"You damn Entity, not only do you not kill people, but you're also into military strategy!"
The Smiling Wraith zipped past Leon, looking as if it had used every ounce of its strength.
Even after taking several shots, it showed no intention of stopping, quickly disappearing around the corner of the corridor.
A cawing sound echoed from deep within the corridor. This sound contained a peculiar energy that could cause extreme emotional fluctuations in people—though, of course, this only applied to ordinary Wanderers.
For Leon, this sound had no effect other than annoying him.
"Squawk! Squawk your mother!"
Leon, having been used as a pawn, was already in a bad mood. Hearing this cawing sound now made him feel a sense of exasperated anger.
Bang!
A bullet struck another Entity with glowing eyes and teeth.
The number of Shrieking Wraiths is extremely small, and their strength is exceptionally formidable. They generally live within the Shriek-Tail Level, occasionally encountered in the darkness.
They belong to the same Glowing Face family as the Smiling Wraiths, but they are hostile to each other. The reason is simple: a Shrieking Wraith targeted a Wanderer, but the Wanderer was killed by a Smiling Wraith. The Shrieking Wraith naturally wasn't having it. She fixated on this Smiling Wraith and drove it insane, but she herself was also killed for being in the Smiling Wraith's territory.
However, Shrieking Wraiths are not lone wolves either.
Thus, the two factions of the Glowing Face family became hostile.
If Leon hadn't fired that shot, there was a high probability that this Shrieking Wraith would have gone after the Smiling Wraith, temporarily ignoring Leon.
But once it dealt with that Smiling Wraith, it would still return to find Leon and figure out a way to torment him to death.
So, Leon decided to strike first.
Before launching an attack, a Shrieking Wraith can emit a rustling sound similar to a rattlesnake. If you hear such a sound in a level, please leave immediately.
The Shrieking Wraith's primary attack method is to affect the minds of any living creature. If a Wanderer stares at its face for 45 seconds, they will go insane and cry.
After taking a shot, the cawing sound abruptly ceased.
The Shrieking Wraith's glowing face stared intently at Leon, attempting to use its ability to drive him insane. It generally does not actively attack Wanderers; it chooses to drive the enemy insane first and then kill them.
Seeing the Shrieking Wraith in this state, Leon simply put away his gun, took out the Combat Banner from his backpack, lightly tapped it with his other hand, and walked towards the Shrieking Wraith.
Even when Leon reached the Shrieking Wraith, it still made no attack.
Leon raised the Combat Banner high in front of the Shrieking Wraith's large eyes.
"Hey, watch this!"
"It's about to smack your face!"
After hearing Leon's voice, the next moment, the raised Combat Banner instantly slapped its face, and its invisible body involuntarily recoiled a small step.
Bang...
"You're a Shrieking Wraith, right?!"
Bang...
"You want to drive me crazy? You're still too green."
Bang, before the Shrieking Wraith could react, Leon smacked it many times in a row.
"Ah…"
No longer the annoying cawing, the Shrieking Wraith now let out a roar filled with fury.
Invisible attacks began to appear. Leon held the Combat Banner in front of him with one hand, his back pressed tightly against the wall, and with his other hand, he pulled out a shotgun from his backpack, aimed it at the close-by Shrieking Wraith, and pulled the trigger.
At such close range, the Shrieking Wraith had no chance to dodge.
All 15 pellets hit its large face. There was no other option, as it only had one visible face.
The heavily wounded Shrieking Wraith became even more frantic, and its attack frequency grew faster and faster, unaware that its attacks were causing its health bar above its head to drain rapidly like water from a floodgate.
Bang.
-60
Another full-damage shot. The Shrieking Wraith's health bar above its head was emptied, and only the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground was heard.
Leon patted the Shrieking Wraith's glowing large face and said, "I gave you a chance, but you're still useless."
He directly put the Shrieking Wraith's corpse into his backpack.
[Shrieking Wraith Corpse]
[Value: 315 Energy Points]
"Not bad…"
Although not as valuable as William from Resident Evil, this price was reasonable.
The Shrieking Wraith was indeed not strong to fight against, mainly because its abnormal mental attack was ineffective against him, after all, this was a mental attack that could drive a Smiling Wraith insane.
After collecting the corpse, Leon looked at the dark area deeper inside, preparing to enter the Shrieking Wraith's territory to see if there were any supply boxes. After all, with such a powerful guardian beast, it would be unreasonable not to have some good items.
But just as he opened the mini-map to check for any dangers around him...
An unexpected avatar appeared on the mini-map. He quickly turned to look at the corridor behind him, and sure enough, the Smiling Wraith that had fled earlier reappeared in the dark corner, grinning with its large mouth, revealing glowing fangs, and staring at him motionless.
"..."
He was being pestered by a dirty thing!!
This time, Leon ignored the fellow and walked directly into the darkness.
More than ten minutes later.
Hiding around a corner, preparing to ambush this sneaky Smiling Wraith, Leon looked at the motionless Smiling Wraith on the mini-map and wondered, "Can Entities also sense my location?"
This was very strange.
Having no choice, he could only temporarily abandon the idea of ambushing it and walked towards the nearest power room.
Sure enough, in the Shrieking Wraith's territory, resources were extremely abundant. Thinking about it, it made sense; other places might have Wanderers or other organization members searching, but in the Shrieking Wraith's territory, it was basically a death trap for anyone who entered.
It was normal for resources to be more plentiful.
Unfortunately, the supply boxes that appear in the Backrooms cannot accumulate and will also disappear, otherwise, the Shrieking Wraith's territory would be incredibly rich.
Looking at the pure white Cloud in his hand, Leon seemed to have discovered some incredible toy.
[Cloud]
Item No. 34
Clouds are items primarily found within Level ๑.
According to the M.E.G. Headquarters Archives, there was once a destructive event caused by Level ๑, which also affected other Levels, causing Cloud fragments to exist within supply items across various levels.
When used in areas other than Level ๑, the item exhibits partially different properties. Moderate consumption of this item can unleash its effects as in Level ๑ and has a positive impact on mental state. Consumers often report feeling happy and blissful, and their gloomy, depressed states are eliminated, with no addictive tendencies.
However, excessive consumption of this item can lead to negative effects, including but not limited to, strong hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, etc., and the colors of surrounding objects may become abnormally vibrant, with severe color oversaturation, causing the consumer to enter an excited state, and there is a slight addictive tendency. Therefore, the consumption of this item must follow strict regulations.
Leon didn't want to eat this thing; primarily, it possessed the 'floating' characteristic.
Its characteristic existed between 'cloud' and 'cotton'.
Releasing his hand, the pure white Cloud floated in the corridor. The next moment, a round stone appeared beside it. Seeing this, Leon smiled.
"Now I can build blocks in the void…"
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