<×> KORVAC <×>
Chapter 40 : Going To The Next One Part 1.
Coming to an end with the merciless punishment imparted by Thyfall, and spiced up with the ass kicking sessions of Dallas against the gang members, one at a time of these useless criminals finally die due to the multiple hemorrhages they have, leaving a mess of blood and corpses across the street.
Once all the thugs have perished, we stay still for a bit, our waiting it is not because we enjoy seeing their suffering or wanted to gloat ourselves in the work we did, or at least not me.
After all, "What if they can get healed?", better safe than sorry, that is why Thyfall blasted apart their heads with the Quasi Ammunition she has learn from Bverxkka, ensuring the demise of the gangsters.
With the now headless thugs truly dead, we advance fastly to the Hotel, entering directly into the bar, an idea of Dallas that is well received by everyone else.
With the money we earn from selling the Hare meat, we enjoy several rounds of liquor while we watch the person who suggested this activity drink without moderation.
{Well, what could you expect from a "Drunkard", it is literally his Role, the only variable here is if he has always been a natural drinker or just entered into the Role wholeheartedly to complete the Quest he got}
Time continues its course and as expected, the morning is about to arrive, and with it, our duty to go and vote in the Battle Pit.
{Funny, that sounded like literally having to go to vote during the period of elections to choose democratically a new President, too bad that here, the votes could condemn someone's life, even if they actually do not "DIE"}
Being in the Battle Pit, we took seats together, nothing was said about having to be in the same seats in which we arrive here, and after a few minutes of seeing others sit around, the voting begins.
An Osmium Interface with Golden letters shows a list of Names, which makes evident the true use of the Nicknames everyone receive.
{Is to hide our identities!, sort of, But, This complicates how to vote, you could choose wrongly, or worst, the voting can be arranged, Oh!, Shit!, i am truly acting like a Paranoid Person rather than a Pragmatic one, or is this a side effect of the Role?, I still don't know what "Fanfarrón" means}
Selecting randomly, i wait for the results, 5 names are selected and the owners have to fight a Duel in a "Turn Base Combat" with a challenger contender.
It was pretty boring to watch, they hit each other with normal punches, dealing 2 up to 4 Integrity as damage on average, the only thing that spike up my attention was the end of the Round, the dice appear again, but gives an advantage or disadvantage and each side has an additional opportunity of turning the tables, which only happened in one of the five occasions.
{Maybe i was expecting something more fast peaced, our Fights were so rushed that ended before the third Set of the First Round}
As soon as the duels are over, i begin to feel a great heaviness in my eyelids, nodding my head as if i were about to collapse from lack of sleep.
Loosing my consciousness for an instant proves to be sufficient for me to get back at the Monolith, observing a known Interface.
§ Quests §
• Existence •
Purge - Eliminate as many Invaders as you can, compensation in order of the Personal Performance. (2)
• Batch •
Survive - At least one of the integrants reaches Withstand. (15/15)
Kill Participants - 75/75 - At least each Integrant must contribute with 5 Kills or the others compensate on their behalf.
This Quest can self improve after accomplish it with enhance parameters.
• Team •
Together - The 5 designated Integrants reach Withstand. (1/1)
• Personal •
Die or Withstand - Die or Withstand. (W)
Hard working - Reach at least Level 5. (6/5)
Fulfill your Role - Reach 5 ★ and with that Level 1. (0/5)
Total Score: 308,000
Refine Ambivalent: 3,080,000,000
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{Intriguing, the Monolith is not as specific as the Pyramid, and the Refine Ambivalent is only 10,000 the Score, not 50,000, plus, the stay is shorter, i am not sure of how that works, but we were more time inside the Pyramid}
In the following moments, i am expelled from the malleable honey floor, but differently to the Pyramid, the 15 individuals that entered in total are expulsed simultaneously, with which Urlgrend quickly mentions that we must leave the Monolith.
I carry Bverxkka's Egg Form, and as we leave, it is obvious that other Batch of 15 Participants is about to enter the Monolith we just occupied.
—We are going to the Monolith with the silver strand, is for 40 Participants, presumably divided into 4 Teams of ten, 5 Teams of eight, 8 Teams of five, 10 Teams of four, divided into couples or individually, Can you Tag along with us?, the waiting would be less…
There is no answer, because it is not like we have other things to do, Entering the Structures is basically a free training ground in which even death it is not a consequence, which is translated into everyone having more possibilities to adapt and improve, increasing their probabilities of survival in this Layer that is an unknown place for the majority of Newcomers for what i can tell.
Our wait to enter the Monolith with the silver stripe is almost non existent, a Team of 20 from the third Monolith with 5 willingly volunteers to fill the lines is enough to give us the "Go ahead" from the Guard, allowing us to enter into my second Monolith of today.
Similarly to the previous one, there are aligned square spots on the malleable honey floor, but they are separated into ten Teams, depicted by a symbol in the middle of each spot.
We quickly took our places, following a similar setup as before, Slayçęr, Häränn, Shlõvthy and someone else in their team, while Bverxkka, the Amazon, Thyfall and Myself in another one.
{It is not personal Dallas, you simply are the weakest link here, besides, with the look the Valkyrie gave me when i picked up Bverxkka, I better please her, I mean, Pragmatic… , Yes!, It was a Pragmatic answer… , I have no need to anger her, it would be dumb to do so…}
With everyone ready in their places, we are about to sink into the malleable honey floor when the symbols under us started to change extremely fast, and is after this that we delve into the floor.
As is customary by now, i am received by a new Interface, but something in it has catched my attention immediately.
§ Korvac - Coopernoid §
Level 1
Role - Imbuer
Traitless
Branchless
§ Corvallis - Sandlea §
{There is no Integrity or Capacity, my Role is the one I have, and even my Level is the true one, could it be that dying here is for real?!}
§ Quests §
• Team •
125/250/500/ Total Hours - Each Member of your Team has to survive at least 12.5 Hours before other Team members can compensate.
Reunited - Search your Team and be together for 10 Hours with no more than 15 meters between each other.
• Personal •
Near The End - Survive 150 Hours.
Die Or Withstand - Die or Withstand.
Inside - Remain confined in the designated Perimeter, You can observe how it is currently and where is going to change, this happens every 8 Hours and maintain like that for 2 Hours.
• Additional •
Savior - Drive the local survivors outside the Perimeter, compensation based on whether the saved ones consider you their Savior or not.
§ Horrific Survival §
After finishing reading the Quests, drowsiness returns to me, being unable to keep my eyes open i lose consciousness.
After a blink my vision focuses again, showing to me that i am in a new location or something similar, since my body is sitting in the hallway seat of a passenger bus.
My clothes are casual, very similar to the 80's or even 90's, rough blue jeans, a solid black t-shirt and a black leather jacket with black boots and olive skin on my hands, like my real skin before being sended to The New Existence.
I can hardly contain my excitement, it feels good to see something that feels normal and natural, skin of a blue shade or so white as i basically look like an albino, were not so pleasant, they made me feel like it was not my own body, maybe this is not mine too, or sort off, I think… , but i certainly feel more comfortable seeing something familiar.
{Now that i come to think of it, Where is my Team?, I can't see Thyfall or Bverxkka at all, and the Amazon is so easy to spot that i couldn't miss her even if i tried, but, she is not here, in fact, i can't see someone i know, not even those that were part of our Batch.