With death only a few meters away, horror spread across the students’ faces like a fast-moving shadow. The color in their skin drained, leaving them pale and frozen in place. Screams of horror filled the air, but their legs were rooted to the ground.The tiger’s low growl rolled through the air like distant thunder.At that moment running was useless when a full-grown predator had already chosen you as prey, and turning your back only meant dying tired.For a moment, the world seemed to hold its breath. Then instinct took over, and Mason moved before anyone could react. He snatched the shotgun from Festos’ frozen hands. The metal felt heavy and colder than he expected, and his heart pounded violently in his ears as he stepped out of the glowing boundary of the safe zone.Immediately, the automated system’s voice echoed again.[Warning. You are leaving the safe zone.]Mason didn’t stop; he couldn’t. ‘Please work, please work,’ he muttered to himself. He swiftly dropped on one knee, co