I was startled, I was hurt, I was in pain. That spiky leash with binded by body was so tight that at a moment I could feel my ribs slowly breaking.
The pain I felt, it was intense. Tears were rolling down my ears. I was confused because this realm was the most peaceful among all and there was no way for a beginner to be attacked this way, until the players had decided to do beginner hunting.
Beginner hunting was one of the worst activity in Seven Sceptre.
In beginner hunting, average or veteran players set up traps on the beginner area to capture beginners and torture them until they are satisfied. They also earn small amount of Artifact Fragments—currency of Seven Sceptre.
I fall on the ground and then someone started pulling the leash. I was being dragged on the ground, my gaze was getting blurry.
And then, I passed out. The pain was so intense that my consciousness gave up on me.
I don't know how much time passed after that.
When I opened my eyes, it was already night time.
There was a small camfire lit right infront of me.
I looked around and found some Elf npcs. They were women and children.
I found myself between the woods with a campfire infront of me and some npcs.
My both hands were binded by a spiky rope.
My legs had countless cuts which prevented me from running away.
My body was bleeding from various place.
I was feeling hungry.
I looked above towards the night sky but couldn't see it because above me were the leaves and branches of a tree I was sitting under.
There was a small girl right beside and she was crying.
I looked at her and asked, "Where are we? "
She moved her head slowly towards me and looked at my miserable face.
Her tears couldn't stop.
Her greenish hairs were long and had a hairband made up of flower.
Her eyes were lime colored and her ears long like a elf.
Her dress was of leaf colored, it was a long dress.
She didn't say a word and just keep crying.
I used all my strength in just standing but I fall on the ground miserably.
The air was cold and I was wavering in cold and so were others.
And then, I remembered something.
I remembered about rolling the gacha.
"Open system messages. "
[23:04 You rolled a SSS-Grade weapon: Rodrigo's Wrath successfully]
There was it, my first pull—a SSS-Grade weapon.
Rodrigo's Wrath was not a weapon to be given to a beginner as it's full potential can never be unlocked by a beginner.
To unlock it's full potential, you need few materials.
I knew that, and so I bowed my head in disappointment.
If only I had gotten Alisa there, I could have saved everyone along with me.
Few seconds passed and I was still in disappointment.
But then, I heard some words.
"You are a player too, aren't you? Please save us. "
Those words were full of agony.
Those words came out of the mouth of that same elf girl.
I looked at her, my eyes were wide. She was still crying and for some reason, I was the only hope she found at that moment.
And then, I heard few footsteps coming towards us.
They were coming from in front of me, from the woods.
I said to myself, "These footsteps are probably of those players who did this shameful act. "
I wanted to summon Rodrigo's Wrath but it was impossible for me to do at that moment as that leash had disabled any type of summoning I could perform for an hour and only half an hour had passed since then.
Beginner hunting was not an illegal act. It was considered one of the most shameful act, but not illegal and so few players didn't care about anything and often did it for fun.
And the victims, most of them would not play the game in the Seven Sceptre Webnovel.
But the protagonist, as much as I remember, he also became a victim to it.
But he didn't give up, he rolled Alisa.
But he just like me couldn't summon her.
And he waited, waited for sometime for something.
And so I was doing at that moment.
The footsteps came closer and closer and then there were two players right in front of me, right in front of the campfire which was lighting there face too.
Both were male, short haired, ugly faces, one was skinny while the other was fat. They wore the same clothes as me.
The fat guy had his right palm on his stomach.
The skinny guy was scratching his head using his right hand while the other hand was on his waist.
Both of them looked at me and the fat guy said while rubbing his tummy, "We captured a player this time. "
The skinny guy replied with a smile, "If we sell him to the master-slave contractors, we are gonna be rich."
The fat guy didn't reply, he only smiled and slowly approached me.
While the skinny guy approached the elf girl beside me.
The girl beside me started shaking in fear.
The other elfs, which were older than me probably started crying and screaming, "Please, spare her! Do whatever you want with us, let her go! "
I looked around at them. They all were begging.
But those two, they ignored them like they didn't exist.
The fat guy came very close to me and then he kicked my face.
My head smashed into the trunk of the tree behind me.
It hurt so badly that my tears came down my cheeks.
He didn't stop, he kept kicking my face.
THURST THURST THURST
While the skinny guy bend down a little and grabbed the elf girl's hair, looked dead into her eyes and said to her, "You are gonna be our most precious product, little girl. "
Her cries became more intense, she couldn't say a word. She didn't has any courage to say anything.
My nose was bleeding. It broked from the kicks.
The fat guy had stopped kicking my face.
At that moment, I spit out blood from my mouth and counted to 1 from 10.
"10... 9....8..."
Both of them looked at me, confused, and so did the others who were enslaved like me.
I looked dead into their eyes.
Both of them questioned, "What in the fuck you are doing!? "
The skinny guy with a laugh said, "He has gone insane. "
"2.... 1.."
I finished my countdown and at that moment, my screen opened.
[You have completed 10 hours into the game. You have recieved a wish fragment]
Wish fragment, one of the most precious beginner item.
It grants the beginner to remove any status effect from their body—whether physical or mental.
"Use wish fragment.. "
They both heard it and before I could finish, both of them kicked my face with all their might.
But there was no way that I was going to pass out again.
I didn't stop, I continued.
"... on my body. "
A small white light orb erupted from the thin air and floated in the air till it reached to my face and then exploded.
We all went blind for a second and then our vision came back.
There was it, my hands were released, there was no leash to bind them any longer.
Both of those guys took few steps back.
In the beginner's summon, there were three exclusive SSS-Grade entities—Alisa, Rodrigo and Rodrigo's Wrath. There were other entities too, but they were from SS-Grade to A-Grade.
Alisa would come with her flame attribute with level 1, but on level 1, her flame attribute was only good at mid-range battles.
She couldn't maintain it for long-range and would panic on close range.
Rodrigo would came unarmed, without his weapon.
And he was only good at close-range battle until it includes armed battle.
And the Rodrigo's Wrath, it would come with only 1 attribute, Passive Increasement.
It is a passive attribute which buffs the user's speed and accuracy for 2 minutes and then would recharge for 5 minutes.
No matter which grade an entity is, it would come with pros and cons.
I summoned my weapon, Rodrigo's Wrath.
They summoned their, surprisingly, they were the other SSS-Grade beginner's entities, Alisa and Rodrigo.
They both came out of thin air, Rodrigo landed on his both leg and an arm on the ground while Alisa came floating and landing majestically on the ground.
Both of them shouted, "Kill him, right now! "
Rodrigo rushed at me while Alisa threw some fireballs on me.
"Passive Increasement activate. "
[Your speed and accuracy has been doubled for 2 minutes]
I dashed with a swing which cut both hands of Rodrigo, I didn't stop and kept running infront of me.
Few fireballs came at me, I dodged easily and with another swing, there was it, Alisa's head laying in the feet of his user.
I was bathed in blood, my hairs were stained red.
I was standing on the ground, my hands were straight down side with Rodrigo's Wrath in my right hand, my head looking upwards and my hairs stained red.
A cold gust of wind came and moved my hair.