Before The Nightmare
-𝙑𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧
The train moved at a fast speed.
People talked and slept while waiting to reach their destination.
"Yo! Grey!"
Grey looked at the person who yelled his name.
He saw a European man, he didn't have any special features, the only thing that looked mildly interesting was his light blue eyes.
Grey looked surprised as he realized who this man was.
"Bennett? When did you get back?"
The man, who seemed to be Bennet, sat down next to Grey.
"Just today actually, How are you doing?"
"Well... Doing the best I could, Haha..."
"I heard you got dismissed from the police force?"
"Yeah... Apparently I wasn't fit to work there..."
"That sucks man. We can work something out if you want, you can work at my company!"
"Haha... Thanks, but I don't need to go back to work right now, but if the time comes I'll take you up on that offer"
"Oh ok..."
"So, how's my sister? Is she still mad at me?"
"Hannah? Oh she's doing fine. And yes... she's still mad at you"
"I expected as much... Haha..."
-𝙑𝙞𝙞𝙞𝙞𝙞𝙞𝙞𝙞𝙞𝙞𝙞𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙣𝙣𝙣𝙣𝙣𝙣𝙣𝙣𝙣𝙜𝙜𝙜𝙜𝙜𝙜
[Ding Dong]
The speaker announced that the train had stopped
"Oh, here's my stop. Let's catch up tomorrow Grey. I'll also talk to Hannah so you two can make up."
"Thanks Bennet, but it's fine. I wouldn't want to waste you're busy schedule on me."
"It's what friends do man! Alright, Bye!"
After a minute the train doors closed and kept going, It was almost 12 o clock, there wasn't that many people in the train.
{11:58}
Only about 30 people were in the train, some were asleep and some were looking at their phones.
Grey stared at the windows of the train absentmindedly. He was thinking about everything that happened this past month. Him and his sister started fighting after their father passed away, then he got dismissed from the the police force a week later. His paycheck was cut so he wasn't able to pay for rent. Nothing has been well for him.
{11:59}
It honestly all felt like a blurr to him... He still didn't know what was going on, he feels like he wants everything to be a dream.
He wanted to disappear from the world... maybe it'd be a good idea to just end it al-
{12:00}
-BOOM
A loud explosion occured inside of the train. It woke everyone up, there was no actual explosion but just the sound. Once everyone woke up, a light enveloped the entire train, it was so bright that it blinded everyone there.
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A man stood in a white room, he didn't have anything other than his clothes and his bag.
In front of the man was a translucent screen that read the following:
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[Choose A Difficulty]
• Easy
• Normal
• Hard
• Expert
• Hell
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When he opened his eyes, he was met with a pure white room that had nothing other than him. The room was so bright that he had to squint his eyes just to actually see.
"What in the..."
Grey looked around to check his surroundings but saw nothing.
The room was completely empty.
"WHERE THE 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗟 AM I?!?!"
As he said those words, the translucent screen that he ignored started to shine.
[You chose the difficulty: Hell! Congratulations!🎉]
"Eh?"
Before he could even assess what just happened, his body started turning into pure light.
It was a weird sensation, he could feel every molecule getting turned to light and flying away.
As much as he was interested, his fear took over.
He started struggling, and let out a gruesome scream.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH-"
He was cut off as his mouth became light as well.
Soon after his entire body turned to light and he disappeared from the white room
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[Level Up!]
"Hah... How many of these things are there? How long will they chase me, Jesus..."
He pulled out his makeshift knife from an unusually large boar.
He looked towards a wolf type creature that was struggling from its binds.
He went up towards it and stabbed it straight at its abdomen and started to dissect it.
Soon after the wolf was completely dissected, only the head and bones remained.
As if waiting for him to finish, a screen appeared in front of him
[You have unlocked
"Huh? Skills? Like game abilities?"
He checked his status screen to figure out what the message told him.
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[Status]
Name: Grey Venreal
Level: 10 (EXP: 567 / 1000)
HP: 91 / 100
Satiation: 97 / 100
Hydration: 52 / 100
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Even as he saw it, he was still confused. He clicked the
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[Skills]
{Unlocked}
{Locked}
{Locked}
{Locked}
{Locked}
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"What is this...?" He said as if asking the screen.
And to his surprise it responded.
[Would you like a tutorial on how to get skills?] {Y/N}
Grey was confused but clicked Y to relieve his curiosity.
For the next 5 minutes he learned how to get skills, he learned 2 things, That you could only ever get 5 skills, and you can gain skills proportional to the strength of the enemy you kill.
That was the basics on how to get skills. It was interesting but he wasn't about to risk his life to get something that he doesn't even understand. Maybe he'll get one if he's lucky just by killing wild animals. But for now, he needs to focus in surviving.
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-BAM
An explosion resounded across the horizon. And dust came flying at me.
"God, You scared me..."
I looked at the giant foot that took a step, I figured out that the foot takes a step once every week.
I call it, "Atlas" because of it's giant size, I bet it could hold the world up if it wanted.
Each time Atlas takes a step it makes craters that takes the form of a foot.
I also think that there are civilizations on each toe of Atlas. I could see structures that looked like buildings and houses. Well its just a speculation.
It's impossible to reach the "buildings" as it's too high up to climb. So I don't really know what's up there.
Not only that, Atlas' foot is in the sky for most of the week.
Well, Anyway enough of that. It has been almost 2 months since I've been here. I'm still confused, but I'm getting the hang of this world.
I mean, I'm never getting used to the ravenous monsters always looming around every corner but other than that I'm all good.
Using the leather and pelt that I get from the monsters I kill, I've crafted items that I need for my survival.
Like a makeshift knife made from the tusks of a Hell Boar, or the thick cape I made from a Great Wolf's pelt. (I named every monster I meet)
And so on so forth. I've made a number of things, one of the most useful is the cape. It's super thick so I can use it to block bites from wolves and catch them off guard. The downside is that it's very heavy.
"Hm?"
-RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
The loud sound made me subconsciously block my ears.
It sounded like a scream.
Before I could even tell what was going on, a large creature jumped above me. It didn't seem to care about me and kept running.
It looked like a "Prey". It's a simple name but I named it that way due to how monsters really like picking them off, not only that they taste really good.
But, I've been here long enough to know that Prey only run away like that when they're getting hunted.
The sound of multiple creatures galloping entered my ears.
I found a little hill with cover, and I used that to hide in.
Not long after, the heavy steps got louder and louder signaling that they were above me. Multiple horse like entities jumped above the little hill completely ignoring my presence.
As they got farther I saw saddles on the horses and entities riding on the horse' backs.
This is the first time I've seen intellectual creatures... Although they hardly look human.
The creatures are green and short, not only that they had ugly faces. No offense other race...
They seemed to resemble goblins. The one depicted in stories and myth.
They seem to chase the prey for something.
I don't consider myself a genius but I don't think this many creatures of intelligence would follow 1 prey...
Also, what was that scream? I don't know what screamed but it didn't seem to be the prey or the goblins.
So, out of curiosity I tailed the goblin looking species...