The blonde bearded man and Drake, the goth, trained their snipers at the entrance of the store.Several smoke grenades were thrown by the men downstairs and some by the snipers.The men, all of them dressed like robbers in black, trooped for the entrance with guns in hand.“Halt!” The illusory voice came again, domineering as ever.The men found themselves unable to move despite how much they tried to move.Amy exhaled and tore open her eyes that shone a dangerous bright amber light. Her form turned ghostly and she disappeared from her position with a gust of wind in her position.An ethereal silver glint was seen by the seven figures that aimed to storm the store and with a metallic ring, Amy was behind all of them, facing away from them.Their attention was drawn to her automatically and as they hoped to move, Amy sheathed her katana.As soon as she did, the silver glint permeated the air again and a red fog covered the area.All seven men fell down to the ground, lifeless and decap
“I hope you burn in hell!” Eric spat on the corpse, stepped over them and returned to the main room of the store.He had now accepted that humans, whether in a perfect world or not, will continue to be humans.The world awakening that happened on earth has solidified the survival of this world as a dog-eat-dog survival strategy.Throwing literal predators into the world has made it so that one would have to kill or be killed.‘It doesn't have to be this way. If need be I'll grow stronger and hunt the system.’As soon as he had this thought, he could have sworn he heard a distant snickering sound. He wheeled to check on the corpse but analysis showed that they were dead.‘Huh, that's weird.’He continued on ignoring the sound that lasted for a second, ruminating over the fact that he had just killed a human.‘That was a necessary evil. I would have been the one to die instead.’He consoled himself internally and walked even faster, pushing the thought to the deepest parts of his mind.
Just as the cohort settled down for rest during the rain, they all received alerts.[Greetings Awakened, please find, attached to this alert, a ‘terms and condition’ contract. Read it and sign at the end whether you want to keep the system or not.] However, one alert was specific to Eric. One alert he usually dreaded was now right before him again.[Analysis: An Awakened Grade 1, Queen of Storms, is in the vicinity. Be advised!]Not long after the alerts, a loud unearthly screech pierced through the air, generating a forward blast of wind that seemed to stop the rain for two seconds before continuing.Following this screech, the rain intensified and turned in a storm with lightning now snaking across the sky and striking tall buildings.“What the hell?!” Matt exclaimed, visibly mortified by the screech.Everyone, in fact, was shaken by this screech.“An Awakened Grade 1, Queen of Storms is in the vicinity.” Eric shouted so his voice could be heard over the loud storm that seemed to be
The cohort trooped outside the store into the raging storm and ghastly winds, with minds that they would probably die right there. They were somehow hopeful that Eric was right due to his trait.The moth creature was sporting a cream colored furry coat with large black spots. Its body and wings seemed to be wreathed in blue lighting that was continuously snaking in and out of its body and through its wings.It flew of its position, causing several large chunks of the building to fall to the group a few meters from them.Eric looked down and saw that the road in which they stood was covered with rapidly flowing runoff water.‘So much rain!’The moth landed directly before them and screeched discreetly. If it was the normal screech, they would have their internals ruptured or worse.Its needle-like legs wounded the asphalt below and cracked it. It looked at the humans with rage as though it would slay them any minute.“You're not one of them! Who are you?” The soft ethereal sound whisper
Everyone had freshened up and were now pondering whether to leave the store or to remain there as a permanent abode.“We don't know how many survivors there are and I can't stay like this till the end of the world. Don't you wanna leave this city at least once in your life? On foot?” Erica said, sporting a smile after the last question.“The fawk you think I am? A nomad? I've left New York more than ten time in my life but you can't expect me to trek out of New York.” Nelson retorted.“What choice do you have though? It's not like you can call for a private lift of something. This world is kind of done for so I doubt any tech might still be available.” Amy answered him with a neutral tone.Matt, Chuck and Eric were silent in this meeting. The first two guys acted like spectators, they were fine with the decision the group makes as long as they were all together. Eric, however, had his head buried in in the contract details as he chewed gum.The group decided not to bother him and let
Two days went past fast with it being pristine, very pristine.After the two days went by, everyone with the system got the notification.…[[Main Quest]][Quest Name: Open Up The Earth][Quest Details: It is time to see how wrecked your world is and how much it has changed. Explore and Conquer all the dungeons and rifts in the world. These dungeons and rifts can be found by stumbling across it randomly or acquiring raid cards to expose the location of these locations. Good Luck!][Quest Completion: 0%][Main Rewards: Opportunity to Open up Earth Amalgam.][Subsidiary Rewards: Depends on percentage participation.][Upon Failure: Expungement of the Human Race from the System.][Time Remaining: -]…“Woah! Expungement of the Human race from the system?!” Matt exclaimed, his eye widened.“Relax.” Eric calmed him down and sighs.He found a place to sit and continued.“It's a team effort and we'll only be getting three main quests throughout this…well, all through our lives so yeah. The qu
It was nighttime and the world became vibrant visually. The sky was covered with a mystical aurora, the horizon, as far as the eye could see and in every direction, was dotted with pillars of light of different colours that ascended from the ground to the depths of the sky.Nelson was on the roof of the skyscraper opposite the store looking at the sky and myriads of colourful pillars that dotted the landscape.He tipped the wine glass towards his mouth and sipped the content within it, his free hand in his pocket.His expression was likened to that of forlornness and his eyes distant.“Woaaaaaaah!” Eric's scream reached his ears, causing him to look back at the store below, over the edge.His eyes widened and he backed away from the edge immediately, almost stumbling on his bum.A figure blitzed, past the very edge of the roof of the skyscraper, into the sky.The figure was humanoid and was flying really drunkenly and wobbly as though it was its first time flying.“Wahhhh!” The scream
Eric and the Queen of Storms soared amidst the thunder filled clouds as though a parent bird was leading its child somewhere.He was having the time of his life, momentarily forgetting that he was in a broken world.Although he was having fun, doing barrel rolls and whirly-twirlies, he stayed true to his mission of scouting the area. He had already counted and marked six dungeons that they'll raid soon enough. There was also a small scale rift in the area, one that didn't have a pillar of light to its name.He communicated with the moth and quickly bid it farewell before turning left to open more areas.He actively scanned the area below with analysis and saw several creatures of different kinds, both large and small.No human so far. Eric sighed as he flew in a wide circle, his eyes darting from outline to outline. A few were just a grade above his level but it was nothing he couldn't handle with his current stats… probably.[MP: 300/410]He glanced at the screen that randomly poppe