The timer in the sky reached zero.
The clear sky turned red. The warmth of this place was replaced by cold winds.
A black screen appeared in front of every player.
[Welcome to the Tutorial]
[There will be three stages to the Tutorial]
[The best performer of the Tutorial will get promotion of their channel with exposure of up to 100 Constellations]
Kim Seojin read through the description on the screen.
Although he couldn't see what the others were seeing, he was certain that they saw the same notification.
He could see greed flash in the eyes of many of the Players. They could already imagine them becoming the best performer.
"Is it really that great?"
Kim Seojin turned towards the Squirrel, but he couldn't find it anywhere. The Squirrel had simply disappeared.
He looked all around, but it was nowhere to be found.
"Is it because the Tutorial is beginning?"
He didn't know if he was ever going to see the mystical squirrel again.
[Stage One]
[There are a total of thousand Players. Reduce the number of Players by killing other Players]
[The first stage will be cleared when the numbers reach the threshold of the second stage]
[If the numbers don't reach the threshold within the time limit, everyone shall be erased]
[Time Limit: Thirty Minutes]
"Huh?"
Kim Seojin looked at the mission for a long time, finding it hard to believe.
He didn't know if it was actually asking him to do what he thought it was asking.
Although it said that all they had to do was reduce the numbers, it could only mean one thing. They had to kill other Players? And this was just the first stage?
It didn't even mention how many players they had to kill. Did they have to kill one? Hundred? Or five hundred?
"There is no way they would kill each other, right?"
He already knew the answer to his question, but he didn't want to believe it.
He didn't want to believe that humanity had changed so much in the last three hundred years. They were placed against each other.
They had to kill each other and this was just the first stage of the Tutorial? What were the other stages like? What was Earth like?
He had already imagined the worst, but after seeing the first stage, he realized how naive he had been.
This truly wasn't the earth he remembered.
The Players that had been talking about teaming up before were also shocked after seeing the first stage.
They had been informed about the three stages of the Tutorial before they came here. But the stage was different than they had heard.
"Please die for me!"
The friendships and teams broke right away. The Players were greedy for the first position.
Even if the first stage was about killing other representatives from earth, they didn't hesitate.
One of the Players stabbed his sword in the heart of his friend.
Another player cast a magic spell, sending another Player flying.
The place had descended into Chaos and Kim Seojin just watched in disbelief.
He had been standing far away from the others so he wasn't caught in the commotion, but the scene truly made him feel disgusted.
The Players were killing others without any regret. Many of them didn't reveal any shock either. Instead, they looked happy.
Some even had wide grins on their lips and madness in their eyes. It was as if this quest was just made for them.
In the place, there were only two people who hadn't moved.
The first was Kim Seojin and the other was the Regressor Lee Taehyung.
Amongst them, Lee Taehyung was standing the closest to the commotion. He caught the attention of a few players.
"Are you trying to be a mantis?"
The Mage cast a fireball, targeting Lee Taehyung.
The fireball was aimed at the Regressor's chest and its speed was so fast that Kim Seojin thought he couldn't even move if he had been in Lee Taehyung's place.
Lee Taehyung was different. Even in the face of this attack, he looked like he had all the time in the world.
He was someone who had all his stats over twenty.
He moved aside, dodging the fireball. At the same time, he tossed a small stone that had been in his hand.
The stone came flying for the mage who also dodged the attack.
"You are fast, but that makes it even more fun to hunt you!"
The mage laughed after dodging the attack. But his laughter soon disappeared.
He couldn't find Lee Taehyung under the tree anymore.
"If only you were a hunter." A cold voice fell in his ears, sending chills down his spine.
How did someone get so close to him without him noticing?
"H-how are you so fast? How high are your stats?" The Mage asked in disbelief.
[Soul Snatch]
Lee Taehyung used his skill.
The Mage had been preparing to use a fireball again. Before he could complete it, his eyes went blank.
His lifeless body fell on the ground, his eyes still open. It was as if someone had stolen his soul.
"Not high enough..." Lee Taehyung closed his fist before turning to the other Players.
Only a few minutes had passed, yet over fifty players were already dead.
"It will take too long to reach five hundred this way."
He raised his right hand.
[Soul Explosion]
There were many lifeless bodies lying on the ground, belonging to the players that had been killed.
Their souls still hadn't dissipated as only a short time had passed since their death.
Lee Taehyung used his second spell, connecting to all the souls that didn't have a body to return to.
Loud explosions responded all over the battlefield as the souls exploded, killing even more people.
[Soul Explosion]
Lee Taehyung used the same spell again on the Players who had died in his attack.
Another loud explosion echoed all over the battlefield.
One after another, souls were exploding in the battlefield and Kim Seojin just watched this horrific sight in disbelief.
When Lee Taehyung hadn't moved, only fifty players had died in around five minutes. But from the moment he moved, only two minutes had passed but the number of dead had reached almost five hundred.