As Orie and the others rushed forward, every Meta on the scene immediately turned their attention towards them.
Majority of the Metas were fire elementals and they all had a simple pattern. First they would each shoot multiple small flames, then they would shoot big balls of flames, then they would raise their hands in unison and cause flames to rise from the ground everywhere.
When the Metas fired the small flames, Orie blocked with his shield and kept running. When they shot the big balls of flames, he evaded and kept on advancing. When they caused flames to rise from the ground, he paid no attention to it and continued running until he got to one of the Metas. Then he immediately unpinned several grenades and dropped them on the floor. BOOM!!!
Everyone also followed Orie and did as he did, but when they close to a Meta, they used their guns and swords to attack instead of dropping grenades at their feet and attempting suicide bombing.
As they were unleashing their attacks, The Metas that they had pinned down suddenly released shock waves that pushed them all back and left them stunned for a few seconds.
"I feel like my health bar just got halved" Shiro groaned as he struggled to get up.
"You should have followed me" a voice said from above him, and he looked up to see Orie standing above him.
Shiro was confused. Not only Shiro, everyone else were also dumbfounded.
"How the f***" They all wondered, but Orie just replied "it's a game"
"It doesn't matter how close you are to the explosion, you can't be damaged by your own attacks"
"Classic game sh**"
"Don't you guys play video games at home?"
"Or are you always turning on friendly fire?"
"Now let's do this one more time" he said as he activated hi shield
"One more thing" he added
"This game was never made official so they left the cheats on"
"You don't have to worry about running out of ammo"
"So let's go, and blow them up"
And they went for the second time and did exactly as Orie did, getting to the Metas and 'BOOM!!!'. If he ran, they ran. If he stopped, they stopped. If he stood, they stood. If he blew, they blew.
And they continued until there was none left.
"What were these guys doing anyway?" Shiro asked, pointing in the direction of the revengers, and Orie shook his head in disappointment.
"Have you not been listening to the words I've been saying"
"Classic game shi**"
"Classic game shi**"
"Only the players do actual damage"
"The NPC damage is always minimal"
"Oh...my... God" Natsumi said as her eyes widened
"I don't think what I said is something to be wowed about" Orie replied
"No" Natsumi said
"I wasn't talking to you" she said as she pointed behind Orie.
Orie turned around to see what she was pointing at.
"Oh, yeah" he said with a straight face
"The second wave has arrived"
"Alright let's go" he said as he ran towards the revengers and the others followed him. They got to the army and were greeted with casual waves from all its members. Then a leader came from among them and said to Orie and his team "Go get the child. We'll handle things over here"
"What child?" Natsumi asked but the man paid no attention and continued talking to Orie.
"Hurry" he said
"We don't have much time"
SHIN SEKAI SECRET: Shiro can't function properly without rythm. He with his headphones most of the time.
Even Orie was shocked and it was apparent on his face. "This wasn't how it went the last time" he thought He was sure that there was a few more waves before this dialogue but that wasn't the case at the moment. He looked back at the wave of Metas that were behind him and noticed something different; they had stopped advancing and were slowly backing away. This was a sign that their powers had gone off. Orie then turned to his companions and said "Alright let's go" and they all band together and started walking past the numerous identical looking revengers. Shiro wanted to ask a question about their looks but he could just picture Orie in his mind yelling "CLASSIC GAME SHI**!!" and he kept quiet. They hadn't walked from the army when the leader called Orie back saying "WAIT!!" "You'll need this" he added as he tossed a car key to Orie and ran back to join his army who had begun advancing on the powerless Metas. "He gave you the keys" Shiro said "Then whe
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"These bitches must be out of their minds" "They think they got me in a bind" "But it won't be long till they find" "That they're dealing with one of a kind" "They laugh, they smile and they grin" "They don't know the trouble they're in" "But how can you expect things to end well?" "When try to mess with a king" "I say a word and the chain breaks" "I take a step and the ground quakes" "They come at me with their full strength" "But still I'm someone that they can't take" "Ain't no one that can catch me slipping" "I can't keep count of the a** I'm kicking" "If this was a game they'd say I'm cheating" "Cus they brought guns but their shots are missing" It didn't take long for Nega to break out of his own chains. He was kept in a similar place to Natsumi; an abandoned warehouse with enough space and many guards. His original plan was to wait for whoever Masterminded his and teach him a lesson but after waiting for a long time
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