We spent the day eating in the city, going bowling, so pool, and just relaxing in the park. The whole day was fun, and it distracted from the events in the ga, but in the back of my head, the concerns were still there. How do I beat the first challenge? Is there sothing I haven't tried yet? Do I need to switch up my strategy? Thoughts and questions pop up throughout the day, but I do my best to push them down, after all, today was a rare day of relaxation, but once I got ho with Rebecca I had to face her worried expression.
"Ian, talk to . What's wrong? Is it about the ga?" - Rebecca
"Well yeah. I don't know how to beat the first challenge, and if I can't then who knows what will happen to ." - Ian
"What have you tried?" - Rebecca
"Killing the big spider in front of and then proceeding to the next one. After I kill the second spider, there is a third waiting behind it. I don't know anything after that. Behind are hundreds if not thousands of small spiders the size of my hand scurrying towards . There is a blue line that points in the direction of the big spiders. That's all the information I know." - Ian
"What if you run towards the small spiders?" - Rebecca
"I never did that, but why should I? The objective is to run, so shouldn't I be running away from the spiders?" - Ian
"Right, the objective is to run, but it didn't say you should be running away from the spiders. Try it tonight and see if there is anything in that direction. Otherwise, the only thing you can do is to keep trying to fight the big spiders and rember their attacks and find their weakness." - Rebecca
"Alright, I'll give it a go." - Ian
"Good. How's Nina doing?" - Rebecca
"Not sure. I didn't speak to her today, why?" - Ian
"She is the only player in your village at the mont. Aren't you curious about what she is doing, since Kingston is off in the grassland trying to get stronger?" - Rebecca
"No, I trust her. From the ti we t to when she got to HavenFall I made sure to talk to her as much as I can to understand her personality and what she wants to do in the ga. Turns out, she is a big magician fan. Anything related to magic she finds attractive and in all other gas she played like a magician, so she was already excited when she acquired the magic book.
She told she wants to figure out the magic book and see what secrets it has and after hearing that the elves can use magic, I'm sure she is learning more about it during the ga. Her objective for Settlent isn't to make a civilization, but to discover the secrets of magic." - Ian
"Hmm… Okay." - Rebecca
"What about you? How's the passive skill?" - Ian
"I decided to move the village because of the skill. Recently I've been attacked by skeletons and zombies and their thoughts are all just about killing and eating, which has greatly affected in the ga. I told my NPCs about it, and they agreed to move the village elsewhere. Right now I'm in the middle of preparing for it, and I'm thinking of moving closer to you.
If I go off in the direction of the sun, you see the sunrise in the direction where you started and the sun setting in the forest. So, I'll start by heading in the direction that I can only presu is North, keeping the sunrise on my left. I don't know how far I have to go and what dangers I will et, but I think at least if I go in that direction I will eventually find you. Might take months, though, since Evan has been moving in a westerly direction for a month and a bit now, and he still hasn't reached you." - Rebecca
"Oh, you want to move closer to ? Not only are you here in real life now I have to see you in-ga?" - Ian
"You should take that as a privilege. You get to see the great ." - Rebecca
"Right… The continent is big, so be careful. Monsters might beco stronger if you co closer, so I'm not too sure what will happen." - Ian
"Don't worry, I got this. Just focus on getting out within the month, so you can properly prepare for the event." - Rebecca
"I will do my best. I'm going to rest up before going into the ga." - Ian
"Okay~" - Rebecca
I leave Rebecca in the living room, where she turned on the TV to watch so movies. Instead, I went to my own room and lay on the floor. I close my eyes and tried to sleep a bit before midnight. As midnight drew close, Rebecca woke up, handing my VR helt and saying goodnight before placing hers on and laying on my bed. I took a deep breath before placing my VR helt on and diving into the world of Settlent.
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I am in a black space, holding onto the broken knife. Floating there in the abyss before the blue ssage appears in front of .
[Are you ready to continue?]
I took another deep breath and focused on my plan. Run towards the small spiders and see if there is anything in that direction. Run towards the small spiders and see if there is anything in that direction. Run towards the small spiders and see if there is anything in that direction. I pound it into my head, repeating it over and over before I felt ready, after all, there is only one answer.
"Okay! Just do it. YES!" - Ian
The familiar tunnel appears around , and before I knew it, I turn around, facing my back to the blue glowing stones on the ground and facing towards the dark tunnel instead. I gulp down my saliva and run forward, activating Enhanced Agility.
I run as quickly as I can, readying my knife for the spiders that will appear. The endless darkness creeps in all around . I couldn't see the walls. I couldn't see the ceiling, and I definitely couldn't see where I was going. The only thing keeping sane was my own footsteps. The echoing sound of my feet pushing off the rocky surface fills my ears, but it also felt strange. Where was the scurrying sound of spiders?
I check the curse tir to see that only a minute has passed. Rembering from my experiences, the spiders should reach where I started after 2 minutes. This ans in the next minute I should see them. I prepare myself ntally as it will be a long, tiring battle.
I keep running and running, then I heard it. The sound of the spiders running along the ground and walls, but I didn't hear it in front of . I close my eyes and hone into my ears as I stood still. Where was it coming from? ABOVE!
I activate Quickstep before leaping forward and rolling on the ground. The sound of spiders scurrying everywhere beca louder and louder, as more spiders were coming from above. Was there a hole where they co out of? I could hear the spiders dropping onto the ground while I hear others climbing the ceiling and the walls approaching .
I get up and run. Rebecca was sowhat right. There is still space in front of , space where I can keep running. My eyes have slowly adjusted to the lack of light and while I can't see too far ahead, I could still see the hundreds of red eyes behind .
I run, and I run, my heart pounding in my chest and my breathing slowly becoming more and more frequent, until I slam into a wall in front of . Since I was running at full speed, I was unable to stop in ti instead the mont I noticed the wall was in front of , I turned my body to the right. My left shoulder cushioned the hit, but the pain was sent throughout my whole body.
My head felt a little light, but I quickly snap back to reality as I see the tsunami of spiders coming close. I look forward and to my surprise, I see light down the tunnel. I grit my teeth and push my body forward. However, my left side felt heavy, I couldn't run properly and instead limped my way forward, but I was too slow, and the spiders caught , biting down on my ankles and climbing up my legs. I get swallowed in the sea of spiders, dying once again.
This ti, though, I have seen a way out. I just need to push myself harder to achieve it. I can finish this challenge.
[ You have died. ]
[ Live on then, Yet Hang: 3672:04:14 ]
I respawn at the sa place, but this ti I knew where to go. Without stopping, I run into the darkness. Without stopping, I run when I hear the spiders scurrying above , and without stopping I crash into the sa wall. However, knowing it was coming, I was able to slow my steps down to reduce the impact, and since I had more ti the spiders weren't as close.
I run towards the light and as I drew closer I started to make out what was in the light using the Eye of the Roc. It looked like an alleyway, exactly like how Kingston described it before. Since it was the sa, I treated the alleyway the sa as how Kingston treated it. I ran. He said it was 200 steps and with my increased steps, it would be a breeze, is what I thought.
The mont I step into the alleyway, the tunnel behind disappeared, and instead when I glanced over my shoulder. I see the ground falling, however, it was falling faster than I was running.
"You have got to be shitting ." - Ian
I pump my arms up and down, pushing my legs harder and harder. I sprint faster than I ever thought I could sprint in my life, and before I knew it, I passed the challenge and ran into an invisible wall in the black space. My heart was pounding so hard I could hear it echoing in my ears. I couldn't catch my breath and just lay there looking into the darkness. My eyes were wide open looking at the blue system ssage in front of as I try to calm my body down.
[ You have completed the First Challenge: Run ]
[ Congratulations ]
[ Would you like to see your rewards? ]
"Y-yes." - Ian
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