FortuneCraft in Apocalypse

Hidden Armory

He was running fast but his legs were trembling. He was falling again and again. The creature was running quickly towards him as he looked behind him. 

"OMG! What should I do now?" He asked himself with a trembling voice.

When he looked away, he noticed a distant building. He thought he could get away from that creature if he could hide in that building and started to run towards it with his heart pounding in his chest.

He sprinted towards the building, hoping to find safety and managed to get there. The building was dark from the inside but it was the only option for him to get away from that creature. 

He quickly found a room and closed the door behind him. While he waited, his heart pounded as he listened for any sign of the creature. He prayed that he would not be discovered.

"Where should I hide?" He asked himself as the building was dark from the inside and he was unable to see anything. From the entrance, he hit himself with different objects inside the building.

"Oh Shit! I should not make any voice!" He told himself because he knew that making any voice could attract the creature towards the building in which he was hiding. 

He froze in place, holding his breath, as he waited for the sound of the creature's footsteps to fade away. His heart pounded as he waited until he was sure the creature had left. Finally, he sighed in relief.

He was in the building when he heard the voice of the creature coming from outside again. While running towards the building's end, he suddenly fell from the ground and ended up in the basement. 

He was scared and confused. He couldn't remember what had happened. He felt like he was being watched.

The basement was very dark and dusty. He started to find a light so he could see in the basement. He discovered a lantern and lit it. He was relieved to see that it was not a hallucination. 

As the lantern lit up he saw a box kept at a distance. The box caught his attention and cautiously he moved towards it. 

As soon as he was there in front of it, he pushed out his hand and touched the top of the box to open it but as he did a notification sound by his system was heard. 

*Ding

[ Congratulations, Player 099, for discovering the hidden armory. You can select and equip any two weapons of your choice. ]

“That’s great.” 

He started looking at the options he was given but out of all those, two things caught his attention. 

One was a sword with an ornate hilt and the other one was a whip. He clicked on both options in front of him and the notification popped up. 

[ Weapons equipped. You now have access to your selected arsenal. Remember, these weapons require maintenance and can wear out over time. ]

The weapons fell in front of him and a huge grin made its way on his face.

“Damn. I have hit the jackpot.” He was a bit relieved to see the weapons in front of him. 

He wanted to take his time in examining the weapons but once he heard a voice coming out from the opposite direction he hurriedly put those in his inventory. 

Draven heard some footsteps approaching him and he was on alert again. His breath was caught in his throat thinking that danger was coming near again.

But soon out of the shadows a figure moved out. He wasn’t a beast or any creature instead he was just a tall well built man with a serious aura around him. He was armed with weapons too.

Looking at Draven from top to bottom he examined him before coming in front of him. 

“You are new here?” The man asked, his expression still didn’t change. 

Finally meeting someone else there Draven was shocked for a moment. His mouth parted looking at the man in front of him. He wanted to pinch the man and see if he was real or not. 

“Hey? I am asking you?” He asked again while his eyebrows scrunched together. 

“Ohh yes. I am new here. I just came here today. My name is Draven.” Draven blurted out as soon as he got out of his trance. 

“Hey hey slow down. You can’t just tell anyone here your name or anything about you. You can’t trust anyone here.” The man explained. 

“That means I shouldn’t trust you too then.” Draven’s tone suddenly changed too. From scared to serious, he was looking at the man with curiosity trying to get what he was going to do. 

The man scoffed as he replied to him, “Well if you don’t want to then sure. I can just go.” 

The man turned around and was just about to go when Draven hurriedly said, “No wait.” 

He turned back around and raised his eyebrows waiting for Draven to finish his sentence. 

“The system said that we have to find our group and something like that. Do you already have a group?” 

“Well no. I just came here a few days ago. I am only at Level 3 yet and I haven’t found my group yet.” The man replied while standing in front of Draven again. 

“Then there are chances that we are in the same group?” Draven felt a wave of excitement inside him thinking that maybe he had found a clue to move forward in the game. 

“Maybe yes or maybe not. But I believe no because if we were in the same group this system would have told us something but it’s still quiet.” Once that man finished his sentence he looked at Draven and continued, “I am Leo. Until the time we find our group we can be together if you want.” 

Draven gave him a suspicious look and thought for a while before nodding his head, “Sure.” 

They stood there for sometime not knowing what to say to each other before Draven decided to break the silence and took the initiative to start the conversation again, “So… Leo? Right?” 

“Yeah.” 

Draven said cautiously, “What do you think we should do next?” 

Leo moved his eyes around before replying to him, “Well I have been here for some time now but the only thing I have found are weird creatures, some weapons to fight and yeah this map which I can’t seem to get.” 

He pushed out a tattered and torn map from behind his belt and gave it to Draven. 

Draven grabbed it and sat down on the ground as he spread it on the ground. 

He saw weird places and their names written on the map which he couldn’t really get but one thing he was sure of was that the map was the key to their next step. 

“Where is the rest of it?” Draven asked as he realzied that part of the map was missing. 

“I don’t know. I only found this. The rest of it I don’t know where it is.” Leo explained, “But one thing I am sure of is that this map can lead us to our location.” 

Leo sat down and put his finger on one of the places, “Look at this. This place is marked with red markers. Maybe there is something there which we need.” 

Draven leaned on it as he studied the map, “Or maybe this area is dangerous that’s why they marked it as red?” 

“Well what can we say? We have to take the chance and go there beside this place that is the nearest around here.” 

Seeing the motivation and confidence on Leo’s face, Draven sighed before he replied, “Okay! Let’s go there first.” 

With that he got up from the ground not before rolling the map. Just as he did that Leo took the map from him, “I will keep this since I am the one who found it.” 

“Yeah sure. Let’s get out of this building first.” 

Leo nodded his head and both of them started to find a way to get out of there. 

They walked through the dimly lit corridors. Leo walked like he already knew about the way to get there. He was walking confidently like he was sure of it. 

Draven couldn’t help but ask him, “You already know the way to get out.” 

Leo turned a little to look at him before he continued to walk and replied, “Yes. This place was kind of like my hideout. It’s the only building which is still in a good condition as compared to others in which only some small walls are left.” 

“Hideout from? That creature?” 

“Yups. Looks like you already met him.” Leo chuckled a little. 

They were finally out of the corridors and were now standing in front of the door. Leo bent down a little and slowly opened the door just a little so he could peak outside. 

Then after he had made sure no one was outside he turned around and told Draven, “Come behind me but don’t make any noise.” 

Draven nodded his head. They slowly opened the door and with light steps got out of the building. 

Draven now realized that it was the back door of the building through which they came out. 

“We will go this way.” Leo whispered as lightly as he could as he pointed at his right side and hurriedly started running towards it, still bending a little. 

Draven not only copied his posture but also the speed with which he was running Draven followed and both of them reached behind a wall. They dared not to look back even for once and ran as fast as they could. 

Hiding behind that wall they waited there for sometime until Leo had made sure that there was no one around he started running again and soon they were out of the area. 

“Why are we running like this though? Is there danger?” Draven tried to catch his breath as he asked that. 

“There are still some robots who destroy the buildings and other areas around here. We can’t fight with them yet so we don’t have a choice but to hide from them.” Leo replied to him as he heaved a huge sigh.