A trip to the second dimension

That night, Hope slept with Captain America.

And the strange thing is that, perhaps because of the influence of Captain America's military temperament, Hope, who had not had that nightmare for a long time, once again dreamed of the scene six years ago.

————It was a dream.

In the 262nd year of the solar calendar, the town of Rolotte, north of the Steel City.

It was a sunny day and the weather was very good.

Hope, who was only ten years old, and Horner, who was also ten years old, ran and played happily in the town.

Among the flowers, there was a very beautiful blue butterfly. Little Hope and little Horner would not get tired of squatting beside it and watching it for half an hour.

Although Rolotte Town is a border town close to the monster territory, it has been peaceful for a few years due to the soldiers' perseverance and regular cleaning.

This made the people in the town feel a lot more relaxed, especially children of Hope's age, who were carefree and played around everywhere.

But all beautiful things, in the environment of the end of the world, are ultimately just gorgeous but fragile bubbles.

That day, a day that Hope will never forget.

The appearance of a bear-level monster that can attack the city has become a nightmare for the residents of the entire town of Rolotte.

That nightmare is bloody and deformed!

It is full of sharp teeth chewing flesh and blood!

It is full of the screams of men, women, old people and children... hell!

The monsters of the end of the world are divided into eight levels in total.

Newborn, wolf, leopard, bear, lion, tiger, dragon, dragon!

Because of the constraints of the law, only monsters that have reached the bear level and above can attack human territory.

And the combat power displayed by a bear-level monster is that it can destroy a village-level human settlement with hundreds to a thousand combat forces by itself.

In this process, the human side also has high-end combat power to resist the attack of the bear-level monster, otherwise, what greets humans will only be a one-sided massacre.

But unfortunately, on that day, there was also a bear-level guard in the town of Rolotte, but among the monsters, there were two bear-level monsters.

This led to the fall of the town of Rolot from the beginning of the battle.

And all the soldiers of the Shield Corps could do was to use their lives to try to stop the monsters from advancing.

So that the residents who had no fighting ability could evacuate as soon as possible.

The offensive and defensive battle lasted a short time, just two hours, and that was the result of all the soldiers trying their best.

Hope you remember the heart-wrenching howls of the soldiers.

Which of them did not represent despair and fear, or even the madness that finally broke out after the extreme fear.

But none of them ran away.

Because they knew that it was useless to run away.

The monsters' steps would never stop because of the retreat of humans. Now they ran away, and then there would only be one city in the north, the Steel City, to face the monster army.

If they failed again, after some villages and towns were destroyed, it would be the land of hope for humans, the City of Hope.

Moreover, among the residents behind them, there were also their relatives, their lovers, and their friends.

If the soldiers fell, the civilians would fall faster.

At least, let yourself burn the last bit of hope, so that the people behind you can survive.

Especially those children, as long as humans still retain the fire, there is still hope.

With hope, humans will not fail!

Holding all kinds of beliefs, a battle is over.

The Shield Corps stationed in the town of Rolot, a total of 323 soldiers, all died, no one survived.

And in the end, only 300 of the more than 700 residents in the town survived.

Most of them are children like Hope and Horner.

If you are not from their world, it is hard to imagine that in front of a big food with several sharp mouths and blood-red deformed meat all over the body, in order to protect children they obviously don’t know, several housewives can use their hands and teeth as weapons to attack the monster that they are obviously not opponents like crazy.

That scene is extremely tragic...

And Hope’s grandfather and Horner’s parents almost sacrificed their lives in that situation to protect Hope and Horner’s safety without hesitation!

Stupid?

Reckless?

Is it a meaningless sacrifice?

There is no answer, perhaps they themselves do not know.

But, this is human.

This is also the reason why Hope has been working hard to grow and want to protect the human beings.

After the city was broken, the whole town was in chaos.

Because in addition to the war caused by a bear-level monster, the large number of wolf-level and leopard-level monsters pouring in from outside the city were the biggest nightmare of the civilians.

Even the weakest newborn monsters can feast on them at this time, with their mouths full of blood and flesh.

Just after Hope's grandfather and Horner's parents died, only the two ten-year-old children of Hope and Horner were left on the road of escape.

It was at that time that a newborn monster with the strength of a strong adult man found them.

It is conceivable that for the two children, how helpless and scared they were at that time.

Hope retreated, he was cowardly, he sat on the ground with his knees hugged and cried like a normal child.

But Horner, who had loved tinkering with machines since he was a child and whose health was not yet in good shape, stood up and blocked the front of Hope with his equally small and trembling body.

How did that battle with completely unequal strength begin?

Hope not to know.

How did that cruel and ruthless fight end?

I hope I can’t remember clearly.

He only knew that after he cried a lot.

Horner stood in front of him covered in blood, holding a steam weapon also covered in blood.

He invented it himself, and I hope you still remember that he was proud to show off the power of this weapon to himself.

He still remembered... that smile, and...

That sentence...

"It's okay, I hope! As long as I'm here, I won't let anyone hurt you."

After that, Horner collapsed.

Hope was like breaking out of a cocoon and being reborn. He stood up.

The small body carried the equally small body on his back, hoping to grit his teeth and carry Horner, who was seriously injured and unconscious, all the way south.

That is the direction of the City of Steel. As long as you go there, Horner can survive.

I hope he doesn't remember how long he carried Horner on his back, or how he left that hell.

But, fortunately, they are all alive now...

"Hey! Hope! Hope!"

"Wake up! Wake up!"

Drowsily, I hope to feel someone pushing me.

Slowly opening his eyes, what caught his eyes was Captain America's reassuring face.

"What's wrong? Captain?"

Hope startled herself as soon as she opened her mouth.

Hoarse, his voice was too hoarse.

"Are you having a nightmare? I see that you have been screaming and the quilt has been torn by you. And...you are crying."

After hearing Captain America say this, Hope raised her hand to touch her face, and it was indeed wet.

He looked down at the single bed he was lying on. Not only the quilt, but also the sheets and mattress were torn by him, exposing the sponge underneath.

Hope took a long breath, shook her head with a wry smile, and then looked at Captain America apologetically and said: "Sorry, I disturbed your sleep. I dreamed about some things in our world, it can be considered a nightmare. Say. To be honest, I haven’t done it in a long time.”

Seeing Hope's situation, Captain America couldn't help but think of some of the comrades he knew.

Those comrades who survived the cruel battlefield had roughly the same look as Hope at this moment, and couldn't help but fall silent.

"Don't worry kid, everything will be fine. I said I would help you and I won't break my promise. I will go to that monster's battlefield."

Hearing this, Hope also forced out a smile and said: "Thank you, captain."

"You're welcome, as you said, we are partners!"