Assault Game!

Experience Hell!

( There's a difference between saying can't and won't.

' Can't' look of someone in distress, someone with the world on his shoulders. Someone like a hero fighting the great demon lord of injustice or corruption. Someone with a family to provide for, someone with a wish, a dream to fulfill...

I was not that person. I don't want to die because I don't want to give in)

“AHHHH!!!”.

Not sure who started first, but soon enough, everyone had skipped far from Dorian, —far enough to plate themselves to the walls of the classroom while touching here and there for the door...

“On my count, am going to blast every single person still bawling when I reach 5! .... 1-2 -3 -4 -5!"

"....."

Everyone dropped back to their seats...

.

“Great, isn't it perfect that we are all civil, eh? Now, if you have any question, any question at all, feel free to ask"

“.....”

The frightened 'class' could hear Dorian's frustrated growl, which unfortunately did nothing to soothe their minds.

“We are running out of time, we should do this later when the conditions are right.

Moving on... This glorious incorporate is the type that wants only the best— and my division— the best of the best.

Bear in mind that you can do the same thing as I did, and even more— I mean having Super Powers that can win against your fictional superheroes. You can fly, live forever, lift mountains! Tame Seas!"

“H-how can we get these, Powers!?”

“Oho? Very simple. To unlock your Potential, and be granted these radical, groundbreaking abilities, you need to pass a test. Just one.”

'Ooooh!'

'WWooo!'

Gasps filled with anticipation, and determination chimed in the room.

“What is the test, when do we start?"

Dorian, with his face hidden underneath the Smiling Boar Mask, smiled evilly; while also anticipating the classic 'fun scene' he would spectate.

“Great, now for the Test,

Run towards the Main Hall before 30 minutes to get more debriefing.—”

People, “Just that?”

Dorian, “—While escaping from my Pets...”

“Ahhhh!!! T-these Monsters!”

Right, seeing the same barbaric Meat-Eating 'men' that brutally murdered them, they finally recalled what Dorian said before.

'We are Dead!'

“The time starts now.”

.

A pocket watch swirled softly in Dorian's hand, but no one was listening, even without that reminder, they had all lunged towards the new opening that should be the hidden door.

“Gosh! I love this part of the Game!"

A huge grin on Dorian's face was hidden under his smiling mask. But the anticipation in his eyes could not be tamed at all,

‘Cry, Scream, Yell, curse... Only then would your true nature appear. Fight, or Flight, or static... I'll be scraping off the helpless soon. Well, no one can stop me. Hahaha!!”

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[ KIRAGI POV ]

It was chaos at the juncture forward. No one wanted to be behind, no one wanted to bare his neck to be cut in such a gruesome way. .

But even if they felt that way, they could only hope the devils don't make a run at them... Their strength alone would not be enough to put a scratch on those monsters at all.

The Man-eating monsters moved haphazardly, and in an unpredictable way.

At times they would leap up and pummel those underneath them— and they did jump high, at least 8 meters.

At times the monsters would stay immobile for some seconds... Observant people would later find out they did this every time they made a kill.

But the ones who had it bad were those at the back. Women, Children...

From the corner of my eyes, I saw one person ruefully kicked out, although these ‘things’ had almost the same build as an adult male, only a bit bigger, they had unspoken strength and speed too. With that Kick, the person made a grunt, flew some meters out, and his eyes rolled into his skull... Whether he was dead remained unknown, but it was most possible.

‘Is, That, Wayne Ischariot?’

I did not stop. My build was on the lean side, lanky and a bit short for my age, but that was what sustained my life at this moment.

From the start of the race, it hasn't been up to 3 minutes, but the numbers that dropped behind and in front were staggering.

I heard a growl behind me and ducked immediately. My futile attempt did buy me a few seconds, which I used to grab a meat shield.

“You fucker!!! I-I'll f*****g kill you—”

*Bash!!*

The woman I grabbed looked like a beauty, a rich one at that... , but it didn't matter now, She had screamed curses at me before one of the Man-eaters slammed its hand on her face— which caved in with that blow.

I would've cared before, but in the end, am only human. My heart races as I verve for an escape route, but in my sprint, I hit something and was forcefully pushed back...

No, someone did me in... It was a bulky man with no eyebrows. In that short span of time, I could make out that he was in the Army, because of his military camouflage trousers. He smirked at me, before skipping away,

*Roooaaarrr!! *

‘f*****g Karma!!!’

I understood that the man used me as a shield to buy him time, enough to create a wide gap between him and the Man-eating monsters. I knew that, because I had just done the same thing, but it doesn't stop my heart from turning cold... I swore I'll gut the man when I see him next, but I have to somehow escape alive from this perilous situation.

“f**k You Piece of s**t!!”

At the zenith of the summit, just before I was kicked off to god-knows-where, or if I'll even survive,

Time stopped for both Man and Monster...

No, it moved so slow I could look at the beast's leg collapsing in suspension, and still make physical calculations... about the monster's current momentum, and the best simulation I could use.

And then I ducked under the outstretched leg of the monster, though painfully slow, at least faster than the monster, When I ducked, I was only a hair's breadth away from its leg, I felt a pain racking my brains and almost lost consciousness...

*—Rooaarr!!*

With that, time moved... or sped up fast to me. The Monster gave an infuriated howl to probably signal its 'brothers' but I had but my lips to remain serene as I gave my legs all the energy I could muster.

Either I was somehow marked, or the Monsters were just stupid freaks that held some grudges. When I leaked a sigh of relief from escaping out of that near-death experience with all my limbs intact, Those towering figures became incensed and bashed their chest like gorillas... before they came leaping to me.

‘I won't die! I won't ’ There's a difference between saying can't and won't.

' Can't' look of someone in distress, someone with the world on his shoulders. Someone like a hero fighting the great demon lord of injustice or corruption. Someone with a family to provide for, someone with a wish, a dream to fulfill...

I was not that person. I don't want to die because I don't want to give in... Not because I can't, no... I can just close my eyes and call it a day,

But I won't!! I won't.

I won't give in!

So with ragged breaths, and softly cursing the P.E teachers through the years for not explaining anything that could sit, I run as fast as my legs could carry and lowered my head a bit to pierce through the air resistance, my hands were weirdly placed at my far back.

I know it was foolish to copy the way those flashy ninjas run in cartoons, but that was the only thing that appeared in my brain. I dash even faster.

I tried everything I know from watching sprinters. I basically skip out with outstretched legs like a cheetah... or a chicken.

“The Sanctuary!!”

I say that because a tall church-like building appears in front of me, and written in opaque letters, was the word The Sanctuary, on the doorpost.

I see people enter inside and make a sigh of relief... I see that military man, his eyes showed confidence in his abilities... He then turns to spectate at the remaining ‘weaklings’ Which were us running behind. Although his eyes were shocked when they passed by me, he quickly hid it and made a sneer.

‘I want to kill someone!! At least give me that chance!!”

I was on my last leg, but only a few steps were left to complete my pilgrimage... I was almost there.

*Groowwwll!!*

‘Damn it! I forgot they could leap that high, am doomed... Īe!! [1] I won't give in!’

“f**k You!!”

And I still recklessly charge in, hoping that my near-death experience would trigger another time stop ability that would help me... Because I was out of options, desperately so

It didn't.

[ Been/Will be throwing in some foreign words to better spice things. I'll give an explanation for these, idioms, and whatever in the future too... Just not always.

Īe! Original Japanese word, いいえ means No. Visualize it in a desperate way.]