[13]

I swung my sword towards Thirty, who is trying to find an opening to strike me from. Good thing I have shield with me, my sword might be shorter than his but with a shield at least I can reduce the chance of him hitting me.

Thirty swung his sword from over his head, trying to hit my head. I blocked his strike with my shield. Now with both of his hand up, there's an opening for his stomach.

I kicked him on the stomach, causing him to stagger backwards while screeching in pain. Thirty isn't much of a fighter, he's a runner after all. With Nine on my side, this battle should be easy. But with those two…

I looked back at Twenty-Two and Twenty-Four, who seemed like they're discussing what to do next. They are just watching us right now. Nine is standing not far from me, holding a grey potion on her hand. For now I could only hope that they won't attack me, cause that would mean game over for both Nine and Me.

Thirty ran forward, preparing to strike again. This time I hit him with my shield to stun him. He didn't seem to be expecting me to use my shield. He fell backwards, onto the ground. I raised my sword up high, aiming for his head. But I didn't hit him. I stopped right there, frozen in a weird pose.

If I kill him here, then that would prove that I'm not so different than these people.. I thought slowly lowering my sword. Thirty looked scared, cowering in fear.

I turned around to face Twenty-two and Twenty-Four, they suddenly stopped talking and stared at me. I put an intimidating face towards them. They glared at me. Then looked at each other and nodded, soon after that they sheathed their weapons and ran towards the wood.

I sighed and looked back at Thirty, who is still on the ground. Nine slowly approached me.

"What should we do with him?" She whispered.

I don't want to kill him, but I don't want to help him either, he tried to shoot me earlier, I can't just forget that. But I guess, I'd be glad if my life got spared by somebody.

I lend him my hand. He looked at me with tears on his eyes. I guess he was scared that he was going to die there. I smiled.

He smiled back and took my hand. I helped him up and pat him on the shoulder. He wiped the tears on his eyes and let go of my hand.

Suddenly, an arrow hit him on the back. He fell towards me. That surprised us. We didn't expect anyone to be here besides us.

A loud boom go off.

"Number Twenty has been slain."

I was surprised yet again, I thought the one who died was Thirty, but I guess there's another fight happening somewhere..

I handed Thirty into Nine's hand. She held him and looked at me.

"Use that potion on him, take him to safety." I commanded her. She nodded and dragged Thirty into a nearby house. I looked towards where the arrow is from and saw a figure in the distance.

[7]

Shit, I wasn't expecting it to be like this…

I looked at Twenty's corpse on the ground. Eighteen looked furious as he glared at the killer.

When I was following Twenty and Eighteen through the woods, trying to kill one of them. Suddenly Twenty-Seven appeared out of nowhere with a sickle. Twenty jumped in the way to protect Eighteen who wasn't paying attention. The sickle dug into Twenty's chest. Thought this was a great opportunity, I jumped out of the tree and jumped on Twenty-Seven. Eighteen went to help Twenty but it was too late, the alarm went off, indicating someone's death.

I managed to get one of my knife jabbed into Twenty-Seven's shoulder. He screamed in pain and pushed me off his back. With his sickle now gone he is now empty-handed, or so I thought. He pulled out my knife from his shoulder and threw it away. He glared at me with angry eyes.

He pulled out a stone sword from his bag and spun it. I hesitated if I should attack or not. I was holding two knife, but now I only have one. Since the other one is now on the ground not too far from Twenty-Seven.

Twenty-Seven is a Warrior, good with swords, strong build, and a rather tough body. That attack from me seems like It doesn't affect him at all. Suddenly a sickle flew past me. Twenty-Seven deflected it and the sickle landed on the ground. I looked back and saw Eighteen holding his stone axe tight.

Eighteen charged towards Twenty-Seven, lifting his axe. I rolled sideways out of Eighteen's way towards my knife to retrieve it. Eighteen swung his axe from the side to hit Twenty-Seven's head. Twenty-Seven ducked and dodged it. Then he quickly slashed through Eighteen with his sword. Eighteen's stomach cut open and he fell on to the ground.

A loud boom went off again. "Number Eighteen has been slain."

He killed two guys in a row... I looked at him with awe. I stopped after I retrieved my knife and now I'm crouching with one hand behind my back and one is holding the knife I just took. He panted.

He turned around to face me, still panting. He looked at me with an intimidating expression.

He's got to be exhausted now, I should try to kill him now. He might be more dangerous if I meet him later on. I thought.

I threw the knife on my left hand towards his head and quickly ran towards him. He deflected the first knife, just as I expected of his good reflexes. I reversed my knife with the edge facing out and launched my fist towards his throat. He saw this coming and bent backward. I hit the side of his cheek and managed to make a small cut. He pushed me back with his hands on my breast.

I staggered back and covered my chest. My face was red.

Where do you think you touched me you bastard.. just because we were in the heat of the moment there... I thought while glaring at him. His face was red too, I guess he realized where he touched me. But he quickly shook it off and prepared to attack.

He ran towards me with his sword in hand. I examined him for a moment. His chin is tucked in as to protect his throat, remembering the place I aimed for earlier. His left hand is in front of him, ready to fend off my attack from my right hand. And his right hand is holding the sword beside him, pointed forward, ready for stabbing. I think I know what he's trying to do.

I held my knife tighter, still on the reverse position with my thumb on the bottom of my knife handle. I took a deep breath and held it. When he was close enough, he thrusts his sword towards my stomach. I dodge the sword to the left. Now his right side is open for me. I dashed forward and slashed his throat. He stopped and bent forward. I repositioned my knife so the edge is now facing in instead of out. And stabbed him on the back. He fell forward and froze on the ground.

I let out my breath and closed my eyes, waiting for the sign of his death to go off. But there was no sound. I looked back and saw him on his knees with one of his arm holding his throat.

He's not dead? I thought. Then I noticed that the wound on his shoulder was already disappeared. He let go of his throat and pulled out my knife from his back. He stood up and turned around to face me.

How did he survive that? Did he ate a gold apple or drank a regeneration potion before this? I thought. With my eyes widened.

"I'm not going to be killed by a little girl." He said. With his brown eyes glaring at me. He lifted his sword beside him ready for another attack. I could go on with this forever, if only my stamina could catch up to me.

I put all my energy for that last two attacks. I wiped the sweat off my forehead. I noticed the enderpearl beside Twenty's corpse. And planned to use it to flee. Because not only my stamina has ran out, my knives are too.

I charged towards him, faking an attack. He lower his sword to the right and swung it upward, trying to slash me. I avoided it and went to his right. I leaped towards Twenty's corpse and picked up the enderpearl. I stood up and prepared to throw the enderpearl.

I pulled back my right hand and stretched out my left hand, aimed as far as I could and quickly threw the enderpearl.

Twenty-Seven realized what I was up to. And threw his sword towards me. Just as it was about to hit me, the enderpearl breaks. And my vision went black. Excruciating pain went through my body and it successfully teleported me away.

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Contestants that have died so far:

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

Twenty-Five (Sean Garret) Cause of Death: Falling from a great height. Death assisted by: Four (Witnessed by Ten & Six)

Twenty (Ken Albert) Cause of Death: Heart malfunctions. Killer: Twenty-Seven (Witnessed by Seven & Eighteen)

Eighteen (Douglas Evandar) Cause of Death: Severe wound on lower abdomen. Killer: Twenty-Seven (Witnessed by Seven)