Arena

It had one head with a pair of legs and arms. 
 

It has ears, eyes, mouth, nose, and walks around on two feet. 
 

It has a bent waist, unusually long arms, and red fur covering his whole body.

“It’s an anthropoid?”

That was it.

The ident.i.ty of the red Ape was an anthropoid. It was half human and half monkey put together.

It was closer to monkey than human in appearance but the facial expressions that portrayed pain and shock was in line with human characteristics.

‘Take care of that?’

I can’t even kill a single chicken.

And it’s better if it’s an animal but that is no different from a human.

“Kiruk! Kiruruk!”

It looks like it has different thoughts than me. The angry face is filled with thoughts of killing me.

I see that there is a sharp stone in his right hand.

‘That’s a fist axe?’

Ah f.u.c.k.

It has enough intelligence to make a makeshift weapon.

‘If I get hit by that I die!’

f.u.c.k, I hesitated for no reason. When I succeeded in the surprise attack I should have charged and took that away first!

“Kiruruk!”

Shouting loudly the red ape threatened my life. Unconsciously shocked I took a step backwards.

This was without a doubt a mistake.

When I backed up the b.a.s.t.a.r.d gained confidence. It started to decrease the distance between us.

Fortunately the b.a.s.t.a.r.d was only about 150 cm tall and because his arms and longs were thin he didn’t look all that tough.

‘I also need a weapon …..’

I looked down for a moment to look for the rock I threw.

“Kiruk!”

When my attention was focused on something else, the red ape attacked as though he was waiting for this moment.

“f.u.c.k!”

Shocked without even me knowing I blocked it with my left arm. The fist axe pierced my upper left arm.

Bang!

"Aaaahhh!”

Screams came out automatically. The muscles in my left arm hurt like they were being ripped apart.

Tears came flowing out.

“This b.a.s.t.a.r.d!”

I also being angry, did not hesitate to attack back.

I quickly grabbed the right hand wrist where he was holding the fist axe.

I squeezed his wrist and when I did that the b.a.s.t.a.r.d screamed and dropped the fist axe.

‘Okay!’

In strength I am stronger. If it doesn"t have a weapon I have the advantage….

Bang!

“Aaahhh!”

It didn"t just have the fist axe.

I felt first hand that the b.a.s.t.a.r.d sharp nails also became weapons.

Thanks to my reflex I turned my head and only got a cut on my face, otherwise I would have lost an eye.

But I didn"t have time to catch my breath.

Following by the nails I found out the b.a.s.t.a.r.d"s canine teeth were also the b.a.s.t.a.r.d’s weapon.

Seemingly wanting prove this the red Ape bit my left shoulder with all its strength.

Crunch!

“f.u.c.k let go!”

Screaming I shook my body and swung my fist to get him off my body.

The b.a.s.t.a.r.d firmly grabbed onto my body and its teeth were digging in deeper and deeper.

 The b.a.s.t.a.r.d’s canine teeth were long and sharp. It was to the point it felt like if it evolved it will become a vampire.

Struggling against the pain I fell into a panic.

I underestimated it because of its size but this wasn"t a fight in my favor at all.

Compared to red ape that would have fought countless fights like this, I was a regular person who never fought before in his life.

With a pale face blood kept coming out of my bit shoulders.

‘I"ll die if this continues!’

Feeling the horror I frantically looked around my surroundings.

The vines wrapped around the tree branches came into view.

I thought: that’s it!

Putting my hopes in the vines I headed over to that area.

The b.a.s.t.a.r.d who was still holding onto my body and was distracted biting my shoulders.

[Sound of drinking]

The sight of seeing the b.a.s.t.a.r.d’s throat moving made me feel disgusted and horrified.

Disgusting b.a.s.t.a.r.d!

This b.a.s.t.a.r.d was distracted my sucking up my blood. Holding the b.a.s.t.a.r.d in my left hand I unraveled the vine with my right hand.

It was only then the b.a.s.t.a.r.d realized something was wrong.

But it was too late.

I quickly wrapped his neck with the vines.

“Kiruk?!”

The red Ape had a horrified face.

I strongly tightened the vine against his throat.

“Kiruk…!”

“Die you dog piece of s.h.i.t!”

I was in a situation where I was about to die so I crazily suffocated his throat by pulling on the vine as hard as I can.

His complexion became pale and his struggling became slowly weaker.

I wonder how much time has pa.s.sed.

The b.a.s.t.a.r.d’s eyes were flipped and there was bubbles coming out of his mouth.

It was only then I woke from the insanity of the situation and realized what I have done.

“Aaahh.”

The red Ape’s corpse was rolling as it fell on the ground. I was breathing heavily and stared at the corpse.

This is something I did?

The animal that was moving aggressively was now a cold corpse while wearing a very painful expression.

I did this.

It may be pathetic for safety and being ordinary was my motto for life but because of that lived a peaceful life.

I couldn"t believe that I have this aggressive side of me.

“f.u.c.k.”

To get rid of this unpleasant feeling I summoned the slate.

-          Name: Kim Hyunho

-          Cla.s.s: 3

-          Karma: +500

-          Mission: Get rid of the red Ape. (Completed)

-          Time limit: -

The changes on the slate told me that I cleared the test.

Afterwards,

Pak!

Suddenly a doorway appeared. It was the test door.

[Creaking-]

I opened the door and went inside.

I am tired. I want to rest.

“Congratulations! Wow, you achieved an incredible score!”

The baby angel flew like a fly and played an annoying small trumpet.

Congratulations?

Do you think I feel like going along with your jokes right now?

“It’s too loud!”

I barked at him.

It was only then the baby angel stopped playing the trumpet and intently stared at me.

“What, are you angry?”

‘f.u.c.k.’

I pressed down the boiling anger and endured.

I don’t know if the baby angel knew about these feeling but he tapped my shoulders.

“You don’t feel good because you had to murder an animal that is similar to humans’ right? Oh well, you"ll get used to it.”

“What do you mean get used to it? In your eyes do I look like someone who can do that?”

“Yes, you do.”

From the baby angel’s answer I didn"t have anything to say.

The baby angel spoke.

“You realized that the red Ape was an anthropoid right?”

“…That’s obvious.”

The reason for trailing me and looking for a chance at attacking me was probably for hunting. And that disgusting scene of biting my shoulders and sucking my blood out…

The insanity in his eyes was due to hunger.

“If you didn"t kill it candidate Kim Hyunho will have met a pathetic ending. Just like nature’s rules it was a natural fight.  Candidate Kim Hyunho in the future will need to use violence to survive.”

“……”

“Anyway, you should be a bit happier. In the first test you upgraded to cla.s.s 3 and got 500 points of karma. Do you know how incredible of a score this is?

“Great score my a.s.s! Look at the condition I am in….huh?”

While in the middle of speaking I was shocked.

“All the injuries were all washed away. Even the arm that was. .h.i.t with the fist axe and the shoulder that was bit was perfectly fine.

“If you pa.s.s through the test door all injuries and diseases are instantly cured.”

“That’s convenient.”

“Of course, candidate Kim Hyunho’s heart disease also disappeared after pa.s.sing through the test door.

“Really?”

“Yes, now you don’t need to worry about dying from heart disease. Happy right?”

“Yes, I feel disgustingly happy. Now I don’t need worry about dying except from the test. I feel like I can live a thousand, no ten thousand years.

“You’re doing it again. Stop spouting nonsense and listen. Saying it again candidate Kim Hyunho did extremely well on your first test.”

“What exactly did I do well? I just barely survived.”

The reason why you suffered against the red Ape was because you weren"t used to using violence.

The reason for your high evaluation is due to candidate Kim Hyunho’s judgment.

“Judgment?”

“Yes, it didn"t take you even 6 minutes to use all the hints to realize that the red Ape was hiding and gunning for you. Most can’t unlike candidate Kim Hyunho.

Hearing it like that suddenly made me feel like I’m something great.

“According to you if I’m such a great person why did I keep failing the civil employment exam?”

“Candidate Kim Hyunho’s judgment skill only activate if you feel danger.”

“You haven’t woken up yet because you weren"t hungry enough. If you were threatened that if you don’t study then you will die then you would have been already pa.s.sed your exam.

“……”

It was a sound argument that I couldn"t argue against.

“Confirm your slate.”

“Summon slate.”

I summoned my slate.

-          Name: Kim Hyunho

-          Cla.s.s: 3

-          Karma: +500

-          Mission: Take a break until the next exam.

-          Time limit: 11 days

The information changed and I also got 11 days of break.  Basically my death was delayed 11 days.

“When you go back to the living world you will wake up at 11 am. But it will be a problem if you think this was a dream.”

“What about the reward? I thought through karma I can receive rewards?”

“When you summon the slate in the living world you will come to know the method for receiving your reward.”

“You can summon the slate in the living world?”

“Yes, and anyway the slate cannot be seen by others.”

“Okay.”

The baby angel waved his hands.

“Okay, enjoy your break.”

Crack-

When the baby angel flicked his fingers together another test door appeared.

I opened the door and walked out.