[3]

I stopped sharpening my blade after hearing the alarm went off.

"Number Twenty-Nine has been slain." I sighed and continued sharpening my iron sword.

"Too bad that the strong ones are still alive, huh?" Five crossed her arms. I ignored her and lifted my sword, examining it. Five smiled and sat down next to me.

"We're now well-armed, we should start hunting the others." Five pat me on the shoulder. Five was my roommate, she is a good hunter and a runner. She's good with knives and light weapons. Not only that, she was also my friend before they brought us here.

"What's with the cold attitude, Dallas?" Five asked me with a teasing voice.

"Don't call me by my real name Medea." I pushed her away.

"Aha! You just called my name. Now we're even!" She giggled. I rolled my eyes and sheathed my blade.

"I don't like killing others, Five…" I sighed.

"Hm? And why is that?" She asked me with an innocent face. I looked at her.

"I lived my whole life with the thing my parents told me; Never do things to people that you wouldn't want them to do to you. You wouldn't like to be killed don't you?" I asked her, "Um, no, I don't think so.", she answered nonchalantly.

"My solution to this game is, that we just need to accept it and lived here just like we would on the outside of the game. Just pretend that this game doesn't exist."

"Don't wish for the impossible Dal." She stood up. She put up a cold expression and pulled out her knife.

"If it is that easy we wouldn't need these." She stared at her knife with blank eyes. I looked at her with a bit worried. She put her knife back and turned to face me.

"But don't worry! I'll make sure that I will slaughter anyone that tries to harm you, Dallas!" She smiled. I moved back from her and smiled awkwardly.

"And please, stop calling me by my name," I told her, she smiled and I looked away from her.

I swear I will unite these bandits together. I thought.

[13]

"Shit..." I looked down on Twenty-Nine's corpse on the ground.

"What's wrong?" Eleven stopped looting the corpse and looked up to me. After Thirty got shot, I ended up fighting Twenty-Nine, who was working together with the shooter, Thirty-Two.

If not for Eleven's help I would've been dead by now.

When I was fighting Twenty-Nine who was using a stone sword and Thirty-Two who was using a bow. Suddenly Eleven appeared out of nowhere with an Iron shovel. He knocked out Twenty-Nine and Thirty-Two ran away. Soon after, the caster said that Twenty-Nine was dead.

"Again, thanks, Eleven." I thanked him. He finished looting the corpse and stood up. He wiped the sweat off his face and put his hands on his hips.

"Yeah, it's okay. It seems like you needed help there." He told me while looking around. I was about to tell him about Nine and Thirty but suddenly he told me to be quiet.

"Shh." He put his finger in front of his lips.

"There's somebody here besides us." He whispered.

"Uh, that'll probably be Nine," I told him. He raised an eyebrow.

"Nine… you mean that hunter girl?"

"No no, the short support girl. That Nine." I corrected him. He thought for a while.

"Ohh! That blondie! Yeah, I know her. Where is she?" He looked around again. I guided him into the house that I saw Nine went into.

And as soon as I opened the door a sword swung towards me. Suddenly Eleven pushed me out of the way and kicked the attacker. The attacker was Nine. She thought we were an intruder. She screeched and flew across the room. Hitting a wall and fell motionless on the floor.

"Nine!" I shouted, "Oops, my bad." Eleven apologized. I glared at him with angry eyes and ran towards Nine, "Nine! Are you okay?" I helped her up. She coughed. "Dude what the fuck!" I yelled at Eleven.

"I'm sorry! I didn't know it was her, besides, that sword would've hit you if I didn't push you away."

"Tch." I looked at Nine who is putting her hand on her stomach, "No no, it's okay, that was a stupid thing to do... I should've known that you were still alive since I didn't hear your name being called." Nine stood up as I helped her.

"Where's Thirty? I asked her as she picked up the stone sword she was using, "Upstairs.." She brushed the dust off her hoodie.

I noticed Eleven slowly walked upstairs. I looked at Nine who is standing still. I noticed there were tears on her eyes like she was going to cry. "Nine, are you sure you're okay? Does it hurt that much?" I tried to cheer her up. She wiped the tears from her eyes and walked towards the stairs, "I'm okay, the pain just made my eyes sweat." Her face was red right after she said that. She walked upstairs with her back facing me. I followed her.

She suddenly stopped and looked at me over her shoulder, "Sorry for almost hitting you there. And also, good job coming back alive." She said while blushing a bit and continued to walk upstairs. I smiled and followed her.

Upstairs I saw Thirty lying on a bed unconscious with Eleven leaning on a wall near him. I saw an empty bottle on a table and the grey potion.

So she used the potion on him.

"So what's with Eleven here?" Nine asked me. "Oh, so you remember my name?" Eleven smiled. Nine raised an eyebrow.

"Don't get the wrong idea, I just tried to remember the names of people who might be a threat towards me…" She said while looking away from him, "Aw, thanks for the compliment!" Eleven smiled.

I examined Eleven. He's slim and pretty tall, taller than Thirty but Shorter than me, he has dark brown eyes. He has a pretty normal build and has short brown messy hair that reached down to his ears. He's wearing a grey jacket and a white shirt underneath, and he's also wearing a dark grey trouser. His only visible weapon is an Iron shovel, which has blood stains on the tip.

I gotta admit, that strike from him with his shovel is pretty powerful. That knocked Twenty-Nine straight onto the ground.

"So? Going to ignore me are you?" Nine stared at me with a frown.

"Oh, yeah, sorry… I mean, he saved my life so… I guess having him here aren't so bad."

"Yes, staying in groups is really is important…" Eleven said as his cheerful expression turned into cold and emotionless stare. Nine and I stared at him.

"Especially with those three still alive…" Eleven muttered with a pale and worried expression.

[24]

"Twenty-Four, tell me," Twenty-Two asked me while she runs behind me, I looked back at her, Twenty–Four is a slim, young redhead, her height compared to mine is 5 to 6. She's carrying a machete and she was known to be a good warrior in the camp, "Why didn't we finish off those three?"

"It's because," I hesitated for a while, she's right, we should've tried to take down Thirteen there, but since other contestants started to come, I thought that it wasn't a good idea to fight, "It's because I was being cautious, what's the purpose of killing others when you'd get killed soon after?" She looked down in agreement.

"Besides, they just announced that Twenty-Nine just died right? I saw him when we were there. Thirteen must've killed him!", I said while sprinting through the woods trying to get as far as possible. Suddenly I noticed somebody in an iron armor in the distance. I stopped and examined him. He's wearing a full iron armor that covered his entire body and an Iron helmet that shaped like a crusader bucket helm that covered his entire face and has narrow eyeslits. He noticed me and Twenty-Two and turned to face us.

"Shit," I muttered as I slowly walked back, he gazed menacingly towards me, "It's the bruiser…" I pulled out my sword, Twenty-Two followed. The bruiser is a tall muscular man that dressed like a knight, his number is Fourteen. He was called The Bruiser because of his fighting style which he often only uses his fists, and he never seems to turn down any offer to fight.

"Come forth you weaklings," His voice echoes from inside the helmet, it made him sounded scary. He raised his blood-stained iron gauntlets. He didn't seem to have any weapons on him, "What should we do Twenty-Four?" Twenty-Two asked me, "Isn't it obvious? He doesn't have any weapons so of course we take him down!" I loudly whispered Twenty-Two nodded in reply.

We charged towards Fourteen with our weapons in hand, Fourteen took a stance and put his fists in front of him, I lifted my sword and prepared for a strike. I aimed for his head and swung as hard as I could, I can see he tries to block my attack with his armor-covered forearm. Instead of blood spattering, I heard a loud clank from my strike. My sword only manages to penetrate barely an inch into his iron plate, before I knew it, his fist already dug into one of my cheeks.

"UGH," I staggered backward, trying to keep my balance. I returned a fist towards him blindly, I hit him on the head, but he didn't even budge. He punched me in the chest which sent me falling onto the ground. Just as he was about to pull out my sword, Twenty-Two swung her iron machete towards the chainmail gap on Fourteen's shoulder, which proven effective as he groaned in pain and tried to catch Twenty-Two, she sprinted back and looked at me.

"Are you a freaking idiot? You shouldn't punch an armored man dumbass! Hit him in the gaps on his armor!", Fourteen looked surprised that she could know where to hit him, I examined his armor and noticed the gaps, like behind his knees and on his neck. As I expected out of a Warrior, Twenty-Two is really good with swords.

I quickly raised my body from the ground, I noticed him pulling out my sword and spun it, "Shit." I looked at Twenty-Two who also seemed worried. She looked at me, judging from her gaze, I bet she's wondering what we should do. My best bet is to run, with that heavy iron armor Fourteen shouldn't be as fast as us. Especially him being a Tank. He just kept standing there while waiting for us to act. I just signaled Twenty-Two with a nod and prepared to run.

Just as I was about to run I heard a sound of breaking glass. I felt a sudden weakness in my body. I fell on my arms and knees and cold sweat flowed down my forehead. This feeling… It feels like I can't move my body at all… I looked over to Twenty-Two and it seems like she's feeling the same. I noticed some weird particles oozing around her. Could it be? I looked over my shoulder and saw Fourteen slowly walking towards us with his sword in hand. He must've used a potion on us. I gulped down, waiting to see what he will do. He stopped after he was close enough to both of us. I was just frozen there, every time I tried to move an extremely uncomfortable feeling goes through my body.

Twenty-Two tried to crawl away to reach her sword, I stared at her with my eyes widened, if she does that… Fourteen will… I looked at Fourteen which just noticed this. He walked towards her and raised his sword with his two hands, with the sword was facing downwards.

"Penny!", I shouted her name trying to alert her, but it was too late. Fourteen thrust the sword downwards, piercing through Twenty-Two's stomach and dug into the ground. My eyes widened seeing what's happening before me. My heart throbbed faster, my only actual friend that I have before I was brought to the camp. The one who I knew since I was a kid. Is going to be killed in front of me.

She was gritting her teeth, trying to hold the pain. Out of anger, I stood up and charged at Fourteen, "AAA!" I shouted as I swung my fist towards him, he fended it off and launched two hits on me. He punched me on my cheek and gave me an uppercut. I fell towards the ground and lied there facing the sky.

Shit. I thought. That hurts more than it should be with the potion effects on me.

"AHH!" I heard Fourteen screamed, I tried to move my neck so I can see what's going on. And there, I saw Fourteen staring at his right arm, that is now gone. Blood flowing out violently from it. I saw Ten holding a long iron sword not far from him.

"Hup!" Ten raised her sword and swung it downright towards Fourteen. Fourteen noticed this and caught the blade with his left hand. He gripped it so hard his palm started to bleed, "Don't mess with me!", again his echoing voice can be heard shouting from inside his helmet. He pulled the long sword towards him and kick Ten as she was getting pulled towards him. Fourteen quickly dug the long sword into the ground and pulled out a potion. It was colored pink.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Four appeared and kick the potion off his arm, "No you don't!", he yelled and hit Fourteen with a pickaxe, "You little…", Fourteen clenched his fist, as they were fighting, I was slowly being dragged away from them. A hand was dragging me away, it was Six. He dragged me behind the trees and gave me a pink potion, "Here, drink this." He lends me the potion but I denied, "Help Twenty-Two first, she was-" Before I finished my sentence he quickly replied, "Don't worry she's fine.", I looked behind him and saw Twenty-Two resting against a tree with her wound slowly healing and pink bubbly particles emitting from her. I smiled and took the potion from Six.

[8]

"Hmmm… unexpected, truly unexpected…"I whispered from within the trees. I am hiding on a tree while watching Ten and Four fighting an armored guy. I was waiting for Fourteen to kill Twenty-Two and –Four. But those two butt in instead. Now my plan to scavenge their supplies is now ruined. I grit my teeth in anger.

But wait, where did Twenty-Two go? I noticed both the sword and Twenty-Two's body is gone. I tried to look around them to find where she goes. Nope, can't find her. I gave up immediately, "But damn… she sure was bleeding a lot, must've been that time of the month.", I chuckled as I tell a joke to myself. "Hehe…" I stopped laughing as soon as I realize that it was a bad joke. Deep down, I wanted to help them, but… It'd be too much of a bother for me.Plus, having friends would just make you hesitated later on when you really have to kill them. Such a bother…

I continued watching them fought as I waited for one of them to fall. Suddenly I saw another figure in the distance. He was running towards the commotion but suddenly stopped after realizing what is happening. I squinted my eyes to see who it was, it was a guy wearing a gray shirt and trousers. He has short black hair underneath a white cap. It was Thirty-Two. He was carrying a bow. He pulled out an arrow and aimed at them.

"Maybe I should try to take his items instead?" I thought as he released the arrow into the fight.

Ten noticed this and pushed Four away, "Master look out!" Four staggered back because of his accomplice's unexpected action. Ten managed to cut the arrow in half and saved Four, Fourteen sees this as an opportunity and went for his sword, "Huh?" He noticed that the sword was already gone, an arrow hit him on the back but bounced right off because of his thick armor. Ten was busy gazing at the forest trying to find who shot the arrow while Four decided to charge towards Fourteen from behind him.

"YAH!" He swung his pickaxe towards him, Fourteen dodged it and returned a fist, hitting Four in the stomach. Four let go of his pickaxes as his grip weakened, Fourteen grabbed him by the neck and raised him from the ground. Four grasped Fourteen left arm trying to make him let go, "Master!", Ten noticed this and ran to help Four. Fourteen raised his right arm and swung it to hit Four, which resulting a bloody meat slapping Four in the face, "Uh, GROSS!" Four shook his head to rid the blood.

"Oh, right…", Fourteen muttered silently from his helmet staring at his right hand. Ten swung her sword towards Fourteen's left arm to cut it. Fourteen managed to dodge this and let go of Four which then fell down on the ground. Fourteen cocked his fist back and launched a punch, Ten tried to block it with her sword. His fist hit the sword right in the middle, and to my surprise, broke it in half, I looked at the shattering sword with my eyes widened. His fist went through the sword and hit Ten in the face, making her flew backward and landing on the ground.

"He sure packs a punch," I thought as Ten slowly raising herself up and stared at her now-broken sword with her eyes widened. Fourteen panted and held his right arm with his left arm, he already bled so much.

[14]

"Ugh, I don't feel so good," My vision began to blur, "The bleeding…" I stared at my hand through the helmet, "Needs to be stopped…" I reached to my belt pack behind me, trying to find a potion. Instead, I found a weird crystal ball, I put it in front of my face so I can see it better, "Oh, it's that Ender Pearl she taught me, I think I should throw it to use it?" I pulled my hand back, trying to gather strength and threw the pearl away.

"Ten! The pearl!", I heard the little man shouting, the nimble girl threw her sword hilt towards the ender pearl, just as it was about to hit the pearl an arrow flew and hit the sword hilt and make a loud clanking voice. I chuckled as I saw their surprised expression. "I shall see you, kids, later…" I muttered slowly as I gritted my teeth, remembering that the pearl will give you pain on use. I lost my vision for a second and a painful feeling went through my body. And a large river replaced the trees in front of me. " I survived…" I collapsed and fell into the river. My head was facing downwards and I can see the water slowly getting into my helmet. Oops, I fixed my position so I faced upwards, gazing at the orange sky and smiled.

"I'm not going to die, until, I fight you one last time…" I slowly lose consciousness as the cold water drenched my whole body.

"BOOM" A loud noise can be heard.

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Eight, Eleven, and Fourteen belongs to their rightful owners as requested OCs.

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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 the lower abdomen. Killer: Twenty-Seven (Witnessed by Seven)

Twenty-Nine (Alex Taufik) Cause of Death: Blunt force trauma. Killer: Eleven (Witnessed by Thirteen and Thirty-Two) .