Two inmates are hiding below a big rock in a dry river. They dig a bit of the ground below that rock, and use that small room to sit there, a bit hidden from the higher ground. That’s the only thing they could do since they don’t have a safe hideout. “So, are we safe now?” “I don’t know. We better stay here. Even just to check the situation is dangerous. If you want to check, go check by your self.” The place is so dark, since they don’t have anything to create a fire. There’s only their whispers could be heard. “Come on! I still need a good sleep if we want to fight those monsters tomorrow.” “Why don’t you watch this place, and I go sleep first.” “Is that how you say your thanks after I saved you?” And suddenly, there’s another voice appears. “It’s okay, you both can go sleep.” That’s when those two inmates realize the existence of some unknown inmate with them in the dark place. “Who are…” But they are too late. Both of those inmates’ neck already been slashed by a dagger.
On the 21st day, Azzim takes Dino to leave the small island. The goal is not to hunt monsters to collect experience, but to collect items.Azzim knows, at least most inmates had died in the mainland. That way, he could pick up the items they left behind without having to come face to face with them. Even if he couldn't avoid a confrontation, at least Azzim is pretty sure those inmates are already not in their best condition to fight.Meanwhile, Dino is getting more and more excited in trying to create fire in his palm. His mana usage efficiency is still poor, therefore, he always runs out of mana in no time. After then, he would be busy paying attention to his slow mana regeneration.“Don't be reckless spending mana like that. The more often you empty your mana pool, the faster your fatigue level will rise,” says Azzim.“Yeaah!” Dino replies, already looking so tired, even though they haven’t marched that far.Not long after that, he already feels so bored. Not knowing what to do, Din
It shuts Dino silent to swallow all of that information. He never thought that the system would go that far to make sure anyone would have a way to work together in this crazy set up of environment. However, he still couldn’t understand, why would the system offer the reward like getting so much experience by killing higher level inmates who are not in the same party. He couldn’t help but thinking, why would they create such a situation that would lead people to kill with each other. “Why? Why did they create such a situation like this? What’s the purpose of all of these trials they gave to us?” Dino asks with a gloomy face. “I think that’s enough information for you to reconsider your option,” says Azzim as he puts a few of those items into Dino’s lap. “You have the freedom to chose whether you want to join me or not. I wouldn’t mind either, if you choose to leave me now.” And then, Azzim realizes that they wouldn’t be able to carry more items than what they already have. There’s
Luckily for Dino, those zombies move so slow. Even slower because of the mud. As he gets closer to the higher ground, Azzim reaches out his hand, intending to immediately pulls him out. But then, just when Dino grabs Azzim’s hand, Azzim notices something has just dropped right at those zombies which are not too far away behind Dino.As if knowing what is coming, Azzim roughly pulls Dino out. A second later, the mud explodes, throwing all of those zombies into the air. Azzim and Dino are a bit thrown away. Even thought they don’t receive much damage from that explosion, the pieces of those zombies are now scattered all over the place on that higher ground where they are laying down.They are covered by the mud and dirt, and also by some of those zombies’ body liquids and their internal organs. All of those body parts have starting to rot and releasing the dark green gasses.“Who the fuck was that? Get here if you want to fight me!” Azzim snaps and shouts so hard while shoving away all
In the end, all the supplies of the diluted Enchanted Binahong Extract have been used up. At least, he can keep his HP above 25% until that zombie poison faded away on the next day. However, his Vitality is a bit low now, since he has been enduring that poison for almost two days.Even until the 27th day, Azzim is still locking himself in his hideout. Only goes out to look for food. He doesn’t want to take chance even if he believes there aren’t many inmates out there. Somehow, he hopes that one of them would enter the trial dungeon soon so that the system would immediately reset the trial realm.Ar least, in his mind, the Crimson Crow party led by Zack should have already reached a high enough level to clear the trial. But in reality, the four of them are currently pinched inside an underground ruin, at the belly of a certain hilly mountain.“Shit! They are everywhere,” mumbles one of Zack’s friend named Marvini, a lady healer who also can use a magical armor technique.All of her fa
Not many have survived until the 30th day since those inmates entered the trial realm. Some have felt that they are no longer able to get out and choose to keep hiding. Meanwhile, Zack decides to fully rest his team since the death of one of his friends, Bascha. However, their progress will still be held down because one of the members will have to re-start over as a level 0 warrior in their next turn to enter that trial realm later. “Haah, if it's like this, in the next round, we have no other choice but to wait for Bascha to level up until he catches up to us,” complains Andrio. “Stop complaining like that. I’m telling you now, never show that kind of attitude in front of Bascha later, as if he is a burden for us,” says Marvini. “Okay, okaay. I already knoooow that!” replies Andrio with an uninspired mood. “If you know, you don’t need saying “okay” twice, you jerk!” Zack can only shakes his head, watching the two of his friend from afar. However, he believes that there’s nothin
One by one, they slowly approaching him from all directions. Most of them have scar on their face and chest. They are the fighter-type of their kind, “The Grizzly Tusk Champions”. They like to fight with each other, to determine who is the stronger. This is one of the reasons why they have two levels higher than the rest. One of them, the only one who doesn’t have any scar on its body, roars once shortly. It’s as if he is acting like the leader of the gang. “Are you the boss here?” asks Azzim, trying to lighten up his tension. As if knowing his target, Azzim charges toward that one monster instead. Weirdly, the other monsters choose to stay still, as if not wanting to disturb their boss in fighting. “Just as I thought,” Azzim mumbles with a smirk. The monster waves one of its bulky arms. Azzim keeps running, and then ducks down. He slides on the ground, passing through the monster’s feet. He manages to leave a deep cut on its left foot. But then, he keeps running away from them.
Azzim is not the only one who is in the dire condition. Most of the remaining inmates are also dying at the moment. Even Zack and all of his friends’ condition is not any better than the rest. Zack just stands there with blank face, watching a part of his arm being chewed by some wild cat species monster on the edge of a cliff. Meanwhile, the two of his friends are laying unconsciously, losing a part of their legs. He looks so hopeless, yet those monsters looking like they don’t have any interest to kill him and his friends. They're just like house cats, playing with a few limbs they have snatched from Zack and his friends. Meanwhile, on the southwest part of that big island, Azzim is seen washed ashore to the small island, not far from the wrecked ship he uses as a hideout. He is laying there on the bay with a low HP, and his fatigue at his peak. A tiny movement is seen on his fingers. And then, he starts coughing all the waters out of his mouth. Not long he lays down there, he sta