Right now, I'm in a dark place. Where am I? I see I have died; damn, I have been backstabbed. Is this the afterlife? I moved into this endlessly dark world. I walked for a few minutes or hours; I'm not sure how long I've been here; I'm not hungry or tired. Suddenly, I saw a bright light in front of me.
As I reached that light and grasped it, I found myself in another room. Wait, this is the reality. I can feel myself. Am I reincarnated or something? I have to confirm that this body is mine. As I looked at my body, I could see that I was totally naked, and there was a smartwatch on my wrist. I looked at the watch, and it said, "the effect of resurrection bread is used." It seems I have resurrected. I don't know what happened, but I have to be cautious from now on. Surely I don't want to be backstabbed again.
Now, I have to find something to wear before someone comes. I found one soldier's uniform in one of the lockers nearby. Borrowing this uniform might be no problem. I quickly put on that uniform, afraid of anyone coming here. Then I tried to remember where I was. As my eyes looked at one certain point, I found there was a big crest and a few writings stating the "Alpha Kingdom" and "Alpha Troopers." There is a crest with a hawk design and a few guns beside it.
It seems I am in the Alpha Kingdom, but how could I end up here? It might be like before. Like how I can get into dessert. I hope that I did not meet anyone who has ever known me before. I meant Kaez. For now, I have to find a cloth shop or a bathhouse. I smell like crap here. Might be because of this uniform. This uniform is stinky. I'm aware that the previous wearer did not maintain good hygiene. This is a store or changing room because it's quite messy here. I have to get out of here quickly. But before that, why did I feel like I was alone here? I did not hear a voice from Mia or anyone else. I guess I have to call them.
"Mia, Skid, Lizark, and Anubis. Are you all there?" No one answered. Where did they go? Hmm, I think I have to figure it out myself. I checked the log history of the watch, and it seems that they are turning into eggs. When I died, did they die too? I looked at the egg feature that appeared on my phone. I am pretty amazed that this phone is still intact. The features show four eggs. Each egg has a name on top of it, details like species, and a timer on the right side. Wait, timer! Is this a timer for the egg to hatch? The countdown for Mia looks like it will hatch around this day, while others are going to wait for a while.
I looked at the door in front of me to exit. I don't want to surprise anyone, so I put my ear to the door and listen for the footstep. I waited for a while, but no footstep was heard. As no one is around here, I quickly get out of this room and find a way out of this building. I moved into this building and made sure no one saw me.
Luckily, this building is abandoned because it's totally wrecked. No one could possibly stay here. But, it's dark here. It appears to be nighttime right now. I used the flashlight feature on my phone to look around. The building has four floors and a bunch of rooms. It looks like a dormitory or a hostel to me. I felt like this building is surrounded by something. I have to hurry and get out of here. When I walked through this building to find a way out, I found a little information about this place. This place is a military school for the Alpha Kingdom. No one stays here after an attack from an irregular. Irregular appears to be an enemy of the Alpha Kingdom, just as the maneater was an enemy of the Sigma Country.
For a certain time, I felt like I was being watched by something. I can tell that this is not a human, and something that watched me is really dangerous. Without waiting too long, I ran as quickly as I could through this building. But, when I ran, I found out that I returned to the same place. "Why did this thing happen? How could I get out of here." Suddenly, I remembered the storage feature on my phone. Everything there vanished as I looked at the features. When I die, there is a penalty applied to my gadgets and their features too. The old features were still here but couldn't be used because they were still in egg form.
"Ah, this is suck! How could I end up getting stabbed by a girl who is more powerless than me? I should not trust others except for Laura. It's my fault for trusting that girl, Aifa." I feel like I am useless now. Is this what people call depression? I don't know. That thing still watched me from behind. Should I call it? There is nothing I can do right now. It is not wise for me to jump from this floor.
I tried to calm down and relax before calling that thing. I called it as soon as I was ready and in good condition. "Hey, I know that you are watching me from there. You think that I don't know that you want me to exhaust myself trying to find a way out. Your trick has been exposed." Suddenly, I could feel the presence of silence. That thing did not reply, but it came toward me. As it was going to touch me from behind, I threw a mop that I found near me towards that thing. It slows the movement of that thing before it does anything to me. Oh, no! I have not prepared any weapons right now. How could I fight this?
I stayed in a defensive stance. That thing suddenly showed itself. It's quite shocking for me. I was afraid it was going to kill me while in stealth mode. That thing looks like a hybrid of a spider monster and a human. There is a body like a human and a leg like a spider below its body. This thing also looks like a male species. What is this thing actually called? I prepared everything to defend myself. But, suddenly, that thing talked to me. "Sorry, sir! I did not mean any harm to you." It talked.
"You can talk?"
"I can talk? Sure, I can talk. Why did you feel surprised?"
"Who are you, and what do you want from me?"
"I think I should ask you that question."
"Ah, never mind. I just got... Eh, I am the officer's assistant, Who and what are you?"
"I am an irregular who lives here. Oh, I said that I am irregular. Please don't kill me. I have a family with me."
"Okay. What makes me think that you would not backstab me?"
"If I am going to backstab you, I have already done it. But I can't because I sense a powerful aura surrounding you." I don't know what he means. Even though he meant no harm to me, I have to be cautious.
"So, what do you want from me?"
"I see that you are strong; could you help me by killing the irregulars that take away my family? As a swap, I will help you get out of this labyrinth."
"Okay, you have your deal, and please give me some information too."
"Okay, sir, please follow me to them." As he moves and shows me the way, I looked around to find something that I could use to protect myself. I grabbed something that appeared to be shiny around me. It feels like a silver coin. I wipe it on the uniform to clear the dust that sticks to it. Then I gathered as many coins as I could from the ground.
"Hey, what is your name?"
"Ah, my name, sir? My name is Jragak. Ah, sir, we are going to arrive soon. It's beyond this door. Do you have anything to prepare before meeting them?" He brings me to the rooftop through the stairs. I thought that I hadn't seen the rooftop before. Maybe we have entered another block now. It's very unsatisfying to be unable to see well in the dark.
"I think I don't have anything, regardless of what is behind that door."
"Okay, sir. Here it is." As Jragak opened the door and got out of there, I followed him from behind, but I lost Jragak's track as soon as he got onto the rooftop. I can feel that I was in his trap. I cannot see anyone or anything here.
"Hey! Jragak. Where are you?" He did not answer me.
"Oh, look, who is here? A human. It seems like Jragak does his work well. I did not know that he would ask a human to come here. To think a human wants to help him— what a joke! Hahaha..." Suddenly, another species that looked like Jragak appeared in front of me. While he was laughing by himself, I sat down in front of him. Tired of standing too long.
"Are you done already?"
"For a human, you really did not scare to come here alone and not well behaved. It seems I have to teach you a lesson before eating."
"Huh. Do what you want if you can do it. I dare you. There is something I want to do after this. So, make it quick."
"You punk." Without waiting too long, that irregular suddenly attacked me. Because he is bigger than me, I just evade him by using side steps and avoiding his legs and his buttocks. I don't want to get stuck in his web. "How could you easily evade my attack?" You are not a lower rank, I think. You might be a higher-up or something. But, I don't give a damn about that. You are weaponless; how could you kill me?"
"Hmm, like this." I flicked the coin at him. The coin went quickly and hit his head. Isn't my power increasing? How could it be? Did the resurrection make my power rise, or did the events of that war give me more power? I'm not sure, but I should finish this quickly. I flicked another coin at him.
"How dare you throw a coin at me?" He felt insulted by the coins. Then, he became stealthy and sneaked up on me to attack. Even though I cannot see him, my other senses can sense him moving around me. Whenever he shot his webs at me, I evaded them and flicked a coin towards the web that shot at me. I flicked the last few coins I had because I could hear his voice when the coin hit him.
The last coins make him stop moving. Did I accidentally kill him by flicking the coin? I don't know yet whether he is still alive or not. I called Jragak to ask him. "Hey, Jragak. Did he die?"
"Huh! I am sure he is not dead yet because he just passed out. Even though he just passed out, this is just a minion. The boss is way bigger than this."
"Wait, don't tell me that he is not a boss?"
"No, he's just a minion."
"Damned. I have used my technique for it. The boss might know the trick. Why do you not tell me soon about the boss?"
"I thought you knew because you don't ask me anything." Suddenly, this building is shaken.
"An earthquake!"
"No, this is the boss. He is way bigger, and he is coming. Alright, I get out of here first. Bye." Then, a larger species of spider just appeared in front of me. It looks like this big spider was climbing from below. What should I do now?
"Krack!!!" It looks like this spider cannot speak a human language. As that spider looked at me and the spider that I made him pass out, the boss ate his minion. After he swallowed his minion, he came to me and attacked me. I tried to dodge but cannot. I get a few hits, and my arm is bleeding because I was hit by that spider's hand or leg. He is too fast and big, I can't move well here because there isn't enough space.
I am injured pretty badly, and it seems that the spider's boss is going to attack me again. If I got hit by that monster, I was not sure whether I could survive or not. I am not ready for this. Also, it is too early for me to die here. As that spider going to hit me, I tripped and cannot move at the moment. I thought that I was going to meet my end, but Jragak suddenly appeared and covered me in front of me. "It is not a time for dreaming right now? Are you not going to fulfil your promise to me?" As Jragak was injured by being stabbed by that monster, he made me realise what I should do right now.
"Thank you, Jragak. I have realised this now." I stood up and walked slowly to that monster. My leg is a bit injured. I have to be confident and brave. "Even though it is big, no one knows whether it can be beat or not if I do not try." Suddenly, my phone becomes bright; it shows that the egg is going to hatch. At that moment, that monster was going to kill me for sure.
When that monster was going to hit me, Jragak, with his injuries, yelled at me. "Who, run from that attack; you will get yourself killed!" I did not run, instead, I waited for the right moment. When that monster was going to hit me for a few moments, I activated the chesscraft. The bright light illuminated the darkness of the night at that moment, and the monster became dazzled. It stops its attack. Meanwhile, the chesscraft is complete, and I found that Mia is in bow form on my left hand.
"Hahaha...Mia, what makes you take your time too long there?" I looked at the bow and was a bit surprised by its new look. The bow transforms from a traditional bow to a compact bow.
"I just took my gaze away from you for a second, and now you're in trouble. What kind of luck do you have?"Mia looks at the monster in front of us. "Wait, are not those is an irregular!"
"Hmm... yes, it is. Now, let's finish this. We will discuss after this." I looked at that monster and prepared the bow to shoot. As I am in an archery stance, I waited for the right moment before pulling the string. When that monster got his sight back, I pulled the string and held it. About three arrows created from the web appeared at the bow's string. "You monster, come here."
"CRACK!!!" I think that monster is raging at me. That monster spits acid on me. It went straight to me. I don't have time to move at the moment. My plan is going to fail. Suddenly, Mia transformed into one giant mouth and ate that acid. Then, it turned back into a front bow. The web's arrow that formed earlier turned an acidic colour. "CRACK!!!" That monster quickly came to me to end me.
At that moment, I released the string, and the arrows were shot straight at that monster's head. As the three arrows were released at the same time, the arrow penetrated the monster's head and exited through its body.The acid penetrated the shell of that monster and hit its vital organs. Now, that monster doesn't stand a chance to survive. Since it's ending. I looked around to find Jragak. At that moment, Mia turned into a little spider.
"Mia! You turned into spider form."
"Maybe because I went through an evolution."
"So, you turned into an egg because you went through evolution."
"Yes, it's. Before that, let me bandage your wounds," Mia said while using her web to bandage my wounds.
"I thought that you would be die with me."
"When you died, we suddenly turned into pixels, and there is a choice we can make: if we want to live with you, we must go through an evolution trial. But, if we don't, we must get back to our old life." I'm moved that my friends still want to follow me.
"Why do you choose to follow me? You can have your old life back."
"My old life is boring, and it's the same routine. I don't want to be alone anymore." As we talked, I could not find any trace of Jragak. "So, what are you looking at?"
"I am finding an irregular that asked for help from me."
"Did you mean that spider looking guy that tried to eat that big spider?" I nodded.
"Hey, Jragak. What are you doing there?" Jragak ate that monster.
"Hah, you fooled a small human. You cannot make me stop eating this."
"I don't want to stop you, but that thing is poison already. You might be dead if you eat it." Mia said to him.
"The flesh could also be poisonous."
"What? Ugh..." It looks like Jragak was poisoned by eating that monster.
"Hey, Jragak. Are you okay?"
"Nope. Listen here, Who. The path will be open when I die. You should get out of here before the path closes. Hurry Who."
"Before that, can I eat this Hulaif."
"Didn't the poison have any effect on you?" Mia shook her head.
"I have a high resistance to every poison after evolution. And I can produce more harmful poison."
"Then, make it quick. We have to get out of here." Mia suddenly opened a big mouth and swallowed the whole thing. [Mia earns the title of predator species.]
"Done. How about we jump from here."
"No, I am afraid of heights."
"Let's go. You are a man." Mia pushed me to the edge of the building with her tiny body. I lost my balance and fell to the ground.
"ARGH!!!" My heart rate is increasing really fast. The ground is a few meters higher. Then Mia shot her web, which became a net that kept me from hitting the ground.
"After this, let me know if you want to do this crazy thing." I breathe in and out to calm myself.
"Hahaha... I can see that your face is scared."
"Agh, I want to take a nap for a moment. Please protect me if anything happens around."
"Ah, I found you already!" Suddenly, a girl appeared out of nowhere below me.