BRAGR) Abandoned House Part 1 (Patreon)

“It smells musty in here. I don’t think anyone has been here in a long time.” I couldn’t help but wrinkle my house. The dust floated through the air and the house itself just smelled stagnate. Even my old basement apartment did not smell as musty and moldy as this house. And it even had windows open.

“It’s hard to see.” The person who spoke was named Kelly. She is only sixteen but still offered to join us on our journey into the dungeon. She had started playing Mortal Online when it first came out as well and was currently level 17.

“[Light!]” Angel cast a simple light spell to light our way. Zombies went by noise, so lights were no issue.

I was really not looking forward to fighting any zombies, just like the ghoul I fought before, they stunk like no tomorrow. And it seemed my sense of smell had been enhanced since then.

“This place is very old.” Frank waved his sword to swipe away some cobwebs.

The furniture and the decor, all of it was pretty old compared to modern-day standards, but it did not differ too much except for some of the appliances. Like the TV was an older style tube type television, it was large, around fifty-six inches, but it was bulky and heavy looking.

But from what I could tell from all the photos, this was a family home with five people in it. A mother and father and their three kids. Two kids around tenish while the other was around two or three.

To be honest I was not feeling all that good about this dungeon. Zombie dungeons in the game also had child zombies, and sadly, you would need to kill them. The worst part about these child zombies was they were very quick. Any hesitation would result in being bitten or even death. They had sharp teeth, and their fingers could claw your skin off with ease.

Just the thought of this made me shiver…

“Alright we will break up into teams of two. No one is to leave the room we are currently in. Everyone must stick with your partner. One melee to one caster. Sonya, you are the lowest level at level 1. So you will be with Hilde.”

Sonya was a new player. I let her join because she planned to go the path of a full healer. Being a full healer in a game like Mortal Online was not easy but Sonya’s parents were killed by monsters on the way to the barrier. She was also one of the residents of the outer rim of my territory.

Surprisingly, it was recommended by Mati, who normally did not speak with the others unless she needed to. It seemed something about her made Mati want to take her in. So, she was given a headset before we went into the dungeon and was allowed to log into the game so she could create a character.

She ended up choosing to become a halfling. Part human, part fairy. This gave her base traits from both races but with really higher magic-type stats. I am hoping this dungeon run will level up her quite a bit. Then, it is just a matter of learning healing. Luckily, we have a few people who already have healing magic, so they can help her get started.

“Next room is the kitchen. Be very careful with opening cupboards. We do not know what might jump out at you. Zombie animals do exist, after all.” I made sure to warn everyone, and a good thing, too, since there was a scream and a crashing sound as a large undead rat with rotting flesh hanging off its skin jumped out at one of the people in my team.

 “Ahh!” The girl who screamed was named Becky. Luckily, she jumped back just in time for Frank to swing his sword at the rat, cutting it right down the middle. The two halves fell to the ground with a splat sound that was quite sickening.

“Are you okay?” I called out as Frank helped Becky up.

“We are good. No one was hurt.”

“That’s good. Sorry I should have mentioned something sooner.”

“It’s fine.” Becky shook her head and smiled as she answered. It seemed she had only gotten a scare and nothing more.

“Alright, as you can see they can come out of no where so be careful!”

We cleared the kitchen and moved on to the rest of the first floor. It was pretty much just abandoned like no one had lived there for ages until we came to the first bedroom on the second floor. “Gruah!”

I frowned, looking at the torso in front of me. It had no arms, just a chest and head. It was lying on the bed with its chewed-up body parts strewn about. It looked as if the body had been chewed apart.

Some of the girls and a few guys puked at the first sight of this. “You will need to get used to this. These are the kinds of sights you will be seeing from now on in this dungeon. Zombies will not die unless you destroy their brains. So make sure to always aim at the head. Whether you are bashing or slashing always go for the head.”