Chapter 161: Into The Edge We Go [5]

“I can’t believe we got caught,” Jenna was flailing her body in hopes of loosening her restraints. While Sam aided her by biting through the rope and Colt was on the lookout for the guard

“Do you hear? Back to formation!!! Quickly before they could notice,” Sam was able to forcefully raise the table back into its previous spot. After they heard a loud noise that came from the other side of the tent, it sounded like a person. That was trying its hardest to resist the guards until it was thrown and landed on the ground. Before the dust was to disperse from its landing, they were greeted by a familiar voice

“Hey, guys, glad to see that you’re alive and well. So I was just escorted here, I tried to flail around for a bit after they got a little pissed. They decide to throw me once I resisted, don’t worry I have a plan for the four of us to escape,” They encountered Zen that who didn’t have any kind of weapons in his inventory. Apart from that, he was cuffed when the three were tired to a chair

“We’re all gonna die!!!”

“Wow, Jenna good job for decreasing our morale. What’s next Knight is going to join us inside this jail of a tent~” Moments later another player was thrown into the tent who resembled their injured ally

“… Fuuuuuuuuuuck… Me and my big mouth. I jinxed us didn’t I?”

[I never was the kind of deity that likes to tell you when you hit rock bottom. But I told you so!!! What now Morris? They cuffed you and that player with an item that neutralizes any flow of chi and mana]

’Sage can you be a little more positive, can’t you just be glad that im not even dead at this point? Trust me, this is a foolproof plan, the only thing that’ll need to do is wait for their signal. Which might go off just about now? Okay, how about now?’

“Aaaaaah!!! It’s a monster!!!” They heard a horrified scream that came from the other side of the tent. Along with the sound of explosions and the growl of a variety of different monsters. All of it occurred while the five of them were simply minding their own business inside the tent

“Great now all of us are trapped and there’s a freaking monster horde outside our ten~”

“Colt!!!”

“Oh im so sorry, there’s no way im acting positive about our predicament!!! I’ve just found out that one of us lied, Zen’s keeping secrets? You should’ve looked into a mirror, you haven’t even revealed your face to the three of us. At least he’s more honest than you could ever be,” He stared menacingly at his ally after they were swept into such a horrific experience

[If only he knew how wrong he is]

“Colt this isn’t the time to vent your anger,” Sam tried to reason with him to focus on the most pressing matters at hand

“No don’t stop him, he has a point a while ago he pointed his sword at Zen. The nerve he has to do such a thing, I won’t deny that I was a little hostile to him when we first met. Compared to what he did to abduct him, threatening his life and, and~ hold on… Zen why are you uncuffed?” Her mood suddenly changes from a raging fury that was swapped with confusion. After the four of them notice him grabbing a chair and listening to the four of them argue

“Uh, minding my own business? I don’t want to join your fight it’s not something that I’ll have to interfere with. Since you know im just an outsider and all of that, I don’t want to join something that the four of you have. It’s downright selfish and quite frankly rude to just join a topic that you’re not even involved with,”

“Forget about that, where the hell are your cuffs? Weren’t you just tied a while ago? What did you do?” Erick was surprised since he was able to escape from an item. That was feared by many that restrict anyone from flowing both mana or chi. Making anyone unable to exert any kind of skill, most of his skills required mana. However, he had an item that easily made him escape from his restraints

[I’ve forgotten about that, I thought you sold that item since it didn’t have any uses]

[Size manipulating bracelet – A bracelet that possesses the ability to manipulate the size of inanimate, dead and unmoving objects. This item doesn’t require any kind of mana or chi however it only has three uses until it reaches its cooldown. That will take about three days before its next use

Item: Bracelet

Rarity: Rare

Ability: Size & Weight manipulation – Anything that falls to the requirements will be enlarged or shrunken

Durability: 100/ 38

Origin: An item that was strapped to the dungeon core of the lair of the mad alchemist. Apart from that, the origin of the item will remain to be untold]

“Apart from escaping those cuffs, I’ve shrunk your weapons and placed them inside my pocket. Before we try and escape from this area, will they try to come after us once they’ve found out we escaped? Since it’ll only be problematic if the five of us continued to run instead of killing them all,” He quickly severed their restraints without any trace of sounds nor it was able to alert their abductors

“If I placed your familiars on our side, then we’ll have a fighting chance. Plus, I have a deep grudge against those players… For what it’s worth im sorry for having you guys get entangled with my proble~ I deserve that,” He was given a hard and powerful slap in the face after Sam had escaped from her restraints

’Sheeesh thats slap can get into the Oscars. Seriously thats by far the loudest slap I’ve ever heard pure strength. There’s not a hint of any enhancement skill or damage boost, I wonder how much did she place in attack stat. I literally heard a noise when her hand came in contact with Erick’s face, guess I learned the reason why she’s the leader. A powerful slap, even though she’s a mob character,’

“You do… No one’s going to side with you and tell you that you didn’t. Zen, Colt, and Jenna grab your weapons it’s time for the four of us… Sorry, let me rephrase that, it’s time for the five of us to kill those players. I’m a little pissed as well but we’re all gonna die here if we don’t cooperate. So try your hardest to resist breaking his bones, he has a lot of explaining after all of this is concluded,”

Once they equipped their weapons they left the tent and hide in the nearest bushes, while the players didn’t detect their presence. Even if someone were to notice their escape, would they choose their lives over a couple of players? When most of their numbers were getting slaughtered one by one by a pact of wild and disoriented monsters. That was spook after they encountered the two predatorial beasts that ate a dozen or so of their rivals

“Are you sure those are your familiars?” They doubted his previous claims after they saw the two he pointed at were brutally slaughtering a bunch of players. They displayed such ferocious and aggressive behavior whilst it gobbles up a player with not a hint of mercy

“That’s them alright, don’t worry about it. Once you’ve met them you’ll find them to be rather cute. They won’t even hurt a fly,” They looked back to have another look to see an embodiment of a living devil. Their views were soon flipped after a few players ambush them in the back. Were then dismembered by Moon after he hastily protected them

“Grrreaggg Arrrrghh krieeeek(Owner our leader has awaited your miraculous escape. Are we going to continue with our main plan or should we escape?),” Moon greeted him after he made sure that he butchered his prey by driving his claws in their body

“What is he doing?” Sam and the others were frozen in fear once they witnessed such a thing occur in front of their eyes

“Don’t worry about its loyalty towards him. I can sense it in their mana, those two are connected via soul contract. If you’re wondering what’s currently happening, is that he can understand his familiar. It’s a passive ability that came with the contract, I know that you’re still mad. But now isn’t the right time to be intrigued we’re in the middle of a battlefield,” Soon after they came back to their senses, they searched for any players within their vicinity. And bring upon their judgment and slaughtered them all one after another, without leaving anyone to survive

hours later

“At last were finally back at the tavern,” Jenna sighed in relief after their long and tiring journey had finally ended

Colt passed out after he used a ton of his mana and energy at their fight. Which left the three of them apart from Jenna who wasn’t good at any physical labor. To be excluded from carrying his body back to their lodgings, their trip to the edge had ended. Not a single one of them had the energy to remain furious with Erick’s real reason for lying to his group. Whether they admit it or not, they were just overwhelmed by the moment. Yet no one held such hatred towards their vanguard

“You’re not going to ask me to leave the team?” Erick notices that he hasn’t gained any message concerning his standings in their party

“I’ll leave the two of you alone. I’ll take Colt with me, see you guys back in our room,” Upon noticing the awkward atmosphere that grew over time. Morris took it upon himself to give the two some privacy. Whether he notices their deep bond that transcends their position, he didn’t mention anything. And continued to act like his alter ego

“Next time… Make sure you don’t lie to me,” She reaches for his face which he responded to lower his helmet. And reveal his real face in front of his ally, and once he heard her words he teared up. For being accepted back to his party

“Sure thing captain,” Erick replied with a cheerful tone and a beaming smile toward his companion. After their apologies were all said and done, their problems concluded. Morris was shown to be spying on the two, once he came back after he placed his worn companion on his mattress

’Aww, what a happy ending, now’s the gangs back together up next will be our journey to the trials. I’ve heard from Hyunsu and the rest that they’ve found the passage entrance to the ice kingdom. I’ll finally get the chance to participate in the trials after I got comatose and got entangled with a few side characters along the way. And perhaps I might encounter that cold-blooded killer, who knows im just a lowly author. Not an actual fortune teller, so I’ll just have to wait until I arrive at the castle,’

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