The Author's POV

Soon after the professor initiated the simulation, my surroundings started to change.

Thick lush trees started appearing from beneath my feet followed by soft and crumbly soil that caused my feet to slowly sink.

My visibility slowly started getting blocked by the towering trees that started sprouting from the ground at an incredible speed.

Extending my hand forward to touch a tree, I was immensely surprised by the realistic sensation that spread through my fingers. Running my hand along the tree trunk it felt like I was touching the lines and wrinkles of an old man's face. It had an uneven surface where I could feel the flaky nature of the dark exterior, that crumbled and peeled, with a crackling sound at the slightest pressure exerted by my fingers.

It almost felt like I was touching the real thing.

It didn't feel like I was touching a bunch of codes, but an actual tree.

"How intriguing..."

[Rank 1750 Ren Dover - Team points: 6]

As I was busy being mesmerized by how realistic the trees were, a notification popped up in front of me.

Seeing the notification, I quickly swiped left to discard it and fell into deep thought.

The game was simple.

Each student had one point, and every time a teammate died the team would lose a team point.

The teams that reached 0 points would then be automatically eliminated and hence lose the game.

The only way to gain points was through completing the hidden tasks available on the map.

At the end of the test, there will be a ranking list that ranks the teams in accordance with their performance.

Taking a good look at my surroundings, my teammates were nowhere in sight.

In fact, although the professor never mentioned this to us when briefing us on the rules, I already knew that everyone was going to be separated from each other.

Well, I was the one who created the scenario in the first place.

The main goal of this test was to survive for 1 hour.

Although it sounded easy, it was in fact not. If it were that easy what sort of test would this be?

The lack of information provided by the professor was intentional because this essentially meant that there was only 1 rule.

And that was to 'survive'

Each person was directly given a weapon, which was automatically given to them depending on the weapon that they had registered on the first day of the academy.

In my case, a sleek black katana rested on the side of my hips.

-Shua! -Shua!

Swinging it a couple of times to adjust myself to the weight of the sword, I nodded in satisfaction.

It feels identical to the katana provided to us by the academy.

Sheathing the katana back into the scabbard, I warily glanced towards my surroundings.

When telling us the rules, the professor never mentioned anything apart from the fact that you must survive, and the more teammates survive with you at the end of the test, the more points your team had.

He purposely left out the details in regards to killing, and because of this, the students automatically assumed that killing was allowed.

Which was his true purpose.

goal was to further divide the line between the 'competent' and 'incompetent' students. This

into making a

was to turn this test into a hunting party

could fabricate a couple of scenarios where some talented individuals built a grudge against

example was building a grudge against

in the hundred's challenged Kevin and lost miserably, their pride would cause them to build a grudge against

up right away, but certain prideful and arrogant individuals would of course not accept their defeat and seek

gap between themselves and Kevin's overwhelming talent, they fall into depravity and despair

point, professor Thibaut would finally make his

would be made,

was full

was trying to get a grasp

provided to us, because I was technically a cheat, and thus knew the general features of the surroundings, I

by trees...I should be on the east

Emma is on the south side where the desert is located...Melissa and Amanda should both be on the

of the main character's locations, I started to formulate a

was trying to get a grasp of the main characters was not because I was obsessed with them, no, rather it's because all the events that will happen will be centered on

what happened to them, but not what will happen to me, as I have never written

I could make a rough estimate on the timing of

goal is to survive for 1 hour, while it does sound easy, excluding the high-ranking students, strong simulations of beasts will be roaming

was another thing that the professor didn't

the test, they would've never expected that the creature that was hunting

students wouldn't only focus on hiding, but actually try to develop survival skills for situations where they were being

protagonist will spend the first 20 minutes trying to get a good grasp of his surroundings

they then decide to work together when they

to make my way towards the center where a large

my head I quickly

were definitely going to gather at the center, that's

were to either directly get killed by one

only left me with two

so that even if I die I

interacting with Arnold pisses me off. Moreover just

his way towards the center, and if I follow him there, he won't kill me, but he'll definitely find ways to make things hard

As for the rest?

even have the slightest idea of where they

leaves me with

Complete the hidden task.

placed on the map. One in the north, south,

differed from the other, in the sense that the goal of each task was different, moreover, the difficulty of the task should be something that

if I

your regular rank 1750, I decided to

where I thought it

actually don't have a clue as to where the hidden task was

fact that this was a forest-type terrain and that there was a

walk to where I thought the

tasks could be

K. Johnson has died

where I estimated the hidden task was located, I saw a notification once again emerge on the corner of my

were ignoring me because of

way, I don't really see our team having more than 2-3

considered a humiliating score, which will result in more troublesome situations where I would

honest, I really don't want to involve

only reason why I didn't lash out against him last time was because of the annoying things that could come as a consequence of my actions.

that were to

many ways to get rid of some stray dogs that didn't know their place.