Hyperic
The Empty Land of Mesopotamia

Hiki walks in the hospital hallway with Lauriel, they enter a hospital room where Max is, arriving in front of room 201, they open the door and find Max lying weak

"Hiki, you're coming"

Said Max, In addition to Max there is also Alvin who was smoking on the side of the mattress

"Jadi,bagaimana dengan tentang adik Vera? Ada hasil?"

Lauriel dan Hiki terdiam,mereka baru saja kehilangan petunjuk utama tentang adik Vera,dan itu sangat disayangkan

"Sherlock mati"

Ucap Lauriel yang masih menundukkan kepalanya, sementara itu Vera dan Lucia tengah berjalan-jalan ditengah kota,mereka duduk di sebuah kursi taman sambil memandangi keindahan kota Asgard

"...Lucia,bagaimana kamu bisa berakhir masuk ke penjara Great Shackles?"

Lucia menarik nafas panjang

"Aku dituduh...dijebak.."

Vera rasa dia tidak ingin terlalu jauh tentang itu,hanya covernya saja itu sudah cukup untuk Vera dia tidak ingin terlalu mengetahui tentang detail kejadian itu,situasi sedikit canggung karena Lucia yang tidak pernah berbicara selain ketika ditanya oleh Vera

"Oh benar,kamu lapar Lucia?"

Lucia menoleh kearah Vera

"A little bit, are you hungry? We can visit the restaurant then"

"Good idea"

They stood up from the park chair and walked to find a place to eat, while walking in the middle of the city, he saw a robot that was about 3 meters high owned by the government of Asgard which became the iconic city of Asgard,the robot is equipped with a high security system and a very good fighting system, even if the body is large does not mean the movement is slow

"The robot is huge"

"You're right Vera..."

They both look at the robot which is also surrounded by many people, they look at the greatness of Asgard's technology, after 6 years ago there was chaos in the city of Asgard caused by Jo and Hiki, who are still in the city of Asgard,the incident led the people of Asgard to ask the old government of Asgard to step down and be replaced with a new government, then the new government to update the security system of Asgard and tighten the security of the city of Asgard, then the new government, after gazing for quite a while, they continued their journey and reached a nearby restaurant from there

"What did you order Vera?"

Vera looked at the menu from the restaurant, the price seemed expensive but with the money given by Hiki, the food on the menu was nothing

"I.want this soup alone, with mineral water"

"Then I will order beef as an appetizer and ice cream as dessert, for the main menu I want this soup!"

"Are you sure you can spend all that?"

"Just calm! My stomach can be widened!"

Moments later their order arrived and they ate it voraciously, suddenly from outside the sound of the screams of the citizens of Asgard who sounded very panicked,then Vera stood up and walked to the restaurant window and saw some robots starting to come back, another said the robots attacked the residents,their system, which has been set up to protect the citizens and do the work that has been determined, now attacks the citizens of Asgard

"This.same as.my past"

"What's Vera doing?"

Lucia came to her feet and walked towards Vera and stood next to her, her expression instantly changing when she saw a robot killing a man right in front of her

"Did?!!"

Vera immediately contacted Hiki with her hologram phone

"Hiki!"

"Yes, I know, we're dealing with those robots too, this town isn't safe, we need to get out of here"

"In that case, I will leave you and wait for you in another city, I will give you the location, even if you survive, and tell Lucia to meet me under the main highway of Asgard, the city of Asgard,I'm waiting for her there"

Hiki turns off her phone, and Vera tells Lucia that she must meet Hiki at a predetermined location, and Vera and Lucia then exit the restaurant and run past the robots that have lost control,they break through and even have to face some robots that block them, arriving at the designated place Hiki had been waiting with the ambulance they were carrying, Lauriel sitting on top of the car,Max is in the front passenger seat, while Alvin holds the driver's seat

"Oh! Dateng is also you Vera!"

Lauriel said, Lucia walked over to Hiki and then she turned her body to Vera

"Are you really sure, Vera? Want to go back to kesono? There's nothing to do either, but it's dangerous for you"

Lauriel looks worried about Vera's safety, but not with Hiki, he instead stands staring at Vera who is still expressionless

"...you're right, maybe I'm a little naive, but..."

"You want to find your sister, don't you, Vera?, I have an estimate that the person who did the mess here is the same person who caused the destruction in your town"

Hiki said that with a step that started to enter the car, while Lucia was already in the car and she stared straight at Vera

"That makes sense"

"I've asked Ruby to find the location of the perpetrator who hacked Asgard's security system, it may take a long time, but once the location is found, then we'll go straight there, while we wait for news from Ruby, he said,we have to go to another city"

"...all right, I get it"

Vera walked up to Hiki, then she got into the ambulance and sat in the back seat, while Lauriel was still sitting on the car, not long after Alvin stepped on the gas and they came out of the city of Asgard

"So where are we going?"

"Estall empty land of Mesopotamia"

On the way, the atmosphere was quiet, this was a normal situation when they gathered, Hiki focused on his phone, Alvin was still driving, while Lucia and Max were asleep, and he was still driving,after being quite far away from the city of Asgard Lauriel who was sitting on the roof of the car said

"Ah Hiki soon we will pass through the sea of death"

It was a strange name in Vera's ears, she had never heard of the place, in the windshield of a car was seen an enormous wall soaring high into the sky,the wall formed a circle and somehow there were a lot of noise from inside

"Hiki, what's inside that building? Why does it sound so crowded?"

Hiki glanced at Vera then stared at the direction Vera was referring to

"You know zombies?"

"Ah zombie movie, I know, why?"

"It's not a fictional story, zombies are real, even zombie movies are inspired by what's in there"

"What do you mean?"

"In there are a lot of hundreds of thousands of people even more, the people who are in there are people who are infected with Hyperia virus and can not control it, you know? When you can't control your power, you'll be devoured by that power, always remembering that it's a Virus, not a power like the one in the movies, when you lose control,you will be eaten by that power"

"But Hiki..Is not your strength beyond reason? I mean, you have a power that can summon a black hole that can cast millions of swords and other weapons..."

"I know, and you don't need to know"

Hearing that Vera was immediately silent, she still heard the sound of screams from inside the large circular building that towering, after passing through the sea of death, they finally arrived at the empty land of Mesopotamia, Mesopotamia,although the name was empty land, but amazingly, it was a very developed city like any other city, they could enter the city easily, because the city embraced the word freedom, because it was a city,which means that everyone is free to do anything, but free to do anything does not mean everyone can act arbitrarily, in this city using the caste system, there are 5 castes, Highest, Upper Middle, Middle, Lower, and Lowest, in the city,each caste based on family genealogy, if it is in the noble family, then it is certain to be in the upper middle to highest caste, if it comes from the family can not afford, then it will be in the lowest caste, then it will be in the highest caste,and the lowest caste is always enslaved, but that does not mean that the lowest caste will always be at the bottom, but they can rise by paying a certain amount of money, there is no security here, no security,there were robots just to be helpers and workers, the five of them entered the city of Mesopotamia and stopped in front of a cafe

"Oil land.this is amazing"

Vera said, amazed by the bright Mesopotamian city and decorated with many colorful neon, there was also a train running on hologram tracks and several other vehicles,when they just got off the car Hiki got a call from Ruby

"Ruby,ada apa?"

"That guy! It's there!"