The Place Where Everything Begins

A short while later...

'Finally, found one...'

After walking for three minutes straight, Jeremy only found one wolf, which seemed to be napping soundly in midday.

When the black-cloaked Jeremy spotted the sleeping wolf, he didn't stop his tracks at all as he continued treading towards the unaware wolf.

*Scrunch*

*Scrunch*

The closer he got to the wolf, the sounds from his footsteps seemed to be getting louder also...

Louder within the napping wolf's ears...

*Twitch*

*Twitch*

Suddenly, the wolf's two long ears twitched slightly as if detecting something...

With no further delay, the drowsy wolf jerked its head up swiftly, trying to find the sound's source.

Predictably, the alarming wolf spotted the incoming tall black being...

"Grurr!!"

It then growled towards the black being threateningly, but obviously to no avail as the being was still treading towards it.

With no other choice, for there was no word such as 'escape' within its head at all. The angry wolf dashed in the direction of Jeremy as fast as it could.

"Wolf!!"

After reaching an optimum distance for pouncing, the wolf did it without any hesitation...

However...

Jeremy, who had already been anticipating such a same old method from the wolf, thrust his sharp spear blade forward while doing a left sidestep to avoid the wolf's momentum.

Regarding the wolf in mid-air, when it suddenly saw such a long and sharp object coming at it with such a speed, it could only change its posture slightly, trying to avoid the deadly attack.

But that was futile...

In the first place, Jeremy only aimed at the side of its body, attempting not to thrust at the vital area. However, the pathetic wolf's sudden change in posture, instead of helping it survive, only made it for the worst.

That's also when the wolf's entire life's memories came into its mind at light speed...

The life from when it suddenly woke up seventeen hours ago in this snowy forest with an invisible barrier preventing it from going out.

The life of which it had no memory prior to waking up at all, as the only 'program' within its head was to kill anyone who came close to it.

The life of which it had to listen to the commands from the unfamiliar beta wolves from the unfamiliar pack with no disobedience allowed.

Everything since seventeen hours ago flashed past its mind within a split second...

*Puchi*

The spear blade pierced through its neck mercilessly...

"Arff..."

With its last word coming out naturally of its long, agape mouth, the pitiful wolf whose real purpose of life remained unclear finally died...

The moment it came to life was when Jeremy entered this place...

The moment it lost its life was when Jeremy entered its territory...

The miserable wolf's short life of seventeen hours ended here...

Meanwhile, the wolf's killer, Jeremy, didn't even feel a thing from ending the piteous wolf's life, whereas he felt surprised instead,

"What? Hmm..."

...

[You have received 5,000 SP for activating the hidden piece]

[You, the Ladias wolves' slaughterer, has finally triggered the wrath of the great Ladias tribe's leader]

[Thus, he decides to send his close aide to take revenge instead of his busy own self]

[You have 10 minutes to find the exit before the revenger comes to claim your life]

[Good luck]

...

After seeing the notifications claiming about the revenge thingy, Jeremy went speechless for a whole ten seconds...

'It appears that this trial also has a hidden mission. Then the hard-difficulty trial should also be the same.'

'Fight or flee?'

'Fight or flee?'

Well, the answer was clear as day, Jeremy was never going to leave such a future great reward...

'Considering that the tribe leader should be that halfling, so his close aide should be weaker than him. For that is common sense...'

Upon thinking up till here, Jeremy's face twitched slightly, as he knew that common senses couldn't be used with the designer of this place.

'Damn, cupid.'

Thus, Jeremy used this chance to curse the ignorant cupid whom had designed this trial half-heartedly.

Wasn't the next trial even more ridiculous then?

'Whatever...'

After he finished all his thoughts and decided his following courses of action, Jeremy ran back swiftly in the direction where he came from, whereas he would look for the 'marks' he had scratched on the trees from time to time.

...

Seven minutes later...

In front of the brick house's door...

*Fwuuu...*

Having let out a long breath after running at full speed for eight minutes straight, Jeremy thought to himself relievedly,

'I made it in time...'

The reason why Jeremy was so hurry was that he wanted to... piss.

As Jeremy didn't want to place the toilet in the middle of nowhere inside this forest, he could only come here, at the brick house, to set up the toilet.

Without any delay, he brought out a rectangular object with a green button situated in the middle out of the left glove. Then he placed it on the ground and pressed the green button lightly.

Some seconds later, a green public toilet set itself up from the ground...

Then Jeremy hurriedly went inside, for he only had some two odd minutes left before the so-called close aide of the great Ladias tribe's leader came to take revenge.

Two minutes later...

Currently, our great 'warrior', Jeremy, was standing right in front of the brick house, awaiting the arrival of the so-called avenger of the great Ladias tribe.

He wasn't sure that he could win the incoming enemy with his current 'physical' prowess or not, but he would give it a shot.

'If worse comes to worst, I will either kill it with my arsenal of spells or escape back into the tutorial chamber.'

With those determinations in mind, Jeremy adjusted his breathing, preparing himself to the fullest before the bloody fight against the so-called revenger of the Ladias tribe.

Time flew by...

5...

4...

3...

2...

1...

...

[The countdown had ended, you are recommended to find the exit as soon as possible]

[The close aide of the great Ladias tribe's leader is coming for you now]

...

When the countdown ended, Jeremy, who stood in front of the brick house, opened his two blue eyes slowly...

*Fwuuu...*

Jeremy settled his mind down to the lowest degree, preparing for the tough battle. Then he thought wonderingly,

'Where will it come from? My starting point? Sky? Outside the barrier?'

With those thoughts coming into his mind one by one, Jeremy turned his head towards the winter forest and bright sky...

'Or none of those? Then...'

*Creaks*

'Don't fucking tell me!!'

*Bam!*

"Fuck!!"

Upon hearing the door-closing sounds coming from behind him, Jeremy cursed aloud and sprinted forward as fast as he could, away from the house.

Meanwhile, his common sense was in disarray again,

'It said that I had to find the exit as soon as possible, but the hidden boss is fucking hiding behind the exit itself. Ah, damned cupid.'

While having thought of such an absurd notion, Jeremy's feet never stopped even a single second.

Several seconds later, when Jeremy thought he was at a safe distance, he turned his head back to see how the hidden boss looked like.

However...

*Whoosh*

The wind sound generated from an object coming towards Jeremy swiftly...