The Degree
Bonus Task

“We must fight with them ..” Jane muttered in a desperate tone.

If you want to survive in the next obstacle, even babies must take up arms.

This world was already so harsh and Secret meticulously pointed it out in person.

“Will I give you a safe trick for all of you.”

Jane and the others begin to notice Ray intent on giving out tricks.

They didn't expect much from him but they hoped there would be a best way but to fight.

“If you want to survive then do not hesitate to kill who and whatever it is. Naivety and wrong decision making will have a bad impact. Always remember .. kill or be killed. Those who are ready to kill must be ready to be killed.”

If you want to live in an environment that requires murder, the person who does not dare to stab is the one who will die in the first place.

Edward and his group seemed disappointed because they had been made to hope.

Even without needing Ray to explain it they must have had that thought at the end of his head.

They hoped that there was another way aside from fighting and killing. Unfortunately, such a way does not exist. If anything though it would be something very complicated and troublesome.

Ray ignored his bruised left hand and clenched it and spread his fingers.

It's painful but it's no problem as long as I don't force it. Her thought.

A little disappointing because the injured had to have his dominant hand but nothing to regret.

That's a pretty cheap payment in exchange for the safety of his life.

After taking a break and letting Jane make a strategic position approved by Ray, they chose to move slowly unhurriedly while sneaking through all the fights.

At first it was fine but when it was in the midst of chaos of course they would not be able to get away with it.

“Do not let them reach the Guardian and get a seat!”

“Kill everything here to enlarge our chances!”

“If I can't get it then other people can't!”

“This is the law of the jungle .. eat or be eaten!”

“Must be! The question is very difficult!”

“Guardian will kill you if wrong in answering questions!”

Shouts of anger, pleasure and despair echoed. Shouts were called out to various sides of the place that really became more and more chaotic.

With the help of the Degree they begin to rampage and fight each other to take each other's lives.

Some fight because of necessity with the aim of enlarging their chances.

There is a group of people who really like to fight and go wild.

Of course, the one who fights because he is forced to dominate.

There were even people who were accidentally caught between those terrible fights.

Edward and his group and Ray are forced to fight.

They formed a back-to-back position as planned. The only member who can't fight is Jane, so she's at the center of it all.

Edward and the others turn their backs on Jane, but Ray only follows her while keeping himself safe. After all, Edward and the others wouldn't bother protecting him either.

Ray can't trust his back to anyone but himself. Trust is more valuable than gold so Ray will not give it carelessly.

“Beware ... We know that someone can use poison and have a gun. There is a possibility that people around us are able to do other things that are more dangerous.”

Ray felt troubled because he became a reference but he could not voice his complaint.

“Death to you!”

A person with a baseball bat came right in front of Ray and lunged recklessly.

His punch widened so that it was easy to avoid, Ray immediately restrained his movements and stole the man's DP.

“Bags, release me!”

The man fell to his knees and grabbed his throat. He clawed painfully as if his throat was burning by fire from within.

His mouth began to foam until he finally met his death after a few minutes.

Edward's group looked at Ray with fear. Not only did he kill viciously but he also had time to steal his opponent's DP.

“We must be careful and not provoke it .. otherwise Diana and Steve will be unfortunate like the man there.” Edward becomes convinced that Ray has a dangerous poison.

Somehow Ray's poison seems to be dangerous depending on how he uses it.

Jane, Jack, Steve and Diana nodded with stiff faces. The scene before them was more than enough to illustrate the fact that Diana and Steve could have died.

It seems to work for them. For now I can fight quietly and without worry. Thought Ray.

He was lucky to keep a few drops of cobra venom. Demonstrating this would suggest to Edward's group that "Ray has a Poison Degree" is a reality.

—Test will restart ... Those who incorrectly answer will fall.—

The clock rang to the people who were in front of the statue. Ray was a little surprised that the hurdle was different from the previous one.

Ray observes the task given to him. It seems that to go through the hurdle this time is to fill out an answer to the question to be asked.

“The problem is about what is the question and consequent when the wrong answer?” Jane who is able to think critically says the same thing as what Ray thinks.

“I hope it is not something that harms us.” Diana begins to express her hope, followed by Jack and Steve.

“Yes. I'm getting tired of all this. Please, don't be something bad.”

“I think hope and pray will not be useful .. but for this time I want to believe in both.”

Personally, Ray doesn't expect anything good to come from Secret.

There are good people who experiment with humans, create dangerous traps that take lives, and situations where humans kill each other.

If it fits the good category then to be a bad person is very difficult.

As if answering the curiosity of Diana, Jack and Steve. Everyone's clock rings again and brings up the questions they have to answer.

“Let's see what I have to go through.”

—Coming from the east brings happiness. But when coming from the west will be the end of everything.—

—Those who answer successfully will pass .. those who do not answer will wait for the next question .. Those who are wrong will be executed by the Guardian. Time (300 seconds) to reply.—

“This ... is more like a puzzle to solve.” Edward said it in a whisper but was heard quite loudly by Ray.

“Everyone seems to receive the same notification. However ..”

Ray realizes that he received one other notice that looks different from the one so far.

Just this time Ray got it and felt it straight away.

“This is easy but also difficult in some places. The payoff is quite unique. It is unfortunate if you have to reject it.”

Ray finally decided to accept it. A bonus assignment from Secret aimed at him.

—Task Bonus!—

—Kill or hurt people around you with or without a Degree. Main prize 150DP. Bonus gift, entitled to ask a question to Secret.—

An easy but difficult task because Ray does not know how much to subvert to complete the bonus task.

...[***]...

Name: Jane.

Origin: America.

Age: 21 years.

Degree: Scholar.

Able to find an idea or answer to a problem that is in front of him. His ability is able to make the owner sort the information in his head carefully and in accordance with the context at hand. This ability can only solve problems according to the capacity or knowledge of the owner. Able to make pencils or other stationery artificially.