Pause System: Harem In The Apocalypse

Chapter 221: Dark Flames: Hell (Part 2)



Even though they didn't know each other well, the time they spent together in the festival was still fun.

Not just with Lita but also the others.

That's why...

[Dark Flames...]

Delta who always did her best to keep calm, began to show her other side.

"Boss... That's... A member of the guards?!"

"H-How did she enter?"

"Do we run?"

The grown men were starting to have doubts, the one to clear them of those doubts however, was the old man leading them.

"DON'T PANIC! IT'S JUST ONE GIRL!!" Yelled out the old man.

Hearing his words, the group felt more convinced. They were going to make their move.

But that was before they saw it.

The dark flames which began to flow out of Delta, began to manifest a figure a few inches above her head.

A dark skull engulfed in scorching dark flames.

They were frozen in fear, for it was as if they were staring into the gateways of hell.

"Lita... Close your eyes and cover your ears for a second." Whispered Delta as she suddenly appeared before Lita.

Lita did exactly as told, she shut her eyes and covered her ears with her trembling arms.

[Dark Flames: Hell]

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Inside Gray's room...

*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*

The sound of a heart monitor beating echoed across the shallow cooled room every few seconds. Inside of this room there were four figures.

Gray, Aurora, Violet, Ruby and Ria.

The girls were all sat down beside his bed, quietly listening to the beeps as they waited. They were on break from work and had nothing better to do.

"You three... Won't it be better for you to go get some rest?" Ria asked.

"It's fine... We won't be able to relax until we know Gray is one hundred percent better... There's no telling what could happen." Aurora responded.

Ria smiled after hearing her words.

"Is that so..."

*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*

With every beep, the room seemed to fall into a deeper silence. Everyone was already tired from work and the journey, bundle that up with stress from worrying about Gray, they really needed an outlet or something fun to do whilst they relaxed.

Kith this in mind, Aurora made a suggestion.

"How about we play, truth or dare?" She asked.

The girls looked at one another before nodding. They were all down to try anything fun... Well, all except for...

"I'll sit this one out." Said Ria.

Understanding why, the others nodded.

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"Truth or dare." Asked Aurora with a small smile.

Violet nervously looked at Ruby before turning to Ria who wasn't participating and was sat down beside her brother's bed.

'So she's going for me, huh...'

'Honestly, sometimes I can't tell what this girl is thinking...' Violet thought to herself with narrowed eyes.

-Memory

"Well I've loved him the longest, kissed him the longest and had s-sex with him the longest!!" Aurora boldly yelled out as she shut her eyes

-Memory End

'Playing around with her could force me to expose a secret or two, but that's fine, there's nothing to hide!'

"T-Truth."

The smile on Aurora's innocent looking face grew before she asked.

"How long did you last while doing-"

Violet's pupils dilated, she instantly moved in, closing Aurora's mouth with her hand to prevent her from saying the rest.

"Mmph! Mmph mph!"

Despite trying to speak all that would come out on Aurora's side was muffled sounds. Meanwhile, Violet was nervously panting for her life.

'T-This girl... Doesn't she care about the fact that Ria is here?'

'Is she holding a grudge? She's definitely holding a grudge for that, isn't she?'

After a while of staring at Aurora's smile, Violet realised something.

'Wait... Aurora's crazy but she wouldn't reveal something that personal to others, especially Gray's sister whose approval we're trying to get... Meaning,'

'It was a trap.' Violet realised with a shock.

Violet slowly moved her hand away from Aurora's mouth to let her finish the question.

Aurora who was still smiling, gladly did.

"How long did you last while doing the new ability circulation training method?" She asked.

Violet looked at Aurora before face palming herself as she sighed.

'She made me think that she was going to ask a naughty question, forcing me to behave in the way I did... Ah that's so embarrassing...'

"What's wrong, Violet? You look like you've seen a ghost." Aurora asked.

"Nothing, Aurora. You just gave me a little scare. Want to keep playing?" Violet asked.

'I see... So the battle has already begun... Hasn't it, Aurora? The battle between the three of us.'

'I'll take you up on your challenge,' Violet thought to herself with an evil grin.

The two girls were pumped up to keep playing, meanwhile, Ruby who had been forgotten was constantly watching over Gray to make sure that he was doing fine.

His breathing was stable and normal, he wasn't showing any dangerous symptoms and seemed to fortunately just be fast asleep.

Ruby would occasionally drift off as she stared at his sleeping face.

Despite being the most powerful human, she knew, and probably scariest if angered. His sleeping face resembled a baby as it slept.

It was truly adorable.

"Well then, for the next game... Let's play, never have I ever."

Ruby and Aurora nodded. Ria on the other hand shook her head, she didn't want to leave her brother's side, not even for a second.

She was acting far more attached to him now compared to last time when this had happened in their previous underground base.

The three girls couldn't help but wonder why she was so worried this time.

"Alright... Let's play with just the three of us." Said Violet.

The three girls raised both hands and Violet began.

'I've devised a special question for you two... However, I'll start with a light one to warm things up.'

"Never have I ever... Kissed Gra-."

*Beep* *Beep*

*Katchunk*

Violet was interrupted as the door to the room suddenly beeped and opened up out of nowhere.

Surprised by the occurrence and while still sticking to the game, all the girls each lowered a finger as they turned to the door.

By the open door, two figures could be seen.

An average heighted girl, neither short nor tall, carrying two Katanas in the sheathes on her waist and one inside a sheathe strapped to her back.

Long flowing silver hair and bright light-yellow eyes. Her figure was visibly slim and curvy based on the tight uniform she was wearing.

She wore a cap on her head which somewhat covered her eyes, hiding her expression in the process.

But the most striking thing of all, was that she was holding up a hand with a finger down, suggesting that she had indeed kissed Gray before.

'!'

"Delta, you're alive!?"

But none of the girls seemed to care as they all rushed at her with joyful expressions. Ria alone stayed behind since she had already seen her.

*Thud*

Ruby, Aurora and Violet all leapt at her with their arms stretched out, hugging her tightly as they collided.

"...?"

Their sudden action caused Delta to drop her cap, showing her surprised face.

"We heard you were fine from Ria but I still can't believe it, why did you suddenly disappear like that without telling anyone?." Asked Aurora.

They knew she was strong enough to take care of herself but they could have at least given her a goodbye hug.

"That's right. And here I thought we got closer after I beat you all those times at the festival." Claimed Violet as she nodded.

"Because... You never asked?" Delta responded.

'How are we supposed to guess that you'd leave out of nowhere?!'

Aurora's eyes drifted away from Delta for a moment to the girl beside her.

"Lita? What are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to be with your mum?" Aurora asked.

The girl which was a step behind Delta suddenly leapt at Aurora.

Long dark blonde hair with oceanic blue eyes, she seemed to be only around 30 centimetres shorter than Delta despite being that much younger.

There was no doubt about it, it was Lita.

"About that..." Lita muttered.

Lita explained how she got lost and wasted saved by Delta. Whilst still trembling from just the thought of it, she explained everything from how they used their ability to drag her to an isolated space.

And how they said they were going to do bad things to. Fortunately Delta had arrived and stopped them before they could do anything.

After explanation, all the girls in the room stood up.

"Let's go." Said Violet with dark cold eyes.

"I was getting tired of playing these silly games." Ruby added as her bloodlust began to seep out.

Aurora didn't say anything, the air around had had simply dropped to the point it was so cold it even her breath seemed to freeze up.

"Where are you going?" Delta asked.

"To make them pay, obviously." Said Ria as she teleported in front of the group, ready to open up a portal to the middle of the dome in search of them.

"Oh... There's no need for that." Said Delta.

"Why is that? They hurt one of-"

"I've already disposed of them." She continued.

-Memory

In just an instant, a pile of decapitated scorched corpses was all that was left of her enemies.

With light returning to her dark cold eyes, Delta crouched in front of the crying Lita and hugged her.

"It's fine now... They didn't hurt you, did they?"

"Uwaaaaa.... Waaaaaa!!" She cried as she shook her head. "Yoooouu caaaamee beeefore they coouldd... Thaaaank yoooou Deeeltaaaa!!"

-Memory End


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