The Place Where Everything Begins

Some minutes later...

*Whoosh* *Crunch*

With the last skeleton soldier being destroyed by Jeremy's strike, silence fell upon the chamber...

Instead of cheering and rejoicing in delight at their victory, everyone kept staring fixedly at the black-hooded man warily. Meanwhile, the man was also scanning those people with his charming blue eyes the same.

They unexpectedly came into a standoff...

Until...

With other people currently acting as bystanders, the duos, Mitchell and Eddie, walked up to the front till they stood face to face with Jeremy.

"Would you mind telling us who you are?" Mitchell, who was the current leader of the group, asked politely.

With a mysterious yet charming smile, Jeremy spoke...

"My name is Jeremy, a human the same as you guys."

While saying that, Jeremy swept his gaze at everyone as if he had already guessed about their questions. Right after that, Jeremy pulled down the hood, showing everyone that he was indeed a human.

The face everyone was seeing could only be described with one word, 'handsome'. However, they were not in a situation where they would admire a stranger's external appearance...

That's why, upon hearing his words and seeing that he was indeed a human, most people felt relieved as if a heavy boulder had finally been lifted from their small chests.

"So, he is a human after all..."

"Pheww, my heart is beating so fast."

"We won... and now we've got one finest warrior with us."

"Hurrah!!"

"Yayyy!!"

"Cheers!!"

Only now, after seeing that the hooded man, Jeremy was actually their own kind, could they finally started rejoicing about their hard-earned victory...

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10 minutes later...

While everyone else was busily either tending their wounds, chatting and consoling one another, looking at the items within the Crystal or sitting depressingly alone at some corners, Jeremy and the duos, Eddie and Mitchell, were currently standing at some distance away from the Crystal.

After introducing themselves to one another, they had been talking about some matters for quite some time now, with most of them being related to the door...

Well, Jeremy only told them a part of the whole event, like when he fought with some goblins, disarming some traps, and opening some boxes.

Everything else except for those things was omitted...

"So, you are saying that you've really cleared that no.7 mission on the list, which comprises that many goblins and traps inside successfully?"

After hearing about the story and horror awaiting behind the door from Jeremy's mouth, Mitchell shot the question at Jeremy.

"Indeed." Jeremy replied nonchalantly.

"Haaa... I still cannot get myself to believe it."

Upon hearing that, Jeremy shrugged his shoulders, then said, "Anything else? I gotta buy something from the shop."

"Wait! I have two more things to ask you."

For fear that Jeremy would turn around, Mitchell hurriedly raised his voice...

"What is it?" Jeremy asked in wonderment.

After taking a deep breath, Mitchell looked into Jeremy's eyes directly, then asked, "At that time, why didn't you lose consciousness like everyone else?"

'I knew it; this question finally comes.' was the only thought within Jeremy's head after hearing the question.

However, Jeremy wasn't showing any change in expression at all. His face looked confident and composed as always.

After scratching his hair for a bit, Jeremy spoke up with an unsure tone of voice, "Who knows? Maybe I have strong willpower? Or maybe I was the one who made you guy lost unconsciousness?"

"Ya...you... you do what?"

Eddie's stuttered voice was heard suddenly...

Prior to this, Eddie had been only acting as a bystander all along, for he didn't want to interact with the human-disguised monster in front of him.

Even though Eddie didn't feel anything out of the ordinary from the man named Jeremy anymore. Eddie still knew all too well that it was just a fucking disguise of the man's, and he would never let his guard down when he was around the man for sure.

Upon hearing those words, Jeremy felt amused inwardly at the man's behaviors while winking his right eye lightly at Eddie.

*Slap*

Out of nowhere, Mitchell slapped Eddie's bald head...

"Ouch! Why the f*ck do you slap me this time. You fucking glasses idiot."

Having heard Eddie's curse, Mitchell shook his head, then explained in annoyance, "It is clear now that Mr. Jeremy also doesn't know why we did lose consciousness that time with him as the only exception. That last part he's spoken of was clearly a joke. Instead of me, you are an idiot here. Just use your peanut brain next time, will you?"

Then Mitchell looked at Jeremy's bitter expression briefly before proceeding with the following question...

"Well, Mr. Jeremy..."

"Hm?"

After shifting his sight to look at the three doors, Mitchell finally looked at Jeremy directly in the eyes, then he spoke, "Can you stay with us and help everyone fight?"

Upon hearing that, Jeremy looked at Mitchell's seemingly unwavering eyes, but deep down within those eyes, it was actually filled with uncertainty and insecurity.

It only took Jeremy a single glance to see through Mitchell's deepest thoughts...

"As a matter of fact, I will go into those two doors soon..." Jeremy said while using his left thump pointed towards the doors' direction to his left.

*Sigh*

With an 'I knew it' expression, Mitchell sighed...

"It can't be helped then. However, can I at least give you a proposal?"

Jeremy raised one of his eyebrows in wonder about the sudden proposal...

"Proposal?" Jeremy asked back.

With a slight nod, Mitchell affirmed, then he spoke while pointing his right index finger at the countdown timer above the Crystal behind him...

"As you can see, after every wave ends, there will be a gap of exactly 6 hours of resting time for us before the next wave comes. So..."

"So, you want me to defend the next monsters horde first before proceeding into the next door?"

With cold sweats ticking down his back as he was being seen through so easily, Mitchell could only nod meekly.

After pausing a bit to find some excuses, Mitchell hurriedly spoke up again...

"Well, actually, I'm trying to say that you... you should take a rest, shouldn't you? After all, you have been inside that door since we were teleported here... Even more so, after coming out, you've fought again and helped us out big time. So, I think you should take a shor..."

"Enough of those bullshits."

Jeremy suddenly said softly, but it felt cold enough to shudder the talking Mitchell and the onlooking Eddie.

Their bodies were stiff all of a sudden, while their backs were being covered in cold sweats...

"..."

"..."

Jeremy only intended to scare them a bit; he didn't know that they would be feeling that afraid of him...

'Hmm... Something feels off. Am I that scary anyway?'

Jeremy thought puzzlingly to himself.

"Well, I'm just kidding. As you have said, I should at least take a rest as I've been walking and fighting nonstop for the past 6 hours. So, I will think about it whether to help out or not. Oh, by the way, take these things with you..."

With that said, the inscription on Jeremy's left glove started glowing up all of a sudden...

Upon seeing that magical sight, Mitchell and Eddie couldn't help but took two steps back.

"Wa... Wha... What is that thing?" Eddie stuttered after witnessing such a sight for the first time.

Meanwhile, Mitchell looked intently at the glove attempting to gauge the things Jeremy was trying to show them.

"Well, don't be so surprise. I've received these two gloves from inside a hidden chamber behind that door. For their usage, they can store and retrieve things, that's all..."

Upon hearing that, Eddie sighed in relief...

'Indeed, something is wrong with these two guys. They are too afraid of me, aren't they?' Interesting...'

With those thoughts in mind, Jeremy decided to ask them another time.

After almost 10 seconds, several dozen arrows suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and then they started to drop onto the ground.

*Clatter* *Clatter*

*Clatter* *Clatter*

"Woah, Magic!"

Eddie exclaimed with his eyes widened in shock at the spectacle in front of him, while Mitchell's expression looked solemn with traces of shock written all over his face.

At the same time, many people's eyes also started to shift towards their direction...

How could they not?

With such a bizarre spectacle of almost a hundred arrows appearing out of nowhere, suddenly causing the clattering sounds continuously, it ought to somehow attract some eyes and ears.

"These arrows can only be sold approximately 0.8-0.9 SP each, while the buying price from the shop is set at 8 SP per arrow. After doing some calculations, I will only get around 66 to 67 SP from selling these things. So, it's better that I give them to you guys. Alright, I gotta go..."

With a benevolent smile like that of a Buddha's, Jeremy walked up to the stupefied Eddie, then he tapped lightly on the bald man's left shoulder two times before speaking with a smile, "You are doing great, keep it up".

Having said that, Jeremy turned back, then walked towards the Crystal, leaving behind Mitchell and Eddie, who only stood there silently for some time...

Meanwhile, other people who had seen the sight of countless arrows lying on the ground also started walking hurriedly towards Mitchell and Eddie to see the thing commencing there.

Not long later, Jeremy finally reached the Survival Crystal; he raised his right hand to touch it...

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[Shop]

[Mission]

[Leaderboard]

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From the three options above, Jeremy chose...