Chapter 105 – Versus the Bloodfallen Prelude – Covering your bases

Chapter 105 – Versus the Bloodfallen Prelude – Covering your bases

The train was rattling as it rolled down the tracks. Only a few more minutes before they would arrive in Franklin. A window popped up.



Just in time as well. Once they met up with Herman and his friends, they would begin the assault. “This is all really exciting!” Rave suddenly blurted out and grabbed John’s hand, “Dude, we are saving some torture victim from the hands of an evil organization! This is gonna rock!”

John was less enthused but he kissed her anyway. “We have to be really careful though,” he reminded her, after leaning back in his seat, “For all we know she could be insane after all that pain.”

“She looked more like a potato to me though, you sure that she even is in pain?” Rave asked in return.

“Well, Observe said so at the very least.” The train pulled into the station when suddenly John’s phone rang. “Who?” he wondered and pulled the buzzing thing out of his pocket. The number on the display was unknown. Confused, he checked, ready to tell whoever it was off. He picked up as they left the train. “Hello?” White noise, “He-“

“Hallo!” said a cheery, majorly distorted voice from the other side, “How are you doing, John Newman?”

“SB?” John growled, more confused than before.

“Is that what you call me these days?” came the chuckling answer, “I am offended. Oh well, I hear you are rescuing Thana now.” How did he know that.... okay dumb question, at this point John should expect that the Nazi asshole just knew everything. He sighed and was about to answer, walking away from the train station and towards the bunker, when SB started talking again. “Just called to give you a quick thank you and goodbye. I believe you’ll outgrow my spying after this battle. Better to make my way back to Brazil before you get too powerful to deal with.”

“Just like that?” John was stunned, “You expect me to believe that?”

“I love you too,” came a nonsensical answer. “Truth is, you pointed me at what I wanted most. Whatever you do today, I have what I wanted.” John heard the clacking of glass against glass. Then, the information broker hung up.

Well, to be correct the connection was severed by John stepping into an Illusion Barrier. His phone still wasn’t able to take care of those. He put the phone away and turned to Rave. “So either SB is gone now or he is preparing his next scheme....” This time it was Rave’s phone that started buzzing. She looked at the display and started reading.

“Seems like he is somewhat earnest at the very least,” she said and showed him what was going on.

SecretBlonde: Hey @everyone, sorry to be this abrupt but I will have to cut my work on the Gamer. Something came up and I really don’t want to keep watching over him. I might return in the future but no guarantees. You won’t have to pay anymore fees, of course, and I will return the payment for this month. Sorry again D: D: D:

“Oh.” Herman gave him a confused smile. “I would say that is indeed a good thing. Good omens for today, right? Let me introduce you to the help.”

They weren’t exactly a memorable bunch. Herman described them as a mixed bag of people who he had met before that had their heart in the right place. They looked somewhat capable, ten people with a level range of 30 to 35, making them more powerful than the average Bloodfallen in the strike force. It made John wonder if he had been baited by getting the weakest of the enemy forces sent at him.

First however: “One more thing before we begin.” He pointed his hand at Aclysia and used Enchant.



That went to the Consumption slot. No questions asked. Although it was interesting that this one cost him 10 instead of 5 AP. Well, if he could stack too many of these things it would probably make Aclysia even more broken. He chose Polutium on the list of materials.



Sure, not the greatest thing ever but it also wasn’t bad at all. The window that followed was what he was truly after.



Sworn to carry your burdens was out yet again. A bit boring that it even showed up a second time. Then again, he would probably appreciate an inventory for her at some point.

The choice really was between Ultimate Body (Which looked like it was just Refined Body III) or Aggression to Mana. The reason why this was even up to debate was Defence Stance. With Ultimate Body she gained another 5% in all Stats, which was really good, but her mana would go down to 7,5 which made Defence Stance an 8 second cast with a Mana Regen of 0,55 per minute. Or in other words: It made Defence Stance a dead Skill. Which was bad because it was really good.

Aggression to Mana on the other hand was only good because it would allow Aclysia to keep up Defense Stance indefinitely in all likelihood. However, Aclysia did not have a single other Skill that benefitted from this and it would probably over-generate mana. Still he would much rather take the possibility of her having too much Mana than too little. The choice fell on Aggression to Mana.

“Okay, I am ready.” John exclaimed and looked around. Everybody else nodded grimly, confirming that they would follow.

“I will keep this Illusion Barrier open,” Herman said and pointed at the bunker entrance in the distance. “While you’re active in there, I’ll drive the car into position. Just bring her up, then load her in. You’ll have to escape on your own. I trust you all to be able to do that much.” He looked at each of the people around with intense care. “Don’t give me a reason to be sad,” he pleaded.

They all nodded, then set out.

The attack began.