Liberators

Chapter 84 - Day of Destruction

The view in this place is so horrible. The ruins of the city that has been destroyed, are now flooded with many refugees who jostle with each other.

Trying to leave this place all the way. All they do is to survive.

Amidst the crowd of refugees from the secret Russian base, Axel kept walking. Crammed with a sea of people so dense.

No matter how loud he shouted, his voice could not be heard because of the screams of others around him.

They were all trying to find their closest relatives in this kind of situation. Just like Axel was looking for his sister.

"Lookie! Chloe's! Where's you! Chloe!" Axel shouted so loudly.

There's no reply. There was only the screams of others around him.

In the end, after more than two hours of trying to find his sister's whereabouts, Axel gave up.

Not giving up on looking for her sister, but giving up on looking for her in the usual way.

Axel decided to break through the ranks of these refugees to the forefront. And after arriving there, Axel pointed his right hand into the air. Shooting a bolt of lightning into the sky.

'Twoaarrr!!!'

One time would probably only be considered an ordinary lightning. Therefore, Axel shot him again into the sky twice.

And with that, he managed to grab the attention of many people.

Most people are just confused. While some others seem not so caring and just use the confusion to break through the ranks.

"Surge!"

"Hurry up and walk!"

"The squad said there's a plane to take us away!"

Various screams began to be heard again. He opened the ears of everyone around him.

However, Axel's plan produced positive results.

Chloe who saw the lightning strike three times was very sure. That the cause was none other than her brother.

He finally forced the direction of his movement towards the source of the lightning strike.

Little by little, Chloe was getting closer to one of the minimarket buildings. Where Axel stood on the flat roof of the building while continuing to shout his sister's name.

"Lookie! Where's you! Chloe!!!"

"Sister!!!"

At first glance, Axel felt the voice of Chloe calling him. He quickly found the origin of the sound.

After a while, Axel finally saw the figure of his sister who jostled with many people to head to this place.

"Dry!" Axel shouted after the two of them stared at each other.

"Wait!"

Finally, Chloe managed to escape the sea of humans and ran closer to the minimarket wall. Axel pulls Chloe's right arm and lifts her to the roof of the building.

"Sister! What the hell is going on over there? Why is it like this?" Chloe panicked.

But Axel knows one of the most important things. That is a reality where he was really hunted by the three Akane copies.

"It's not safe to be here. We're going to hide. Before that.... Just a minute."

Axel decided to go downstairs to the minimarket. Find anything that both of them can use.

With a large plastic bag and higher physical strength, Axel can easily jostle with others who also loot this minimarket.

After about 10 minutes passed, Axel finally returned to the minimarket roof while carrying two large plastic bags. All of them were neatly tied and used two layers of plastic bags.

"Sister?"

"Sadly, we'll go back to hiding. The enemy this time is terrible." Reply Axel while handing the two bags over to Chloe.

Chloe accepted it without asking much. Even so....

"Just calm. Whatever happens, I'll protect you." Axel said again. The words finally calmed his sister's mind.

Where in the end, Chloe wants to obey and ride on her brother's back.

'Stamp!'

With a strong and fast leg, Axel took Chloe away from this cursed place. He did so by jumping from one building to another as quickly as possible.

All his actions were done without regard to the refugees he had left behind.

No, Axel doesn't care about them.

What he cared about in this world was just his little brother. No less and no more.

......***......

His movement that was fast enough should not have left any traces for Akane. While the direction of its own movement is towards the West.

"Sister, where are we going?" Chloe asked as she unfolded the freshly heated canned food.

"Faulia.... Hm? Do you remember the Europeans?" Axel asked who was still blowing on his hot canned food.

"European Nations? Wait for.... What does brother mean...."

"You're right, I was planning to go there. And if possible, get on that damn rocket. Somehow."

Axel's words must have surprised his sister. Because her brother who had been known so far would not run away like that.

But if you remember it better....

It was the figure of her brother who was still wearing a Liberator gray uniform. It was not her brother's current figure who was only wearing the tattered clothes she had picked up from the streets.

Where this figure, more reminiscent of his brother's true figure.

An older brother who always runs away when faced with too great a danger.

"Why?" Ask Chloe curious.

Axel seemed to have let out a long sigh before answering the question. But in the end, Axel explained it.

"Chloe. The world has been destroyed to the point where rebuilding is impossible. Monsters are constantly evolving. Humans are dropping each other.

All the factions of mankind are fighting over their respective ideologies. Power over this earth. And even if one faction managed to conquer all the other factions, then why?

Will they be able to rebuild this devastated land? How-how long? What's more...."

Before Axel could finish his last sentence, they both heard the sound of sirens so loud from all directions.

Along with the siren, there was an explanatory sound using Russian. It seems to be a recording.

Axel and Chloe simply did not understand what the voice recording was saying along with the siren.

But they both immediately understood it.

A universal language, known to all mankind in modern times.

...'SWUUUOOOOOOOOSSSHHHH!!!'...

A missile so large it seemed to be hurtling from the ground into the sky. The speed was quite high and left a thick trail of smoke.

But not just one missile.

But dozens, or possibly hundreds of missiles of almost similar shape, began to be launched from the ground in the distance.

Axel could not see it, but the missile was also launched from the sea. A missile launch carried out by a submarine hidden behind the protection of the darkness of ocean water.

And one of those missiles, hurtling right near where Axel was.

The distance is only about 100 meters. Making both of them reflexively cover both of their ears due to such a loud noise.

But Axel managed to see a terrible detail of the missile that just launched it.

An image of a yellow circle with a small black circle in the center. And also three black trapezoids coiled next to the small black circle.

At once, Axel understood the logo.

"Nuclear.... Maddened. Russia is completely insane...."

"What's? A nuclear? What do you mean, all those missiles are nukes?!"

It also explained about the siren and also the sound of the recording just now. Which may be an emergency warning to all residents around to evacuate.

"That's possible. But.... Where are they directing it?"

At that very instant, the world had truly ended.

Russia's top leadership considers the attack from East Asia on the Russian people in hiding, especially the massacre of civilians who have surrendered, a grave crime.

And for that, the Russians are no longer reluctant to repay their actions.

Of course, by firing most of their nuclear arsenal into the East Asia region. These include China, Japan, Taiwan, and areas around the Himalayas.

Regardless of feathers, some 5,000 nuclear missiles have been launched from Russian territory towards their opponents. The remaining 300 nuclear missiles are aimed at all corners of the world.

Including North America, South America, Asia Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, and also the European region.

In reality, mankind had held the weapon to end their race with his own hands. Without having to blame him on monsters from another dimension.

The day of destruction has come.

Where the whole world, must bear the consequences of the actions of these two remaining factions of great powers.

Meanwhile, Axel could only be speechless staring towards the sky. Following the direction of movement of the various missiles while hugging Chloe's frightened body.