If it was anyone else that person would have cursed Klautz for the miserable state they were in. But unlike the others Verona was kind and virtuous. She could never bla Klautz let alone be angry at him.
"I was the one who had got unconscious in the middle of the wilderness. What choice did he have other than bringing to his safe zone?" Verona was always able to put herself in the other's shoes.
If at all anything Verona felt happy. His presence was like a pool of water in the vast desert. She could only assure herself that at least soone who she knew was here amongst a world of strangers. Ever since she lost all of her friends at the Trial of Control all she had felt was extre loneliness.
She watched as Klautz gallantly fought the beast.
"Good luck, Shiny." She clasped her hands. She couldn't help but wish for Klautz's victory.
She watched as Klautz taunted the beast and made it run after himself. Her eyelids refuses to blink as she bit her lips in worry.
As Klautz ran away from the beast, the beast after his life, she could feel a strange sort of connection with him. There was a lot of similarity between the two.
While others were fighting in groups and teams, there he was drawing the beast towards his trap all alone with no one to support him and the sa way here she was standing away from everyone. And just like him, she was all alone too.
*Thud*
*crash*
The rocks collapsed on top of the beast making Verona gasp. The others too couldn't help but freak out as they watched the beast's demise. Never had they expected the beast would die under boulders. They thought it was so sort of coincidence. Little did they knew that Klautz had laid out that trap.
*Crack* *crack*
The earth shook and the ground cracked open. A strange lilac circular platform rose and erged from it. It had concentric circles over its top added with its strange colour that gave it an ominous appearance.
"Finally ends," Klautz whispered.
[You who have faced several difficulties to co so far. Satan is pleased by your tenacity.]
[Tutorial ends here]
[Congratulations!]
[You can leave the tutorial area from the portal in front of you.]
With the appearance of the system ssage the platform shone and shot out a beam of mauve light towards the heavens. But the light wasn't translucent. Even if it shone brightly it was completely opaque.
"So kind of exit portal," one of them whispered unconsciously. The other turned their focus to the man that spoke and then back to the portal. They had never seen sothing like this and had no idea what to call it.
But one thing was clear, it would take them out of this hell.
Everyone rejoiced, what they had been waiting for, what they had been craving for had finally transpired. They hugged each other as they jumped in the air.
Klautz clicked his tongue. But no one was around him to notice unlike the man before.
"What's there to rejoice? Didn't the system ssage tell them that this was just the tutorial area?" But it seed that most people had failed to notice that.
They didn't care about the variables, just being able to get out of here was enough for them. The system ssage alone was enough to make them drunk on happiness. After all, how many people have they lost to co this far? Definitely many.
But the next ssage that popped up on their screen made them look at each other with blank faces.
[Satan likes those who dare.]
[Everyone who stays back will be able to participate in the bonus stage.]
Klautz smirked.
'As to be expected'
Everyone broke into whispers. That ssage ca out of nowhere and was completely outside of their expectations. They were doing a collaborative group effort to figure out whether they should participate or not as the contents of the bonus stage weren't made clear yet.
"Guys, I think that we shouldn't get overconfident with this and just let it rest. It's just a bonus stage and it doesn't sound good to . We can proceed without participating in it." Bill said. Being a central figure of the group and being the strongest if one were to rule out Klautz and Steve who were antisocial, to begin with, his words had quite the weight to it. But there will always be naysayers.
"But isn't it just a bonus stage? Shouldn't these make you stronger?" A man said as he ran his hands through his hair.
Bill shook his head.
"We don't know what it would entail. And always rember that we have our lives on the line here. Not to ntion that we have almost run out of drinkable water. Better not be greedy if we don't want to wash our hands off our lives." he said as he looked at the man with a probing gaze. There was always a responsible feel around Bill that made him nod.
There was a fundantal difference between Dant and Bill as leaders. While the forr was willing to take risks as he had done in the Trial of Control, the latter would not proceed unless he had analyzed most of the variables. Bill feels responsible for both his and his team mate's life. So he chooses not to make rash decisions.
The group mbers also nodded. There was so sort of truth to his words.
"Nice decision," Klautz followed. At least he knew that whatever was about to co, it wasn't easy. Bill might survive but the sa cannot be said about the others.
"Okay then, let's leave everyone"
Everyone followed Bill, as he marched towards the portal.
*Swish*
*Swish*
As soon as they stepped on the pedestal they disappeared into thin air as the air made a rattling sound.
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