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.

and 'incompetent' students. This was so that he could exploit the feeble mentality of those who

into making a pact with a demon, turning

turn this test into a hunting

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

example was building a grudge against an incredibly

them to build

give up right away, but certain prideful and arrogant individuals would of course not accept their defeat and seek revenge at every possible

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

professor Thibaut would finally make his move by offering them

the offer a make a pact would be made, and a new villain was

this test was full of

I was trying to get a grasp

a cheat, and thus

be on the east side of

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

the main character's locations, I started to

because I was

me, as I have never written anything

a good grasp on what the protagonists were up to, I could make a rough estimate on the timing of the events, and how

survive for 1 hour, while it does sound easy, excluding the high-ranking students, strong simulations of beasts will be roaming the map preventing me

thing that

never expected that the creature that was hunting them could perceive their location through their acute sense of smell, resulting

focus on hiding, but actually try to develop survival

a good grasp of his surroundings before making his way

with Jin, but they then decide to work together

survive is thus to make my way towards the center where a large group will be

my head I quickly

to gather at

of my rank were to go there, the only options I had were to either

me with two

group, or complete a hidden task so that even if I die I

with Arnold pisses me off. Moreover just because I know what will happen, doesn't mean

and if I follow him there, he won't kill me, but he'll definitely find ways to make

As for the rest?

have the slightest idea of where they could

leaves me

Complete the hidden task.

One in the north,

the difficulty of the task should be something that a rank 1750 like me couldn't hope to

if I was really

that I wasn't just your regular rank 1750, I decided to head to where

where I thought

don't have a clue as

none of the main characters have ever stepped foot on the east side, where I currently was, I knew nothing about this place. Apart from the fact that this was a forest-type

only harden myself and aimlessly walk to where I

tasks

Johnson has died - Team points:

located, I saw a notification once again emerge on the corner of my view, prompting me to bitterly

were ignoring me because of my

team having more than 2-3 points which would put

means is not a bad score, but for someone like Arnold, this could be considered a

honest, I really don't want to involve myself

a consequence of my actions. Moreover, if

that were to

rid of some stray dogs that didn't know their place. Though, at the expense of some dire consequence that I