The Bloodline System



Author's Note: Unedited Chapter

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Only Captain Strum was crazy enough to head to a red zone so he was the only participant who would get the chance to unlock the restraints on his supernatural abilities twice.

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Gustav peeked through the spaces in between the gate like poles with keen eyes. 

"It looks like they're gone," Gustav voiced as his eyes darted from corner to corner.

"I'm not entirely sure if it's a good idea to leave now," E.E voiced from the side.

"I agree with E.E... we've already been here for so long and we survived. I'm sure we only need to be here for less than a day more before the challenge comes to an end," Angy voiced.

Gustav had a look of contemplation as he turned to face them.

"You two certainly have a point, especially now since it looks like they have left..." From Gustav's manner of speaking it felt like there was a but coming.

He turned to stare at the entry point barricaded by the gate like golden poles, "This looks to me like we're at one of the edges of this yellow zone," 

The view through the spaces in between the bars showed that they were currently on the ground and there was no crazy looking structures and immensely long golden poles extending out of the ground up ahead.

It looked like the constant transformation of the zone had put them in a position that was close to the edge of the zone and on the ground nonetheless. 

"If any beast should wander past this zone by coincidence, we stand a high chance of being spotted," Gustav added.

"We could just wait till this part of the structure moves again," Angy stated.

Gustav thought about it again for a couple of seconds. The structure had remained this way for the last hour and he was starting to worry. 

According to the map, they direction they were currently facing would lead back to the region with holes all over the ground. This was the same direction they came from.

"Let's..." Just as Gustav was about to make a decision, a small rumble caused him to pause in place. 

The space they were currently situated in began to move. They soon ascended as the entire structure began to undergo change once more.

"There's our answer," Angy smiled while voicing out.

"Alright, I guess we can keep staying here," Gustav stated before sitting beside Angy.

As the structure underwent change, the golden poles that had formed a gate before the entry point to this space, all shifted away as well and got replaced with a massive golden board.

In a couple of seconds, the entry point to the small space had been completely sealed without a single ray of lighting penetrating through.

The internal structure of the small space became even more dimly lit than before. The trio could only see each other due to the sensors from the purple helm formed from the Iov bracelet. 

"Why does this place even exist?" E.E suddenly questioned. 

"What do you mean?" Angy inquired.

"We're the leaders of Ozious bored and decided they needed to create a beast haven for fun then bring in all sorts of creatures?" E.E elaborated.

"Hmm that's true, even creating complex areas such as this within the beast haven as well or maybe they just did this for IYSOP," Angy curiosity piqued after hearing E.E bring this up.

"What do you think Gus?" E.E asked.

"I think..." Gustav paused for a bit causing both of them to stare in his direction with focused expressions as well as interest.

"No matter how much we try, we won't understand what they were thinking when they created this," Gustav shrugged.

They both drew back with a slight expression of disappointment, "I thought you were about to give me the answer but I guess you're right," E.E voiced.

"I don't have all the answers in the universe but that's a pretty interesting thought you have there. Maybe we should ask the Ozis later," Gustav had a slight look of intrigue as he stated.

"I leaning on boredom then," Angy voiced from the side.

"For me, I'm leaning on IYSOP," E.E said. 

They both called dibs on what the reason for the creation of the Beast Haven was and stared at Gustav, waiting for him to pick a side.

"What about you Gus?" E.E voiced.

"None of the two," Gustav answered with a smirk.

"Huh?"

"I'm hinging on the fact that it has been in existence since and wasn't created due to boredom or IYSOP. I'm betting on the fact that they use the beast haven for competitive competions between natives or punishment for criminals," Gustav elaboration caused both of them to open their mouths.

Now that he mentioned this, it actually made sense.

"Why didn't I think of this before?" E.E nearly cussed.

"You were holding out on us before right? Sneaky," Angy pinched Gustav's sides.

"Ow, no haha," Gustav chuckled while responding.

While this trio stayed in the confines of this enclosed space, the rest of the Beast Haven with the exception of the green zones were in hot waters.

More participants were getting disqualified by the hour. If some participants were aware that these three managed to survive in a yellow zone and even stay there for over a day, they would have curse in anger.

A lot of participants that had been disqualified got ambushed in yellow zones by beasts. If they didn't need to recharge their life points, they'd still be here yet this trio recharged to the max and even hid within.

Gustav, E.E and Angy engaged in different topics uncaring of the situation of the beast haven. They were having a blast exchanging dialogues and E.E was clowning as usual which caused occasional laughters from Angy and Gustav.

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They had practically spent another day in the small space at this point and were unaware of the current status of the challenge. However, they were sure that the challenge would most likely be coming to an end soon.

During the second day they spent here, the structure had changed a couple times more, however the space they hid within was still sealed at all corners without a single source of light. 

As they stayed waiting for the challenge to come to an end, the structure began moving again after a couple of minutes. 

"Hmm?" E.E exclaimed as he turned to the left side of the space which was supposed to be a dead end.

It suddenly detached in the next instant along with half of the small space.

Thirrrriiihhh! Clang! Clang!

Loud metallic vibrations rang through the air as the golden bits of the space collided with some platforms up ahead and stuck to it.

"Uh oh, we're out in the open again," Angy voiced. 

Due to the detachment of half this space, they were currently wide in the open as the rest of the half where they sat in got moved across the golden entrapment.

They could see the poles in the distance as well as multiple other structures dividing and merging with another area.

"I think we have to get out of here," E.E stated as he noticed the structure start moving at very quick pace.

They wanted to get up but soon lost their balance and fell back, ramming their bodies against the sealed part of the space.

The now exposed space was no longer moving in unpredictable trajectories, it was now moving in a very straight line with the exposed part of the space pointing in a particular direction.

Thwwosshh~

What laid ahead wasn't something that  the trio would count as very accommodating so they did their best to quickly jump to their feet and sped forward. 

"Now now! jump now!" Gustav yelled as he arrived at the exposed ledge of the space.

The trio quickly leapt forward from the fast moving space.

Thrrihh~ Bam! Bam! Bam!

They landed on a golden platform about seven feet lower than the height they jumped from. Fortunately, they managed to not fall off the platform but the instant they looked up.

Thiinhhgg~ Thiinhhgg~ Thiinhhgg~ Thiinhhgg~

Multiple horizontal lined poles stabbed into the space they were initially hiding in, merging completely to it as it slowly began to take a different shape.

If they were still within that space, they would have gotten impaled by the multiple golden rods.

"Now we're really out in the open," Gustav voiced.

"I don't see any beasts around though," E.E said with knitted eyes.

"Don't jinx things again," Angy voiced from the side.

"Too late," Gustav stated while looking downwards. 

Angy and E.E's hairs stood on end as they followed Gustav's line of sight with looks of terror.

"Ah shit," E.E voiced as he spotted the six limbed creature with a calabash like upper body build.

It stood just before the entrance area of the yellow zone.