Rebirth: 100 Days Before Doomsday

All this time, she kept believing that she was on a steady track of progress, and that no one out there might be able to surpass the strength and safety she was building, and yet, here she was - facing the bitter truth.

There’s always someone out there better.

She turned her attention to Rune who had been too silent all this time, and it was only then did she notice that something wasn’t right with him.

His entire body was tensed, and his fingers were witching at his sides while he stared right at the group.

"Rune?" She called him gently.

It seemed like her calling his name pulled him back to reality, and she caught the brief flicker of uncertainty in his expression before he masked it with his usual cool demeanor.

She studied him, trying to understand his weird reaction. No matter how much she thought about it, there was only one possibility...

"You know the."

It wasn’t a question exactly, but she waited for his confirmation. He slolwy turned his head toward her, locking their gazes before letting out a small sigh. He wasn’t planning to keep things secret from her, he just didn’t know what to even say.

He took his time, and she didn’t press him to speak. After what seemed like a few more moment of silence, he finally spoke, "I don’t know them individually, but I might know exactly who they are and why they are here."

His gaze then shifted back to the group in the distance and she too turned her attention to them, after all, it wasn’t a smart thing to shift her attention away from the enemy in such a situation.

Right. She had a strong feeling that these people are no friends of hers... or Rune’s.

"Who are they then?" She asked when he didn’t take the initiative to tell on his own.

This time, Rune wasted no time in thinking his words through and just told her what he knew. "They are just like the previous group from my world. And if I’m not wrong, then they are here to look for the sudden disappearance of their people and... me."

No wonder they carried powers that hadn’t been seen in humans... yet. Grace thought as she analyzed each of the sevn members.

They did look slightly different now that she was paying attention. Even though they appeared just like any other human, they could easily stood out from the mass because of their clothes and appearances.

There was a tall man in the group with silver streaks running through his dark hair. He had gray eyes and body of a giant... to say the least. Just by his body, he appeared like someone who could crush Grace with just his bare hands. And he was one of the four possible Rank A members of the group.

The woman in red cloak looked like a stunning beauty who was forced to turn into an assassin. She had her eyes fixed on the sky above, where dark clouds were looming, as she continued to channel her power.

Then there was another man with broad shoulders and markings trailing down his bare arms. Another one with a long scar running across his face. A second woman with bright purple hair.

A bald man who was almost as huge as the one with gray eyes. And finally, one last man who wasn’t as huge as others but carried two swords that made him stand out. He was also the only one in the group who was carrying a weapon... at least a visible one.

Even in this chilling cold, these seven were dressed like they were out on a summer picnic.

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"We should leave." Grace finally spoke.

It was clear that neither she nor Rune stood a chance against these people, and it would become a problem if they got noticed by the group. Thus, the best decision was to leave the place immediately.

She felt Rune tensing behind her. Without turning back, she reached out to hold his arm and gave it a light squeeze.

"Will they be able to find out what happened to the previous group?" She asked.

"At some point, they will realize the group’s dead already. It will only increase their suspicion, and their first suspect will be none other than me." Rune was honest with her as he answered.

She nodded her head in understanding before she asked her next question. "Can you defeat them now?"

There was a silence that lasted for a few seconds before he answered softly. "No."

This time, she finally turned around and face him. "That’s why, we should leave."

Slolwy, he gave a nod of his head before taking hold of her hand that had been holding his arm. The very next moment, the two of them disappeared from their hiding place.

-

The moment they did so, one of the seven - the woman with purple hair, whipped her head in the direction of Grace and Rune’s hiding place as she felt a slight shift in the energy.

But as she tried to feel exactly what kind of disturbance might have caused that shift, she came up empty. Everything was back to normal as if nothing happened in the first place.

Was she sensing wrong?

"What is it, Leena?" The man with twin swords asked when he noticed her frowning.

"Nothing." She answered while giving a little shake of her head. Her attention then shifted to Nerissa who was finally ending the hailstorm as their attempt at getting connected with the previous group turned up futile.

Nerissa inhaled sharply as she finally retracted her power, summoning such a powerful hailstorm clearly left her drained.

"Nothing." She said what others had already figured.

It had been weeks since they started looking for the previous group, but despite searching around different continents and countries around this planet, they had found absolutely nothing.

And these continous failures meant only one thing - the group was long gone... dead.

But who could have killed them? - That’s what they needed to find out.