Author's Note: Unedited Chapter

Fwwwhoooomm~

The circular beam flew off into the distance with the beast within, returning a bit of tranquility to the environment.

'Lucky,' E.E face displayed a relived expression once more as he moved to the side and took a seat.

On the other side, Gustav hugged Angy's body to his as he fully regained clarity.

"Thank you," He whispered.

"Hnm, I'm glad you're alright," Angy voiced while rubbing his back affectionately.

Gustav face displayed a smile as he relaxed completely for a while, closing his eyes and soaking in the warmness of her body.

After some time he opened his eyes with a single thought in mind, 'What was that?'

He wondered for a couple of seconds as he tried to recall what could have brought about that.

'Fear... even though I told the system to restrict itself and go offline, it shouldn't be a reason for me to develop such deep fear that would cause a panic attack,' He thought.

After thinking for a few more minutes, Gustav finally figured it out. The encounter with these beasts here and wearing himself out... his last thoughts before he entered the state of panic was... powerlessness.

While he hadn't noticed it, he subconsciously feared going back to being plain old Gustav with only the ability to change his hair color and a strong penchant for suicide.

He thought he had forgotten the feeling of powerlessness... He was unaware that he had been cultivating the fear of going back to being the same weak and useless person he used to for years.

An incident like this was the only thing needed to trigger the overwhelming fear of powerlessness that had been creeping from deep within.

Internally he was extremely grateful for Angy and E.E's presence since he had no idea what he would have done if they weren't here.

< 10,000 Points >

"My life points have maxed out," E.E voiced from the other end as he stared at his Iov bracelet.

Gustav and Angy slowly separated from each other after hearing that. They each proceeded to check their Iov bracelets.

"Mine has maxed out too,"

"Mine as well,"

Angy and Gustav noticed that the points displayed on their bracelets was neither decreasing nor was it increasing.

Gustav calculated that this meant they had been in the Golden Entrapment yellow zone for over two hours.

Although their life points had maxed out, they were still in a yellow zone. This meant, they weren't completely safe even though they had found a place to hide out.

This was precisely one of the things Handler One mentioned earlier. Yellow zones were not void of danger but they were also not completely dangerous like red zones would be.

Maybe more yellow zones like this existed where participants could find a place to hide out within.

However Gustav still felt they weren't completely safe and still needed to find a way to get to a green zone.

This of course was easier said than done since the closest green zone was five hours away.

"They're still here," E.E voiced as he peeked through the holes in between the golden gate like poles.

He could still visibly spot the purplish fog across the air and hear faint wings flapping sounds. The skeletal flying beasts were obviously still around here.

"They sure are persistent," Angy muttered.

Gustav's main worry was them finding this place and attacking with a combined force.

Although the last beast who tried attacking the gate like poles was unable to break through, there was no telling if the same situation would repeat itself in an event where multiple of them attacked at once.

Not to mention that the small space they were currently hiding in, had stopped moving in the meantime. The entire Golden Entrapment was in a constant state of change but there were times when certain areas would remain unmoved for minutes or even hours.

"We need to find a way to sneak out," Gustav voiced.

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