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Realizing, that he might escape, and soon, Alan felt a short-lived burst of energy, only to have it soon be replaced once more by the mind-numbing agony of continuing onwards. A few seconds later, the guards lost Alan, a sensor they threw forwards knocked aside by an enraged old woman, shouting something about public decency.
Alan felt himself slow down as he escaped the sensor’s range, relief washing over him.
DON’T STOP. ONWARDS.
What? But—
IF YOU STOP HERE, THEY WILL FIND YOU. ONWARDS.
And so Alan pushed himself onwards, as his vision began to blur and his consciousness began to fade. As he even began to lose his sense of feeling, the pain somehow blissfully disappearing, he continued forwards, where Eve directed. Then, his body could take no more, and Alan collapsed onto the ground, oblivious to his surroundings.
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Alan awoke in an alleyway, a shrill ringing sounding in his mind. Groaning, Alan rolled onto his back. Every part of his body felt sore, his legs hurting so much he almost couldn’t feel them. As soon as he was full conscious, the ringing stopped.
Welcome back. I allowed you to rest as long as possible, I activated and deactivated the armor’s invisibility to avoid detection while you were asleep. We have an hour and a half to get back with the package.
Groaning, Alan pushed himself up, staggering as his legs felt weak underneath the strain of the weight of his body and the Revenant armor. Now that he was able to check his messages, he saw to his surprise he’d gained a number of new abilities:
| Through sheer willpower alone you have managed to push yourself to your limit, and beyond! Enhanced Control sub-abilities Ignore Pain and Programming a Path unlocked. Indomitable Will has been reclassified as Transcendent Will, an ability under the Enhanced Control ability tree, increasing its effectiveness. |
Alan checked out the tooltips of the skills:
| Ignore Pain allows the user to ignore a portion of their pain. Not all pain may be ignored, and if a player’s concentration is broken this effect may be nullified. |
| Programming a Path allows the player’s thought out actions to become almost second nature, allowing inhuman feats of precise movement. |
| Transcendent Will appears when the user musters their willpower to transcend normal limits, accomplishing an impossible feat through sheer willpower. Passively increases willpower, and in extreme situations allows the users to accomplish unattainable feats of will. |
| Endurance +15, Willpower +20 |
Grinning, Alan slowly managed to make his way back to the entrance he came through. There, he found the man with the dark formal attire and purple glove, nonchalantly talking with one of the guards, holding a sensor behind his back.
Through a different exit, then.
Alan made his way over to the next closest exit. Just as he was about to approach though, Eve highlighted a woman, leaning against the wall next to the entrance. Holding a sensor.
Damn.
Yes, all the exits out of the Undercity are likely guarded. I am uncertain what organization might have the manpower to guard every entrance though… I wonder what it is that’s in that package.