Panic threatened to stop Julien's lungs entirely, but the instinct to survive was far stronger.
He swiped his bruised hand through the dust-filled air, pulling up the glowing gold interface of his Merchant class and ignoring the standard weapons and basic armours, his eyes darting frantically across the expansive Tier 1 item registry.
The golden text scrolled rapidly across his vision until a specific cluster of utility items caught his desperate attention.
[Infinite Warehouse: Tier 1 Utility]
[Enlarge Rope (100 Credits): A magically woven cord capable of extending up to 3 kilometres. Highly durable against physical tension.]
[Feather Potion (150 Credits): Drastically reduces the mass and physical weight of the consumer or targeted object for three minutes.]
The five heavy armoured transport vehicles were hurtling through the air directly toward Chris and Alice, carrying tons of lethal momentum.
