Chapter 10: Purgatory
I stared at the watch on my hand, processing everything the principal had said. Honestly, it didn’t matter if I was the first or last to enter the dungeon; it was just an insignificant detail.
The principal was then handed a small glowing orb. He crushed the orb, and then...
BOOM!
A spiraling mass of blue energy erupted, and a surge of mana wafted through the air. The whole auditorium felt like it was shaking, just like the night the dungeon opened up outside my apartment building.
"You will enter the dungeon in the order you were given. The student assigned number 1, please enter."
I got up from my seat and approached the stage. I could feel the other students’ eyes peering at me, but I paid them no mind. When I reached the stage, the principal gave me a nod, and I proceeded to enter through the gate.
As I stepped through, all I could see was a blinding blue light until, somehow, I was standing on a sandy shore. To my back was the ocean, and in front of me was a lush green forest.
Without a second thought, I headed into the forest. This was a dungeon, after all. The smart thing to do was to acquire some skill points. As I neared the trees, I pulled out the middle finger. I noticed the vegetation seemed almost tropical for some reason.
I kept my eyes locked on my surroundings as I walked. So far, I hadn’t seen any signs of life—not even a bird or bugs. This made the principal’s words even more meaningful. If there were no animals to hunt, that meant our only source of food would be the supply drop.
And you couldn’t even tough it out either since your vitals would drop, and you would be eliminated. They were purposefully instigating a fight between the applicants. Monsters weren’t the only things to worry abou—
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