Standing in the dark room, I decided to examine my surroundings.
But once I turned around…
*Flick*
The light turned on.
"...."
The walls and floor were completely grey without any windows or doors.
In the centre of the grey roof. There was a small, weak lamp. Barely giving a faint lighting to the room.
In the middle of the room there was only a small sofa with an empty table in front of it.
My gaze landed on the end of the room.
'No way… '
My eyes widened in disbelief. There was a huge TV on the wall.
'There are no TVs in Eldoria.'
I hesitated for a moment, then decided to check the TV.
But the moment I reached the sofa, the TV turned on.
'What the hell!'
A strange humanoid figure appeared on the screen.
He was wearing a black suit with black gloves, hiding his body completely but showing a male body. But his face was what took my attention.
He had a completely white face. No features. No hair. No ears. Nothing.
Only a black hole at where his right eye was supposed to be. Small black cracks spiderwebbed out of it.
The figure suddenly spoke with a deep voice. "The new people may be wondering what is happening now. I will explain everything to you all."
A chill ran down my spine
'All?'
I looked around me. I was sure that I was alone, right ?
The figure tone changed to excitement. "Congratulations, you are now going to be included as viewers of the 86th season of the Land Of Challenges!"
"Every 1000 universal years, The Origin of Entertainment, Veydar himself would choose a world to hold his show. 100 random individuals would be chosen to participate in 5 deadly challenges that change every season. After each challenge, the survivors will get rewards depending on their performance."
'What the hell am i hearing now!'
Origin? Show? Choosing a world?
This crap wasn't in the novel!!
But I heard the word origin before.
After all…
'The demon king was called the origin of chaos…'
''This time, a world called Eldoria was chosen 1 Eldorian month ago, and 100 Eldorians are inside the land of challenges now. While all the other smart Eldorians above the age of 14 are watching me inside the place they feel most comfortable."
'Oh, that explains the TV and the earth style.'
I decided to sit on the sofa. For some reason, my mind started relaxing.
"You should now be wondering. If I wasn't chosen, then what am I doing here?"
I nodded unconsciously.
"The answer is simple, Gamble!"
'What?'
The figure crossed his arms. "As I said, 100 challengers are in there, but not all would survive—actually, there were seasons where no one survived at all! Lord Veydar thought about how to make that entertaining to the viewers, then he got the idea."
He snapped his fingers. Then a laptop appeared on the table.
"You will choose the challenger that you think will survive for the most time or even win. If you get it right, you will be rewarded later. But if your chosen challenger died early, you won't lose anything and can keep watching! So why would you hesitate?"
I was speechless. They wanted us to gamble with people's lives?
'Those monsters!'
"Some of you may think that lord Veydar is a heartless monster. But don't worry, all chosen challengers don't have anyone that could be considered family. He made sure of that himself."
"...."
I chose to stay silent… For now at least. And that didn't change the fact that it was bad thing.
"Anyway, every month, your consciousness will be sent here to watch the show. What you will see is the events that happened in the last 30 days. And don't worry, you won't leave your body for a month. You will only spend half a second in your world."
'Oh, at least I won't die from starvation.'
"Your role will be only watching and having fun. You can think of anything you want and it will appear like drinks or food. But, if lord Veydar chose you as a VIP or VVIP viewer, you will have the ability to help and even communicate with your chosen challenger."
He bowed. "That's all for now, you can see the challengers details and gambling rules on your information device depending on what you use. Once you are done, you can leave by will and you will be sent here again after 24 hours to watch the first episode. May the entertainment never leave you."
The next moment, the TV turned off.
I stared silently until my gaze landed on the laptop.
I was hesitating at first, but then I remembered the novel's end. The origin of chaos defeated the protagonist, taking control over Eldoria.
Maybe this was an opportunity.
Maybe I could get something to help me defeat the demon king. If what that figure said was true—If all the Eldorians, even the highest tiers are now in a similar situation to mine...
That means no one of us could even touch an origin entity. But what if I got something from another origin entity?
'I understand now why the protagonist failed in defeating the demon king. An origin may be tier 10 at least.'
I decided to check the laptop.
"I guess there is nothing else I can do."
Opening the laptop. I found only two documents and one app on the screen. The word VIP was on each one of them.
"Wait, He chose me as VIP?! Is that even possible?"
I didn't do anything to become a VIP. I wonder if it was related to my reincarnation for a moment, but decided to think about that later.
I opened the first document. It was about the rules.
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[VIP Rules]:
—To give all challengers a fair chance, their cores were returned to Tier 2.
—You can only choose one challenger.
—You have 3 months to choose one. The earlier you choose, the better the rewards.
—You can send only one gift and one message to your challenger at the end of each episode.
—The challenger can only take 2 gifts and 5 messages, make sure that you send something the challenger would need.
—You can't leave the watching area until the episode ends.
—You can earn coins when your challenger does specific tasks like killing monsters or crafting weapons.
—You must make a nickname before choosing a challenger.
—You can't share the VIP information, shop or rules to anyone until the season ends.
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I looked through the rules, until my eyes stopped in one .
"Gifts? Is that how I will send help?"
I continued reading the rules until I memorized all of them.
Immediately, I closed the document and opened the app. It's name was [Gifts Shop]
===VIP Gifts Shop===
Weapons • Armors • Potions • Food • Ores • Scrolls • Etc…
❖[Balance]=100 Coins❖
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'It looks like a game!'
I opened the weapons category to see what I could buy. It showed 2 categories for enchanted and normal, but I chose the normal one.
I found multiple sections for multiple types of weapons, then I decided to check the bow section.
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[Wooden composite longbow]:
Description: A normal training wooden bow with weak string.
Price: 50 coins
[Wooden arrow]:
Description: just a sharp stick that we call an arrow.
Price: 10 coins
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'Too expensive ?! '
I didn't even know why anyone would fight with wooden arrows, but I decided to think about this after seeing what they would fight exactly.
'Well, let's see the challengers.'
I opened the second document. Its name was "Challengers' Information".
There were exactly 100 names. I started reading them one by one first.
"George Brown, Seles Draven, Ruby Oliver, Lily Elderwing, Ibraha—!"
My eyes widened in shock, then I scanned all the other names.
After a moment, I realized a big problem.
I… knew some of them.