Rebirth: 100 Days Before Doomsday - Chapter 137

Chapter 137: The Final Decision

Rune’s eyes were fixed on Grace as he spoke the words – “I can’t give you any promises, but this one. I will protect you over my life. And as long as I’m one of you, I’ll follow your orders and do my best to protect the rest of the team.”

His gaze shifted to Davian before he continued, “You know that I’m trained for fighting those monsters and you all will need to fight them sooner or later. Keeping me in your team will give an advantage over them. I know their weaknesses, their kinds, their secrets, and the ways to kill them. And trust me, there are some kinds of these monsters out there whom you can’t kill with your Mortal weapons. You need me.”

He was right. They did need him if they wanted to find a quicker way to handle the monsters. He could be their biggest advantage against them.

Davian’s gaze shifted from Rune and moved to look at Grace. Both of them were having similar thoughts at the moment. He eventually turned to look at the rest of the team and spoke, “Personally, I do think that keeping him with us will be a better decision. As for his loyalty, he can prove it over time. But the final decision rests up to you all. You have five minutes to decide.”

A wave of murmurs erupted in the living room as everyone in the team started discussing the matter with each other, wondering what to do since the decision was left in their hands.

“I also think that keeping him here is a better idea. With the amount of information he has on us, letting him go sounds like the stupidest idea to me.” Dr. Kian put forward his opinion and there were several nods of agreement from the team.

The time was up soon and Grace decided to carry out the final decision. “Those who wants him to stay, raise your hands.”

And surprisingly, almost every single hand went up except for one person’s – Valeska. The woman was glaring at Rune as if he was that one person whom she hated with every single cell in her body.

Before Grace could have Valeska the reason behind her decision, the woman was already speaking and her words were directed at none other than Rune. “You better not betray Boss’ trust in you, kid. Because if you did, I’ll personally chop you down into millions of pieces before feeding you to those same monsters whom you are supposed to fight. Got it?”

There was a serious expression on Rune’s face as he gave a nod of approval in response to the threat he just received. It didn’t seem like he was taking her words lightly or just as a joke. He knew that she meant every word she just said to him.

With a small sigh, Valeska then too raised her hand, adding her vote to the list of those who agreed to keep Rune in the team. And despite her belief, Grace found herself feeling relieved.

She turned her attention toward the young man and spoke, “You will be staying with us… as one of us.”

She noticed how his expression became slightly soft and he once again nodded his head while whispering, “Thank you everyone. I’ll make sure to not give any of you any reason to reject your decision.”

For next few minutes, Grace told him all the necessary rules that he needed to follow for the time being. He couldn’t leave the building without informing her or Davian. He needed to be present during all the meetings, group meals, and training sessions. He needed to inform them if he found out about any further activities of those monsters or his enemy.

Rune accepted all the rules without any hesitation or dissatisfaction. And once all these rules were made very clear, the meeting also came to an official end.

They might have continued the remaining hours of the afternoon with their usual training session if not for the military trucks that suddenly arrived in the Greenstone Residential Area.

It seemed like since the snowstorm had quiteted down a bit over the past two days, the military was back to take control over the area as per government instructions.

But if the people believed that they would be saved now, then they were in for big disappointment. Unlike the previous rescue missions where the government actually was making efforts to help the citizens, there was no such thing happening this time.

The military only distributed MREs for food and simple blankets per person. There were no further supplies, no medicines, and no shelters this time either.

All the make up shelters that government set up previously for rescue missions, most of them turned into mass graves during the ongoing volcanic winter as there wasn’t enough food, water, space, or warmth for people to continue surviving.

Those who stayed behind at those shelters actually suffered an even worse death than those who either remained at their homes or returned homes from the shelters after the first few days.

After these nearly three months of continous disasters, the government was no longer interested in looking after the common people as they were more worried about keeping themselves and their families safe.

All the politicians and rich people of the country had been using their money and influences to secure supplies, safe houses, weapons, and even security forces for their safety.

Some even tried to fled the country once the flights restarted after the rain disaster, but they soon realized that the rest of the countries were becoming just as unsafe as Starship Country. Hence, they stayed back but started making sure that they were prepared for more of such disasters.

The responsibility of helping the civilians and keeping them under control was left on the shoulders of the military personnel who were struggling to manage the situation without upper support.

It was as if the situation wasn’t already bad enough that Grace received a very surpising notification that very evening.