Real World...

Kevin woke up with a groan, his body and head still hurt from yesterdays all day raid on the caravan and survival run. That was the downside of the Visor over the FIVR Capsule, it had a higher physical cost. He immediately went to the bathroom to take a shower and get ready for the day. Breakfast was getting ready while he was in the shower so no time was wasted. He had to get back into Fate Online and scout the area around the Sawmill/Town to see if he was clear to move out and maybe see what happened with Thera. He could see sunlight start streaming through his windows, he knew it was time to dive back into Fate Online. He put the visor on his head and laid down on his couch.

Do you wish to initialize your Visor?? Yes/No

What application do you want to initialize? Fate Online

Welcome Immortal, do you wish to continue down the path of Jacob Longstrider? Yes/No

Acknowledged. Remember the only Fate is the one you make, but every choice has a consequence.

Slow breaths in and out as his vision exploded in white light and...

Fate Online...

Jacob Farstrider opened his eyes, he was still within the Chapel of Demeter. Due to him logging out within the Chapel he had gained a blessing,

Alert...

Buff Received Blessed by Demeter: Crops will be more abundant and grow 25% faster, you will Harvest resources 10% Faster (Duration 12 Hours)

Alert...

The blessing would last the next 12 hours, but it was completely useless to him. He currently didn't have any professions. He looked around but did not see any Guards and all the villagers were busy with work, so Jacob checked on his weapons and headed out. Just another Immortal passing through, hopefully, he would be forgotten.

Jacob had wished he had invested in an animal he could ride, long-distance travel was about to become a serious problem. He was about 20 miles from base camp, it would take a minimum of two days to get back if he was lucky. If he ran into any guards or PKers, it would be even longer. At least his gut was not screaming at him today. So he should not run into any problems...Hopefully.

About 5 miles northwest of the village with no name Jacob saw a dust cloud approaching traveling southwest toward his direction. He had time to hide before he had to get off the road. Then the situation got worse when he heard a large thunderclap that announced the opening of a Portal. Jacob wasn't sure where it was, but it was within half a mile, so he immediately went for the densest foliage to hide. Jacob stayed quiet while he heard whatever force that had ported in assemble on the road. Around 48 Warriors, Mages, and Archers of Various professions assembled in front of a Sergeant and Captain.

"Shut your word holes you maggots unless your offering to service my horse!!!!" the lvl 80 Sergeant bellowed out. Immediately the ranks started quieting down.

"Gentleman, we have nearly hunted down the Bloody Hands to extinction. Reports state that we have one more within 10 miles of this location, we are going to spread out at sweep toward the Bone River and catch this scum. The first round will be on me boys if you catch this trash before sundown." The level 120 Captain yelled out. The men and women under his command roared back in response before breaking up and sweeping into the woods on either side of the road.

How the fuck did they find me, was all Jacob could think. He had traveled nearly 20 miles downriver, no way should the Guards have been able to find him. Jacob had not seen any other Immortals to report him, so what had he missed...it didn't matter Jacob had to get out of there before he was found. So using every bit of stealth he had learned over the last six months he slowly snuck away from the road and further away from any patrols. He used Camouflage (increases your ability to blend in with your surroundings by 50%, this is a passive skill) constantly. The only good thing about that was since it was a Passive skill, it did not suck up all my Stamina from the constant use.

After nearly an hour, Jacob was barely a mile away from the road and continuing to head west when he saw a Flare go up within 500 ft of his location. Shit, Fuck, time to leg it!!! was all Jacob could think. Jacob activated Swift Feet and started running away, trying to put some distance between him and the roving patrols. He heard another thunderclap ahead of him and threw himself into some bushes. "Spread out and find the bastard!!" Jacob heard. Dammit, why can't they just leave him alone? The noose was tightening, and he was running out of room to maneuver, he needed a miracle, or he was going to be dead very soon.

Jacob saw an outcropping of huge boulders about half a mile north-west of his current position, it was surrounded by trees and brush. A great place to make a last stand, plenty of places to hide while striking from the dark while fading back into the shadows. Jacob triggered Swift Feet again and desperately ran for his ambush site. He heard a shout off to his left and behind him, but no Mark of the Damned or Hunters Mark found him. Woohoo, lady luck finally smiled on him a little Jacob mused. He dived in between two boulders and immediately began making preparations for his last stand. Simple spike traps, Smoke bombs, and additional arrows for his bow.

Jacob had six entrances mined with Spike Traps to slow down any hostiles. Jacob saw about 30 soldiers mustered and ready to attack his position including a lvl 75 Sergeant. He was boned, the only question was, how many was he going to take with him. "Hey Sergeant, can you come back tomorrow. I am still tired from fucking your Mom and Sister last night." Jacob yelled. The Sergeants face was red as a tomato, "Don't worry boys, I made sure to service your girlfriends and sisters too!!!". Jacob yelled. Now the whole band was stark raving mad and out for his blood. Good, fighting mad is fighting stupid.

Jacob immediately unleashed an Explosive Arrow (Arrow explodes on impact 500 fire damage within 10 ft and causes fire and bleeding damage over time) into the crowd. It was like watching a match light up a soaked grill. He immediately dashed back further into the boulders while fire and lightning chased after him. He laughed as the magical strikes missed, Jacob watched as the first soldiers scrambled over the Spike Traps. They did minor damage, but they slowed the soldiers down, this was key to his strategy. He targeted the rocks above the pissed off Soldiers heads and unleashed another Explosive Arrow and brought down a couple of hundred pounds of rocks on about 8 Soldiers, burying them alive.

Jacob heard screams and yells off to his left, so he dashed off to the passage hoping to slow them down before they breached his perimeter. As soon as he turned the corner he nearly ate a Fireball. Jacob wasn't ready to become bbq, so he threw a smoke bomb toward the oncoming mass of soldiers and shot off 4 arrows hoping to kill or wound some soldiers before dashing further back into the outcropping. Now that it was less chaotic, Jacob noticed everything was turning darker, and he could hear whispering. He put his bow away and drew his Short Sword and hunting Knife as moved further into the darkness.

As Jacob moved further and further into the darkness, the whispers grew louder. He could almost make out what they were saying, he would just have to get a little closer. As he moved deeper and deeper into the darkness, the whispering grew loud enough to make sense. "Welcome, the sacrifice has been excepted. The challenge will begin in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1." What sacrifice, what challenge? Were the only thoughts that ran through Jacobs' mind before the ground disappeared below his feet and pitch-black darkness claimed him.

Welcome to the Tomb of Eternal Night-Dungeon level Primordial Nightmare

"Mortal, I hope you enjoy your stay for however long its lasts." were the last words Jacob heard before darkness claimed him.