Chapter 1 Is it okay to be selfish?
Through a door that disappeared as soon as it appeared, 5 figures appeared, one of those figures was him, who had died an already countless number of times, who was already fed up with this, who couldn't die even if he wanted to, who was forced to continue, he who forgave, betrayed, saved, killed and who was destined to bear the weight of his decisions, he who was a returner, immediately and as was customary when they stepped foot in the place, the system was responsible for notifying them of the challenge that lay ahead. they had to comply.
[challenge: for some reason the demon race and the angel race want to destroy the statue of the nephalem, for 10 hours protect the statue and prevent its destruction
Time: 10 hours Penalty: Death
Reward: ??]
The returnee analyzed the challenge first, consequently, he looked at the statue he had to protect, the statue combined the race of angels with that of demons, this statue seemed to be the center of the great division of 2 quite different terrains, one completely full of vegetation, for its counterpart next to it one full of infertility, after finishing observing the landscape I went on to observe the enemies that were approaching in the distance.
Upon completing his analysis that lasted less than 1 second he began to organize and order his companions "Monti use your terraforming ability to leave only four entrances to the statue and create a high place for me" Monti immediately followed the order, after Monti finished terraforming the land, he returned and gave his next order: "Leo, Monti, Tiffany and Elena, you will be in charge of covering the entrances, I will stay in the high place, taking charge of killing the enemies that fly and if necessary, help any of them." you" just as he said, each one took a position, Monti the squire stayed in the north, Leo the sacred swordsman in the east, Tiffany the healer in the west, Elena the spearwoman in the south and the returnee in the center on a stone pillar that reached the height of the walls created by Monti, the returnee, thanks to his martial skills along with his magic, could kill and shoot down flying enemies. Each of them brandished his weapon as if his life depended on it and in reality it did, any mistake would lead to certain death. Much of the battle they kept the enemies under control, really at the beginning the enemies were not very strong, but since they did not stop arriving and the number was immense, the prolonged battle was not beneficial for them, with each passing minute it became more difficult The fight, both mental and muscular fatigue, was winning over them. Luckily in this place there are potions that allow them to heal and regain strength, however the potions are not infinite and at some point they would run out.
After 49 minutes of the start of the battle the problems began, as time went by the enemies that appeared became increasingly stronger and little by little the group began to report that they were running out of potions, from the pillar the returnee began to examine the situation and think of something before inevitably one of his companions died, at the end of time there will be a boss? Should he use that?I see in his inventory 2 golden potions. He clenched his teeth just thinking about it. Is there no other way? He quickly denied the idea and ordered his companions, "THE SOLO FIGHT IS OVER, WE WILL FIGHT AS A GROUP, GET EACH OTHER!" He returned under the pillar and together with his companions who had already arrived at their position, they fought, protecting each other against the enemies, the synergy of the returnee with his team was impressive but especially with 2, Elena and Leo, he knew them almost 100 % surely knew them better than himself, that was because they are always with him in each regression which is not the case with Tiffany and Monti, which is his first regression with them, the marks of the battle were visible, each One of them had their armor destroyed, the cuts accumulated their own blood and that of their defeated enemies impregnated them, luckily time was up.
[Congratulations, you have completed the main challenge.
challenge completed Time: 10 hours
Reward: 5000 gold, recovery crystal, full recovery potion, food ration x30, water x30, book of perception, mystery box]
They completed the challenge, however, the enemies did not disappear "TAKE THE REWARD POTION AND LET'S FINISH THE REMAINING ENEMIES, KEEP TAKING CARE OF THE STATUE IT COULD BE A HIDDEN SCENE!" Following their leader's order, they took the potion that completely healed them and restored their energy. After a couple of minutes and finishing off the last enemy they saw, they sat on the ground to rest among all the corpses. Finally, they could rest, with a sigh of tiredness and resignation Elena spoke "another door appeared, it doesn't look different from the others, I suppose we will have to continue with the challenges" the group looked at the 2 doors that appeared when the challenge ended, one would take them to their base. and the other to the next challenge, the door that took them to their home so to speak was easy to discover since above it was the number 1, however the other one either had a name or had nothing at the top, Monti spoke with intrigue "Boss, what do we do, do we go back to rest or investigate the room?" "After a week when we found our armor restored and got some potions," the group accepted his words and got up to leave. On their way to the door to return to their base the sound of an explosion came from behind them, at the same time both doors disappeared in surprise and on guard they turned in the direction of the explosion, the statue was broken "Hahahahahaha" a demon who was missing one arm laughed out loud
[hidden challenge: survive the nephalem
Duration:--
Reward: ???]
The demon's curl did not last long, from the pieces of the statue the nephalem appeared immediately when it appeared, with one punch it burst the demon's head, it quickly headed towards the group with the intention of killing each one, although weakened it could not be They were easily defeated and attacked without hesitation, Tiffani gave the group a buff to increase their strength and speed, the nephalem was incredibly skilled, managing to dodge and deflect the attacks of the 5, while counterattacking effectively, with one kick he sent Monti flying in one fell swoop. With a punch he left Tiffany buried in the ground, with a kick to the knee he broke Elena's leg and quickly with a sword made of divinity and demonhood he pierced Elena's heart, Leo with a scream of fury pounced on the nephalem, The returnee quickly accompanied the attack, trying to get the nephalem as far away as possible from Elena's corpse. "TIFFANI!" Tiffany, who was pulling out her head that had been buried in the ground, shouted "Lose!", knowing what Monti would say, who had Having been thrown several meters, he shouted "I PROTECT HER!" The group already knew what to do in the event that someone died. As Tiffani was a high-grade healer, she could revive a person every so often. The process had to be done quickly or there was a risk that the existence of the group would be destroyed. person left her body, since in the process Tiffani was left vulnerable, one of them had to protect her since Monti was the closest to her at that moment, he would stay by her side in the process, on the side of the returnee and Leo they would continue struggling. The fight was already lost, the nephalem far surpassed them in skill. Seeing this, the returnee took out the golden potion from his inventory and drank it without thinking. The blood began to boil and the pain came, as did the terrible consequences. that the potion could bring incredible strength to him, thanks to that they were now fighting almost on par with the nephalem, impressed Leo asked "What did you drink? Give me one too to kill him once and for all!" "No, if I give you this potion you probably won't survive, even I don't know if I will survive!" "What does it matter now if you don't give it to me we will all die, but if you give it to me finally they will survive!"
The returnee gave him the potion, he already knew what his friend would say, many situations like this had already happened, in most of them he died, in others Leo died and on very few occasions the two survived, Leo without hesitation took the potion, with both brimming with power began to have an advantage in the fight even with the increase in strength, speed and perception the nephalem was still a formidable enemy, after a long battle they were finally able to kill him, there was no time to rejoice as the regressor immediately fell to the ground. ground, they could barely kill the nephalem and the negative effects of the potion began to fall on him, the body betrayed him, the senses began to fade, he knew what it was, he experienced it many times in the past, he would die, once But his time had come, he would have to repeat everything again, he hoped that this would be the last time but it seems that is not the case, however he was a little happy to see that his friend could still move, between the blur of his vision he could See, he was crying while he was telling him something, although it was useless he couldn't hear him anymore, however Leo picked him up and started running with him on his back, he didn't know where he was taking him and in a moment, everything went black, He thought he had already died but the system's voice surprised him
[congratulations, you have found a bonus door, this room is personal, everyone will have their own space, do not worry about your partner, your life is in a critical state as long as you remain in this room you will not die.
The room has given you a proposal, accept any or none
Surrender skill return or heal completely]
He visited this room once before a long time ago, in one of his first setbacks, that time the proposal was to hand over the return skill and obtain 3 other skills of his choice, at that time he thought "what a damn crazy man would hand over this skill" However, now he only regretted the decision, he looked with emotion at the opportunity to finally die, he did not want to continue fighting, he was already tired of seeing his friends and loved ones die, he was already tired of not being able to return home, although at this moment It seemed useless to him to return, with the passage of time he had already forgotten his family and friends, however he still did not want to leave his friends behind in this regression, he wanted to help them get out of here, he had the opportunity to heal and come back stronger than Never, but if he failed, would this opportunity return? Is he allowed to be so selfish? He had an ability with which he could help others to get out of this damned place one day, but... he was already tired, After a long time he decided.
"I want to give my ability"
[Do you wish to give something to the future wielder of the ability?]
"Give something? Yes, that's what I'm allowed to give you."
[the wheel will start spinning]
The dark room lit up with the roulette wheel that appeared, among the options were, ability, trait, nothing, curse, mineral or item of any rarity, mysterious item, bocal imprint sheet, anything and... couple of potions? ??, while the roulette wheel was spinning he couldn't help but look at those pair of potions, they were the potions with which he appeared in his regressions, he couldn't help but think about how many like him with the same ability there were, how many managed to come out or if any came out of this place, if he had those potions did it mean that the previous one also failed or succeeded?The roulette wheel finished spinning and gave the result.
[the object that will be given to you will be a printed bocal sheet, you want to hand it over so it can be used or you want to deliver a message on it]
"Is this really all I can give you? Can't I give you something from my inventory?"
[negative can only be delivered what appears on the roulette]
"haa.. In that case I will send you a message on the page" The sheet appeared in front of him, he grabbed it, staining it with his hands full of blood, this sheet had a peculiarity, the peculiarity was that what you said was written down on the sheet, he thought and began to speak...
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Room number 1, this room consisted of a green field without any animals, several trees that did not bear any fruit and a river that had no fish, this place was not infinite because it had a limit, this limit was a white wooden wall, the The wall is not very high, but if you try to jump it it will simply be as if an invisible wall extends towards infinity, the wooden wall is not really the wall, it is just an indication for mortals who are limited by the real wall, this The room serves as a home and summons the mortals who will challenge the other rooms to survive. Who put them in room number 1? Who knows? For what purpose? You don't need to know.
Nicolas, the youngest person in the room, opened his eyes, surprised, he raised his torso. He had no idea where he was or how he got there. He noticed that, like him, there were more people in that place, 10 more people were with him scattered around the room. field, surely they could tell him how they got to that place, he got up and went to the person closest to him, a girl approximately his age, when he arrived where the girl timidly asked him "hey, do you know where we are? The girl who saw him approaching responded somewhat disappointed "no..." both somewhat disappointed, she thought that he would tell her where they were and he thought that she would know where they were, that moment was somewhat uncomfortable for both of them she turned her gaze in the direction of the other people and asked "are we going to ask them?"
"well... my name is Nicolas in case"
"My name is Monica"
Nicolas and Mónica grouped themselves with the others. Unfortunately for everyone, no one knew where they were or how they arrived, since none of them knew each other, they formed a circle and began to introduce themselves, Miguel took the role of leader and began "well, I will start introducing myself and the person will continue." To my right, my name is Miguel, I am 40 years old, I am currently a United States military officer", the next to introduce herself was Mónica, a Caucasian girl with brown hair, "my name is Mónica", following the same pattern, everyone made a fairly short introduction, "My name is José", "My name is Rosa", "My name is Rober", "My name is Isaías", "My name is María", "My name is Fin", "My name is Lana", "My name is Eliana" and finally "my name is Nicolas", "since we all introduced ourselves, we should try to go somewhere with people" everyone agreed with Miguel and left. After walking for a while, they were surprised to see a white wall that stretched around them. Miguel tried to jump over the wall, but it was impossible to hold on to its chasm, it was as if there was an invisible wall, seeing that the wall was not very high. Miguel thought it would be easy to see over the wall. He spoke to who was next to him. "Nicolas, right? I'll support you with my hands so you can see what's on the other side." Nicolas climbed into his palms with one of his hands. legs and stood on them, looking at the other side of the wall he was astonished, "what is there" asked Miguel, Nicolas with a confused tone responded "t-the wall never ends" everyone, surprised, exclaimed in amazement, "what How is that possible?" José told him in amazement, "n-don't lose it," "try to climb the wall, for some reason I couldn't," Nicolas tried to do what Miguel told him, but when he tried to rest his arm on the At the top of the wall, he collided with something invisible, surprised, he began to touch the limit there was, "What are you doing?" Rosa asked. "No, I can't pass my hand, it's like there's something that doesn't allow me to." That's impossible, let me try, Nicolas lowered himself. and Rober took his place, however the same thing happened to him "t-it's true, the wall doesn't end... And something... doesn't let me pass my hand."
After discovering that horrible truth, they followed the wall to see if there was an exit somewhere. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. They searched among the trees to see if there was food. Unfortunately, they didn't find it. They soon realized that there was no food in this place. There were animals, fruits or vegetables to eat, they decided to return to where they started so they could drink some water from the river that was in that area, rest and think about what they could do. They arrived at the place and were surprised to see a door that was not before in the middle of the field, the door had "tutorial" written in the air in black letters. Miguel took the doorknob and opened it, nothing could be seen through the door, a tremendous darkness filled its interior, José, intrigued, took a stone that was near him and threw it weakly through the door, The stone could not be seen after passing through the door and it could not be heard when it finished falling if it did. Astonished they stared at the door for a long time "should we go in?" Eliana asked "are you crazy?" Maria responded
"What other option do we have?"
"do not die"
"if we stay we will die"
"You don't know that"
"There is no way to feed ourselves in this place, we only have water"
With that argument, María hesitated and spoke again.
"Maybe we didn't search well, but... that... I don't think it's safe to enter."
Taking the reins Miguel spoke "they are both right, we don't know what will happen if we cross the door but we can't stay here if there is no food in this place, I will go in to see if it is safe, but I will make a weapon first"
Miguel stayed with Nicolas and Rober to be able to make some spears, meanwhile the rest would look again to see if there was anything they could eat in the surrounding area. After a considerable time they grouped together, Miguel's group created 10 wooden spears that were quite primitive but would serve, while the other group could not find anything to eat. "Listen, I will enter the door. If I do not return in a few minutes, it is either because it is not possible to return, because the other side is dangerous and I am dead, or a little of both. If I do not return, it is most likely that at some point you will have to enter." "Prepare your hearts for the worst." Without blinking or hesitation, Miguel began to walk towards the darkness until he crossed it.
After several minutes Miguel returned safely, everyone went to ask him what was on the other side.
"On the other side of the door is a green field without trees or rivers... apparently there is a challenge that we all have to do"
What is the challenge about? Isaiah asked.
"I don't know, take your spears and follow me... you will hear a voice and there will be a text floating in the air, don't get distracted by that"
With each one with their heart beating like crazy they crossed the door with the spears in their sweaty hands, at the same time that the last one crossed the door it disappeared the moment that happened they heard the system
[tutorial challenge: defeat a group of 6 globins
Penalty for failure: death
Reward: basic weapon, 30 food rations, 100 gold]
In the distance, 6 small green-skinned creatures appeared, their faces wearing malicious smiles, the green beings ran on all fours as if they were animals, their long fingers with sharp nails wanted to cut the flesh of their prey, their pointed and hard teeth wanted to chew it, With that desire they ran towards the group of people, the majority of the group did not understand the situation until it was too late, the globins pounced on the first row of humans, the group was attacked with such speed that only Miguel who was in the first Fila managed to successfully defend himself from the attack, killing one of them easily with his spear and fighting against 2, the remaining 3 went in the direction of Rober, José and María, one of the goblins knocked down Rober and the other ripped out his neck. bitten, Rober tried in vain to cover his neck so that it would stop bleeding but little by little he would die drowning in his blood. The remaining goblin saw an easy prey, a woman with a delicate appearance and fear in her eyes, with her decision. Having jumped on Maria, José reacted quickly and tried to attack the goblin while he was in the air but he was unsuccessful. The goblin, as soon as he saw the attack coming, grabbed the spear with his two hands. The goblin landed on the ground with the spear in his hand. The hands immediately began a struggle for her, leaving no room for thought. A spear flew quickly through the air, stabbing into Maria's head. The goblin that had ripped out Rober's neck quickly took another victim, splattered with Maria's blood. Joseph, terrified, dropped the spear, to his misfortune, his enemy was not afraid, he snatched the spear from him and quickly stuck it in his neck, in the midst of the chaos and confusion one of the members brandished his sword? against the goblin that had just killed José, the goblin was not stupid, he knew that that sword could not be compared to the wooden spear, if it were to cut him it would not be good for him, the 2 golins that remained separated, one would go towards Nicolás and Monica who were on one side and the rest would go towards the other humans. Surprised by the sword that Fin was holding, Nicolas tried to follow his example against the other goblin that had approached to attack him, with his trembling hands he tried to stab him using his spear, however the goblin caught it easily, it was not a sharp sword that he could use. fearing him simply a stick with a point, the goblin showed a small laugh at the boy's attempt, with a force superior to that of Nicolas he was snatching the weapon from its bearer, fortunately for Nicolas Monica brandished her spear against the goblin, Monica did not hurt the goblin but he did get him to let go of the spear. Goblins are not known for being smart, but in battle they have very good instincts. The goblin that fought against Fin realized that the humans were putting his companions and him in trouble. The most sensible thing would be to kill the one who had the sword first. , but for a strange reason he was more skilled than most humans, it would be difficult to kill him even with 2 of them attacking him, he decided to leave the old human and the human with the sword for last, the goblin compared the 2 groups of humans that remained , one of them had 4 members and the other 2, with his decision made he jumped back, aimed and threw his spear, the spear traveled quickly towards Nicolas, this achievement barely reacted, causing the spear to graze his skin, unfortunately Monica did not I would have the same luck
"!HAAA!"
Nicolas saw Monica on the ground moaning in pain, while he touched her side that had been pierced. The goblin took advantage of that small moment of distraction by attacking him immediately, with its sharp nails he slashed Nicolas's body, threw him to the ground and savagely killed him.
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Agh haa... ha... haa.... shit, what? I... I don't have any wounds? What is this, they... did I go back in time?