Darling of Fate: A LitRPG Apocalypse Adventure by Sean Dunning

Author:Sean Dunning [Dunning, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2024-04-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

Duckies Can't Talk!

You have killed Fred Wilkens - 3 kills

+ 3 Chaos Points

You have killed Ray Davis - 6 kills

+8 Chaos Points

You have surpassed 10 Chaos Points — Wardens will be on guard in your presence.

What the hell? Chaos points? I cleared the notifications, focusing on my surroundings. I couldn’t rule out the possibility that these guys had friends, so I couldn’t afford to let down my guard yet. Leaving the bodies and gear for later, I pulled my knife out of Ray’s eye and surveyed the rooftop.

There was ductwork and multiple air conditioner units dispersed around the roof, but a quick scan let me know there was no one else lurking up there. A shed with a propped-open door led down into the building. With a baseball in one hand and my knife in the other, I slowly approached the doorway. I left the dead man’s rifle—it would be useless in the tight confines of a stairwell, and I was confident in my ability to throw my knife with pretty damn good accuracy if I needed range.

Throwing knife poised for a quick release, I slowly descended the stairs. The overhead light fixtures were smashed, so the stairwell was dark except for the light penetrating through the open roof door. When I reached the next landing, I paused, my ears straining to hear even the slightest indication of movement. The mechanical whirring of the air conditioner was all I could hear as I stood there. Distantly, I wondered how and why the power of the world seemed to be unaffected by the Apocalypse. Was that something Lex and his people had orchestrated?

What a considerate thing to do after nearly wiping out our entire civilization, I mused. Another thing to ask Lex when I wasn’t in mortal danger.

I continued down the stairs, past the doors leading to each floor. I intended to check every floor, and root out this viper’s nest completely. But instead of going floor-by-floor, starting at the roof, I decided to hit the ground floor first, then work my way up. That way, if someone tried to make a break for it, I’d corral them to the roof where it would be more difficult to escape rather than the ground.

Moving silently, I checked the first floor, finding nothing and no one. Then the second floor. The third. As I made my way back to the top, I found myself back at the highest floor before the roof. It was a good sign that there wasn’t more indication of habitation in the building. It meant that this group of bandits had been small. Although, I realized that it could also mean that this wasn’t their base of operations. In fact, a smart group wouldn’t have staged an ambush from their home base.

Fortunately for me, this group of bandits had not been overly smart.

As I opened the door to the eighth and final floor, I immediately noticed that this floor was different, that I had found the bandits’ home.

Crushed

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