Horror Game Developer: My games aren't that scary! novel Chapter 70

Chapter 70: Crying [2]

Creak!

The stairs creaked under my feet as I slowly moved up the stairs that flanked the entrance hall.

I held onto the wooden railing while taking a few breaths to calm myself down.

I looked towards my right hand, where a black marking appeared.

The Nightwalker... It was back.

However, I knew that I couldn’t summon it like before.

Thinking back on what had previously happened, I could only bitterly smile.

’It’ll probably attack me if I summon it.’

I needed to think of a way to handle the situation with the Nightwalker. It was a really useful helper. It had already helped me get out of multiple terrible situations.

I couldn’t do without it.

"...Too bad I don’t see anything in the shop that might help me."

There were quite a few items I thought could help, but there was no guarantee they would work. They also didn’t seem to be able to solve the crux of the problem.

I needed to find a way to earn its loyalty back.

But how could I do that?

"Or do I even have to do that at all?"

Perhaps the best way would be to go back to the new recruits trial and get another one?

’Hm, I don’t know.’

Would it even be possible?

And... did my skill have some sort of limit?

I needed to investigate the matter further before coming up with a decision. If I can really do it, I’ll start farming nightwalkers... Yeah, that could work.

I imagined myself with an army of Nightwalkers.

By then, I’d feel a lot safer.

Creak!

As the stairs cracked once more, I realized that I was now standing before the entrance of the second floor.

It was pitch black, and I couldn’t see anything beyond it.

I felt nervous staring at the darkness; however, feeling movements coming from the main hall, I knew that I had to go on.

’The ones from the Guild are starting to get out.’

But before I did that, I slowly removed the mask from my face and replaced it with a pair of sunglasses.

The world around me chilled as I started to shiver.

’Ah, cold...’

Holding onto my arms, I walked through the door.

***

"I see the portal has formed! We can get out!"

"Let’s get out of this place quickly. Report the situations to the Guild."

"...Reports the deaths, too. Damn it."

Coming out of the ballroom, the first thing the Guild member noticed was the gate that appeared right outside the mansion. This usually indicated that the scenario had been cleared and that they could leave.

Many felt relieved upon seeing it.

After all, this entire experience had been some sort of nightmare.

Whatever wrong could’ve happened, had happened, and they had sustained multiple losses.

These weren’t just any small losses. All the people who died were valuable recruits that the Guild spent a lot of resources on.

But with deaths being so common in the containment sector, none of the Guild recruits were too affected by the deaths. They had all seen partners come and go like clockwork.

They were now numb to it.

"Right, the fragments. What fragments did we get?"

Recalling the fragments that they had received from the host right before leaving, several people checked. That was when they took a look at the long crystals in their hands, staring at the swirling gray cloud within the crystal.

"A fragment of conceptualization? That’s pretty good..."

"I got the same."

’That’s not really what I need, but I guess I can trade it off for some points later.’

’Everything happened so fast and abruptly that it was hard to do anything at all.’

But it wasn’t all bad. The fragments were still worth quite a bit, so she could just trade them for some light fragments. _{fгeewebnovёl.com}

’I’ll have to check the purity of this fragment later. Maybe I can fetch something good.’