[30]

"AH!" I shouted as I suddenly woke up. As I placed my hand on my chest and felt my heart beating like crazy. Wait, where am I? I thought as I slowly stood up and realized that I was inside a hole. I looked up and saw the sky. I tried climbing up but the walls are too slippery because it was made of iron blocks.

Suddenly I heard a buzz and the ground beneath me raises. I can hear pistons moving, I froze and waited until the floor carried me onto the surface where there's a glass tube surrounding me. I lifted my hand to cover the sun and saw the other people around me. We were in a circle surrounded by trees. And on the middle there were a bunch of chests.

"Wha?" I looked around me. As the others started looked at each other in confusion.

A voice counting down from 10 can be heard. Everyone took a running stance.

3..

2..

1..

A bell rang as the glass tubes slide down. And everyone ran towards the chests. I ran towards the chest because I felt confident about my speed which was quickly proven wrong after I saw a male already arrived at the chests. I stopped and quickly charged back. Towards the woods. I can see some people also decided to go into the woods as well. After I entered the wood I kept running through the leaves and bushes. Suddenly my lower body hit something. I fell onto the ground and tumbled sideways. I groaned in pain as I slowly raised my body. I took a look of what I tripped on and I saw a chest. I quickly approached it and opened it.

In the chest I saw a stone sword and a pair of hand gloves. I quickly put it on and took the sword. I noticed something coming from a distance and quickly ran deeper into the woods.

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[9]

I came across a small town which I quickly went in to. I went inside one of the houses and barricaded the door with some blocks. I lied on the floor and panted. I stared at the wooden ceiling and tried to remember what happened. I can't remember how I got here. What I remember is my name and my number. And not to tell people your name. I can also recognize these people…

I put my hand on my head. As a slight headache hit me. Shit.. I didn't get to take any supplies because I was too scared. Those guys definitely going to target the weak girls first. I thought. And here I am, competing with these bloody killers. Suddenly I remembered that the chief told us about this game, and that we agreed to be put in here.

Suddenly the door swung open. I jumped back and stood up. I saw a guy holding a sword and carrying a shield on his back. He was panting.

"Thirteen!" I recognize him. He realized that I was in here and pointed the sword towards me. He stopped and looked at me.

"Nine!" I was his roommate back on the training camp. He was a strong guy.

"Thirteen, listen, let's work together and-" I wasn't even finished talking and he immediately shouted.

"I don't want to kill anybody!" He shouted.

"Eh?" I stopped.

"I never wanted to agree to this. If they told us this from the start I wouldn't want to join this game!" He dropped his sword.

"I-" I stuttered.

"Me neither, but we have to survive." I stood up and walked up to him.

"Do you have any weapon that I can use?" I asked him.

"What? But you're a girl."

"So what if I'm a girl?" I raised an eyebrow. He stopped and stared at me for a while.

"The sword and the shield is the only thing I managed to get. Oh and also these.." He put down his duffle bag and opened it. I looked inside it and saw two potions.

"This. This is the potion they taught us in the camp!" I told Thirteen as I grabbed the two potions. One is bright red, and the other was dark grey.

"This one must be Healing, and this one might be Weakness." I examined the two bottles.

"Wow, I'm surprised you can still remember them." Thirteen praised me.

"It's no big deal." As I put them on the side of my bags.

Suddenly a loud boom can be heard. Thirteen and I froze. Not long after that a voice can be heard.

"Number Twelve has been slain."

My eyes widened.

"Idiot!" I stomped my foot onto the ground.

"They, they're actually doing it.." Thirteen looked pale.

"That'll trigger everyone's bloodthirst. I bet you everyone will start killing each other." Thirteen whispered and looked down on the floor.

"Don't say that." I walked up to him and gave him my hand.

"Let's become allies for now. I'll help you out and you keep me alive. Deal?" I waited for his response. He smiled and grabbed my hand.

"Deal!"

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[4]

"Holy shit!" I shouted as I kept running through the woods.

"Shit shit! I wouldn't have chosen the shoes if they told me this from the start!" I complained as I kept running while being chased by a girl with a one-edged long iron sword. Who is known as Ten. She is rather tall and has long brown hair which is tied to a ponytail. She is wearing a black shirt.

"Stop running, I promise I'll make it quick and painless." She shouted.

"I'm not slowing down! And also, like hell being killed by a sword would be painless!" I declined her offer to stop and instead ran faster.

"Tch." She sheathed her sword and sprinted faster.

Crap, if this goes on. She'll eventually catch up to me. I thought. I am carrying a bag with a couple of sticks and wood logs in it. I wanted to go for the sword since I managed to get to the chests first but. I thought I wouldn't need to hurt anybody.

Suddenly Ten sprinted away from me and disappeared behind the trees.

Did she give up? I thought as I slowed down.

Suddenly she jumped out of the bush in front of me with her sword already in hand. I stopped and ducked. Which saved my head from getting cut off because I can hear her sword whizzed just above my head. I tackled her and she fell down. I quickly stood up and ran away from her. Then I stopped and remembered that I should take her sword as well. But as soon as I turned around I saw her already running towards her sword.

Nevermind I thought as I continued to ran away from her.

I kept running, assuming that she's still chasing me. When suddenly I ran into a chest. I quickly opened it hoping to get a weapon to counter 10.

I found two tools that sort of like ice axe (climbing axe) or a pickaxe. And a rope. I put the rope in my bag and took both of the pickaxes. It's thinner and lighter than a normal pickaxe.

Not long after that Ten finally caught up to me.

"Wait Ten! Let's talk about this." I put my hands in front of me. She stopped and looked at me with her hand already on the hilt of her sword. I tried to come up with an excuse but my brain gave up halfway. Instead, I ran away from her again.

I bet she's already exhausted. I thought as I ran towards a large jungle tree. I jumped towards it and dug one of my pickaxes into it. And quickly climbed it. After I was high enough I looked down to check if she's chasing me. And the answer is yes. She was panting on the bottom of the tree. I smiled and kept climbing higher onto the tree.

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[7]

"Huff." I breathed slowly so Eighteen won't notice me. I was hiding in a bush near him, he is making a fire. If I'm going to take down somebody this will be a great chance. I pulled out my two daggers from the side of my hip and waited for a good time to strike. Suddenly I heard something on my left. I saw Twenty with a stone spear. I smiled.

Why should you waste energy to kill someone when you can have somebody else do it for you. I canceled my plan to kill Eighteen after seeing Twenty. Number Eighteen is strong, Twenty might be weaker than him, but he wouldn't be able to block that large spear with his ax.

Twenty slowly come out from behind the trees and walked slowly towards Eighteen. When he was right behind him I thought he was going to stab him on the back. Instead, he patted Eighteen on the back. Which Eighteen then quickly turned around. But then he smiled.

"Sup bro." Twenty dug his spear in to the dirt and lend his hand to Eighteen. Which Eighteen then took and shake his hand.

Oh right, they were roommates. I guess many roommates teamed up huh? I thought.

I can't get out of this bush now, or they'll definitely kill me. I'll just wait for them to sleep so I can assassinate them.

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Contestants that have died so far:

Twelve (Gray Lane) Cause of Death: Missing head.