4 Encounter with the first monster

"What will happen if I don't answer your question?"

"Oh, are you sure about that? Arul, please help me. " Arul looks at him with a fierce face. He came closer to this guy. As he got closer and closer,

"Okay. Okay, you win. It was him. The guy with a bright face and a sly mind His name is J..." As he just wanted to say the name, he fainted.

"Hey, Arul! Please help me bring him to the health facility. " I lifted his hand.

"What are you saying?" I was a bit surprised when he said that.

"What do you mean?"

"There is no health facility here. When people need to die, just let them die. " He said that it commonly happens here.

"So... what do you all do for people that have to die?"

"We just let them suffer until they died so we could make greater energy from them." It is a benefit to this country and all citizens here. " I always believe in people, but this is too much for me. They just make some mistakes. Maybe I could help him.

"I think I want to help him. Can I? "

"Are you sure?" I am noded. "Then, what can you do to him?"

"..." I think for a moment.

"What is your idea?"

"How about we accompany him until he realises?"

"Hah. It was hilarious." When we stayed there for quite too long, someone came, and it was a warden.

"Hey, you two! What are you two doing here? Are you two fleeing from having to do work? "

"We want to help him," I said to that warden. The warden looks at Arul.

"Arul, are you in charge of him?" Arul nodded. "Then, why do you not tell him about this prison rule? Also, there is no medicine to help him right now. This guy was paralysed and there is no hope for it. Someone might have poisoned him."

"I have told him already, but he keeps insisting on waiting for this guy to wake up."

"Now new kid or I can say Who life is it?"

"Hulaif is my name."

"Okay, so what are you gonna say right now?"

"I am sorry and it was my mistake for not following the order of the leader."

"Okay. I forgive you, but next time if anything happens, don't make your own decision, ask the people around you first. Arul is a good person. You can ask him. "

"Thank you, sir, for the advice."

"Now go to work."

Then, we leave that guy to the warden. From the morning until the evening, we do the job as usual prisoners do. At night, when I was lying on the bed after finishing up my work for the night, I rested for a moment, but suddenly a blackout just happened at my place. It was quite dark, and everyone started to make a ruckus.

At the time, my device started to resonate with me. First, my watch gave me a notification. Then, I looked at the phone for the details. As I opened it, it stated,

"Due to the war and many monsters in Sigma Country, many people need to be cautious about their surroundings. It is not about the enemy from another country, but the enemy is inside the country. The enemy can morph into anything they eat. It was called the 'man eater'. Also, since the energy resources for this country are from the people's souls, prison is the best place to produce more efficient soul energy. "

After that, the electricity is live again and the light in front of the cell is lit up again. I got information about what I needed to know. Right now, I need to be cautious with my surroundings. I hope I was not on their target list. From tomorrow, I have to work on my strength. My life here is not easy like I was in my world. I have to be strong enough to protect myself.

It has been around two months since I've been locked in here, and the building we built is completely constructed. My body has become more fit and strong before this. Thanks to Arul, because he taught me everything about being strong here. After the incident of defeating that guy, my life here is getting easier than before. I get a good community environment from the surrounding people and also benefit from it.

For a moment, I felt relieved, but it was not for long. Until one day, I just realise that the capacity of people here had suddenly decreased. "Hey, Arul! Do you know what is happening right now? Where is everybody? " I asked him when we were at the canteen.

"Shh... quiet or it will hear you." He whispered in my left ear.

"Who?" Just curious, I asked him back.

"After this, come to the workplace and make sure that you are by yourself. We need to discuss it."

"Okay, Arul."

Later, I went to the workplace by myself. I'm too interested in what he's going to tell me. When I arrived, I did not see him everywhere. Maybe he was a bit late. I was a bit surprised that this was the first time he was late. I think he might have something urgent or be too long in the toilet.

It had been quite a long time but, he did not come here. Since there is nothing I can do right now, I decided to return to my cell. As I entered the building, I felt a bit of a goosebump. It feels like something has happened here. This place is quite silent, and there is no electricity here. I think I have to get out of this place, but the door can't be opened from inside. I have been locked. Oh, this is not good!

As there was no electricity, I used the flashlight from the telephone and searched for the clue. The place was quite dark, even though it was still a sunny day outside. I need to act quickly before it's too late. Right now, I was in the cafeteria, but there was no one here. Also, there is something rotten about this place.

I moved to the smelly smell and found that there was something I should not look at right now. They were the corpses of two people. How could I move when I saw this? My leg suddenly became hard to move and I can't do anything right now. I tried to relax and closed my eyes for a moment. I tried to remember the memory of me in my world, about the breathing technique that can make you more relaxed. As I breathe with the technique I learned, my body can move back. I need to hurry.

When I arrived at the cell, all the people had become corpses right now. I entered my cell and started to think about some strategic planning. I have got some interesting ideas. Right now, the monster might look at me at some point. Maybe it was waiting for me to enter its trap. This time I was serious. I opened the cell back and took some weapons with me. I took a spear that the warden here always keeps.

Right now, I need to get out of here and find a survivor here. I moved into the other cells one by one. I found one corpse that was still warm. "Jiyad! Wake up!" I jolted him awake.

"Oh, it is you, Hulaif. Ugh... ugh. I want to apologise to you for what I did before. It was my mistake that made you become that guy's target. "

"What happened here?"

"Ugh... ugh. Please run away from here. It was a man-eater. You, as a survivor, need to get out of here. You can't beat it by yourself. Run! " Then his voice faded further and further.

So, this happened because of the man-eater. I need to look for an escape. As I moved everywhere, I didn't find any escape that could help me get out of here. There is only one door to get outside, but it has been locked.

I need to hurry because if I don't, I'll become its food. As I arrived in front of the door, I tried to break it with the spear. But, it does not work. I shouted. "Hey, monster! Do you think eating people in the dark is cool? It is not cool. Also, I think your appearance may be disgusting enough to make me vomit. " I hope it works. Provoking an enemy is the most effective way to persuade them to attack you.

As I waited for it, I felt a bit of goosebump and my adrenaline moved faster than I expected. I think it was a mistake to call it in the first place. I hear something crawling a few inches above my head. I used my phone directly to search for it. As I can see clearly with my flashlight from my phone, I was a bit shocked and terrified by the look of that monster. So, this is the man-eater that they said. It was like a giant spider to me.

Then, that monster said something to me. "Are you the one that was daring enough to insult me before?" I tried to look around, but there was no one besides me. Besides, my leg has become too heavy to move. I need to cover it.

"Hello! Is there anybody insulting this monster? If there are any, please come out. " That monster looks at me with a fierce aura. Even though I can't see it, the sense is enough.

"Are you making a lame joke on me?"

"No! Obviously, no. Why should I make a joke? I am a serious person, though. "

"Hahaha... Hmm... Look at you. You are an idiot to me. You are in front of me right now, and I feel a bit hungry. How about I eat you."

"Do you want to get my stupidity?"

Perhaps you are correct, or perhaps you are faking it. There is only one way to find out whether it is true or not." That monster came closer to me, with dripping drool. For a moment, I took a deep breath.

"Are you sure you want to eat me?"

"Of course it is. I am hungry right now. Don't ask me any questions. " That monster became angrier. That monster gets closer and closer. When I had one inch to get bitten by it, I reflexively crouched to make that monster enter my trap. Then, with the spear that I put at my back, it penetrated that monster instantly. The spear penetrates from its mouth to its head.

"Augh... What do you do, human?"

"I thought you were clever enough to see it coming through. You are clever right here, while I am the one stupid here. "

"I will torture you before I eat you." That monster is still intact with its life. I have to kill it right now. I took the spear and caused fatal injuries to its body by slicing its legs and eyes.

"Now kill me. You are the first person that can give me this injury. " I stopped it before that monster asked me to kill it.

"Do you have any regrets?"

"Yes."

"What is it?"

"I don't want to feel hungry."

"I hope you can find that soon." When my last blow almost hit its head, my watch suddenly rang with a notification. As it gave a notification, I looked at my phone. It said,

"Humans can be changed, animals can be tamed, but monsters can also be useful."

There is an application that just pops out. The icon looks like a monster in pixel style. When I open that application, I need to capture that monster image. "Hey, spider monster! Do you want to live? "

"Of course I want it."

"Great." Then I take a picture of the monster. As I realised, that monster had died. "Hmm... looks like it works."

[You have acquired the arachnid, the man-eater]

So, what should I do right now? Because of too much shock and fatigue, I collapsed in front of the door. After that, I don't know what happened next. I hope there is no misunderstanding happening here.

"In this world, you need to find a person who possesses a piece of chess. You, as a chessmaker, need to make a bond with them. Find the people who you really trust and make a bond with them. They will help you soon in your adventure and your objective to accomplish your mission."

"Hey! How could I find them? Is there any clue? "

"I don't know, find it yourself. I will not give you more spoilers. "

"Tch..."

"Okay, now find them and accomplish what you need to do. Farewell, chessmaker, our peacemaker. May you succeed in the future. "

"Hey! Don't leave me. " I felt like falling from the sky.

When I realised it was a dream, I found myself on the bed. I thought it was in an infirmary or clinic. After that, someone came to me and said. "Please prepare yourself. We need to go right now." It was the voice of a girl who wore a hoodie and a mask that covered half of her face.

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