Unwritten Mythos

Death itself might not be so frightening. The real fear is not being able to say goodbye properly.

"It hurts…"

Shino opened his eyes. What he saw was a blood-red sky, and rows of characters flashing before his eyes.

[Welcome to the Death Game]

[Please check the specific rules automatically]

Shino was taken aback. He saw almost a hundred pieces of information displayed before him.

1: Players cannot disclose the existence of the Death Game, or they will be disqualified.

2: Players cannot question any rules within the game. Anything that exists is logical.

3: Anything obtained in the game belongs to the individual, but the Administrator has the right to reclaim any prize.

4: Invited players get their first game for free. After that, players need 200 gold coins as entrance fees to participate.

5: There is no punishment in the Death Game, but the total entrance fee is non-refundable.

6: The pattern on the palm of your hand shows your identity. It's also an invitation letter. You can invite your acquaintances to the game through contact with the palm of your hand.

7: The Death Game opens once a month (this rule has been discontinued).

8: The game's schedule has been changed to once every seven days.

9: The world where each game takes place is not fixed (this rule has been discontinued).

10: The world where the game takes place will conform to a certain set of rules. It will be the same world for a month, but it will be divided into different difficulties.

…

107: The Administrator holds the final right of interpretation of all rules.

Shino sat up dazed. The hole in his stomach and the wounds on his body were all healed in a strange way.

"Death Game?"

Before he could think too much, another piece of information appeared.

[First time meeting, you can set a name for yourself, or use your ID as your name.]

Name?

Shino felt a bit overwhelmed. It seemed like he had been pulled into a kind of space similar to the game worlds in some fantasy novels.

He looked down at his palm. The triangular circle pattern had been there for several days. He was initially wondering what it was.

"This is the…"

Thinking, Shino lay back down.

Too tired…

Let's rest for a bit.

Shino closed his eyes, and soon his consciousness fell asleep.

He entered a dream.

Shino found himself in a medieval kingdom. The kingdom seemed to be in the midst of a civil war.

The rebellious prince raised his rebel blade, overthrowing the rule of the old king.

The rebellious prince seemed to be using some ancient black magic to turn himself and his army into vampires.

In the dream, Shino followed behind the prince, constantly swinging his blade and slaughtering enemies.

The interesting part was that the old king also knew black magic. He used a curse to keep his soul alive.

After learning about this, the rebellious prince, to prevent the king from making a comeback, chained the old king's hands and feet and imprisoned him in an underground palace.

After becoming king, this prince immediately launched a war against the entire world, sparking a war that lasted for thousands of years.

He almost unified that continent.

Yes, he ultimately failed. The thousand-year empire crumbled in a blink of an eye, becoming a relic of the past.

And that prince, who ascended to the throne through usurpation, became known as the Blood Tyrant, Brax Rex, in the future.

His body and soul were separated into two parts and imprisoned in a mysterious labyrinth.

Until a young boy fell and broke the seal of the tyrant's soul jar in the labyrinth.

...

After an unknown amount of time, Shino opened his eyes.

"…So it was a dream."

The prompt that asked him to set a name for himself was still flashing before his eyes.

Shino sat up and stretched his limbs. "I'll name myself Rex."

After confirming the name, the prompt disappeared.

Shino looked at the palm of his hand. A piece of information interface appeared.

It contained his personal information, ability evaluation, and point.

Point were the currency here. Shino knew that from the rules, but what was this ability evaluation?

"2nd Step: Excellent?"

Shino clicked on the detailed ranking, and found that there were seven total steps.

1st step (Normal), 2nd step (Excellent), 3rd step (Elite), 4th step (Epic), 5th step (Legendary), 6th step (Sanctuary), 7th step (Mythical).

"How is this ranking system calculated? Because I'm a Vampire Duke, my strength is automatically Excellent?"

Shino slid his hand over, and a combat power leaderboard appeared.

The person ranked first on the combat power leaderboard was someone named Ye Gong, and his combat power rating was also Excellent.

"Even the top 1 is only Excellent?"

Shino pondered. So, the strongest people here were all at the Vampire Duke level.

It seemed like, they weren't that strong…

"I wonder what level the royals are at."

Shino thought this, and then figures suddenly appeared in the space.

He looked around. This was a large circular platform, surrounded by darkness, and in the center was a large projection screen.

Quite a few people were gathered in front of the projection screen, discussing something.

Shino stepped forward. He saw three diagrams on the screen in front of him.

The first diagram showed countless bloodhounds licking their paws and searching for blood.

The second diagram showed a lot of blood-red eyed vampires.

The third diagram showed… three white-haired people, one male, one female, and a young man with one red eye and one black eye standing in the middle.

Underneath, there were a few lines of text.

Under the first diagram, it said "Recommended 1st Step." Under the second, it said "Recommended 2nd Step." Under the third, it said "Recommended 3rd Step."

[Monster List Number 008]

[Please decide on your difficulty level within 12 hours. Once the game begins, you can't join anymore]

[Countdown to End: 46 Minutes Remaining]

"The world is a little hard to figure out this time."

"It looks a bit like a vampire."

"Isn't this the monster that appeared recently in North America?"

"You mean, these monsters exist in the real world?"

"Who knows, I haven't seen it with my own eyes."

"Well, it's a new world, should we try a tier two?"

"Don't, I care about my money."

"Yeah, let's play it safe and go for tier one."

"I'll see what Mihawk does. If he goes for tier one, I'll go for tier two."

"What do you think Big Bro will go for?"

"He'll definitely go for tier two."

Big Brother?

Shino turned to the group. "Um, who's Big Bro?"

One of the people pointed towards a man with five adrenaline syringes hanging from his waist. "That one, his name is Ye Gong. He's the number one on the combat power leaderboard."

"Is this a newbie?"

"No, this guy…"

One of them looked at Shino as if he had seen a ghost.

"He's ranked third on the combat power leaderboard?"

"2nd Step combat power, third on the overall list. You're telling me he's a newbie?"

"Are you playing some international joke?!"