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
The flashes in the distance had stopped for a while now and the two weren't even close to where Eric was, but they had an idea of his general location.…Eric was heading for the stairs of the skyscraper when the building shook and noise came from above him.He stopped and looked up at the ceiling in confusion.“What are they even doing?” He couldn't quite get what was going on with the building but the shaking persisted.“Don't tell me those guys are drilling through the building from the roof!” He voiced out his thoughts before stopping abruptly and running back outside.Just as he predicted, part of the ceiling of the ground floor came crumbling down behind him, sending dust everywhere.Luckily, he had already gotten outside. He turned and saw that a large silver drill had fallen through the building.“Now I'm beginning to wonder which one of us is an animal.” Eric muttered softly.The large metal drill soon melted into its silvery liquid state and unfurled itself to reveal the spe
Nelson was running with all he had while keeping an eye on his fatigue counter.[Fatigue: 61%]“Dammit, how far did that idiot fly?” Nelson gritted his teeth and continued running with all he had.He couldn't even see Amy anymore but he was sure that that she was already there or perhaps very close to the place.A strange sound soon reached his ears but he dismissed it and continued running. He was painstakingly close now, he couldn't afford to be distracted.Soon, the sound became audible and distinctive from the usual nightly ambience. He took a quick glance behind him to see what was making the noise and he was shocked.“Huh? What sort of car is that?!” He blurted out instinctively, almost compelled to stop.The said car was a sedan with a glistening black coat, nothing weird about that. What caught his attention was the fact that there was some kind of minigun mounted on its roof firing at some things behind the vehicle.“Nelson! Get in!” A shrill feminine voice pierced his ears,
Eric had taken the place of Matt Baker at the skylight but it wasn't to stall the advancing monsters.Directing mana into his body as well as his voice box, he let out a ear splitting shriek that rocked the vehicle a bit.The advancing creatures hit the brakes on their pursuit and observed the retreating vehicle. The evil glint in their eye became more profound and glaring and they chased the car with newfound vigour and strength, hollering as they did so.“What the fawk did you do?! They didn't make noise when they chased us the first time.” Nelson said tapping Eric aggressively.Eric's put his head back into the car and smirked.“I called for help and also added a bit of provocation to it, also marking the denizens as target.” “So if the Queen of Storms comes to our aid, she'll think that the denizens had provoked her to come.” He quickly added, satisfied by his actions.Motherfawker! Nelson couldn't help but smile softly at Eric.“You've got nerves fodder. You got one hell of a ne
They'd been driving at full speed for hours and the horizon was now tinted with an orange hue. The rain had also long stopped its frenzy although the area over the battlefield field was still overcast.The car revved its last somewhere around Upper Manhattan so they had the alight from the vehicle.All of them were mentally drained as they looked for an intact or semi-intact building to take shelter in.The faces of everyone there was pale from dread at the near death encounter. For the original members of the cohort, this wasn't their first time but for Maric and Samuel Baker, this was their own near death encounter, their own narrow escape episode.The soon found an intact building to hide within and they did so promptly. Eric had alerted them that the area was relatively safe for their level with ogres, goblins and imps here and there.“I can't believe I survived that encounter.” Maric settled down on the floor and rested his back on a wall.“Welcome to the faction called Death Cou
Just as Eric took off quietly, two pair of eyes opened inside the building. The first pair sported amber coloured eyes while the second pair of eyes sported dark orange hue.They both stood up discreetly and simultaneously walked out. They both glanced at each other before also taking off after Eric.…Eric ran for about two minutes, determined to discard the creature and be done with it before anyone notices his absence, and soon he was there.[Analysis: You are being followed. Be advised!][An Awakened Grade 4, River Denizen, has set its sights on you. Survive!]Eric's heart tightened and he wheeled instantly to see who was trailing him but he saw nobody. He furrowed his brows and turned his attention back to the dying monster.The monster let out a weak growl as it crawled towards him, its eyes were dark and grim and it could barely move its limbs.“You pathetic little thing. You… instead of you to find somewhere to heal and recuperate before continuing your hunt, you believe even
Eric's body, currently in the possession of the River Denizen's consciousness, was on his knees due to the command given by Amy Walters.As soon as he went on his knees forcefully, a shadow was cast upon him. He soon raised his head to see what it was.‘What the-’Before him was Nelson, who had lunged at him with his fist reared backwards. His fist was coated with red swirling energies and his face was scary, to say the least.It was as though Nelson had lost all reason and was out to shed blood.The blow landed squarely on Eric's face throwing him backwards from his kneeling position, albeit slightly.Eric growled before twirling his fingers, and gathering mana.Several droplets of water formed and coalesced around his hand till they shot out at the duo at incredible speeds.Eric was taking the most minimal damage possible because none of them had the power to fully negate fourty two durability points.Nelson, who is on full battle mode, simply incinerated the droplets with his flame
They had all eaten breakfast, courtesy of Erica, with Chuck and Matt getting the smallest share due to one reason or the other.They soon rounded themselves up and started to discuss their next course of action. They were determined not to remain weak to the threats that the world held for them.“Alright guys about the main quest…” Eric opened the floor. “We can clearly see that it's already at 2% completion, despite the fact that the quest was given just about twenty four hours ago.”Everyone mentally willed the quest window to appear before them and they confirmed that it was already at 2% completion.“This goes to show that with or without us, the quest will continue. And those that have already started to participate in this quest are growing stronger as well.” He continued, soliciting the response of everyone present.“And with the way humans attack humans due to mistrust and pressure and even greed and ill intent, we'll need to become stronger as well.” Nelson chipped in.“So to