Chapter 7: "Elit players"
Meanwhile elsewhere...
Look at the sun that has set, and see the earth that has welcomed total darkness. Three zombies, began to roam the streets of a very quiet city.
They were [Sherlock Vatican], [Berwin], and [GreenFabio], who decided to explore the city together.
After mapping the entire city area around using the tallest building. Sherlock Vatican somehow seemed to trigger a special quest.
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[Search mission: Slaughter trail seeker]
[Description: with all the information you have gathered, you realize that the zombies around you were just killed today. Look for traces of the killer!]
[Completion of tasks: Provide related information in detail, to get the Thank you gift from merchant Linfa.]
[Reward: 200 merit on traces of the killer.]
[Tips: Completing this quest immediately, has a high probability of increasing merchant Linfa's favourite for you.]
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View missions sent directly to their data panel. GreenFabio raised his right eyebrow in confusion.
"Wasn't it merchant Linfa who killed all these people? Ouch! Why did you hit me?!"
"Shut up." Sherlock Vatican glared at GreenFabio sharply.
According to the analysis he collected, and through the body data of the players he met. Most of them died from very large cuts.
That meant they all died from the attack of the extremely powerful beasts.
Through a tear in the surface of the body, it is very certain that the animal that attacked them was a mammal.
However...
There's still something odd.
Checking the bodies of the players passing by, Sherlock Vatican discovered that their deaths weren't just from a beast attack.
Bullet shots, and also small bites like being eaten by rodents.
Although the players who had these two injuries were in the minority, it was undeniable that their deaths weren't that simple.
There is still a puzzle that has not been arranged neatly.
"What? Why do you keep nudging me? I was thinking!" Sherlock Vatican slapped GreenFabio's hand angrily.
However...
"...."
The answer he got was complete silence.
"What's wrong with you?"
Looked at GreenFabio's face which was already pale from lack of blood supply, and looked ahead with eyes stiff like a statue. Sherlock looked in the direction GreenFabio was looking, and he too remained silent, frozen in place.
GreenFabio: "...."
Sherlock Vatican: "...."
Glanced at each other's eyes, as if they could understand what the person next to him was thinking. GreenFabio and Sherlock Vatican grabbed both Berwin's broken shoulders in unison.
"Hey Berwin, since it's getting late, do you want to play a game with us?"
"Yeah, that's right. This trip would be pretty boring without playing games." GreenFabio nodded his head very quickly.
Unaware of the strangeness of the two players behind him at the moment. Berwin nodded his head innocently.
"What are we playing?"
Sherlock Vatican cleared his throat: "You see the mouth of the dark tunnel on that road? Who runs faster there is the winner!"
Before Berwin could digest the information he heard. GreenFabio started the fast countdown.
"Three, two, one, RUN!!!"
Felt his body being pushed forward. Berwin ran into the dark tunnel with a dazed face, and he looked behind him, surprised.
"Hey! You're going the wrong way! The tunnel is over there! Turn around!"
GreenFabio: "We knew that! That's why we ran here!"
Sherlock Vatican: "Forgive us Berwin! We just want to live too! The responsibility for game updates still rests on my shoulders!!!"
Seeing GreenFabio and Sherlock Vatican run further and further away from him. Berwin raised his eyebrows in bewilderment, and he suddenly saw a small object, which briefly flashed before his eyes.
"Cit!"
"What?"
Stopped running, and looked at this dark tunnel in front of him in bewilderment. Berwin saw one after another, green eyes emerged from the darkness, and those eyes grew more and more numerous.
"Cit!"
Berwin: "...."
Meanwhile...
Sherlock Vatican and GreenFabio who were still running with all their might, with their zombie bodies in tatters, heard Berwin's very loud scream.
"AHHHHHH!!! GIANT RAT!!!"
"CIIIITTTT!!!!"
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"
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Ran, and closed their eyes in pain for having sacrificed one of their most loyal friends. Sherlock Vatican shouted angrily.
"Don't be a hypocrite! If you want to laugh then just laugh!"
"Ahahaha, sorry, my stomach somehow feels so ticklish. You are the same! Berwin die because you!"
"No, it's not my fault. But we all!"
Keep running, without having any burden in their hearts because of Berwin's death. The two of them suddenly heard the screeching sound of a mouse, and they both immediately looked back in panic!
"CIT!!!"
One meter long black rat, as big as a cat, stalked them in the darkness with their greedy green eyes.
Seeing that these rats numbered in the hundreds, coming out of the mouth of the tunnel was dark like flowing flood water. Sherlock Vatican calculated the speed at which they ran, and he got a result that made him very desperate.
The mice ran faster than them.
It doesn't matter how fast they run. They too will be caught soon.
"W-What are you doing?"
"Looking at the stars, and waiting for death to come to pick me up."
Looking at GreenFabio who was directly lying on the cracked asphalt road, with a relaxed face, waiting for death to arrive. Sherlock looked at him with a puzzled look.
"Come on, I'll sacrifice myself to hinder them, you run."
"...."
Looked at GreenFabio blankly, and saw a swarm of rats that would reach them any minute. Sherlock sighed, and he walked towards GreenFabio.
"What's wrong? Have you given up?" GreenFabio smiled looking at Sherlock who was sitting next to him casually.
"I don't want to run like a fool. Death will come for sure. So, I choose the method of death I want now."
Glancing at Sherlock for a moment, GreenFabio stared at the dark sky covered in thick clouds, and he clicked his parched tongue.
"You know I want to die heroically right?"
Sherlock smiled mockingly: "Then I will thank you, and think of you as a good person right?"
They both looked into each other's eyes with contemptuous smiles.
Sherlock & GreenFabio: "You are equally rotten."
Feel their hair slowly blown by the night breeze. Sherlock, who saw that the mutant rats as big as cats were about to arrive, opened his mouth slightly awkwardly.
"Want to be my friend?"
"Of course."
GreenFabio answered him very firmly, without any delay.
Had a small smile on their face. Both Sherlock and GreenFabio, close eyes, waited for their tragic deaths to arrive.
"Get ready, SHOOT!!!!"
"PIU!!!"
Opened their eyes in surprise. Sherlock and GreenFabio, saw a sight they will never forget.
The night sky that turned into flames. Flame wooden arrows, crossed the sky like a meteor shower.
The rain of fire arrows is like stars in the sky.
The two of them immediately looked back in astonishment.
The player named [Ace], stood in front of dozens of players wielding composite bows, like a leader, and he looked at the two of them calmly.
The player named [Joker], smiled, and he said as if translating what Ace said.
"Reinforcements arrived."
Elite players, come.