They all sat and started doing small talk for a while. They were all enjoying themselves, or at least, it appeared that way.
Olivia kept touching Lucian over and over again. At first, it was nothing important, just a little physical contact. She would put her hand on Lucian's chest and other similar stuff when she laughed.
However, as those actions started to accumulate… Ava, who was watching, seemed annoyed as both her fists were clenched, and her eyes regained the hollowness from when Trevor had pushed both her and Lucian. But whenever Lucian would look her way, she would return to her cute self, putting on a little innocent smile.
While all this was happening, Lucian kept eyeing Trevor with a small smirk. The effects seemed quite good as Trevor tried his hardest to look away as much as possible. As for Alex, he still hadn't said anything as he kept looking at the Death Counter, and it kept going down as time passed, but it seemed to have stagnated with around 350 people left to die.
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[350 people left to die.]
[Since everyone is now inside the Safe Zone, no human is left to kill outside. There will be a small change to the Safe Zone. The capacity will change from 1500 to 500. You have five minutes to make the number of people inside the Zone 500 people. Good Luck!]
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As soon as the message appeared, everyone inside the Safe Zone started to panic. They started running around. Some grabbed their weapon tightly, prepared to kill anyone who would get closer to them. One thing was sure: chaos had taken over the Safe Zone…
Someone needed to make everything go back to normal, someone needed to guide the others, and that person would be Lucian.
'First, we need to direct the masses.'
But before Lucian could utter a single word, Olivia did. She had perceived the presented opportunity just as fast as Lucian.
"Everyone! Please listen to me. I have a proposition to make. I know some might not like it. But I don't think we have much choice if we want to survive… While it might sound horrible, I think it's inevitable. We need to get rid of the elderly first. After all, they aren't the ones who will be useful in the Otherworld."
Seeing her all composed, Lucian thought and thought. He needed to find a way to be in her place, the one in control. That's when he thought of a man who hadn't done much in the past minutes… Alex.
Lucian instantly made his move. He got closer to Alex and tapped on his shoulder, bringing his attention to him. He knew that with his help, it would be much simpler to take control of the situation. He would even be able to choose who would leave and who would die. After all, strength was the only thing that mattered at the moment, and Alex was the one who had the biggest amount of it.
"Psst, Alex, do you want to go to the Otherworld faster?"
He knew that was the only thing that could make Alex move and help him. It was the only thing he had mentioned at the start, going to the Otherworld.
Alex looked away from the Death Counter for the first time in a while. His gaze was now directed toward Lucian. It seemed that he had grasped his attention.
"How?"
It was a one-word question. However, it was an important one.
"Just stay beside me. I'll take care of everything. And when I tell you to do something, just do it."
Alex stared Lucian right in the eyes as if trying to see if he was telling the truth. They looked at one another for a few seconds.
"..."
After a few moments, Alex finally spoke, and the tension between them fell instantly.
"Sure, show me what you got."
Lucian just nodded without showing the slightest stress; he knew his plan was solid and would work without any problem.
The words Alex had chosen made it clear it was a test for Lucian to gain Alex's trust.
Maybe it was Lucian overinterpreting things, but that's what he thought it was, and he would give his absolute best. He wanted to show his usefulness and had just gotten the opportunity.
'Time to show him my true nature.'
While this little conversation had happened, there had been a few changes to the situation inside the Safe Zone. Only one minute had passed, but nothing had changed.
While Olivia tried her method, no one tried to leave the Safe Zone. They were all desperately trying to stay inside it. They wanted to survive.
'Time to make my move.'
He quickly looked behind him and saw Alex was right behind him, swiftly following him.
'Perfect.'
"Alex cut off her arm."
Alex heard him and disappeared from behind him, appearing right beside Olivia. He had moved so fast that it almost seemed like he had teleported right beside her. Lucian was the first shocked since he had never seen anyone move so fast in his entire life.
*Slash!*
One of Olivia's arms was gone in an instant.
"ARGH!" She dropped to the ground right away, holding onto the side where her arm had gone missing. She tried to utter another word, but it was too much for her.
A switch to turn inside Bob, Bobby, and Trevor's heads as they all turned toward Alex, attacking him by instinct. It was clear they had been ordered to protect their owner.
'I wouldn't do that if I were you,' Lucian thought.
"Alex, don't kill them yet. Those are the most important people here."
With a diabolical smile, Lucian walked in Olivia's direction with Ava still holding his arm.
"Good job, right there. Let me take over from now on," Lucian muttered as he slowly patted Olivia's shoulder.
She tried talking back to him, but she wasn't able to. The pain was too much for her to endure.
"Hello, everyone… There will just be a small change to whatever that guy just said."
Lucian pushed Olivia to the ground as he said that.
"If you want to survive, you better leave the Safe Zone because, in a few moments, being outside with the monsters will be much safer."
"Don't listen to him! He's alone. If anyone tries to attack him, then he won't be able to do anything."
Olivia tried her best to rally the others, but it was already over. Lucian had taken over.
"Are you sure about that?" Lucian smiled. "Alex, show them."
He disappeared from his position once again, reappearing right over Olivia, cutting off her second arm.
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Lucian didn't need to say a single word as everyone started running around frantically.
Most tried to move as far away as possible from Alex while staying inside the Safe Zone since they knew that fighting those monsters outside probably wasn't the best idea.
They knew they would be able to get rewards from it when reaching the Otherworld, but they needed to reach the Otherworld to have those.
[3 minutes left to make the number of people inside the Safe Zone go under 500, or else everyone within it will die.]
"Until the number of people inside the Safe Zone goes under 500, he will kill two people every five seconds. Make your choice."
"1...2...3...4...5"
The number at the top of the Safe Zone started going down.
[902/500]
[810/500]
...
However, unfortunately for them, they hadn't left the Safe Zone fast enough, which meant that Alex acted. He swiftly killed two people without much problem.
"Are you sure you want to stay inside the Safe Zone?"
Lucian had a big smile. His plan had worked to perfection, and he was pretty sure that Alex was enjoying it, too.
The only problem was that Lucian and Ava still had little to no points for the Otherworld. Lucian had only managed to kill one zombie since the start of the Tutorial.
'Can we steal the points from the people we kill?'
Lucian decided to try this theory as he looked below him toward Olivia. She was crying, bleeding out from both sides of her body. It was a horrible sight, but weirdly, it didn't even affect Lucian. He looked at her directly in the eyes and pierced her heart.
Ava, who was still beside him, didn't look away. She kept looking in Olivia's direction with a smile as if happy that she had finally been killed.
'Finally, he got rid of this stupid hoe. That bitch kept trying to make a move on him… Good riddance.'
[You have killed a Player in the Tutorial.]
[Acquiring a portion of her stats...ERROR-404! Impossible in the tutorial]
[Recuperating the points acquired.]
[+2600 points]
'Jackpot!'
Lucian looked around him without a single wasted second. He needed to find those who had the most points around.
There was obviously Alex, but he wasn't even an option in the first place. Bob and Bobby were quite good options, as for Trevor, he didn't have the slightest point. He had probably leeched off others just like he had done for the entirety of his life.
While Lucian made this discovery, the number of people inside the Safe Zone kept decreasing. Lucian's method seemed to have good effects.
'I don't think I'll have a point problem now. The one who would have one is Ava.'
Lucian looked under his right arm, and she was still holding onto him. The more Lucian spent time with her, the more he realized how much she depended on him.
"Alex! Can you bring those three around here!"
Alex stopped his rampage for a few seconds, dropping Bob, Bobby, and Trevor before Lucian. He didn't even stay with them as he continued to kill two people every five seconds. The Death Counter was going down, and Alex was happy.
[100 people left to die.]
"D-Don't hurt me! Lucian, don't you remember? I always treated you as best as possible."
Trevor shouted those things without the slightest movement from Lucian. It seemed that he had understood the situation that he was currently in.
'He really is a cockroach, always trying to stay alive using whatever method available to him.'
"Ava..." Lucian turned around and looked at her. "I know you might not like it or feel scared, but you need to kill one of them."
For some strange reason, Ava didn't look scared at all. She even had a smile on her face. She let go of Lucian slowly, and a wand appeared in her hands.
"Can I really? Can I kill this one?"
Her voice was extremely cute and naive when she uttered those words. However, the expression on her face was the complete opposite. It was strange.
"Trevor? You want to kill him, why?"
Lucian was confused about why she had easily accepted killing someone. He had expected her to refuse a couple of times, but it seemed it wouldn't be a problem.
Trevor had tears in his eyes as they started talking about killing him.
"D-Don't kill me! Please, I'll do whatever you want!"
Lucian didn't even look at him when he uttered those words. He kept looking at Ava, wondering what her answer was going to be.
"He tried to hurt you. He deserves to die."
Her voice was no longer cute. It was cold as ice. Her head slowly tilted to the right. Even Lucian was getting goosebumps, and her anger wasn't even directed at him. The persona she had tried to hide from Lucian was slowly emerging.
'Why does she care about him hurting me when she also got in danger from it?'
Lucian ignored why, but her whole persona changed in under a couple of seconds. She slowly walked toward Trevor and swung her wand in the air, seemingly casting a spell.
Trevor started floating in the air.
'She knows how to use magic?'
A box formed with purple threads appeared around Trevor as Ava made another move with his wand. More questions arose inside Lucian's mind, but he kept watching... interested in what she would be doing next.
'Is this what talent is?'
*Slash!*
The box of purple threads accelerated quickly toward Trevor, and his entire body was slashed into small cubes.
"Oops, I didn't think he would die right away…"
As she uttered those words, the cute, naive little girl was no more. Lucian had discovered a completely different side from Ava that he hadn't expected to see.
'Did something happen to her? She looks… uh… scary.'
Nonetheless, while Lucian had those thoughts, he knew he couldn't show them. He needed to keep the show rolling.
"Uh... Good job," Lucian said as he slowly patted Ava's head.
Ava enjoyed those pats as she rubbed the top of her head against his hand. She looked like Lucian's child or something similar, but that wasn't the case. She was of the same age, 18-year-old.
"Are you proud of me?"
Her reactions honestly weirded out Lucian. Why was she trying to please Lucian so much? Why had she cared more about the fact that Trevor had hurt him when he had done the same time to her?
"Can I kill the two others?"
Her voice had gone back to being all cute. She really looked like a child asking permission for her father to do something.
"And... uh, if I kill them. Can you give me some head pats again?"
'What the fuck is happening to her.'
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