Chapter One: Unexpectedly Join A Survival Game?!
Her name was Elannie Herjoisee. She was a warrior born and bred by the Brightwalker Clan. In the land of the Sunroe Country, where wars are held due to insufficient resources and land, many warriors were raised and trained to survive in harsh conditions.
Elannie was one of the many warriors who fought for their clan. In a land that is dying, the Brightwalker Clan Leader decided to put all their people to war. Whether they are young, old, or females for birthing, any who breathes in the Clan goes to war. To fight for their last chance of survival.
At the last moment before Elannie died at the hands of the Riverlay Clan Leader, she saw a glimpse of sorrow and helplessness as her Clan Members got exterminated.
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Server Count: 5000 Total Players count: 250,000,000
"Welcome to the Territory Survival Game. It is a pleasure to welcome everyone who decided to participate in our new competition recently developed by The Royal Associations!"
"I am your host Sila! You currently belong to Server #4667 with 50000 Players active."
"To begin, based on contract agreement we will only repeat the six rules of the Game."
"First Rule: Only one Player per territory is allowed to be a Leader. The Player's Right of Leadership must be surrendered to join a team. They will have a status of "Team member of xxx" on their profile status. Reminder: Surrendering a Player's Rights of Leadership will lose access to functions only available to Leaders.
"Second Rule: Rankings will be displayed after each round. Only Top 100 Players receive a reward. The reward will only be received once they are in the next round and cannot be received outside of the territory. If the territory gets destroyed before territory initialises on the next round, players will be prompted for a system option as long as the player is still alive. This does not apply once considered dead by the system."
"Third Rule: Only the TOP 10000 Players in the last round can move to the next round. All players that had chosen to surrender to a territory owned by one of the TOP 10000 Players will be included in the next round as part of the team. Other Players who gave up their Leadership Rights or carry Leadership Rights but are not within the ranks of TOP 10000 Players will be eliminated by the system."
"Fourth Rule: Unused Unique items can be brought to the next round. Limit of unique items: 1 item for each next round. If in possession of more than one unused unique item, the system will automatically exchange unique items to points. Once a unique item is used, it is permanent."
Fifth Rule: Once a Player surrenders their Rights of Leadership to another Player, it will be permanent throughout the entire game until the competition ends. Status can be changed back temporarily using special items. However duration varies depending on item description. Once the duration is over, the Player's profile will be reverted back to the original Team name showing as "Team member of xxx".
"Sixth Rule: Killing in the Gathering Zone is prohibited. All offenders in the zone will be severely punished."
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"All players are encouraged to remember the rules by the system and do their best to survive."
"As part of the agreement signed between the players and the Territory Game Survival Officials along with The Royal Associations and the Federation as the witness, the game will be broadcasted to our honourable viewers."
"First round will start in 10 minutes." Sila finished.
Sila's voice disappears and the area suddenly comes alive as screams and cries begin to be heard.
"Wh-where am I?! Who are you people?! Tell me or I'll call the police!!" A man in a suit suddenly scrambled up yelling in his surroundings.
"Mommy? Where are you?! Someone help me!!" A girl in a school uniform shivers and trembles at the sight of so many people.
"Who are you guys! Where is this place? Are you filming something? Let me go! Otherwise I'll call the police!" The middle aged man who was wearing sunglasses glanced around and noticed the unfamiliar surroundings and people who stood besides him, so he started shouting.
Fear, confusion and excitement started rising as more people started talking.
The pressure from the voice earlier disappears and Elannie struggles to stand up. Her arms and legs seem to be too weak to support her up. She frowns and confusion was all anyone could see if they were to look at her.
Once Elannie managed to stand up, a wave of energy from somewhere reached out to her. Her body seems to tremble as the energy starts to fill her up with power. As the energy gets absorbed in her body, memory fragments start to appear.
She closes her eyes and a tear falls when images of her Clan getting slaughtered surfaces. Her Clan Leader stood at the frontline and fought many until someone hacked him from the side in surprise catching him off guard and being overwhelmed from all sides. Then Elannie shivered when a memory showed the Leader of the Riverlay Clan stabs her in her chest near her heart and decapitates her head after. Images after images of non-stop deaths of her clan entered her brain giving her a heartbreaking memory that will never fade.
"Hey you! The lady with eyes closed. Do you know what's going on? Where are we?!" The man in the suit walked up to Elannie. He approached her when he noticed that it was only her who didn't seem to be making any cries or breakdowns. This encourages him to ask her since she seems to be the only person who is close to being calm in this situation.
Elannie opens her eyes and once she does, the man takes a step back when he sees something close to despair and hopelessness in her eyes.
"N-Never mind" The man in the suit left quickly and walked to another person.
Elannie looks at his retreating figure and then observes her surroundings for an unknown time. Trying to focus on the situation at hand and pushing all the painful memories in a corner, she notices the place was too chaotic and many beings were crying and causing chaos.
Elannie discovered that her body seems to be different but it can still absorb energy from her surroundings just like how a Brightwalker being can do.
She then starts to stretch her hands and arms as she feels that her body seems to be close to being full from absorbing unknown energies around her.
Elannie's body seems to be tall compared to the females in her surroundings. The body seems to be at least 5'9'' tall and very skinny looking. Her skin was white and she had shoulder length black hair.
As for the body's condition, Elannie seems to be wearing some kind of clothing that she wasn't familiar with. As she observes her body, she just realises that this body does not belong to her.
She frowned in confusion and suddenly a memory came to her. She remembered seeing a white speck on a black environment. Although she wasn't sure where she was or her state, all she remembered was reaching out to the white speck and suddenly she was in this game.
As she looked more into her memory, a fragment came to her. Then, after the first fragment, more came and information came pouring into her mind.
Elannie felt that her head was going to explode from the amount of information that was injected into her brain in a small amount of time. She shivered in pain.
This body's original owner was named Elaisha Monroe. This person was raised as an orphan by the orphanage and reached adulthood when the owner suddenly got involved in a drug trade that was busted by the officials when coming back from work.
The drug trade happened on the back of a building. However the criminals tried to run away using the street road. Unfortunately, Elaisha who was walking on the sidewalk in order to get home was hit with a stray bullet which caused her death due to the bullet hitting her lungs and thus dying.
Elannie watched as Elaisha, who was on her last breath, signed a white parchment. Elannie can tell that the agreement that Elaisha signed was the Territory Survival Game that the host Sila mentioned before. Sadly, the memory fragment stops there and does not show the entire agreement that Elaisha signed.
"Ding! Congratulations for being the first to discover the energy field!" Sila's voice rang from her head."Ding! Congratulations for being the first to absorb the energy field!"
Elannie was surprised and took a defensive position. She looked around her and noticed that no one was paying any attention to her. However, Sila's voice continued in her mind.
"I am the Server #4667's host, Sila." Sila said. "As you are the first to finish the secret tasks, you are rewarded with 200 points."
"Points?" Elannie asks. "What are they used for?"
"Good question!" Sila answered, "Points are used as the game's currency. You can use them for almost anything. An example would be to strengthen your body, hire workers to your territory, buy items and resources in the market and also, pay for upgrading your territory."
"Territory?" Elannie asks in confusion.
"Yes, as I mentioned before, you have joined the game Territory Survival Game. In this game, players and their territories must survive and be part of the TOP 10000 in the first round."
"There is only 6 minutes left until the first round starts. Do you have any other questions?" Sila asks.
"6 minutes 'til the game starts?" Elannie asks, "Is the 10 minutes for the players to get acquainted with the rules of the game?"
"Yes and no. Each round of the game, players will receive time to start preparing for the next round. The first round will be given 10 minutes one time only, however after that the next preparation will only be given 5 minutes. During this 10 minutes preparation time, you can ask me any question for free. After this round, each inquiry will be charged and the fee depends on the question level. Basic questions will be charged 5 points each, anything above basic will be charged more depending on the question."
Sila continued on, "Another is that during the preparation time, the players can also prepare for their upcoming rounds by opening the store in the Gathering Zone. During the first preparation, no tax will be charged. However, the next preparations there will be tax included."
"Another good thing during the first preparation is the secret task, which you've won with 200 points. It is only during the first preparation would there be a gift for a player who discovers the energy field." Sila said. "4 minutes left until the round starts."
"Why didn't you say so right away?!" Elannie asks irritatedly.
"I am only in charge of inquiries, trade and auction. I am not a babysitter. If a player did not call my name or trigger a task reward, I do not need to talk to them."
Elannie frowned and looked up at her surroundings. She noticed that many people are still in confusion, panic and angry. However, there are some people who she also noticed staring in the air as if listening to something only they can hear.
"3 minutes left." Sila said.
Elannie woke up from her dazed expression and stopped thinking about anything else. She only has 3 minutes to prepare before the round starts. Although she is not familiar with the environment and people, she knows she still needs to prepare for what may come. Afterall, she doesn't want to die again.
"Open store and interface!" Elannie said out loud. Gathering some attention from her surroundings.
"Opening the store, no tax will be charged during the first preparation." Sila said.
As Sila's voice disappears, a window pops out in midair. In there, the first thing she noticed was her info along with the store list with price on the side.
Name: Elaisha Monroe
Level: 1
Race: Human?
Age: 21?
Gender: Female
Perception: 20/30 (energy enhanced)
Strength: 22/30 (energy enhanced)
Intelligence: 25/30 (energy enhanced)
Agility: 22/30 (energy enhanced)
Endurance: 20/30 (energy enhanced)
Luck: 9
Charm: 11 (+3)
Energy Level: 150/150
Ability: Fast recovery, Energy Manipulator
Skills: Hunting, Tree Climbing, Chef, Builder, Gatherer…
Outfit: Simple t-shirt, jeans, running shoes, wind jacket
Accessories: Necklace (+3 charm)
Rank: ---
Title:---
Points: 100 (+200)
Elannie looked at her points and started going down the list in the store.
Items Name (focus on the item for more details)
Price (Points=P)
Backpack 9P
T-shirt 5P
Pants 6P
Towels 10P
Novice Pack (Limit 1) 60P
Bandage (pack of 2) 20P
Knife 15P
Telescope 20P
Stone Axe 10P
Rope (pack of 3) 5P
Flint & Steel 10P
Ragged shoes 8P
Outdoor Jacket 12P
She saw a lot of items on the list but she didn't have time to go through it all. Elannie noticed the Novice pack and she bought it without hesitation. Her points went down to 240P.
"One minute left." Sila announced.
Elannie bought a backpack (9P), knife(15P), Flint & Steel(10P), Stone Axe(10P), soap(8P), Outdoor Jacket(12P), rope(5P) and many other things worth 28P.
Elannie also bought the water bottle x 3 price 20P, leaving her with 123 points. She frowned when she noticed that there was no food listed even if she went further down the list.
"Sila, why are there n-" Elannie stops when she feels a pressure come down on her body.
"Preparation time is over. The First Round of the Territory Survival Game begins!" Sila announced. After her voice disappears, the sky trembles and a black hole appears. The pressure was gone and before anyone could utter a sound, they were all sucked into the black hole.