Hvisland: A VR Colony Sim Game

Chapter 81 - 81 – The Day (5)

Two weeks without playing this game. During that time, I was thinking hard, making my life quite messy. In work and socializing, I become unfocused.

Yes, there are still two choices. Either my other colonists left Leva, or let them stay to help the red-haired girl.

Actually, I'm already leaning towards the second option. I couldn't bear to leave Leva alone to die.

However, I still dare not return to this game.

The risk of all my colonists dying is relatively high. It's not just a game over like in the others. They are all characters that have become part of my life.

And when I finally logged into this game again, I wasn't really ready. But I feel delaying will only torture me longer. I better get over this and move on.

So, now I'm in my colony again, watching them get ready.

The night is almost here. After my colonists cleared the grass in the shelter yard with the help of the people from Redtooth, Pif began the next task. The thin man poured the oil from the explosive bomb Tosa gave us onto the branches, which were arranged in such a way, forming a large circle. If there's still a lot of grass there, I'm afraid the fire will spread if the ring of twigs is burned.

"Hopefully the beasts are really afraid of the fire." Yogi, who was sitting down, sighed. "No one knows for sure."

With her arms crossed over her chest, Kat looked at Pif, who was still working, then turned to Lara, who was sitting beside her.

"I was wondering, what if I pulled out my arrows stuck in the monsters instead of running for the boulder." The blonde woman wiped the tears from the corners of her puffy eyes. "Maybe I can save Anne.... But, I'm too scared to get close to that monster...."

"Stop it." Leva, arriving after burying her sister's body, cut the conversation in a firm tone. Her gaze was sharp, but her eyes were red and puffy, even more so than Lara's. "Please, don't talk about my sister anymore."

"Sorry." Lara gulped, not daring to look at my female colonist.

Leva looked at the pickaxe she was holding. Her hands were still dirty with dirt. She then spoke with trembling lips. "The ones who have to pay for all this are those bastard monsters."

I wouldn't want to be on the side of Leva's enemy. Aside from that woman's savage expression, I've also felt a really intense aura from her. If she moved even a little, I felt like it could kill someone.

Maybe this is a feature of the game or just my feeling. I don't know.

"You'd better eat before you fight." Seb held out a large banana to Leva, who just glanced at the food. "Come on, it's ripe and it's sweet."

A few seconds frozen, Leva took the banana, which was already yellow, not green anymore. She looked at it while Seb distributed the fruit to the others.

Seeing Leva not eating, Seb smiled. "If your stomach is empty, you won't be able to fight. You will lack energy."

Finally, the red-haired woman peeled the banana and ate it brutally like someone who had not eaten for days. In just seconds, the bananas were gone. Leva's mouth bulged as she chewed the fruit.

"It's not just you who have business with the beasts, Leva." Kat suddenly spoke, naturally attracting the attention of her fellow colonists. Even Lara too. "She loves you very much and it amazes me."

Although Kat's choice of words is quite stiff, I understand what she just said.

"I told you not to talk about my sister, bitch." Leva spoke in a muffled voice. "Are you deaf?"

Kat didn't apologize at all.

Rox, who had been silent all this time, suddenly barked and moved erratically. Kat tried to calm it down but to no avail.

"They'll be here soon." Yogi hissed.

And we waited. I purposely didn't press the fast-forward button because I felt it was unfair. They will feel these moments of excruciating tension longer than I do.

"Is that ..." Lara got to her feet and pointed into the distance. The others immediately looked in the same direction.

Pause is automatically triggered, but I immediately pressed the play button because I had prepared a strategy.

Yes, that group of stump scorpions has come closer with various sizes and countless numbers.

Seb's body started to shake violently. Pif slid the fire stone into the circular formation of the oil-soaked branches.

The sparks landed on the branch formation, instantly growing large and spreading out into a fiery ring, protecting my colonists and the three members of the Redtooth tribe.

Kat, Pif, Yogi, and Lara had already started aiming. Meanwhile, Gai was in front of them a few steps, ready with his machete.

Only Leva had not changed her position. She just stood looking down at her place earlier.

Of course, it made me panic. I shouted into the woman's ear. "Snap it out, Leva! You have to fight now!"

The monsters are getting closer.

"Leva, wake up!" Pif also started to panic.

"Just let her be." Lara hissed, keeping her focus on the beasts. "We can't blame her. She just lost a loved one."

But, Leva took a deep breath.

"Arggghhhhh!!!"

Leva's thunderous scream startled me and the others. The woman lifted her face, and I immediately shuddered.

That expression was fiercer than before, like that of a beast…. No, it was more like a furious monster. Her gaze was so sharp, and her face bulged with many blood vessels.

Suddenly she dashed forward.

Fuck! She has lost her mind!

The red-haired girl jumped over the wall of fire, ignoring the calls from her comrades.

"All of you, stay here, don't follow Leva!" I gave orders to the others, then ran after Leva.

Kat, who was about to advance, immediately stopped her steps.

"Leva, come back!!!" I ran after the red-haired girl, screaming desperately. "I don't want you to die!!!"

I kept screaming, but it was no use. She is already out of my control. So, I stopped running, only looking at the girl running towards the monsters.

"Argggghhh!!!" Shouting again, Leva swung her pickaxe, sending several stump scorpions flying into the air.

However, in no time, the monsters had already surrounded the woman.