"According to the result of the poll I made, which only got three people votes, there will be a system for our little soldier. Well then, let's start it." After mask guy said that, he turned on the monitor again.
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"So, what challenge will you take?" Asked the Mindie-Talkie.
While I was thinking about it, a rumbling sound came from my stomach.
'Oh yeah, I hadn't eaten food since... When?'
"Looks like someone's hungry~," It said with a playful tone.
"Yeah, do you know any way I would get food while being trapped here?" I asked the thing.
"Sure, you can climb up these trees and eat their fruit, and search for insects to be made into foods." It answered.
"...Okay, I guess..." I said while looking up at the trees.
The trees were tall. If I was to be asked of their height, I would say that the average height was 125m. On the top, there are blue fruits that I had never seen. Wondering how to climb it, the thing suddenly talked.
"You know? That was a joke, there's no way I would let my entertai- Uhm, friend eat those things. And there's no way you could climb a tree without something to step or hang on." It said.
'I could hear what you were going to say clearly, you know? You were going to say, entertainer, didn't you? Fuck you. Besides, I'm used to harsh living conditions, so I'm fine with eating those things.' Again, I tried to remember how I was used to such conditions.
'Must be related to that vision.' I thought.
"So, how am I going to get food?" I said.
"I will give you some, for now. And some other things will be included in it." It said.
Suddenly, a wooden crate fell in front of me.
"There ya' go! Open it." It said.
Walking to the crate while holding suspicions, I look towards the crate. It has a door on the top side. Its purpose is to open the crate, I guess.
I pulled the door at the top of the crate. Watching the now opened crate, inside it, there is a box. I took the box from the crate and placed it on the ground. Unboxing the box, I could see its content. There is a plate, on the plate, there is a cream bread, a boiled egg, a milk, and a piece of cloth below the plate.
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"One healthy meal for our friend! See? No need to be so suspicious of me." It said.
"Yeah yeah, I won't be suspicious of you for sure," I replied.
"Eh... I doubt that you got rid of that suspicions." It said.
Deciding to ignore the thing, I grabbed my plate, sit on the ground, uncaring the fact that it was dirty, and eat my food silently.
After eating the food, I stopped feeling hungry and decided to start the challenge.
"Hey, can you start those challenges?" I asked.
"Are you sure, but you hadn't taken the other things I gave you." It said.
"What things?" I asked.
"See it for yourself, it's inside of the box, below the piece of cloth." It replied.
I grabbed the piece of cloth, revealing the things it hid.
There is a backpack inside it, and inside of the backpack, there is a long rope, a scissor, some bandages, and some kind of mask. I quickly put the backpack on and ask the Mindie-Talkie about the mask.
"I understand that I might be needing the other things, but what is this mask for?" I asked.
"Oh, that. You will see its functions sooner or later. For now, let's start the challenge. Which one will you take?" It asked.
"The first until the third for now," I replied after picking up the bandages and put it the backpack.
"Alright, let's start the fun. Barrier: Off." It said, and suddenly I heard the voice of a true forest. Where there are birds singing songs and other voices. And my ghant is gone, replaced by a bow and a quiver full of arrows.
I breathed the pure air. And an unexpected arrow pierced my calf.
Holding my breath because the sudden attack, I quickly removed the arrow and ran in panic, ignoring the pain. After running for a while, I found a river and jumped to it. After swimming far away from my attackers, I surfaced my head, identifying my attackers.
They are goblins, the things that the Mindie-Talkie mentioned. They were seeking for me, searching near the river. Their numbers are 10, exactly the same as the numbers of the goblins I needed to kill. After recovering from the panic, I felt the pain from my calf. I searched around for cover and found a waterfall, the waterfall isn't too high. At first, I didn't notice it, but there was a cave inside the waterfall. I quickly swam and made my way into the cave.
Passing through the barrier of water, I stepped into the cave. The inside was dark, without any source of light beside the light that passed through the waterfall. I explored the cave deeper, and after confirming that it was safe, I sat down on the floor. Opening my wet backpack, I applied the bandage to my bleeding calf. Exhausted, I lay down on the floor and slept while being thankful for the fact that I thought to be true.
'Those Goblins can't swim.'
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The masked man turned off the monitor again.
"That should be the end for now. Some of you might ask, "Why didn't you talked during the challenge?". The answer is, I didn't want to disturb him, and helping him would reduce the fun. Besides, even if I talked to him while he was panicking, he would ignore me anyway." The masked man said.
"And I'm going to apologize because there will be no question for this session. Reason? Okay, I'll give you one." The masked man said once again.
After thinking for some time, he gave a reason.
"Because there will only be questions at the end of sessions, and this isn't the end of a session. Once or more, I might not ask any question even at the end of a session, I'm truly sorry for this." The masked man said in an apologetic tone.
"Before I forgot, I will add that, as 'robinius' is the only one that shared his idea, I will be using his idea for the next place our soldier would come into." Said the masked man.