The Hell!?

"H-huh!?" Jiho had a shocked expression after noticing that he wasn't in the same place where he was before, and he was somehow not logged out of the game.

He looked around and was scared, looking the the creepy place. He got up from the hard surface and walked around a little, staying cautious of any dangers.

He was inside a dark, cave-like place that was not made of rocks or dirt but a black substance that was harder than rocks, and even metal was no match.

The cave was dark and a few skulls were lying in the ground. Bones were lying on the ground, and they weren't identical to human bones.

Jiho was completely lost in his thoughts, he didn't know where he was and had many questions forming in his mind.

'Is this some kind of bug?' He wondered if this was the only possibility as there was no other way that he was here and not out of the game by now.

He tried to find a way out of the cave but he couldn't spot any exit which led him out of the cave. 

He suddenly spotted a small hole in the wall which had something hidden inside of it.

He put his hand in the hole and found something like a level inside. He thought that it could be some kind of lever that would lead to a secret pathway. He excitedly pulled the lever and the next moment, the cave started shaking violently.

To him, it looked like an earthquake came in the cave but he noticed bright light coming from the same wall where the lever was previously.

The wall had a large pathway that was glowing brightly, the light attacking Jiho's eyes.

He covered his eyes with his hand for a moment before going through the pathway, in hopes of finding an exit to leave the creepy-looking place.

He finally exited the pathway, only to find himself on a rocky mountain cliff.

He patted the dust off his pants but then, he noticed where he was and instantly jumped back in shock.

"What the Hell!?" He looked around him and found himself in a completely different world. The surroundings were full of dark rocky mountains and hot lava flowed between them, as if it was a river but instead of water, there was lava in it.

There were only dead, dark trees and no wild animals were visible. The place itself looked like hell, and maybe it was hell!

Jiho started panicking, he wasn't prepared for any of this. He was stuck in this place which looked like hell, and he didn't even know where he was and how to escape out of here.

But then he suddenly remembered something. "Ah! I am so dumb! I could have logged out manually, that would have been much easier." He finally remembered that he could log out of the game anytime he wanted to.

He opened his interface and looked where the log-out button was located.

But soon, his face had a grim expression. The log-out button was nowhere to be found, there was every option available except the log-out button.

"How is this even real? I can't log out. What in the world is happening to me!?" He started panicking again. The game wasn't letting it log out and now, he was stuck here.

He couldn't even imagine how this was happening to him. But soon, he thought of another possibility. "Maybe I am not the only one who is stuck here? Maybe this is some kind of challenge?" He thought about it and then it all started to sound reasonable to him.

He chuckled and thought, "Alrighty! If this is a challenge, I will beat it!" He only hoped that his guess was true as he was only relying on it.

He quickly jumped off from one boulder to another, like he used to jump from one tree to another.

On his way down the mountain, he was enjoying jumping around in the boulders but then, his feet landed on another normal boulder but this time, the boulder started shaking.

He started to lose balance and quickly jumped off the boulder. He fell on the ground, getting a few scratches on his arm and foot but it was nothing much of an injury and he barely lost 1 HP from the fall.

He looked at the boulder which was not in its place anymore and was rolling down the mountain, hitting other smaller boulders and rocks.

The boulders and rocks rolled down to the river of lava and instantly disappeared.

Jiho heaved a sigh, imagining the results if he fell into the lava river.

He decided to be extra careful in these mountains as a single mistake could lead him to death.

His steps were now slow, he carefully stepped on each rock, ensuring the rock wouldn't fall.

After a lot of hard work, he finally managed to get to the bottom of the mountains.

A large landpiece could be seen on the other side of the lava river. 

Jiho figured out that the only way to leave this deadly valley was to cross the lava river and the mountains.

He took a small break and sat on the ground, not fearing any monster attacks as there were none around him.

The hot temperature wasn't letting him live peacefully but he somehow managed to stay calm.

The next thing that he had to do was to cross the lava river and the mountains on the other side.

"Sigh... this is troublesome." He sighed and complained but no one was there to hear him.

After 5 minutes, Jiho got up from the ground and looked towards his next goal, to cross the lava river and the mountains.

It would look impossible to any other player but for him, he was an assassin, he specialized in high jumps, swift movements, and agility, and he was a runner in real life, so this was kinda easy for him.

He lifted his left foot and put it in the front while keeping the right foot in the back. He took position, ready to run in 3 seconds.

The lava river wasn't broad enough for him to not be able to cross but he had to jump high, pushing his limits to the extent.

"3..." He started counting, his eyes pointed at the other side of the lava river.

"2..." he got ready to run and jump at any moment.

"1..." The moment was almost there, just another second and he would either be on the other side of the lava river or will get mixed in the lava river.

"0..." He dashed towards the lava river as the timer came to an end.

As he arrived at the edge, he instantly jumped in the air. He jumped so high that it looked impossible for even athletes to jump that high.

He didn't look down if he did that, he would get distracted and his chances of falling would increase.

He almost landed on the other side of the lava river but then, the unexpected happened. His jump wasn't as high as it needed to cross the river and he started falling.

He thought that this was the end for him, but then, he saw that he was close to the edge of the land. He quickly tried to grab onto it but it failed.

He had lost all hopes but then, he remembered about his steel dagger and cobalt dagger.

He quickly opened his inventory took out both of the daggers and grabbed them tightly in his hands.

He dug the steel dagger in on the hard edge of the land and the dagger dug into the land pretty easily.

He then dug the other dagger into the land and it also dug deep into the land easily. Now he just had to slowly climb up, not making any careless moves that could result in his death.

He slowly approached the edge of the land and once his hand could finally hold onto the hard rocky land, he climbed up and moved away from the edge, not wanting to fall off.

He heaved a sigh, he was terrified a few seconds ago, he could feel the hot temperature near the hot lava river but it was not as intense as real life as this was still just a game.

He rested on the ground for another 5 minutes before getting up, preparing to climb the mountains.

Just as he prepared his dagger, he heard a loud sound.

"Boom!*