章節 4: The Conducts
I looked up at the rooftops once more and watched as the buildings appeared and disappeared with flickering lights. we had gotten some old dynamo flashlights, they were good enough for us to see around us, but not everything. There were shadows in the place that provided plenty of hiding places for any creature that could survive in this environment. We had been walking side by side until now, and I wanted to change that before we ran into any danger.
"Wait" I stopped walking and the other three followed my lead. "Let's change the walking order."
"Is that necessary?" asked Lily, wearing her trademark gas mask with green accents, they had been painted not only to differentiate us but because they were excited to have something unique and their own.
"Yes" I replied and pointed to the three of us. Yutong you will ride in front, not only are you the biggest, but your mace is in the best shape. While Mark and Lily will go in the middle, they will keep an eye out for anything that might come out on our sides. I'll be in the back.
Honestly, I could have been in the front, but I doubted my ability to participate in combat and give orders on the fly at the same time. Besides, I would have to make sure that every mask was working and that no one had any problems with it.
"We will be at a disadvantage if we get overconfident because of the hostile environment."
Always expect the worst.
We spent the next few minutes in silence as tension began to build in the air. The feeling that something could attack us at any moment had us on edge. This sewer was different from any we had known in the past, the spaces were wide and there were signs of more complex structures. But the abandonment seemed centuries old, its structure was also different from that of piltover.
The stories said it had been there since before the sinkhole existed, but it seemed to have been there before the city of Piltover itself had existed.
Howls and barks rang out en masse from the front, Yutong did not hesitate to intervene in the onslaught of the canines and with his first blow split the first one's head in two with a downward blow. He tried to follow up with another blow, but had to retreat when the other two jumped. I moved to his side and swiped at the legs of the creatures that seemed more reckless.
"Shit" I felt myself lose my balance due to avoiding a bite and was about to fall backward. If I fell backward and the creature got on top of me, they would be free to charge past to attack us in a roundabout way.
Fortunately, Lily's blow came just in time stopping the momentum and forcing them back along with their shrieks.
These guys looked like dogs that had mutated due to the toxins, it was easy to see because of the veins that looked like they were about to explode on their bodies; their dark skin and an obvious lack of useful eyes meant that they seemed to use their sense of smell to locate us. Pathetic creatures but they seemed desperate, almost suicidal. After we got coordinated it was easy to take them all out.
It had been around noon when we decided to stop, although we had not found what we were looking for, the area seemed full of useful junk, each time we continued advancing we could see more evidence of what seemed to have been a different city, at first it was just a few buildings that were difficult to tell their use, as we went on the buildings were more complex, the order seemed somewhat strange, but then we came to what were homes.
Several long, decrepit stone walkways could be seen connecting different levels of the city, creating a complex network high above them. All the structures seemed carved from the same stone as the cliffs, we could make out the remnants of furniture still in some of them, the faded colors of once vibrant murals, and the subtle signs of a city that was once full of life. The craftsmanship was exquisite, unlike anything he had ever seen, he had once gone up to see Piltover, and the impression had been that all the rumors of its beauty were dwarfed by comparison but it always seemed to him an artificial beauty, something that had been created by mold, but here you could see every detail meticulously reproduced to create a sense of authenticity that was almost unnerving.
"This is a little creepier than I expected this place to be" The absolute silence of the place added to the eerie atmosphere.
"It's very different from Zaun, they made a place underground and it looked like on purpose" Mark said as he ran his hand over one of the remains of the many murals "They loved their homes, what would make people like this decide to leave it all behind, I see no signs of battle".
It almost seemed as if all its inhabitants had disappeared, and my senses told me that it was time to return, not only did it seem that the Noxian metal was still far away, but we had little time left for the filters to run out, when I heard the rumors there had never been talking of something like this but from the beginning it was a rumor that was quickly silenced, I thought it had only been because those above had thrown their hands on it, but it seems that it was decided to silence everything because of this.
I could notice the nerves of the group once the truth came out about all of us, something big had happened in this place, something that four street rats would not be able to deal with. We just kept walking a few steps towards what looked like a central square of the place.
"We'll be back, We have enough material to sell and meet the week's quota, We'll stop collecting in the piles, But we'll show up occasionally. We shouldn't draw attention to ourselves, But I think we all agree that this place is our gold mine, if we handle it right we may be able to accomplish something."
My voice seemed to have broken the silence that reigned over the group, but I noticed that they didn't seem to be interested in anything I had said, almost as if something had taken over their attention so strongly that it wasn't worth it.
The maelstrom of stars spread out before us, a vista of lights scattered across the void like celestial paint. The sight of the night sky, those of us born in the sinkhole didn't have the luxury of ever having seen anything like it. I remained silent, not wanting to steal their moment, we all need a moment of calm and more with the things that await us. No, I was also mesmerized by the freedom of what they represented and my desires surfaced with every second I looked at them.
"Damian, thank you for this."
A hand rested on my shoulder, and I saw the illuminated smiles of all my friends, their eyes shining like I hadn't seen them in a long time since everything had changed, that glow that showed so much hope and enlightened us to continue on our path to becoming more than just rats.
"This is nothing my friend, it will be our Mark, I swear to you...No, I swear to all of you."
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