Of Course It Was A Game Of Survival

In the end, only the child stood alone, he also got the TItle: "Ruthless" and the wish that came with it..and the loot crate of course since he was the last one standing, But I can't blame him for what he did to me, in the end, it was, of course, a game of survival and he did what he had to, To survive.

That day I learned two things.

First, the system.

If it were back in the day the system would have been worshiped as nothing less than a God, an all-powerful controlling force that commanded the world by itself, and not only was it fully aware of itself, the system had an interface that was sentient and living and breathing and was as whimsical as one can be, and not only it could read your mind, also It could appear as what the one it interacted with wanted the most, this I learned the hard way…talk about unnecessary features.

Two.

The only reason I survived was, for I was an anomaly, or should I say to the system I was not a human. I was designated as a monster or should I say I was a real monster.

Once a monster is killed, it can regenerate an infinite amount of time, unless the boss is killed they would just keep coming back during the event.

"Hey, are you living to survive? Or surviving to live?" a voice of a young female.

Hazy, "Bright." I opened my eyes to a bright place. That place did not have an end as if it were a void, it was just bright. One didn't even have a shadow of them; it was so bright.

"Don't worry you are not dead"

Said a woman sitting across from me, with a disposable cup in her hand...

"Welcome Back to the system"

"You should not die for someone else you know" her voice sounded like she was upset.

"Remember? kindness always doesn't get repaid with kindness"

As I recalled how I was stabbed by the child.

"Do you wanna see what happened there?"

Before she clicked her finger even before I could answer her and we were standing on the school ground before I was my body It remained laid on the ground.

"Don't worry you are still breathing, you would be awake soon"

The child stood next to my body getting his wish granted, his wish was to "Get his parents back"

"Both of them died when the previous event happened," she said.

Could I really blame the guy for stabbing me?

"Is his wish feasible?" I asked

"Yes"

"Let's take a look inside, Let me show you something."

She grabbed onto my arm and we walked inside, immediately I thought of throwing up but if it only was my real body maybe I would have done so. The walls were smeared in blood, bodies were everywhere, some were ripped apart, some looked as if they were attacked by some wild animals and some looked like they were eaten...

"Who did this?" I asked

"Those who received the reward from the system, The system is corrupted"

"System doesn't have control over itself anymore, it's being controlled"

"You won't be able to connect to the system anymore, they know about you"

"Be aware of those who have received the reward, they are going to get corrupted too"

She looked at me.

"So, I'm going to ask you again, Kim Meonjeo, are you living to Survive? Or surviving to live?"

I couldn't look at her at the time, I did not have an answer for what she had asked me, So we both kept looking at the corridor.

"I don't have much time left, don't stay here once you are awake again"

"Who are you?" I asked

She turned around and pulled me by my collar and whispered

"I will tell you, the next time we meet"

And kissed me.

[system Fragment received]

[initiating system...running in closed box]

"This will help you in the future"

With a gesture of her, the barrier disappeared.

before she disappeared too. I stood there alone.

When I woke up it felt like a dream, but I knew it truly happened.

Cause

"The System window floated in front of me"

[System running Offline]

<<certain feature won't work offline>>

"Kindness always doesn't get repaid with kindness, sometimes it gets paid in blood."

I once read that in a book, those who were yesterday's friends had turned into today's foes and killed each other.

But I did not have the time for this before anyone arrived, I needed to escape the camp from hell that I won't ever forget.

Thus, leaving everything behind I walked past the aftermath of the carnage and walked out of the gates.

"Maybe I should return home now"

[Retrieving Location of home from memories, location found]

[Best route way home have been designated on the map]

<<follow the map>>

Just like mini-maps in games, it showed me the way home which I followed on foot...