25 Sloped Lands (1/2)
”For the tournament has ended!”
”...”
”Huh?”
”Don't tell me..”
Everyone trembled as they all turned their heads and looked at the leaderboard in the sky. There, a table that shook everyone's hearts shone.
'1ST: Sector D256300 POINTS
2ND: Sector A214600 POINTS
3RD: Sector A15300 POINTS
4TH: Sector A34900 POINTS
5TH: Sector B12600 POINTS
.... '
”How..?!”
”How many did that monster kill to achieve such a score?!”
...
”You done?”
Su Min, leaning against a metal wall, spoke aloud at the closed door next to him. His eyes seemed to carry a troubling weight as the everpresent haziness clouded his pupils: swishing with a faint grief that couldn't be relieved.
”Mhm.”
”Hm... I think we need to go soon...”
Su Min titled his head up to the sky as he felt an intense dread fill his chest; strutting around his body and filling him with a shivering sensation. An ancient light seemed to dwindle in his eyes as he looked right at the three existences; It was like a sixth sense, where no matter how hard someone hides, he will know they are there.
'To make me feel such dread...'
It was an unbeatable presence, where no matter how hard he tries it is but a futile effort. It is the worst type of dread; a dread with no escape.
*Creeeak*
The door beside him opened with a soft touch as a girl walked out in a simple t-shirt and skirt. Her blue eyes were lifeless, like a corpse; although she still carried an adorable disposition with her silky, black hair.
”Lets g-”
*CRASH*
A sudden crash resounded as the door, not too far away, slammed open without care. An arrogant figure emerged, pressuring outwards with a disciplined frame, making the girl next to Su Min jump back.
”Hmph!”
Staring at Su Min, Qiu Jin snorted before walking off into the hallway, presumably downstairs. Su Min just sighed before saying to the girl who had somehow ended up all way to the back of the hallway.
”He isn't dangerous, so don't be scared. Even if he was it wouldn't matter, considering I am pretty strong myself, remember?”
The girl seemed to pause as she nodded, where she stumbled towards Su Min with a fragile plodder. Just as Su Min was about to leave as well; the ground shuddered as it sprang into a trembling motion that shook the world. It was at a rate that made the girl nearly lose her balance, throwing her onto the wall in the hallway.
Following this, the same arrogant voice thundered through the ears of everyone, roaring with an intense vigour.
”Haha! Of course, since it ended, we might as well send you off! Although, you could consider this a test too... Hehe!”
Grabbing the panicking girl, Su Min frowned as he felt himself become weightless. A faint whooshing sound rang outside as the building he was in had somehow flown into the air, shining in the sky like a metallic meteor.
He looked around and found nothing useful, so, lamenting, he sat down. However, he just ended up floating in midair; bobbing up and down. He looked at the terrified girl hugging him, rubbing his head in confusion on what to do.
”Uh...”
...
...
*THUD*
A sudden, intense thud smacked at a grassland. There were numerous hills in the distance, sloping with subtle to steep curves. Small huts were scattered around these planes, where the occasional figure ran out holding an axe.
*THUD* *THUD THUD THUD*
Dilapidated metal bases hit the earth at a quickening pace that resembled artillery fire. It was like a shower of boulders falling from the sky, yet the ground beneath these boulders didn't fragment nor shatter; instead, it stood still like it had the toughness of iron.
*WOOSH* *WOOSH WOOSH WOOSH WOOSH*
”W-WHA..?!”
Each base that landed only had to wait a few seconds until a strange force shrouded it with a welcoming embrace, flinging the inhabitants out of their shelters like kites in the wind.