60 Before The Storm (1/2)
”So, are you better now?”
Shesmu looked at Amaterasu for a second before smiling.
”I don't know if I feel better, but I do know what I should at least.”
Shesmu's eyes then became focused and more resolute.
”I will talk with Leo and tell him everything. He has the right to know after all.”
Amaterasu smiled at Shesmu's words before she put her hand on her chin and frowned.
”For Sophie, I really don't know what to say about that. It's such a complicated situation.”
Shesmu let out a chuckle at Amaterasu's concerns.
”When the time comes, I will deal with that problem. No use worrying about it now, it will only impede my actions in the near future.”
”Well, if you think that way, then that's good too.”
Amaterasu paused for a second. There was no point in continuing this conversation, however, she still wanted to talk more and that made her feel awkward. She fidgeted with her hands for a second before an idea struck her.
”So, how is the search for Nyarlathotep going? Any clues?”
”Oh, for that. I have an idea about it.” Shesmu looked at Amaterasu and grinned. ”Do you want to know who it is?”
Amaterasu seethed at Shesmu's smug face.
”Nah, you can keep it to yourself. I don't want to be influenced by your biased idiot conclusions.”
”Haha, okay then. We will have it that way.” Shesmu then had an idea and his smile became even wider. ”Actually, I have an idea. Let's play a game.”
”A game?” asked Amaterasu confused.
”Yeah, whoever finds the monster first gets a reward. Scratch that, if you find Nyarlathotep before me, I will gift you something nice.”
”Oh? And what could that be?”
”Well, it won't be fun if I tell you right now, now would it?”
”Aghh, I hate it when you do that!”
”Haha, well, let's forget about that for a second. Other than Nyarlathotep, the floor is hard on its own. We need to start preparing for it.”
This time, Amaterasu didn't point out the fact that he was changing subjects. She was genuinely interested in what Shesmu was about to say.
”The layout of the floor is pretty simple. First, we have to deal with the hounds, we already dealt with those, so that's good. The next part of the floor is illusion based. All of us enter an illusion world where each person's experience is different. The transition from reality to illusion is seamless, so you don't feel it when you enter the illusion. The goal is to know that you're under the spell to break it.”
”And?” Amaterasu asked, waiting for more.
”Nothing. After that, we just need to reach the destination in time. We still have around 3 hours to go for that.”
”Ah, about that. We should probably up our pace. One hour has passed and we're barely a quarter of the way there.”
”Well, we did stop for half an hour just to fight that horde of hounds. As long as we don't get stuck in the second phase for too long, we should be just fine.”
Shesmu then frowned.
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”The problem stays with Nyarlathotep. I don't know how many has he already killed, but it's most likely more than thirty. His power grows with the number of players he kills. At this point, he is an opponent I can't hope to beat alone.”
”That's why you have us!”
Amaterasu's smile made Shesmu smile too. She is right, he thought. I should no longer think that I'm alone. It's this type of thinking that almost made me lose Leo, such a mistake should never happen again.
”Well, that's an after-we-find-him story. For now, the game is still on. If you want to receive the surprise gift, you still have to find him before I do.”
”Hey, you're still going on with that? First of all, just what is this surprise gift?!”
”Haha, not saying, not saying.”