NOVPUBXentia spotted signs of human presence deep inside the island, but the situation wasn’t very good. There were also several wild animal nests in various forest areas.
Because she received no further instructions, she conducted no action and withdrew spy drones to report to Elysia.
Miko received a request from her mama, and she nodded in understanding. "My disciples. We spotted several signs of survivors deep inside the island. We want you to observe them, and assess whether they are worth helping or not."
"Yes, master. Leave everything to us." Gabriella replied with a knight salute, followed by her juniors.
They activated their Versatile Slime artifact and transformed it into a combat suit to cover their swimsuit-clad body. After putting on a camouflage mask, they bowed respectfully before rushing into the forest.
"Will that be okay? What are you going to do to those humans, Ely?" Elena went closer, feeling Elysia’s intention was somewhat different from what she could have expected.
"Some of them abandon their humanity just to survive. They killed each other..." Elysia heaved a subtle sigh and shook her head. Xentia’s reports and Fortuna’s future sights made her reluctant to help those people, but she had to check the real situation first.
"I see... we won’t save all of them. Well, it’s been two months, and they’ve become primitive? Ugh, it’s their fault. Ely, let’s play~" Elena asked in wonder, but she didn’t care. She grabbed Elysia’s hand and they went to play on the beach with the others.
"..." Erina checked her smartphone and looked at the forest.
If it was her a few days ago, she would be the first to plunge into danger because she lost her way and only hoped to die on the battlefield like her grandfather and Elysia. However, Elysia survived and she joined Elysium.
She just shrugged her shoulders and went back to practicing her new golden touch ability on something more impressive. Her touch could transform objects into various precious metals, not just limited to gold.
However, her Goddess evolved her superpower into something resembling matter manipulation. It was easier to control her mind, but she still had to familiarize herself with her new power. It was very difficult to return the transformed object to its original form, but she could do it!
*Splat*
Erina received a water shot from the side, making herself soaking wet again.
"Hehe, what are you doing? Hey, join me in the water war." Sylvia reloaded her water gun and shot the other girls.
Several girls ignored Sylvia’s antics, but some others immediately chased Sylvia for revenge. Because Erina had not responded, the diligent Golden Diva received the second water shot.
"Come here, you little devil!" Yuuki launched several shots of ice-cold water, trying to freeze Sylvia.
"Ha ha ha!" Sylvia ran and laughed merrily, nimbly dodging ice water shots from Yuuki and lightning from Evelyn.
"You, little devil..." Erina clenched her fist, feeling a bit annoyed.
She took out a machine gun from her storage pouch and transformed it into a golden weapon. She turned the bullets into cold liquid metal projectiles and fired them toward the running devil.
*Ra ta ta ta*
"Hey! This is cheating!" Sylvia maneuvered with her swift agility, trying her best to avoid the hail of bullets from the annoyed diva.
"You’re the one who said it was a water war." Erina smirked, feeling amused to see Sylvia struggling to deal with several people at once.
"Ah, you know the ice-cold charm? Then, let’s freeze this naughty devil." Yuuki made an ice rifle and showered Sylvia with ice bullets.
"Fufu, serve you right." Evelyn couldn’t help but laugh because the naughty devil was beaten by hail and storm.
Since she wasn’t that good with the water element, her bullets took the form of lightning and it electrocuted Sylvia several times.
"You’re all bullies. Ely, they’re so mean!" Sylvia flapped her wings, flying away to ask for protection from Elysia.
"Hm, be a good girl. If you want to invite someone to play, at least talk to them first before shooting them with water bullets. Look, you’re getting ganged up on." Elysia caught the pitiful devil with amusement. Sylvia was covered in a lot of ice, and cold metallic liquid, and occasionally electrocuted. It took her a simple wave to clean Sylvia.
"She was the one who started the water war." Yuuki pointed at Sylvia, but Sylvia smirked at her in Elysia’s arms. It really annoyed her, knowing Sylvia planned this.
"Hum-mm, it’s alright. Don’t bully your sister. Sylvi just wants to play." Elysia then beckoned Erina to come closer. "How is your progress, Erina? Have you gotten used to your new superpower?"
"Uhm, not yet. It’s still hard to control. But, It’s easier to transform anything into gold just with my thoughts. I can also transform it back to its original form, but it’s still pretty tedious for my mind." Erina transformed back her golden machine gun into its original material.
"Mm, gold is your forte. Congratulations, sister. This means you have successfully evolved." Miko clapped her hands, feeling happy.
"Ugh, why does it sound like I’m a kind of pocket monster?" Erina felt a little embarrassed, but she was also happy.
"Hm, what about your legs?" Ella came closer to check Erina’s condition.
"Everything is good. I will be fully healed tomorrow, but I think I need new bandages for those annoying guests." Erina checked her superphone because it was vibrating on incoming messages. She was reluctant to be disturbed now and turned it off.
Elysia’s SIM card was already in Xentia’s hands to be registered with Cube Island’s artificial intelligence. Therefore, all other matters would need to wait until she returned to Japan.
While Elysia’s family played some games on the beach, Gabriella led her team deep into the forest, following the directions given by Xentia.
"We need to get it done quickly. Master doesn’t want to save those who aren’t worth saving." Jophiel accelerated beside Gabriella. She wanted to come back soon and play some games with her masters again.
"Yeah. Don’t act outside of command." Gabriella reminded all team members.
"Roger." The other disciples responded positively. It was an easy mission, and they could return after gathering enough information.
Deep in the forest, a man was running from something with blood dripping from his arm. He suffered a head injury and first-degree burns on his legs.
Even so, he continued to run and tried his best to erase his tracks by avoiding blood dripping onto the ground.
He panted heavily, out of breath and energy. When a secluded hiding place came into sight, he rushed in there and adjusted his breath, resembling the dead.
"Thomas, where are you~ You can’t escape forever. Let me kill you to end your suffering once and for all~" The red-haired woman rode a giant bear, looking for her prey left and right.
"Crazy btch. You take pleasure in slaughtering people. Truly depraved into insanity, beyond saving. Let me send you to your creator." The agile young man jumped from tree to tree, throwing several sharp stone projectiles at the red-haired woman.
"How cheeky. Let me see if you can survive for a while longer. Greeze!" The red-haired woman took cover behind her sturdy bear monster.
"Roar!" The giant bear roared and brushed aside all the rock projectiles with its long sharp claws. He then hit several nearby trees, trying to knock the enemy down.
The agile young man noticed his injured comrade inside a secluded dead tree trunk. He quickly ran away, taunting the serial killer to chase him to give his comrade time to escape to a safe place. "Red btch and little cub! I wonder if you will spawn a bear or human in the future. Hahaha!"
"Come down here, you monkey stud!" The red-haired woman shouted out loud in anger. She hopped onto her bear and rushed to chase the hopping monkey.
"Casey... Ugh, this shitty survival game, and those crazy bastards..." Thomas crawled out of the dead tree trunk, cursing this deadly survival game in his mind and praying for his comrade’s safe return.
Half of the survivors fell into depravity and insanity, turning them into monsters with their newly awakened abilities to slaughter the other survivors.
It all started with their intercontinental superplane crashing in the Atlantic Ocean, they were stranded on this island somehow, and a particular mysterious voice announced the start of the survival game for a God-tier legacy and treasures to the last man standing. They had to kill to obtain the so-called rewards.
The deadly survival game lasted two months, and at this rate, everyone would most likely die, considering the crazy humans and terrible monsters lurking everywhere.
Everything would be fine if all survivors could work together to survive, eradicate monsters, and build a ship to escape from that island. Unfortunately, some people were consumed by their greed and started slaughtering the other survivors to awaken their abilities.
There was no safe place there since the survivors were scattered into several teams, surrounded by serial killers and monsters. Even so, some people still tried their best to survive, fighting the crazy humans and monsters.
Thomas carefully returned to his team’s shelter, making sure no one was following him.
"Welcome back, Thomas. Did you manage to get some fruit or meat? Uh, no?" A sexy woman greeted Thomas, but her smile soon vanished when she saw Thomas was injured and returned empty-handed.
"Scarla ambushed me with her bear pet. I almost died if it wasn’t for Casey." Thomas replied with a self-deprecating smile.
"You useless prick! Can’t you do something right? I’ve tolerated you for so long. I hope you don’t lead any enemies and monsters here." The sexy woman punched Thomas’s stomach and threw him into the cave. "Treat his wounds."
"Y-yes!" The scared girl in the corner of the cave rushed to help Thomas with his wound.
"Oh? What did you do to him? He tried his best in the wild. Everyone is a precious asset for our team’s survival. Don’t you dare to hurt your comrades or my ax will come to your head next time, Mary." The young man clad in leaf clothing jumped down near the cave, frowning at what he found in his camp.
Thomas curled up in pain on the ground, and their team’s healer girl tried to heal the injured. The bossy btch tried to boss around during his absence, and the others could do nothing about it.
"Ah, he tried to harass me and I smacked him by reflex. You’re back, Casey. You must be tired. Let me help you out. You’re so sweaty too. Would you like a shower, something to eat, or maybe me?" Mary’s attitude suddenly changed like that of a housewife.
The Tarzan-looking young man who just arrived was this survival team’s leader, the strongest ability user in the group. And, of course, she would tightly hug his thigh and curry his favor for her survival.
