Seeing Alex leave, Simon pushed up his glasses out of habit and said softly, "You guys should also be careful."
"Heh?! Why?" Anna asked, confused.
Simon sighed and said, "Roland must have been very jealous of us, so after he became a devil, he came back here to kill us."
"Even if we are heroes, we have only been in this world for a month. If we are careless, I'm afraid we will definitely die."
"Hahaha… he's just a useless guy." Lewis suddenly laughed out loud: "What do you think he can do?"
Simon shook his head: "I don't know, maybe he's useless, but the demon he summoned won't be useless."
"The devil possesses all kinds of evil and mysterious magic, we cannot look down on it. Roland can kill and sacrifice to the devil, which means there is nothing he does not dare to do."
"No! He's not that kind of person." Anna suddenly shouted: "I trust him; there must be some misunderstanding here."
Simon heard that and pushed up his glasses: "I don't care whether you believe him or not. The truth is the truth; Selvia has no reason to lie."
"If you think he is innocent and it is all a misunderstanding, then you can go find him."
"Seven days ago, he mysteriously disappeared, now he has returned with the appearance of a devil. you must consider carefully when looking for him."
"Besides… if you want to find him, you need to hurry. If Alex finds him first, he… will definitely die."
Simon finished speaking and left, leaving Lewis and Anna behind.
Lewis looked at Anna, shrugged, then hurriedly followed behind Simon, leaving only Anna standing still.
She looked into the distance, her eyes wet as if she was about to cry.
"Roland… What the hell is going on with you?"
…
Roland ran for a long time, felt a little tired and stopped.
The evening mist and wind made him feel cold.
Right now, without any piece of cloth covering him, he looked no different from a delicious piece of meat, waiting for the monsters in the forest to come and enjoy.
"This place… where is it?" Roland looked around, everything was black.
Occasionally, the wind blew, carrying the cold of the night along with the sound of the treetops hitting each other.
He shivered, not from fear but from cold.
Rustle! Rustle!
Suddenly, there was a sound like something crawling on the ground.
Roland became alert, his eyes looking around as if searching for what was making that kind of sound.
Rustle! Rustle!
The sound rang out again, and although it was mixed in with the sound of the trees colliding, it was still very different.
It was as if… There was a giant snake crawling on the ground.
"Strange… could it be a monster?" Roland suddenly remembered that when he climbed over the fence, there was a sign: "Could this be…"
"PFF!!"
Before Roland could finish his sentence, he realized that darkness had covered the entire scene before him, accompanied by a terrible stench.
"Heh?!" He was confused, but then a painful feeling came, and finally his mind fell into darkness.
[Ding! Congratulations on your successful death, your strength has increased by 10%.
Current Power Boost: 250%.]
"Ha!" Roland was revived, he was startled when he saw before him the shadow of a giant creature, its eyes were like two neon lights emitting red light, extremely dazzling in the dark night.
"That is…"
Xi! Xi! Xi!
A strange sound rang out, Roland could immediately recognise it as the sound of a snake.
"A giant snake… really?" Roland looked at the shadow that was over three meters tall looking at him, he could imagine that the real length of that snake was at least over fifteen meters.
When Roland saw the snake, he did not feel afraid, on the contrary, he felt happy: "Ah! It seems… you came to help me die, right?"
"Come here, baby!"
Xi! Xi! Xi!
"Hurry up!" Roland shouted.
The snake once again rushed towards him, its speed was so fast that he could only see a black shadow.
Afterward…
[Ding! You died successfully, however, you intentionally committed suicide so this time it doesn't count.]
"Heh?!" After reviving, Roland frowned when he saw the information panel: "Oy! I… I was killed by that snake; why doesn't it count?"
He sighed, thinking to himself: 'Is my action very similar to suicide?'
Suddenly, Roland saw darkness, then…
[Ding! Congratulations on your successful death, your strength has increased by 10%.
Current Power Increase: 260%.]
"Ha!" Roland was revived, he let out a heavy breath, as he immediately realised how the system counted the number of times he died.
He turned his head and looked at the snake. The snake also looked at him, but the snake's eyes gradually became strange.
As if it was asking itself why the human in front of it wasn't dead?
It had clearly swallowed that human into its stomach many times, but then, he reappeared as if nothing had happened.
The snake began to become alert.
Roland smirked: "What's wrong? Scared? Don't be afraid… Come to me; I'm a good person."
Xi! Xi! Xi!
The snake stretched out its long tongue as if threatening him, telling him not to come near it.
"Ah! Don't be afraid, I just want you to kill me a few more times."
Xi!
The snake opened its mouth and charged towards Roland.
He was not afraid; on the contrary, he smiled excitedly. He raised his left hand, then punched out.
BAM!
An explosion sounded, and a stream of air pressure was shot out, like a hurricane rushing towards the snake.
BAM!
The air pressure collided with the snake's mouth, then exploded. A gale blew everywhere, causing countless leaves and mist to be blown away.
Xi!
Before Roland could react, the snake's giant mouth appeared in front of him, then…
[Ding! Congratulations on your successful death, your strength has increased by 10%.
Current Power Increase: 270%.]
Roland opened his eyes again, saw the notice board in front of him, and smiled happily.
'Looks like… I've figured out how the system calculates deaths.' He thought to himself.
"Hey! I'm still alive!" Roland waved his hands.
Snake: "..."
It looked at Roland with eyes filled with confusion and fatigue, then… it left.
Yes, it really turned around and left.
"Heh?! Wait! Where are you going?" Roland hurriedly chased after him, but it was too late; the snake's speed was many times faster than his.
Finally, the snake disappeared into the darkness and mist, and Roland could not find it again.
"Tsk! What a bad mentality." Roland clicked his tongue and muttered, "Can't you even play around a little? Don't the monsters here know that entertainment can make their lives more enjoyable?"
Roland looked around, then looked at himself, naked.
If this place was the city, he would have been arrested by the police, ah no, he would have been arrested by the guards for being mistaken for a pervert.
'Luckily, I am in a forest, and the monsters here don't wear clothes, so I have nothing to worry about.' Roland thought to himself.
He looked for a place to rest, although after being revived, his body was in perfect condition, but his mind was not.
At this time, his body was still fine but his mind was very tired.
Roland sat under a tree and sighed.
"Selvia…" He gritted his teeth, remembering what she had done: "You can laugh while you still can… Wait until I come back, I hope by that time you can still laugh."
Roland was so angry that his heart rate increased abnormally. He took a deep breath, trying to calm his mind.
Since the system was activated, too many things happened that he couldn't examine it carefully.
Roland calmed down at this moment, suddenly realizing that his grandfather seemed to be no ordinary person.
"Grandpa knew that I would be buried alive, so he trained me beforehand?" Roland muttered: "Wait! The pearl…"
He quickly looked down at his chest; the gem was no longer there, but there was a small tattoo in the middle of his chest.
The tattoo looked like the symbols on the gem.
"Could it be… that gem is the system?"
Yes, that gem disappeared at the exact moment the system was activated.
Additionally, on his chest was a tattoo that resembled the characters engraved on the gem his grandfather left behind.
That made him even more certain that… that gem was the System.
"Who is my grandfather anyway?" Roland frowned, feeling confused.
After his parents died mysteriously in a traffic accident, he lived with his grandfather since he was ten years old.
Since then, his grandfather buried him alive once a year.
Until he was twenty years old, his grandfather suddenly died in a strange way.
At that time, people said that his grandfather fell down the mountain and died, then was swept away by the waves.
He sighed, deciding not to think about it anymore when he heard the sound of hurried footsteps.
"Hurry up! Team 1, search over there; team 2, search the east; team 3, search west."
"If you find any trace of him, blow the whistle immediately."
"Be careful; there is an Earth Python inside this forest. if you see it, try to stay away, understand?"
"Alex, you come with me; I will protect you."
"No need! I will find that bastard Roland and cut off his limbs."
Roland was startled when he heard the sound of armor and that voice. He thought to himself, 'That voice belongs to… Alex?!'