Inside an enormous villa, just below a massive chandelier, a gracious dining table was glimmering. Baskets were full of exquisite and rare fruits. Dishes, glasses, and plates arranged in such a gracious arrangement even the symmetry itself would blush. A person in a black blazer was standing beside the table. He appeared like a designated conductor of an orchestra, except he wasn't one. He kept looking at his watch until it vibrated.The next moment a bald man with a distinguishable gray beard and blue track-suit, who appeared to be in his 50s, came towards the dining table. The butler came close to the main-chair and graciously pulled it backward for this man."Good Morning Master Collins.""Morning! where is Jake?" He sat and tucked a napkin in his collar. "Call him.""Master Jake is still in his room, sir," The Butler informed his employer. "He and others will be here for breakfast soon."The bald person was no other but Jake's grandfather, Auth

"Miss Jia, we have a problem!" Bonnie woke her up. "We need to go right now!""What? What happened?" Jia's facial expression turned grim. "Did some beast attacked?""We have no time to explain," Bonnie interjected and suggested to not waste any time. "Pack your bags, we need to leave this place..."Jia couldn't back her curiosity and bolted out of the tent and saw a strange scene, a pair of hideous legs that were pinned in the ground. They weren't dead and kept moving, twitching and convulsing violently. The hideous nature of the beast churned their stomach upside down.She almost puked after seeing the shape and appearance of the pair of legs, they were the very definition of gross. Though they looked like human legs, the green and red puss flowing out of stabbed feet told her it wasn't."WHAT THE HELL?" Jia turned at them. "What is all this?""Why haven't you packed yet, Miss Jia!" Frankie shouted and hinted to her not to waste time. "Just

Her bright face had several traces of dirt, and her pupils were still rattling behind the closed eyelids. She had messed up hair and dirt on her face, but her lips were surprisingly clean with a pick shade. Jia Ning looked extremely innocent while sleeping.While others were focused on making breakfast, Jia was still snoozing under a tent. Her facial expression kept changing as if she was having a nightmare. Though facial muscles relaxed gradually and a lingering scent of warm food jolted an awareness inside her. Soon enough, she woke up sniffing a sweet aroma."What—" Jia opened her eyes quickly and jerked her head to turn around. "Where am I?"She quickly walked out of the tent and noticed some familiar faces around her. All of them were having breakfast near a burning bonfire in broad daylight, on top of which a poorly constructed earthen pot was bubbling and simmering with an appetizing aroma."Good morning, Miss Jia," Frankie greeted her as soo

Inside a dark passage, Jia and Creed were walking with dimly lit glow sticks. They didn't know if they were walking on the right path or not. The path was extremely quiet, they could hear only their steps in the swamp. Desolate darkness and the awful smell of rotten carcasses filled the passage.The events under the lost tomb in the 'Cursed-valley' again didn't come out in Jia's favor. She and Creed were with the group but now they got separated from the entire group. Earlier when she was exploring the tomb with the entire group and they all had reached a very peculiar room in the tomb.Everything was fine, they were hunting some easy beasts until a giant spider attacked them out of nowhere. Even with his giant frame, the spider wasn't that much of a danger to the group. But the situation turned grim suddenly when it pushed Jia inside a large dark hole in the ground. The spider attacked her she lost her balance and fell inside.  After Jia fell inside

Creed was diving deeper towards the submerged city, as quietly as possible. 10 mins had already passed, and though he was allowed to engage in battle now, he still didn't believe he could away by agitating the beasts. These beasts were too strong for him.He tied a firm knot inside his mind to not come under their radars. He felt lucky since all those in his sight looked deformed and lesser intelligent beasts. He was sure he could sneak past them. Jia was sleeping comfortably at his back like a baby. He had to forcefully cripple both of their presences as thin as possible.Though Creed was not the best in his saturation ability, these kinds of covertness-based skills were always at the back of his hand. At the heart of his innate-strengths lived fearful anxiety born from his most humiliating weaknesses. After realizing his disabilities in the glitch, he had no choice but to forcefully and zealously develop his talents towards hiding, escaping, and running in times of c