Outside, the storm raged. The rain falling on Aleena made her feel both itchy and painful.
The scent of meat reached the monsters, and they quickly closed in.
But Aleena wouldn’t die.
She had caused the deaths of over a dozen new players. She would have to die over a dozen times to truly find any form of relief.
Standing inside Axel’s protective barrier, I watched Aleena’s flesh being consumed by the monsters. But with the respawn mechanism, her body reformed each time.
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Yet, she couldn’t go far before the monsters attacked again
One life was lost to the acid rain, another swallowed by the ground’s cracks, and a few more taken by the raging winds.
The blood rain continued to fall as her body shattered and scattered.
Aria gripped my hand in fear. “Heidi…”
“It’s okay, Aria. Don’t be scared. I’m not cruel, but those who hurt others must be punished.”
That night, two veteran players died. One was the bus driver, and the other was the onboard assistant. They were a couple, but they were also human traffickers.
When Aria was young, they abducted her, cut off her hands and feet, and forced her to beg on the streets.
She begged for three years before meeting her biological parents at a cotton candy stand. But her parents couldn’t accept Aria in her mutilated form. They only gave her some cotton candy.
The traffickers, seeing the cotton candy, thought Aria had stolen money. In their rage, they beat her to death. Then they casually threw her body into a deep mountain.
Why did Aria have so many stitched–up scars?
She must have been dismembered by wild animals after losing her limbs.
This was the first time Aria had killed someone in this game. Her blood–red eyes glowed as she ignored the traffickers‘ desperate pleas for mercy.
After coming back to her senses, she clung to me like a little girl again, whining, “I’m scared, Heidi.”
Aria had avenged her own grudge, and now it was time to avenge the countless new players who had died.
On the seventh day, there was no more food.
The outside disasters grew worse, and more monsters appeared. Even the floor inside the house began to collapse.
Axel was starting to panic because my quest was different.
I didn’t have to survive all 11 days. My quest was to max out the affection levels of the Four Bosses within that
On the seventh day, there was no more food.
The outside disasters grew worse, and more monsters appeared. Even the floor inside the house began to collapse.
Axel was starting to panic because my quest was different.
I didn’t have to survive all 11 days. My quest was to max out the affection levels of the Four Bosses within that
time.
Aria and Grandpa couldn’t sit still anymore, so they went out to search for the last boss.
Meanwhile, I waited for my opportunity.
D was basically surrounded by no veteran players anymore.
Plus, he was so stingy that he hadn’t shared any resources during the first five days. Now, no one was on his side
anymore.
As he planned to continue starving the players, a revolt began.
Axel protected me as I watched those who had been trampled underfoot finally awaken to fill their empty stomachs.
“I finally understand why you didn’t use my food to help them.”
Axel kissed me on the cheek.
I understood something too–humanity was fragile.
Now I understood why so many great writers chose to abandon medicine and turned to literature.
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