[Floor 49 has been cleared. Proceed through the portal to enter the next floor!]
The floor was filled with 5000 guild members, Victoria and Aria.
Victoria was leading everyone, and Aria was supporting her.
The 5000 guild members were divided into 100 groups of 50 players, and each group had a leader guiding them.
The groups took turns on the floors and dealt equal damage to the monsters so they could level up equally.
Since most of the players were low-level players, they could level up fast because of the low EXP capacity and requirements needed to level up. However, on the boss floors, all groups attacked at once to get as many EXP as they could.
Five group leaders approached Victoria and asked, "What should we do now?"
"Is that a question?" Victoria asked in an annoyed tone. "Surely, you are not saying that the players are tired, right?"
"They… are…" one leader said in a low voice.
Victoria furrowed her brows and said, "Most of the players haven't even taken out their weapon yet. They have only walked, and you are telling me that they are tired?!"
"…" The entire floor went silent.
"Listen!" Victoria raised her voice and glanced at all the groups before saying, "If you can't even manage the dungeon riad, then get out of here! We are not your babysitters! You have to learn to survive on your own!"
"…"
"What are you going to say next?! Blame me if any of you dies?!" Victoria shouted on top of her lungs.
"Why is she so angry today?" a player whispered to the player standing next to him.
"I don't know. But she looks more pissed off than usual for some reason," the player replied.
"Come on, give her a break. She is a high school student, younger than us…" a female player wearing glasses said. "She is given the responsibility of 5000 guild members. She has huge pressure on her shoulders."
"Yeah. I am honestly surprised and impressed by her," another player said.
"Do you have any idea what Elliott was saying about all of you?!" Victoria asked in a loud voice. "If you don't manage to impress him today, then he will most likely kick all of you out!"
"…!"
After hearing that, all the guild members started whispering and talking to each other.
"And honestly, I don't think anything is wrong with his decision. So unless you think you can manage on your own, learn to survive!" Victoria asserted in a solemn voice.
"This is not our world where we can do anything we want. We can't post an online video here and influence people's thoughts. We can't ask for our rights here! This is not a world run by democracy or monarchy; we are in a freaking death game where the gods are constantly trying to screw us over!"
Victoria pointed her finger at the portal and said, "To those who want to survive and stay alive, pass through the portal. And those who are fed with everything, retreat and find another way to live in this world."
Victoria might have sounded harsh to a few players, but most of the players took Victoria's words as a statement of wisdom.
Out of 5000 guild members Victoria was leading, 1869 players retreated, and the rest moved forward to enter the 50th floor.
However, there was only one portal to enter the next floor and too many players. Naturally, it took a while for all the players to pass through the portal.
Victoria and Aria were the last ones to enter the 50th floor.
Aria glanced at Victoria from the corners of her eyes and said, "Not going to lie, I took you as yet another girl who was charmed by Zach, but you are different. You do have a backbone and a voice to state."
"I was charmed by him, and that's why I gave him my everything. But now that I am no longer in his charm, I feel empty from the inside," Victoria said in a disdainful tone.
"Are you angry that he hasn't arrived yet even though he promised he would?" Aria asked Victoria with a judging and curious look on her face.
Victoria shook her head and said, "I am not angry, but I am disappointed.
"I don't see any difference…" Aria muttered under her breath.
Victoria turned to Aria and asked, "Can I ask for how long have you known Zach for?"
"Not for long, at least, no more than you," Aria replied with a shrug.
"Do you… love him?" Victoria asked with a judging look on her face.
"What's with everyone asking me that?!" Aria walked forward as she said that.
Last night, after Zach left, Aria and Aurora were eating cake at Kayden and Misha's house, and there they asked Aria how she felt about Zach. Of course, Aria denied their claim and got angry.
"You should know that Zach is hard to deal with," Victoria stated. "I believe you have spent enough time with him to realize his true colors."
"…"
"I am not bad-mouthing about him, by the way. I just wanted to let you know that you have to be prepared to get disappointed again and again if you want to be with him," Victoria scoffed out loud and added, "He might even joke about this himself."
'She doesn't know about Aquarius and Ruli, does she?' Aria asked herself. 'I am not sure if Zach told her or not, but I probably shouldn't mention them in front of her.'
Normally, Aria would have found Zach's weakness and ways to mess with him, and mentioning Aquarius and Ruli to Victoria was the best way. However, Aria was now afraid to get hated by Zach.
Small things had changed her greatly, and that was the proof that she was turning into an ordinary girl.
Once all the players entered the 50th floor, a colossal serpent spawned as a boss.
Its size was so big that it could crush over 1000 players just by moving around them.
Level 100- World Serpent
HP- [5,000,000]
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Total players in the game- 1201657
0 new players logged in.
99 players died.
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Author's Note- A survival game where death is permanent, the thrive to stay alive cannot be tempered!