She turned around and looked into his eyes with her big gray eyes. Then she prepared herself for the attack.
" This is it, I will fight till the end"
But surprisingly, the wolf stood still, it didn't make any move towards her. It just kept looking straight at her eyes with a calm face.
At that moment she felt something strange.
"What's wrong with me? Why does my heart ache like this?"
And without realizing it, she dropped her dagger and slowly started to approach him.
- What am I doing? If it attacks me, I will surely be dead"
Despite her fear, she kept getting closer and closer, then she raised her trembling hand to touch it.
Suddenly she heard someone calling, she stopped before reaching for it.
- KIIIID... KIIIIIIID...WHERE ARE YOUUU?
- Are they calling for me? Geez, I need to give them a name.
The wolf turned around and disappeared into the bushes without any commotion.
Rose couldn't believe that, it was already gone that easily.
- My heart was going to explode out of panic.
She covered her face again and tracked the voice until she found her team.
- Look, it is him, the kid, we found him
- Come on, let's go, we don't have much time.
They went back to the camp in a hurry, fortunately, they arrived on time.
- Congratulations, you made it to the next task, you may rest in your tent for now.
It was already dawn, they were extremely tired and hungry.
- Aren't they going to feed us anything? Said John while falling on the ground
- I don't think so, they are testing our endurance. Replied Roy.
Rose took out what was left of her food from her bag and shared it with her team.
John felt guilty when he saw that
- Thank you, kid, and ....I'm sorry about earlier.
- My name is Albert
" It is my father's name but it will be fine as long as we succeed I don't think they care about my true identity"
Roy put his hand on her shoulders
- Finally, we got to know your name, Albert, nice to meet you.
She blushed right away
- Thanks...
- Lay down everyone, we must have at least some sleep before anything else happens.
After one hour, the announcer called for them to gather outside.
- Damn it, I still want to sleep a little more, I'm really tired
- Yeah, me too.
- Come on guys, let's go.
The announcer gave each one of them gems.
Rose got an Emerald, Roy a ruby, John a pearl, and the rest Diamonds.
- Those gems will be in your possession till the end of the day. At sunset I will take them back again, if you lose your gems, in any way, you will be out.
- In any way? what does that mean? Asked Rose
- A lot of participants, this was their first time seeing such precious gems, so what if they touched it and owned it for a day. Replied Roy.
It seems like an easy task, but it is not, look at them. How much they are tempted by the glitter of these gems.
....
- Wow, look at this big diamond. How much it is worth?
- A lot of money... I guess.
Roy leaned on Rose and whispered in her ear:
- Prepare yourself, Albert, you will be an easy target.