BRAGR) It Begins Part 2

I watched as everyone sucked in a cold breath before I cleared my throat and continued: “You should understand that I am not here to care about those outside. Myself and everyone here who will be protecting those who can not fight yet, are only enough to protect you and only you. Those outside are not allowed in, and we will not step foot outside this barrier to help them. Their lives are their own. I suggest you all understand that only those within the organization are people you can trust at this time.”

In the past few nights, besides helping set up the cottage to be ready for an influx of players who would be setting up stalls, we had also helped many of the players Derrick had found level up. The cottage needed a safe zone for players to enter and rest which was a wide area around the road where we set up a barrier that only repelled monsters.

We also created a massive basement under the cottage, which we decided to turn into an underground base in game. When we thought of that idea for the cottage, during the day, we began work on another underground base. It by-passed the tunnels already present in New York and was set up under it all spanning in all directions under our territory, with multiple floors. Angel worked very hard on that.

But because we were now digging underground, we could dig down to around forty-three miles before we would ever hit magma. And even then, we could probably use magic to keep the magma at bay. This was a lot of space. If you added up the actual area we had above ground as our territory, it was around forty-eight thousand square feet. You could think of it as a small country with how much space we actually had, above and below ground.

“I know this might sound horrible, and some of you will sympathize who are trapped outside but do not get any ideas. They can’t get in, and if you leave, neither can you. Survival of the fittest is what the world will be like for the foreseeable future. Alright, this took too much time. Everyone disperse and hunker down!” I gave the order, and everyone luckily listened.

“Zoe, how do we know the monsters won’t come from the dungeon?” Angel looked very worried, but I only smiled.

“Don’t worry, we are going to put a barrier around it now.” I looked over at Hilde, who bowed, then turned around and began walking towards the dungeon. This dungeon would soon become our cash cow, and the people in these buildings would be part of our organization. Protecting them and our cash cow was important. If monsters poured out of the dungeon, they would end up crushing each other. Since Hilde was my summon I could actually gain experience if she just killed them all as well.

My current quest only tells me to survive, so I do wonder just how long I need to survive for. Going by what I can tell from this quest, the timer will update once it reaches zero. I sighed as I took Angel’s hand and began walking towards our apartment building. “Let’s go to the roof. Let’s watch the world end from there.”

“Okay.” Angel hugged my arm. As we walked past Derrick, he gave me a nod before walking toward our offices. He still had a lot to do.

Angel and I walked to the rooftop and looked out over the city. Due to the amount of monsters spawning there were now pillars of smoke rising into the sky in dotted areas across the city. “Zoe, I know you told me the world was coming to an end, but seeing it for myself is just. It’s a lot to take in.”

“This is what we have been working so hard for. And from here on out we will need to work even harder. If it was not for your father setting many things up for us, we would not be where we are now. The internet might be going down for a while here soon. While we do have satellite hooked up, the speeds are not the best, and we might even get disconnected. That is if we even need it anymore.” I had been wondering about it for the past two days. If my dreams were different now, then maybe there was a connection between game and reality. Maybe the internet was no longer needed.

“We can only test it out once things calm down,” Angel replied, to which I nodded my head. We could only tell after the fact.

“Five minutes…” I let out a sigh as I looked at my timer. The clock was ticking. Angel hugged my arm and looked up at me. I knew how worried she was. I leaned down and gave her a kiss. “We just need to survive.”

“Mmm…”

[Quest Updated]

[Hidden Mythic Quest: ‘Worldly Connections’ Started]

[Conditions Updated…]

[You have discovered a connection between the two worlds. To enter the gates, you must overcome the first trial.]

[Trial Now Started! 126:00:00:00]

[First Trial: Survival (Earth)]

[Earth is under attack by a monster wave. Secure your area and find the core, which is spawning monsters. The trial will end in 126 days if you destroy the core.]

[Failure to destroy the core will result in a penalty.]