FL POV

4 hours later.

It's been hours since Jun's departure and every second I grow anxious. What's taking so long? I wondered. It shouldn't have taken this long to head towards the town. I tried talking to him telepathically, but he never responded, I'm really worried about him, and I've hesitated to run out the manor many times... but if he's alright and I just overreacted, he'd probably be a little angry. So I can only bear with this anxiety that plagues my mind and continue with my work.

I wouldn't say it's on the level of Leonardo da Vinci, but this is a work of art! In the entrance to the manor, the whole inside was unrecognizable. The walls were, ceiling, stairs, floor, everything. Was covered in a black, bio-mechanical-like substance. It was the saliva I secreted that could harden fairly quickly. It wasn't just the entrance, the same was done throughout the entire manor, strengthening the once crumbling building into a solid structure that was no different from it being one single object.

I was currently underground in the cellar. The work of art, I was referring to was the 5-meter tall spherical Rift Gate. The reason I transformed the entire manor was that a system prompt suggested doing so to further strengthen the Rift Gate. The entire building was interconnected and woven together.

[Objective complete.]

『Juno, soldiers are heading your way. Be careful.』 (Jun)

『Jun?! I was so worried, are you okay? What's going on?』 (Juno)

『The Umbrella Corporation has discovered our whereabouts. I've been killing them but they just keep coming. Whoever is in charge, has taken an interest in us. It isn't just the Umbrella Corporation, foreign countries have our information and different forces are being dispatched here. I need you to take care of the Rift and kill every single soldier that comes near you. I've got to go, I can see the energy source up ahead so hold down the manor and wait for my return.』 (Jun)

『Brother, who cares about the Rift. Let me help you! Jun? Jun?!!』 (Juno)

Something was very different about Jun's tone during this talk. His tone became much calmer and colder. It honestly scared me a little. Weren't we just joking a few hours ago? I'm really scared... But, I'll listen to Jun. My senses picked up several approaching soldiers outside and my anxiety changed into a pure, unadulterated rage.

『You... How dare you target my brother...』 (Juno)

Her voice was ice cold and very terrifying murderous intent exerted from within her body and into the surroundings. The soldiers that were just outside the door froze in fear. When they took a step back and lifted their guns, their head already started to fall from their necks and hit the ground with a thud. The armored vehicles parked further down picked up their weapons and fired at the entrance where I stood.

『Who are you shooting at exactly.』 (Juno)

I said, standing behind a soldier wielding a mounted turret but what he heard was a terrifying hiss in his ears. I shoved my tail through his back and twist it upwards straight out his mouth. Flinging the dead soldier to the neighboring vehicle caused it to tilt over from the sheer force used. The soldier's formation was a mess, unable to track my swift and stealthy movements. The first wave was taken down, soaking the earth with blood and dying it red.

The second wave came small tanks that destroyed the surrounding terrain in a radius of half a kilometer. But were turned into a pile of scrap under by attacks.

The third wave aircraft support bombarded the manor destroying half of it in the process. There was nothing I could do about them but they were at most as dangerous as an annoying mosquito.

The fourth and current wave B.O.Ws were deployed as the injured/remaining soldiers temporarily retreated.

This. This is a bit too much, isn't it? I thought. Why... why are they fighting so desperately to capture us? Aren't there stronger B.O.W's compared to us? We couldn't even take down the Tyrants without using the nuclear missile. Unfair as it was, I could only grit my teeth and slaughter everyone. It is, what it is.

[Foreign Energy source detected. Commencing extraction.]

『Hey Juno...』 (Jun)

『...』 (Juno)

『I need you to do something.』 (Jun)

『No.』 (Juno)

『It might be a little hard.』 (Jun)

『Stop it.』 (Juno)

『But I'm sure you can handle it.』 (Jun)

『Shut up...』 (Juno)

『So please, make sure to be extra careful.』 (Jun)

『No... no, Jun, shut up! I'm coming to you right now!』 (Juno)

『Look at you, I'm fine so you don't need to overreact so much. We'll meet each other again very soon. Okay?』 (Jun)

[Rift Maker activated. Rift Gate activated. World location has been recorded. Detected host 'Juno' within the Rift Gate's range. Given the emergency, the host 'Jun' is in, he can enter an unstable Rift.]

『Open the rift!』 (Jun)

『Brother!-』

[99% of stored energy has been used to open the Rifts. The Unstable Rift will close in 5 seconds. 3...2...1 Closing the Rift and stabilizing the unstable space.]

In the manor, Juno who was forcibly sucked into the Rift Gate desperately cried out Jun's name until she disappeared through the Rift Gate. The swirling void inside collapsed and the Rift Gate cracked and lost a bit of its luster. The B.O.Ws that stood in the cellar rushed over to the Rift Gate but were commanded to stop by an unknown figure in the shadows. Stopping the monsters from further destroying the gate.

【Interesting... From where did you come from.】 (???)

ML POV 2 hours ago.

Now that I've warned her, I can focus properly. Before me stood the familiar yet unfamiliar Tyrant. It had discarded its limiter coat and mutated into a Super Tyrant. Its muscles increased in size and created bulging, rock-hard black tissue all over the chest, arms, and back. The right hand expanded and split into a series of long, sharp talons used to easily rip enemies to shreds; the claws can even tear through metal.

The reason why I hadn't been responding to her was exactly because of this mutated Super Tyrant. I stood in a slowly sinking pit caused by my acidic blood that left the wounds littered across my body. It was only thanks to the small Tyrant DNA I had used to evolve, that gave a boost to my regenerative abilities, that I could be standing till now. Swaying my tail from side to side and turning my head to look at the surrounding, I chuckled coldly. Heavy infantry encircled both me and the Super Tyrant but was only on standby. Though, their weapons were aimed at only me.

Several men in suits were in a deep conversation, talking about my majestic appearance which is completely different to the B.O.Ws on the market, and anything they've ever seen before. One has to know that the resident evil world was very advanced in biotechnology, and created hundreds, thousands of different mutations, monsters, B.O.Ws. I could hear what it is they were talking about, growing annoyed and furious at these pricks who thought I was already theirs.

I let out a deafening roar as the Super Tyrant that was facing me, picked up its foot and walked towards me starting into a run. I also ran at him because the energy source was just a little over 20 meters away. So close, yet so far. We exchanged blows, me being on the receiving end most of the time.

A little over an hour passed with our fight not slowing down at all. The suited men grew anxious over time as well and it appeared as though they were getting ready to capture me in my exhausted state. I won't let them take advantage of me, even if it costs me a limb. The Super Tyrant who was above me raised its arm and struck at my chest. I moved my body ever so slightly, which caused the dagger-like claws to rip through the right side of my rib cage and ripping it open.

The soldiers were commanded at that time to take action, but it was part of my plan to allow the Tyrant to stab me. Grabbing hold of the arm, I kicked its abdomen and threw its heavy body over my head. With a clear path to the energy source, the system prompt alerted in my mind. With the encroaching circle of guards that aimed their guns at me, I held my open wound to apply pressure as it recovered slowly. It was then that a Rift opened which stunned the entire crowd as they watched my injured body getting sucked into the void-like space.

Drifting through the void, my consciousness declined until I fell into a deep sleep. My last thoughts of Juno, and whether she would be okay...

『I have faith that she'll be alright... but not so much in myself without her...』

FL POV

I fell into an unfamiliar world, not bothering to check my surroundings because I was already lost in my emotions. I whined and cried and curled tightly to myself. Fearing that I've lost my beloved brother.

Title: Separation