[ You have died. ]
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I kept trying to complete the challenge over and over again. Luckily for , the monster repeats the sa set of attacks. By using the curse as a tir, I was able to ti approximately when I would reach the spider to when the small spiders would catch up to . I cleared 2 big spiders only to find a third spider hiding behind and after dying the third spider I ca out of the ga.
I feel my whole body shake, taking the VR helt off aggressively and running to the bathroom. I slam the shower door open and turn it on, letting the cold shower drench my body. My entire body was burning, I could feel the skin peel away and turn to dust. I collapse to my knees as my dinner from last night ca out the way it ca in.
"IAN!" - Rebecca
I glance to the side to see Rebecca rushing toward , she was still in her pink pajamas.
"What happened? What's wrong?" - Rebecca
I couldn't speak. My chest felt tight and under my right ear, I feel a searing pain. I let out a guttural scream, gripping my neck in agony.
"Your neck? Is it your neck? Let see… What is this?" - Rebecca
I feel my entire body shake violently. The world spins around and I black out.
.....
"I don't know what is happening." - Rebeca
"Are you nearby?" - Rebecca
"Can you co over?" - Rebecca
"Great! The address is…" - Rebecca
"How long until you co over?" - Rebecca
"1 hour? Great. I'll see you soon." - Rebecca
I hear Rebecca's voice, but my eyes are still groggy. My body feels heavy, and my head is pulsating in pain.
"Hmm? Ian! You are awake. How are you feeling?" - Rebecca
I turn my head toward her voice and try to speak, but nothing cos out.
"Okay, don't talk. Just close your eyes." - Rebecca
I slowly nod my head, closing my eyes as she said, and slowly I drift away.
...….
I open my eyes later and feel that the splitting headache was gone, but my body still felt heavy. I see Rebecca pacing back and forth in my room, wearing an oversized black jumper and shorts.
"Re…Becca." - Ian
My voice sounded so weak and frail. Like I was an elderly person trying to speak to their grandchild. Rebecca turns to and I see her worried expression and reddish eyes.
"Ian!" - Rebecca
She quickly cos close to , kneeling down on the ground next to my bed. She grabs onto my left hand and presses her forehead onto mine.
"Okay, you don't have a fever anymore. Don't worry, I called Evan and Sabrina to co over, and I asked my family doctor for advice already. She said that so long as you are kept in bed, warm, go toilet a lot, and have congee you will recover. She thinks it just happened to be a bad fever and stomach ache." - Rebecca
I hear the doorbell ring after Rebecca explained to what her family doctor had told her.
"Give a second. I think that is Evan and Sabrina." - Rebecca
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"Ian! What happened?" - Evan
"Are you alright? Did sothing happen when you woke up?" - Sabrina
I sit up with the help of Rebecca and clutch my head as a slight headache ca back to . I take a sip of water, which Rebecca had already prepared, and took a breath to calm down before talking.
"I don't know what happened. I felt my whole body was on fire and it felt like the skin on my body was lting off." - Ian
"What the…" - Evan
"Didn't this happen to you before?" - Rebecca
"Similar, but this ti the pain was worse." - Ian
"What to recount what happened?" - Sabrina
"I was completing a challenge in the Ikanda however the curse mark which I got from the Queen of spiders activated, changing the challenges. The challenge was originally just outrun the falling road, and you would have passed, according to Kingston, who already finished the challenges. Instead, I was thrown into a tunnel with an army of small spiders behind and large spiders which took up the whole tunnel space in front of . To make matters worse, each ti I die, the curse accelerates by 24 hours.
Each death I felt excruciating pain, from being eaten by the spiders, paralysis, acid that lts my body, and parts of my body being ripped apart. When I woke up, I felt my body was on fire like it was lting just like in the ga. I couldn't think of anything other than to cool my body, so I ran to the shower. I then felt a pain where the cursed mark should be before collapsing." - Ian
"Ian, I know this might sound crazy, but after you blacked out, I saw the cursed mark on your neck. A singular black spider with a black ring around it. The thing was, the spider started to move on your body, wriggling around in the ring before smaller spiders ca out of the black ring. The smaller spiders stopped coming out, stopping just as they escaped from the ring. Monts later, it all disappeared, fading into your skin." - Rebecca
"What is this Orochimaru's curse? This is insane." - Evan
"It does sound unreal. Did you ever see the mark before this, Rebecca?" - Sabrina
"No. I did prank him when he got it in the ga, but I never saw it myself. Did you know what it looked like, Ian?" - Rebecca
"I had Kingston look at it at one point, and he told it was just a small spider-like tattoo under my right ear." - Ian
"It's evolving. The tir for it goes down naturally, but it gets accelerated when you die. This ans that as the tir goes down, the curse mark evolves. At the mont we have seen 2 changes. The ring and then the smaller spiders coming out of the ring." - Evan
"The strange thing is nothing like this is happening to other players." - Sabrina
"Technically, I experienced sothing similar." - Rebecca
"Oh." - Sabrina
"Even so, none of us knows why it happens." - Ian
"So, what? Are you going to stop playing?" - Evan
"No. I'm just going to not die as much in the ga." - Ian
"Easier said than done." - Sabrina
"I'll be here to help if anything happens." - Rebecca
"I'm on my way towards you in-ga. I don't know how far away, but I'll get there." - Evan
"So why did we even need to co here?" - Sabrina
"Uh… I was worried. I didn't know what to do." - Rebecca
"Thank you for coming, though." - Ian
Evan's phone rings in his pocket. After taking out his phone and reading it, he smiles.
"Well then, on a less serious note. The ga's hopage has made an announcent. Look." - Evan
[ Settlent 3rd Event coming on the 6th month anniversary. More details will co when it is 1 week away from the event. ]
"Ohhhhhhh! A new event. It's been so long." - Sabrina
"How long has the ga even been out for?" - Rebecca
"I would say 4 months, maybe even 5?" - Ian
"Which ans the event is coming soon." - Evan
"I can't believe Sylvia had so sort of knowledge that an event was going. She was right…" - Ian
"What do you an?" - Evan
"Let get you to speed first. My NPC, Sylvia, is an apostle of the god of war, Ares. She was notified by Ares that evil was brewing in the continent and sothing was about to happen. Ares also said that Sylvia needed to find an army to fight against evil. This event is most likely what Ares was warning Sylvia. However, before hearing about Sylvia's past, I didn't expect there to be gods which interact with NPCs already or anything like that." - Ian
"Wait. There are apostles? Have there been any player apostles yet?" - Evan
"No idea." - Ian
"No one would say anything if they were. Why give their advantage?" - Sabrina
"Makes sense why we don't know about them. Then we can assu other people have knowledge about the upcoming event as well." - Rebecca
"Not a lot of information, though. Just that we need a big force." - Ian
"They would have prepared for it. Training their NPCs, building their defenses, etc. However, we can do the sa now." - Evan
"Right, so we start making sure we have so sort of army to defend against whatever it is that is going to happen." - Sabrina
"I also found sothing that might be related to the new event. I have a mine and in that mine, there is a black door with a white fra. There were scratches on the door, but my NPCs couldn't make a dent when they attacked it. When I placed my hand on the door, it said it wasn't available yet, which can only an it will activate in the next event." - Ian
"I think… A dungeon maybe?" - Evan
"Or a hole where monsters spawn out of?" - Sabrina
"Or a place with treasure?" - Rebecca
"I didn't think dungeon would co into play, though? Wait… This is just a theory, but what if one of the Kings is associated with the door? I found a small room in the middle of the mountains which is related to Kronos. I'm near certain that I am not in his territory, which ans there is a chance that another King is going to be active during the event. There will definitely be more doors popping up during this ti and when the event starts, and I'm sure it will affect how the event will progress." - Ian
"Hmm… I see, you are thinking one of the Kings will invade the continent via these doors?" - Evan
"The Reaper or The Horde has the highest chance if that is the case." - Rebecca
"True, both of those should have large armies." - Sabrina
"We can only wait and see. There isn't enough information." - Ian
"Well, I'm hungry, shall we go get breakfast and hang out in the city? Ian pays?" - Evan
"Done. Smart decision Evan. One of the few you will ever have in your life." - Sabrina
"HEY! I am smart, thank you." - Evan
"I'm hungry too, shall we go?" - Rebecca
"Of course, pretty lady. Shall we go leave this ruffian behind." - Evan
"YOU! Imma hit you right now." Sabrina
"Sorry there darling but I'm taken, how about another ti? I'll make it worth your while." - Rebecca
"OHHHHHHHH!" - Evan
"Let get changed, and then we can go and stop teasing him, Rebecca." - Ian
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