Chapter 44: Chapter 44: The disaster begins
It had been a week since the teachers announced the midterm exam to all the students in Lucifer's year. And today was the day they set off.
Unlike usual, Lucifer didn't go to the gym today because he wanted his body to be in the best condition. And it seemed like Adam, Hikaru, and Lucian had the same thoughts as him.
Lucifer prepared the necessary survival items including a tent, a matchbox, some canned food, his weapons, and a few other things.
In this world, there was an extremely convenient invention called "Cube". It was a small cube and could hold a lot of things inside without increasing in size or weight. Thanks to that, Lucifer didn't need to carry heavy luggage.
After preparing everything, he quickly went down to the cafeteria, and Lucifer met his teammates there chatting with each other.
Since today was Lucifer's last day at school, he deliberately ate as much food as he could in the cafeteria. After all, the food in the cafeteria was unlimited and completely free, like a buffet.
A few hours later, all the students were gathered in the courtyard to use the teleportation gate to get to the island.
Suddenly, an announcement was made:
"I have to tell you this, but the location you will be teleported to will be completely random, so you will have to find your own members! Good luck!"
After that, the entire schoolyard suddenly became more rowdy. The other students were all very upset, including Lucifer. He didn't remember writing this in the novel.
But no matter how upset they were, the truth was that they would still be separated.
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The students passed through the teleportation gate one by one and disappeared right after. Now it was Lucifer's group's turn.
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"Good luck! I'll go find everyone!" Adam said before disappearing completely after passing through the portal.
Next were Chaewon, Hikaru, Lucian, Sierra, and finally Lucifer. Before entering, Lucifer turned his head to look at Atlas Academy one last time since he wouldn't be back for a while.
'Goodbye.'
Lucifer entered the portal.
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When he opened his eyes, he realized that he was in some kind of forest. There was no sound, no talking, or footprints around. It seemed that there were no humans or monsters around his location.
'That's understandable, it's morning now.'
Suddenly, Lucifer heard the sound of running water not far from where he was. Without hesitation, Lucifer rushed towards the source of the sound.
In front of him was a clear stream, so clear that Lucifer could see a few fish swimming around below. Although he was reluctant to leave this stream, Lucifer still had to go find his teammates.
Since this forest had a lot of trees, it meant that there was a lot of shade. This was also the ideal condition for Lucifer to use Shadow Movement.
Lucifer immediately merged into the shade of a nearby tree and started moving aimlessly to look for his teammates.
Although Lucifer knew that this forest was very large, he did not expect it to be this massive. Even though he had been moving for 10 minutes, all Lucifer could see were a few animals eating grass.
He did not encounter any humans in this forest. This was very strange because there were about 300 people participating in this exam like him. Or perhaps they had gathered together in a group.
Since the Shadow Movement time had expired, Lucifer had returned to his normal state.
He just hoped that he wouldn't encounter any monsters while he couldn't use his Ability.
Life wasn't like a dream, right after that, Lucifer heard heavy footsteps from behind. He thought it was a human but no, it was a monster.
This monster had red and rough skin, and on its back there were even a few sharp spikes growing from its spine. It had a long head with sharp teeth and claws but no eyes.
The monster was crawling towards Lucifer at the speed of a car.
'Damn it...'
The monster was getting closer and closer to him but Lucifer still didn't know what to do. His Shadow Movement was on cooldown while Lucifer guessed that the monster must be at least Giant level.
Now, he could only completely depend on himself. Just as the monster was only 2 meters away from Lucifer, he suddenly jumped to the side causing the monster to crash into the trees in front.
Of course, that wasn't enough to kill the monster but at least it would be stunned for a bit.
Taking advantage of that opportunity, Lucifer aimed a bullet at the monster, he didn't want to waste any more time, Lucifer needed to go find Adam and the others immediately.
But unfortunately, the bullet pierced through the monster but it was still alive, it seemed like that wasn't enough to kill the monster.
'Damn it! I wasted a bullet.'
The monster roared, its roar echoing throughout the silent forest. Then, it shot the thorns growing on its back at Lucifer.
The speed of these thorns could be said to be on par with Lucifer's bullets, so he quickly hid behind a tree, but a few thorns had already pierced Lucifer's body.
Although it hurt, it was nothing compared to what Lucifer had experienced 2 years ago.
After shooting the first round of thorns, the monster continued to charge towards Lucifer.
'Damn it! Can't you let me rest for a bit?'
Lucifer ran around many trees to lose the monster, but strangely enough, the monster also ran around the trees just like him. It could have just run straight, but it chose to go around the trees instead. More like it was following Lucifer's pathway.
'Wait...'
An idea suddenly flashed through Lucifer's mind. He had noticed that the monster was only following Lucifer's blood trails on the ground.
'Could this monster be able to locate itself through my blood?'
This hypothesis was possible because it explained why the monster had no eyes but could still follow Lucifer and that it could also run around the trees exactly like Lucifer.
But even if he had recognized the monster's characteristics, Lucifer still couldn't do anything because he was still being chased very closely.
With no other choice, Lucifer took out his short sword and slashed his hand, which caused even more blood to flow out.
Lucifer quickly climbed a nearby tree and let as much of his blood fall to the ground as possible.
As expected, the monster followed Lucifer all the way to Lucifer's tree but it couldn't find him. All it found was a small pool of blood. It seemed that Lucifer's scent was overwhelmed by the scent of the blood below.
Immediately, Lucifer dove down from the tree branch. He clung to the monster and took out his short sword and stabbed it repeatedly into the wound from his bullet earlier on the monster's body.
"Die, you piece of shit!"
The monster screamed in pain. It tried to push him down but failed. It also couldn't shoot out the thorns like before because they hadn't grown back.
Lucifer's blood and the monster's blood mixed together and flowed to the ground. This seemed to be the end of this monster.
[You have received 10 Experiences from killing a Giant-level monster.]