His heart sank to the bottom of the pit of his stomach as he saw the giant figures approaching, towering fifteen feet over him, each carrying a different weapon, as ferocious as their own tenacity.
Exactly twelve of the behemoth humanoids were eyeing him with their expressionless faces, ready to pounce upon him at any time.
As they edged closer and closer, the Simulator pinged another notification to him.
[THE PLAYER HAS ENCOUNTERED THE WRAITHS OF THE GORGON CATHEDRAL! DEAL WITH THEM IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS!
REWARDS: 50 PRANA COINS
PENALTY: DEATH]
Remirg exclaimed in his mind,
Fifty goddamned prana coins! I'll be rich!
But most of his excitement were dampened out by the penalty. [DEATH] meant there was no scuttering away from the task. There was his victory or death.
