[PGR] Light Upon a Broken World

[Chapter 2] - First Deployment

(POV - 3RD)

After the meeting, both Kiryu and Lucia are seen walking through an abandoned city road, their mission was to scout out the sector and if possible, clear out the Corrupted to allow Babylonia to retake the area.

Although they were assigned to each other, it did not stop the awkward atmosphere between the two, especially if the female Construct was too reserved and Kiryu was busy fiddling around with his helmet's system to scan the area.

The sound of their boots crunching through the rubbles and pebbles simply made things even more awkward as none knew how to start talking.

Lucia would occasionally glance at her new Commandant but refrained from asking any questions in case of accidentally being too personal. 

Kiryu's silent and helmeted face which masked his expression simply did not help one bit.

However, before neither of the two could even say something, they were soon greeted with the mechanical sound of metal groaning and shuffling from beyond them as both of them saw a horde of Corrupted slowly approaching them.

"Commandant, please stay behind me!" Lucia said as she took a stance, raising her blade but only to hear metal getting sliced.

The Construct turned to see Kiryu already ahead of her and with a blade in hand, slashing at the Corrupted that got too close to him while occasionally delivering a kick or punch that easily dented and tore the metallic frames of the Corrupted.

It was also the perfect time for Kiryu to use his natural strength he held back many years.

Kiryu raised the GUTS HYPER handgun given to him by his father, shooting the bullets which tore through the metallic shells of the Corrupted before quickly slicing through more with his blade.

The Commandant slowed before swiftly reloading his handgun and continued shooting at the weak points of the Corrupted, dispatching any that got too close to him.

One Pilgrim Corrupted tried to fire a bullet back at Kiryu but he immediately ducked, allowing the bullet to shoot past him harmlessly before retaliating by throwing his Sparklence Blade directly at the machine, piercing its head.

Kiryu dashed forward, leaping onto the Corrupted before ripping out his sword and decapitating the machine and then raising the GUTS HYPER once more, firing into the incoming Tamers.

Snapping out of her shock of watching her Commandant leap into the horde, Lucia immediately followed suit, sprinting forward and catching sight of an Executor Corrupted jumping at Kiryu.

With her frame built for speed, Lucia easily caught up to the Corrupted, slashing at it with her blade before it could inflict any injury onto Kiryu while also avoiding the attacks sent her way.

The Commandant and Construct then stood together back-to-back against the Corrupted horde.

"My thanks." Kiryu said, glancing back at Lucia.

"Commandant, that was dangerous of you to do that." She replied, cutting down a Repairer swinging at her.

"Not that I'm inexperienced, but we'll deal with this horde first then talk." Kiryu said, shooting through a few Aerial Monitors.

"Understood... please retreat if it becomes too dangerous." Lucia requested.

"Same to you." 

Kiryu and Lucia then continued dispatching the horde with relative ease although it was clear the numbers were not dwindling down any time sooner. 

Each Corrupted they both took down, more simply came from nowhere and replaced its mechanical brethren. 

Although Lucia was a Construct and therefore cannot feel as much fatigue as humans do, even Kiryu whose body structure was much different also knew both of them cannot keep this up.