Living in a Shield World
Always in the Fourth Hurdle

ALWAYS IN THE FOURTH OBSTACLE

The hunting field turned out to be the terrain to test our ability to make tools out of metal.

Joseph came home, having passed the second hurdle. Suppose you go into the field of hunters, is when the last obstacle we leave may travel in this simulated terrain will be faster. We have to go back from the first hurdle. So heavy.

On the screen of the fourth obstacle map, full of No Wings marks, I did not understand the point, until I arrived at the fourth hurdle. We had to climb up the rock walls, without any safety straps.

No one dared to try, we decided to stop the obstacles, give up.

"You see the glow of light between those steep rock walls, I think it's electric", I opened the conversation at a quiet dinner, not as usual.

"We have to make tools from metal that are able to protect us from electricity, the shape I propose like a claw"

"Claw!", cried Kris.

"It must be hard to shape it"

"There's another idea" I asked.

"Electrical likes magnets, which are magnetic only", Noah proposed while looking down embarrassed.

"Wow Noah your proposal is great, often argue that no one will blame you" , I'm glad Noah finally wants to take an active part in this discussion.

Putting two different metals together, it's hard, we're almost desperate, it seems like Noah's proposal is impossible.

Magnetized metal is very fond of fire, so when formed the fire is quite large. For the electrically resistant, it has a lower melting point, and the metal is more solid.

Putting these two metals together, it's no easy business. In the metal that does not like electricity, made a shape like a five-ring, where we put a finger to grip strong, at the bottom smaller, smaller, magnetized metal will attract us so that it can stick to this wall.

Finally, when cooling magnetized metal, we combine it with an electrically resistant metal, so that the temperature on the surface is the same. Successfully, after adjusting the temperature for so long, it finally succeeded as well.

Just one, it takes seven more so that, all can wear. Three months, finally ready.

Entering the field of hunters, from obstacle one to four, we brought dried peach fruit food that was deliberately taken each of us into the dining room.

The hunter field is really draining. Finally we arrived at the fourth hurdle. We started climbing this electrified wall with ease, Noah's idea was really cool.

This wall is quite high, soon we reach the surface, then one more obstacle is completed.

One more foothold we reached the surface, "Andy, help me!, my metal won't stick!", cried Noah in fear.

I got to the surface, last Noah, shit no rope at all I can't pull it.

"Relax Noah, I'll pick you up", Kris and Nathan approached me, "What's your plan Andy, you're gonna fly with Noah?!", Nathan didn't like my idea.

"You have another idea Nathan, we're not even given a rope, everything is metal, in three months it's impossible for me to make a chain"

You could've been electrocuted by Andy", Kris tried to stop me.

"I'm going to take out the smallest wing, as fast as I can get Noah up, help me"

Nathan and Kris don't agree but they're getting ready to take Noah off the surface.

No worries, I will die, it seems like even dead I have nothing to worry about.

I took out my smallest wing, then quickly brought Noah up. In front of this wall, I was electrocuted, I threw Noah as hard as I could, and was captured by Nathan and Kris.

I pressed my two legs against the wall, I walked perpendicular to the wall to keep the wings away, but still I could not remove my wings, because my wings were like hooked to keep them out, this electricity keeps the wings open. Until the surface I was pulled by Nathan and Kris.

There was pain in the back of my neck, I was shot by an anesthetic bullet, but it still came to a realization. " "RUN!!!!!!, ", fifth obstacle no obstacle!!!!", I shouted seeing the light of the fifth obstacle outside the mouth of the cave. We ran the spirit. I fell in the middle, the medicinal effects began to paralyze my body, they carried me, the fifth obstacle was the door of the cave mouth that could close, we only needed to run out before the mouth of this cave was closed.

"Your footwork, Andy", Noah's voice raised my spirits, he rarely spoke, Noah told me to move my feet to speed them up and pull me out.

BBRAAAK!!, the door of the cave mouth closed just after I was outside the cave, just in time. We all laugh, we escape the field of hunters.

Escaping the hunting field, made me lose weight very drastically. In Kiehl, weight is so hard to gain, we are almost like walking skeletons.

Very strenuous physical training, and extremely difficult battlefields made my body like a nutrition mall, malnourished. Nathan, Kris and Noah.

The last bullet didn't make a difference, I didn't lose my memory, I still remember everything.

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Five years I was in Kiehl, Noah came home last year, I was with Nathan and Kris on a plane to Rock Collapse. I finally got home.

My body weight shrank drastically, there was no longer a burly body, my body was smooth, muscular, it seemed vegetarian and physical training in Kiehl made me lose muscle mass.

All my clothes in Jayana's suitcase were too big. Up at the border I hugged Nathan and Kris, heavily parted ways with them, after all that crazy training.

I stopped in the center of Kingdom City, looking for clothes that fit me. In Kiehl there is no mirror, what is the mirror there for? I laughed at myself, if there was a mirror, many killed themselves slicing their hands with fragments.

Entering the clothing store I chose clothes with one normor smaller than my usual size.

Entering the dressing room, I was flabbergasted to see my face in the mirror. My body was very small, even smaller than Noah, my head was plontos, making my appearance, becoming like a vagabond.

No one will ever know me by a new look like this, my skin is brown, my eyes are big, my jawbone is very visible. All the blood vessels in my hand were clear, I was really like a malnourished vagrant.

I have to meet dad.

Finished buying clothes four numbers smaller than usual, I asked for a cloth mask gift to the shopkeeper, they gave three cloth masks.

I now understand why along the way, people look at me for pity. Kiehl made me into a walking skeleton. I wait outside the gates of Kingdom, the system at the gates will instantly recognize me as Mr. Andy.

At midnight I flew, flying in front of my father's bedroom window. "Dad opened the window door, "Andy!?" she let me into her room.

After closing the window I opened the cloth mask, my father shed tears, "I'm sorry Andy's father, I'm sorry, it must be so heavy"

"Dad give me a new identity, I can't come out with this look, and say Andy's name, too much attention, I want to be calm, at least until my body is back to how it was".

"Of course, Andy, you're my only son, anything to make amends for my father"

"You want to drink Andy, I have water here"

"Thank you father"

"Andy, you were hit by an anesthetic bullet, do you remember everything?"

"Still dad, I'm fine, how is Jayana, she's still in the vegetative room?"

"Still, he might be too happy to meet your mother" father smiled sadly.

" Andy, I'm sorry, you're acting right, all the soldiers you saved are cured, the doctor said, just a little late you're all being zombies", dad spoke carefully to me.

"Father is just an emotion because of The First's problem!"

"Grandfather I mean, when did you find him?"

Instantly, I sobbed, and hugged me, "I'm sorry, Andy, I'm sorry, I lost your mother for so long, I forgot what it's like to love, I'm sorry"

I don't understand what you mean, but I love this warm hug from you, it seems like you haven't hugged me in a long time.