[NOTICE]

YOU LEVELED UP...

YOU'VE SLAIN A GOBLIN

YOU'VE SLAIN A WOLF...

"Phew...that was unexpected," Shun grunted and panting after a long fight. "I didn't expect monsters would stop us from getting snacks."

"Let's get out of here." Rai whispered. "Monsters might eat us like snacks."

"Calm down idiot, don't make any noise." Shun whispered, glancing at Rai.

"Is it really okay that we broke into their place and steal so much food?" Rai spoked. "The cops might get us."

"It's fine, It's fine, the cops are not around, we can do whatever we want!" Shun responded as they walked out of the grocery store, carrying some snacks and crackers.

Name: Shun Futaro

Level 11: 675/1200

Guild: NONE

Title: NONE (1 more)

Job: Wizard

Technique: Alchemy

[STATISTICS]

HP: 908/1700

MP: 83/230

Magic: 120

Physical: 65

Agility: 2.5

Endurance: 63/110

Vitality: 17

Intelligence: 90

"I managed to level up again. But the exp requirements though, it's getting higher as I progress." Shun mumbled. "So where are we going now?." he exchanged glances with Rai.

"Let's see, MAP!" Rai commanded.

[NOTICE]

MAP ACTIVATED

"Ehh, there's a map?" Shun mumbled.

"You didn't know?" Rai started navigating into the holographic screen.

"Almost 60% of the whole Tokyo has changed, including the name and structures." Shun whimpered as he glanced at the map.

"Is this really Tokyo? There's so many places has changed, I don't know what is what and which is which..." Rai responded. "We wouldn't find what we're looking for, at this rate."

"What are those red areas on the map?" Shun questioned after noticing.

"Those are danger zones, danger zones are mostly consist of D-rank monsters...Players or Monsters, anyone can battle in the danger zones" Rai slowly explained.

"So the safe zones are obviously the opposite, right?" Shun shooked his head.

"Yeah, safe zones are the places where battles are not allowed. Players can take a rest in the safe zones, but there's an exception!..." Rai suddenly change his tone.

"Exception? What?" Shun curiously glanced at him.

"If a player challenged another player or if a monster manage to break in the barrier. Remember that every safe and danger zones in the map are constantly changing according to the monster's movements!" Rai explained as they started walking again.

"That's a bit scary, like if a slept in the safe zone and it changes to a danger zone, a monster will kill me asleep?" Shun questioned.

"Yes, we're in Shibuya right now, the quickest way is to take this rote, straight ahead." Rai mumbled.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Shun uttered, giving him a confused look.

"Noting! Let's continue moving forward, there's a large scale danger zone ahead, that probably it!" Rai responded.

"The raging cheetah, you mean?" Shun mumbled.

"We're both wizards, we'll definitely die," Rai murmured as they approached the deep end of darkness.

"Man calm down, your trembling!" Shun patted his back.

"Just how strong is that monster?" Shun questioned.

"D-rank, but it's fast as hell." Rai responded.

"It's already 11 PM, I wonder what happened to the other players.." Shun suddenly wondered.

"They're obviously dead!" Rai responded.

"There are over 243 million people in Japan that's impossible that they all died!" Shun mumbled.

[WARNING]

YOU'VE ENTERED A DANGER ZONE...

"Then they might be hunting to level up!....huh?"

Rai suddenly stopped moving and quietly signalled Shun to stop.

"Why?" Shun whispered while looking around them.

"We entered the danger zone, something is coming!" Rai whispered back.

"Wusshhh" Shun heard something, rushing near him.

[NOTICE]

DAMAGE RECEIVED

HP: 591/1200

"Huh? Why?... " Shun wondered after seeing the blood dripping from his left arm.

"That thing is faster than we expected, Shun!" Rai replied in a trembling tone. "We didn't expect to meet him this early, sh*t."

Shun anchored his attention to Rai as he saw him dripping with blood coming from his legs. He can literally see his HP dropping by looking at the player indicator above their head. The light skill that he casted was cancelled due to the damage he received.

[Name: Rai Hayama]

LEVEL 10

HP: 841/1000

"We underestimated it," Rai mumbling and panting. "Run,"

"Oii Idiot, your HP..." Shun muttered.

"I'm alright, just run! We can't fight it! I can't even use my lightning speed." Rai responded in trembling tone.

"What the hell is this overwhelming pressure, it felt like I'm going to die if I move even an inch" Rai thought.

"Damn it, where is it!" Shun screamed in his head.

Shun with all the courage, started to look around him, looking for the monster. Shun quickly pulled Rai and hide in the corner.

"Turn off the light, idiot!" Shun whispered. "Can you stand up?" Shun worriedly asked.

"I can, at least!" Rai replied. "Do you... have a-augh... plan?" Rai groaned in pain.

"I suppose that monster is the type of monster that gets stronger as it continuously attack." Shun answered. "It seems like we're not the first one to get here. Now that I think about it, this place reeks with blood, not to mention this silence " Shun added.

"That means that monster killed anyone who enters here!" Rai cowered.

"Eahh, we should be careful! In one hit I lost almost 100 HP, I can't afford to die here!" Shun uttered.

"[Kurokatta]" Shun chanted, pulling his weapon out of his inventory.

[INVENTORY]

Black Cutter: Kurokatta

+16 physical damage

"Move, we need to hide in the narrow corner!" Shun whispered.

"That thing needs space in order to have a great velocity and momentum, we're killing it in this narrowed corner!" Shun explained.

"Or we can be cornered here and get devoured by that terrifying monster.." Rai cowered.

"Mai, do you have any other skills to use?" Shun questioned before staring fixedly in the darkness.

"Who the hell are you talking to?" Rai annoyingly responded.

"You're name was Mai, right?" Shun answered.

"Rai! My name is Raiii!" Rai vexed. "Anyway, I have a skill that can deal high damage, but it takes a while to cast and used almost all of my mana." Rai added.

"That's it, that's definitely our last hope, were using it!" Shun responded as they sit into the dark corner, waiting patiently.

"Okay, that's what you said!" Rai agreed.

"Okay let's split up, I'm gonna be the decoy this time!" Shun explained and started walking out of the corner.

"Wait, what?" Rai tilted his head.

"We're changing plan," Shun whined, giving Rai a cold glare. "If you're using lightning, it would be a bad idea to fight in this corner. I don't wanna zapped together with that thing." Shun mumbled. "Don't worry, I'm smart ya know! I'll figure something out." Shun lifted his chin and grin.

"I'm not good at playing with cats, but if my intuition was right, then it our win. Shun grinned as he walked into the deepest and darkest side of the road.

"Damn, I should've stole a flashlight from that store earlier!" Shun mumbled as he stand in the middle of the darkness. "What's up with this annoying silence."

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrr" Shun can hear the growling sound from the darkness and he knew what comes next. From a distance, he noticed the two burning red eyes observing him from the darkness. That moment, Shun knew that he's fucked up.