MasukMELISSA'S POV My breathe hitched.This was it— I was going to die.The building seemed to be trembling underneath my feet.I closed my lips tightly with my hands— to scared to make a sound.Medusa stood before me, her unfocused gazed sweeping across the room in a haphazard manner. It was then it dawned on me, she hadn't seen me.I let out a small breathe of relief.Swiftly, I stepped back— creating some distance between myself and the wardrobe's opening.There was no way in hell I was going to be anywhere close to that monster.A cold hiss filled the air.My blood froze.I stood still, as water, wait, silently praying that by some stroke of faith, she would just walk pass without noticing a thing.Medusa strutted confidently across the room, her dark shadow cascading behind her.I could hear the sound of metal anklets clasped together.The clicking sound of her hand against the wooden furniture felt like a silent countdown to my ears.“Come out, come out wherever you are," Medusa's
Melissa's POV The sky went dark without warning. My heart sunk. I had a bad feeling about this. It was one thing to play hide and seek with monsters, and other was playing that same game in the depth of night. This was their comfort zone, where they strived the most. We were in big trouble, we knew that much but we couldn't escape. I blinked for a second and boom— I found myself in the middle of no where, alone. Sylvia was gone, so were my Zombies. A cold chill ran off my spine. I shook my head trying to understand what just happened. One moment I was standing in a crowded garden, trying to recover from the previous nightmare… the next, I was stuck in a big city— with gigantic buildings and abandoned roads. The atmosphere was filled with the violent howling of wolves and owls. A heavy silence fell over the entire forest, leaving behind just the sound of my racing heart. I immediately pulled out my daggers, slowly scanning the environment. Then— DING. Th
MELISSA'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
THIRD PERSON'S POV Gavin's palms were sweating. His heart raced like a cattle wheeled into a slaughter house. He was nervous— no, more than nervous, he was scared. He was scared that she might reject him. This was the first time he had approached a woman directly. Normally with his rank, he w
MELISSA'S POV The rest of the food tasting took a total of 50 minutes. Players after players stepped into the portal, fortunately everyone one came out alive.Some had minor bruises but the majority came out unscathed.The living room quickly turned into a chatter house— everyone trying to get acq
MELISSA’S POVGavin sat in the corner, his head hung low.He looked down at the floor, his expression troubled, like a guilty child.I smiled, shaking my head— utterly puzzle.Thirty-five minutes later— against all odds, we had:• Creamy mushroom soup• Herb-roasted steak• Chocolate lava cakeGavi
MELISSA’S POVI jumped into the portal.The light was blinding.By the time I reopened my eyes, I was meant with a captivating sight.I arrived in the middle of a lavish living room.The walls were painted white.The walls were beautifully decorated with the most expensive of portraits.The air sme







