Kill a beast

Raze and Joel walked quietly for a while, no one uttering any words, until finally, the ID cards in their pockets buzzed. They both simultaneously took their cards out and took a look at them.

The cards showed that they had entered the forest deep enough for the competition to start.

"Put your card into your strip, it's safer there like the teacher said. We will be moving through things at a very fast pace, and you don't want to lose it," Raze said. He took his own card over the strip, and with a single thought, the card was pulled in.

Joel did the same and stored his card inside. He walked closer to Raze and then asked,

"What do we do from here?"

"Survive. For the first day, you and I will strive for two things—survival and fighting beasts. A part of this survival is tied to the beasts.

Most unranked beasts are safe to eat because there is no mana in their systems, so no long processes are required for us to make use of their meat.