Story Reader / Border Pact / Achilles / Story
Continuing down the underground tunnel, darkened walls and dim light replace the sun and the heat.
Suddenly, you hear the barely perceptible pop of a tripwire. Before you can react, Lucia's already on the move.
With a flash of her blade, Lucia intercepts the bolts. They fall to the ground, bent and deformed.
Look out!
It's an auto-crossbow. Mechanoid standard issue.
Ballistics indicate that a direct hit would have gone straight through the commandant's standard issue body armor.
No more casual strolling...
Inver-Device sensor shows an increased number of strange mechanic structures and sensors here.
This means we might be close to the central hub where the servers are.
As the group discusses the close shave, Pulao is abnormally quiet, trying her best to act inconspicuous.
Ugh... What's going on?
None of the mechanoids responded to my secret code...
Have they all...
Pulao glances around in a panic, and accidentally steps on a pressure plate.
In one moment she's yanked backward by the collar, and in the very next, she sees six arrows sticking out of the ground where she just stood.
No zoning out on the battlefield.
...
This probably will attract another Corrupted horde. We'd best prepare for battle.
