'Can I beat those monsters though?'
Cale wasn't particularly confident in fighting a horde of monsters, but one monster? How hard could a monster masquerading and pretending to be a student be?
'No wait, hold on, that shouldn't be my goal here, should it? My goal is Survival, nothing else, so I should stick to that goal like glue'
Fighting doesn't always guarantee survival after all.
'I just need to run and get out the school before anything ridiculous happens again'
The books were shoved deeply into his plump backpack, faster and faster, he only focused on putting the books into the backpack as fast as possible, impatience gnawing at his throbbing mind.
"Ah"
In the end, he reached the Final book.
It was a book about Essays and writing.
"Ah yeah that's a new subject this year"
His lips parted in a mutter, no one hearing his leaking thoughts.
The book was about Essays and overall how to write a better passage or anything involving Writing.
In primary and middle school there were many subjects that included or required knowledge on how to write good essays in order to get higher grades.
High School however had a subject completely and utterly focused on Essays.
'I remember how my Sister told me to at least focus and pay attention to the Essay classes, saying that it would be important'
"Important my ass"
In Cale's unbiased opinion, he believed that the current ordeal he was faced was far more important than this random school subject.
He took one last glance at it and shoved it in the backpack along with his other 18 books that were forcibly shoved there.
"It seems like you're done?"
The person who appeared to be a teacher at this school asked him in a soft but tired tone.
"Yes I am done, So now what should I do?"
'Please, please don't tell me there is more'
His heart was already struggling and coping with this situation.
'You aren't going to say I need to do more, right?'
"Well, there's nothing else for you to do but go back home and wait till tomorrow"
"!"
Triumphantly, Cale wanted to raise a fist chuck full of sheer relief but held back in the end and asked another question.
"I heard that everyone's classes for tomorrow will be four hours, Is that correct teacher?"
'Gabriel had told me this fact last night, but it was always better to ask a teacher for confirmation, right?'
"Ah that, well yeah it's true but it's only for tomorrow"
'Why couldn't it be for at least an entire week?'
His lips almost parted and leaked the inner thoughts of Cale.
"I see..."
Responding half-heartedly, his gaze involuntarily lingered onto the piles of paper the teacher had to sort through.
'I don't know what the contents of the paper are but-'
"Have a nice day teacher"
He said, with pure intentions.
"Ah, You too"
The teacher said before alternating his attention to the piles of documents.
Tok
Tok
Steps tapped on the floor closer to the door, It didn't take long before he stood right before the rectangular door.
A deep breath like before was drawn, the warm air soothed his lungs.
Cale prepared Himself to start running the moment he gets transported to Gardenia.
Stepping outside.
An eerie gentle darkness engulfed every single one of his surroundings, vision was no exception to this.
The darkness surrounding Cale receded and-
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
The moment it did, loud footsteps were distinctly heard coming from behind him.
Not wasting any time, Cale's legs started running on their own, He didn't dare look behind to see how close it was, afraid that turning around to check might make him slower and give It a chance to catch up.
Grab!
"Agh!" Cale yelped astonished by its speed and its grip strength.
'I-it grabbed me?!'
'Even though I was running at full speed, It caught up to me regardless and grabbed me by the Nape?!'
Cale was even more Astonished because he had even gotten a head start.
Gurhg
A dragging sound left its body, as if its stomach were growling for a meal.
It used its other free hand to grab Cale's pale neck and threw its plump body at his, causing Cale to lose balance and fall down.
Thud!
Szzzz
Its liquid hands were sizzling and skin burned, as if it were boiling water.
"AGK!"
A scream desperately tried to escape cold lips, but it couldn't, every single sound that tried to claw its way out would stop at the burning throat whose skin was being penetrated by the second.
Every time Cale struggled to escape, the burning sensation only grew more horrid.
Spasms occurred in every inch of his body, desperately trying to break free from the creature's grasp that threatened to end him.
In the midst of this. Cale then realized the grave mistake of underestimating those liquid-like lifeforms, but it didn't lend him any time to draw another breath and proceeded to choke with Intense force.
"Kugh!"
Dong~
Dong~
Dong~
Bells chimed in the distance ringing along with-
Trrr~
Trrr~
Trrr~
The school's...
Thud!
Tok!
Footsteps came rushing and invading his brittle ears from everywhere.
They were running, desks were heard toppling over and falling down to the ground, as if they were rushing.
"Agh!"
Desperation firmly gripped Cale trying to shake off the monster choking him but instead.
Gurhk!
It simply scoffed at the futile resistance he pulled and started choking him with even more force than before. Cale's vision started to become hazy and then-
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
At the edge of his eye, another monster in the distance ran towards him, conciseness starting to fade in and out.
Death loomed over Cale's head as it approached closer and closer like a guillotine's blade.
Closing his eyes in resignation, He gave up and accepted his fate.
Crunch!
"?!"
However. The monster had done something completely different than what had originally been expected.
It-
'Bit one of its own?!'
Cough!
Cough!
Violently coughing and gasping for air. Questioning at the same time why that liquid burning monster had attacked one of its own kind.
Splurt!
Dark Red Blood started to spurt uncontrollably out of the wound the monster was inflicted with.
Standing there dazed. Cale paled at what had just been witnessed, eyes shaking with terror.
'I know I said that after their schedule ends they'd have a moment of freedom but this?'
Looking around, a similar scene was seen everywhere.
Crash!
Thud!
Crunch!
Tear!
Spurt!
The scene of these monsters tearing, eating and killing each other on the floor threw and plunged Cale's mind deeper into confusion.
'It's...an all out free for all'
The monster that was close to choking Cale to death lied there, weekly resisting the monster that attacked it.