Freelance Saga 2: Quantum Interference Read Online Free

him that he could not use skills at the moment.
    “Now that’s just bullshit!” He had the power to be free of monsters for four hours per day, and he couldn’t even use it!
    Suddenly, the high-pitched shriek of a hunting bird echoed through the air. Scott stopped cold and turned toward the opening to the cave. Were the damned birds out there?
    He crept over to the opening and attempted to take a look. The entire time that he was in motion he prayed that the birds would not see or hear him.
    The massive creatures circled overhead, but from what he could see they did not seem to know where he was. Quickly, he moved back into the darker part of the cave. He could not help but feel like a rat cornered in a hole.
    A female voice called out to him. “ Huuu-man , come out to plaaay-yaaay .”
    Scott did not know which was worse, the unrelenting attempt to get at his sweat meats or the horrible reference she had unwittingly made. He drew further back into the cavern and sighed.
    There was no way out of this situation. They would easily catch him if he left the safety of his hole. Even if he had been at one hundred percent he would have bee n too slow to escape.
    Despite his recent stat increase, lingering injuries and stiffness would make it nearly impossible to get away. The arrow and its accompanying wound had mysteriously disappeared, but he still looked and felt like an ill-used punching bag.
    Several tense minute s passed before something strange and terrifying occurred. The bird woman from before cried out, “Found you!”
    He looked around frantically but there was no sign that his haven had been compromised. A panicked shriek from outside caught his attention and he moved forward to risk taking a look. Scott shuddered in voluntarily. One of the flying women had captured a man, and now held him up by his ankle.
    “You thought that you’d get away from Momo? Silly boy.” She twirled around happily. The motion caused her captive to start screaming again while he went on a terrifying ride. The strength of the monster had to be enormous. She was hovering in mid-air while holding a grown man by the ankle!
    “Let me go dammit!” The man attempted to kick her with his free leg but she easily avoided the awkward attack.
    “So feisty, and you’re sort of pretty for a human! We’ll have cute babies, I think.”
    “No! No!” He began to blubber a nd cry, like a terrified child.
    The harpies and hunting hawks laughed. Yes, the hawks laughed as well . It was creepy and sinister in a way that only a laughing bird could be.
    Momo the Harpy Q ueen, as Scott started to think of her, simply giggled at her prey then said, “Its ok. You’ll like being one of my husbands. At least I won’t eat you for a while.”
    The wail the man unleash ed was heart wrenching. There was nothing that he could do for the hapless man. That could have been him up there begging and crying to be released.
    The harpy queen and her retinue flew off with their prize. The man’s scream s echoed in the distance for only a short time but they were burned into Scott’s memory.
    He had just witnessed something terrible. He had been powerless to prevent that poor man’s abduction. This fantasy world had proven to be a terrible place for humanity in general. How this could be seen as a game was beyond his understanding.
    Scott waited a short time then slid out of the safety of the tree root cave. He had to keep moving. If he really was in the game world, and all signs did point to that fact, there would be human civilization somewhere. He would not be able to survive in the wilds as he was now.
    While he was tempted to simply stay in the cave and try to wait things out, he knew he would need food and water. He would have to come out anyway. Besides, there was no guarantee of safety in that cave. It had served him once, but who knew if it would continue to be safe?
    The last few days had been horrible for Scott. He had survived by drinking rain water from