My palms are sweaty, knees weak and arms are heavy. When I stepped out of the gate I stopped breathing momentarily. My heart was beating out of my ribcage. My thoughts were nowhere to be found. I was alone. The guide, the highbloods, midbloods, everyone… gone. What’s the purpose of this bracelet if it doesn’t work?! The gate I came from also vanished!

Argh!

Calm down…

Calm…

…down?

ROOOOAAAARRR!!!

A roar bellowed nearby. I just noticed, I'm the middle of a forest... What is this place? It feels somewhat eerie...

The next thing I knew was that I was surrounded; surrounded by predators.

These monsters looked elegant yet gave off intense bloodlust…

Huh?

Bloodlust?

When I was in the white room, even the goblins who could work together did not give off a hint of bloodlust, they were simply drawn by instinct.

These creatures looked like alpha predators; I just arrived here and that’s how I see them. I can’t run, I’m surrounded; nowhere to go. All I can do is fight.

Fight?

These look like A class beasts!

This is not gonna be a fight, it’s gonna be them securing their lunch! Ah… I left my sister alone at home. My parents are working down to the bone for us. Vin is probably here in purgatory but probably far from this red zone. Ellie probably got home already huh?

…

Ellie…

Everyone…

I’m sorry…

I don’t think I can make it out of this alive.

Farew-

ROAAAR!!!

The four Sabertooth Raptors…that’s what I decided to call them, pounced in unison towards me. I was sure to be a chunk of meat any second but then…

A miracle happened-

ZAPPPPPZZZTTTTTTTTT!!!

A lightning bolt came…

…and it went straight to me.

When it hit me, all I could do was shout in agony.

Luckily, my attackers seemed to have been blown away by the impact.

After it hit me, my body released a surge of energy.

I don’t know how wide it was but when I came to, I saw sabertooth raptors falling from the trees, dropping one by one.

Moments later, I blacked out.