" Katie! What's wrong? Are you okay? Should I call someone over to help? " Kirti started to freak out, once she saw Katie visibly showing her pain and suffering
" Quickly call someone over! I feel like I'm gonna burst into a million pieces at this rate! " Katie shouted in a low voice
Kirti quickly ran from their spot behind the cave. She ran as fast as could possibly go, even slipping and falling once in the process. She frantically looked around looking for anyone who could help them, then she saw BOXU.
" BOXU Katie is dying , she needs your help! " Kriti said with fear written all over her face
" What!? What do mean she is dying?! Quickly show me where she is! " BOXU immediately said not wasting time.
Then immediately BOXU and all the people near him immediately ran with Kirti to Katie's location
" What's going on? why are they looking so worried over there? " Beresile asked
" One of our team members seems to be going through something fatal! Quickly follow us! " Cap shouted back
Then BOXU , Danno , Cap, Banjo ,Bear ,Beresile and some other members present ran up to Katie's location.
When they reached there they saw Katie collapsed on the ground groaning in deep pain.
" Shit! shit! shit!" She repeatedly said in a low voice completely oblivious to the people that had gathered around her.
BOXU immediately bent down on one knee " Katie stay strong we'll find a way to bring you out of this situation and if you can't handle it... Log out. We do need everyone we can have, but your well being is more important than any game. "
" What happened to her, do you know anything? " Beresile asked Kirti beside him
" She has not done anything out of the ordinary though as far as I remember... Wait! I remember she eat one of those werid fruits and this all started happening after she eat it. "
" Werid fruit? What werid fruit? " Beresile asked in a hurry
Kirti took some of the fruits she had gathered out of her pockets and handed them to Beresile. Beresile inspected them from every angle. He cut on their exterior with his nails and even smashed one of them in his hand.
Suddenly Katie lost consciousness and stopped moving completely.
" Is she dead? " One for the members worriedly asked
Low gasps could be heard from the small gathered crowd.
" No she's not dead... If she was dead she would despawn from the world but , her body is still present, meaning she's not dead. " BOXU said trying to calm everyone down around him.
Although he said this BOXU himself wasn't so confident in this. He had never seen something like this happen in his time of playing video games. A painful nervousness was quickly spreading in his heart.
Then Suddenly after a minute of this , Katie opened up her eyes in a flash. She started looking around frantically , almost in a daze. She put her hands on her body and ran them through her legs , waist ,stomach and face. She looked at BOXU , then Kirti and finally at Beresile.
The people around her said nothing as they were too surprised at what they just saw. A seemingly dead person had just got up like nothing had happened at all. BOXU was the first person to say something amidst the screaming silence.
" Are you all right? Can you get up on your own or should we help you out? " He asked worriedly
Katie just gave him a look of confusion and then realisation seemed to hit her square in the face, and then she got up in a second's notice.
" I'm fine you don't need to worry now! I was feeling as though my body was being ripped apart just a moment ago but, the pain seems to be gone. I can't explain it I just blacked out from the pain and when I woke up all the pain seemed to be gone... Ahh I almost forgot! I'm so sorry for making all of you worried! "
" You don't need to be sorry, we're a team here and taking care of each any every person present in the team in our job. " BOXU calmly said with a soft smile
" Yeah don't worry about us, if you have any problem in the future be sure to contact someone in the team we will try to help to the best of our ability at the moment. " Beresile said
" You scarred the life out of me you know that?! " Kirti scolded her friend as she playfully nudged her in the arm
Suddenly Katie started felling something inside her arm. She tried to feel it and discovered that it was a liquid that originated from her heart and travelled to her right arm, then it suddenly started going to her left arm as well , then her legs , then head and finnally to each and every corner in her body!
This liquid didn't feel foreign, but seemed to be a natural extension of her body. She didn't attend all feel disturbed by this. She even remarked how the liquid felt like nothing and everything at the same time.
She couldn't describe the felling even if she wanted and just as she opened her mouth to speak. Without notice another message similar to the announcement of the tribals attack, appeared infront of every player present online at the moment.
* A player has risked her life and took a step into the unknown depths of tis mysterious world. This player has become the first person in the player-base to test the ' Chaos fruit '. Her courage shall be appropriately rewarded. From this moment onwards she has unlocked her mana circuit partially.
She will have to learn and master this new found power Fully to unlock full-body mana circulation however. The game master wishes to see what she can achieve in the upcoming battle and looks forward to her future endeavours. He also promises something similar to the one who can contribute the most in the battle that is to come... *
BOOM! Everyone present in the server at the moment could only rub their eyes in disbelief. There was too much information packed into the message that it took a solid 5 minutes before anyone spoke anything.
( 30 minutes earlier )
" Should we really do this Racko? I mean you refused to do this previously... " Rick asked worriedly
" Yeah Rick even I don't wanna do this, but this will definitely help us in the upcoming battle and don't worry I still have a way that we can profit from this. " Racko said as he walked towards Trevor who was sitting on top of a rock and with a stick, drawing something on the soft soil below.
" Hey Trevor I have something important I want to share with you. " Racko said as he walked over.
" Yeah, what's the deal? "
Racko didn't speak further, but he did take something square out from the back of his clothes and handed it to Trevor. Trevor took the item with a little hesitation.
" What is this you have got he- " Trevor stopped mid sentence as he realised what he was actually holding.
" where did you get this thing? " Trevor asked with curiosity. However he kept looking at the map studying everything it has to offer.
The map started from the middle of the spawn area and covered a great deal of the left side of the map. Although, the markings on the map were small because of the size of the tablet itself, anyone could easily read it if they read it carefully.
Since Trevor's base was on the right side of the spawn area, he had much more knowledge of the right ride of the map than the left. This combined with the map he had just gotten would greatly boost their strategy and battle plans. It would definitely be a great asset to have in the battle to come.
" We were actually looking for a place to settle... Like the rest of the server and we went towards left of the spawn area. During the time we also mapped out the whole area as we thought it would help us out later. I didn't expect it would be of help this soon though... " Racko lied straight to Trevor's face.
It's not like he wanted to lie, but saying that they just not revealed this important map on their first meeting and especially when they became allies, would probably harm the trust between both parties.
" But, I want you to promise me one thing... After this whole battle is over you will return this tablet to us. "
" Yes sure, after repelling those savages I will have my own men construct a whole map of the area. " Trevor said
After this Racko and Rick started to walk back. Rick seemed to be holding something inside himself and after a minute he finally couldn't hold any longer and spoke out.
" What if he doesn't give the tablet back after all of this? I mean... He has so many people in his group it wouldn't take him much to keep that map using force... " Rick voiced his obvious worries
Racko's face showed a complex expression upon hearing Rick's question.
" I have thought about this exact thing for a great deal of time. Look, the worst case scenario is that we all don't survive the attack and just die. By giving him that map, our chances of surviving the attack have definitely gone up. And just surviving currently is our top priority. Second I don't think Trevor is the kind of person to go back on his promise but, we only have time to see how things decide to pan out..." Racko said