ushernet Chapter 7: 7: Ruthless Stage
Chapter 7: 7: Ruthless Stage
chapter 7: 7: ruthless stage
the timer in the sky reached zero.
the clear sky turned red. the warmth of this place was replaced by cold winds.
a black screen appeared in front of every player.
[welcome to the tutorial]
[there will be three stages to the tutorial]
[the best performer of the tutorial will get promotion of their channel with exposure of up to 100 constellations]
kim seojin read through the description on the screen.
although he couldn't see what the others were seeing, he was certain that they saw the same notification.
he could see greed flash in the eyes of many of the players. they could already imagine them becoming the best performer.
"is it really that great?"
kim seojin turned towards the squirrel, but he couldn't find it anywhere. the squirrel had simply disappeared.
he looked all around, but it was nowhere to be found.
"is it because the tutorial is beginning?"
he didn't know if he was ever going to see the mystical squirrel again.
[stage one]
[there are a total of thousand players. reduce the number of players by killing other players]
[the first stage will be cleared when the numbers reach the threshold of the second stage]
[if the numbers don't reach the threshold within the time limit, everyone shall be erased]
[time limit: thirty minutes]
"huh?"
kim seojin looked at the mission for a long time, finding it hard to believe.
he didn't know if it was actually asking him to do what he thought it was asking.
although it said that all they had to do was reduce the numbers, it could only mean one thing. they had to kill other players? and this was just the first stage?
it didn't even mention how many players they had to kill. did they have to kill one? hundred? or five hundred?
"there is no way they would kill each other, right?"
the stone came flying for the mage who also dodged the attack.
"you are fast, but that makes it even more fun to hunt you!"
the mage laughed after dodging the attack. but his laughter soon disappeared.
he couldn't find lee taehyung under the tree anymore.
"if only you were a hunter." a cold voice fell in his ears, sending chills down his spine.
how did someone get so close to him without him noticing?
"h-how are you so fast? how high are your stats?" the mage asked in disbelief.
[soul snatch]
lee taehyung used his skill.
the mage had been preparing to use a fireball again. before he could complete it, his eyes went blank.
his lifeless body fell on the ground, his eyes still open. it was as if someone had stolen his soul.
"not high enough..." lee taehyung closed his fist before turning to the other players.
only a few minutes had passed, yet over fifty players were already dead.
"it will take too long to reach five hundred this way."
he raised his right hand.
[soul explosion]
there were many lifeless bodies lying on the ground, belonging to the players that had been killed.
their souls still hadn't dissipated as only a short time had passed since their death.
lee taehyung used his second spell, connecting to all the souls that didn't have a body to return to.
loud explosions responded all over the battlefield as the souls exploded, killing even more people.
[soul explosion]
lee taehyung used the same spell again on the players who had died in his attack.
another loud explosion echoed all over the battlefield.
one after another, souls were exploding in the battlefield and kim seojin just watched this horrific sight in disbelief.
when lee taehyung hadn't moved, only fifty players had died in around five minutes. but from the moment he moved, only two minutes had passed but the number of dead had reached almost five hundred.