Chapter 2

A notification popped up in the interface.

Main Event

The Hunt

All players are to participate

Hunters : Hunt and kill for exp.

Prey : Survive for rewards

Duration : Untill Dawn

The top player in this event will receive a S tier reward. Please note that the use of guns is not allowed . Players found using guns will receive the death penalty.

Lucian read carefully. Taking in all the information and processing it.

Another notification appeared on the interface.

Role : Hunter

Hunt for Experience points

" So I'm a Hunter " Lucian thought to himself "Ofcourse , Hunter roles would be given to those with strong abilities "

"It's safer to stay inside" Lucian murmurs to himself ,looking at the front door that seemed to be gatekeeping freedom.

"But why do I want to open it ? I can still hear the sreams and torment coming from outside but why doesn't it bother me?"Lucian takes a step forward.

"Why doesn't it terrify me ? Have I completely gone insane?" Lucian takes another step forward towards the door.

His heart pounding. It wasn't from fear, it was something else. For the first time in a long time, Lucian felt excited.

"It's because this is a game, isn't it?" he smiles.

Lucian's fingers curled around the handle. A twisted sense of anticipation coiled in his chest, drowning all the distant echoes of terror from beyond the door.

He pushed open the door, stepping into the night. The air was thick with tension, the scent of blood already staining the streets. Screams of pain can be heard from a distant.

A notification appeared in his view.

Dear Player

You have a sword in your inventory

Do you wish to equip it ?

"A sword?"

"Open inventory" he commanded

The interface infront of him changes showing him his inventory.

INVENTORY

A sword: E tier

System coins 200

"Equip sword"

A sword materializes in his right hand . It was about one meter long. .

He swung a few times, testing the sword.

It wasn't that powerful, but it was light.

"This should do the job"

He was a hunter. That meant his prey was out there waiting to be hunted.

He puts the sword into his scabbard that had appeared on his waist. Lucian walked into the streets in search of his prey.

A few minutes have passed yet he didn't see any prey, only hunters running and shouting like animals. He scanned the area, searching for movement. Then he saw them.

A group of prey- a woman clutching a crying baby, a man limping with a bleeding leg and a teenager. They were trembling behind an overturned car. Their eyes flicked to lucian, wide with terror.

Lucian took a step forward.

They flinched. Their eyes filled with fear. He could see in their faces that they were scared to death. He wasn't that close to them, only

seven meters. Yet, they didn't seem to run.

"Are they in shock?" He thought to himself.

He gripped his sword, intending to draw it out.

To deliver a quick execution.

That was what the system wanted. He needed to kill to get stronger. It was kill or be killed. That was the new reality.

And yet....

They weren't a challenge.

The woman could barely stand. The man looked like he'd fall over with a single hit. The teenager? He was gripping a piece of metal like it would do anything against an actual Hunter.

This wasn't going to be a fight.

It would be a slaughter.

Lucian exhaled sharply, releasing the tension in his grip from his sword. This wasn't worth it.

But then he heard it - a manic laugh, heavy boots hitting the pavement.

A hunter sprinted passed him. His axe lifted high in the air. Eyes filled with bloodlust.

His axe aimed for the mother and her child.

The mother looked at the hunter with fear. Her baby still crying. She then closed her eyes, accepting her fate.

"I'm sorry...., I couldn't protect you my child" her eyes filled with tears.

Just as the axe was about to hit her, a voice was heard from a distance.

"Don't Move"

There was no warmth in the voice, only the iron certainty of command.

She opened her eyes and saw that the hunter was unable to move.

Lucian couldn't just watch a women and her baby get sliced by an axe. Lucian was a hunter but he hadn't lost his humanity. Without hesitation, he spoke the words "Don't move"

The atmosphere changed. Then Lucian heard a familiar voice in his head .

"You have used Tyrants Mandate"

"Cooldown 24 hours"

It was the system.

Lucian had used one of his abilities.

"How pathetic" Lucian spoke with a deep and resonating authority.

"If I'm going to hunt , I'll hunt those who deserve it"

Each word cutting the atmosphere like a sharp blade. Fear struck the hunter. He tried to speak but only air escaped from his mouth.

Lucian drew his sword and walked slowly towards the hunter. His blade screeching the pavement. Each step resonating with aura.

The Hunter couldn't see Lucian but could hear him getting closer and closer. He tried to move and turn around but was unable to. The prey just watched in terror. The hunter glanced at the facial expression of the prey who had been staring at Lucian, horror was written all over their faces.

Panic clawed at his throat, demanding he run.

He felt as if death was behind him .

Then the screeching stopped.

Lucian swung his sword across the hunters neck.

Steel met flesh with a loud sickening sound.

Bone cracked, muscle tore and the severed head tumbled through the air before hitting the ground with a dull thud, eyes still wide with shock.

Lucian glared at the group of prey.

"Run and hide" he spoke with urgency.

"Before I change my mind"

He watched as they ran untill they were out of his sight.

A notification appeared before him.

_ TITTLE ACQUIRED_

The Hunter That Hunts Hunters

Experience points gained

LVL: 1>>3

_SIDE QUEST_

Hunt only hunters for the rest of the event

REWARD- 100 System Coins for every

kill.

Do you wish to accept ?

Notice : if you accept, all the hunter will be notified of your existence.