Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 1000

Before coming to Atticus’ island, the recruits had gone through this exact experience before. Thrust suddenly into an uninhabited island, they had been forced to create shelters and seek food for themselves.

However, their situation couldn’t be compared to now. Somehow, many had wide smiles on their faces as they built their shelters. The current environment, compared to the hell they had endured before, was like night and day.

The air was clean, the water even cleaner. The forest wasn’t trying to kill them, and the ground wasn’t trying to swallow them whole.

To many, it was heaven.

Within minutes, shelters were built, and many scattered across the forest in search of food, only to regret it the next instant.

A series of bloodcurdling screams suddenly erupted from multiple directions—

"RUUUUUUN!"

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!"

"IT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO MOVE THAT FAST!"

"I—I SWEAR IT WAS JUST A TREE A SECOND AGO!"

"WE PICKED THE WRONG TEAM!"

From all corners of the island, recruits bolted back toward camp, their expressions filled with pure terror.

Behind them, deep, guttural roars filled the air as beasts of varying sizes and horrors emerged from the forests, snarling in fury at the intruders who dared trespass on their territory.

The forest trembled as different creatures charged forward, some breaking through trees, others leaping across the terrain with unnatural speed.

Back at camp, many recruits who had yet to leave froze in place, their bodies going rigid with fear as they watched their comrades flee in absolute panic.

Many of the people who had gone to hunt had been their best. If they were fleeing and screaming like this… no one could imagine what they had encountered.

Even some of the Ravensteins stood unnervingly still, their faces pale as the monstrous roars rumbled through the island.

Then—

Nate burst into camp, drenched in sweat, panting heavily.

His hair was a mess, his face flushed, and his entire body trembled as he pointed toward the forest.

"WHO THE HELL ARE THESE MONSTERS HERE FOR?!" he yelled, exasperated.

Many recruits turned to look at him, some struggling not to laugh. The island had been designed for Atticus, and thus, most of the beasts that inhabited it were at the Grandmaster+ rank.

Just one of these beasts was enough to cause carnage through their ranks.

"THOSE BEASTS WERE BORN TO KILL!"

Lucas, standing nearby, rolled his eyes. "Stop exaggerating."

Nate snapped his head toward him, his expression filled with outrage.

"Exaggerating? EXAGGERATING?! Did you see those beasts?! It looked as if—"

He paused, shaking his head.

"If not for my quick feet, I’d have become beast food! OR WORSE, BEAST FECES!"

A few recruits choked on laughter, but most were far too shaken to react.

Nate, however, was not finished.

He placed a hand on Lucas’ shoulder, lowering his voice like a man delivering his final words.

"You would have burst into tears, mourning your only bro."

Lucas gave him an unamused stare.

Lucas raised an eyebrow. "According to the others, the forest is filled with Grandmaster-rank beasts." _{freewebnσvel.cøm}