It happened two years ago, near the village called Hemore - my first level up. We were walking slowly, maybe because of the loot we gathered, or maybe because we were too careless. I was on the front, and my companions were walking behind me, while chatting cheerfully. The day was young, and we just exited the forest after killing a small pack of goblins that were threatening the people living nearby. We didn’t find any more beasts, so we thought that we were safe, and we just continued on our path.

I don’t really remember when, but as we walked, a troll started running towards us from behind the trees. He was big, probably two meters tall, and he was very muscular. Now that I think about it, he must have been following us from the beginning, while waiting for a good time to attack.

We were still weak, and we couldn’t defeat something like this on our own, so we decided to run away, but some of us were slower than the others. There was this one girl, wearing long robes, and wizard hat. She was pretty small, and she wanted to become a powerful mage after growing up.

He got her first, grabbed her hand, and twisted it into an unnatural position. As she screamed, he bit one of her ears off, and after that smashed her leg with his fist. At the time this was happening, I was running. We were all running, not even thinking about helping the girl.

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My legs were trembling, as I listened to her screams. When she finally stopped crying for help, I looked around, and saw her motionless body laying on the ground. Her legs were broken, and body was mutilated, but what was even more sickening, was her face, or rather the lack of it.  

(((YOU ABSORBED THE EXPERIENCE OF THE DYING ADVENTURER)))

((YOU HAVE LEVELED UP!))

The windows started appearing before me, as I was running for my life. Not much time passed, and the boy that was running near me, was hit by a flying object. His name was Adam, and he was an aspiring knight.

The rock, that hit him on the back of his head, killed him instantly, leaving a big hole in his body. When I looked at him with panic, I noticed his still twitching legs. There was so much blood...

(((YOU ABSORBED THE EXPERIENCE OF THE DYING ADVENTURER)))

((YOU HAVE LEVELED UP!))

I ran so quickly, while listening to the screams of my other teammates. I ran, and my legs were hurting so much. I ran, and ran, and the windows kept appearing before me. Our group had six members in it, and after that day, I was the only one left.