———Wiina———
Others have left already, and the rain of snakes and salt might be over, but…
The ground shakes and the trees rumble violently. It feels as if the Earth’s own gravity field is going berserk, as pressure emanates from all directions and the world itself seems to shake.
This is rely an on. Let see what they have been cooking up here as I watch from high up in the clouds. I could simply stay up here and observe everything that is happening on this continent. It is very easy to tell what is going to be changed…
———Orrel———
D-Did it stop already? I honestly thought at least a few things would end up damaged. That was a very quick earthquake. It felt more like so sort of premonition or warning rather than a true natural disaster.
*Slurp*
Seni tried to quietly eat her noodles, but the fact that no one else makes any sound ans that is pretty much the only thing we can hear right now.
*Buzz*
Suddenly the TV screens on the walls and ceiling start to light up. Those barely ever turned on. It’s mainly used for special announcents and such.
A video is shown on the broadcast. It seems to be in… an icey, snowy area. Hmm… The sky looks a bit odd. It’s hard to tell the ti… Is this from either the North or South Pole? That silver structure is…
“The strange set of structures in Antarctica? Why are they showing it off now?” I couldn't help but ask. Why are they showing us this, of all things?
“How did they even get the footage for it? Is this live?” Jeff asked, understandably confused as to the reasoning for it all. Whoever manages this place definitely knows what is actually going on.
The structure, or to be more accurate, this evil-looking tropolis, is growing. I don’t really know how it works, but the structures are expanding, there are more buildings popping out of the ground, it is taking up more space in Antarctica. Are these more signs of things to co?
“Can’t say I know why they showed us this.” Malk muttered. Indeed, it is rather odd.
“I do think a giant unknown location growing and contorting in such an incomprehensible way does at least give off a ssage.” Gregori chid in. His expression is rather grim. “More unknowns are bound to exist and grow, becoming harder to ignore. I doubt this is the only thing this broadcast will show us.”
As if predicting what would co next, the scene switches to a wilderness with the exact location written down on the bottom of the screen. Suddenly the ground seed to shake and suddenly the ground raised, forming into mountains.
“W-What? That’s gotta be edited or sped up, right?” Jeyst is in complete disbelief looking at the scene.
“No. It’s not.” I said, knowing full well they’re not going to feed us falsehood. I know that the ones running the show here in this school have a lot of knowledge and what to expect. They seem to be sending out drones to capture these footage so we can all see what is happening to the world in real ti.
Aside from the landscape changing, things like the fauna and rivers are also changing. What in the world is happening to these places? They are switching to different locations every few seconds, and they are all changing in a bizarre way. These aren’t dungeons, they are here in the world with no way to ignore it.
The colors of the fauna are much more vibrant, almost alien in their design.
So parts of the desert are filled with weirdly colored sand, so parts of it turned green and show more signs of life…
What is unmistakable is the creatures that started to pop up in these… ‘mutated’ areas.
“Monsters…” I muttered out loud. Those unnatural features and the ferocity in their eyes are plenty evident.
It wasn't as if there weren’t any monsters roaming around already, but those that exist outside of the dungeon usually don’t attack unless provoked. There are exceptions, but they are pretty rare and they don’t chase soone into a building.
“There… aren’t any near us, right?” Seni asked, probably already spotting the lack of areas near our town, but just wanted to ask for assurance.
“Yeah. We’re fine.” Gregori is the one to answer her. “Looks like a lot of places have to up their security. They better have a bunch of warriors in stock, or a lot of guns and bullets. Surely they have at least one of those.”
“Wasn’t a lot of the military power lost due to the governnt kicking out demi-humans?” I pointed out. It was a bone-headed move by the president, all things considered. “Not to ntion those kinds of operations being halted in general.”
“Mhm. True, true. I guess they just have to pray for the first option.” Gregori said with a smirk.
“Still, what are we supposed to learn from all of this?” Qyunda can’t help but ask. The fact that there
“The fact of the matter is, the world is now much more dangerous…” I said as the scene changed to that of an island springing out of the ocean, a massive one that is quickly filled like greenery and creatures. Then the drone filming the scene gets closer to get a better look at the island, and shows us actual living dinosaurs roaming the island.
“Holy crap! Hey, do you think the school will let us go there even once?” Jeff quickly got excited.
“It would be a novel experience, but it’s not like we have a lot of ti in the school, right?” Sixson suddenly said, and the mood of the group dropped by quite a bit.
“C-Co on now guys, I’ll ask my parents for a tour there if we need to.” Useph quickly chid in to lift the mood back up.
It’s weird to feel bad about not being in school anymore, but the amount of work in this school is quite low, and novel experiences like tournants and trips to dangerous areas ans that it is worth sticking around. There is also the library as well, full of interesting facts that aren't shared to the rest of the world yet.
“” A dull feminine voice rang out. It’s the usual synthetic voice used for announcents. We just heard it an hour back, and now it’s back to probably give us more information to work with. The level of knowledge and insight this place gives off is definitely very beneficial, and would be even more so going forward… “”
“...Well. Crisis averted?” Jeyst jokingly said. All of us have already agreed to this kind of trip, so we’ll get to go to a new place every week. That should an less classes to attend and get stressed about.
“That’s a rather quick decision. What do they gain from that?” Malk can’t help but wonder out loud. It is odd for them to make a decision so quickly, even if they have all the necessary tools.
“Their goals are quite incomprehensible, but I don’t really hate it. I an, being stuck in class isn’t going to be anywhere near as fun as a school trip.” Gregori said. Indeed, a field experience is much more educational anyway.
“” The chanical voice said, ringing throughout the entire area.
Right, the broadcast is still on-going. It is still showing more locations and the changes made to it. Would all of these monsters affect the local ecosystems? Maybe they just stay in their designated zone? What did they call it? Fantarban Realm?
Now the world at large is probably in panic as posts start to appear showing the change to many habitats. Unusual landscape, colors that rarely appear in nature, new lands appearing out of nowhere, monsters starting to appear outside of the dungeon more frequently. There is no doubt that now, more than ever, strength holds a lot of value.
Unless those higher-ups suggest nuking all of these places, which I doubt they are that idiotic to do, we have to deal with these new locations with a lot of care. Admittedly I would rather let them deal with it rather than us, since it’s not like there are any places so close by that we feel compelled to go into and deal with ourselves. In the first place, we are simply students, they are the ones who should deal with the fallout, being in the position of power and all of that.
As for the others who might be capable fighters who have braved a dungeon multiple tis over… I’m not really sure what is going on in those people’s minds, but I wish them the best of luck regardless.
———Lerim———
*Chomp*
“Mhmpm…” Why do they taste so smokey? I just grill them normally without any wood or charcoal. They taste good enough, maybe like a cross between chicken and beef. No idea why a giant monster snake would taste like this, but I’m not going to complain as long as it is going to fill my stomach, and I have tasted worse.
Anyway, I need to rember to store all the parts I’m not going to eat properly and find a place to sell it. If that guild doesn’t want to deal with snake skins and stuff, then I have to find a shady person in a dark alley to sell it to. I’d rather not, but I also don’t want any of these to go to waste.
As for the at. Just one of these suckers is probably enough to feed for a few days, and with eleven of them in total that I killed, probably going to last for a few months, if I have a place to store it properly… Where in the world am I gonna store the at of building-sized snakes? I doubt I could even finish half of one snake in a day. Do I buy an extra fridge? Maybe I should’ve tried studying ice magic more so I could freeze them all in a flash? Ugh! There’s so many possible answers and none of them are satisfying to .
Whatever, keep that question for later. So what even happened just now? An earthquake and that’s about it. I haven’t checked the internet or anything. I bet a lot of people are panicking right now.
Ti to see the chaos the online landscape is in right now… Wait. What the hell is that image? It looks way too detailed to be drawn or generated… It looks weird… And I scroll down and see more odd landscapes and such. What are all of these?
“Kreeek!” Ah! What in fresh hell is that sound!?
I turned around and saw a giant bird with scales on its body and wings, looking like a cross between a normal bird and dinosaur.
What in the world is a monster doing here? It’s not even nightti yet!
*Dive* *Leap* *Slash* *Chop* *Stab*
“K-Kree…” It tried to steal all of the snake parts I had carefully dissected, so I quickly grabbed my giant sword and slash its wings and chopped one clean off, then stabbed it right in the torso. All of this is done in mid-air before it could crash into the rooftop and destroy my house.
“Phew…” Thankfully both of us dropped onto a grassfield and not another person’s property. Can’t imagine all the pain that will co with that. It died pretty quickly from just a few strikes. It’s definitely not as strong or durable as those apocalypse snakes.
…I guess I have to dissect this one as well. It’d be a sha not to.
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