day1
"What is this?" Leon muttered as he stared at the blue window. He looked up, wondering if everyone else could see it.
Connor glanced at Leon, noticing his confusion.
"It seems like some kind of status window. It displays skills, stats, and more," Connor explained.
"Status window ?
"Yeah, it's just like in a game, but I don't understand what 'Embodiment' means."
A quiet laugh escaped Vox.
"Hehe... no, I can't laugh just yet must hold it in
Connor and Leon gave him strange looks.
"Yeah, I think it's best we leave that guy alone. Let's check the surroundings," Connor suggested.
Leon nodded in agreement.
In the middle of the grassy field stood a three-story building. It looked fairly normal at first glance, with a ground floor featuring see-through mirrors revealing a gym inside.
As the group of six entered the building, a blast of cold air hit them. The electricity was still running, the AC hummed softly, and cheesy music played faintly in the background. The gym seemed pristine, as if it had just been built. All the equipment looked brand new.
"This is amazing! Even the high-end gyms aren't this clean or spacious," Ayame said with a joyful smile.
Connor looked around curiously.
"How is this place so big inside? It doesn't even make sense."
"I'm not even gonna question it anymore Lamia remarked dryly.
The group began exploring, testing out the equipment.
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Nia discovered a staircase leading to the upper floor. Curious, she went up and found a room. As soon as she opened the door, a wave of hot steam greeted her. She quickly went back downstairs and shouted,
"Guys, there's a bath up there!"
Everyone turned to her with serious expressions.
"A bath, you say?"
They hurried upstairs to see it for themselves. The spacious bath was everything anyone could wish for—the sound of hot water pouring into the tub, the relaxing steam, and the pleasant smell of high-quality conditioner and hair products. Everyone was practically drooling at the sight.
As Leon, Connor, and Vox tried to enter the bath, Lamia stopped them.
"Now, now. Don't you know the saying? Women go first."
Connor raised an eyebrow.
"Wow. Equality, am I right?"
Lamia tugged at his shirt and said in a quiet voice,
"Can't we go first?"
Connor blushed slightly, looking away to hide it.
"Okay, okay! You can get in first. Geez."
"Folded, as always," Vox remarked with a smirk.
"Are those two, like... you know?" Leon whispered.
Vox glanced at them as if remembering something.
"No, they're not in *that* kind of relationship. You know, before coming here, Lamia was always sick. It makes me happy that we got here befo—" He cut himself off, looking away.
"Nah, never mind that. Let's go see what's upstairs," he said, walking ahead.
Leon watched Vox's back as they climbed the stairs, thinking to himself, *What's with the sudden mood shift? He was giving off such a carefree vibe before.*
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At the top of the stairs, two doors stood side by side. Vox scratched his head.
"This is interesting. Leon, you take the left door, and I'll take the right one. Let's open them at the same time."
Leon nodded, gripping the handle of his door.
"Alright. I'll count to three. One... two... three!"
They opened their doors simultaneously.
he was faced with a room filled with beds and snacks but What struck him as odd was that, despite another room being beside it, the space inside seemed much larger than it should have been.
Leon stepped out and called to Vox.
"Did you see that?"
The room Vox was in wasn't any different from Leon's.
"Yeah, yeah, I saw it," Vox replied.
"How is that even possible?" Leon asked, bewildered.
Footsteps echoed behind them.
"That's a small dimension—or a pocket dimension," Connor explained.
"A pocket dimension?" Leon echoed, still confused.
Connor elaborated, " you know who There are many dimensions.like 1D 2D 3D 4D and etc If you want to store something inside a higher dimension, you'd need an incomprehensible amount of mana."
With a worried expression, Connor added,
"But considering this size... just how powerful is the being that created all of this and brought us here?"
Vox tilted his head.
"And how do *you* know that?"
"Too much experience with manga and games," Connor admitted.
Vox stared at him, dumbfounded.
"Then you're an even bigger loser than I am."
"Do you wanna get beaten up?" Connor shot back.
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Everyone eventually enjoyed a bath, then regrouped in one of the rooms.
the room full of laughter light teasing
Vox grabbed snack as he was eating he said
' so what is your skills guys I will start first my skill is ( bones manipulation) it sounds sick
Connor opening a pack of chips
' damn man but it's not as cool as ( the devil tongue)
Lame said play with her hair
' I have the ( skin of the demon queen) as skill
Connor choke at the chips
' (cough) damn you really got lucky (cough)
Ayame gave water to Connor to drink
Said
' damn it how came I didn't get lucky I got ( thread of illusion)
Nia petted her back comforting her
' it's okay you're luck is not bad you have a unique skill
' what is your skills by the way lame enquired
' it's (gravity manipulation) it not bad
Ayame looked at her before shaking her ' Not Bad You Say
Nia tried shifting the attention from her said
' what about you Leon what is your skill
He passed for a moment and then said
' (soul devour)
Vox bit on his t-shirts
' agh it should of been me not him it's not fair this skill sound so cool man
After that we made a meeting to discuss
Leon said
'after 1 week the individual battle was start what should we do until then
The room fell silent as they remember what Reilly said to them the air became heavy as the feeling of helplessness from the situation
Nia though she has a mature attitude looking at her now as she is nervous and afraid what to come
Ayame laying down mumbled
'I wanna go home
Vox notice how anxious and afraid they are
' hey come on thinking about like that wouldn't solve it
Lamia her head lowerd spoke up
' even so we might have to kill people 'she started to shake ' the thought of that scares me
Connor glanced at her with unreadable expression and pet her hair
' what ever happened you guys must stay alive at any cost even if you had to kill for it
He glance at Lamia again and said with a smug
Don't you dare die you rat
She Punched him in the stomach
'(agh) what was that for
She spoke still lowering her head
' you too monkey don't you dare die
Vox intruder
We still have no answer to what should we do
Leon answer immediately
' prepare.. that is the only thing that we can do right now