The group had followed me into the giant colosseum, the crowd of people all looking down at the large mass behind me, we all as a collective went over to quadrant three, and stayed there. The announcer hesitated, only noticed by the not-so immediate announcement of the rules as we all stayed put.
I stared up at the monitor, and it seems the rules didn't change, however, the announcer did add something onto what he said last time "You can all split up if you want to, it makes the game a bit more fun, haha" When nobody moved, he reluctantly started the trivia game. The monitor was on the direct opposite side to us. It didn't move and remained still. The crowd was completely silent, like our group. As the timer continued ticking down, I rushed over to the machine under the monitor and pulled off the piece of metal.
They might do a mulligan soon, which would not be good. As the timer neared 25 seconds, the announcer used the microphone again, and spoke in a nervous voice "It appears the rules have changed. Since everyone is in the third quadrant, the game cannot progress, and the crowds around the stadium are all very bored. As such, we are hurrying the process. The humans must survive one minute with 4 quadrants worth of creatures."
The crowd got more excited, however, the mass behind me was the complete opposite. They were increasingly worried as the timer reset back to one minute. I, however, stood close to where they let out the monsters, the metal piece in my hand. I stood and waited as the big door opened slowly. I got into a safe stance, taking in a deep breath as I saw the four creatures come out. One I didn't recognize was with them. I looked back at the group and raised a hand.
"IF YOU CAN FIGHT, THEN TRY AND PROTECT THE WEAK ONES, I WILL DEAL WITH THE INVISIBLE ONE AND THE TIGER, THE OTHER TWO ARE PROBABLY EASY TO FEND OFF"
With that, I immediately ran forwards, the outline of the invisible one was much clearer, and the tiger seemed to be prowling in the back, I need to deal with those two first. I quickly ducked under the right blade-arm of the invisible creature, and shoved the metal shard in it's leg, the tiger immediately rushing towards me, claws out, mouth open, met the body of the invisible creature, which took most of the damage.
I couldn't fight a tiger, no way, but I had to at least try. As it looked at the now visible insides of the invisible creature, I pulled out the blade and quickly slashed it's face, cutting an eye ticked off the lion. So, I immediately ran, it was faster than me, but it seemed that it's energy wasn't limitless, it would have a hard time stopping, so I ran to the loose border of the quadrant, taking a sharp turn right, the lion noticed this, and attempted the tight turn itself, however, lost a chunk of it's back leg, causing it to trip up and fall.
I was still running, so I couldn't exactly risk a 180 to try and kill it. It did get back up, though, and tried running again, this time, it was a lot slower, however, it still posed a threat to me, and the rest of the group. Glancing back, the blind creature was killed, and the fourth one was restrained by many people and was about to get beaten to death. Which was a sight to see. A few people had died, but was it worth their sacrifice? Maybe.
I ran back over to the invisible creature's corpse and raised it as a shield, the tiger got tricked again, and hurt the creature again, leaving it open for another attack, this time, I tried to stab it's neck. I had barely succeeded with enough time to get away. The tiger was seriously hurt now, but still, I didn't want to risk myself getting harmed again. The tiger slowed down, and flopped down. It's death was imminent. I slowly went over to the invisible corpse, and pulled off the blade arm, taking it over to the lion and stabbing directly into it's skull with all my power.
Blood splattered out, and the lion stopped breathing soon after.
I didn't receive a volume raise, probably because I didn't technically kill the invisible creature. It was a shame, but I couldn't do anything about it. With only a few seconds left on the clock, the creatures were either killed, or at the very least, left immobile. The crowd took a liking to our performance, however. That's good, cause last time they did that, I got a coin bonus. With only 5 people dead, we came out with a great outcome. All I need to do now is to cheat and win the second game. Technically that one has much more lenient rules.
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People were really happy about the outcome, everyone was thanking me. I don't hate the attention, but it's not exactly something I deserve. I can't completely save everyone, especially in the next game. It might not be the exact same, either. Considering that there were only 5 deaths for our group. Yet again, we received a prize. However, mine was quite different from how it was last time…
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Congratulations! You can select any item as your reward as long as it's in the solar system!
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Accept Decline
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Any item? That invisible creature's arm would surely be a nice weapon…
I wrote what I could for now, and tapped on the TV screen. It began processing my reward. This happened last time, however, didn't take as long as this time around. An error popped up and said
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Average blade strength is too high for your level of reward!! Specify which level you want.
(Example: Low-class arm)
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I sighed, and typed "Low-class invisible mars creature arm used for a sword blade" the reward was getting processed again, and soon, it was accepted. Like the announcer said last time, it was certainly not a feat to scoff at that one could kill it. It's blade was truly amazing even as one of the weakest versions. Planning ahead, I would like to receive another reward from game 2, as it seems genuinely worth the risk, and I already know the answers…
However, I need to get to game 4 as fast as possible, and like the skill said, I should try to perfect these first two games. I don't know the limits of how many times I can go back, so I don't want to risk dying too much. I'll just try and get a feel for rotating the wheel enough to actually get the "win game" tile immediately, or, maybe that was a bad idea. I remember seeing that it was further out than the other choices… There might be a catch I do not know about. If so, I'm going to have to go through it just trying to get the bonuses.
Another thing I'm stuck on is..
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Connected Conscious Lvl 3
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Is it an active skill?
If so, then I'd be happy to activate it now, and if I happen to be greeted by an annoying conscious, then… Turning it off would be nice. I looked at the open cell door, and sighed, I shoulda gotten something that makes my room sound-proof during the day time.
Oh well, though. "Connected Conscious?"
I felt a tight pain in my skull, like it was stabbed through, I reached up and grabbed my head, trying my best to withstand the pain. After another moment, it began to get less harsh. And after a few seconds passed, it was just a faint feeling on the side of my head. I looked up in my room, and.. Nothing changed. That was rather unfortunate, that ability seemed rather use-
"HELLO!!"
I jumped from the sound, and quickly looked to my right. A translucent pure-blue woman was now in my vision.
"You should see your face! HAHA"