**[Administrator Rule #1: Unauthorized kills = Insta-Delete.]**
**[Violators will be… Delete.]**
Kael's Ember Lance dimmed. The Iteration #2 hybrids froze, their murderous intent stifled by code deeper than instinct. Noah's group lowered their weapons, trembling—not from relief, but the uncanny stillness of 2000 predators forced to heel.
«Boring!» ReZero materialized atop a boulder, legs swinging like a petulant child. «Let's spice this up. *Loot time.*»
The ground convulsed. Ten coffins of burnished bronze erupted from the soil, glowing with promise.
**[Bronze-Level Chests Spawned: 10/10.]**
**[Location: 500m Radius. Happy hunting~]**
Chaos erupted. Iteration #2 moved as one, swarming the plain. Lira's shadows scoured ravines. Vex scaled cliffs, nostrils flaring for loot-scent. Noah's team lurched after them, desperation sharpening their instincts.
**00:02:17**
A chest materialized in a creek bed. Three hybrids lunged—and dissolved mid-leap, reduced to ash by ReZero's flickering finger.
«Mine first,» he giggled, vanishing the chest into static.
**00:07:43**
Kael found one wedged in a dead oak. His Ember Lance melted the lock, revealing a shimmering dagger.
He tested the blade on a boulder. It split like butter.
**00:12:55**
Noah tripped.
The ditch swallowed him whole—a jagged crevasse hidden under grass. His elbow struck metal.
There it was.
The chest was pockmarked, its surface etched with screaming faces. The lock hissed, releasing a smell like burnt hair. Noah reached—
**[Warning: Chests may contain curses, blessings, or Administrator's whims.]**
**[Open? Y/N]**
Noah slammed *Y*.
The lid burst open. Inside, nestled on velvet, was a pulsing blood red heart.
**[Item Acquired: Ghoul King Heart (Unique).]**
**[Effect: Player will become half ghoul and Accuired blood affinity]**
Noah stared at the heart pulsing in his hand before forcing himself to eat it.
ReZero's scream split the sky.