"Crap! What happened?" Wolf looked at the gate. "Where did he go?"
"Fuck! what do we do now?" Guss's panicked like a herd of sheep.
"Did he just teleported beyond the gate?? Is he alive or dead?"
The Ancient Gate being an active teleporter was the last thing that everybody expected. Even more, its destination coordinated, and the range was also unknown. He could be anywhere, buried miles inside the ground or even deep inside the bottomless sea.
"I guess, we will have to find that out ourselves!" Lin sighed heavily.
"Alright! I am going in, you can choose not to come... but," Lin proceeded towards that door then looked back. "Let me say it clearly, Whatever we find from that side will only belong to those who risk their lives."
This time Lin gave everybody a choice instead of an order as a squad leader. Lin's primary objective behind this was to filter out people who can really stand straight against an unknown danger. It wa
"Damn it! I think we've lost them!" Lin asked Roy, annoyed. "Can you sense anybody?"Roy shook his head. "Nope! everyone is too far away... "Earlier when the alpha beast appeared, they all ran in different directions and luckily one of the smaller beasts followed Roy and Lin while the alpha followed someone else. Lin and Roy took advantage of this situation and ran away to save themselves.For Roy and Lin, things became pretty straightforward after that. The small one followed both of them and got killed by those two since it was already comparatively weak in front of their teamwork. But now they were too far away from their prior location. Wolf seemed to have run along with Remy in a different direction too.Creed and Mira also got detached from the group. Now they were all lost and scattered. The Hall seemed very huge and spacious since the pillars were blocking their vision in every direction. They couldn't track themselves or others. Lin and Roy gues
*Cough**Cough* ~huff ~huffMira opened her eyes, gasping for deep breaths."Seriously! What a shitty dream!" Mira's vision was still fuzzy, "Dying on the first da—Wait!"A sudden familiar throbbing pain rushed out to her. She held her head. A possibility that this all wasn't a dream crept up in her mind. She got up in haste. Though she had recovered completely, the smell of excreted skin and puss still lingered. This pungent smell was the biggest disadvantage of the beta-pill.The secretion of spiked enzymes and metabolism boosters inside the body consumed the energy of the body with an unrestricted speed which leads to rapid activation of the cells. The activated cells repair the body but they die fast as well leading to a heinous outlasting stench.Mira lost balance and tripped on her butt when she tried to get up too fast."Shit!! it wasn't a dream!!""How am I even alive? And what happened to him?"A barrage of
"Mateo!""You are alive! But I saw the beast took you." Mira couldn't believe her eyes. "How did you survive?"When they came closer to the pillar, it stunned both of them. They saw Mateo sitting wounded on the floor against the pillar; He was eating something from his pocket. His left hand was badly injured while his clothes were painted with blood. He looked exhausted."Mira!! ... and Creed!!""Where did you come from?" He turned at them, startled, " And how did you guys find me?""We were coming this way to search for others, luckily we spotted you..." Mira replied."Others!!" Mateo retorted, surprised. "So they aren't with you? How did you all scatter?"."Don't ask, It's a long story. All of us got separated so me and Creed are searching for others," Mira explained hastily, then asked. "More importantly, what happened to you after the fight? I almost assumed you were --""Dead!" Mateo interjected, "Well, you weren't t
##NOTE - Sometimes I am calling the 'floating heart' the 'floating tumor' or 'tumor'... I did this because the appearance of the Floating Heart is very grotesque, almost like a tumor. ##"Well, somebody needs to check it out, right?" Roy wanted to save his skin, so he went with fake compliments. "Creed's got the finest luck out of all of us!""Shut up! I am not going there alone," Creed howled angrily."How is that thing alive?" Mira kept gazing at the gruesome details of the floating tumor. "It has a rhythm, but it's so menacing!""Listen, this is just a waste of time, somebody needs to check it out!," Mateo kept looking at Creed."Okay!! how about we select two people out of us randomly?" Lin looked at others for their input, "How about we do it by a lottery? The chosen two will check it out .""Fine, then. Let's do a lottery." Creed replied.A sense of relief washed over Creed. He didn't want to go near that obnoxious thing. Every
"What do you mean by 20%?" Mateo glanced at Creed with agitation. "No!! 20% is too low !!""It's either that or nothing!" Creed replied hastily. "And every minute those odds get worse, so decide fast!""I have no problem," Mira said as she looked at Creed."In fact, I like those odds, at least it's not a 'Zero',""I am fine too... it's better than nothing at least," Lin and Roy agreed as they saw this as their last hope. "We don't have a plan anyway!""Yeah, me too," Remy said as she was still slaughtering the newborns."No problem here either," Wolf agreed too."Okay, so if everybody is on board then let me tell you my plan..." Creed kept making gestures and explained his plan while fighting, they all kept listening while keeping the newborns at bay. After he finished explaining everyone went silent, nobody made any comment. Though Mateo's soul seems to be leaking out of his body."That's your plan?" Mateo howled angrily,
They all looked around them, but they couldn't find the others. Rina, Lorenzo, Rhett, and Guss, all four left after they teleported to the other side. Wolf and Roy tried, but they couldn't pinpoint them."They are still inside the Tomb, but they are too far away," Roy replied while eating an apple. "We need to head back to the entrance.""Okay, we have seven hours," Lin ordered them to get up "We have earned nothing and also lost the one flux-serum allotted to us. There's nothing we could do about that so let's head back and see if we can find others along the way"."Hmm ... I want to get washed up too!" Mira covered her face with a cloth, " I would kill for a bath.""Let's head back," Mateo and Remy also covered their faces. "This horrible stench is killing me.""Creed, can you walk?" Mira asked creed and supported him from one side as he was the most injured, "Wait, Let me help you.""Those tentacles almost killed me!" Creed let Mira help
"Fuck!! Is everybody seeing what I am seeing?" Rhett's eyes almost popped out from their sockets."What the — Are you kidding me?" Mateo also glanced at the JET's ranking portal with wide eyes. "How the hell did we get the first place?""This is a joke, right?" Remy too rubbed her eyes."What the hell happened? I mean... this is unbelievable!"Except for Creed and Lin, everyone from team - 5 was sitting in the cafeteria. They had just completed all of their formalities and came to have lunch one last time as a team. Wolf was munching on beef carelessly. When he looked at the rankings, it puzzled him slightly; he was the only one in the group who wasn't as surprised as others."I too didn't believe at first, but if you think about it, it makes sense." Wolf said coolly, "This also means that the most influencing factor was 'how many can survive?'"Wolf continued, "I might be wrong here, but I guess there were extra points if every
"Wait! Hold on a sec... What favor?"Creed couldn't pinpoint what she was talking about. "And why are you in such a hurry?""You said I could return the favor after we get back safely," Mira mumbled softly, "Did you forget about it ?""Oh, that! Well! You don't have to ... it's not like i...""I want to! " Mira blurt abruptly."Okay, if you insist that much!" Creed forcefully tried to think of something, anything. "How do you want to repay the favor?""Isn't there anything you want?" Mira tested waters. If she could give him what he wanted, that would the best way to repay the favor."Hmm, let's see," Creed thought for a bit, "Actually, I am very interested in your clan's Prestigious Annual Unified Coalition Conference, I have heard several good things about it. Can you get me an entry ticket for this year?""The UCCs entry ticket! My clan elders host them, but I am afraid it's impossible, even for me," Mira's face changed afte