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In the cold night, the noise of wood cracking could be heard. Two youths were walking through them, using the flashlights of their phones to illuminate the way.
A girl was slightly shaking while walking, sometimes fumbling in her steps, almost falling to the ground.
"Calm down Stephanie, we are safe for now. The wolves have had well enough food for themselves, especially the ones chasing us."
"You don't know that, maybe the others successfully escaped, and the wolves are looking for us now."
"Trust me, they did not. I personally witnessed the one in red getting bits on the neck as well as the girl falling down. Her screams could be heard shortly after." Jonathan showed her the blood on his body, saying that it was from the red boy getting bitten.
In this situation of high stress, Stephanie would not be able to see through Jonathan lies. Even if she did after, she would realize that he had no choice.
Jonathan preferred scheming against others than seeing Stephanie getting eaten alive. Even if she hated him for it, he would not regret anything.
Different situations required different actions, and holding onto the empty values of their previous world would only put them in much more danger.
"Believe me we are fine for now. We simply need to continue onto this direction, passing by were the wolves came from before being in the clear." Jonathan further tried to calm down Stephanie.
"Yes...you're right. We'll be fine. We'll be fine. I hope that the others will be fine..." Stephanie calmed down but was still extremely sad by their situation.
"Right, the others...I really hope they made it out alive. And no just them, even our families are supposed to be here somewhere. Although my parents have good chances to make it out if they don't act rashly...my little sister. She was only nine before, meaning that she would be four here. No matter how intelligent you are, with a body like that..." Both their expressions turned solemn.
Being here truly was too harsh. Even if you got here from an accident from a plane crash or something, you would have multiple resources to help you, like the suitcases and debris from a crash. Even when people risk getting lost on something like a hike they prepare some emergency kits.
For them, however, that was impossible as they were thrown in here without notice.
"The most well off are the people that were camping or the military. They have all the tools they need. Militaries even have guns on them. They won't feel any fear towards an ambush like we did." Jonathan calmly said. He truly envied those people.
"The world really is unfair." Stephanie also agreed with his thoughts.
"Yet, we cannot stay here and mourn forever. We must move forward and stabilize our situation. Tools and weapons will have to be built and long-term food sources will have to be found. If we could get some other people to create a medium-sized but extremely efficient group, we wouldn't have trouble surviving." Jonathan was determined to move on and live well. He didn't believe his future would consist of picking up random food and hoping for the best. He refused to believe so.
"Then, we can head towards the sun of this place. The people who sent us here wouldn't do it for any reason. The sun is our only lead, our hope for some change. If salvation is truly there, we might have a chance to return to our former lives."
"That would be for the best. Then, the whole world would go on a hunt for the developers of the Phantasm." Stephanie also displayed some hate, which was something rare from her
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The Echelon Tower
Fantasy... Humanity as a whole has been tricked. Now they must face their fantasies head on, but at what price? Azin (previously known as Jonathan) must follow the destiny that has been established for him...or he can break it What is one willing to do t...
