Arena

Bryan and Sophia came across a 2.5-meter-tall humanoid pig monster with a pair of pointed tusks beside his snout and a series of gold rings in it that screamed luxury at the same time currently sporting a reverent expression on his face. whilst staring at his boss.

In that period of time, Bryan examined the newcomer and sensed another unfathomable being, similar to Mister Pyg. And the fact that Mister Pyg is the boss implies that he is the most powerful of them all.

"These creatures are unbelievable. Are these beings currently ruling the world? If this is the case, how can the human race fight against these monsters? They could grow to the size of a house if they wanted to. With a stroke of their palm, they can bring whole cities to crumble and jump dozens of kilometers in a single second. Perhaps the most incredible thing was that they seemed to have intellect equal to, if not superior to, that of most humans. Can humanity really continue to dominate the world? According to what I'm seeing, they're all fucked if God didn't give us a chance to fight; however, this isn't my concern; even if the sky is falling apart, there are still people who can lift it up, and fortunately, I'm not one of them."

In the process of his pondering, Bryan deduced how humanity would fare against these monsters, but the likelihood is slim to none if these so-called beings are this powerful to such a degree.

Given that these two pigs seem to be having a conversation, Bryan wouldn't mind being quiet and silently waiting until it's over.

A short time later, a group of humans was seen trailing behind hamlet as they were conversing.

When the party approached, they saw the devastation in front of them and were taken aback for it seemed that there had been a fierce fight here earlier; soon afterward, they looked at the human-faced door and were surprised even more.

Upon seeing this, they glanced at each other in dismay, with looks of questioning apparent in their eyes, but they didn't say anything and remained silent the whole time.

Upon Seeing that the others have arrived, Bryan and Sophia noticed that there are no elderly people in the group, which is only made up entirely of young and middle-aged men and women who all look frail and haggard, with torn clothes and bloodied appearances.

In the process of all of this, Bryan discovered something unusual since even though there are a ton of people here, yet a few children can only be seen mingling about in the group in a frightened manner.

After a few seconds in his pondering, he realized there must be at least a hundred humans present since the number of people trailing Hamlet seems to be a lot. Only stopping Just a short time later.

"They're less than I expected; this place is huge, with pathways as wide and as big as a dozen major highways; it's hard to believe that only a hundred or so people can be seen here; I wonder how many people were sent here from the start?" Bryan pondered, his expression gradually becoming grim.

"I've brought all the humans with me, boss! Not only are the dead stored for future delicacy, but the human children seem to have been much more delectable than many years ago. In the past, they seem to have made a huge quality improvement, as they're all plump and rounded as opposed to being skinny and a bag of bones. In any case, there have been a few slight hiccups, but everybody is ready for the upcoming challenge, nevertheless, what happened here, boss? Why is this place in such shambles? Is it possible that a being similar to your power came here and clashed with you?" Hamlet said this while licking his lips in delight.

Hearing his subordinate's report, Mister Pyg's face gradually darkened as he turned to face the human party, and he was dissatisfied every moment upon seeing his disappointing result.

"Why are there so few humans in the group, Hamlet? How many people did you guys eat?" Mister Pyg asked Hamlet in a serious tone, as a vein protruded from his brow.

Hamlet is perplexed as to why his boss is disappointed and furious with him, given that he has simply obeyed and diligently carried out his orders. He had no idea what he had done wrong.

"Boss, you said to let loose of ourselves, so we did as you said."

"You idiot! A few can be eaten and stored, but hundreds?"

"But, you said to be fre-"

Mister Pyg interrupted Hamlet, saying, "A thousand people dwindled to a hundred, how stupid," Mister Pyg shook his head, dissatisfied.

Bryan, Sophia, and the rest of the humans. were shaken to the core when they discovered how many human beings had been brought here and how many of them had been massacred left and right.

They were heartbroken to learn that only 10% of the group was still alive and that innumerable children had been slaughtered and eaten, as if they were farmers, picking up their crops, or rather, human crops, and devouring them with relish.

"These disgusting pigs. Just you wait and see..." Bryan thought as he clenched his fist, his heart pounding with fury. He couldn't wait to have the power to tear these pigs apart.

After conversing with Hamlet, Mister Pyg turned to face the humans and said.

"Human beings! Outside this door is the safe zone, and within the safe zone will be other humans coming from other territories; be sure to heed the advice I'm about to give you, otherwise you will perish."

Subsequently, Mister Pyg stopped speaking to allow them to digest and thoroughly comprehend how desperate their plight is, and upon seeing that the humans were all paying rapt attention, he then continued his speech.

"In three days, at least 95 percent of you here will be dead; who will be dead depends on how well you pay attention to the next six hours, particularly what I'm about to say; first, no needless combat in the safe zone; you'll have plenty of time for that in the arena. You should, however, put each other to the test in a spar. Second, you have no restrictions on what you can do while you're in the arena, so go crazy. Third, don't overlook survival skills; everybody would want to use a weapon, but the majority of you would perish from natural causes; the wilderness is much more dangerous than you realize. My warning is to show no mercy or death will come knocking."

All of them had heard Mister Pyg's speech and at that moment, they understood that this would be a tough trial to overcome; they also recognized that the next trial would be in some sort of survival game, and it would take place in a forest.

"Based on what he said, it would be a form of game similar to a typical Battle Royale, where the winner keeps his life and the losers being killed, buried, and forgotten. However, it must take a duration of several days to complete, since, given that he provided a rough estimate of three days, means that, we're going to be stuck there for at least a week or two to finish."

Following his pondering, Bryan took a few deep breaths to calm down, after that, he looked around at the rest of the humans and saw that some were terrified, some were praying, and some of them banded together and formed batches of small teams before mixing with the others.

However, he discovered that a few of them stared at his indistinguishable face, which was bloodied beyond belief and riddled with tiny holes.

Earlier, the tiny sharp gravel punctured his face like needles, when he noticed right there that, those tiny gravels were incredibly hard to break and so heavy to lift that he seems to be unable to even make a budge of it. Fortunately, they were just superficial wounds that punctured every part of his body, leaving him a bloody mess.

Those people pitied Bryan in their hearts, upon seeing such an ugly young man in such a disastrous state. Some, though, had different thoughts as they stared fearfully at Bryan, who seemed to be very frightening right now.

Seeing those people, Bryan gave them a simple smile, and in an instant, they all broke out in cold sweat as the word "Lunatic" flashed across their minds. And others who were nearest to him fled as if they had seen their worst nightmare.

When Sophia saw such a scene, she giggled softly and subconsciously stroked her right armguard as she stared at the enormous door, trying to overcome her inner fear and face the trial bravely.

Bryan on the other hand, had his eyes shone dangerously. His heart raced and poured dark-red blood with a silver of black in his veins with a need to fight erupted from it.

Unbeknownst to him, his wounds were healing slowly but steadily, mending his body from the inside out.