned as red as blood. Darker than Aurora's eyes, and similar to one-eyed raven eyes.

A few moments later, the young man landed. He closed his eyes and pulled back his wings. When he opened his eyes, his pair of red eyes had returned to normal.

“It looks like I really need auxiliary tools. Otherwise, the fight during the day will become very troublesome.”

Alexander smiled wryly. The abilities he had obtained were actually very powerful, but difficult to control and had rather glaring weaknesses.

The young man could take out wings to fly. Although the speed of flying was not very fast, it was fast enough to leave the people running and he was not limited by altitude. The problem was, when he took out the wings, the left hand until the wrist turned into a claw. Right then and there, its feathers and claws had a very poisonous effect. If it hits a friend, it could kill him.

In this time, Alexander had controlled his poison. In the end, he could only take out wings (without claws) and suppress the poison within his body. However, it does take a lot of effort to do that.

Alexander also has the ability to turn his voice into all the sounds he remembers. Moreover, he could also make a high sound that disturbed the hearing of the enemy. But he himself was still quite affected. You could say, give 100 damage but receive 70 damage.

To date, Alexander has not been able to control it well.

Alexander worked around this by moving slowly with special movement techniques. If not, then he would combine it with a burst of speed so that the enemy reacted too late.

By the way, Aurora was also lucky to have the ability of shadow camouflage.

The last ability Alexander got was his red eyes. When activating the miracle root, his eyes instantly became red and could not be avoided at all costs. Those red eyes made Alexander able to see very far away and could see at night as if it were daytime.

The ability cannot be used during the day. When Alexander used it during the day, he immediately felt blinded. His brain is buzzing and a little dizzy. But not black, he could only see white.

At first, Alexander felt the practice could get him used to it. That's true, but not entirely true. Now he could see during the day, but the burning sensation in his eyes and brain that felt dizzy still made him unable to stand it.

That kind of thing left him unfocused on fighting!

Alexander remembered exactly where he practiced flying in the morning blind. Jump off a cliff at extreme speed. The dawn light blinded him.

The young man nearly flipped over and nearly broke his own neck. Almost went to see his grandfather and brother without having time to take revenge because of the beautiful morning sun.

The incident made Alexander a bit afraid and hated the sunrise when he used to love it. So, now he loved the sunset even more. But I was a little disgusted by the sunrise.

“If people knew you were complaining despite getting such a powerful root miracle, they would have already cursed you with all their might,” Aurora said in a rarely heard joking tone.

“Either they are envious or jealous, it has nothing to do with me.” Alexander shrugged, looking not so concerned.

“Omong-by the way .. there's something I want to talk about, Al.”

“What's up?” alexander asked as he turned towards Aurora.

“I ... I have to leave at the beginning of this fall.” Aurora. “It looks like acting we can only stop until here.”

Aurora was ready to hear anger or foul speech from Alexander's mouth. However, instead of protesting, Alexander's reply was instead so calm.

“So so,” says Alexander.

“You're not angry?” ask Aurora.

“No. I'm not mad. From the beginning, I knew this would happen. Even I thought we would split up after each of us reached level 2. A few months bonus for joint training was more than I thought.

Although actually want to continue to do this, either to level 3 ... Maybe even try to find a way to level 4. However, such a thing does not seem to make sense.”

“You ... you're not trying to stop me from leaving?” ask Aurora.

“No, because it was all for nothing. If you're going, I can't stop you. Conversely, if you intend to stay, I also cannot kick you out.” Alexander shook his head lightly.

Hearing Alexander's words, Aurora's hands clenched tightly. With her head bowed, the girl finally said, “Today I will have dinner at your place.”

“Good,” reply Alexander.

That way, they returned to Shelter 13.

Arriving there, they immediately went to each other's homes for a short break. Just after dinner, Aurora came to Alexander's house.

Dinner was very ordinary. It feels relaxed, warm, and friendly. Aurora also occasionally talks to Daisy and Aster. But everything is different at night.

“Are you sure you want to do this? If you do, it's too late to regret it.”

Alexander looked towards Aurora. While Daisy and Aster were in their room, Aurora lay on the young man's bed.

Seeing a red face filled with shame, but having a firm look made Alexander know that Aurora had decided on him.

---

Next morning.

Daisy and Aster open the door to their room. The two women looked very embarrassed to hear the battle that took place last night. Even so, they also felt a bit sorry for knowing that Aurora was leaving.

The two of them saw Alexander sitting on the edge of the bed with a calm expression. Aurora wasn't there, clearly having returned despite her fatigue and difficulty walking.

Although Alexander's face was still flat as usual, but Daisy and Aster saw a trace of loss in his gaze.

“Master! There's still four days. You can definitely persuade Miss Aurora if-“

“No need.”

Alexander shook his head. Imposing a smile on his face, the young man continued.

“We have both decided our respective paths, so there is no need to stop each other. Only, if you can ..”

Alexander's expression became softer.

“I hope to meet him in the future.”

Along with the decision that Alexander and Aurora made, the duet between the two best rookies came to an end.

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