《Dice of Infinite Fates》Chapter 5 : The brave dies first
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The morning sun rose and vanquished the darkness as the orange glow of a rising sun woke me from my slumber. The sounds of murmurings between the survivors fell into my awoken ears as i got out of my sleeping bag.
“Everyone get ready, we are leaving in 30 minutes,” i heard the guy in camo uniform yelled. The guy in camo uniform had taken the position of the leader for our combined group.
Everyone hurried about to get ready, many still eating rations and drinking from the river. A group of women were together refreshing themselves near the river. Looking around i could see that there were about 70 people in our combined group.
Seeing that the cooldown of my dice is already over, i went into the trees and hid myself from view. Everyone too busy doing their own thing to notice me sneaking out.
After checking that no one was around, i took out my dice and flipped it with my thumb.
“Chances of me finding a supply box without anyone noticing,” i said as the dice glowed red and black lightning crackled. When it reached my palm, i saw that it rolled 3.
I kept my dice and headed back towards the group. I took some of the rations to eat to get some energy.
After a while of eating, i heard the man in camo uniform shouted “ guys let's leave, i can see the dark clouds getting bigger, we shouldn’t waste anytime.”
Hearing about their impending doom, the group hurried to pack everything. After 5 minutes, everyone was ready and we started to head towards to center.
We had to leave and head into the jungle as the river started to curve away from the center. We trekked through the jungle slowly as the ups and downs and twists and turns of the jungle ground took it’s toll on the women and children.
However we could see that we were very close to the big tree in the center as the shadows of the large leaves of the tree eclipsed over us, shielding us from the sun.
Every time my dice was off cooldown, i would try to roll it, hoping to increase my chances of finding a supply box. After rolling a 3, i rolled two more times and got a 2 then 6.
5 minutes after i rolled a 6, we were suddenly attacked by a pack of wolves.
“ Wolves! Prepare to fight!” The man in camo uniform yelled as his hands glowed red.
Those with attacking skills instantly brought it out and started to fend them off. Since i was at the rear due to me keep having to hide and roll the dice, i was attacked by 2 wolves.
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Andrew, the person with the poison skill whom i befriended, ran towards me with a long knife. The long knife he had was given to him by his wife. Andrew used the knife and slashed at one of the wolf attacking me. Since all the women and children were in the center of the group, they were safe from the wolves. Only those on the sides were in danger from the wolves.
With a mighty swing of the knife, Andrew smashes against the red stones of the wolves, instantly killing the poor bugger. I dealt with the other wolf with my spear, penetrating the red stone when it showed its weakness. 10 points were earned as i killed the wolf, bringing my total points to 20.
More wolves came and surrounded us as we fought for our lives. Seeing that i was going to be surrounded, i backed myself onto a large tree so that they couldn't attack me from behind. Two wolves came to attack me while one turned to Andrew.
The two wolves charged at me, fangs bearing. Seeing the opportunity that they couldn’t dodge due to their momentum, i plunged my spear forward to meet one of the wolf. The momentum of the wolf pushed me backward, away from the attack of the other wolf.
My heart raced as adrenaline pumped through me. The first wolf died from the clash while the other chased to kill me. It came from the left, hoping to hit the location where i was weakest as my spear was on my right hand.
Seeing the wolf about to hit me, i turned anti clockwise and meet the fangs of the wolf with the wooden shaft of my makeshift spear. The shaft instantly broke, pushing me to my right away from the tree.
Just as i felt like i was going hit the floor, a sense of fear crept up as i continued falling. The ground to my right had a small ditch which was covered by leaves. I fell into it with a small thud. Pain spread through my back as it banged into something hard.
Wasting no time, i used the top half of the broken spear in my right hand and plunged it upwards at the red stone of the shadow wolf that tried to pounced me as i had fallen. The spear broke the red stone, instantly killing the pouncing wolf.
Seeing that all the immediate dangers were gone, i got up and turned to where i had fall in. I turned towards the ditch to see the hard object that hit my back and saw a small black box. I instantly realised what it was a hurriedly look around to see if anyone else noticed it.
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Everyone else was busy with the wolves. Since i had already seen others opening supply boxes, i knew that no bright lights will appear like the lucky chest. Thus i secretly opened it.
When i opened it, i saw two things inside it. A spray can and a joker playing card.
You have acquired D class healing spray and the joker card.
D class healing spray : increases healing of minor wounds
Joker playing card : ?????
Seeing the notifications, i was puzzled as to what the joker card was used for. I ran my finger through, feeling a cool sensation from the card. It felt like metal, however it was as flexible as a normal playing card.
Seeing that the number of wolves were dwindling and i had no way of finding out what the card does, i kept the spray and the card in my inner pockets of my blazer. I used my legs to pushed some leaves over the ditch, covering the supply box.
After hiding it from view, i went and joined the fight, always taking the killing blow on the wolves. After a while, all the wolves were dead and i gained 30 more points. No one sustained serious injuries during the fight and anyone who were injured were healed by a women with a healing skill.
A golden glow shot out from her hands as the warm spray of healing light washed over everyone, healing all minor injuries.
After healing and taking a few minutes break, we head off towards the arc. We only had 6 hours left before the flood took place and the dark clouds had already started filling the skies. Light drizzle of rain had started falling as everyone hurried up.
We trekked for an hour until we were met with a problem. A large gorge blocked our path towards the tree. A violent rushing river churned below the gorge, filling us with fear. On the other side were the humongous roots of the large tree with the arc in the middle.
“Let's walk around the gorge, i can see something like a bridge in the distance!” The man in camo uniform yelled.
Seeing something like a bridge in the distance, everyone hurried up towards the bridge.
When we got to the bridge, a wave of depression filled the air. The wooden bridge was incredibly small and looked old. Creaking sounds filled the air as the bridge swung left and right in the harsh wind. It looked stupidly unsafe to cross.
“We should continue going around the gorge, i don’t think we should cross this,” the man in camo uniform tried to convince everyone.
“Nonono, we should just cross one by one,” one person said “ if we do not cross this bridge, who knows how long we have until we find another and by then we could all be sleeping with the fishes.”
Not being sure on whether we should cross or not, i removed myself from the group and rolled my dice. Since everyone attention was focused on the bridge, i went unnoticed.
“The chances of me safely crossing the bridge,” i said as i flipped the dice. After the red light show, it landed on a 1.
After rolling the dice, a realisation hit me. Not only could the dice allow me to change probability, it could also help me predict the future.
So the dice can be used this way as well. Interesting! Now i know for sure that if anyone tried to cross the bridge, a miserable fate will accompany them.
I returned to the group after rolling the dice to hear a brave fool saying “ i will cross first, then another will follow after i reached the other side.”
The brave fool took and step onto the shaky wooden bridge and crossed it. Every step he took, a loud creak from the bridge would sound out. The brave fool held the rope connecting the bridge tightly and slowly crossed the bridge.
When he got to the middle, a loud creak exploded forth as the wooden bridge collapsed into many pieces.the ropes split apart as the wooden planks exploded into splinters.
The brave fool who was in the middle was showered by splinters and fell into the raging river.
With a splash, the brave fool demonstrated what happens to a person if they swim in a raging river. When the brave fool splashed into the water, the raging current propel him forward into the hard rocks, smashing him into every menacing rocks. Broken bones and ruptured organs were most definitely had by him before he drown in the river.
People gulped as they felt grateful that there were not stupid enough to volunteer to test the bridge first. Aftering seeing how the broken bridge took the life of a person, everyone felt that they should be extra careful.
Everyone silent walked along the gorge trying to find a safe place to cross as i thought back on how this round was made to cull the weak and useless people.
Seeing how the brave fool die, i felt that it was most definitely appropriate.
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