Infernal Apocalypse

I didn’t really understand what it mean to ‘will’ one of the wisps in front of me to enter my body, but all I did was think about wanting one of them to come and it literally dashed towards me.

I also expected some type of big shock when the wisp made contact with my body but no…there was none of that. When it reached my body, it kind of just entered. No big fanfare or anything. I mean yeah my body suddenly tensed up all over while that one wisp of Qi ran rampant in my body tearing everything up, but it didn’t hurt for some reason.

It felt almost natural to me. It took also almost 30 minutes I think of having the wisp go all over my body tearing things up so much that wounds appeared on my skin almost everywhere.

Yet despite all of that, it didn’t hurt.

Even the little scratch marks from the Goblins hurt more than this. I really don’t understand what’s going on at all.

Theres wounds all over my body, and I literally felt my insides being ripped to shreds...but I feel fine.

After the wisp of Qi left my body, I sat there on the washroom floor for a few minutes in silent contemplation before a sudden wave of tiredness overcame me. This was definitely not a normal thing and I’m sure it had something to do with the whole absorbing Qi thing, but this was crazy. I’m barely able to keep my eyes open.

I barely got up and dragged my still naked body to my cot before plopping down and fell asleep almost instantly. Really glad that I rented the entire house to myself.

While Raizen was off to dreamland, the rest of the Outpost wasn’t so quiet. It took a few days, but more people finally made their way to the Outpost. A lot more people. Upwards of 100 people showed up in one big group. Every single one of them looked haggard and filled with wounds all over their bodies.

They had a few discussions about whether or not they should approach the Outpost with the green man standing out in front, but they felt like their backs were up against a wall, so they made the decision to approach. As someone who appeared to be a leader like figure stepped out in front of the group with a sword he gripped tightly as his waist.

“Excuse me Sir. My name is Richard. My companions and I are kindly seeking shelter if you are able to provide it.” Even though he was tired, in pain, nervous and a whole host of other things, Richard did his best to be respectful to the green mad in front of him.

Though some might say approaching this large a structure with a green alien standing in front as a Earthling in a Tutorial with monsters trying to kill you, and asking for shelter wasn’t the best idea, but they really didn’t know what else to do.

Thankfully the green man standing in front of the gates was of course Eriog who responded with a smile on his face.

“Hi there Richard! Welcome to Outpost G! You and the entire group behind you are of course welcomed here! Entry into the Outpost is free for the first five days of the Tutorial, inside you will find many things that will be helpful for your survival for the rest of the Tutorial.

I recommend heading straight for the central building. Again, welcome to Outpost G!”

Richard and the group were a bit taken aback by the sudden welcome, but receiving even the faintest piece of hospitality since the Tutorial started was enough for some of the people in the group to start crying. A group that included, men, women, children and the elderly.

Not everyone adapted to the Tutorial in the same manner Raizen did.

Eriog wasted no time in opening the gates, and ushering the large group in. A few of them tried to ask him more about the Outpost and the Tutorial in general but he simply smiled and waved them in not bothering to answer a single thing.

Despite the hustle and bustle of the situation it didn’t take very long for the entire group to make into the Outpost and the gates were closed once more.

Eriog simply went back to standing in front of the gate, calmy waiting for more people to approach.

Meanwhile inside the Outpost the group was taking in all the sights, while making their way towards the central building.

Once they reached the central building, all of them tried to enter together before a shout was heard from inside.

“Only a few at a time! All of you can’t fit in here!”

Richard, who was at the front, saw the person that yelled at them, and upon noticing it was another green person he hesitated for a moment, before turning around and gave a few instructions to everyone behind him.

“It seems we can’t all fit in the building, so I’ll go with Brandon. The rest of you can just wait here, the place seems safe for now so if you choose to walk around please don’t go by yourself.

I’ll go and try to gather some information and hopefully we can finally figure out what’s going on here.”

Although it’s only been a few days since the Tutorial has started, the group was already used to listening to most of the things Richard asked of them. So, after a few nods and a couple verbal answers to show they all understood, Richard himself nodded back and walked into the building proper, with Brandon silently trailing right behind him. Both of them of course had swords and hadn’t released the tight grip on them since they entered the Outpost.

Once inside it was Richard who spoke up first.

“Hello there Miss, my name is Richard. I was told by the man at the gate that this building would be of great help to me and my group. Is that correct?” Although Richard was still a little tense as he spoke, he was able to sound respectful enough and got his words across as he intended to.

Of course, Greja noticed how tense he was but didn’t point it out as this behavior was expected for most of the people in the Tutorial.

“Welcome to the Outpost Shop! Here you can exchange orbs for coins and then use those coins to purchase the things you need! The going exchange rate for is 1 uncommon orb for 10 Copper Coins.”

Before Richard and Brandon could even digest everything Greja said, she snapped her fingers and the shop popped up in front of both.

Instead of the slower approach she took with Raizen when they first met, she quickly explained everything as she realized this man represented the big group who tried to enter and would probably have a lot of questions, not that she was going to answer all of them but the sooner the better.

As Richard stared at the screen showing what was in the shop, his shoulders visibly loosened and so did the grip on his sword. He was still a little skeptical of everything, but it seemed the place was safe enough in his eyes based on what was being offered.

He had a number of questions, but one thing stood out the most to him.

“Excuse me miss, there is a note in the shop saying House 13 is unavailable. Does that mean a group is already renting it?” Thinking it was that another group of people was already in the Outpost Richard wanted confirmation, so that he may seek them out afterwards for information.

“It is unavailable to due to being rented out by an individual. All other houses and rooms are available.”

Hearing the response gave Richard a pause.

“An individual? So only one person is renting the entire house?”

“That’s right.”

“How many houses are in the Outpost? And how many rooms are in each one? I apologize in advance if I’m asking too many questions.”

“No need to apologize, this is basic information. There are a total of 18 houses in the Outpost. Each house has 3 bedrooms with 1 cot each, along with 1 washroom per house.”

Greja didn’t want to talk to this man so much, let alone any questions with Raizen potentially involved, but this line of questioning was apart of the few she was expected to give an answer to.

“Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions, I’ll come back once I’ve discussed a plan with my group, as we have limited.”

“Take care!”

And with that Richard turned around and walked out of the store with Brandon in tow. He had a lot on his mind regarding the Tutorial, surviving, the shop, the green people he just met, and now thinking how to get whoever was renting House 13 to share the rooms within because as it stands there wasn’t enough space for his entire group.

Of course, Raizen had no idea this was going on, as he slept like a baby in his humble abode.

Greja, calmy watched the two men leave the shop, wondering to herself that they don’t decide to cause trouble for Raizen. The young man may be good at killing Goblins, but how would he do if his fellow people attacked him?

She was also glad that Jrino agreed to make the item hidden for anyone not named Raizen, it would raise too many questions otherwise.