I want to party up

Jon glimpsed at the woman in detail. Her skin is warm ivory though paled now. He didn't know what happened to her. It is alright this way he can easily kill her and leave…

'Wait, she didn't attack me yet, does that mean I will not be able to kill her?' Jon thought it was a pity and let it end there. He decided just to hurry and pack the things and on be his way.

He laid her down, planning to look into the chest when the system chimed.

[DING! Please select one of the following…]

Do nothing. Reward: Nothing

Save her and party up. Reward: HP limit increased by 10

Save her and kill her. Reward: +10 Berries]

'Hey, system, you are forcing me to help her. Is she something special?' Jon asked.

"Okay, I select…"

"Wait! In case I choose option 2 and can't make her join my party, what will happen?" Jon asked cautiously.

[Host will have to forfeit the rewards]

"Will I still obtain the third reward if I kill her then?"

[No, If the Host has chosen an option the other options and rewards will be forfeited]

"Doesn't that mean I will earn nothing?" Jon asked indignantly.

[If the Host is that worried you can simply not choose by words but do so by action, in that way Host got to keep whatever rewards the Host gets]

"It's a good idea...but if I saved her and try to kill her, will I still be obliterated for going against the previous choice of not killing if not threatened?" Jon raised a question. if she didn't attack him, he is technically not threatened.

[Host can still kill her if she showed an inclination to harm you through words]

"That's good…" Jon began to open a med kit. He believed the box will automatically give medicine for the current problem.

And true enough he opened the box and found a vial and syringe. The same as the one he got during he got poisoned by the snake.

'Huh, don't tell me she is poisoned?' Jon blinked and proceeded to inject her shot as soon as he injected her, her pale face began to recover in a rapid phase.

'Truly, the medicine is wondrous' Jon praised as the woman opened her eyes and coughed. Her eyes automatically went to his face and her eyes widened; she made to move probably to attack him. He placed a knife on her neck.

'System, I didn't attack her. I'm merely putting on a show so don't misunderstand' Jon didn't forget and hurriedly explain to the system.

"What do you want?" the tail of her soft-arched eyebrows, rose as she glared.

"Nothing…Nothing great. I saved you, so I want to party up, what do you say?"

"I don't want any dead weight"

"Miss, if I didn't save you, you would be dead by now" Jon pointed out.

The woman looked at him weirdly, 'It's not like I'm really going to die, is he that desperate to be carried?' to her this is only a game. Earlier on her way through the forest she got bit by a weird-looking scorpion. While her status changed to 'Stung' as well, she didn't care much as she found the berries can't cure the status. It's a trifle thing to lose in a game, but the worst part only started five minutes later when she discerned her feet where the scorpion had stung go numb, the numbness soon spread all over her body slowly, then the real hell began. She felt like someone is stabbing her all over the body with a pin, first, it was weird and overwhelming but then the pin stab turned into someone electrocuting and burning her nerves.

Her eyes began to move on their own accord and her legs failed, for a moment she forgot this is a game and became desperate not wanting to die. That's also when she came upon a person aiming at something. In desperation, she glanced at the man's pouch and went crazy, she desired this pain to go and the bag likely to hold something to cure her.

She made a daze for it and alerted the man of her movements, the man fired but the aim is off because he is nervous. So she successfully neared and stabbed him in the head, whereas the aim was originally for the heart because her hands didn't particularly cooperative, it ended up stabbing through his head immediately killing the man. The body of the man fell and disappeared into dust after a couple of seconds.

She wasn't complaining and searched the pouch of the dead player; she found a couple of berries and ate them. Alas, Berries seem to do zero as the scorpion venom didn't reduce her Hp, but only increased her pain. As she felt more and more desperate she saw a chest in the direction the man was aiming at earlier, she should have noticed this sooner with how close the pavilion is, but she didn't since she was lost in pain.

She ran over not noticing someone is present there and commenced to rampage through the chest despite this she found nothing that seems to cure her, then she felt her body go numbed slowly. And the sensation spread and she sensed she could not feel her body anymore despite this she didn't complain as the pain also disappeared. Slowly her eyes felt heavy and closing them when the world whirled around her and saw something vague before her eyes completely closed down.

Now that everything disappeared and she woke back to normal, her mind also returned to focus.

'What am I even thinking; this is only a game, nothing more' Mia reminded herself as she looked at the guy before her. He had a good-looking face that one will not get bored looking at. She is not that desperate and ignored it after a glance.

"I can party up, though I want to ask a question, I will agree if you answer me," Mia sounded as if she didn't care whether he agreed or not.

'I'm the one holding the knife, why are you demanding from me?' Jon could not understand the logic, 'Or maybe she didn't really care, I'm the one in urgent need to save my sister, not her…though I don't truly care about her death as well, it is specifically something the system asked, I can always kill her and gain the berries' Jon's mind thought both options are beneficial only one is more so than the other, then he decided he would see what she wanted to ask. If it is something he could not answer he will reasonably kill her after asking.

"Deal"

"Okay" Mia then curiously asked, "What did you use to save me? Normal berries didn't work, so I like to know how you revived me. Is there a magic spell? Are you a magician?"

'Is that all?'

"I'm not a magician and there is no spell, I used a Medkit… I found, fortunately" Jon said.

"Oh" Mia sounded disappointed, 'So there is no magician setting' she thought to herself. With how realistic the game is, she precisely liked to know if there is any magic setting, if so, she desired to see it or experience it herself.

"Is that all? Now add me to the Party" Jon said not caring about the disappointed look.

"Okay, here…." Mia began to look intently before her, working on her HUD.

{Player MIA wishes to Party up with you, do you agree?}

"Agree" Jon uttered.

{Congratulations you and Mia are teammates, from now on you can't attack each other, attacking so will lead to immediate elimination. You can check your fellow teammate's status in live}

Jon didn't focus that greatly on the notification and listened to the System reward.

[Choice selection successful. You have received an HP limit increase by 10 as a reward]

And sure enough side by side with the notification, his HP bar increased and the numerical representation increased by 10.

HP: 70/70

"What is that!!!" he heard Mia's exclamation of surprise as she looked at him.