While aimlessly walking away from Anita and the carnage I left behind, I could hear someone shouting “She said he went in this direction! We can’t let him get away!”
WARNING HOST IS IN DANGER OF BEING CAPTURED BY THE IMPERIAL GUARD.
EMERGENCY QUEST HAS BEEN ASSIGNED:
QUEST: FLEE THE CITY
YOU ARE IN DANGER OF CAPTURE, IMPRISONMENT, AND POSSIBLY EXECUTION. FLEE THE CITY TO THE WASTELANDS BEFORE YOU ARE APPREHENDED.
REWARD: 1 LVL UP
FAILURE: IMPRISONMENT, AND/OR DEATH
BECAUSE YOU FAILED TO ALLOCATE YOUR STAT POINTS THE BLOODLINE SYSTEM HAS ALLOCATED THEM FOR YOU.
+5 POINTS TO AGILITY, +5 POINTS TO DEXTERITY
“Ah Shit, just when I thought this day couldn’t get any worse.” I shouted as I Immediately started to run down the street. I was able to run faster than I have ever ran before. I wasn’t sure which way to go but I felt this odd pull towards a certain direction, as if something or someone was guiding me there. “I can hear him he is just up ahead.” Fuck they’re getting closer. Just as I was about to cross another intersection, I heard a voice. “Left.” what the fuck. I don’t have time to even contemplate the origin, my insanity or even whether I should trust it or not. Fuck it I turned left. “Keep going three blocks then turn right.” As I was following the voice’s instructions, I could hear the voices of the guards getting further away. “Good, now take a Left, keep going. You will see someone blocking your path through the gate. You need to attack without hesitation.”
As I approached the gate, I saw him. It was Taylor, my best friend...who...betrayed me. Who ruined everything. Why, why did he tell...Anita! Anita was hurt because of him! And now she is terrified of me, and the Imperial guard is after me, like I need a reason to attack him. As I ran towards him, I activated battle mode. Time began to slow, I leapt into the air spinning with a round house kick towards his face, ok he is going to block me and attempt to throw me to the ground. Not only was he able to move in real time, but he was even moving a little faster than me. As he was throwing me to the ground he spoke “Good it looks like you finally learned how to move in battle mode.” Before I hit the ground, I used the gained momentum putting my hands out springing into a back flip.
Feeling the wind shift I could tell he was running up behind me. I spun around with a backhand to where I could picture his head being, and he blocked it with ease. I started to throw a series of punches and kicks targeting the highlighted spots on his face, body and legs. Before my attacks connected the highlighted spots would disappear or change positions. While blocking every kick and punch, he continued to speak. “Your combat style has certainly improved, but it won’t be enough for the waste lands” He jumped with a back flip landing 10 meters away from me. I ran up to him. He is going to hit me with a palm strike to the chest. I need to twist my body and pivot slightly to the side. Crap I’m not going to be fast enough. His palm struck me and sent me flying back into the wall of one of the buildings. It knocked the air right out of me.
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As I was gasping for air he continued “Stay there for a minute and just watch.” “F... fuck you” I responded while trying to regain my breath. “Alright it should be any minute now.” He muttered completely ignoring my comment. In that moment a massive wolf, no, not a wolf, it was...just, wrong. Half of its face was gone, not looking like it was torn off, but never there to begin with. I could clearly see it’s skull with black sinewy muscles wrapping around it. The muscles had small black tentacles protruding out of it wiggling and squirming as if they were separate living entities. This beast was missing massive patches of skin all over its body looking much like it’s face. Black veins glowed all throughout its body. It’s fangs were elongated and looked like polished obsidian, and it’s claws looked serrated and gave off a black mist like substance. It was a corrupted.
Taylor then took a different stance, one I hadn’t seen before. He crouched slightly lower to the ground with his left hand stretched out, open palm facing the beast with his legs spaced slightly past shoulder width. The corrupted then ran and leapt towards Taylor with an opened maw, getting ready to rip his arm off. Taylor then couched even lower stepping forward with his front leg keeping his rear leg firmly planted on the ground barely dropping below the beast’s jaw. He then brought his rear leg up to the other while standing and pushing his palm upward just under the wolf’s jaw slamming it shut. His movement was smooth and graceful, deceitfully looking as if he was merely tapping the beast, with the force of his blow betraying the image. A blast of air looked as if it had come from Taylor’s palm and passed into the beast straight through the top of its head. The wolf's entire upper body was flung up as if it was trying to stand on its hind legs.
Enraged the wolf reacted at once, using its returning momentum as its upper body was returning to the ground swiping one of its claws right towards his head. He then spun to the side away from the wolf, striking his palm against the wolf’s leg inward towards its body. A resounding crunch could be heard as its leg broke inward just under its head. As its head slammed to the ground, Taylor lifted his leg straight up in the air dropping his heal right on its head, caving it in. He then turned and started to slowly walk towards me. “Now keep in mind that this alone will not kill a corrupted, they were still once divine like beings.” As he was speaking, I could see the wolf’s head reforming itself and its leg begging to snap in place. “In order to kill a corrupted you must completely remove and destroy its core.” While he was still speaking the wolf started running towards him leaping and aiming for his neck. “Every corrupted has its core located in a different location.” he said as he rolled towards the leaping beast. He was now under its stomach. He then jumped up with his elbow pointing towards its underbelly, and his lower arm was holding the hand to his upper, pushing his elbow right into its now exposed stomach. As his elbow connected another blast of air traveled through the beast’s stomach and out it’s back as a dull black sphere wrapped in those same black slimy tendrils shot out of its body. As the wolf fell to the ground, Taylor caught the orb. The tendrils tried to wrap around his arm, but he crushed it before they could connect. The tendrils then started to fall apart, but instead of leaving dust behind it seemed to have just evaporated into the air. “You need to find this core while fighting for your life, if you want to survive. You will grow stronger, but you must never give in, nor lose your spark.” “Why? Why betray me just to help me again? Why did you tell Johnny all those things? He was going to rape her, we could have died.” I responded, starting to get up from the ground. “You don’t have time for me to explain, just know I am always on your side, and am willing to sacrifice anyone or anything to make sure you reach your potential.” “What? My potential? But how did you...?” “There is no time.” Taylor responded. “Leave, go into the wastelands, and don’t die.”
As I ran through the gate I could hear an imperial guard shouting, “Come on he ran towards the gate” Once I was deep enough into the wastelands, I hid into the remains of a once tall sky scrapper. Once inside I finally tried to focus on the angrily blinking icon in my lower left vision.