A technomancer's journey in an apocalyptic world

"Ryan, Ryan, Ryan stop."

A shout came from behind him stopping him in his path as Michalina joined him followed by Xuelong and Ylerias.

"Yes, sister what is it?"

"Your armour, you will have to wear it."

Ryan rolled his eyes before he spoke with a sigh, "Of course I will."

"And stay close to me."

"But sis…"

"But nothing you are injured as such stay close we will support."

Ryan gained a soft smile on his face as he spoke, "Yes, yes I will wear my armour stay close to you, but there is a tiny little problem."

Michalina frowned as she spoke, "What is it brother?"

"Who was the quest issued to?"

Hearing his words his listeners frowned when Ylerias suddenly gasped as she spoke, "It was issued to you and asked you to find out the stash if someone does before you, He can count it as a failure and you will be penalized."

Both Xuelong and Michalina's head snapped towards Ylerias as their eyes widen with horror as Ryan spoke with a sigh, "Though I would still need you to watch my back, at my current form even a Tier 1 creature can kill me easily."

"I know, I know but this time I will have your back brother.", With that Michalina took Ryan's other arm over her shoulder as she helped him to walk.

While the two Apostles began to discuss their approach, "I know that there is a chance of failure even then I vote for Ylerias to scout the area."

Ryan sighed as he spoke, "You know Xuelong you are right, having her scout would at least an idea on what we might face out there."

Ylerias raised one of her delicate eyebrows as she spoke, "I will get to work then, and will I be expecting you all shortly?"

Ryan nodded as he spoke, "Of course, the only things are left for the vehicle to stop and us getting reading and then following after you on Goliath."

Ylerias nodded as she spoke, "Fair enough.", and upon finishing speaking that she hastily left to gather her forces to scout the area, but not before turning towards Maralyn as she ordered to her, "You will follow Ryan and make sure he is alright, but remember to follow his exact orders."

As Maralyn simply gave a bow towards Ylerias Xuelong followed after Ryan as she spoke with a yawn, "I hope you do not mind me tagging along, I am more of a front line fighter."

Ryan managed to shrug as he spoke, "I am fine with it, and with your strength, it would be easier if we are in a pickle."

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Isabella stared out of the window, which was more like a porthole with lots of meshes on top, not to mention shutters that were being actively used by others, she wanted to feel the cool breeze as the vehicle moved alas it was not possible for various reasons, even if the cool air flowed inside the vehicle it was not enough for her.

She watched as the vehicle came to a stop near a lake, which she watched as its waters creating gentle waves, losing herself in it, trying to forget all her worries only to be brought back at a sudden gasp from her sister Catherine.

"We are near a town, again."

That exclamation made her look out of the window on the left side of the road train as she let out a gasp, they had made a couple of pit stop since boarding the road train, and none of them was a nice and peaceful experience.

Isabella let out a tired sigh as she spoke, "Again, why do we have to stop?"

With a small smile on her face, Eleanora spoke, "Why else but to gather food and other necessary items."

Isabela grimaced as she spoke, "And again there will be another incident.", she sighed as she spoke, "I do not like this, not to mention we are on the lower, if we had place for the upper floor I would have felt much better."

Eleanora sighed at her words while grimacing inwardly, 'To be true I myself would have preferred if we were on the second level of the road train, it would have been much safer than the lower level where enemies could easily reach us.'

"I know child but unfortunately the entire upper floor is overcrowded and there is no space."

Isabella could not help but let out a dejected sigh before Marcel exclaimed out loud, "This place I know it."

As his families attention fell towards him he began to speak, "This place was named as 'Eco Village', a futuristic dwelling which was eco friendly in nature, a very costly place."

Eleanora's eyes widen as she spoke, "Yes I remember, you wanted to purchase a house, but the backed out for some reason."

Marcel sneered as he spoke, "The whole thing had fallen apart, most of the houses at prime locations had already been delivered and then they ran into some legal problems as such the rest of the work was stopped, though the neighbourhood had some rather rich and posh people."

Catherine frowned as she, "Dad, is that not Eliris or whatever her name is? She is moving towards the town."

Marcel narrowed his eyes as he watched the figure disappear within the bushes and the concrete buildings along with a dozen of her subordinates as he spoke, "Yes, I think it is, and her name I think is Ylerias, not Eliris, but I think she is going to scout before the resource gathering can begin."

A soft sigh escaped from Beth before her attention was drawn towards a particular sound as she watched Goliath lumbered near them and then the next scene made her heart stop, as she exclaimed out loud, "What is Ryan doing out there?"

Her words brought everyone's attention to a fully geared up Ryan who was chatting amicably with Xuelong, who was inspecting his gears.

Catherine looked at Ryan who was standing with the help of a crutch as she spoke, "Those dress of his resembles that of the army right?"

Marcel nodded as he spoke, "Yes, more like some special forces.", he then began to move as he spoke, "You all stay here, I will be here in a moment.", With his piece being said he dashed towards the door while Eleanora held being her remaining children.

As Marcel tried to open the door to step outside only to be stopped by one of his fellow passengers who spoke with a frown, "Where are you going buddy?"

With a sense of urgency, Marcel quickly spoke, "I need to speak with my son Ryan fast, I am sorry.", as such he pushed his fellow passenger before he jumped out of the vehicle, falling on the ground bruising his hand before he took of shouting for the car to stop.

Ryan took his seat as he climbed up with difficulty, as Xuelong followed after him, with Michalina already at the helm, and Maralyn sitting directly across him, with Angela by her side.

A distant shout of 'Ryan stop', came to their ears as Michalina saw Marcel running towards them, only for Michalina to step on the accelerator hard as the car shot forward.

Marcel panted hard as he watched the car move fast increasing the distance between him and the car increase dramatically, making him sigh as he turned back and returned to the land train with a dejected look on his face.

The person who Marcel had pushed off to run after Ryan was preparing to give a piece of his mind but stop seeing the grief on his face as he spoke, "Is there any problem buddy? I do not know if I might be of any help but feel free to share who knows something might come out of it."

A tired smile appeared on his face as he spoke, "Thank you for your kind words and once again sorry for the atrocious behaviour of mine."

The person simply waved off as he spoke, "There is no need to apologize, I understand."

Marcel simply gave a grateful nod to him as he spoke, "Also, thank you for your offer though I am afraid as it is kind of private so."

"No problem, but if you need me my doors are always open."

Marcel gave him a grateful nod before he made his way towards his family before he spoke with a sad sigh, "Sorry I failed."

Beth sighed as she pulled him close to her side before she began to clean the fresh scratches that had appeared on her son's hand.

Isabella looked towards the direction where Ryan vanished off as she slouched forward for a moment before she perked up as she spoke with a grin, "We might not know why he left, or where he went off to but we can easily ask someone and figure it out."

Beth nodded as she spoke with a frown, "You are right child, let us go and hunt down someone who knows.

Meanwhile, back with Ryan, he sat quietly as Michalina drove the car towards the centre of the town, seeing the large letters spelling out the word Eco-Village in green letters that looked worn out made him snort.

'A place for the rich to spend their money without any cause, as if only making a beautiful town with a few trees made it environment friendly, I can easily spot a few vehicles that are lying around that ate more oil in a minute than a hungry heard of Elephant in a month, not to mention the forest that used to be here but was cleared to make this concrete jungle, simply hypocritical.'

He suddenly went ramrod drawing attention of others as he spoke with a large smile on his face, "I know, I now know the approximate location of the stashes, and now it would be very easy."