Zero stared at the interface before him. He could not believe that he had managed to defeat the Level 3 hothead. It had seemed impossible, but after illuminating the place, he seemed to fight him better.
Then he remembered that he had obviously killed the man sitting before him. There was no way he had expected things to turn out this way.
[Status Bar]
[Name: Zero Dusk]
[Age : 18]
[Race: Human]
[Level: 2]
[Strength >9]
[Agility >8]
[Speed >7]
[Stamina >10]
[Available EXP: 120/200]
[HP: 20/20]
Zero gasped at the HP. Then he looked at his wristwatch, but it was still displaying [2/10]. He wondered why.
Then he bent over and picked the teleportation stone. He noticed that the man had already used the 2 reds. All that was left was the blue. He grinned.
The man had willingly given him the stone with hope that he could stay alive until the clock ran out. But Zero's excitement had taken over him, and he killed him instantly.
Behind him, Becky was still sparring against the Wind User. The Wind User seemed to have lost his energy, and his attacks were growing weaker and weaker.
"Getting weak, huh?" Becky asked as she shot another ice arrow at him, but he waved it aside.
"Not a chance," the Wind User bragged.
Becky smiled and decided to use a different technique. She had purposely been shooting arrows at him, wearing him out before her main attack.
From beneath her foot, ice spread across until it got to the Wind User. He stared at his legs and struggled to wriggle them free, but the ice found its way up to the knee of the man, keeping him stuck at the point.
He looked forward, but Becky wasn't there any longer. She appeared behind him. He had sensed her and tried to turn, but the ice grip on his leg didn't give him enough space to do so.
Then she stabbed him with her ice arrow. The man coughed out a huge amount of blood. The arrow that pierced him was far larger than the rest. It made a wide hole in his chest.
"Grghhh!!!" He coughed out hot blood. His HP was dropping drastically due to the freezing effect of the ice and the amount of blood he had lost.
He stared at his HP.
[12/40]
"Damn it. How's that possible? This girl is a monster. In just two moves, she drains me of more than 20 HP," he said and looked at his other side.
Tessie had beaten his colleague down to a pulp. His HP was 2, and she simply used his teleportation stone to send him back to the open ground.
He couldn't hear the other guy's voice again. The person who had fought against Zero had also been defeated.
"There's no two ways about this. They are incredible," he muttered to himself.
Then, from the side of his left eye, he could see a kick directly coming at him.
In that instant, he held the teleportation stone and vanished out of the room. Becky ended up shattering the ice with her kick.
Her breathing was heavy as she collapsed to the floor. Tessie stood weakly as she rested her back against the wall. Becky was happy Tessie was still alive, but barely. Her HP was now [11/40].
"Zero!" Becky exclaimed but was shocked to see the man he had fought lying helpless on the floor.
Her eyes caught a glimpse of the watch, and she was even more shocked to see that his HP was zero. Her heart sank for a moment. She hadn't expected him to defeat the guy in the first place, but for him to corner him to death, that was out of the blue.
Zero turned to stare at her. In his hands were two teleportation stones.
She gasped as she stared at him.
Zero didn't have time to speak before Tessie threw a punch at him.
He turned to stare at her, his eyes burning with rage as she sent another punch across his face again.
"Just why in hell did you steal his teleportation stone and kill him!" Tessie thundered as she stamped her foot on his.
Zero didn't seem to feel the pain at the moment. His eyes were only staring at the teleportation stone that had fallen out of his hands.
He reached out his hand, trying to catch the stone, but Tessie shoved him off and snatched the teleportation stone.
"Hey!! You two! Stop it!" Becky exclaimed.
Tessie stared at her. Zero tried to snap out of his excitement, but it didn't seem like it was working.
[Heartbeat increasing at exceeding rate.]
Zero rushed to Tessie and pinned her against the wall. Becky rushed in, trying to stop Zero, but he was turning into a beast now.
"Give me back the stone," Zero said with a commanding voice.
"Zero! Snap out of it!!" Becky said and shoved him away.
Then she turned to Tessie.
"Donel Brain didn't rule out reducing one's HP to zero. Right now, I can't afford him any harm. We have to get back to the open ground completely," Becky said and snatched the teleportation stone back from Tessie.
Tessie scoffed lightly and turned away. She clenched her fists tightly.
Becky walked over to Zero and handed over the teleportation stone.
"If my team despises me, then I'll leave. There is no way I can work with this group," she said and shoved the guy Zero had beaten before opening the door and leaving.
"I guess we will meet again at the other side," Tessie said as she left the room.