'No!'
'I was so close!'
Nick's ability no longer worked, which ant he was only a bit stronger than an average human right now.
At this mont, Nick was falling from about eight ters of height into a pool of toxic waste with several sharp pieces of tal.
While Nick's ability was working, this wasn't an issue.
But now…
Nick's thoughts stopped.
Ti seed to freeze.
And then, ti resud as the Drear got further and further away from Nick.
SPLASH!
Nick hit the liquid shoulder first.
CRKSH! CRKSH!
Several pieces of tal created cuts in Nick's skin, and he started to bleed.
On top of that, Nick's destroyed fingers also ca into contact with the toxic liquid.
In an instant, Nick felt like his body was being drowned in acid.
The force of the fall also made it difficult for Nick to move, but his adrenaline pushed him to imdiately go to the surface.
As soon as Nick broke the surface again, he took a deep breath.
But then, Nick saw the owl just a ter in front of him, its claws stretched towards Nick.
The Drear was attacking, and without his ability, Nick was helpless!
BANG!
Nick imdiately pulled his head down into the water, and the next mont, two long claws tore through the water above him.
The Drear was not going to flee.
No, it was going to kill Nick!
Nick imdiately dove further and further down, several pieces of tal scraping his skin.
But then, Nick suddenly accelerated, and he stopped getting injured.
Nick had reached a depth where the light couldn't reach him, which ant that the Drear couldn't see him anymore.
Nick's ability activated again.
'I have to flee!' Nick thought. 'As long as it pays attention to , I can't fight it!'
After coming to a decision, he imdiately shot towards the direction of the sewer's exit.
But then, a huge black eye opened in front of Nick, and he beca paralyzed.
Nick's thoughts stopped as he looked at the terrifying black eye.
The next mont, a maw filled with teeth opened in front of him and swallowed him.
Nick felt his body getting torn apart, but then he realized that this wasn't real.
Since he was now in a place with no light, the Nightmare's influence had returned.
'The Drear above.'
'The Nightmare below.'
'I can't move like this! The Nightmare could lead in any random direction!'
'I have to surface to assess the direction I'm facing!'
Nick gnashed his teeth and shot upward.
The eyes and maws around him slowly vanished.
The Arclight was still active, and it illuminated the surroundings.
Shortly before Nick broke the surface, he suddenly felt the acid of the liquid beco stronger.
This ant the Drear was seeing him.
Nick broke past the surface and took a breath as he quickly looked around.
'There!'
Nick found the way he had to go towards and imdiately dove into the water again.
CRRRSH!
Nick clenched his teeth even more as he felt a big gash opening up on his back.
Just now, the Drear had created three huge gashes as it tore Nick's skin and a bit of muscle apart.
This was a Specter, not a random bird!
If it got hold of Nick, it could probably stab one of its claws through his entire torso!
A normal human couldn't possibly fight sothing like this.
As Nick descended, the intensity of the acid subsided.
He closed his eyes and imdiately started to swim forward.
A mont later, the heat of the water rose sharply, and it felt like Nick was swimming through a boiling pot of oil!
Nick's entire body turned red, and he wanted to do nothing but scream in pain.
He was burning!
He was dying!
'It's not real!'
'It's not real!'
'It's not real!'
BANG!
Suddenly, Nick's right hand hit sothing solid, and Nick's head quickly followed.
'A house?! Now?!'
Nick had hit one of the ruins.
He had to quickly make a decision.
Imdiately, he shot up.
The house wasn't that tall, and there was still about a ter between its ceiling and the surface.
At this mont, Nick felt a bit of light, but his ability hadn't deactivated yet.
This ant that the Drear hadn't seen him.
Nick swam forward in silence, his chest almost sliding against the house's roof.
Suddenly, the water started to severely burn him again, and Nick's body shook.
His ability had deactivated!
At that mont, a plan ford in Nick's mind, and he slowly spun onto his back.
Nick was betting on the fact that the Drear could see him but not perfectly see him.
Right now, since Nick was still about a ter below the surface, the Drear could probably only see a vague silhouette or shadow.
anwhile, the Drear was illuminated by the light behind it, allowing Nick to perfectly see it.
At this mont, the Drear was diving towards him with its outstretched claws.
Nick's anxiety reached new heights.
The Drear reached him.
BANG!
Nick shoved himself to the side as the Drear's claws reached into the water.
Due to Nick's depth, the Drear also had to fully enter the liquid, slowing it down significantly.
The Drear's claws barely passed by Nick, and Nick imdiately grabbed them with his two hands.
The Drear's wings flapped to get out of the liquid again, and Nick felt himself getting pulled up.
Splash!
The two of them left the liquid behind, the Drear pulling Nick into the sky.
Right now, the Drear didn't have the luxury to look at Nick, but Nick's ability still didn't reactivate.
Hearing and feeling soone also counted as perceiving soone.
After gaining a couple of ters, the Drear looked at Nick, and its beak opened.
But by now, Nick had repositioned himself.
He had pulled himself upward and had angled his body.
And then…
BANG!
Nick kicked the Drear's head!
While the Drear was much more powerful than Nick without his ability, a kick to the head still hurt quite a lot.
At the sa ti, Nick let go of the Drear's claws and threw himself towards the exit of the sewers.
His kick and the force of the jump completely disoriented the Drear, and it fell into the water a couple of ters away.
However, it wasn't significantly injured, and Nick was sure that it would return to flying above him in a matter of seconds.
'Only about 200 ters or so left to the exit! I refuse to believe that it will follow to the surface!'
Nick imdiately swam forward, and since the Drear was still in the water, his ability had reactivated, and he swam with all of his power.
Splash!
So seconds later, Nick heard the loud sound of sothing leaving the water about 30 ters behind him.
Five seconds after the sound, Nick's ability deactivated again.
Nick gritted his teeth and dove into the water.
More scratches appeared across his body.
BANG!
But the Drear's attack missed, and Nick's ability reactivated.
Sadly, just monts later, an army of maws tore at Nick's body again, and Nick felt like he was swimming downward instead of forward.
Yet, Nick just kept swimming.
He ignored the pain.
He ignored the horrors.
BANG!
Then, Nick hit sothing solid again.
'This is that one house I investigated!'
'I'm just about 50 ters away from the exit!'
By now, Nick's lungs were screaming at him to surface.
'I have to run across it!'
Nick surfaced again.
However, his ability deactivated before he even breached the surface!
The Drear wasn't stupid.
It had seen where Nick had swam towards, and it was constantly looking in that direction.
Nevertheless, Nick rapidly moved forward as he did his best to run in waist-high water.
He turned back to look at where the Drear was.
The next mont, he saw the Drear dive towards him.
Nick couldn't evade!
There were still several ters left!
The Drear would get him!
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