The two groups squared each other down, tension rapidly building up between them.The space around Eric's hand flickered subtly, his head inventory ready to deliver his weapon to his hand instantly.Amy's amber eyes brightened little by little, ready to release her skill at a moment's notice.The air around Nelson's hand danced and undulated from the heat emanating from them.Maric's skin was already glistening, ready to release the silvery liquid metal.Erica breathed shallowly, a small layer of frost unnoticeably spreading across her hand.The air and light around Chuck seem to turn a bit grim as a visible frown lined his face.Mr. Baker was ready to project a forcefield around the cohort incase of necessity. His expression, undecipherable.Matt, however, had a white cybernetic Glock in his hands but he hadn't pointed it at the cohort opposite them.They stared each other down for about a minute, as though each side was waiting for the next to make the first move.“I'll ask you guys
Chuck dodged a strike from a beast and retaliated by striking it with his mace, bashing its head in.[You have received 450 coins for slaying an Awakened Grade 5, Lesser Wendigo.]The rest of them were also up and about in their slaying business.“I thought you were actually serious when you said we'd be resting for a week.” Amy said, slashing a Wendigo that came for her.The Lesser Wendigo's form bore an eerie and creepy resemblance to that of a human, with elongated limbs and a gaunt emaciated torso with a pale grey skin that seemed to have been stretched to the limit.Their hollow eye sockets contained a pale red flame, while its skull was crowned with jagged, twisted antlers that were adorned with rusted dangling coins attached to the antlers by thin metal strings.The dungeon surrounding was filled with a cacophony of small metal hitting each other as the Wendigos moved about.“Not necessarily. I think I'm just addicted to dungeons.” Eric replied with a casual expression, shootin
The tower was being constructed, in the presence of the Wendigos outside the barrier, with Maric's metal and reinforced with Erica's ice Trait.Soon, an ethereal tower stood erect at about 14 meters tall with a body that glistened with unnatural light. It had several openings in it with turrets and cannons placed by Matt, making the tower a proper siege tower. They had even added a metal-ice wall, that was as thick as that of a castle's, all round the tower. Currently, they were all on this wall inspecting the tower from the outside.“Yeahhhh. That's not normal.” Eric shook his head as he inspected the tower.“What?! That's probably my life's work, when next would you see me do something like this again.” Erica asked, almost flaring up.“Calm down. Don't get me wrong. It's good and sturdy, very sturdy. But an hybrid structure of ice and metal? Does that sound normal to you?” Eric clarified.“Oh.” Erica simply said, contemplating his question.“It'll have to do.” Maric nodded and looke
The cacophony of bullet storms and gun barrels spinning and whirring came to a stop after about six minutes.The work was done. No one needed to be told that they've accomplished what they came for.Eric let go of hold on the gun, whose barrel and muzzle was already blazing hot like live coals in a furnace, and surveyed the landscape.It was as though World War 1 passed through the area where the dungeon was.His ears rang softly from the noise that they caused.“We sure reeked havoc on these things, huh?” Nelson said, his expression solemn as he sat on the wall behind his weapon.“We sure did.” Eric replied, solemnly as well.Everyone was quiet for about two minutes taking in the results of their handiwork.Black viscous blood, grey flesh, decimated buildings and massive craters was all that covered the landscape.Eric looked up and say the dungeon display message in front of them.[4/10 Wendigo Spawners destroyed]“Let's complete this dungeon raid properly guys.” He finally said be
They didn't bother with packing the bodies of the dead Wendigos and proceeded to just exit the dungeon. No one had the mental strength to start packing body pieces of a creature that would probably go for about 10,000 coins per body.“I'm starting to regret blasting these things to kingdom come. This is cool cash we're passing by.” Matt said in melancholy as he eyed the body pieces of the monsters.“Yeah sure. Only fodders like you would care for scraps. I'm definitely not interested in packing all of this.” Nelson spat hatefully as he walked, hands in his pocket.“Jeez, what's with the beef? Is it about that pistol joke?” Matt frowned and turned his attention towards Nelson who was walking in front of him.“Don't chat to me fam.” Nelson said sharply and hastened his steps slightly.Matt merely shrugged it off and they all kept walking.Chuck and Eric were the ones walking at the back of the cohort.“You defeated a dungeon boss single-handedly, well done bro.” Eric complimented him si
Perhaps it was arrogance, perhaps it was confidence. The fact remained that they were eager to see what would actually try to trap them.They got to the base without checking the surroundings and just went about their normal after-raid routine; cooking, playing games, checking out the world chat and the leaderboard rankings as well as eventually resting for the day.“To be very honest, this is wrong. Very wrong.” Maric protested casually as he went through the shop items to see if there was anything worthwhile.“What is?” Amy asked, directing her attention to him.“I know we're all strong. Just more two grades to go and we would be regarded as Awakened Pinnacle entities. But I still think, we should take necessary precautions and not underestimate their group even if they are somewhat weak.” Maric explained himself as he continued scrolling through several items.“There's eight of them and this is the breakdown of their Traits.” Eric said on his seat with utmost seriousness.Everyone’
Several hours passed and nothing came, even as it was nearly midnight. Eric had briefed them on the abilities of Jasmine's cohort so they were well informed.“I doubt if those bastards will show up, I'm too tired from the speedy advancement today. I’mma go sleep.” Nelson said before going to lay on his mattress.Eric nodded and started walking towards the door.“Yeah… I'll keep…” His voice stopped abruptly and a smile slowly found its way to his lips.There were holographic screens in front of him, his usual unique screen.[Analysis: The shadows are moving towards you. Be advised.][Analysis: A user of Stealth is dangerously close by. Be advised.][Analysis: You're being watched! Be advised.]“They're here.” Eric said with a calm voice, his face already neutral again.Everyone was on high alert but just as planned, they didn't behave as though they were expecting an ambush.He opened the door to see an arrow and an hatchet flying towards him. The arrow had an odd red glow around it wh
Mark didn't recognise the weapon in his hand simply because it was disguised as a pair of jade green escrima sticks so he didn't fret much.‘What is giving these bastard this confidence though? He said something about me being a bad person too. What?’Eric couldn't help but wonder what was going on.The 10-foot giant swung his hammer at blurry speeds at Eric hopping to smack him away like a golf ball being hit.Eric launched himself into the air, totally avoiding the blow, before swinging one of his escrima sticks at Mark.However, it was a mere taunt. The swing wasn't meant to hit the target and it was even swung halfheartedly, without vigour or intentions.Mark was about to make a remark about Eric being sloppy but a concussive force smacked him on the side of his head, knockinhg him to the side and stunning him a bit.The wind generated from the half-hearted swing of the disguised Divine Smite was strong enough feel like an actual attack from Eric.Mark's nose and ears bled from th