Clash of Faiths.

Abby struggled with her fear of heights while following Lev through the skyscraper ruins. After surviving a Seraphite ambush and clearing a floor using stealth and precision, the duo debated the nature of the Scars' prophet. Their journey led them higher, eventually revealing a massive Seraphite presence in the upper reaches.

When I was following Lev through the ruins of those buildings, suddenly he tried a risky jump across a massive gap that stopped Abby in her tracks as she couldn't bring herself to do it. I had to take the way around through a side office instead.

I kept following Lev when he started taunting Abby, mentioning he had a cousin who was also afraid of heights. It was clear he understood Abby was feeling the same way, and his playful jab was his way of acknowledging her struggle.

Towards this part of the climb, Lev showed off his jumping skill again by leaping over a collapsed section of the floor, mentioning it's not that hard if you don't look down. However, I had to take another way around through a narrow maintenance corridor.

When we reached this part of the skyscraper, Abby was confused because the Wolves usually never explored these specific ruins. Lev mentioned that the Wolves never look up, which is why their paths remained hidden.

I followed him up a rusting ladder. We reached a higher floor.

After getting on the floor above, we were suddenly ambushed by a group of Scars who had been lying in wait. One of them shot a bullet towards Lev that fortunately only scratched his skin, narrowly missing a fatal hit.

There were only two of us against that big number of Scars, and to make matters worse, I didn't have enough ammo for a prolonged gunfight. I had to stay silent and try taking them down in stealth to even the odds without alerting the entire floor.

But suddenly this lady saw me moving and started shooting at me, so I had to open fire and shoot her down immediately. The silence was broken, and the sound of the gunshot echoed through the floor.

There came more Scars from the stairwell, and both me and Lev took cover behind those heavy wooden desks to avoid the incoming fire. I started hunting them down one by one.

This one was the last one who was looking for us around the perimeter of the room. He didn't know our exact location because we were constantly on the movement through the office maze.

Suddenly I grabbed him from behind as he passed my hiding spot, and then I took him down in a stealthy execution.

When we were done taking care of the Scars, we reached this quiet place where there was a big painting of the Seraphites' prophet on a crumbling wall. I found a little wooden statue of her as well, surrounded by offerings of fruits and other things. It was a strange, peaceful shrine in the middle of a war zone.

Then Lev was like praying to their prophet in a quiet whisper, and Abby was saying she wondered if their prophet had any idea what kind of violence she was starting.

Lev replied that she saved dozens of people and that her message was something no one could truly explain to an outsider.

After Abby mentioned that the prophet's followers blew up trucks and killed soldiers, which is not hard to explain, she decided to move on. She headed fast toward the next ladder.

It looked like they reached the open, high parts of the building where the skybridges were located. Suddenly they noticed there were Scars, aka Seraphites, all around that place, patrolling the high rooftops around.

We'll check what happens next in another post.

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Image Source: In game screenshots.

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Peace.