"This surely will hurt!"
I flew so far... Then I rolled down inside a building in an unknown place while my things scattered around the place a I rolled down the floor. Luckily I hit a wall and finally stopped.
"Damn..."
It was bloodpumping, those runners. There's no way they can took down a pilgrim like me.
"haha... HAHAHAHAHA. That gave me a heart attack."
I rested for a while, then after some time I got up, picked up my things and got to the rooftop to see where I am. Then the sight of where I am says one thing.
"I'm in a broken settlement."
Broken settlements are the infiltrated SafeZones, raided by different unclassified Broken Dwellers. But sometimes destroyed by the heavens people.
None of us Dwellers know why the Heavens people are pursuing us and want to eradicate our existence.
Maybe they're just that narcissistic.
The SafeZones are most likely makeshift or old abandoned spheres, mainly composed of tall buildings and underground houses, shelters and bunch of scape routes.
If I'll describe it, the old sphere SafeZones are just bunch of broken and crushed buildings that people tried to reinforce to make a new home. They will try to reactivate the defense mechanism of the sphere or create a barricade, a makeshift defense on their own.
The makeshift ones are the unique ones that are created in deep areas that are hard to find. Makeshift defense system and no massive infrastructure, only shelters that are enough to support life are viable for safety reasons. These SafeZone that are created not reused are the real settlements we called. It is safer than the broken Spheres.
Because Spheres location are vulnerable to Heavens people so they can be attacked anytime. Although unlikely to happen, sometimes it just does happen. That's why Broken Spheres are often referred to as the "Dweller Market."
The place where I am right now... I'm not so sure but this place looks like a broken sphere. I can't confirm it because the infrastructures here are not that tall to notice, and not so many.
Also outside, is a massive forest... Trees and crops...
"The hell is this place.."
Broken Spheres are always surrounded by no life outside their borders, so to find trees right outside this place, placed my doubt whether where I am now is a sphere or not.
Then suddenly, footsteps came from behind.
"Seems like the heaven favored me, a new tenant! It's been so long since the last."
I immediately turned to see the person behind.
Behind me was a not so old man in a black suit. Based on his appearance, he was about 40-50 years old. He wears a very old eyewear, had a short white hair and a striking dark brown eyes. A fine looking butler I say cause that body is packed for his age.
"Sorry old man but, I dont have anything to pay you. Some runners chased me and I already used most of my equipments and been left with none to trade or to pay."
His face flicked when he heard I'm being chased by such people. I know that it will be like this... because those who are chased the runners surely have value them. So what? Of course they will sell people like me cause "money is money, even if its dirty, cause survival is the priority."
I hate that phrase. Only professional retards believed on such BS, even though its true when we only think about life in the poorest way.
Then he finally talked.
"How bold of you young man."
"I'm a pilgrim so nothing will be lost. Its just me."
But he suddenly laughed.
"I see... you thought I'll sell you huh. Well not that I will deny I'm tempted. But I'm not gonna snitch, don't worry."
I sat down and sighed.
{Seems like I have to move to another place.}
"For a pilgrim, I think I can do a discount for such a morale man. Around a 100%."
I looked at him with a dumbfounded face.
"In exchange of doing houseworks. A pilgrim is a pilgrim afterall."
Oh right, Nothing's free for us.
"Okay..."
Then he throws a room key to me and made an introduction.
"Welcome to Hotel P53 Young One. I'm the Manager of this Hotel, "Castor." You'll find your room at the Spherical Floor. The room number is 3, and our rooms like the diner, lounge, are in the ground floor. I'm always at the reception desk also in the ground floor, but you can call me from your room through the phone placed right beside your bed lamp."
Then I asked him.
"Is the job you'll give me will be enough to cover what I owe you from the damages I've caused?"
He chuckeld and replied.
"Do not worry about it. Enjoy your stay as my honorable guest."
"What a weird old man you are."
He stopped then looked behind at me with clear hostile eyes that has hostility at all.
"Dont you dare leave without giving us a review okay? Well then, see you later."
Then he walked away.
Normally, I should be laughing for how old and dumb this trick is now. But because of his odd nature and presence, I choose to get along. I grabbed my things and go to my assigned room.
Since my equipments received plently of damage from that trouble before, I plan to look for some useful materials across this settlement, sphere or whatever this place is.
Trick huh... Sometimes because of being too careful, people couldn't even tell the difference between kindness and ill intentions. I mean who could blame who?
Well, not that I'm saying I perfectly could tell.
Since I trust my guts, not feeling that he had any ill intentions and hostility towards me. Also I'm practically beat up, so I dare not to refuse free resting place.
I'll just make something out of nothing if things went wrong.
[ P53 HOTEL ]
[March 3, Tuesday, 3:42 PM]
I dont know but, I never realize that my body needed this much rest. I slept around 10AM and now its already quarter to 4.
Even with all that rest, looks like I still dont want to get up.
"Damn it... Even a dead beat place like this have such a nice resting place."
Most of the floors here are busted, but for a place like this to be this decent, its good. I think as I tour myself earlier, therr are like 6 Floors that by far clean and usable.
1st - 4th Floor: Common rooms,diner, lounge, reception, old stalls, etc.
23rd and 25th Floor are the Spherical VIP rooms while the PENT Lounge can be found at the 24th Floor.
The other floors are straight up trash so I think that housework Job I've got surely doesn't look like how it sounds.
Well anyways, I got up and set my things to look around for useful stuff to repair my gears.
I got into the ground floor so that the Manager could see me and not think bad of me.
"Seems like you're on a adventure young one."
This old man knows I'm a pilgrim and still call me "Younge ONE" Definitely he's playing around.
"My gears are all broken so I'll try to look for something to fix and patched them."
"I have plently of things–"
"Nah uh, that's too much for a pilgrim but if I went back emptyhanded, sure I'll take that."
"Alright... If thats what you want."
I nodded at him and said...
"Yeah, thanks Manager."
Then leave the Hotel.
[Manager POV]
What a Pilgrim he is.. But who would have thought that the thing that could turn things around are in the hands of a man of moral.
With him is something I though forover is gone.
"Seems like there's still hope, but thats up to his oath. Or if he ever knew what in the world that thing he had with him."
I laughed.
"Thats why I hate pilgrims... I'm always having trouble trying to understand them."
[Zajin POV]
Outside this place is like anyother. Ruins after ruins. Then, suddenly my body got filled with excitement.
"Haha... Its time to scavenge."
I hammered my right fist into my left palm, nodding as my excitement and my plan clicked into place.
"It's time to know if this place is a sphere or a settlement!"