“Hurry and blow the door!” Rean yelled.I don’t have to be told twice. We’re running because I need to shoot in a distance.I turn around and immediately aim, while Rean turns around with his sword ready to protect me.Instead of targeting the door, I aim for the flooring right outside the emergency door.The bullets I’m using is the leftover fire bullets from the first exam. I was reserving it for the boss, but I figured it’s better to use it here rather than risking my points and me mauled by these monsters.The good perk of these fire bullets is that they explode on impact. So whatever surface they come in contact with, they will explode in small area. If they’re used in clusters, they can substitute a grenade.I pull the trigger and fire three consecutive shots at the flooring. A Direwolf arrives at the spot at the same time the bullets hit the flooring. The explosion is instantly and the flooring crumbles below the beast, sending it down to the floor below it as it howls.“Nice s
“Before you separate, please tell Terrence where did you lost the young lady, ma’am.” Natalie speaks through the Arrow.“Young lady Ruby wears a red dress that reaches her knees, red shoes, and she has her hair tied up with a big red ribbon.” The woman explained.“Okay. Ruby red. Got it.” I nod.“Here. Show her this and she will understand that you don’t mean harm.” The woman gave me a handkerchief.“Wow…” It looks really different from the handkerchief I see in stores. There’s a big logo on it. “Okay. Um, what is your name, mam?”“My name is Nanny Heather and she’s my young lady Ruby.” She said.I keep the handkerchief and nod. “Yes, you’ve mentioned her name. Alright, you are Nanny Heather. If I see her, I’ll tell her you sent me. Hopefully she will come with me.”Nanny Heather looked concerned once again, but she tries to hold it. “Yes. Please, save my young lady!”I give her a thumb up and a smile. “I will!”“Come here, Terrence.” Rean signals me.I approach him and he gave me two
“There are three average office rooms on your right. There’s a pantry and restrooms on the left hallway, along with office area, meeting room, and lobby. The normal stairway and elevators are in the lobby, it’s closer to the furthest office to your right.” She listed the places in the floor in an orderly manner.“The elevator is in the other side of the floor, right?” I confirmed.“Yes.”“Okay.”Her voice was calm when she said all of that. A normal person would think that nothing’s wrong, but the fact that she doesn’t ask a follow up question shows that something ‘is’ wrong.Besides, it’s significant contrast to her expressive tone before. She’s obviously upset, but she knows she can’t argue with me. So she’s just following what I want.To think that just a few minutes ago, she was the one expecting me to follow anything she wanted. But now the tables have turned.‘Heh. What a satisfying turn around.’ I can’t stop smiling.The Direwolves’ sounds wake me up from my daydream and I inst
As the tentacle monster sings their painful cries, I look around the room.It’s just a regular average office, with a white design desk, a computer, a rolling chair, bookshelf, and a small snack bar. Seems like one of the executives’ private office.I walk around the desk to see anything behind it, and I found a person lying there on the floor with his eyes closed.“Oh thank God, you’re here.” I praised out loud.I don’t really remember which office this guy is trapped in in this floor. But I’m very lucky to have found him in the first one. It saves me some time.I walk over to him and examine his body. Judging by his outfit, he’s obviously a worker. He looked a bit older than Michael, probably in his 30s.There’s a trail of blood from the side of his head to his hair, which signifies a head injury. And he also has black eye, on his right eye, which meant that he had been involved in a fight.“Well. You’re unconscious just like in my memories. That’s good. But we can’t get out of here
SCREECHThe Prattas are crying in pain because their tentacles are stuck in between the doors. Their thorny mouth that is usually hidden had now opened as they cry, and their blood, which is dark green in color, are oozing from the door’s crevices.They can’t slither away, but they also cannot push the door open. They’re stuck. Their previously scary form had now turned into that of miserable children who can only cry.As they’re lamenting their broken tentacles, the door is suddenly pulled open. Their broken tentacles immediately fall to the floor and they immediately scurry away from the door.Their tentacles might be broken, but they can still sense where their enemies are. So they’re trying to run away.SRRKK… SCREECH! – they screech at the enemies in front of them.Terrence and the man he rescued who are already prepared, throw peanuts at the Prattas. Due to the plants screeching at them, their mouths are open, and some of the peanuts slipped into their mouths.They immediately g
I breathe in calmly, trying to recollect myself.“That was scary, but, good job!” The man gives me thumb up.“Aren’t the elevators broken?” I frown as I look at the numbers.“The VIP elevator is solely operated by the top Connector. So even though the others are disabled, if you have the access card, you can use it!” The man explained excitedly.“Why didn’t anyone tell me that? If I knew, I would’ve used it.” I mutter in annoyance.The man chuckles. “Well, your friend might not have known that either.”True. I remember the female cadet only saying it’s for level 1 worker, and the only information I can remember about that card is that it’s a key item for the last Connector. An executive might have given it to a cadet in hope that it would be useful for the rescue, and thankfully it is.‘Why did I not think about it?’ I curse myself for my obliviousness. But I decide to get past it. At least we have a mean to go upstairs without having to deal with monsters.But… If monsters had appear
“If you don’t, we’ll go to 29 and work our way down.” Rean said.What he just said makes my anxiety returns and I immediately protect the buttons from him. “Not 29!”“28, since you killed most of them in the hallway, we’ll clear the rest of the floors easily.” Rean bargained.“NOT 28 EITHER!!” I immediately push 27th floor. There’s still something I need to do there.“We’ll go our separate ways. The man is coming with me and we will go up once you’ve cleared the floor.” I told him with a nervous crack in my tone.Rean pulls me by my shoulder. “It’ll be much faster if we do it together. Besides, do you think 27th floor is clear from monsters? Have you been there?”“Hey! I have to save my bullets for unknown ambushes! I’ve already emptied a whole casing just firing on those you invited in here!” I yell at him, I was referring to the battle just now in 28th.He pulls away. “How many bullets you got left?”I take out the magazine in my gun and the ones I’ve reserved in my bag and pockets.
As we make our way to the end of the hallway, I realized that what he meant by 'offices' include small studios and dressing rooms.Of course, there is also an average office room with the Head Office designated inside which works like administration too. There are dead bodies of Prattas and a Direwolf there, and I found visible slash wounds on them. I don't know if it's caused by swords or axe, but it's surely either of those.I had the man hide in the Head Office inside that room after making sure it's safe. Luckily for him, it has water dispenser in there to accompany him while he wait.The man wishes me luck and I depart to my original mission.I breathe in and out evenly, trying to calm myself because the bang surely only get louder with each of my steps.I thought that experiencing slight changes in the story would accustom myself to more 'slight changes' in the future. But apparently not. Especially when the changes has potentially dangerous weapon and knows how to use it, and I