Debt

In the middle of a forest with a man holding a sword on his right and a shield on his left stood. His body was covered in blood, coming from others and some from his own. His clothes were tattered like they were cut by a sword.

"I've said this many times in my life..." The man talked as he panted.

"...but I officially regret all my life choices..."

*Grrrr

A monster that had the skin color of green jumped from behind him. The man immediately heard the noise and turned behind him and blocked with his shield.

He bounced the monster back into the air by pushing the shield outward. He then removed the shield from his sight and stabbed the monster while it was falling.

As he killed the monster more started appearing from behind the bushes.

"Fuck... and for all of this to have started just from a debt..."

***

"Ziyu! Come out from where you are hiding!"

In an alleyway so dark you can barely see anything. There was a man hiding.

'Fuck! Why did I even come to loan sharks.'

Ziyu, a normal highschool student. Due to some personal circumstances he was forced to ask for some money from loan sharks.

"Stop... Hiding!"

"Fuck! He isn't here either."

The loan sharks did their best to look at every corner to find Ziyu, but the alleyway was so dark that they couldn't even see anything.

"Where is Hara!"

"He hasn't come back yet boss."

"Fucking dark alleyway!"

Ziyu could hear the loan sharks clesrly from where he was at. But he was sure they wouldn't be able to find him. He knows that alley, like the back of his hand.

'I've run away to this alley ever since I was young, no one will be able to find me here.'

On the side of the loan sharks, a loan shark by the name of Hara came back.

"I got the lighter boss."

"Finally!"

'Shit what?'

Ziyu couldn't hide there anymore, he could outrun them in the alley but he was already too tired to play around with them.

But before Ziyu could escape from the alley, as he ran to where he knew he was going, he bumped into something.

'What was that, it wasn't hard... it was soft..'

Ziyu looked up but he couldn't see clearly. But just from some light, he clearly knew that there was a person in front of them.

But Ziyu didn't panik.

'A loa-? No, this man isn't a loan shark, he looks like he is in a suit.'

Ziyu could only think for a few seconds before the man started to talk.

"Ziyu Denaz, 15 years old, 500 thousand Juiz in debt."

"Shhh."

"I heard voices!"

The man talked in a normal tone. But in such an alleyway, anyone could hear it. The loan sharks heard voices and hurried to the direction.

"Keep quiet."

Whispered by Ziyu.

"Would you like to pay your debt?"

"Right there boss!"

"Quiet." Said by Ziyu.

The man stood there with no reaction, Ziyu was starting to panic but he couldn't go anywhere as the only place he could escape to was blocked by the man.

"Can you let me go?" He once again whispered.

"Would you like to pay your debt?"

"Can you quiet up."

The man still talked and Ziyu was for lost cause.

"Woul-"

"Yes! So can you just fucking move!" Ziyu wasn't able to hold it in anymore and shouted at the man.

"I can see him boss!"

"Fuck!"

"Affirmative."

Ziyu started to climb the man as the man didn't even budge no matter what Ziyu tried to do. But before he could even completely climb over the man.

"Boss, he disappeared."

"What do you mean he disappeared?!"

"He was ju-"

"You idiot!"

The loan sharks continued the alleyway till they were able to get out.

"Fuck! He escaped!"

"Boss what do we do?"

"Go look for him!"

The loan sharks dispersed and the boss was all left standing.

"Takil will kill me."

***

"Where am I!"

"What happened!"

"Who was that man!"

"Why are there so many people here!"

"Help! My leg!"

Ziyu kept quiet. Out of nowhere he was just teleported into a place he was not familiar with.

Ziyu looked around and found out he was in an open field surrounded by a forest. There were also a lot of people yelling around him, some were even hurt like they were just kidnapped as they were being attacked.

"Will you give me money!"

Ziyu heard many people talking about their money and was able to piece things through by just looking and listening to the people.

'So this is like *** but why am I in a forest, and how did I just appear here. I was sure I was just climbing a guy, and when I came here...'

Ziyu was in an embarrassing position. He was standing like he was climbing a man. He fixed his posture immediately and before he could continue his thoughts, a screen then popped up in front of him.

[The Game]

There were 2 words with stylish fonts placed on a blue screen like it was a game's title screen.

"Welcome debtors!"

A man appeared out of nowhere and was floating in the middle of the air above everyone. Light was surrounding him so it wasn't hard to notice. It was also night time so it was more obvious to know what was going on.

"Do you wanna pay your debts!"

'Is he speaking directly into my ears?'

Ziyu didn't even mind that the man was flying. He was quick witted. He wanted to wonder where he was or what situation he was in. But at the same time, happiness was the only thing running down his real thoughts and desires.

"Yes!"

"Where is the money!"

"You said you will give me money!"

'Money? I was never offered money? And why are you taking money from another person to pay debt, is he an idiot.'

"Oh quiet down everyone."

"Hmmm."

Ziyu tried to talk but he couldn't. The entire area turned silent. From a noise that could hurt ones ears to complete silence that would make anyone deaf, it could only be possible through-

'Magic, this isn't just a simple *** rip off, I am in a fantasy world. Just what the fuck did I get into.'

"You would all of course have to work for your money! I am not a philantrophist!"

'Work... don't even dare to tell me...'

"And what work do you wonder?"

The screen in front of Ziyu completely distorted and changed into a different one.

[Ziyu Denaz]

[Skills: ]

[Trait: ]

[Points: 0]

'Interesting, there are no such things as stats or levels.'

"This is a game screen! All of you should be familiar with it or at least have heard of it!"

Around the man started to appear weapons, from a sword to shields to even spears.

"You will be given a task to collect the equivalent points to be exchanged for your debt."

[Quota: 5,000 P]

This time instead of the same screen changing, a different small screen appeared and attached itself to the bottom right part of the original screen.

"All of you should have been given your quota for today, and if you are all still confused."

The man in the air looked around. At a distance from Ziyu there were two men fighting against each other but no one could hear it clearly as when more time passed even movements had no sound.

"When you kill something-"

The man fired light from his fingers and the man was killed and had their heads pierced with a hole.

"You get points. But that is based on what you kill."

[Goblins: 10]

[Horned Rabbits: 15]

[Slime: 30]

[Humans: 100]

A new and separate screen that wasn't attached to anything appeared this time with multiple names of creatures including humans and numbers to their right.

'I can already see the man slaughter...'

"Those are what you can currently find in this area. And yes, humans are included. They do give the most points, so decide wisely."

'They do indeed.' Ziyu nodded.

Ziyu has finally calmed down, not from the man in front of him nor the place he was placed in, but from running from the loan sharks a few minutes ago.

"Now it should be obvious what you should do right? Now choose some of your starting weapons."

A screen didn't appear this time but holographic 3D images did appear around Ziyu.

'Well, there is no mage... so a basic sword and shield should be normal.'

Ziyu picked fast and picked the sword and shield as his first weapons.

"Well now that most of you have picked your weapons, I should let you all go, I am quite busy."

The color of the sky suddenly changed to a brighter black.

'I didn't even notice there was a barrier.'

Ziyu was placed somewhat in the middle, and as people picked their weapons some already started to kill each other.

"Just some reminders, you can find weapons deep inside the forest..."

A portal appeared behind the man.

"Oh and before I forget, if you don't reach your quota in enough time, you know what happens."

The man slashed his neck and a new screen appeared in front of Ziyu.

[23:59:59]

"24 hours... so there was a time limit."

"Sorry but I have to~!"

A man rushed towards Ziyu as soon as the man in the sky left. Some people were looking at them.

The man was using a sword and shield just like Ziyu. The man was raising his sword ready to slash it down.

'Why can't he even think properly.'

The man was a little bit taller than him.

When the man was closing in, the sword was going to go down and slash Ziyu's body.

Ziyu raised his left arm with his shield and just slowly thrust his sword towards the man's heart.

'He wasn't even shielding himself. Why have a shield if you put it on your side.'

[You Have Gained 100 Points]

Some people were surprised by Ziyu's calmness. If anyone saw him shivering and being scared of loan sharks just a while ago, no one would believe his sight.

"What? You think I can't kill someone?"

'I just never wanted to get in more trouble... but there is no law here... right.'

Ziyu smiled and left the people.

'As much as I want to just kill humans who don't know how to fight, I am quite interested in one thing, and that is weapons.'

Ziyu didn't forget nor even removed the words of the man from the sky that there were weapons deep in the forest.

So with his sword and shield and no one following him, Ziyu ventured deep into the forest and encountered different monsters.

He was even looking forward to why a slime was worth more than a goblin. Was it strong or was it just that rare. And so time went by, and he would have never thought he would be so close to death.

***

"Grr!"

Ziyu encountered a single goblin as soon as he entered the forest.

'If they are this common, I don't think I can survive here.'

The goblin without rational thought just went straight ahead to Ziyu.

As the goblin jumped towards Ziyu, he blocked with his shield and pushed back. He then thrusted his sword killing the goblin.

'This will be how I fight from now.'

Ziyu went deeper and deeper into the forest to the point he even got lost.

'There should have been a map.'

Ziyu killed multiple goblins that were alone and avoided the ones that had more than one.

[Points: 340]

After a few hours of killing, this plan was definitely impossible for the amount of points he needed.

Even though Ziyu was not exhausted at all and was in perfect health, the points he had were just not going up at a fast enough pace.

"Here!"

Ziyu heard human voices.

'Perfect.'

After only gaining 340 Points in a few hours he was finally able to see a glimpse of hope by seeing humans he could kill.

Ziyu came closer quietly and saw that there were three of them.

"Two goblins, perfect."

The three went into a very interesting position.

'It seems like they at least have a brain.'

Two people went to the front and sat protecting themselves with their shields. And then one stayed behind that had spears.

The goblins were stupid enough to not even go around them as when they see a human they just go attack immediately without hesitation.

When the two goblins struggled with the shields, the man with spears swiftly took them out.

After seeing them fight, Ziyu did wonder one thing.

'How will they all be able to get the points if only one attacks. Is there some way to give points. But either way there are three of them, that seemed complicated.'

Ziyu will get his answers soon enough when he followed the three as they encountered another set of two goblins.

The weapons that they got from the man in the sky were not bounded items, Ziyu could have gotten the weapons from the first man he killed, but he only thought of it when he was already in the forest.

And so, the three men took advantage of this. They all switched weapons and another man was holding the spear as they did the same thing they did previously.

'So that's how... interesting...'

Ziyu followed the three until the perfect opportunity happened.

"I'll go pee for a sec."

"Ok be careful of some rabbits."

"I know, I know, my shield ain't pierced yet."

Ziyu waited in a bush to ambush the man.

'You three are amazing to adapt to this place already, but sadly, it's time to go.'

As the man was smart enough to just put the sword down as he pee. Ziyu could still just walk slowly behind him and just stab him in the back.

"There was not even a need to run like an idiot."

Ziyu made no noise and was able to kill the man with no problem. The forest was already filled with just critters and random noises that footsteps are hard to discern.

"I will want to take these items but I have no inventory."

"Katcel!"

Ziyu heard one of his party members looking for him and hid instantly, Ziyu and left his sword on the back of the man purposely.

The man saw Katcel dead on the ground.

"Katcel! What? The sword is still in him."

The man flipped Katcel to look at his face.

"Katcel!!!!"

His voice was enough to alert the other man and so Ziyu used the chance of the man's loud cries to kill him quietly.

'I guess anyone turns stupid when they are sad.'

Ziyu was confident with his skills that he didn't even hide anymore and confronted the single man holding a spear.

"Katcel, Speero!"

The man finally appeared in front of Ziyu.

"You murderer."

"And what are you?"

The man went straight for Ziyu. As stupid as it is to just run towards an enemy, the man did have an advantage as his weapon was longer.

But there was one good thing with having extra weapons on the ground.

'You can just let one get destroyed.'

As the man stretched the spear to gain advantage, Ziyu ran with his down and his sword up.

The man instantly noticed how stupid Ziyu was and didn't suspect a thing.

When the spear was close enough, Ziyu then raised the shield as fast as possible and let the spear pierce it.

When the spear pierced the shield, Ziyu pushed the shield to the side and ran as fast as he could to the guy and stabbed him in the heart.

"A spear ain't really that useful."

Ziyu went back to the other men and picked up another shield.

"Good as new."

[Points: 1,435]

Ziyu looked at his points and he was shocked.

"How do I have so many points?"