Love is War

Chapter 34

Run fast Nova! Run faster! Nina is behind me and she is very angry upon seeing me and this is the worst time being chases as I don’t know how to get rid of her. Well, I can guess that I can also use the holy water to shoo her away, but the main problem is I don’t have any right now.

Nina screams, and goosebumps crawled over my body, as I can hear her pain in her blood curdling screams. This is just a game, just a game, just a game. Don’t panic now, I reminded myself. That graphics card will not be lost. I treated it like my life, so that’s why I am acting like this like now. I only have one shot and there is no other way. Unlike in reality, I can defend myself, but here I am just stuck inside a helpless character.

I have to move as in curves to avoid her attack while I am running away from her. I saw an open door and if I go straight that is a sure dead end for me. I just hope that what is inside that room, will have another door. Maybe there is another door there or much better there is a holy water waiting for me there.

Maybe some bottles and I will use it against her. I will put her to rest soon, she experienced enough anguish and its time to put an end to it. I entered the open door and there I saw another closed door and went to it.

“The door is locked.”

WHAT? NOT NOW! I opened my inventory and there I used one of the keys that I got from earlier. While the animation of key unlocking is playing, I saw Nina coming to me and I crouched on the nearby table and I hope...

“AHHHH!” something happens. “GO AWAY!” someone shouted. “GO AWAY DAMN BITCHES!” he shouted again and the AI focus was shifted to that guy. It’s not anonymous, because he has a higher pitch of voice than him, and for a person who reached the finals that’s a very unwise way to play this game.

Nina chased the noisy fellow and my worries go away for a moment and I successfully opened the door. I stood up again and look around the place to find some useful stuffs that may help me on latter situations.

My eyes sparkled when I saw a clear small bottle from one of the tables and ran towards it. FINALLY, I got a holy water that will help me to shoo them away, the only enemy that I am sure that I can scare away with this is the prince of hell Lucifer, the others I don’t know there must be some kind of mechanics that I can use.

After getting the holy water from the table and the item is also labeled as a throwable item meaning that I will just press T and I can aim it anywhere, also the downside of this is that I can waste this item and I need to make sure that I don’t allow that to happen.

I entered the unlocked room and there I heard something immediately. My brain told me that I need to back away and don’t go deeper in this room. But Nina and the others are still there and backing up right now is a bad choice, in contrary of my instincts, I think there is a big reward if I wander down this room. Maybe a note, the final note. I need more information and it might contain how to counter them.

I took a deep breath and pressed W to move forward and the faint lighting of the room like the basement that I have been through earlier. I think this is another of that cult’s ritual place. Blood markings on the walls are everywhere, symbols that I can’t understand except for the satanic ones, since I saw that on movies that I have watched.

I continue walking downwards but silently since I don’t want to get the attention of the enemy that’s been waiting for me inside. I don’t want to be charged here by it and kill me instantly, I mean there are that type of enemies that can one shot you instantly. You’ll just stare blankly, and wonder how the heck that enemy killed you.

That’s why I am being careful since there are only three of us left in this game. Wait... how the heck is Avenger7 still alive? He was chased by Nina and something, that I don’t know since he so terrified when run by here and stole the attention of the nun that’s about to drain my life.

Well, I thought that there will only two of us left by now. Anonymous and Me, now that I am talking about him, it’s strange that his health does not decrease it’s impossible for enemies not to find him if he is trying to escape the church, unless he already changed plans. Either way I am still going to win this game.

I saw a light some moments later and I still carefully walked towards it, hoping that what I just heard earlier was just a fluke, and there are no enemies waiting for me there. I heard footsteps as I approach the said place.

When I reached the corner, I peeked through that corner to see what is happening in this place... H... O... W? I am so surprised to see my greatest enemy inside this room. Anonymous, is here minding his own business, and I thought we can’t lock doors again, since the door earlier is locked, I did not expect to see him here. I really don’t know what to say, and my mouth was zipped tightly and I continue to observe him doing something.

I don’t know what he is doing, and how the hell he locked the door. Maybe that’s why he isn’t showing up anywhere and the monsters also can’t find him. He’s way ahead of us, I saw a wheel on the table that he must be assembling something right now.

Don’t tell me, he is still sticking with his plan and he is not bluffing to me earlier. Is he seriously escaping this church? Well... well... well... Just as I thought, finding him is a blessing. Maybe I’ll just stick to him and escape this place with his hard work.

If thing go worse against me. I’ll just need to mark his location. But I am in the worst situation right now, 36 minutes in the game, and I only have one 1 bottle of holy water, it’s only one use since this is a consumable item.

After seeing how Lucifer and Nina chase after me earlier. I really can’t believe that I survived that encounter and I owe this chance to Avenger7, his unwise method of playing this game saved me that somehow helped him to survive this long.

He is on the open area right now, and his screams might attract away the enemies nearby and Anonymous does not really care about me and the others. But in the corner of my eye, I saw a sparkling paper in the corner that got my attention.

Why? Why is he ignoring that information lying on the table? This is no time to question the actions of others and I must be thankful that he gave me the chance to extract more information and by ignoring that note, he abandoned his advantage, and gave me the chance to win this game.

Since he is focused assembling that wheel thing, I don’t know where he will be using, I crouched and silently moves towards that table and sneak upon the tables to avoid detection. He is not an enemy but maybe he just didn’t notice the note so to be safe, I will take it in secret and read the information that it contains.

Might be, but what are the odds right? I just need to reach that note without him noticing and I am pretty sure that there’s a tab opened on his screen so he probably won’t notice me unless I make a noise. That he will probably notice me.

I hid inside the nearby table to avoid detection and to gain some additional information about him. After I reached the table, I peek through it to see how is Anonymous going. Hmm, still busy with his wheel like thing, it’s like a wheel on a cruiser ship but old. Maybe a wheel to open some kind of gate.

I hid again inside the table after seeing him still busy with his work and I find a nearby table again to hide. After seeing one, I peeked again to check on him and still busy so I decided to move to another table and progress with getting that note.

I crouch walk again, so I won’t make any sounds, in this game every item has interaction with the player and just a standing bottle, if I bump it, that will fall and make a sound so just like sneaking in real life I need to be more careful with each step I take.

I hid again under the table after reaching it once again, it’s like I am in a side mission right now and Anonymous is the enemy. That’s the feeling besides Anonymous can provide me safety after all when those ghosts come in here. He will just lure them away from me and I’m all safe.

That’s what I call a sure kill plan. I peek again to check my distance from the note. Woah, I’m above it but Anonymous is on the move so I hid again, I need to walk closer so I can grab it and read it. I need to peek on other side, on a side that’s been hard to notice.