Arwen, Tenka and I spent the rest of our evening caring for the cockatoo and we then drifted off to sleep. I awoke to a cockatoo chick pecking at my face. "Cute." I thought to myself. I went out of my room and met with Arwen and Tenka. We ate breakfast and I told Tenka of my plans to join the war.
"We will sail back to Danx and partake in the war." I said firmly. "What?!" He said. "We just went through all of that trouble to get here, and now we are going back for the war? Are you insane?" He continued in utter disbelief. "Yes." I said. "We will leave after I unlock rank 2 and after we settle down more." I said with an ulterior motive. The event is in a mere day, so I need to be in a safe place because I don't know what could happen when the event starts. "Go back to the house." I need to do something." I said.
"Okay, but don't forget that Arwen needs actual clothes." He replied. "Take over her job then so she had time." I said with an amused smile. "Im good." He said as he walked away to the house. I went into the mercenary guild to look for any otherworlder to recruit. Because it would definitely be nice to have someone I can relate to from my real planet.
When I walked inside, I was surprised to walk straight into a fight between two warriors, one with dual axes and one with a sword. I saw that they both had nametags, and that a nearby group of otherworlders was cheering the swordsman on. "Should I recruit them? Probably not. I'd get abandoned first if something came up." I thought. I looked around some more and I found a person in the back who also had a nametag
I saw some daggers on their waist and I realized that they don't seem to need a companion, and I think that they seem competent enough to recruit. As I walked up to them, the two idiots who were fighting crashed into the man with the daggers. I expected them to dash away like an assassin or something, but they just got pathetically dog piled by the other two men.
I realized that they needed help, so I kicked the two off of the dagger wielding man. "Want to team up?" I said as I reached out my hand for him to grab. "Yknow what? Sure." He said with a small smile. "Im Centi." I said. "Luke." He said back. We shook hands and I gestured for us to leave to discuss collaboration. As we walked out the two men shifted their rage on me since I kicked them.
"Someone needs a real beating!" The axe wielding man said. "I'd agree with you on that!" The other man said with fury. The both charged at me, so I got my club and shield out of my box and I unleashed aura in my arms and weapon to block their attack. They both flew backwards into the wall after colliding with my club. They both had passed out. I left with Luke and discussed the event. "What do you think it is?" I asked. "It might be a survival event or a quest, who knows." He replied.
We went to a local tavern and we got a private room. We talked about our journey leading up to this point and we vented all that had happened from our transition to this world all the way to today. We then went back to my house so they could be introduced to the rest of the group. "Hi." Tenka said. "Hello." Luke replied. "What's your name?" Arwen asked curiously with red cheeks. "Luke." He replied.
"That's a nice name." Arwen said with a blush. "Luke. Remember how to get here, just in case." I said with fake bravery. "I will." He said reassuringly. I went back inside and slept. I awoke and looked at my surroundings. I realized that I was back in that suffocating white room where we chose between countless weapons.
This time however, a window appeared again. "Select a teammate to partner up with. You may only choose people you have met in the other world." A list of all the people I met appeared with a their status.
Daniel: DECEASED
Brandon: DECEASED
Mark: ALIVE
Kent: ALIVE
Luke: ALIVE
I saw Luke's name and I clicked on it. "Invite sent!" The window said. After about 20 seconds, I got a reply. "Invite accepted!" Then a side window appeared which showed my name and Luke's with 2 bars elow mins and 1 below his. Luke and I were teleported together and then a voice explained the rules for the event.
"You will fight with other teams until your team either dies or gets at least 1 kill per person. The bars by a person's name mean two things. The red bar is your overall health. When it hits zero, your dead for good. The second bar is something only about 1200 of you have. 1200 out of 5 billion is still a huge number compared to what they thought. Anyhow, the second bar is for aura for warriors, and mana for mages. When it hits zero, you can't use your abilities for 1 hour until they recharge." The voice said.
"The teams are from 2 to 50 people, so mabye there is strength in numbers." The voice continued. "We got this." I said trying to sound confident so Luke doesn't get worried. "Your right." He said while slapping his face to hit away the nerves. "Without further ado, let the hunt begin!" The voice said with a maniacal tone. We then got teleported with a flash of light and then we awoke in an island, with only the health bar on the side of our eyes and our weapons laid out in front of us.