章節 10: Chapter 10
Everything was in massive chaos. Everyone starts to kill each other mercilessly.
Those strong start to smash the weak, those weak starts to cry in agony. Kids and women start to wail in vain, beg for their life, asking for help, and stop, but no one heard them, as if all people here were all deaf.
Blood scattered everywhere, pouring like a heavy rain mixed with a song of misery. A perfect scenery as part of hell.
"In this arena, if you want to survive you need to cast away your humanity. You need to leave your emotions behind. You need to kill or else you will be killed. Never ever let your guard down, or else you will die in a pulp."
"Those who are weak and not lucky enough will die easily."
"Yes, this is 'SURVIVAL GAME!' were only strong can remain." The announcer excitedly declared, watching those pity humans easily manipulated by their desire.
In this survival of the fittest, where you can't trust others, only yourself, two youngsters are against the norm and formed a perfect combination and teamwork. Akane and Himari were facing each other back, protecting and helping each other against those opponents who will attack them. Akane, the red-haired girl was holding a long spear, just slightly above her height. Himari the blonde girl were holding two daggers, just the size of her lower arm. The two were in sync; their footwork, the way they sway their arms, and the way their body turned around. It's all perfect as a beautiful dancer. The weapons in their hands were like a natural part of their body. They were so skilled in this area, like a true killer. Even their eyes have never shown fazed every time they've sliced the throat of their opponent.
Himari is now facing a young adult man holding an ax. The nasty blade was dripping with fresh blood of his victims. Himari remained calm, yet her azure eyes are flaming like the hottest fire. The right arm is in front of her chest, while the other one was on her back, both hold a weapon. Her firm standing and stunt have a resemblance to western royal swordplay.
The man sways his ax, trying to chop her, Himari just smoothly sidestepped to avoid him and with a swift, she thrust and stabs the man countless times on his chest and left hand followed slicing his throat. As soon as she removed the weapon on his grotesque body, the man instantly drops on the floor, lifeless.
"Your weapon is not just an accessory. Just don't sway it for once." Himari nonchalantly commented on his lame skills.
At the same moment, Akane was facing a youngster just at her age. "Woah, your such a beautiful lady, not as beautiful as Himari though." she teases while her spear was resting on her shoulder.
The lady frowned with her shaking hand holding a sword, she aggressively attacks Akane. On Akane's peripheral vision she saw a guy with a bow gun who also aiming at her. "Wow, I'm so popular." she jokes and runs towards that guy. The person was quite shocked to see her coming, but he didn't move and focus on his aim. At the time he pulled the trigger, Akane immediately uses the spear as a pole and beautifully flipped over the air, smirking. Her red-hair was swayed following her movements and glistened reflecting the lights on the ceiling.
The blistering three arrows instantly penetrated on the girl's chest, chasing Akane. In the mid-air, Akane elegantly turned her body downward and stab the guy.
"Fantastic," she uttered as soon as she perfectly landed.
Himari was smiling, walking towards her, and says, "Up here." raising her arm. Akane smiles back and energetically slammed it with her hand. "Done!"
"Wow, what a beautiful fight coming from the two youngsters in the west area! A cool duo!" the host, enthusiastically stated. Making the crowd watching, to eye the two girls. "They seem interesting."
Host, "Ohh, at the south corner, a brawny man dominating the area with his massive force!"
The strong man holds a morning star weapon. Its spiky ball made in iron is easily swayed by him, crushing his opponents in a single throw.
"We have also a crazy man here in the north area."
The tall and skinny man, holding two knives is crazily laughing while attacking the defenseless kids. He chose the easiest opponent to kill.
"What a coward," Akane uttered watching him. She was about to step forward to attack him herself, but was ceased by Himari tightly and shakes her head, telling her not to do anything.
The host announced again, "Ohh, what we have here…" his voice suddenly risen in excitement seeing a strange participant, it was so loud than before, "In the east corner, we have a participant, who has no weapons! She has no opponents nor corpse around her. What?! Does no one notice her?"
With what he said a man sitting leisurely in the VIP area, smirk. His eyes were only on this girl for a while ago. "She was very interesting right?" he said towards the young man in white hair, who was standing beside him. The young man just nods while still staring at the girl with full of concern.
In what the host said, every participant is now eyeing at the girl, to Mizu, who was just standing quietly. Indeed, no one noticed her, most of the participant's expressions were puzzled or frowned. "Since when she was standing there?" even the audiences have the same question in mind.
When everyone was busy thinking why Mizu was there, the Crazy guy rushed where Mizu was. Seeing that this girl didn't move a single bit and not on herself, he smiled terrifyingly, thinking it was an easy kill. Everyone on the stage is also thinking the same.
"What was that girl is thinking? We are in the life and death situation here! Is she wants to die?!" Akane wants to move, but Himari hold her once again, "Himari?"
When the crazy guy had been already near, and arms are already in the air about to slice her, Mizu managed to avoid his attack even though her eyes were still looking down at the floor, and in a blank expression. He strikes her several times, but Mizu was smoothly dodged every of his attack. She was like a thin piece of paper swaying in the air. Mizu was like in a moment of dancing, her body and feet were moving on their own rhythm.
Himari grip becomes tightened on Akane's wrist, "I don't know what triggers her to be in that situation, but that girl, she was semi-conscious."
"What?" Akane asked in bewilderment.
"Although, she was not entirely aware of the happening. Her strong instincts were the one commanding her body for her not to die." Himari smiled, "We found the right person Akane! But it will be troublesome if she regained her consciousness completely!"
The crazy guy was such a persistent person, he was still attacking Mizu, even though his aim was completely landed in the air. Just then, when she was about to sway his arms again, his thin body immediately flew in the air when the morning star weapon landed on him. The strong impact and spikes killed him instantly.
"Oh no, the crazy guy died on the spot. This time the girl vs the brawny man, will this girl still be alive? I'm thrilled to know the result." the host stated excitedly.
All of the sudden, Mizu slowly inclining her head, her eyes slowly returning its colors. At once, she gasped, seeing the spiky metal ball above her head, about to crush her. Her feet were petrified, she can't move, she was so stunned from the sudden happening, just at the time she managed to calm herself and move, a golden hair girl speedily passes at her side and unhesitatingly stab the guy in front and sliced his throat afterward. The brawny tall guy fell along with the girl on his chest, holding the weapon stabbing him. It was a loud thud.
Mizu stepped back and turned around, quite surprised by what she saw, but a lot of people was also aiming at her in the 6 o'clock direction, thankfully Akane was there, protecting her back against them.
Just at the time, the host shouted, "STOP!" making all of them halt.
Mizu was in heavy breathed, her feet give in, and fell on the floor with her butt. She was so puzzled about the happening, to her, she seems just woke up from her nightmare and wake up to another nightmare.
"Alright! That's enough everyone. Congratulations!" the host claps and shows confetti on the screen along with a greeting. "Right, we have our 20 official players already! Our Rising Stars!"
In a sober everyone looked up on the monitor. The screen shows the profile of the remaining players with their stats, age, skills, strength, and the like, but everyone has no name, it remains blank. They'd also showed the rank of the players and the counts of the kill they have done.
Akane and Himari were in the second place, both tied to the number of people killed, [11] and Mizu was at the bottom of the ranks. With the record of zero and skills: none. She has no record data at all.
"Seems we have a lucky one entered our players. Very lucky." the host interestingly stated.
"Now, let's welcome the masters of the game. These 4 masters will pick 5 players each continuously on who will join their houses. The north house the west house the south house and the east house. You can't enter any door here towards the next level unless you have a card of permission coming from the houses. This card will serve as your tickets entering each floor and your own room on a higher level. However, you are only allowed to enter a floor corresponding to your cards. And oh, never lost it, there's no other one."
He received applause coming from his precious audiences.
The host waves his hands and slightly bows as a sign of his gratitude. In the next moment of silence, he speaks once again, "Now, as most recruit remaining was came from the east house, master Riku will have to choose his 5 new players."
Riku just smiled, showing love to the fellow business partners, making some lady there to have fainted. He was undoubtedly handsome even if his face was covered with a mask. The host then commented, "We all know that master Riku has quite amazing eyes to pick his players and beyond question, they are all in the top rank of their league. Now, in this batch who shall, he chose?"
"Where it will be the top 5 this time? Or the random players like last time? I wonder what it will be." the host said increasing the hype at the moment.
All eyes are looking at Riku and back at the participants, guessing who will he choose, but they know it will most the top 10 or the top 5 like what the host said. He never chose players lower than those ranks, especially the girl who was just alive because of some luck.
Hearing he was the top master of all the houses, the participants want to be chosen by him, even Akane and Himari. Under his house, they will probably reach the top. They have a higher chance. In this place, they need to be wise or kissed the foot of those who were on the top.
However, it seems the top master has no interest in them. They followed his gaze and was only locked to the weakest and lucky girl at the back. They frowned and confusedly thought, 'Why her?'
The master of the east house and Mizu eyes met. Riku smiled, then confidently mentioned, "I chose the girl in the last rank." there's no such hesitation in his voice. He was 100 percent sure.
The participants, audiences, the host, and his fellow masters of the house looked at him in quite surprised and starts a commotion on why he'd choose the weakest player. This is the first time he made this decision, usually, they will choose the top rank first and the most skilled player. But today, the top powerhouse has chosen the lowest rank. Making them question him.
Yet didn't ask anymore. They suspiciously looked at the girl. "Who exactly was she?"
On the other hand, Mizu and he was in their own world. He was in a mask, yet Mizu recognized him immediately. Riku's lips moved and teasingly uttered were the only two of them can understand the proper meaning, "How're your parents?"
Hearing the most foolish question came from his mouth, Mizu aggravated. Her blood boils with rage, her millions of cells were burning, hating the guy above. She clutched her fist very tightly were her nails almost buried her skin. She remembered everything vividly like some rewinding film, that all the horrible things that happened to her was because of this man. He captured Shiro and... He killed her parents!
A tremendous killing aura suddenly covered the whole arena, like a massive creepy shadow devouring them. Everyone felt a chill on how intimidating it was, and they strangely felt scared of the terrifying presence, fear totally consumed them. They search around on who it's coming from, and everyone gasped…
"I'll. Make. You. Pay!" Mizu infuriatingly stated, pointing her finger at Riku, who was just smiling back at her.
Most of the audience gasped when they realized it was coming to the weakest player they thought, but those perspective changes immediately,
"This girl was the real deal."
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