The Bloodline System



Author's Note: Unedited Chapter 

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Fwwwhoooomm~

The circular beam flew off into the distance with the beast within, returning a bit of tranquility to the environment. 

'Lucky,' E.E face displayed a relived expression once more as he moved to the side and took a seat.

On the other side, Gustav hugged Angy's body to his as he fully regained clarity.

"Thank you," He whispered. 

"Hnm, I'm glad you're alright," Angy voiced while rubbing his back affectionately. 

Gustav face displayed a smile as he relaxed completely for a while, closing his eyes and soaking in the warmness of her body.

After some time he opened his eyes with a single thought in mind, 'What was that?'

He wondered for a couple of seconds as he tried to recall what could have brought about that. 

'Fear... even though I told the system to restrict itself and go offline, it shouldn't be a reason for me to develop such deep fear that would cause a panic attack,' He thought. 

After thinking for a few more minutes, Gustav finally figured it out. The encounter with these beasts here and wearing himself out... his last thoughts before he entered the state of panic was... powerlessness. 

While he hadn't noticed it, he subconsciously feared going back to being plain old Gustav with only the ability to change his hair color and a strong penchant for suicide. 

He thought he had forgotten the feeling of powerlessness... He was unaware that he had been cultivating the fear of going back to being the same weak and useless person he used to for years.

An incident like this was the only thing needed to trigger the overwhelming fear of powerlessness that had been creeping from deep within.

Internally he was extremely grateful for Angy and E.E's presence since he had no idea what he would have done if they weren't here.

< 10,000 Points >

"My life points have maxed out," E.E voiced from the other end as he stared at his Iov bracelet. 

Gustav and Angy slowly separated from each other after hearing that. They each proceeded to check their Iov bracelets. 

"Mine has maxed out too,"

"Mine as well,"

Angy and Gustav noticed that the points displayed on their bracelets was neither decreasing nor was it increasing.

Gustav calculated that this meant they had been in the Golden Entrapment yellow zone for over two hours.

Although their life points had maxed out, they were still in a yellow zone. This meant, they weren't completely safe even though they had found a place to hide out.

This was precisely one of the things Handler One mentioned earlier. Yellow zones were not void of danger but they were also not completely dangerous like red zones would be.

Maybe more yellow zones like this existed where participants could find a place to hide out within.

However Gustav still felt they weren't completely safe and still needed to find a way to get to a green zone.

This of course was easier said than done since the closest green zone was five hours away.

"They're still here," E.E voiced as he peeked through the holes in between the golden gate like poles.

He could still visibly spot the purplish fog across the air and hear faint wings flapping sounds. The skeletal flying beasts were obviously still around here.

"They sure are persistent," Angy muttered.

Gustav's main worry was them finding this place and attacking with a combined force.

Although the last beast who tried attacking the gate like poles was unable to break through, there was no telling if the same situation would repeat itself in an event where multiple of them attacked at once.

Not to mention that the small space they were currently hiding in, had stopped moving in the meantime. The entire Golden Entrapment was in a constant state of change but there were times when certain areas would remain unmoved for minutes or even hours.

"We need to find a way to sneak out," Gustav voiced. 

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In another part of the Beast Haven, a participant with multiple limbs and blueish star shaped patterns all across his body, bolted across a dark vicinity with intense speed.

Treeechhh! Puuchhhii!

The sound of organs ripping and body parts splitting reverberated across the environment as this participant stabbed his multiple limbs into the bodies of menacingly large beasts.

He arrived before one that was over thirty feet tall, throwing a fierce upper cut with three of his right arms.

Booom!

His entire body traveled upwards in speed with his arms bursting through the head of the creature instantaneously, leaving a large enough hole for him to fly through.

[4 Seconds]

[3 Seconds]

Fountain of blood and brain matter splattered across the place as a timer counted down on this particular Iov bracelet. 

A large shadowy figure reaching over a hundred feet in height suddenly appeared behind him as he raised one of his left hands.

The large Shadowy figure conjured a massive blueish glowing spear in the last two seconds, before passing it to the figure with multiple limbs.

The participant held onto the thirty feet long glowing blue spear with three of its hands at once before flinging it forward with intense force.

Thoooooommmm!

A shockwave spread from his location sending a ripple of dust across the vicinity as the blueish spear shot out with immense speed.

It phased through a line up of beasts up ahead causing them to disintegrate into blue light particles instantly. The spear made a c-turn affer reaching a particular distance, stabbing into the rest of the beasts in the vicinity. 

[1 Second]

[0 Second]

In the next instant the glowing spear vanished along with the dark shadowy figure hovering over the participant initially. The participants raised his arms slightly as he felt power leave his body.

"Ten seconds was enough," He voiced with a tone laced with pride while staring at the corpses that drenched the surface of this environment. 

He turned around and moved towards a small black crate up ahead. The instant arrived before it, he placed his left arm into it.

Thrrihh~

A computerised sound rang out before he withdrew his hand.

< Attacks Restocked > [+1 Extra Attack]

His multiple eyes had displayed hints of astonishment and excitement as he noticed the notification on his Iov bracelet. 

"Things are about to get more interesting. Unlike these unworthy weaklings... I the captain of the Draconets shall not cower in the face of any adversity... even powerlessness... I shall bring the Beast Haven to its knees," Captain Strum stated with a short burst of laughter while turning around.

He tapped on the map display on his Iov Bracelet.

< Scarlet Canyon >

The location that was displayed on the map as his current position showed that he was in a red zone. What he had come here for was unknown, however what was known was how he had slaughtered over two hundred beasts here since his arrival.

Is this to say that he still had his supernatural abilities? No, that wasn't the case.

Captain Strum had made use of two of his attacks before his arrival here. His last attack just happened to be one that displayed...

[Unlocking Participant Abilities For Ten Seconds]

He was allowed to use his supernatural abilities for ten seconds due to this and that was enough to lay waste to the entire region. He only came here to restock in the first place, ignoring that it would be packed with all sort of dangerous beasts.

It was like Captain Strum was without fear or restraint despite losing the teammates who were initially around him earlier.

Now that he had achieved his objective, he began making his way to the closest yellow zone. Now he had four attacks instead of three after restocking.

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Time went by very quickly...

<< 23 : 45 : 10 >>

Less than a day was left till the end of the Beast Haven Survival challenge currently. At this point, over half of the participants had been disqualified. From the initial numbers of nearly two thousand, only a little over six hundred were left.

The challenge was filled with unexpected situations and despite the participants receiving briefing before going in, it ended up being more crazy than anticipated. 

Some that had survived so far were lucky since despite being capable some participants had gotten disqualified due to unfortunate situations. 

Currently, many participants were unaware of one thing as they held onto whatever was left of their attacks as a last resort...

Ths last attack in the Iov bracelet wasn't an attack. Instead it was a ten seconds temporary unlock of the restraints on their supernatural abilities. 

Those who has already made use of all their attacks were aware of these but many others still held onto their last attack not wishing to make use of it until they were in an inescapable situation. They were certainly in for a shock if they ever made use of it.

Only Captain Strum was crazy enough to head to a red zone so he was the only participant who would get the chance to unlock the restraints on his supernatural abilities twice.