"Well guys... what now?" Lucy asks. "We're all cursed by the Kraken and we have one year to kill it.'" She says.

"I think we should get stronger and come back to kill it in a few months." Zoro says.

"The curse mentioned that the Kraken knows our location all the time right?" Mikey asks. "And we are supposed to know its location too but I don't see it anywhere." He adds.

A tab pops up in front of everyone.

[If you want to know the location of the Kraken, open your inventory. You'll see its exact coordinates and the direction that you need to go in, to get closer to it]

All three look in their inventories and they can actually see it. The coordinates of the Kraken suggest that its far away from them.

"So? What are we going to do?" Lucy asks.

"I agree with Zoro, I don't think we should be fighting it yet." Mikey says.

"Alright, in that case let's continue our journey." Lucy says calmly.

I expected her to be more chaotic and stressed about it. Mikey thinks to himself.

As they're approaching the island, they can see that it's strange. There are big stone walls around atleast half of the entire island, forming what seems like a labyrinth. There are a bunch of trees, a hill and a bunch of monsters in this labyrinth. There is also what seems like an actual forest. The trees in that forest are strange, neither Mikey, Lucy nor Zoro recognize them.

Mikey, Zoro and Lucy disembark on the Island. Mikey summons three spectral pirates to guard the ship.

"So, how are we going to search through this island? Do we just smash up all of these walls?" Zoro asks.

"I think we can just simply do this." Mikey says as he jumps up really high in the air.

[You have activated an ability of the"Freestyle Fighter"]

Mikey lands on the labyrinth wall.

"I am going to explore the maze like this. Let's meet at the ship before sunset." Mikey says as he runs off.

"I will go in the forest, if there's someone here they might not be inside the maze but rather in the forest." Zoro says.

"Alright, if that's the case, I'll go straight for that hill, my attribute is telling me to check it out." Lucy says.

(Five minutes later)

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Zoro is inside the forest looking for any survivors, when suddenly, a zombie appears behind him. Zoro senses it and quickly pulls out his dagger. He jumps back, the zombie comes charging towards him and he quickly dashes through it while cutting its head off.

"Why was there a zombie here when it's still a day? Oh right, they can spawn even throughout the day as long as the place is dark enough." Zoro looks around. "Well, this place is pretty dark so it makes sense."

Just as he finishes his sentence, a bunch of more zombies spawn right behind him. "Alright, this is too much." He says as he starts killing them one by one. "This is weird, why were there so many zombies? I know they can spawn in the dark, but this is just way too many at once..."

He asks himself as he keeps exploring the forest.

Meanwhile. Mikey is searching through the labyrinth. Besides finding a few zombies and some strange skeletons that he hasn't seen before, nothing interesting happened.

Lucy got on top of the hill and found what seems like a very small viking village, with only three houses and wooden palisades around the area. The "village'" is lit up with torches, so that monsters won't spawn there. They couldn't see this village from far away when they were approaching the island, because the hill is covered with trees aswell, but Lucy's attribute was right about something being here.

"Who could've guessed that there are vikings in this world." Lucy mumbles to herself. "Should I go in or tell Mikey and Zoro about it?" She asks herself.

(BOOM)

Suddenly, Lucy hears an explosion coming from the forest where Zoro is. "Is he using his explosives? But why?" Lucy asks as she rushes over there.

Mikey heard the explosion aswell, he started running towards the forest too.

Mikey and Lucy enter the forest at around the same time, however they entered from different locations and didn't see eachother.

(BOOM)

They heard another explosion and started going even faster.

"Shit, why are there so many of them?" Zoro says as he catches his breath.

He's standing inside a huge crater again, formed by his explosion. He's surrounded with atleast one hundred zombies who are charging towards him.

(BOOM, BOOM)

He throws even more bombs. All the explosions create a dust cloud. At that exact moment Mikey and Lucy both manage to get in the area.

[You have activated an ability of the "Adaptive Fighter"]

Mikey's eyes change and he can just dimly see through all the dust and smoke in the area. He starts walking around and eventually finds Zoro.

"Hey Zoro." He says quietly. "Where are you Mikey?" Zoro asks.

Mikey touches his shoulder, Zoro almost attacks Mikey but realizes that it's him.

"What's going on here Zoro?" He asks.

"There were zombies, and too many of them. A few hundred atleast." Zoro says.

"A few hundred? It shouldn't be possible for THAT many to spawn right?" Mikey asks.

"Yeah, but they should be all dead, for now." Zoro says as the dust cloud lifts up.

Lucy comes up to Mikey and Zoro. Zoro explains the situation to Lucy. Lucy tells them about the Viking settlement that she found. Just when they're about to go there, a man falls from the sky right next to them.

The man stands up and looks at the three. There are more zombies coming their way.

"Follow me!" He shouts. Mikey, Lucy and Zoro all follow him. He leads them to the Viking settlement which Lucy mentioned. The zombies eventually stop chasing them and return back to the forest.

They enter the settlement and Zoro asks the man straight away. "What's up with that forest?"

"I don't know myself, when I spawned here I spawned in the labyrinth. I barely survived and escaped from it. Then I ran to the forest and realized that it was worse. Thankfully it's peaceful on this hill over here." The man answers.

His appearance definitely suits him considering the fact that he is living in this Viking settlement.

He is holding two short axes and has a viking helmet on his head. He has short blonde hair, a short beard, blue eyes and looks like he could be in his 30's.

His build suggests that he is really strong and has been working out for atleast a few years. He's also really tall, Mikey is guessing that he must be atleast 190 centimeters tall.

There's the number 222 above his head.

"Anyways, how did you guys get here?" He asks.

"We have a ship, we're looking for more survivors around the islands. We plan to get to the closest continent and continue our journey once we get there." Mikey says.

"Your ranks, they aren't fake are they?" He asks.

"No." Zoro says.

"Well, my 'survival instinct' is telling me that staying with you guys is going to be quite dangerous, however, I don't plan to die alone on this island. There are still a lot of things I want to do before I die." The man says.

"So, you will join us?" Mikey asks.

"Yeah, the name is Ragnar." He says as he shakes hands with Mikey.

Hell, even his name suits his appearance, is this guy an actual viking or what? Lucy asks herself.

"But before I join you, I have to ask all of you something... what is that red X mark on your hand?" Ragnar says.

[Name: Ragnar Evensen]

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