Amadeus held his ground because if he moved now, they would attack him. Therefore timing was the key.
Once Jax despaired the strongest three began moving with Vegaz being the first to act.
He stretched and said, "I feel like my body is going to break from standing still for too long." He then moved toward one of the participants who was holding an axe and said.
while holding the dagger he had, "Hey, can we switch? I have great strength, and I prefer using axes. What do you think?".
The participant had no reason to give up the axe since all his stats were equal, and he seemed to like the axe.
Noticing the participant''s hesitation, Vegaz said in a menacing voice, "You don''t want to switch?".
Out of fear of offending Vegaz, the participant gave up the axe.
On the other side, Nienna also took a magic staff from another one of the Weak participants, saying, with confidence "Give it to me, since in your hands it''s like a wooden stick," .
Vegaz, now happy, began swinging the axe, trying it out." yes, that''s what i call a weapon not that kitchen knife.
AHhhhh!
A scream could be heard from the back.
The scream belonged to a participant who now lay dead on the ground. Above him was a gleaming blade held by a figure who knelt down to retrieve the dagger from the deceased participant.
Albus held two daggers and, with eyes showing no regret, he spun one of them in the air and said, "Why waste time? Let''s be done with this already."
Vegaz answered him, "You''re right." With a smile, he suddenly swung the axe, splitting the participant who had given him the axe in the first place and blood exploded everywhere in a horrifying sight.
Nienna staff started to glow and a fire ball was created and lunched burning the opponent in front of her filling the aire with there screams as they burned to death.
Everything happened so fast that most of the participants were still frozen with fear watching as there follow participants were killed.
even that all that Amadeus did not move, as he expected what was going to happen.
He was still waiting for the perfect moment, confident that they would leave the weakest of them all until the end.
And then, the massacre began.
Albus and Vegaz fought the other participants who were trying to fight back but the difference of power was incredible, while Nienna burned anyone who tried to escape slowly lowering the number of participants
" the difference is only 2 levels, yet there falling like flies" Amadeus thought as he watched the massacre.
Ixer and Lexia were not attacked, as they were strong enough not to be called the Weak like the other participants, and they might be needed later to complete the tutorial mission.
So, they remained silent, watching the massacre unfold. while Lexia wanting to stop them, but she knew she wouldn''t be able to defeat them.
As a participant ran past Amadeus trying to escape and screaming, "You crazy people!"
"This is the moment," Amadeus thought as he started running behind the participant.
Nienna noticed them and started creating a fireball. "She must launch it by now," Amadeus thought as he kept running.
BOOM!
Just as he finished thinking, a fireball hit the participant beside him.
The other participant acted as a human shield because Amadeus knew that if he ran alone, he would die and from watching Nienna couldn''t he concluded that she cant cast spells fast enough to kill two people in a row.Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site.
Amadeus managed enter the forest, thinking, "It was a 50% chance, but considering that I was much weaker than him, it became 100%."
"But I am not out of danger yet. To be fully safe, I have to get out of the barriers and reach the deep forest, a place they wouldn''t risk following me to," Amadeus thought.
As he expected, a dagger suddenly struck the tree in front of him, and cut a bit of his chick making it bleed and a voice could be heard from behind, "Sorry, I missed."
It was Albus chasing Amadeus.
Amadeus ran as fast as he could, but Albus kept appearing in front of him and He swung the dagger, nearly hitting Amadeus playing with him.
the chase continued for a while until Amadeus got out of the forest.
Slash!
As soon as he got out, he was slashed in the back by Albus but Amadeus continued running, his back bleeding, until he reached a cliff with a stream of very strong water below.
"It seems like the fun has ended," said Albus as he raised his dagger, ready to kill Amadeus.
Amadeus mind started racing trying to find a way out " this cant be the end " he thought.
BANG!
Before Albus could kill Amadeus, an arrow was thrown at Albus, causing him to deflect it and step back.
"what!," Albus thought as he saw Ixer standing behind a tree.
"What do you think you''re doing?" Albus shouted aiming his dagger at Ixer
"What do you think? I was trying to kill that weakling, but it seems my skills with the bow aren''t as good as I thought," said Ixer.
" not good, like i would believe something like that" thought Albus but he couldn''t do anything because Ixer is needed to complete the tutorial so he just ignored it.
Albus suddenly remembered Amadeus, and when he looked, he was long gone. "Did he throw himself off the cliff? Well, it doesn''t matter," thought Albus as he looked over the edge of the cliff. Then he started to walk back to the starting point.
As Albus walked past Ixer, Ixer said, "Aren''t we going after him?"
Albus kept walking and said, "He must be dead already and Even if he survived the strong current, he won''t survive a day in the deep forest, let alone the night time."
In the meantime, Amadeus was fighting against the waves, barely keeping himself alive. "This weak body won''t hold much longer," he thought.
[Notification]
40% endurance left.
His endurance was already lower than average, and all the running had taken most of it. Therefore, being able to fight the current was by pushing his weak body to its limit.
"I have to find a way out," Amadeus thought. He kept looking for a way out but found nothing. "If this goes on, my endurance will reach zero and I will drown in this river," he thought.
"Calm down. Right now, you have to think with a clear mind," the knight memory said in Amadeus''s mind.
"Right, clear mind," Amadeus thought as he stopped fighting back against the water, as it was a waste of endurance.
"Sorry, but I have to make you think quickly because, depending on multiple factors, this river ends with a waterfall," said the Noble memory.
Then he added, "And the chances of you surviving the waterfall are slim to none. And even if you survive, every bone in your body will be destroyed."
"Thanks for the advice," Amadeus replied.
As the waterfall came into sight, Amadeus noticed a big rock at the edge of the waterfall. "That''s my chance," he thought.
As Amadeus started swimming towards the rock, the Noble memory said, "You know that the only way to stop at the boulder is by..."
BANG!
He was cut off by the impact of Amadeus hitting the boulder. "Slamming your body into it," he continued.
[Notification]
70% HP left.
"It doesn''t matter as long as I can survive," Amadeus thought as the pressure of the water behind him started crushing his body.
With all his might, he was able to rise above the rock, finally getting out of the water, but he was still not out of danger.
"Cough!...Cough!...Spit!" Amadeus spat blood from the damage of the water pressing against his body then he stood up.
[Notification]
60% HP left.
"If I were in your place, I wouldn''t stay long on that rock," the Assassin memory said.
He was right; the rock was unstable, but there was a good place to climb up just one jump away from the rock. But before Amadeus could jump, a strong wave of water came due to the breaking of a log that was holding back the water.
Amadeus was completely submerged in water, but he was holding onto the rock with both his hands, trying to last until the water level returned to normal.
Suddenly, one of the log pieces came hitting Amadeus''s shoulder, making him let go of the rock, but he kept a firm hold with his other hand.
" just a bit longer " he thought.
[Warning]
10% endurance left.
Finally, the water calmed, and Amadeus came back above the rock.
Not wanting to waste any more time, he jumped, holding onto the rocks on the cliff. He started climbing, feeling that his heart was going to stop from exhaustion, and his vision started to get blurry. "a bit more" thought Amadeus.
Crack!
One of the rocks broke, and Amadeus was left hanging using only one arm and It was the injured one, which caused him incredible pain.
[Warning]
5% endurance left.
"I can''t, my hand and my endurance, I just can''t," thought Amadeus.
"You can''t give up because we didn''t give up yet," said the Knight memory. "Now start climbing," he added with a menacing voice.
even if he gave up, there were hundreds of his memories that wouldn''t accept it.
Amadeus put his hand back on and thought, "He''s right, I can''t stop," and he kept climbing, finally reaching the top.
[Warning]
1% endurance left.
[Notification]
50% HP left.
He lay on the grass, breathing heavily and covered in blood. A system screen appeared in front of him.
-You Entered The Deep Forest.