Humanoid (1)

Just after he told his heart all that, a message pooped in. William looked at the object in his hand with a plain look.

With a mental command, it opened the 100km chat.

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[Tower_TOM: Sorry for the late reply. The last wave has been a little tiring.]

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William looked at the message with unknown emotion.

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[Tower_WILLIAM: Did you just complete the wave?]

[Tower_TOM: No, it's been a while. I got hurt by that stupid hound, do you know any good way to stop bleeding? My right leg is busted. It's scary to see all this blood bro.]

[Tower_WILLIAM: Use your shirt or any clothes you have to close it. How big is the wound?]

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'The hound got his leg huh…' William thought while taking out the dead skin from his fingertip. 

The hound would have got his leg too if not for the fact that he was good at fighting dogs such as this one. 

He could totally understand why Tom would get hurt like this.

He didn't get a message for some time and William just looked at the world chat, things were becoming interesting each time he entered the chat.

People were getting used to the 30-minute chat delay now and were more accepting of the fact that the times had changed.

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[Tower_TOM: I have been trying to stop the bleeding all this time. Tried everything but nothing's working man. It got a huge chunk of my calf. I don't know what to do anymore. So much blood has come out already…]

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William looked at the message with a frown, no matter how he looked at the situation. He knew nothing about stopping the bleeding. 

In the end, there was only one solution he could think of.

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World chat

[Tower_JAMES11: I killed that hound with a single hit, what can you guys do aside from Sitting on your asses? Nothing!]

[Tower_BILL: I am so scared! Can anyone tell me when this nightmare will be over?!]

[Tower_Sarah89: That hound was such a cute doggy, it's a pity I am eating it raw right now. So tasty~]

[Tower_William: Does anyone know how to fix bleeding? A huge chunk of the calf got eaten by the hound. I don't have anything right now and it is tough holding the blood from coming out.]

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William wrote his message and looked at the chat with all his focus. He got some notifications meaning Tom was messaging him yet he had no choice but to ignore him right now.

A message could come anytime now and William was going to be ready for it.

A minute later.

TING!

A notification sound came again and William saw a message pass by in a flash yet he stopped the chat and slowly made his way up. 

He had to, the message was red in color! The only message that was red.

'What?!' William had to shout inwardly, he didn't know that such a feature existed.

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[Tower_NIGHTSKY: @Tower_WILLIAM Stopping blood is not easy right now as you have nothing aside from your clothes… Well, if you are not unlucky enough to come here naked. Anyways, all you can do is put pressure on the wound and hope to not bleed. Also, keep the leg above in the air so that the blood flows backward. I am not an expert but I had to tell you what I already knew. Hope you get well soon.]

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William read the message that was unlike any he had seen around.

'It seems we can tag people and talk with them like this. How did I not see it till now?'

He looked through the other messages and found about two or three messages that had tagged someone. It seemed it was not known by many people.

But to come back to the message again, William read it again and clicked his tongue in annoyance. 

Yes, the person had tried to help but it was not enough. But to think about it again, William thought it to be the only option that Tom would get in closing off the bleeding.

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100km chat

[Tower_WILLIAM: Try putting pressure on the wound with your hand or some cloth and keep your leg in the air so that the blood flows back. It will help stop the bleeding.]

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'I have done enough now…' William closed his eyes again and tried to relax as much as possible. 

He had done more than he could have expected from himself. Now, William had to focus on himself too.

It was a scare to think of getting hurt. It was not like William was scared of getting hurt. He knew he could get hurt in all these fights yet he had not realized that it was not just about getting injured.

The after-effects were much worse. If he got deeply scratched by something like the hound.

How will he be able to treat it? There was literally nothing with him aside from his clothes that were already worn out due to numerous years of everyday use.

'1 hour… I wonder what will attack me this time…' 

It was tough passing time but he had to do it, he did not dare close his eyes again. Sleeping in a time like this and not waking up even after the wave started was a thought he was wary of.

Soon, even that hour passed and it was time for the new wave. William did not get any message from Tom all this while. 

He got some notifications like usual stating that the fourth wave had commenced.

William looked in the front and saw a silhouette coming out of the fog. The fog like always was a menace, making it hard to make out what the creature was, even though it looked to have stood in front of the fog's end looking at William.

A foot came out and that was when William got to witness something that made him get in his form the next second.

In front of him, there was a creature that William could now see clearly.

What made William get on his toes so quickly was the fact that this creature was a humanoid just like him.

But in no way was it a human.