"What?" Sasha replied in an annoyed tone. "We earned it."
She grabbed two more staves for good measure, after she ascertained that no one else was interested in the loot. They were finally done with pillaging the man's base. However, Ren came back empty-handed from the only unexplored room. What did the Void Wizard want us to find out? Almost feels like he wanted us to die here.
The group proceeded to leave the building, which was now eerily quiet and empty. At the ground floor, the Enforcers happened to be coming up from the basement staircase. After a brief conversation, Henry revealed that the hunters had been tracking them and other ability users for some unknown goal. Right after told the gamers to go home, a window notified Sasha that the quest had been completed. It was handy the system was telling them that they had just heard what they needed to know. It almost seemed too easy, actually.
Sasha took a deep breath. She was relieved that she managed to survive the night, despite the powerful enemies they faced. She was also looking forward to training her skills more. If there was anything tonight had taught her, it would be that they were still too weak in the Abyss. A mere lowly summon had killed Erica, who was also a Gamer.
She also remembered the sensation when her blade pierced through Taichi's flesh. Never in her life had she harmed another human being, let alone take their life. Yet, it all felt so distant. As if it was only natural for her to do so.
"Hey, Silas..." Sasha began, voice unusually quiet. "Did you feel anything? When you attacked the Mage, I mean."