Legendary Shelter Survival Guide

Lucas looked at the dark corridor and felt that it was ominous.

He looked at the others and couldn't find a single happy or excited face.

"Lucas is our leader, maybe he can go ahead," Haley said while averting her gaze from Lucas.

"Yeah, he is the leader anyway."

"You got a point."

'Fuck' Lucas grumbled inwardly knowing that as a leader, it was his duty to go ahead or else, why would the others even trust him and his decisions?

His gaze fell on John who had a determined expression.

Lucas grumbled and finally said the words, "I will go first."

'That was close.' Lucas frowned inwardly after getting to know that John was going to offer to go ahead.

Lucas couldn't have that, it was his duty and if he didn't perform them then there was no meaning in being the leader.

"Wait, can we get those torches first?" Lucas had a realization and looked at the many touched on the walls with greed.

He went to one of them brickly that took only a few steps.

Lucas tried to pull the torch but it was as if it was the very part of the wall, he pulled and pulled with all of his strength which could make even a big tree shake in response now.

"This thing won't budge." He said while popping his fingers, "I think we can't destroy any part of the dungeon, including the torches."

Lucas went back and took a deep breath, after a second of procrastinating, he took the first step inside the corridor which surprisingly didn't make him teleport anywhere like before when they entered the dungeon.

"Sarah, I need light."

"On it."

Sarah made a ball of fire in her palm which also forced her to get inside that corridor just like Lucas and it couldn't have been a better time for her to spend some more quality time with him.

The corridor under Sarah's bright ball of fire illuminated letting the duo see everything there was.

The corridor stretched out before them, its dimensions square-shaped and floor area substantial.

Under the warm illumination of Sarah's fireball, the corridor's features became more distinct. The walls were made of smooth stone, and the floor beneath them was also stone, slightly worn from ages of use.

Lucas took a few more steps, cautiously advancing into the corridor. He maintained his vigilance, his senses alert for any signs of danger.

The silence was making him feel uncomfortable, broken only by the faint crackling of the fireball in Sarah's hand.

"Keep close behind me," Lucas advised her, his voice projecting a sense of assurance. "Stay alert for anything unusual."

As they continued down the corridor, Lucas's mind raced with thoughts of what might lie ahead. He couldn't shake the feeling that this challenge was unlike any they had faced before. The absence of teleportation upon entry was a sign that this level of the dungeon operated differently.

The group's footsteps echoed softly in the corridor as they pressed forward, their determination unwavering.

The other had also joined them in the corridor and now one of the big players was in the front with eyes darting everywhere.

"Are you sure about this, Lucas?" Sarah asked from just a few inches away from him. She was holding the sleeve of his shirt in order to be a bit safe in the unending corridor with unknown dangers.

"Yeah, when it comes to finding hidden traps, there is no one better than Ella, I can assure you."

The group kept on moving in the closed corridor, their eyes either looked at the back which was now pitch black or the front which was also pitch black till the point the light from the fireball couldn't reach further.

They walked and walked until Lucas stopped in a second, his eyes wide open while looking up front.

The fireball could only light about 5 meters of the area ahead and after it was just unknown territory.

"The corridor has ended..." He said with a fast-beating heart.

He could see the border of the walls that were not there after the 5 meters meaning that a room or something was going to start.

"Mike, can you shoot a small safe bullet ahead? We got to make sure it's safe to enter it."

"Even if it's not safe, where will we go now? Backward? I don't think so..." Jerry said and looked back, a cold shiver ran down his spine as the more he looked in the darkness, the more his imagination ran amok.

"Just do it"

Mike who was silent all this while pointed his palm in the front making the others ahead of him move toward the walls.

There was no visual or anything and Lucas kept looking at the guy's palm when in a split second, a small bullet of illuminate fire shot from his palm as if his hand was a pistol.

The bullet looked like a laser in the dark darting further and further till the point they could only see a small dot just moving ahead and ahead endlessly.

"W-Why is it not hitting anything? How long do we have to move in this dark?!" Haled asked while clasping her sister's hand tight in reassurance.

Sandra on the other hand was very calm.

"If it makes you all feel better, I can feel that there are no dangers ahead..." Bill said and Lucas who was only looking at the far away bright dot in the front darted his neck backward with a surprised look.

"Tha fuck? You got a night vision and you didn't tell us till now?" Lucas asked while grumbling as usual.

"Not night vision, it's just a natural feeling, I am sensitive to the dark due to my skill. But my main specialties are shadows that are not present here."

"Hm, alright." Lucas gave a smile in order to hold in the urge to make a disappointed face.

"There has to be an end, let me see something," Lucas said and with Sarah's help, he stopped at the end of the corridor.

"Sarah, shoot a fireball to the left and right, but they have to be small or else we will be damaged too if the wall is near the 5 meters of light."

Sarah got in the front and shot two fireballs in both directions together making light go in both directions.

"H-Hey! Get the lights again!!" Haley exclaimed loudly as there was no light on them anymore, they couldn't even tell if their eyes were closed or open making shivers run down each of their spines including Lucas.

"Ah! Here, sorry."

"If this is what it feels to be blind, then blindness is very underrated," Mike said while removing the sweat off his scared face.

When the light came back again, Lucas went and looked toward the two fireballs in both left and right directions.

"What have we gotten ourselves into..." Lucas muttered slowly but due to the pin-drop silence, it was hard for anyone to not hear.

The fireballs were still moving and had now become a dot in the dark showing that even the other directions were endless. Your journey continues at My Virtual Library Empire

"I am scared." Haley said again and this time, she hugged her sister's arm in response. Even Sandra had a conflicted face.

"We don't have a choice, let's move quickly, if the situation keeps going like this, Sarah will lose her mana real quick."

"How much mana potion did we bring?"

"About 50 liters give or take."

"Hmm, but why does this big amount also seem small in this situation?"

"No time to talk, hold each other's hands, and move forward everyone!" Lucas said in front of the group of 11 people.

Before he knew it, Sarah had held his hand as she could only grab it with one hand, Lucas's other hand was also grabbed very quickly and after one glance, he felt pretty disappointed that it was Sean who was sweating profusely.

Without hesitation, the group formed a chain, holding onto one another's hands. Lucas felt Sarah's grip in his right hand and Sean's slightly sweaty palm in his left. The contact offered a sense of unity and reassurance, a physical connection amidst the overwhelming darkness.

As they stepped forward, the darkness seemed to swallow them, each footstep was a movement into the unknown. The corridor stretched ahead, its depths unknown, the flicker of the fireball their only guide.

Lucas could feel the tension in the group, the nervousness was irresistible as they navigated through the darkness together. With each step, the passage of time became a blur, their surroundings darker and darker.

"Has it been an hour?" Barney asked, he was with his mother and was traveling in the chain. The chain was also not a straight line, it was slanting and zig-zag in order to help stay in that 5-meter radius of the fireball's light.

"... Only 5 minutes. I was counting." Bill said making many feel like there lives were over yet no one dared to open there mouths fearing to break the whole group's morale.