1222 Heaven Piercing Rocks
Author’s Note: Unedited Chapter
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Every participant bracelet was equipped with three one-time use attacks, however, in the red zones, there were restocking crates that would help renew the attacks after they have been used.
The participants had crossed out the idea of ever going to a red zone because they deemed it too dangerous so everyone threw thoughts of restocking to the backs of their minds.
Gustav could feel the restriction of his abilities as he stood in place but he didn’t try to fight against it. The system abilities on the other hand couldn’t be restricted in the slightest so he instructed the system to restrict itself.
Gustav didn’t see the need to cheat, neither did he feel it was smart to do so considering, the footage of their time spent in the Beast Haven was being broadcasted across the planets under the alliance. One would easily be able to tell if supernatural abilities were used.
Unlike the Blovan Tree challenge where usual phyiscal strength was allowed due to the weight of the trees, this time even supernatural physical strength had been dampened.
It went without a saying that some would still be stronger than others physically but nevertheless, no one was capable of performing any unsual feats with their current physical capability.
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The timer could be spotted in the Eastern skies which of course was quite darkened. The entire sky was dimly lit which also made visibility on the sixth disk very low. It was said to always be like this.
“Guuuurrrrhhhh!”
A loud roar suddenly rang out from the northwest area downwards. This drew the attention of everyone who instantly turned to stare in that direction.
“We should be safe here, right?” Matilda voiced with a wary tone.
“That’s what the handlers said so I believe we are,” Teemee replied from the side.
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Thrrrroooommmm!
A giant rectangular shaped monstrous looking face suddenly appeared before her across a few centimetres away from the ledge.
“Kiaaarrrhh!” Matilda screamed in terror as she fell backwards and quickly crawled away from the ledge.
The other participants close to the ledge instanntly moved away from it as well upon the sighting of this creature.
It had appeared so suddenly that everyone had been completely startled due to their slower reaction speed after getting restricted. Gustav could tell what exactly happened even though he was restricted just like the others.
This creature had green rough patchy like skin, rectangular head with a massive yellow eye that covered a third of it’s head and red like glowing strains extending from its eyeball to its entire lizard like body.
Its twenty feet long tail which had spikes covering its entirety was currently extended above the creature’s head, rotating with intense speed that allowed the creature to levitate in front of the ledge.
The creature was currently like a chopper with it’s tail rotating like a blade which was obviously responsible for its ability to fly. The creature had flown from the distance below to the top of this rock at a speed Gustav wouldn’t have considered incredible if he had his supernatural abilities.
Gustav remained in place, standing before the ledge as he inspected the creature while the beast also tilted its head sideways. It almost looked like they were checking each other out.
‘This will be troublesome… a flying beast. If there are more like this, it would make things even more difficult,’ Gustav thought.
Bang!
The creature suddenly swiped its claws forward in a bid to decapitate Gustav when a green wall of light stopped the attack.
Bang!
The force of impact was redirected at the creature, who ended up getting blasted across the air with three claw marks appearing on its body.
“Kiiiiihhhh!”
The creature shrieked before its rotating tail tilted in a direction and it flew off.
“Do you recognise that creature?” Falco questioned after it had flown away.
“Unfortunately, I do not,” Gustav shook his head.
This was to be expected since the beasts here were said to have been gathered from all across the universe. Gustav not having any information on one or more of them would absolutely be normal.
“What do we even avoid a creature that has flight abilities?” Fildhor questioned from the side.
“We’ll have to be careful when leaving the green zone,” Gustav stated while bringing up the map of the Beast Haven with his bracelet.
“The terrain is what matters. We have to pick rough routes that lead to the yellow zone. Routes that make hiding possible just in case we encounter any of these beasts,” Gustav added while staring at the map which had green, red and yellow spots.
< Heaven piercing rocks >
The name of their current location was displayed on the map and they could see how much ground it covered. Gustav proceeded to reiterate the plan as he explained why some terrains will be favourable for passage than others.
“But its faster to go this way. It would take around two hours of hiking to go back and forth with this one. The passage your suggesting will take us at least five hours,” Yonda voiced.
“It is safer, we will have more spots to hide so as to avoid detection,” Gustav stated.
Gustav was loud enough while concocting this plan for everyone around to hear but at certain times he would speak very low, restricting the others around from knowing his full plans.
There were about four hundred participants on this heaven piercing rock in particular but a couple of groups were incomplete since they were close to the ledge upon arrival here. It would seem their teammates had been teleported elsewhere.
“Can we join?”
This question was what Gustav had been waiting for this entire time. He hid his smirk while turning around.
“Why would we want to help anyone besides ourselves? It is a survival match and I don’t intend for my group to lose,” Gustav voiced with a tone of disinterest.
“It’s a survival match but it doesn’t matter if more than a single group remains after the timer counts down completely. We will all just receive points,” The reddish five foot tall leaf like figure spoke with a logical tone.
It turned out only himself and two more of its teammates were on this platform currently.
“Hmm… then if you wish for me to agree you must surrender one of your three attacks as contribution to the team. You can use the other two as you will but whenever I demand for you to make use of one, you must do as I ask,” Gustav demanded with a serious expression.
The three reddish leaf like creatures went silent for a bit before moving aside to chat privately for some time.
“We agree but you must ensure that we will all move in one accord,” The first reddish leaf like creature who spoke, voiced out once more.
“Not a problem,” Gustav agreed.
After this, a couple more participants asked to join as well and Gustav gave them the same offer. In a couple of minutes, the group had grown from twenty to fifty three.
‘More bodies to be sacrificed if push comes to shove,’ Things were going exactly as Gustav had planned unbeknownst to everyone.
Some of the teammates were not stoked about having others join them but Gustav was the captain after all. His decision was ultimate.
“Four hours twenty minutes of traveling back and forth but just incase of any issues let’s bump that up to six hours,” Falco voiced from the side.
“We are all restricted currently so fatigue is to be expected and a couple other inconveniences as well,” Aildris nodded.
“We had twenty five hours from the 125 life points we started with which of course can be deducted if we receive damage from a beast… leaving when we have around 30 life points left wouldn’t be very smart since we have to put uncertainties into account. We’ll leave when we’re down to 50 life points,” Gustav voiced lengthily.
He calculated that they still had around 14 hours in the green zone till only fifty life points were left.
The others agreed with Gustav’s thought process and they all made a conscious decision to rest in the meantime while preparing their mental state.
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Time went by very quickly and before everyone knew it, close to fifteen hours had gone by already.
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At this time, not a single participant had been disqualified. Everyone was teleported to a green zone upon arrival here so this was to be expected. It didn’t seem like anyone had left the green zone yet but that was about to change.
“It’s time to go guys,” Gustav voiced as he stood to his feet.
“What if those creatures can see us right now? We didn’t put that into account,” Matilda still seemed scared.
“It doesn’t matter whether or not they can see us. We can’t stay here forever or we will lose,” Gustav responded while moving towards the southern ledge of the tall black rock.