Rika easily completed second wave.
[Congratulations! You have successfully completed consecutive 2 waves. ]
[Third wave has been started! ]
[Progress:(0/1) ]
[Kill Lesser Old Orc Demonic Lich. ]
She picked up a bone from the skeleton and threw the lava hound corpses in her inventory, thinking it may come in some use later on.
[time left 3 days. ]
"I see", she looked at announcement screen.
" This is the last wave challenge. And I just have last 3 days. "
"I also have to defeat the skeleton monster from that day. "
She remembered the big skeleton monster which attacked her when she was teleported here some days ago.
It was big, maybe twice her height.
From that moster aura of fear was leaking.Or what she felt.Which made her realise that she has a long way to go.
She is weak.
Weak as hell.
Powerless girl.
Her dream?
"I want to repay him for saving me. "
" Also want to be with my friend...Kaguya how are you doing? ", she said looking up in the red sky.
"I don't know how they are doing. Did they clear this trial too? "
"If yes then please be safe. "
"I will be waiting for our reunion. "She said in a determined tone.
Rika had limited time for trial quests and she has to complete this trial.If she couldn't do it then she too don't know what will happen.
"Just three days...", she repeated again.
" I have to go against 2 monsters if I don't clear third wave before I meet that skeleton monster with tusks...."
Rika thought for a while and planned schedule for next three days.
But before anything she decided... "I couldn't complete 4 th mission. So i should drop it as it is not compulsory. Life is important than this land. "
Now theres left her three missions. Which are related to each other.
First was to survive for seven days which she has to do even 'if ' she has no energy she has to keep struggling.
Second and third were hard.
"Wave is easier than skeleton tusk monster. "
"I should focus on wave three first. Then I will go back to the starting point and confront that thing. "
Rika was planning to defeat or atleast try to defeat the monster in third wave but she has to do it in less than one day.
Why? Because she was not sure that even if she kill it... Would she be able to defeat the big guy? She didn't have answer for it but one thing was sure she had... That is mental strength. The strength that kept her sane. The strength which everytime saved her.
It was something she didn't loose or else she would have given on her life due to this traumatic experience.
It was something that minority had. And she kept it even at her age .
She lived till now.. It was sign that she never gave up on her life.
But now it was relatively hard mission she had... In simple terms 'do Or die'.
"Ok it's decided then! ", she motivated herself and walked through trees.
Rika had all her senses active. Just little sound and she immediately looks in that direction.
Upon moving for some minutes same thing happen.
It wasn't strange as winds were fast due to which dried leaves keeps sweeping away with wind making crackling sounds.
She walked through trees further...
At some point not finding any clue of the third wave monster she climbed a nearby tree and rested. ..but before she went to rest her stomach growled not because she was hungry but it was opposite.
She went to near by tree did the deed and returned and rested. It was good that she wasn't attacked at that time Or else it would have been embarrassing death.
Death by .. "...".
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1 minute... 10 minutes... 30 minutes passed...
" No sign of monster yet" , she sighed.
She took out the lava hound corpses and started examining them.
Lava from their mouth was their saliva,she guessed.
'Is it saliva?How can they hold it in their mouths. Their skin also do not burn? '
'But what is this saliva made up of'
She picked up a nearby stick and opened hound's mouth.
'It definitely looks like some molten material. '
Rika tried separating the lava from it's mouth.
"I can use this lava. "
She tried to put it in her inventory but it didn't go in.
"Sigh... What should I do now? "
She was examining corpse' and she heard some rustling noises.
She felt the noises were coming closer and closer to her.
Hearing the noises she turned her head in that direction.
Upon seeing there she saw many tree branches shaking.
She shivered and stood up little alerted.
As the last tree in vision moved she saw a big monster which was twice her size.
It was jumping from tree to tree running in her direction.
"Shit... Why is this thing here! ", she gritted her teeth and ran to the opposite way.
It was the same monster which attacked her on her first day.
She was not expecting it here but what to do now she has to face it. There are no choices.
Monster chased her and she ran holding herself.
She ran, ran, ran.... till she exhausted herself .
Looking back monster still followed her, she overexerted herself and ran far way.
"huff~ huff~"
' Is it still following ... '
She looked back.
Seeing there wasn't a trace of monster following behind her, she dropped on ground.
"Hhaaa~Hhaaa", she tried taking deep breathes but her exhaustion was bigger than her lung capacity.
It took her much time to take a single satisfying deep breathe.
She was almost out of breathe. Feeling uneasy she walked, searching for a somewhat safe place.
Going down a tree hole bigger enough to hide in she went inside the tree crack.
Feeling lack of oxygen to her brain due to exhaustion she fainted.
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Monster who was following her some time ago stumbled on a tree.
When monster saw in the direction which he was chasing her, he couldn't see the human running in his sight.
"rooar!?", it was surprised seeing such agile human.