Chapter 158: Into The Edge We Go [2]

In a certain location, that was near the area where the four of them have settled. An unknown player was growing restless when he felt a familiar energy frequency

*Cough* *Cough*

“Ughh… Why did you come back…?” A player that had his body beaten was accompanied by a dozen life-threatening injuries. And puking a large portion of blood was hiding in an underground bunker

’Why did they come back… Shit… Shit… Shi!!!!! I should’ve just told them the truth if only I should’ve uttered even a single word… Ugggh, come on, don’t give up on me now… Move god damn it!!! I need to get out of here, their presence is near my current location. For what it’s worth, I don’t want them to be harmed. I won’t allow it!!! This isn’t a game if they die right here and now, I can’t forgive myself,’

The wounded player exited his previous hiding spot and entered the cold and wintery night. Where he encounters a bunch of monsters along the way, even if it was for a second. The monsters couldn’t even land a hit on this player whilst they took a critical blow in return for their hostile manner. While this was occurring, Morris was casually browsing the shop. To prepare for any kind of attack that might befall his newly acquainted

’There are a few things that’ll surely be known to any player that survives to unlock this function when they reach LVL 10. It is by far one of the greatest ways of making money, which is the system shop. A function within the system that can be a source of items or a source of income. Players can sell and buy items at this shop whilst the system is in charge of accurately reading their value,’

[Exclusive second trial shop: Welcome dear customer in gaining a certain amount of tokens to unlock the shop. We have tons of useful items that’ll be worth the player’s time, the items will differ from your contribution points. Calculating completed, total contribution points are 1, 700

Refresh in the next 15 hours and 11 minutes

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Random Rare chest x1: 200 event tokens

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Frostherian trap set: 500 event tokens

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Twin blizzard dagger: 800 event tokens

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Frostbite (Skill scroll) x1: 750 event tokens

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Ring of the frost guard: 1500 event tokens

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Frigid Armor set: 2000 event tokens]

[System: You’ve purchased the Frostherian trap set which was created by the frostherus Origins: A bundle pack of traps that was handmade by a long-forgotten frostherian. In the eyes of the outside world, this item is advanced in many ways. Due to its functionality and powerful effects all at the price of a large requirement of mana

Alert: The player has acquired a trap, and you’ve unlocked a system-exclusive ability/skill called [Trap placement]. This makes the player able to place a trap without operating it manually. You’ll be given a screen that will show you your current location, to place your traps]

[System: You’ve used 10, 000 normal tokens to upgrade the range and placement speed of your traps. [Trap placement] changes its rank from F – D, due to the player’s investment. The applied traps are now being placed at a faster pace. You’ve registered the players that you’re acquainted with, the traps won’t activate even if they’re triggered by your allies]

[Why did you set the lethality on the lowest level? Perhaps are you going to interrogate those players?]

’There’s no reason to interrogate them in the first place. I just want to knock them out, sometimes leaving the players alive and well is better than ending their lives. Who knows, maybe they’re equipped with an item that’ll send out a homing beacon once they died. I want to capture this guy without drawing any kind of unwanted attention to myself,’

After he placed down the traps within his area, Morris prepared their meals. Once Jenna and Colt arrived with his requested amount of firewood. With his enhanced sense of hearing that he activated with the use of his chi. He gained a better grasp of his background, the footsteps of his enemies were getting louder by the second. Their numbers were increasing after their location was revealed with the light coming from their campfire

’You guys are too naive… You guys should’ve come here before I gained an appetite… Guess I’ll let the traps handle your sorry little ass,’

“Gather around everyone… Dinner has finally been “served” come get it while it’s hot,”

[System: Trigger word has been detected, the traps will now function even without being triggered. The large abundance of mana that was injected is too much for the required level. Hence, the amount of pressure to injure the hostile forces will be increased. However, under no circumstances will the trap ever take the life of any hostile forces. The absolute order of their owner is to detain and restrict which will become the objective]

“On my command will attack them all. In 3, 2, 1?” He didn’t hear a single response from his crew, and when he check to see what occurred. The player was met with a projectile that was aimed at his vitals, spikes, and blades that appeared out of nowhere. Whilst they were unable to contact anyone from their current location. And something was keeping their voice from reaching the location of the campfire

“I gotta say you have such a great talent in cooking, can I ask for another one?” Colt returns his empty bowl at Morris’s reach

“You’ve finally opened up to the rookie huh? I didn’t think that you’ll easily accept him,” Jenna teases him while the three of them except for Morris, are unaware of the massacre being committed

“Shut up!!! I don’t know what you’re talking about it’s normal to praise someone for their great display of skills. Plus he came all this way for a couple of players he just met, don’t you think his actions are commendable?” Colt tried to reason with the two of them that he didn’t come to accept their ally. Which only resulted in the two laughing at how perceivable he is

“Hey is that a tracker ring?” When he didn’t pay any attention to his enemies after they were overwhelmed by his traps. Even though its arsenal hasn’t even scratched its full potential, he enjoyed his time with these mob characters. And when he did, he notices a similar artifact that he had used in the first trials of the pillar

“Oh, this… It’s connected to all of the members that are currently here. Along with our vanguard, we just called him Knight, he was a huge and hulking player. A guy that always wears a mask, even though we haven’t seen his face, Knight was a part of our group. If it weren’t for him we would have died before we could enter the main trials,” Sam showed the ring in front of Morris, no matter how much he tried to sense the connection. He could only see three threads of mana that connects the three of them. As if the person they mentioned didn’t even exist in the registered pact

[Looks like you’ve noticed it as well]

’That guy broke intentionally broke his ring, if he would’ve died the ring will change another color. However, if someone were to break it, then the pact that ties the players wouldn’t be affected. This is a glitch that hasn’t been fixed in the earlier stages of the world of trials, there’s no way an ordinary player knows this. Unless don’t tell me if that injured ally is a Beta tester?’

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Chapter 132 Beta tester

There are a few things that change can influence your survivability in the world of trials

It can be many various things that can be categorized under a dozen or more ways than one

However, It can simply be known whether it’s item rarity, monster weak points, a powerful contracted deity, and so on

However, I’ve met a few people that didn’t have any of those things. They can’t even be compared to the high-ranking players

Their knowledge is the thing that many have tried to acquire, even I was trying to seek out their knowledge

However, most of them are hiding amongst the population, and most of them tried to help anyone to survive

But this isn’t a game anymore, some wanted to monopolize everything for themselves. And many of these people were slaughtered after they were hunted by these power-hungry individuals

While some of them stand and fought for their lives, what came after was a life of being constantly hunted down. They only possess knowledge but talents or skills weren’t something that most of them ever possessed

I can’t blame them, who would ever think that one day they’ll have to fight for their lives? To survive another day in this living hell? I hope that it was a joke… I have an online friend who casually jokes about being a Beta tester

Even though I’ve searched for him inside the world of trials. I wasn’t able to find that hulking vanguard of a knight. One day I hope that I’ll get to see him again

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’Bruh how many characters did I forget that one moment? And for some reason why did, I even mention it in the first place? I think this is one of the many things that pisses off my readers. Seriously that one Chapter was a great introduction to a new arrival of a supporting side character. And I just flushed it down the toilet like a piece of shit… Sigh, I wonder if this is my punishment for all of that plot holes that I made,’

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