The Degree
Task II

“Easy enough, there is a laser capable of cutting our body by just touching it.We should avoid it but ..”

Ray searches around in hopes of finding something that could be the key to their successful escape. The laser in question is invisible but there is no way at all to see it.

“So the point of two people one movement is we should move together in the same tempo as well? It's a troublesome task.” Justina sighed harshly.

Ray did not address Justina's complaint, he began to observe each side and the roof of the hallway. Nothing can escape his observation but in the end Ray only finds a deadlock.

“I'm sure there's some kind of button or something so we can see the trajectory.”

“Then use your Degree.” Justina interjected while watching Ray closely.

“Unfortunately my Degree is useless for something like this. Tyson's will be more valuable to use in this situation.” Ray smiled thinly.

Even so Justina seemed dissatisfied with the reason Ray made, “Don't you know the liar is not popular?”

“What do you mean? It's the truth that my Degree is not something useful.”

Ray felt some unpleasant wind piercing his skin. It was because Justina had certain suspicions to him.

Moreover, I was worried about his Degree. Her thought.

Ray does not know what kind of degree Justina has but looking at her personality and appearance, Ray is able to guess some possible options. There was a great fear coming from letting himself alone with the Degree user who was still unclear of his strength.

Justina gives up on pressing Ray, “Yeah, for now let's try to get past the obstacles in front.”

Ray looked at Justina who extended her hand without saying anything.

“What does this mean?” Ray did not move to receive the helping hand.

“Two people one step, it's an easy thing. We must move with the same steps without any difference.”

“I doubt that it will be that simple.” Ray couldn't believe it. Solutions with no evidence or no solid foundation are dangerous.

“Huh, troublesome. Would you believe if this was something my Degree found?” Justina looks annoyed at Ray's mistrust.

Ray did not answer. There were some strange things especially about the Degree he meant. Ray does not know how far the Degree works but rather than evolution, Serum D seems to make humans become a psychic.

“You think too much. Come with me.” Justina grabs Ray's hand and puts it on her body like someone who wants to dance.

Ray felt something warm and soft on his chest. Shocked because Justina is so aggressive Ray spoke up, “Give me a cue if you want to step when it must be together.”

“You're a chatty guy even though the outside look looks more silent.”

“Not because of poor communication skills, I was more silent because I was lazy to talk about things that add thought.”

“Let's leave a conversation for now.”

Justina gives a cue on the count of three, they move in tandem and Ray's worries disappear. They managed to get through it safely and immediately headed to the next place.

The initial hurdle has passed, Ray feels confident that his guess is not wrong. Walking a little more that they found next was a stranger thing than before. They found a path that only one person could walk through and was surrounded by a ravine that had sharp spines underneath.

—You have achieved the first task. From here the Market function will be available. Please read the details.—

“Market?” Justina muttered and started to check on him.

Ray did the same and there were a few things that interested him.

As the name suggests, the market is a place to buy the items needed. Starting from food, drinks, clothes, electronic devices to weapons.

You could say various needs are available in the Market. To buy goods in the Market they need to have a DP or D Point. DP can be obtained from completing existing tasks or snatching them from others.

Ray may be surprised that DP can be stolen and that it will definitely cause a split, but the rest of it is more dangerous and cannot be ignored. Other rules and the last way to get DP. Because Ray has no points, he cannot access the Market for now.

“Now it is clear that Secret is not a good organization.” Ray concluded.

“Yes. This means that trust is the most expensive and impossible thing in this place.” Justina stared intently at Ray and began to keep her distance.

Ray raised his eyebrows and smiled faintly, “You may be suspicious but I will say that now I have no intention of doing so to you.”

“You know I don't trust you but still say it. It's weird, besides, my degree can't tell if your words are black or white. In short it's an ambiguous sentence.”

Ray just smiled as before without returning his words. Justina's words were enough for Ray to guess the outline of his Degree. If so, the secret will be in danger.

“Mari finish it. Now the most important thing is that we have to pass the task in plain sight.”

“You go first. Your words are unbelievable.” Justina still has suspicions about Ray and doesn't want to take any chances.

Ray simply complied and researched the path in front of him. Looking at it the wall there is no sign of anything like the previous laser, The possibility of traps remains and the situation is 50:50, between there are traps or not.

Seeing that Justina showed no sign of giving up, Ray had no choice but to do so. Take the first step, nothing happens. So did the second step, three, four, five, until finally six appeared something that flew quickly.

Ray had studied martial arts, he had good reflexes and motor nerves so as to avoid spears flying towards him thinly.

His hair was slightly cut, he found an iron spear stuck in the iron wall that was on the other side.

“It's dangerous. What was the purpose of this organization until it created something like that?” No matter how much he thought, no answer came to his mind.

Ray felt hesitant to take another step, it was likely that the further he went the more difficult the obstacle would be. Even so he would not be able to take a step back.

I could only go ahead and avoid everything that might happen. Her thought.

Ray this time took it a step carefully. Each step of his iron spear re-emerged and doubled. With his ability Ray managed to dodge all of them but when he made it halfway through, a small, barely visible blade shot out quickly.

Ray quickly lowered his head on the limited footing, he was a little late until his cheeks were scratched, and he was late to realize that the aftershocks were fired again.

Won't get.

The sound of sharp objects piercing the flesh and blood splattering dripped gave rise to a fishy smell. To avoid getting hit by the knife, Ray sacrifices his palm to catch the knife, but ends up with his hand pierced by the knife.