"you damn turtles! Come out here right now!" Khun spies the loud crocodiles from behind the rock. "So, anyways. Why does he want to y'know 'hunt' you so badly?" I asked the panting boy. "He said he wanted to fight this weapon." He showed us a black needle. The power radiating out of it was.. incredible.

"A needle? Black.. mar- black march!?' Khun reads out loud. "The black march? What.." The boy continues to speak innocently. "You know this weapon too? It must be pretty famou-" Khun grabs him by the shoulders. "Where did you get that?"

I inched slightly closer at them. "Only the princesses of Jahad can have those. How and why do you have it?" He couldn't have stolen it. He would be dead.

"It's... Hard to explain." Khun lets go of him annoyed. "Damn! Stingy aren't you. I saved your life and didn't get anything in return." The stranger looks down

At the ground beneath. Interesting. Who is this dude.

I see Khun stealing a glance at him. What is he thinking? What does he think of this guy? The Daeyang aren't known to be that smart. Average is already a blessing. That's one of the reason why we are rely on the Khuns so much. Intelligence is essentially.

"My name's (y/n). What's yours?" I lend out my hand to him. "Bam! The 25th bam!" He grabs my hand and shakes it.

"I'm Khun. Khun Aguero Agnes." He watches bam intensely. "Now, Bam. You don't trust me right now, right? That's only natural because the rules to get up the tower." Okay where is he going with this.

"I've decided for us to join you to go up the tower. together." I snapped my head at him. "Who said you can choose for me?"

"You Don't want to go up the tower with bam and me together? Wasn't it you who wanted to save him in the first place?" Ugh. "Fine." Bams eyes lit up. And he gives us the biggest smile I've ever seen but it quickly disappears. "Are you sure? I'm weak and I can't fight."

Khun gives him a smirk. "It's fine. It'll be fun."

...

Is this why my parents tell me to stay at least a few inches away from a Khun?

"Fun..?" Bam turns his head to look at the screaming alligator crocodile mix behind the rock. "Fun - wise I think he's the best."

Khun looks at bam with a slight grin. "Stop it. You look like a pedophile." I nudged his side with my elbow. "Hey."

~

Khun looks at the crocodile and back at his pocket. "The test is almost over. just leave him be." He said. A loud bell suddenly rang. "I knew it." Khun whispers.

"The first test is over! Stop fighting immediately or you will be disqualify!" The man over the intercom said. "For the 200 people who survived, congratulations! Now on for the second test!"

Khun and me sighs simultaneously. "No time to relax huh?"

"The second test is simple! It's to make a team of 3 or 4 people!" Khun looked around. "For the reference, we give you five minutes!"

"Looks like we have enough people." Bam nods

"To be counted as a team, you need to be touching a body part of your teammate. Good luck regulars!"

"We can just relax. We've got three people already." Khun slid his back down the rock again. "But the poor crocodile doesn't have any teammates."

"Yeah. He scares them all away." I glare back at his words. "Let's go help him." Khun snaps his head towards my direction with a glare. "Woman are you insane?! That's stupid! We've got three people already!"

"Yeah but we can make it four." I give him a smirk while showing four fingers. He rests his head on the palm of his hand in a stressful motion. "Fine. But if we end up failing, it's your fault."

"Hey crocodile!" Khun jumps up from the rock. "There you are! Stupid turtles!"

"Wait time out!"

"Time out?"

"Yeah! I wanna suggest something!" Khun lifts his suitcase bag magic thing up. "The 1st test is over. There's no more reason to fight! Why don't we form a team together?"

"Hah! A team? I'm not interested! You are my prey! Hunters and prey don't form a team together!" Idiot jerk of a leathery Alligator!

"Mr. Rak!"

"Bam? What the fuck are you doing there?!" I called out to him. He stood behind crocodile bitch with open arms. "You said you want to hunt me. Do it than." Bam throws away his black march to the ground beside him. "What? What are you doing?! Pick it up!"

"Yeesh! You're doing it wrong!" I jumped up in front of him. "(Y/n)?" Khun called out.

"Hi Mr strong hunter Rak. I have a favour to ask of you." He stops screaming for a second. "We want to make a team with you so you can go up to higher floors! There, you can find stronger prey." He thinks about it for a minute or two. "Okay." Khun and Bam looks at him bewilderment. "That's great Mr. rak! Thank you so much." I send Khun a sly smirk.

Rak suddenly picks me up from the ground a places me on top of his shoulder. Khun looked worried for a second but it disappeared quickly.

Bam and Khun holds his hand. And the bell rang soon after.