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CHAPTER 32 — B FOR BETRAYAL.
She fixed an arrow in her crossbow and was about to strike again when Tobi pulled me right behind him, raising his hand to stop her. "I don't know what your history is with him, but it shouldn't result in this.""His right." one of her team members agreed, placing a hand on her shoulder to calm her down. "We are all forced to make decisions just to survive, I'm sure he didn't mean it.""I should be the one asking you." I frowned, "The moment we fell off the plane, we were on our own.""Well, I'm glad to see folks like you," one of them chipped in "More normal people. We were starting to think we were all alone."There's another one I recognized, she was one of those we went to the savior's parade with. She told us about the champions. She seemed to be friends with Jokob, so I doubted she'd remember me. What's her name again?She spotted me and approached with a mixture of relief and wariness."You look familiar," she paused, analyzing me. "Savior's parade."She snapped her fingers e
CHAPTER 31 — OUT OF THE ORDINARY
The tornado released us without warning, sending us plummeting toward the ground like broken dolls. I closed my eyes, bracing for the impact that would end everything—But instead of hard earth, we hit something soft and slippery. Massive leaves, thick as mattresses, caught our fall and sent us sliding down their curved surfaces until we rolled to a stop on solid ground.I groaned, checking myself for injuries. Bruised ribs, cuts from debris, but nothing broken. Around me, the others were picking themselves up with similar relieved expressions."Everyone alive?" I called out."Define alive," Tobi muttered, spitting out sand.As I stood, I realized why the tornado had stopped so abruptly. The ground beneath us was solid asphalt and concrete. An abandoned town with streets and sidewalks that couldn't sustain a sandstorm. Without loose sand to fuel it, the tornado had simply dissipated.But this wasn't just any abandoned town. It was completely overrun by vegetation that looked like it
CHAPTER 30 — A NIGHT-MARE
The sound of shuffling shouldn't be as terrifying as this with scraping sounds growing louder from deeper within.A wave of creatures poured around the corner as dozens moving with jerky gaits. Human-like but wrong, with rotting skin revealing chitinous exoskeletons beneath. Their pale yellow eyes glowed as they coordinated with clicking sounds that made my teeth ache."Oh God," Vira breathed.Nothing told us what the next line of action was. We fled as hybrid horrors erupted from silk prisons and the chittering horde closed in. Narrow corridors became nightmare obstacle courses of debris."This way!" I shouted, but the building seemed to shift—passages leading to dead ends, rooms appearing from nowhere.Mutants shrieked behind us. Some skittered along ceilings like spiders, others bounded across floors with powerful legs cracking ancient stones.We burst into the room to get Little when we froze in our tracks. Standing there was another participant right on top of Little whose hand
CHAPTER 29 — A QUIET NIGHT
Kae,” a familiar voice called out to me “Kae? Are you awake?” My drowsy eyes slowly opened to see Cent's face hover above me. Shocked, I grumbled myself out of the daze.” What are you doing here, Cent?” I asked “You're not supposed to be here.”“I came for you” he replied, his face still fixed in the same place Came for me? "Why?" “Because you promised! I don't want you to give up. Remember that we're all waiting for you." Cent's voice cut through the swirling darkness of my dream, calm but desperate. “Are you going to break your promise?” Vivi asked who appeared beside Cent, leaning closer to see me. Both of them reached for me with small hands that seemed impossibly far away."You said you'd come back," Vivi whispered, tears streaming down her face. "Don't let us down.""I won't," I tried to say, but my voice came out hollow, distant. "I'm trying—""The monsters are coming, Kae," they said in unison, their voices echoing strangely. "And you'll soon align with them."I jolted
CHAPTER 28 — CAVED IN
Aside from the muffle sound of the steam monster, the only thing we could hear in here were our ravaged breath. Everyone was panting heavily we could feel the warmth breath spilling from our lips. "Is everyone alright?" I asked, falling flat on the dirt ground with a throbbing pain in my head like it's pounded after being torn apart. "I am." Jabari replied "Me too." Little followed "So what's next?" Vira coughed. "Anything that has to do with an enclosed place isn't where I want to find myself in." Vira was right. From what I've experienced so far, the worst thing one can do is trap thyself inside something with no escape routes. "So we have to keep pushing." I said, raising up. Tobi grumbled. "I was literally on my feet for hours, can't we at least rest for a few hours?""Tobi—" I was in mid-sentence when he continued "Fine, one hour.""We can't afford to waste any more time in here." I crouched before him and stretched my hand towards him. Tobi mumbled a few words I could
CHAPTER 27 — HEAT AND FIRE
The panic spread through the participants like wildfire."What in the world was that thing?""Oh God, we're all going to die!""Someone do something!"I watched everyone transform from triumphant celebration into terrified animals in seconds.Some were already backing away from the tree line, others were frozen in place, and a few were actually looking at me with desperate expectation."Do you have any clue what that was out there?" one of them asked me as he looked too terrified to look ahead.I shrugged. I simply had no idea what was out there, but I didn't want to get anywhere near the trees.Plus, the system kept giving me the same warning to stay away from it, so I would. Hopefully, there would be shield zones that would activate in this next trial.Keyword: Hopeful."Even if you don't, you killed the first one, right? The second time should be easier," another survivor chimed in.Many took it upon themselves to bestow on me the sole responsibility to kill off whatever abominatio
