TUG-of-WAR III

The first one to step into the rope is one of the thugs on the other side. He was skinny and lean. He looks at our side and winks at both Dee and I. I cringed while Dee blushes at the attention. She did not just think he was cute.

The man looks like a creep. He's practically leering at us.

"Who wants to go against him?" Mark asks, "Better yet, he doesn't look like a strong one. Maybe Dee or Jung-woo can go up."

"I-I'll go!" Dee steps up to the front, "I'll do my best."

"I can't wait to see you fall in the water missy." He flashes us a crooked smile. I realized, she was wearing a white shirt and jeans. I want to dig my eyes out.

"Nya-nya-nya! Okay! I'll set a 5 second timer! Get into positions!" Everyone who wasn't involved in the first round took multiple steps back away from the fight. Dee grabs a hold of one end and the skinny creep takes his end.

"I will start to timer! Good luck! Nya-gonna need it!" Meu claps his paws and the timer began.

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TING! TING! TING!

"Ahhh!!!"

"Come here!"

The two began to pull. Dee was screaming her head off as she pulled the rope with everything she had. The skinny creep is putting as much effort as Dee is. It wasn't until seconds had past did we realize that the two were equal in strength.

"Pull you dumbwit!" A short stubby thug calls out.

"Don't even think about losing! We'll beat you up!" Another one yells.

"Come on Dee, hang in there!" Steve hollers beside me.

"Put your weight into it. Pull and tug!" Mark coaches.

Since the two are similar in strength, it all comes down to who can last the longest. It wasn't until two minutes has past when Dee's body was slowly being pulled closer to the edge.

"A-ahh! I don't wanna go in the water!" She frets, still pulling the rope.

"Fall you bitch!" Skinny creep shouts, pulling on the rope as hard as he could. This made Dee lose balance and was pulled into the water.

"Uwah! Someone save me!" I hurriedly ran to the edge and pull her out with ease. The poor girl was heaving water out of her mouth and crying.

"I-I'm sorry." She cries. I awkwardly, rub her back as she tries to calm back down.

Steve and Mark on the other hand looked disappointed and concerned.

"We lost the first round, but at least he was the weakest one in their group." Mark remarks.

"Blue team scored first! 1-0!" Meu claps, "Second round! Who's up?!"

The other side sends in a muscled one, but he doesn't look as big or strong as the big one that have on their team. He walks up to the rope and picks it up, while doing so he flips his pony tail from side to side before posing. What the...

"I'll go up." Mark steps up and grabs the rope.

"Go brother Mark!"

"Y-you got this Oppa!"

"Will he be fine?" Jung-woo asks next to me.

"We'll just have to wait and see." I watch as the timer reset to five seconds. Then countdown began.

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TING! TING! TING!

"Uraaah!"

"Hah!"

The two men began their battle. It was very hard to watch. Both were equally strong, yet they both take turns pulling each other towards the edge. It was yet another battle of who would last the longest. A few more seconds later, Mark was able to drag his opponent into the water, giving us our first victory.

"One point for the red team! 1-1 tie." Meu, at this point, was sitting on a lounge floaty with an umbrella to shade him and sunglasses. He was sipping on a glass of what looked to be milk.

"You lot are so boring-nya." He licks this mouth, "Guess you leave me with no choice but to make it more fun. My viewers are complaining through the stream."

Stream? You mean this entire time someone's been watching us?!

"Nya-nya-nya. Of course. Right now, you guys can't hear them. After the first scenario, that's when I will open the stream up. If you all do well and provide great content, they might adopt and sponsor you."

"Who are these viewers?!" The man in the suit with glasses asks.

"Hmm..." Meu thinks carefully, "Secret-nya! I've already said too much. You guys were supposed to know this information when the first scenario begins, nya." The snaps his paws again.

When nothing happened, we all stared at him confused.

"Uh... you'll see. Let's get the third round going!"

This time the big thug steps up, "I'll go this time, Boss." He stomps to the front, their platform even shook at his heavy steps.

"I am Crusher!" He yells at, "I am level 15!" He smacks his fist on his chest.

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"Crusher. You idiot. You didn't have to announce to everyone your damn level. You bird brain." Business man grumbles while he pushes his glasses back up to his eyes.

"Crusher will fight fair!" He stomps, "Who will fight Crusher?!" He points at us.

"Since am the same level 15, guess I'll go." Steve walks up.

The two grab hold of the rope and Meu starts the timer for the 3rd round.

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"Woah!" Thrown off balance, I fell on my knees. Jung-woo went down with me.

"W-what was that?!" Dee asks fearfully. It seems like Steve and Crusher were the only ones who didn't notice the sudden movement.

"Ah, finally it's here. Took a while." Meu throws his sunglasses out in the sea.

While Steve and Crusher are busy tugging, everyone took a step back as something in the water rose up.

Blue-green scales emerge, its giant yellow eyes coming in view as it stares down at us. Half of its body makes it out of the water.

"Sea Serpent." Jung-woo points out.

"H-how would you know what that thing is!?" I pull him behind me again.

"I just do. I saw it in a video before. I also read a lot of animals and monsters." He explains, "And I can see the name and its l-level!"

I look at the sea serpent. However, I don't see a name or level. Is this Jung-woo's power?

"What's its level?!" I whispered, afraid for others to hear it.

"L-level 50... it's a baby sea serpent."

I wanted to jump in the water and drown. This giant sea monster can not be a baby. No way.