Chapter 8: Chapter 8: Outer Area

Meanwhile inside the tutorial where Lucas and other humans disappeared...

A man was currently outside the mansion, curious about his situation now that a day has passed.

"Eh. Where is everyone?"

"I can't see anyone from afar."

"Did they all just leave us here?"

"Calm down. The monsters might hear us."

It was the Korean guy and the three men who didn't go along with the decision of Kelvin.

'Flash'

"What the hell?!"

An inhuman being appeared out of the blue.

It was Al'Zaroth, the previous guide of the group.

"Four people are disqualified here."

Hearing that one word, the four mortals had grim expressions as they had no idea what will happen to them in the future.

They remembered the traumatic event of Al'Zaroth killing a human.

"We are disqualified? What will happen now then?"

"Are you going to kill us or what?"

Two of these men held out their arms as if waiting for brutal death to come.

The guide simply laughed at their actions.

"I am not that heartless. Killing a challenger is only possible when they talk back to the guide."

The ethereal being spoke with an amused tone.

"What's going to happen to us then?"

The Korean guy gritted his teeth and asked.

"After the tutorial, 11,746,812 humans were disqualified. The Cycle has given you pitiful mortals one more chance to redeem your life. Kill the King Greenhorn and you can join the First Challenge."

Al'Zaroth said to the humans below him.

"Impossible!"

"That's the same thing as telling us to kill ourselves."

The disqualified ones spoke back to the guide.

Suddenly, a suffocating aura bellowed out coming from the otherworldly existence.

"It's your fault for lacking the courage to even try.

You, mortals, are lucky I'm not allowed to kill after the tutorial. I have said the requirement. Goodbye."

Al'Zaroth disappeared from the group of four men.

"We are fucked."

All of them uttered at the same time.

***

In the world of Firalos, Lucas and the two policemen have stepped inside the jungle.

"So, was the tutorial preparing us for this kind of environment? It's really hard to move around."

James spoke as he was annoyed by the countless leaves and excessive vegetation.

"I think so. That's probably why the guide mentioned it as the tutorial."

Kelvin said in turn and looked at Lucas.

"When did you get that weapon? Is that from the shop? Luckily, I had enough points to buy the proper bullets."

He asked while looking at the sword that Lucas was holding.

"It was the reward for killing the big guy."

Lucas responded to Kelvin in a calm voice.

"Anyways, are you sure about buying me this gun? I saw that it costs 50 points. I only have 3 points. I think I got them from killing Greenhorns."

James waved his firearm to the group.

"It's okay. I have a lot of points."

Lucas touched the small Loop that was hanging on his necklace and checked his points.

[Shop]

Current Points: 512

'Did taking out the King Greenhorn give 500 points? That should explain the rest of the points as well since I killed a lot of the small ones.'

He tried to guess the reason for his current points.

Then, Lucas stopped in his tracks when he felt a presence from fifty meters away.

"Stop. There's a monster over there."

He pointed to the direction where he felt the lifeforce of the monster.

Kelvin and James didn't speak and nodded their heads while making their steps as quiet as possible.

Slowly, they approached the monster and peeked from one of the massive trees.

'Is that a boar? But why is it white? It's twice as big as well. It has a Unique Loop on its neck.'

Lucas described what he saw when he glanced at the beast that was currently eating a weird plant.

"You guys shoot first. After, I will charge in."

He suggested to the other two in a hushed tone.

"Okay. We will fire in 5 seconds then you go in."

Kelvin looked at James seemingly understanding each other.

Both of them pointed at the monster and waited...

'Bang!'

The boar was hit by two bullets and screamed.

"Kiyaaak!"

While it was distracted from the pain, Lucas dashed off and used his new weapon.

He wanted to see how sharp it was without using his mana.

'Slash'

The four meters wide and three meters tall boar took a hit to its side and bled.

A deep wound was now engraved on its body.

"Shoot again!"

Lucas shouted at his two teammates.

'Bang!' 'Bang!'

The big white boar took another two hits from the group and screeched.

It tried to bulldoze Lucas with its massive frame.

The monster still had enough vitality to fight back.

Lucas ran to one of the trees and then slipped to the side when he reached its front.

The beast banged its head on the tree and felt dizzy from the impact.

Lucas took this brief moment to coat his weapon in mana this time and jumped to slash once more.

'Slash'

His blade passed through the neck of the monster like butter, but given that this monster was big, it took three seconds to completely behead it.

'Thud'

Its head fell to the ground with an enormous amount of blood filling its upper body.

Three red coloured Loops, two blue ones and a single violet Loop were floating on its corpse.

"Phew. Thank god you're here, Lucas. We probably have to risk our lives if it was just us two."

Kelvin approached him with a happy face.

"Hahaha! It's a scary thought, but it's true."

The other man with a gun walked at the group.

"How should we divide the Loops?"

Lucas waved his sword to get rid of the blood.

"You decide. You did most of the work."

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James told him while shrugging his shoulders.

"Then, I'll take one Strength Loop and the violet one. That should be okay with you both?"

The two men agreed with his decision. 

They knew that relying on firearms would not be good for their future. 

This monster alone in the outer areas only bled a little, it was a ridiculous thing.

Normally, a boar on Earth would've died in one shot from a firearm.

Here, even four shots weren't even enough to call it fatal damage to the white boar.

They realized that getting stronger with Loops was the way when they saw Lucas fighting the beast.

His strength and speed already surpassed human boundaries.

They even felt more so when they felt the dangerous mana coating his sword.

"How does it feel using mana? I couldn't see it at all, but I felt it on your weapon."

James was curious about the workings of mana.

"It's like there is an invisible layer of power on my sword. When I use it, I feel like I can cut anything."

Lucas said while absorbing the Loops they gained from killing the monster.

"That's nice. I wish I could try it."

The black policeman voiced out his desire.

"We should move out. Other monsters might come here because of the sounds from the battle."

Kelvin told them and gave one Strength and one Dexterity Loop to his fellow friend.

All of them have consumed their proper Loops.

Then, the group walked away from the surrounding area with Lucas in the lead.

“Man, I’m hungry. It’s been hours since we last ate. The mansion had some food stocked, but there’s absolutely nothing here.”

“Maybe we should’ve eaten that boar?”

“We don’t even have a fire. Also, what if it was poisonous? You would be dead by now.”

The two policemen were bantering quietly.

"Hey, guys. Have you checked all the functions from the Authority?”

Lucas suddenly said to his team as he facepalmed when he almost forgot this important fact.

“You’re right!. Let’s check it now.”

The three men stopped walking and touched the thing on their necklace.

Lucas tapped the ‘Map’ function of Authority.

[Authority]

[Map]

Current Location: Outer Area

A map showed up on the transparent screen.

There was only a zig-zagged line on the map.

“Eh? This is the map? There’s nothing but a line.”

Lucas was confused and tried to tap the line.

Countless words appeared from the sides of the zig-zagged line.

‘Starting Point’ appeared on the tail of the line.

‘Yigak killed’ was written in the middle.

‘Your location’ showed up at the head of the line.

He double-tapped the sentence that was in the middle line.

A familiar jungle came out of the screen with the corpse of the white boar on the floor.

Lucas saw their figures as well close to the beast.

He tried to zoom the screen on the monster.

“Damn. That thing was called a Yigak?”

James said in surprise while peeking behind him.

Lucas continued to swipe the screen like a phone.

Their walking figures were seen frame by frame on the transparent screen.

“It seems this thing records the areas we’ve been.”

He said as he tapped out of the Map and checked the Description option.

A small image of the beast appeared on the screen.

[Description]

Yigak: A four-meter wide and three meters tall white boar. Its hide is sturdy as a brick on Earth.

“It has detailed information on the monster too?”

“Probably only with the monsters we killed. When I checked back then, there was nothing written.”

Lucas said to his fellow member.

Then, he also checked the Communication one.

[Communication]

List: None

Guide Note: Put the tiny Loop on your necklace close to another being’s small Loop for the connection to appear.

“What about this Communication thing? I wonder what it does? We should try right away.”

Kelvin removed his necklace while his two teammates did the same.

They placed the Loops on their necklace close to each other and waited.

‘Wooong’

A small light flashed on their three necklaces.

The three men quickly wore their accessories and thought in their minds ‘Authority’.

A transparent screen emerged once again.

Lucas then clicked the Communication option.

[Communication]

List: 

Kelvin Smith

James Williams

“Holy shit. Both of your names are on my list.”

Kelvin then tapped the name of Lucas.

Lucas felt his necklace vibrating and checked his list for the third time.

[Communication]

Kelvin Smith is contacting you. Accept? Y/N.

He tapped the yes button and suddenly, a voice was heard in his ears out of nowhere.

“Can you hear me, Lucas Miller? Haha. This thing is convenient. It’s just like a phone but better.”

It was the voice of Kelvin, the black policeman.

“I hear you just fine, Kelvin Smith.”

Lucas looked at Kelvin with a smile.

“That’s crazy. How about you guys move away to check if it still works.”

Then, the two walked 50 meters away from each other and talked.

“You still hear me?” 

The policeman spoke in a silent voice.

“Yup. Perfectly fine even here.”

Lucas walked back to the group with an amused expression while Kelvin copied him.

“Let’s go. We need to find something to eat.”

The group wandered again in this massive jungle filled with nothing but a plethora of trees.

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