A new teammate?

After the girl sits on the bed.

Dizziness gripped her.

She was going to pass out at any moment, but she still had things to do. She looked up and in front of her were Matei, Alesio and Juliana. But this time Alesio spoke:

- What you wrote in that letter is true?

Anka nodded.

- Yes .

The frown on Alessio's face disappeared. Now he looked at Anka with a serious face uncharacteristic of his age.

- Are you on our side?

- I am not on anyone's side.

This answer seemed to answer the things the boy wanted answers to.

- You can rest. I owe you.

Anka just nodded and lay down. Satisfied with the success of the scene she wanted, sleep came over her quickly.

Too bad the dream could not be described as peaceful.

« A body was suspended in the air.

Below was a dark abyss.

Great cries were heard from there, and the darkness itself was ready to jump from there.

The body in the air began to fall down quickly.

The body have unfocused eyes looked blood red giving off an incredibly cold feeling.

The hair that was blowing in the wind seemed to be black and long...

After an unknown time, the body reached the bottom of the abyss.

The landing was made in water.

The sound of splashing echoes in the large cave.

The shouting had stopped for a moment and then had become more fierce.

The body in the water seemed motionless...

The ice is spreading around the body and has been lifted out of the water.

The body was now lying on the water.

Feet stepped slowly on the ice, and various crawling sounds could be heard very loudly in the distance.

At one point, black figures tied with wires appeared from the shores of the underground lake.

Those threads in turn bound large stones, preventing the movement of the silhouettes in black.

Beside those silhouettes, deformed hands were discreetly reaching out of the water towards the slowly walking body, only to be frozen together with the water.

After the body reached the shore of the underground lake, the cries from the loose figures became even louder.

The ice slowly spread around the body.

'He' approaches the nearest black figure.

Black figure was struggling like a violent one , as he screamed.

The body held out a white hand.

Black smoke swirled like a snake around that hand, and when it touched the black figure it expanded a lot.

The figure that was howling and struggling became docile.

He let the black energy of black hands cover him and slowly turned into smoke.

Then that smoke surrounded the body.

This process continued for a long time.

At one point that whole huge cave had become filled with ice.

The body is still moving forward.

A few more screams could be heard from the front, but they seemed very pitiful.

Passage through which the body was walking suddenly opened into a wide and spacious cave.

It was even furnished.

A light was coming from somewhere above, and raising your head you could see a magical crystal of very large light.

The body that entered was that of a woman.

She had blood red eyes and strange black clothes on her.

The hair that originally looked black had many white strands through it.

Her gaze seemed blank, and her whole body was releasing cold.

There were 4 black figures in the cave.

They roared mournfully, but unlike the previous figures they were bound with chains of light.

The furniture in the cave contained many strange tools, books, stones, etc...

The woman steps forward.

Her bare feet left a trail of blood on the floor.

The black figures began to howl louder and seemed to rush at her.

The woman just slowly advanced towards them. She raised her hand and placed it on the head of first figure .

The instant was silent, and the black mist around the woman moved towards that white chain of light.

The mist instantly broke through and engulfed them in darkness.

The black body slowly turned into mist, but unlike the previous ones, this time the body started to show characteristics.

The woman, however, did not look at him further.

She repeated the process with the rest of the cave.

Then she continues to move forward.

The silhouettes behind her followed slowly. 

After an unknown time the woman came out of the cave.

Apparently that chasm was connected to the exit.

A lush forest was in front of the woman, and the sun that had just risen could be discerned above the crown of the trees.

The black mist around her slowly dissipated.

The silhouettes behind her were then replaced with different colored gems.

They floated and were surrounded by the black mist and then disappeared with it.

The woman's body trembled and she closed her eyes. »

Anka opened her eyes. The sudden light blinded her a little. Then she was surprised by the scene in front of her.

Now she was in the forest. She was sitting on the grass leaning against a tree.

'What situation is this?'

She quickly looked at her body but found nothing wrong. She looked at her legs and the torus was normal. 

' No . How did we get here?'

She looked around and deduced that she was at the foot of the mountain on which the temple stood.

She stood up and shook the grass off her. Her eyes fell on her legs which had dried blood on them. The girl sat down again and took care of her legs a little. It looks like she had several wounds on them that bled but they had already crusted over.

Anka was very confused.

'Is this situation something done by the temple, or by one of the teammates?'

'Maybe from the other participants?'

' Or is it something related to my ability?'

Anka however felt that her condition was very good.

' If it weren't for last night's very real pain I'd almost believe I didn't have multiple organs destroyed yesterday...'

Feeling good, she stopped thinking about this and looked up at the sister in the sky.

' It should be very early now...'

'This area seemed to have a large number of rabbits...'

'I can hunt out of boredom. If I go back now it would be weird and I'll definitely meet someone...'

Anka not wanting to be put in a situation where she can't answer, decided to hunt in the forest. She took some slippers from the system used in another scenario and walked among the trees.

Not long after she spotted a group of wild rabbits. They were much bigger than they should be. They were the size of a 10 year old child and looked very strong.

Anka looked at them for a minute then pulled out her black dagger and jumped straight at one of the bigger ones. Her attack took them by surprise but immediately they started running, and the one the girl had cut was still struggling.

' I cut his carotid artery. In two minutes at most he will die.'

Then they precisely cut the ligaments of his back legs to stop him from running away.

There was a sudden noise from behind her. When she turned her head she saw a tiger cub trying to bite one of the retreating rabbits. The little kitten still didn't succeed and the rabbit even kicked and sending him flying.

The girl looks at this little one and then at the rabbits that have grown so much.

'What kind of rule applies to their evolution?'

Then she went to the tiger cub. Who was very dirty. It seemed that he had crawled through mud and leaves.

Anka picked him up from the ground, and he immediately began to meow menacingly, but his tail was shaking strongly.

' He's so sweet ...'

The girl's heart of stone was melted by the little kitty ...

She went to the rabbit that was still struggling between life and death and with the knife peeled the skin off one of its legs. The rabbit that was still alive struggled mightily, and if it could roar like other animals it would certainly sound miserable.

Anka then took a piece of meat from that leg and brought it to the chicken's mouth. He smelled her and started to lick her. The girl guessed that maybe the chicken was also very thirsty. She took out a stick of water and with the lid helped the baby to drink a little.

Although it was a bit difficult to open a bottle with just one hand, it didn't matter. Looking at the little tiger drinking the water, the girl softens her gaze. After drinking enough, the kitten pulled the piece of meat with its claws.

Because the girl sat down, the meat automatically ended up on one knee while she was feeding him. Anka looked at the cub, which was holding the piece of meat with all four legs and was 'peckin' it with its little beak.

'I'm definitely keeping it...'

So. Anka held him as she processed the now dead rabbit. After putting it away in the system, she headed to the river to clean the little tiger.

On the way, the little cub was a little dishonest and tries to run away, but Anka's hand held him tightly. She then gave him another piece of meat and he was busy eating and forgot to get off.

At the river, the girl tried her best to wash it. She got away with several scratches on her hand but now she had a small and clean white tiger in her arms.

Satisfied, she headed towards the temple. She didn't know exactly what time it was, but she didn't care anymore.

Now her mind was full of ways to raise animals. She wanted to evolve this cub baby to be her teammate.