69 Cap Star (1/2)
It was finally the second day of the exam. Even though it was technically morning, the sky was still pitch black as the planet is night-time 75% of the time. Team Natalia was still fast asleep like they had no care in the world.
Suddenly, a powerful, boisterous, stomping sound was heard slowly approaching the cave from the outside. As a result, the noise woke up Haley who was sleeping closest to the cave's entrance.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked towards the entrance of the cave. There she saw the shadow of what looked like a huge bear monster the same size as some of the largest trees.
As the figure of the bear became bigger, so did the sound of the stomps. Haley stared at the huge bear, visibly shaking and shivering, cold sweat running down her face with a fearful look in her eyes. She was almost too scared to move. Almost.
'Where the fuck is that porter boy!! He was supposed to be on watch to warn us about something like this!! Don't tell me he fell asleep while on the job! So fucking useless!! We should have never relied on trash like him!' Haley inwardly cursed.
She scrambled over to Natalia's sleeping bag and tried to wake her up by vigorously shaking her with no avail.
In her mind, Natalia was the only one in the group strong enough to face that beast.
After a few seconds of meaningless shaking, she finally gave up and woke up the rest of the group instead.
”Hey! It's still early! Why the fuck did you wake me up, Moby Dick?!” Jay bellowed in annoyance, trying to open his eyes.
*Slap*
”STOP YOUR YAPPERING YOU BIG FUCKING BAFOON! I'M NOT THAT USELESS, TRASH PORTER! DON'T YOU HEAR THAT SOUND!! LOOK OUTSIDE,” Haley screamed in panic at the top of her voice.
”Oh! Haley, it's you! I'm so sorry for screaming at you. But, What the fuck are you ta…” Jay said, looking at the entrance of the cave with wide eyes.
”HEY!! TRAVIS!! WAKE THE FUCK UP!! WE HAVE TROUBLE!! IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CAVE!! WE WON'T HAVE TIME TO ESCAPE OR HAVE A PLACE TO RUN TO!!!” Jay screamed, now almost as panicked as Haley.
Travis then immediately woke up and looked at the entrance of the cave with a hint of seriousness in his eyes.
It was the only time that his life was truly in danger and on the line.
”WAW! That's a big monster!! Looks like fun to defeat! But, I would rather not die while facing it! So, Jay, on my mark, we attack! We need to hit it when it least expects it!” Travis said, with an awkward joyful and excited expression.
”Umm… Ya, I got it!” Jay nervously nodded, preparing a barrage of earth spikes.
”3!” Travis said, loading a bunch of astral arrows into his bow.
”2!”
”1!”
”Now!!” Travis said, shooting all his astral arrows towards the unknown beast which were followed by dozens of earth spikes from Jay.
”Fuck! It didn't work! What the fuck is that thing?!!” Travis shrieked, his fun and playful persona crumbling.
However, Haley and Jay were too scared and focused on the beast nearing them to even notice Travis's unnatural behaviour.
”Haley! Calm down! I'll protect you even if it costs me my life!!” Jay said standing in front of Haley, trying to act tough but failing miserably as his whole body was shivering in fear.
'Shit! I am done for!! I am too young and pretty to die!!' Haley thought, abruptly falling over on her ass, pissing her pants.
Suddenly, a familiar voice came out from the forest where the huge bear was located.
”Hey! What the fuck was that for! Are you trying to kill me!? I barely survived defeating this beast and this is the type of welcome I get!”
As the beast came out of the forest and into the clearing in front of the cave, it suddenly fell down revealing the tired and bloodied Moby who was carrying it on his back the whole time.
”Well shucks! It was just Mr. Porter the whole time! I thought we had another fun beast to defeat!” Travis said with a chuckle.
”What the fuck!! What happened!!! Weren't you supposed to be on watch! How did you get that beast?! Why are you so tired and injured!? How did you deflect all those attacks!? Explain yourself!” Haley demanded.
”Here, take a look at this…” Moby calmly said, showing his watch to Haley.
”I don't care about your trash, weak ass power…” Haley said, stopping herself as soon as she noticed his power level.
'7,150!!'
'What the fuck! How the hell is this abilityless trash so strong! He doesn't even have any magical equipment! I checked that myself! So that is his base strength!?! This means that in terms of base strength, he is the second strongest one on the team! There is no way he's been hiding his power level this whole time! That's impossible!!'
”Huh!! Explain yourself!!!! How the fuck are you so strong!!” Haley screamed in shock.
'Fuck! I was too hasty! He is much stronger than me now!! I shouldn't be so rude to him anymore or else it will end badly for me,' Haley thought, biting her tongue.
”Ok, let me start from the beginning…” Moby said with a deep long sigh.