As Orie and the others rushed forward, every Meta on the scene immediately turned their attention towards them.

   Majority of the Metas were fire elementals and they all had a simple pattern. First they would each shoot multiple small flames, then they would shoot big balls of flames, then they would raise their hands in unison and cause flames to rise from the ground everywhere.

   When the Metas fired the small flames, Orie blocked with his shield and kept running. When they shot the big balls of flames, he evaded and kept on advancing. When they caused flames to rise from the ground, he paid no attention to it and continued running until he got to one of the Metas. Then he immediately unpinned several grenades and dropped them on the floor. BOOM!!!

   Everyone also followed Orie and did as he did, but when they close to a Meta, they used their guns and swords to attack instead of dropping grenades at their feet and attempting suicide bombing. 

   As they were unleashing their attacks, The Metas that they had pinned down suddenly released shock waves that pushed them all back and left them stunned for a few seconds.

   "I feel like my health bar just got halved" Shiro groaned as he struggled to get up.

   "You should have followed me" a voice said from above him, and he looked up to see Orie standing above him.

   Shiro was confused. Not only Shiro, everyone else were also dumbfounded.

   "How the f***" They all wondered, but Orie just replied "it's a game"

   "It doesn't matter how close you are to the explosion, you can't be damaged by your own attacks"

   "Classic game sh**" 

   "Don't you guys play video games at home?"

   "Or are you always turning on friendly fire?"

   "Now let's do this one more time" he said as he activated hi shield 

   "One more thing" he added

   "This game was never made official so they left the cheats on"

   "You don't have to worry about running out of ammo"

   "So let's go, and blow them up"

   And they went for the second time and did exactly as Orie did, getting to the Metas and 'BOOM!!!'. If he ran, they ran. If he stopped, they stopped. If he stood, they stood. If he blew, they blew.

   And they continued until there was none left.

   "What were these guys doing anyway?" Shiro asked, pointing in the direction of the revengers, and Orie shook his head in disappointment.

   "Have you not been listening to the words I've been saying"

   "Classic game shi**"

   "Classic game shi**"

   "Only the players do actual damage"

   "The NPC damage is always minimal"

   "Oh...my... God" Natsumi said as her eyes widened

   "I don't think what I said is something to be wowed about" Orie replied

   "No" Natsumi said

   "I wasn't talking to you" she said as she pointed behind Orie.

   Orie turned around to see what she was pointing at.

   "Oh, yeah" he said with a straight face

   "The second wave has arrived" 

   "Alright let's go" he said as he ran towards the revengers and the others followed him. They got to the army and were greeted with casual waves from all its members. Then a leader came from among them and said to Orie and his team "Go get the child. We'll handle things over here" 

   "What child?" Natsumi asked but the man paid no attention and continued talking to Orie.

   "Hurry" he said

   "We don't have much time"

SHIN SEKAI SECRET: Shiro can't function properly without rythm. He with his headphones most of the time.