Chapter 183: Winter Is Coming [2]
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(Extra Chapter because of Magic Castle: 1/3)
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"Alright, I got it." Amon nodded.
They had quickly formted a n in the time in 10 minutes.
ording to what Maxville told them, Amon told the team that the match wouldst for a total of 6 hours before the storm would overtake the map and kill everyone.
Since it would stay at a point for 30 minutes and move for 30 minutes as well, that totaled up to 1 hour.
And 6 cycles would make it a total of 6 hours.
In those 6 hours, they had to either kill the whole opposing team or find a warm shelter and upy it for 1 hour.
And pondering upon it, they decided that it was better to try and find the warm shelter first. ording to what Maxville said, they just had to upy the shelter for 1 hour.
It didn''t matter whether 1 person had to or the whole team.
This was why they chose to find the shelter first.
Because, from the tone that he was briefing them, Amon knew that this map was at least several times bigger than the previous FULLDIVE
In a map like this, who knew how long it would take to find 3 people and kill them?
Whereas finding a small cabin was much better as from a high point, they might have a chance of locating it instantly.
This was why they chose to split up and find the shelter.
If even one person found it and the other 2 held the other 2 people off, then it would be a win for them.
"Okay, let''s not waste any more time.
Remember, if you find the shelter, just remember to hide and try to upy it for 1 hour, there''s no need to alert the rest of the team and take the risk of letting the others know as well."
Alya repeated her instructions.
The other two nodded.
"If you find a member of the opposing team, try to kill them, if not, try to kill yourself along with them. If not, try to hold them off as long as you can. Your main objective is always to give the rest of them, the most time you can."
Again, the two nodded.
"Alright, let''s proceed." Alya nodded seriously, sliding her bow on her back.
She pushed the small white mask she had made from her scarf up on her mouth while giving them a thumbs up.
"Good luck."
"...Good luck."
"Good luck."
All three of them said to each other before immediately, they started running off in separate directions.
For Alya, she proceeded into the forest through the center while Adam proceeded from the left.
They couldn''t go back of course since that was where the storm woulde from.
As for Amon, he started running to the path on the right.
However, just as he took his foot off the ground, it caught onto something, disturbing his
momentum.
Quickly stabilizing his bnce, he looked down.
Two metal handles were protruding from the ground.
''Huh?''
Wondering what it was, Amon stomped his foot lightly on the ground and a metallic ng rang out in the air.
''Hmm?''
Shooting a st of electricity, he cleared the snow on the ground, only to reveal tworge metallic doors that were embedded on the floor.
''What the hell?''
Wrapping his blood threads around the handles of the door, he pushed them both open with a huge force.
CLANG! WUURM!
Opening both of them into the air, he found a dark passage going down underground the
biome.
[What''s this?] Vain asked.
[I don''t know but the fact that it''s eerie and dark tells me that it''s not something good.]
Zephyra answered.
Vain, who was wrapped around Amon''s neck now, looked at Zephyra.
She was also in her wolf form, perched upon Amon''s shoulder.
[Why?]
[Because dark ces always lead to something bad. Especially the ones that are empty.]
Vain was surprised as he titled his head.
[Aren''t you supposed to be the Goddess of The Void? You live in a starless dark void.]
For a moment, Zephyra waspletely silence before she nodded her small wolf head.
[Fair point.]
Ignoring the two, Amon sent a st of electricity down the path, illuminating it.
It was narrow andpletely empty, made up of worn-out rocks.
As the electricity reached the end of the path, Amon saw a small turn to the front.
Looking up, Amon followed the trajectory of the path into the distance.
But...
There was a problem.
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It didn''t lead to the forest.
It led to the direction from where the Blizzard was supposed toe.
''There''s no point in wasting time on this. It might be a trap generated by the teachers to lure
the students.''
Amon stood up and closed the doors.
He almost wanted to leave a mark or clone here just in case.
But the mark, even though upgraded now, could only hold out for 30 minutes and in those 30 minutes, the storm would already overtake the area.
As for the clone, it would continuously eat away at his mana which was something he couldn''t
afford.
So at the end....
He chose to give up on his curiosity and ignored the door.
Focusing his gaze ahead on the forest, Amon immediately took off at full speed.
Regting electricity around his legs, he looped his blood threads around the branches of
trees, leaping from one to the other.
''Keep your eyes out for any opponents.'' He told both of his familiars.
[Got it.]
[Roger.]
Activating his [Void Eyes], Amon looked far off into the surroundings.
There were only trees and trees, covered in an unlimited amount of snow.
As he extended his range, he also saw a frozen river in the distance, cracks spread on its
surface.
Probably by animals.
As he leaped to another branch, Amon suddenly heard a loud emergency siren resound in the
air.
Its sound resembled that of a code-red siren back in his world.
But here, Amon knew what the siren meant.
Probably.
And...
He turned to look back from the branch of the tree, findingrge gray clouds approaching in
the distance with a storm of snow that was swirling and whirring, devouring everything in its
path.
The first 30 minutes of the challenge had officially passed.
Which meant that.
The Blizzard...
It had started to close in.