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
The red barrier around the dungeon solidified, locking them inside the dungeon, as soon as the system confirmed that those were the challengers of the dungeon.“We're locked in. This is where the fun starts. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first ever raid of our lives.” Maric told them with a nervous smirk on his face.Everyone was nervous, even the one that claimed to be a soldier. The viscous liquid metal associated with Maric condensed out of thin air and formed a spear in his hands. He brandished it several times and exhaled alongside everyone else.[Welcome to the Domain of The Green Dread.]‘Green Dread?’ Eric furrowed his brow as he read the big holographic screen in front of him.The screen's surface transitioned and displayed another set of texts.[This dungeon is a spawner type dungeon. You know what to do. The trail begins.]“Eric! What's a spawner type dungeon?” Amy quickly asked.Not standing on the occasion, Eric answered immediately.“Simply put, it's a dungeon th
Eric's eyes, with active Analysis, scanned the entire dungeon while being surrounded by several Treants out for blood.The armour on his body added durability to his already durable body so the blows the treants dealt weren't even taking anything out of his health points.He soon found what he was looking for, the first Treant spawner.As he was about to signal to Amy that he had found it, he got ganged upon by a group of Treants.‘What the hell?!’He soon got buried under a mass of writhing humanoid trees and they were fusing together to bury him permanently underground.“Eric!” Erica noticed that her twin was being buried alive and shouted, trying to make her way to him.Her aura swirled and the Treants trying to approach her got frozen solid.“Dammit! Fodder!” Nelson called out as he struggled to escape the grip of multiple Treants.The mass of Treants squirmed and tightened to squash their prey into the asphalt. They suddenly convulsed and the smell of burning wood permeated the a
Amy destroyed the first spawner and the vines in the immediate area shrivelled up and died immediately.“Way to go. Now to look for the other spawners in less than seven minutes.” Eric said almost dejectedly. His eyes were already glowing a bright blue as he gazed through the walls and ceiling.His dejected expression soon brightened.“Well I'll be damned, hahaha. I found two more and they are right beside each other.” Eric brightened, his face smiling as he pointed at the wall.Maric nodded and walked forward towards the wall.“What are you doing? He doesn't mean it's behind the wall you know?” Nelson questioned the man with an eyebrow raised.“Oh Eric is aware of what I'm about to do.” Maric said simply.Droplets of silver liquid condensed and coalesced around Maric and they soon formed a large solid drill.“...” Nelson was speechless when he saw the construct. “Bruh!”“It'll work. Trust the process.” Eric smiled nervously before walking forward to Maric. “I'll guide you.”Eric plac