Luck is a Charm

"Whoops, no need to feel fear as I'm not here to kill indiscriminately." Stuart chuckled softly when the people felt grievance toward their dead companion.

They couldn't understand why he was killed until they recalled him shouting aloud to get them to capture Stuart alive.

Once they got up to that thought process, they quickly shook their heads in fear when Stuart managed to kill him without alerting anyone. 

'He can kill us all if he feels like it. I should just watch my mouth to not offend him.'

Everyone held the same thought as they decided to stay silent and listen for further instruction from Stuart.

"Alrighty, everyone is finally willing to pay attention. First of all, my name is Stuart but you all shall only address me by Lord Stuart." Stuart said solemnly as he stared deeply at everyone.

The people tremble slightly before shouting in unison, "Lord Stuart!"

Of course, Zen and the two princesses weren't going to call him Lord Stuart at all as they kept themselves busy by playing around.

Stuart twitched his mouth slightly from the behavior of Zen's group but held his anger silently. Zen has a powerful backer and unknown background after all and the more he disrespected him, it would only prove he has more authority than him.

Not willing to linger further on Zen, Stuart coughed a few times before beginning his reason for being here.

"Listen up, the floor clearing has been so slow that the Demon Lord was not pleased with all. Therefore, we decided to group most of you people together to create fabulous teamwork on our new playground."

'New playground?' Zen ponders inwardly on the meaning of his word but continues to lay his head on Krista Dragoon.

If it's truly a new playground without the dumb restriction then Zen could easily teleport away.

The others also have questions regarding the so-called new playground but none of them dared to utter a single word. They were frightened that their head may be detached from their body if they anger Stuart slightly.

Stuart was amazed that no one questioned him about the new playground. 

Normally, one would be curious to know what it is so he was caught in a dilemma when he was planning on replying to this question.

"Cough, the new playground is basically similar to those forests outside filled with magical beasts. You all would be transported to that kind of environment and this orb would indicate the points." Stuart said as he flicks his hand and multiple orbs from the ceiling started dropping down to the people.

Zen wasn't an exception as the orb landed next to him and he picked it up. 

The orb has a flame symbol embedded on it and was colored golden with its round and spherical shape. However, the most noticeable thing was a number labeled zero.

The others were confused by the number as well and Stuart smiled in mid-air to be able to watch them struggle.

"Those numbers are going to be counted as points where you can gain them when you get teleported to the new playground," Stuart said and continued.

"Also, once you've reached 1000 points then you can leave this place completely and return to your Jade Kingdom. Hahaha!"

The crowd turned into an uproar when they realized the orb in their hand allowed them to leave the area.

"Really? We can finally leave this god-forsaken place."

"We can finally go back to the Jade Kingdom. I miss my daily life already."

Stuart chuckled softly at their excitement but inwardly he was laughing. 'Sigh, humans are truly cute to believe everything I've said. 1000 points is not a small number like you humans think they are."

Meanwhile, Zen finally said something after not speaking previously. "Can points be stolen from others? Meaning if a person has 400 points but I only have 250 points then is it possible for me to steal their points completely."

Stuart was dumbfounded to see Zen talking about the true meaning behind this new playground. 

Sure enough, killing magical beasts would gain them points but who wouldn't want to have an easy way to get points and the only reasonable method is by stealing points from others.

"Hehe, this youth is absolutely correct. Yes, you can steal points from other people to make it yours. However, stealing their orbs is not enough as you need to transfer it to your own orb." Stuart said and explained further.

"The orb in your hand is only unique to you so there is no point in holding the orb of someone else when it won't benefit you. Also, once your orb reaches 1000 points, you can choose to leave the place or continue playing around but beware that any points higher than 700 would have their location constantly revealed to others."

Zen smiled bitterly at Stuart's explanation of the point system. 'Aren't we doing battle royale with each other at this point then?'

Zen wasn't stupid to think that everyone here would work together as they would definitely do everything in their ability to steal points to get out of this place.

Just the look in their eyes and change of expression was obvious when Stuart finished his explanation.

"You don't seem worried about this at all, almost like this was just a piece of cake for you." Krista Dragoon said when she saw Zen's nonchalant attitude again.

Zen glanced at her and shook his head. "No, I'm actually worried because I don't know what to do once we get back to the Jade Kingdom."

Krista Dragoon was in disbelief at his remark for already saying he is going to return to the Jade Kingdom when the outcome is not clear yet.

Meanwhile, Stuart happily wished everyone good luck and before he disappeared completely.

Stuart said, "Remember, killing people can gain you 50 points, unlike magical beasts that give a mere number between 1-10 points. The points on magical beasts do not depend on its difficulty but are varied and depend on your luck."