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Chapter 9: Bonus Game (4)

TL: Myoni

Edited: Myoni, Yoni

7 minutes after the boxes disappeared, the majority of the dropouts had been killed.

It was a gruesome scene.

First, the dropouts were separated into two groups, one with friends that tried to protect them and others without. The dropouts with friends protecting them numbered 7 to 8. It was more than everyone thought.

The rest had to survive on their own.

The moment the boxes disappeared.

“Euahh!”

With a hurried scream, the friendless dropouts ran. The hunters tried to stop their paths but they rolled and pushed their way out.

The dropouts weren’t captured as easily as everyone expected. The hunters were people who had karma and were stronger than the dropouts but they were still students and teachers. They were people who would have a hard time catching a rabbit even while running after it with a sword. It was hard to kill those who struggled to live.

This was why a more gruesome scene unfolded. A round of mixed martial arts was 5 minutes. For the dropouts who didn’t have karma to try their best to run and resist for that time, of course, they were at their limit. The dropouts’ movements became sluggish while the hunters who were p.i.s.sed became more heartless. A running dropout was. .h.i.t by a swing of a spear and rolled onto the ground. Someone came running behind him, kicked his face, then grabbed his hair and sliced off his neck. Then the hammer would appear, smash its victim, splattering blood everywhere. Afterwards, an item would appear.

Madness.

The people who didn’t partic.i.p.ate but were spectating felt their knees tremble.

And this scene occurred throughout the gym. Many would chase after one and the lucky winner would obtain the item. However, not everyone was like that.

Although everyone had similar stats and karma, the difference between each other started to show and it was greater than the difference among level 1’s in an AOS game[1].

There were ‘players’ who particularly s.h.i.+ned.

First, the cla.s.s president Jung Minji. She fought like she was the incarnation of Joan of Arc. Not only did she show that she was physically skilled but she even was outstanding at reading the situation and devising plans. There was no hesitation in her actions.

The moment the box protecting Yoon Girim disappeared, she grabbed her, put her over her shoulders and charged. The 6 people who surrounded Yoon Girim all had dumb expressions like a dog chasing a chicken and couldn’t react in time.

The place she was heading towards was next to Chu Youngjin who was protecting his girlfriend.

Punch!

The moment she slammed her fist into a student’s throat who was approaching Lee Hyejin, his girlfriend, an alliance was formed. Jung Minji didn’t stop there.

“Hey! Baek Saelom! Aren’t you friends with Hyejin?”

Like that, she continued to call out specific people’s names. Although there were some who looked away, there were also some who slowly entered the fray.

As she started to aggressively form a group, the hunters felt uncomfortable facing Jung Minji’s group.

This game was a bonus game. Although an E rank item was enticing, there weren’t many who were willing to risk their lives for it.

Of course, they were some who were still willing to kill even though they didn’t have to put their lives on the line.

The third year, student representative Kim Piljoong was like that. He coordinated with his friend, Son Dukpil, and he differentiated people he knew and didn’t know with a sword. He would save those who he was familiar with but kill those he had only met once. No one was able to block his arrows as he was skilled in archery. He killed 3 dropouts and their friends who tried to protect them. Son Dukpil would take care of those that approached and Kim Piljoong would shoot arrows from behind or stab with his gladius[2]. Kim Piljoong had obtained a new bow, shoes and a s.h.i.+eld. And among those, he gave the s.h.i.+eld to his friend, Son Dukpil.

There was even a player who would run around swiftly cutting dropouts’ necks. She was the one known as the Queen Bee among third years, Lee Hyunah. When she ran, her victims wouldn’t be able to react as their heads dropped onto the floor. Even their blood took a while to flow. As if she was kind, she would save those with pretty faces and mercilessly kill those she deemed ugly. She gave swords to those she saved and ordered them to kill others. She had obtained a ring and a shuriken.

5 teachers died after getting hit by the gym teacher’s iron mace. Among them, three weren’t dropouts but those that hunted dropouts. The gym teacher Hw.a.n.g Mangi didn’t hesitate to kill his compet.i.tors. He had obtained a pill and armor.

Then there was Choi Junsung. As expected, he easily obtained items. While dragging a long two-handed sword behind him.

“Wanna move?”

With those words, even compet.i.tors who had caught a dropout would move aside without a word. He was the rumored fighter of the third years so they didn’t have the courage to stand up to him. The first third year who lost his temper was cut in half by Choi Junsung’s lightning fast two-handed sword. Choi Junsung obtained a necklace, helmet and gauntlets.

Who to kill?