LOGINMELISSA'S POV “Player 68 has been eliminated," the system's voice cut through my daze.The earth rumbled beneath me, a deafening growl that sent my heart racing. The worm burst from the ground, its massive body writhing like a living whip.Screams pierced the air as players scattered, their feet pounding the dirt. A player tumbled to the ground, his legs tangled in a mess of vines. The worm's jaws yawned wide, a dark cavern of death, and swallowed him whole.As though the other players weren't scared enough, now their hairs were practically turning white with fear.A handful of them ran towards the same direction, they slipped, falling on each other like a school of sardines in a can.I tried to scream, to run, but my legs felt leaden, stuck in place.Finally, I summoned enough courage but the moment I took a step forward— the ground trembled and I fell face first in the dirt.I crashed heavily against the sandy ground.A loud thud echoed as my forehead collided with a small rock.B
MELISSA'S POV Player 37 was death?How? cause he ate an apple?Damn, this game truly was getting scarier.A loud scream pierced through the arena— followed by francy of running players. My heart stopped for a moment as I slowly took in the entire situation. The player who had just consumed the poisoned fruit slumped to the ground— his body decaying rapidly. In under seconds he was nothing but sand and bones, his body merging perfectly with the soil like it was meant to be here. In that moment I forgot to breathe, fear gripped my heart like a heavy iron chain.I should have ran, but unfortunately I was paralyzed by fear, and apparently I wasn't the only one experiencing that. Even Zoe the usually cool, composed goddess was on her knees, shaking like a leave.Her face was tears streaked and she was as pale as a ghost. Gavin stepped forward, pulling his soulcutter from his pocket dimension.“Every stand still, this place isn't save," his voice cut through the chaos. Everyone as t
MELISSA'S POV I stepped into the pitch black portal— a suffocating type of fear literally surfaced in my throat.My mind raced with possible scenarios.What was I to expect?Man eating trees?A zombie apocalypse?A dead trap dessert?I couldn't tell, but one thing was setting, I was so not going to like it.I squeezed my eyelids tightly, my heart threatening to leap out of my throat.I gulped down a world of saliva, as I awaited the inevitable but to my surprise when I opened my eyes, I wasn't in hell.If anything I was Heaven.My eyes widened in shock as I gazed upon the marvel before me.It was sincerely the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.We were in the middle of a massive forest, more like a type of spacious garden— since there were more flowers than trees. Surprisingly, the flowers here were oddly familiar, we had; Lilies, ivies, roses, sun flowers, hibiscus, basically any flower one could imagine and more. The air was heavy with the soft fragrance of flowers and damp ea
MELISSA'S POVThe air was packed with a suffocating type of silence that made one's scalp tingle.Each player was stiff, unable to process the sick prank that played in their ear drums. A large white portal appeared before us, but the horrors of the game had already done it's job by scaring the players into paralysis.I glanced into the portal and what I saw made my blood freeze. This particular portal was different. It was bright like the other. It was calming— it was pain numbingly frightening. The portal was pit black. Looking deeper I could faintly make out the figure of rusty weapons, and decayed carcasses, not those of animals.They were of humans, players to be exact— the tattoo on their half rotten flesh said that much. That was when I realized it— I was freezing literally, my teeth were chattering and a trail of goosebumps had surfaced all over. My heart slammed violently against my ribs that it felt like my ribs were about to break any moment now. Then the system's
MELISSA'S POV Sylvia wobbled towards me, practically hopping like a kangaroo.I glanced down and froze at the sight before me. Sylvia was standing on one leg, her left leg visibly chopped at the knee off— leaving behind a patch of clotted blood and bones.The point of dissection was characterized by torn chunks of flesh. Obviously cut out my a blunt weapon. My heart stopped. I bolted towards her, my mind filled with panic. “Sylvia what happened?" I asked, scanning the point of injury. My heart hurting as though I'd be stuck straight in the heart. Sylvia's lips curved into a visibly forced smile. “Oh this?" she waved it off casually like it was some minor scratch. “Punish, we lost and apparently the group decided I was the most expendable player."Her words were straight forward, but they didn't sit well with me one bit. What was the meaning of most expendable? And did that have to do with her leg being chopped off? I shook my head, trying to narrow my thoughts. “What do y
MELISSA'S POV The arena fell deadly silent, leaving behind only the sound of our racing hearts and heavy breathing.The air was heavy with tension.The atmosphere suffocating with unease.Gavin and I stood at a stand still, his jaw clutched with annoyance.I too was furious— balling so had on my fist so hard my knuckles turned white.My body trembling ever so slightly.I opened my mouth, ready to curse Gavin out further when “DING!"A sharp chime cut through the air.“[SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT]”“[CAPTURE THE FLAG GAME COMPLETED]"“[SURVIVORS CONFIRMED]”“[WINNING TEAMS: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, AND 11]“[REWARDS OBTAINED…]**Immediately a warm, soothing golden light descended around us— engulfing us in one go.Instantly my wounds were gone.They vanished without a trace, as though they were never there to begin with.All the pain fading instantaneously .Screens flickered before my eyes.“[REWARD: HEALING POTION ×1]”“[BONUS: +15 AGILITY POINTS, 1 PICNIC PACKED MEAL, 1 WILDERNESS SURVIVAL PACK
MELISSA'S POV“Ridiculous," the system snarled. “What is ridiculous is the fact that you cursed out your partner three times, call him unprintable names multiple times, smile while he took on your punishment, and still expect a high score."I froze.Ooh! I totally didn't realize I was smiling all t
THIRD PERSON POVTheir lips barely met, but still a jolt of electricity ran through them.They both froze.Melissa gasped softly and pulled back.“I—I’m sorry,” she whispered, cheeks tinting faint pink.Barbara's face was now the color of a sausage, she looked like she was about to explode from ang
THIRD PERSON POV The air was filled with the slashing sound of blades.Melissa— tired, and exhausted was running on fumes.Her body screamed with every passing movement.Her arms trembled, lungs burned.Her legs felt heavy like lead—but she still stood her ground against the Devourers.Finally, sh
MELISSA'S POV The slap sound cracked through the room like a gunshot.Barbara flew sideways, crashing hard onto the floor.Gasps erupted, all the other players visible shocked by my outburst.Nancy screamed tore through her throat.James froze, his eyes filled with shock, relief— something more.T







