Chapter 117 - 117: Survive (1/2)

Chapter 117 - 117: Survive

"I am afraid that only one of you can stay The two of you have to kill each other"

"W… What!? That's ridiculous!"

Gil screamed as he waved his hands His voice, however, was drowned by the cheers and jeers of the prisoners that surrounded them

"Kill! Kill hiet is feisty!"

"I vote on the boy! The boy in!"

"Did you see how he ht back!"

"Kill hiulped nervously as he listened to the people that called for his death He knew that he wouldn't really survive long if the word got out to everyone that he was a guard, but it would seele day for everyone to find out

"Van… what are we going to do!?" Gil slightly stepped back as he leaned in closer to Van

"I a for me outside"

However, as soon as he heard Van's words, he quickly unsheathed his sword and leaped back

"Y… you can't be serious!? Aren't I also your friend now!?" The sword on his hand quickly turned red as the space around it seemed to have distorted due to the heat

The prisoners once again howled as Gil pointed his weapon towards Van The things you could do in the Pit was li each other? That was probably their number one source of entertainment

The prisoners could be at each other's throats, but once a fight to the death is officialized by Boss and her dog, they would immediately huddle up and watch Sure, murder was common in the Pit, but it would usually already be over before anyone had seen what happened

And so, whenever a fight to the death comes up, they make sure to build it up as ht to the death

Disputes, bad blood, but the most common reason was usually to cull their numbers

100 Prisoners That was the limit set by Boss None of thees, which only comes once a week from the outside But most of them could just hunt with the occasional monsters and stray animals that periodically appear in the forest

But whatever the reasonThey couldn't really disobey, the last one that questioned her authority disappeared within the hour, never to be seen again

No one knohat Syste that they could really do was express their displeasure… unless of course they also want to disappear

"Kill! Kill the guard already!"

"A guard? That red-haired uard?"

Boss furrowed her eyebrows as she heard the words of the prisoners "Yes, Boss He caether with the little boy"

"I see So the people outside are even throwing in their o expected of theantic boso out of her thin robes She then raised her voice as she turned her focus towards the two combatants in the middle

"Start already, or both of you will be sent to the wall to die in the hands of the Locals!"

"darit his teeth, "Are we really doing this!?"

Gil's voice almost cracked as he screamed at Van Van, on the other hand, only looked at him with his eyebrows furrowed

So that was it, Van thought He… was once again back to surviving This place was no different from the slums, and in some aspects, maybe it was even better There was order here, none of that existed in the Relic Graveyard

They caged him in the very same environment that he used to thrive in If this is really what the world expected of hi it

And so, with that thought, Van took in a deep breath as he looked Gil straight in the eyes

"Sorry, mister Gil But I have to survive"

"da Van's words, Gil quickly raised his sword in response Van was about to turn on his skills and rush towards Gil, but before he could do so, Gil rotated his sword and pointed it towards his own chest

"!!!"

"Promise me… you won't waste your life, littleas his breaths quickly becas that he wished to do in life But to kill a young boy just so he could live?

He signed up to be a guard to protect people To abandon that oath in the face of death? That was so he could not, will not, and never do

And so, taking in a final deep breath, his hand started to move

"Gah!"

However, Gil's eyes quickly opened as he heard a screa?" Gil could not help but stutter as he turned around And there, he saw one of the prisoners kneeling on the ground, grasping his head like an enormous amount of blood trailed on his arms as he did so