角色故事•一(解鎖條件:角色等級20)
他未曾想過這一天,開拓仿佛就要在此戛然而止。
刺鼻的血腥蔓延,墜毀的車廂騰起焦灼的煙塵。他掙扎着站起,在黑暗中摸索方向。
滴答,滴答…一片死寂之中,只有生命流逝的迴響。
「開拓者……」
車廂中變形的構件阻擋了他的去路,他忍着劇痛,將阻礙一一拆除。溫熱的血順着他的指尖流下,但他更害怕的是,他已幾乎感受不到那熟悉的呼吸。
「我們…一起回家。」
他餵下隨身攜帶的藥物,幾近乾涸的靈水在掌間盤旋,但對那可怖的傷口,療愈亦是徒勞。
而黑潮造物逡巡,嘶吼着將兩人包圍。擊雲寸斷,橫落荒石。
靈水變得殷紅,他用盡最後一絲力氣,護在開拓者身前——
他喘着氣,又一次自噩夢中驚醒。
……
「怎麼,我臉上有東西麼?」
翌日早餐,灰發的夥伴好奇問道。
「幸好並非像夢中那般……」
但他並未說出口,只是移開目光,望向窗外的天空,「沒什麼…吃吧。」
奧赫瑪的天空依然湛藍。
但他無法克制自己思緒飄散,「三月她還好麼……」
車廂像一顆灼熱的流星墜落,稍後趕來的她是否也會遭遇同樣的事故?或者,更糟糕的……
他搖搖頭,將紛亂的雜念趕走。
又是新的一天。
帶上記錄的工具,他準備前往市集。
「開拓」的旅途,似乎一切如常。
Character Story: Part I
• Unlocked at Character Level 20
He never imagined this day would come, when the Trailblaze seemed to screech to an abrupt halt.
The acrid smell of blood spread as the wrecked car spewed choking smoke and dust. He struggled to his feet, groping for direction in the darkness.
Tick-tock, tick-tock... In the deathly silence, only the echoes of life slipping away remained.
"(Trailblazer)..."
The deformed components in the car blocked his path. Fighting through excruciating pain, he removed the obstacles one by one. Warm blood trickled down his fingertips, but what terrified him more was that he could barely sense that familiar breathing anymore.
"Let's... go home together."
He administered the medicine he carried, the nearly depleted spirit water swirling in his palm, but against such horrific wounds, even healing was futile.
The Black Tide Creatures prowled, surrounding them both with their howls. The Cloud-Piercer shattered, crashing onto desolate rocks.
The spirit water turned crimson as he used his last ounce of strength to shield (Trailblazer)
He woke up from the nightmare, gasping for breath.
...
"What's up? Is there something on my face?"
At breakfast the next day, his gray-haired companion asked curiously.
"Thankfully it's not like in the dream..."
But he didn't say it out loud, just turned his gaze to the sky outside the window, "It's nothing... eat up."
The sky over Okhema remained azure blue.
But he couldn't help his thoughts from wandering, "I wonder if March is doing alright..."
The car plummeted like a burning meteor. Would she, arriving later, meet the same fate? Or perhaps something even worse...
He shook his head, pushing away the chaotic thoughts.
Another new day dawns.
With recording tools in hand, he prepares to head to the market.
The Trailblaze journey seems to be going as usual.
