Chapter 85 The Hunter’s Island 1

Chapter 85 The Hunter’s Island 1

This scenario is based on ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ by Richard Connell, and the adaptation has some similar details. It’s not coincident.

"Welcome to Thriller Paradise." A low tone male voice greeted them.

[Loading completed. You are playing Multiplayer Survival Mode (Normal).]

[This mode offers an explanation of the plot. There are chances of Side/[Hidden Quests], together with special Worldview.]

[Rewards for completing the scenario: 50% EXP required to level up when calculating for rewards.]

[Plot’s introduction is about to play. After the introduction, the game will start immediately.]

The GC introduction started. The light in the picture was really dark this time. Moreover, the screen looked a little bit bobbed as Feng Bu Jue could hear the sound of water flowing and the noise of the engine, which indicated that this happened on a ship.

The narrator of the system arose right on schedule.

"It is a hot, humid night in a tropical region and you are submerged in the warmth of the dark."

"You are a top hunter. With your sensitive senses, through the velvet darkness, you soon find an island on the right of your ship."

"The captain tells you that, according to his map, this place is called ‘the Ship Pitfall’. The sailors have given this place that name shows that they are afraid of the place too much it has become a superstition."

[Once there’s a superstitious sailor, it could expand to the entire ship. And a ship filled with tense-nervous members will soon encounter trouble.]

[Your ship is wrecked. You are trying your best to swim to that island in the dark. Although you are as lonely as a small, helpless ship in the vast sea, you have put forth your effort to climb up the rocky coast. When you come out from the water, a rough cliff emerges from the dark. You are trying to climb up even though your skin is worn out. With your last beam of strength, you’ve reached a flat area on the cliff. A dense jungle has spread to the edge of the cliff. You have no more strength to explore it as you can only drop yourself on the ground and sleep."

"When you open your eyes again, from the direction of the sun, you know it’s already afternoon. At the boundary of the jungle, you can see many footprints. You follow those footprints through the forest to the center of the island to see a castle built on the cliff."

Feng Bu Jue looked at their logo. It was a white cloud with the words ‘Martial World’ embroidered on it. This was certainly a union with a studio background. Feng Bu Jue remembered that the Marital World Union had occupied a small place on both Overall Competence and Combative Competence Lists, ranked #17 and #11 respectively.

However, Feng Bu Jue assumed that these two players weren’t professional gamers from the studio, but the ordinary players recruited to expand the number of the Union’s members.

If they were the staff of the studio, they wouldn’t be at level 15 like that. And, if they were the staff of the studio entering the game at Open Beta, with the items and lessons learned from the previous stage, their titles wouldn’t be a mess like that.

Quite the contrary, Not Afraid’s title [Peekaboo] had given Feng Bu Jue suspicions. The Martial World Union’s rank was out of the top ten in the lists. A normal player, when reading the lists, it wasn’t bad that they could remember five or six names there. The majority of players, generally, had been impressed only by the top three unions.

So, there were three explanations for her deed...

First, she was a professional player. Second, she had a good memory. Third, she actually didn’t know the Martial World Union was on both of the lists. One minute ago, she didn’t even know what the heck was the Martial World. Then she saw their badges and pretended that she had admired them, telling them they were ‘famous’ and stuff.

Those thoughts quickly flickered across Feng Bu Jue’s mind. With the title [Peekaboo], Feng Bu Jue had spent three seconds to come up to a conclusion. He immediately came near Like Rain and used a low tone only them could hear to speak to her, "When we have a chance, we will split up from the three of them. In fact, I want to stay away from that [Not Afraid]."

Like Rain glared at Feng Bu Jue but she didn’t ask anything. She chose to trust him unconditionally.

"Alright," she answered with a low tone. The two of them was carrying their convo in silence as they kept their face still and their lips didn’t even move. Anyway, the other three didn’t pay attention to them.

In the next minutes, Not Afraid had been using her admiral countenance to look at those two members of the union and said a lot of nice words. One Sword and One Saber started to feel elated. In fact, they had just joined the union this morning as the small characters of the bottom echelon of the union. They weren’t the Martial World Studio’s staff. Under the effects of the flattering words by a beauty, those two felt their confidence boosted. They thought, although I can’t be compared with the professional players in the union, I’m much better than that fellow called ‘Unidentified Mental Disorder’ (Feng Bu Jue). That guy can’t even afford a costume, so miserable. No wonder no union wants him.

This is the subtle feature of human mind. In a small group, especially when there are opposite sexes to be attracted, the instinct drives humans to compare the weak points or the overall competence of other people to their individual selves just to feel that they are superior. In fact, it is just the safe feeling of one to comfort himself, just like talking to oneself that at least I’m not the worst.

Minutes later, an NPC appeared, indicating that their time had come and the plot was about to play.

Squeaky noises slightly echoed when the gate of the castle opened. A lit way emerged from the dark.

In the dazzling light, a tall man holding a revolver slowly approached.

This burly man had a waist-length black beard and a great image which was very impressive.

The weapon in his hands, no doubt that it was to make people more cautious.