NTR Rogue in the Apocalypse-Chapter 261: I’m no Hero

John’s arms were tied behind his back as he sat in the chair, the ropes biting into his skin.

Elijah stood in front of him, staring down at him with a smug grin.

"Well, John, do you want to tell me why you’re here?"

"I already told you, I came here to talk about an alliance between the different factions," John said as he rubbed his finger across the ropes. He could tell they weren’t ordinary ropes. He was certain they were made with help from the system.

Elijah laughed and shook his head.

"I don’t believe that for a second. There’s no way you’d come all the way here just to talk about an alliance. You must want something else. So, tell me, what do you really want?"

John sighed. He was getting tired of this back and forth.

"I already told you, I want to form an alliance between the different factions. That’s all."

Elijah narrowed his eyes and tilted his head slightly as he studied John’s face.

"Hmm... No, I don’t think so. I think there’s something else you want. Something more... personal."

John was getting annoyed. He was sick of being toyed with.

"Look, just let me go, and I’ll leave you alone. I don’t want any trouble."

Elijah chuckled and shook his head.

"Oh, but I think you do. You want trouble. You came here looking for it. Well, now you’ve found it."

"Alright, that’s it," John said, summoning his Reaper’s Edge from his inventory and cutting the ropes behind his back.

Elijah’s eyes widened as John stood up.

"W-what? How did you do that?"

John grinned and shrugged. "I’m full of surprises. Now, let’s talk about this alliance."

Elijah backed away from John, his face filled with fear.

"How about we start with why I was tied up in the first place?" John asked, pointing at the ropes on the ground.

Elijah’s face turned red with embarrassment, and he looked away.

"We were just trying to protect ourselves. We didn’t know who you were or what you wanted."

"I told you what I want. An alliance. And now that you’ve seen that I mean no harm, you should be willing to talk about it."

Elijah shook his head and sighed.

"Look, John, I’m sorry about all this. We’re just trying to keep our people safe. You can’t blame us for being cautious."

"No, I can’t. But I can ask you to stop treating me like a prisoner."

Elijah nodded and sighed.

"Tell me about this alliance."

"We want to form an alliance between the different factions. The Luminars are mining resources from our planet. The mining process is the reason for the monsters’ increase in strength. The monsters will continue to grow stronger until a catastrophe-type monster spawns. These monsters are too strong and will destroy the entire planet."

Elijah’s eyes widened, and he took a step back.

"What? Are you serious?"

"Yes, I’m serious. It’s only a matter of time before one of those monsters spawns. We need to stop them before that happens. We need to work together if we’re going to have any chance of stopping them."

Elijah rubbed his chin.

"But how do you know all of this?"

"We rescued the remnants of a lost civilization called Nevilians from another planet. We went there to rescue people from our faction and we came across them. What’s happening here happened to them long ago. You can meet them at our base later if you’re interested."

Elijah nodded and gestured for John to continue.

"That’s why I’m here. I want to form an alliance between the different factions so that we can work together and stop the Luminars."

Elijah took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"I see... I’ll need to discuss this with the other leaders of the faction."

John nodded.

"Alright, I can give you some time to talk to them."

Elijah nodded and turned to leave the room, but then he stopped and looked back at John.

"How do I know we can trust you?"

John shrugged.

"I’ll prove my intentions through actions, not words."

"Well, if you’re willing to wait here, I can go talk to the others and bring back a response," Elijah said as he opened the door.

John nodded.

"Alright, I can wait here."

Elijah nodded and left the room, closing the door behind him.

John sighed and sat down on the chair.

He looked around the room and noticed that there was a window. He got up and walked over to the window and peered out.

The tower overlooked the entire city and with this tower being so tall, John could see for miles.

As he gazed out over the city, he saw what the city had turned into a few months into the apocalypse. There were no crowds of people on the streets anymore, instead, monsters roamed the city freely, attacking anyone they came across.

He spotted a group of people running through the streets as they were chased by a pack of monsters.

"Damn, it’s gotten pretty bad," John muttered under his breath as he watched the group try to escape.

He spotted a large group of people gathered around a building. They were surrounded by a horde of monsters.

He watched as the people desperately tried to defend themselves against the horde, but they were clearly outnumbered and outmatched.

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He saw a man raise his hand, and a bolt of lightning shot out from it, striking one of the monsters.

The monster let out a pained roar as it collapsed to the ground.

Another man raised his hands, and a ball of fire appeared above his palm. He hurled the ball at the horde of monsters, causing it to explode and sending burning shrapnel everywhere.

The people cheered as they managed to fend off the attack, but John could see that their numbers were dwindling.

Suddenly, one of the men fell to the ground, an arrow sticking out of his chest.

"Shit," John cursed as he watched the man fall, helpless to do anything.

He watched as the remaining people fought to defend themselves against the horde of monsters, but it was clear they weren’t going to last much longer.

"Fuck," John muttered. He felt dirty to be watching from the safety of the tower. He wasn’t a hero and most of all, he was looking out for himself, but simply observing made him feel like a coward.

He looked back at the door and then back towards the window and sighed.

It might make it more difficult to recruit this faction if he were to leave now, but those lives couldn’t be saved later.

’I’ll figure it out,’ he thought to himself and jumped out of the window.