Chapter 5 : THE GAME OF DEATH

[ Determining innate ability... ]

The panel continued saying such words while Jared still can't get over the feeling of anxiety of being trapped in this unknown place.

"Hey, panel... how can I get out of this place?" He begged anxiously but, as expected the panel didn't answer.

[ Ability confirmed: TRUTH ]

"Arrrgh!!! Damnit Stop!!!" Jared shouted in agony as his right eye started to hurt as if something was being tattooed from the insides.

Like a spider equipped with sharp knives as legs are scratching inside his eyeballs, his eyes teared up with blood, and soon after a symbol was drawn. It was a rune, akin to an eye engraved in his.

"Can I see this before?" He opened his eyes and was surprised by how clear his vision had become.

He then covered and wiped his right eye due to the tingling feeling it left. The reddish color and runes faded in an instant returning it to normal.

[ Hide with all your might, don't let the seekers find you, and survive with all means necessary. Tagu-Taguan]

"What is this? an introduction?" Jared said in a quivering voice puzzled by the panel's words.

[ Players will be given cards namely SEEKERS and HIDERS.

Hiders will become the prey, while the Seekers become the hunters.

Seekers need to gather 3 hider cards to survive this round.

May the blessing of the God of luck be on your side. ]

The doors were then unlocked, Jared who was excited to go out hurriedly reached the doorknob but, suddenly hesitated upon opening it. He felt something weird as if someone's warning him to not open the door.

He braced himself and opened it. What welcomed him was a familiar place, the place they all called home, it was Earth. Buildings, infrastructure, and architectures were of their world but, that was all an illusion.

Loud booms of explosions were then heard, fireballs are thrown through the air, a person flew up in the sky and so much more. It was simply magical and also dangerous. The game has already started, there were already corpses and screams of agony are echoing.

"No, no, no!! Let me go back!" Jared nervously mumbled as he reached the door he came from but, it was already locked and won't budge. He is now stuck on the outside, he checked his pocket and a card was slid into it. HIDER.

He is now prey to his peers and needs to survive while distrusting others. Now starts the game, a gamble of life and death. They have become gladiators of an arena.