Harem Reborn

Chapter 101: Worries For The Future

So our chance was great, but it wasn't like we had much choice. Irellia and Kyrin, plus all the others, would make it impossible to win the race, and we wouldn't make it back. I took Tama's suited hand, and we walked back inside.

When we got there, the other girls had already suited up, and Kyrina was shifted into her tiger form. Dresnal was wrapped up in his rags and waited for me. I walked up to him in my suit, and we were almost the same size now, but he had a much broader chest.

"So, The Glass Forge? Well, good luck, no way I'm going down there, and I worried about you taking my daughter there with you."

"Sasha won't be coming with us, and neither will you, Kyrina or Maxine. Just the five of us will be going on this trip. You need to find a way into the city and learn anything about the racers that you can. Any information you gain is the difference between life and death, but you need to be careful. Your lives come before everything, understand?"

I got nods from them, and I turned back to Dresnal, but he already had a hand up, waving it in my face.

"Yeah, of course, I'm going to go watch and help them, don't worry," Dresnal said as he walked up to me; and I knew what was coming, and it didn't look like he would hold back this time.

//DIAMOND PLATING ACTIVATED

//SYSTEM OVERRIDE ACTIVATED, INCREASED DEFENSE X6

Both messages flashed across my HUD as the hand connected with the shiny plating rose to fill the hexagonal patterns across my MAS. I stood, but even as I felt the force spread out, the initial contact had still hurt. I focused and then turned to Dresnal so he could see my glare through the glass, but he was already laughing heartily.

I just shook my head and stretched my shoulders. This guy, when I got back, I would give him a pat on the back! I turned with a hand on my suited neck and looked at the girls coming with me, we would have to take two buggies, and even then, it would be a full day ride, so we had to hurry. Time was getting to be a crunch right now; that's to the betrayal.

"Is everyone ready to go? Got lots of skewers?"

The girls cheered, and Mikota held up a large bag, pulled a Catsect kebab out and tossed it to me. I caught it, and we all head the two sand carts brought out for us to use. Mikota and Tama hoped in one, and I was about to drive, but Iona kicked me out, so Tilly sat I my lap, and both of us activated our stabilizers to help us keep in our seats.

/Let's go!

I call it into the microphone in my helmet, and the girls cheer back and instantly regretted, not driving. The two girls raced out of the cave and out into a storm that had started. Mikota flew through the air with Tama holding on for her life, and Iona was close behind.

I had one arm holding Tilly and the other grabbing the bar as we launched into the air after them. After about twenty more minutes and then Tilly finally screaming into the mic, the other two started to drive better. The storm was raging around us now, and it was hard to see, but we had tracker maps in our HUD to help us track the route, and the monsters left us alone.

About midday, we stop at a cave to eat, trying to do it while driving in the storm, asked for a mouth full of sand. We pulled into the cave and got out of our suits to eat. We all just sat in the sand and talked about what we were going to find in the forge.

"From the look of it on the map, it is a huge canyon with free moving lava at the bottom. Do you guys know anything more about it?"

"Mostly that we shouldn't be going there. The place is supposed to hold creatures that don't even show up during the race. They are glass and crystal infused monsters that are deadly!" Mikota explained with some theatrics.

Well, that was a simple enough explanation, and It was already what I figured. I took a bunch of skewers from the bag and left the three girls talking together. I had noticed Tilly was standing near the mouth of the cave, so I decided to bring her food.

I moved up behind Tilly and wrapped my arms around her, and kissed her neck. Tilly gave a small jump, but I could feel her smile when I pressed my cheek into hers. I handed her the kebabs from my one hand and then transferred the rest between my hands so I could eat while holding her close to me.

"Do you think we will make it to Xeno?"

"Yeah, without a doubt."

"What makes you so sure and confident?"

"I know we will all try our best, and if we do, we do, but if we don't, well, we try again. Though I don't plan on doing anything that will risk us losing, so I believe we will win until we won't."

"I guess that is a good way to look at it; I'm just worried Davey, I still find it hard to believe people we trusted betrayed us. My biggest concern right now what we are going to do about Iona? Now that we know Irellia is bad, Iona can't stay her Vassal."

"I don't know how we are going to fix that right now, but we will figure it out, and I will keep you all safe. We have more than enough to worry about with The Glass Forge coming up, Tilly. So let's take it one step at a time, my Darling."

Tilly turned in my arms with a bright smile at the mention of her pet name for me. We kissed and then turned back to look out at the storm as we finished eating.