"Brother, there's already a person inside. Do you think he will allow us to take some medicine?"
Looking at the pale, intimidating face of Naib through the glass wall, a young woman, at the age of 17, uttered timidly to the man beside her.
Her face looks extremely tired, a testament to the fact that she lacks sleep. However, despite that, her beauty that was above average couldn't be hidden by her exhaustion.
"We will just ask him to give us some medicine. He surely wouldn't be able to take them all by himself, right?"
Reassuring her younger sister, a man with a height almost reaching 6 feet and a build akin to an athlete—thin yet containing lean muscles—held his bleeding waist before approaching the entrance of the place.
Cling~
"This!"
With the sound of metallic wind chimes echoing through the encompassing of the drugstore (an item that Naib had placed above the entrance of the place earlier), Naib, who was already halfway through the book of knowledge, was suddenly awakened.
Without further ado, upon hearing the entrance of the door opening, Naib immediately summoned the dagger from his inventory—gripping it tightly while he shifted his gaze toward the two people who had just entered the place.
Seeing the cold glint on Naib's hand, the two immediately froze in their spot.
"We don't mean harm; we just want to take some medicine to treat my wounds. After treating them, we would immediately leave this place."
Raising their hands in order to show that they didn't mean harm, the man then released a groan in pain before uttering in a calm tone.
However, hearing this, Naib didn't respond; instead, with vigilance, he slowly stood up from his location before going to the nearest shelf.
Soon, after taking a couple of items from the shelves, his attention not leaving the two, Naib then placed the items on the table nearby before gesturing to the two to take the items within.
"Thank you!"
Without further ado, the young woman hurriedly took the items on the table before hurriedly treating the wounds of her brother. Not even showing vigilance on Naib behind her, as her eyes are focused on cleaning her brother's wounds.
At the same time, while the young woman was bandaging the man's wounds, the man stared at Naib, who was looking at them with vigilance.
"I'm Vincent, while my sister's name was Melissa. How about yours, brother?"
Showing gratitude in his eyes, the man asked Naib casually.
"Naib.
"Where did you two come from? You shouldn't be local here, right?"
Glancing at the high-quality clothes of the two and noticing that their bodies lacked the usual paleness that the humans who were living here had, a testament that they either came from affluent families and were not locals, Naib asked in his usual emotionless tone.
"Indeed, brother is correct; we were just passing this place yesterday night when our car suddenly went off... Then, like what you all experienced, we four suddenly entered a trial ground."
Speaking those words, the man couldn't help but fall silent, reminiscing about the event earlier as his eyes couldn't help but turn red.
"Other than me, my sister, and 4 strangers, all people who were forced to participate in the trial died."
"I see... Can you tell me what kind of abominations you two encountered and what goal your quest contains?"
This time, seeing that her brother's emotions were unstable, the young woman replied to Naib instead.
"Brother, it's called 'Sigbin,' an entity with a dog-like and goat-like appearance. If you're asking about what's notable about that abomination, that entity creepily walks backward with its head lowered between its hind legs.
"Moreover, it's skill... Its skill is simply scary. That one can turn invisible, hide in one shadow, and suck one's blood."
Body trembling slightly, the young woman heaved a sigh of relief upon surviving the event before continuing.
"As for the difficulty, it was an High-F grade. There are 30 participants in the trial, yet only 6 survived after the sun came out."
This...
Hearing this, Naib immediately remembered those mummified corpses they had encountered on their way here. If his observation was right, the blood was sucked out of those corpses' bodies, causing them to look like deflated skins.
Don't tell me, it's those people who died on their trials?
"You all survive by accomplishing the first goal?"
"Yes. Killing that abomination was simply impossible, specifically when it's nighttime, when shadows are present everywhere."
"I see... Then where did the abomination go, considering that you all couldn't kill it?"
This!
In an instant, after hearing Naib's question, the two immediately paused in their movements; their brows rose in surprise as they stared at Naib in shock.
It's not because of Naib's question, but instead the hidden meaning it contains.
Since the other party didn't know this information, the two concluded that Naib managed to kill the abomination on his trial, making them look at him with disbelief and vigilance.
Although they didn't know what grade of trial Naib encountered earlier, just the fact that the other party could kill the abomination on his trial already proved his strength and intelligence!
"Brother, don't tell me you managed to kill the abomination on your trial?"
Hearing this, Naib nodded his head toward the two, ascertaining their guess in the process.
"I see, so that's why. I remembered that when we failed to kill the abomination, a sudden force descended from the sky and suppressed it at its location.
"Then after that, the panel told us that we only have 15 minutes to leave before the suppression on the abomination vanishes."
Seeing that his sister was finally done speaking, the man added.
"In that state, the abomination couldn't hurt us. Similarly, we couldn't do anything to it either; hence, we can only run away when that occurs.
"As for now, we don't know where the abomination goes. It is probably looking for a victim to kill. Fortunately, it's daytime right now; its ability to hide in one's shadow would surely be suppressed."