Scapegoat
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Ping! a sound heard by everyone inside the tower
the Status window pops up automatically
[ Mission - You will have 120 hours to defeat the boss and leave the first floor
Rewards - Players who have defeated the first floor boss will be allowed to leave the tutorial tower
Each player will also receive a bronze mystery box
Punishment - ??? ]
"Lana looks like we will have 5 days to defeat the dungeon boss"
"Yeah but 5 days no food or water what will we do"
"Hmmm first thing first lets gather everyone up and discuss the situation"
Adam who was reading the status window doesn't really understand what's happening wonders around looking for other kids to play with
Lana rushes to Adam
"Adam stop wondering off this isn't playtime stick with mama and we will be out of here soon"
"But mum I'm just looking for someone to play with"
"I know you are son but right now you need to stay close to me ok"
"Ok"
Ji-hoon gathers everyone around with Jack standing right next to him
"Hello everyone I am ji-hoon the man next to me is named Jack he said he has a plan for everyone to leave here alive"
"Hello everyone as i'm sure you all no that we won't be getting out unless we defeat the dungeon boss I have a plan that may work and I was hoping we can all join forces and leave here alive"
Ji-hoon translates everything jack says to the people around
The people gathered around start shouting their worries to Ji-hoon
"Hello Jack some of the people are saying why you should be the leader of the group, what makes you think you can defeat the dungeon boss when you couldn't even do anything when the rabbit was here "
"I see there is no trust amongst us thank you Ji-hoon I will take my family and we will head out on our own, those who wish to join us are free to and those who don't we hope the best for them"
Ji-hoon repeats in Korean what Jack had said and a group of people decide to join Jack
"Hey Jack we will all introduce ourselves and it will be good if we know what everyones skills are so that we can survive this place"
"I'll go first"
Ji-hoon translates between those who can speak english and those who can't
"Hello everyone I am Jack age 32 and my skill is green gorilla which simply means I can increase my stats for a certain period of time"
"Hi I am Lana age 30 and my skill is burning light, I can blind my enemy for few seconds and this is my son Adam he is only 5 and has no skill"
"Hello I am Sung-min age 57 and I am a healer"
"Hello I am Lei Bao I am here on holiday with my son Wang Lei I am 49 years of age and my son is 16 years of age, I can shoot fire out of my mouth i have not tried it but it says that is my skill, my son he says he has a skill called dragon punch"
"Hello everyone I am Hana age 14, I am from Korea and my skill allows me to form a barrier"
"And last up is me I am Ji-hoon age 34 and my skill is to control animals or monsters for a few seconds"
"Now that the introductions have been taken care of ji-hoon please tell everyone we will be leaving this place in 15 minutes so please tell everyone to get ready to move out, we will be heading out to find a water source and also something to eat"
"Ok I will inform the team"
Jack starts to look around for things he can use as weapons, Lana is sitting next to Adam who is playing around with dirt on the ground.
Time flew by and the 15 minutes had ended Jack and his team headed further into the tower.
"Hey Ji-hoon tell everyone to be on high alert and watch out for traps"
"Yes I'll go and tell everyone now"
"Hey Jack are we really in a tower this place is so big i'm sure from the outside it just looks like a tower but in here it looks like were in a a total different land, look at the sky here its pitch black, but the walls have lanterns that glow bright but it doesn't even look like candles just a ball of light, and the ground is so..."
As Lana spoke to Jack a small slime dropped from the sky and landed on Adam
It started to swallow Adam
"Jack! something jumped on Adam quickly save him"
Adam starts to scream and cry
"Help me, help me it hurts"
Jack tried to grab the slime but failed as his hands just went through
"It's no good its made of some sort of liquid"
Ji-hoon rushes towards Adam with Lei Boa and Sung-min
Lei Boa shouts dragon breath and shoots a small amount of fire which caused the slime to evaporate
Adam falls to the fall but Lana catches him in her arms
Sung-min places his arms around the shoulder region of Adam and heals him
"Thank you both of you you saved my kid thank you so much"
The two nodded their heads and smiled walking away
As they carried on walking the encounter many different traps from arrows shooting from the walls , to the ground itself splitting open
Most of the times Adam was triggering the traps or was getting injured some how
This was causing a lot of tension in the group
So Jack decided to carry Adam on his back
This was his way of keeping Adam safe and the group from complaining
The further they walked the more slimes they encountered.
around 7 hours went by and everyone was exhausted, thirsty and hungry
"Hey Jack the people are asking what to do about water and food"
"Ji-hoon i understand everyone tired and hungry please can you tell them to wait here I will go and search for something to eat and drink"
Jack headed out by himself only to return 2 hours later with a mutated looking bunny
The bunny was white in colour but had claws and razor sharp teeth
Jack dropped the beast in the centre of the group and asked ji-hoon to ask Lei Boa to start a fire
At first everyone was hesitant to eat the bunny but eventually they started to eat one by one
This meal wasn't enough to qunch their hunger entirely but it gave them enough energy to keep moving.
no one knowing if it was night time or day time took turns to sleep.
4 days have passed by everyone exhausted and injured because of Adam constant trap triggering and getting injured
Not only was he getting injured himself but he kept moaning that he's hungry, tired, too cold or even to hot
People started to whisper between themselves which made Jack and Lana very paranoid as they knew it was because of Adam that they are all injured
Ji-hoon walks up to Jack
"Hey Jack can I have a moment of your time"
"Whats up Ji-hoon"
"The group think it's best to leave Adam here and continue with the mission"
"Leave my kid that will never happen, if he is being a pest then I think we will split ways here"
"I understand thank you for everything we hope you can make it out alive"
The group left Jack and his family and continued with the mission
"Hey Lana shall we head off as well"
"Yeah get up Adam we have to go"
"But dad i'm tired i don't want to"
Adam stubbornness forced Jack to lift him over his shoulders and carry him.
Jack and his family kept moving avoiding traps and killing any monsters that they came across
Adam kept up his constant moaning and crying throughout the journey.
there was 5 minutes left and Jack had finally met up with the ji-hoon and his group who were facing the rat king
Rat king was roughly roughly 10ft n hight and had thick fur that couldn't be easily pierced or burnt
Jack used his skill green gorilla and started to grapple the king rat and held him down while the rest attacked the rats head
1 minute left until the mission was over they had finally defeated the floor boss
The status window pops up along with two glowing gates one was sky blue in colour and the other was bright red
[0:47 to escape the floor dungeon]
Everyone started to rush towards the two gates as they stood by the gates they notices a wave of rats charging towards them
[0:40 remaining]
"Jack which gate are we heading into" shouts Lana
"I don't know"
The status window pops up again
[Blue gate is the exit and red gate is for the next floor]
Adam who was hiding in a corner not knowing what's happening stayed put while his parents and the group rushed towards the blue gate
"Jack where's Adam?"
Jack looks around and in the distance where the rat king dead body lay he saw Adam hiding
"Shit he's all the way back there we don't have time to get him"
"I think it's best if we leave him, there's an army of rats charging towards us and it is too much of a risk to grab our boy"
Jack and Lana not calling for Adam just ran out the blue gate with the group
Adam who was left behind was crouched behind a massive rock with his eyes closed, his body rocking back and forth was whispering
"I don't want to be here" repeating it over and over again.
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Mission Fail]