Reborn Apocalypse Ready War Goddess by My Side (Ezekiel Valor) novel Chapter 4

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Steven watched the stunned look on Bianca’s face and quietly laughed to himself.

Right now, Bianca looked thin and fragile, but those bright, lively eyes of hers were genuinely beautiful.

She was the kind of girl who could be cold and commanding one moment, then adorably clueless the next.

Steven explained, “My place is a little house with a yard. Two rooms are empty, and I live there with my grandpa. There’s no one else at home.

“If you’re okay with it, you and your mom could move in for now. I mean, what if your dad starts hitting you again? That’s a real problem.”

Bianca panicked a little. She never expected Steven to suggest something like that.

She shook her head immediately. “No, thank you. I really appreciate it, but we shouldn’t trouble you. My mom wouldn’t agree either.”

Steven let out a quiet sigh. “Alright. I won’t push it.”

Just then, Vanessa walked out.

“Bianca, let’s go home.”

Bianca nodded. “Okay, Mom. I’ll help you.”

She gently supported Vanessa’s arm.

Then she looked at Steven. “You should head home too, Steven. It’s getting dark outside. It’s not safe.”

Steven fell silent for a moment before saying, “I’ll walk you home first. Then I’ll head back.”

Bianca still looked hesitant.

Vanessa smiled warmly. “Steven, you’ve got such a good heart. Thank you.”

Steven grinned. “It’s nothing. Bianca and I are classmates. We should help each other out.”

Vanessa smiled and nodded.

But Bianca’s heart skipped a beat.

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She lowered her head slightly, too nervous to look at him.

What does Steven mean by that?

Was his showing up here today really just a coincidence?

Or…

Bianca quickly crushed the ridiculous thought in her head.

Everyone knows Steven likes the campus belle, Lilliana. There’s no way he’ll ever like an ugly duckling like

1. me.

It has to be a coincidence.

Still, she never expected someone like Steven to be this kind.

Because of the state of the modern world, everything had changed 300 years ago when countless beasts swept across human civilization, causing the global population to collapse.

Now, the entire world held less than a billion people.

To avoid drawing the attention of flying beasts at night, cities strictly limited bright lighting after certain hours.

Skyscrapers had long since become rare, especially in civilian districts like this one.

As darkness slowly swallowed the streets, fewer and fewer pedestrians remained outside. “We should hurry back,” Vanessa said. “I don’t want to keep you out too long either.” Steven smiled. “Don’t worry. Usually, nothing happens. The city guard patrols at night too.”

In the civilian district.

A faint trace of blood lingered in the air.

A man in a black robe suddenly appeared at the end of an alleyway.

“Captain! I’ve reached the designated location!”

Very quickly, two more voices came through the earpiece. One male, one female.

“Captain! I’ve reached the designated location!”

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“Captain! I’ve reached the designated location!”

Then a cold, sharp male voice spoke through the comms.

“Activate the Divine Barrier!”

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, sir!”

At the same moment, black–robed figures in two other parts of the civilian district made the

exact same movement.

Each of them pulled a metal block the size of a human head from their backs and slammed it onto the ground.

At the same time, they pressed a palm against the metal as glowing marks lit up across their

arms.

“Activate!”

The same shout echoed through the earpieces from the other two teammates.

In an instant, a massive beam of light blasted nearly 300 feet into the sky from beneath the black–robed man’s hand.

Two walls of glowing light split outward from the pillar.

At the exact same time, matching pillars and light walls erupted from the other two locations.

The barriers connected in seconds.

Viewed from above, the entire formation resembled a gigantic triangular prison cage.

Only after finishing all of that did the black–robed man finally relax slightly.

The captain’s icy voice rang through the earpiece once more.

“All remaining personnel, begin extermination of the Bloodfang Rats immediately. Minimize casualties at all costs!”

“Yes, sir!”

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The man listened to the voices coming through his earpiece, his expression barely changing.

He pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and exhaled a slow stream of smoke.

The smoke ring drifted through the darkness before gradually twisting apart and fading away.

For a brief moment, he seemed lost in thought when a clear, lively girl’s voice suddenly burst through the earpiece, filled with urgency.

“Captain! Two Bloodfang Rats escaped underground and broke through the Divine Barrier!”

The captain’s voice came immediately. “What direction?”

The girl answered quickly. “Peter’s sector!”

The man’s eyes sharpened instantly, a vicious glint flashing across them.

The captain spoke again.

“Peter, I’m leaving it to you!”

Peter Woolridge curled his lips into a grin. “Understood!

Stay here? Then where will he sleep? There’s no way he can share a room with me, right?

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Steven frowned. The guy still isn’t sober? How much did he even drink?

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