A few minutes after Arran left the ocean floor to fly upwards following the water stream, the finish line of the first elimination round welcomed a new arrival.
This person was a young man who was of a medium build.
The young man had black flowing long hair and a scholarly air around him that set him apart from all the other participants in this ceremony that had the look of warriors at the first glance.
He had in his nose a small frame of spectacles and his small build made him seem like the type that was most likely to be found behind a desk than on the field.
All in all, this newcomer gave one the impression that they were generally weak and could be easily bullied or ignored. were it not for the pair of intelligent-looking eyes that hid behind his spectacles, nobody would ever look twice at him.
The audience who had previously paid more attention to Arran was surprised when this person reached the finish line. this was because there was still a
Arran took some time to observe the various tunnel entrances so as to see if he could figure anything out but no matter how long he looked, Arran was not able to get anything just from watching the reason being that first of all he was currently unable to use his sensory abilities and two the council would never make it so easy for the participants.If the participants were going to figure things out right from the start then that would beat the meaning of this competition.Seeing as the only way he was going to figure just what the second elimination round was about, Arran decided not to dawdle anymore and instead head inside.With a flap of his wings, Arran made his way steadily towards the face of the mountain that was riddled with different tunnel entrances.Arran stopped just short of the tunnels and hovered outside as he looked at the entrance.He was trying to decide on which entrance he should enter through and if he would be able to find a
Chasing behind Arran was a kind of creature known as the drill Worm. This creature is a kind of underground critter that inhabited the subterranean world.Drill Worms were a common species in the universe and there were also all kinds of related albeit different species from the same genus.Drill Worms mainly survived by moving around inside the earth as they used their giant front mouth to eat their way through almost any substance that could be found underground. The stomachs of the Drill Worms contained a powerful acid that could digest anything it ingests given enough time and their appetite was known to be very diverse since they would eat anything regardless of what they were.Normally a tunnel excavated by a Drill Worm is very easy to spot since as they Drill Worms ate through the ground and digested the earth in their stomachs making the tunnel very smooth and even, they would also secrete slime-like substances through their skin which was their only mea
It was confirmed, Arran was officially down on his luck.Arran's current feelings were very complicated. He felt like he had suffered a huge injustice. It was like there was someone who was very jealous of his extremely good luck and struck him with a bout of misfortune so he could go through endless suffering. If it was not like that then how would you explain how he was able to just enter into a nest of dire beasts, one that was the worst possible matchup for him.After Arran finally came to terms with the fact that his luck was really bad this time he started to look around, trying to figure a way out of his current predicament.As Arran looked around, he noticed that this tunnel system was really more complex than he had first thought.When he had first entered the tunnels, the number of tunnel entrances was not as much as they were now. Even if he would occasionally come across some tunnel entrances but they were very few and sparsely distributed, bu
Arran's plan succeeded.With this single strike, he was able to paralyze the three Drill Worms making them pause right in their tracks, giving Arran just enough time to do what he wanted to do.Arran did not waste any time as he immediately got into the position for a jump by squatting down and tucking his legs against his body. Exerting strength on his legs, Arran took a mighty leap into the air and shot forward towards the smallest Drill Worm. His goal was the gap between the body of the Drill Worm and the ceiling of the tunnel.Arran wanted to take advantage of this tiny gap that was barely enough for him to fit through to escape from the encirclement of the Drill Worms.In a second Arran was already in front of the Drill Worm and he was finally able to squeeze his way through the gap. With his earlier jump, Arran had enough momentum to easily slide his way through the gap.It was a tight fit for Arran as he was pressed closely against the body
The two people who were making their way over to Terrence were trouble. That was the only word that Terrence could use to describe them. The reasons for this were mainly because of two things.One of those reasons was because of how beautiful and stunning the two of them were.Over the horizon, as the two figures got closer to Terrence, they became much clearer and it was easy to see their features very well.The two figures belonged to two very hot and bodacious girls who were moving gently on the surface of the ocean.The two girls were otherworldly beautiful with clear sparkling eyes that shone like stars and pretty and delicate faces that were as pale as milk and skin so full that it felt like water could be squeezed out of it.From their faces, it could be seen that the girls greatly resembled each other and it was easy to guess their identities as sisters. The two of them looked so alike that it was very easy to confused one for the other but
The token in Arran's hand was gotten by him while he was running all around the tunnels after being chased relentlessly by the Drill Worms in their nest.If you were to ask Arran how he had gotten himself into this kind of situation in the first place, he would not have been able to explain it to you.Heck, he couldn't even explain it to himself.In his own words, Arran would say that everything happened as if it were a dream. A dream that was extremely blurry and where he couldn't remember any details. In that dream, everything went by so fast and before he realized it he was already here and awake with not a single memory of what had happened inside his dream.That was exactly how Arran felt currently as he looked at his surroundings.All he saw as he looked around him were the fat wriggling bodies of Drill Worms of various sizes that covered his entire vision.There were small worms the size of saloon cars and big ones the size of lorries
'So that is how it is?'As it turns out all the answers are contained in this little token!Arran held the clue token in his hand and clenched his fists in excitement. After all, he had been through, it turns out that all he needed to do was to find this clue token and he would have all the answers that he needed.Sigh!After Arran calmed down from his excited state, all that was left of his feelings was a relief. At least he didn't has to go through all that for nothing and at the end of the whole thing, he was able to find the answers that he most surely needed.Arran was still flying high in the air out of reach of the drill worms and as he flew Arran looked down on them. Seeing that there was still a lot of time left in this elimination round and that he was not in any immediate danger, Arran decided to organize and go through the information that he had just received.Arran recalled what he had just learned.Just as he had first
"This is a headache!" Arran lamented when he was finished going through the information he had gotten from the token.The reason for this is that with the nature of this elimination round being exposed like this, it meant that the number of troubles he would encounter this time will be much more than the previous round especially since he would have to face off against not only the Direbeasts in this mountain but also the participants of the ceremony.Not that Arran was afraid of trouble... Arran had already accepted the fact that he would have to face the other participants in this competition sooner or later... but he would have preferred to do so at a much later time than now. Unfortunately for Arran, it seems like he would have to deal with them much sooner than he had anticipated.Sigh!"Oh well, be it now or at a much later time, it is all the same to me. I will have to deal with them either way so why not now?" Arran psyched himself up."Thi