I walked for hours but didn't see any humans yet.

  And this way keeps getting dark and creeper.

  "Where am I?"

  After going deeper, he saw some humans standing near a tree-shaped thing, but after calling out many times, they did not respond.

  He decided to go near them, and what he saw gave him cold feet.

  "N-No….No, no, NOOOO! What is that?! AAAAH!"

  That tree-like thing gave off an evil smile and those humans were corpses that were controlled by branch-like whips.

  "Their eyes were fully dark and it was like there was nothing inside them, just empty!"

  Ito kept running, trying to escape from the darkness behind him.

  He spotted a light in front of him, but just before he could reach it, those whips grabbed his legs and pulled him back.

  Desperately, he reached out with his hands, trying to grab onto something that could stop himself from being dragged back inside, but it was no use.

  "So... this is how it ends? Am I going to die now?"

  A sound came from the side bushes. "Rustle! Crack!"

  "A girl comes out of there high in the air, and she throws a dagger that cuts that wipe."

  She instantly grabbed it in her arms and ran at a very fast speed before that thing could follow them.

  They safely escaped from there, but a strange black thing was spreading inside her body that made her unconscious.

  "After 38 hours ito wake up and open her eyes"

  He noticed his school uniform was changed to some casual clothes.

  "And a boy with yellow hair sleeping on the chair."

  The girl who saves Ito's life comes inside the room and seeing him, he slowly remembers what happened with him.

  "I... I thought I was done for... but you— you saved me. Thank you so much."

  Yellow hair boy (Rayan) woke up from that and both of them didn't get what he was saying.

  "But the way he bowed down, they somewhat got what he was saying."

  Ito want to ask about where in the world he is and about the incident that happened with him before but again they don't know each other's language.

  He tries to tell them with hand signs.

  Seeing that, Rayan started to laugh.

  "The girl named Sara says to shut his mouth."

  "I-I'm sorry... I just... I just can't help it! He was just so funny!"

  Rayan shows a thumbs up, trying to say he got it.

  Ito (he doesn't get it)

  But Ryan also wants to know who this boy is and where he comes from.

  After getting some rest, Ito started to learn about this world from Rayan and with that.

  "A whole year has passed and now ito knows many things about this world and also can speak this world language."

  "I... I can't believe it.

  An entire year... a whole year has passed since I came to this world."

  Sara sees Ito standing in the room alone

  "Seriously...? Are you talking to yourself again?"

  Sara asks about Rayan. Ito told her he was already gone for classes, but there was still some time for that.

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  Afterward, they both also get ready for Knights Academy, a place where they learn about Physical Science and Knight training.

  But with every year, fewer and fewer students are enrolling for knight training.

  Even though it gives more money and respect in society then any other field.

  Sara was one year ahead of ito and they both were in Knights training on the other hand rayan was in medical science.

  There were only six students in which there were two girls and four boys including ito and they were all good friends of his.

  The girl named Mary saw ito and Sara coming here together, so she asked if they were dating each other.

  "In boys two of them, say ''you betray us, Ito-we promised to be single forever but ito denied it saying 'we just run into each other when we were coming, there is nothing like that."

  Teacher had come to class and they stopped talking about that but this reminded him about that past again that he is trying to forget and doesn't want to face.

  After all classes end, those who are in knight's training will have some extra classes of sparring match where they train themselves physically.

  "I know it's going to hurt... but I refuse to lose."

  Ito is having a sparring match with one of his classmates named Zayden, who comes from an assassin family.

  He was trained for this from childhood, so winning against him was child's play. He tried by throwing punches and kicks, but he dodged all of them.

  And before he knew it, Zayden and, as sharp as a blade, were on his neck.

  Ito was frustrated about his loss, but he also praised him.

  "You did also good — if you keep this up, one day... you'll be even stronger than me."

  Ito also knows that without training, he can't beat him because, in the previous world, he didn't have any fighting experience.

  When those two were fighting, there was also a girls' match going on where Sara beat five girls in a row with just her raw strength and athleticism. The teacher and all the students who were watching it were shocked.

  After all the sparring matches and training there was an announcement from the teacher.

  "Tomorrow, you all are going with squid three, where you all will get to see them fight against the Hollow Beast, and you can use that opportunity to get some experience."

  All the students were excited about tomorrow.

  After that near-death trauma, honestly, just by hearing the name.

  "His Heartbeat was getting fast, and his body was shakin.

  Still, he chose to see and face that thing again.

  When they were going home, Sara asked if he didn't want to go she told the teacher in his place but ito refused saying.

  "Don't worry... I'm okay now.

  "Tomorrow morning: Nine o'clock am."

  All students were in two Armored trucks and enjoying their time by singing and chatting. Afternoon, five o'clock pm:"

  Both classes were at a twelve km distance from (Dark Zone).

  Those Hollow beasts and that tree-like thing are located.

  The third squad vice captain, Hyman Shalter, and twenty soldiers were standing ready with their weapons.

  They were all fired up to see all those students come to see them fighting.

  And today, for some reason, all those hollow beasts were outside the dark zone.

  Because of that they were weaker than they usually are.

  So they were able to beat them without any problem, and seeing that, Ito and most of the students were impressed.

  "Everything was going fine but."

  "It was calm before the storm."

  Vice captain Hyman gets information that the dark zone size has grown three times more than before and now all those students are also in the dark zone.

  Before he can react, a blast happens where all the students are.

  "And a Black smoke started to emerge from the land."

  Those long whips started to attack all the soldiers.

  Before they could do something, their ten soldiers had already become puppets of that thing.

  Hyman decided to retreat and help those students.

  But between that path, their comrades were standing.

  On the other side, Ito and all the students were safe, Hopefully, no one is dead, but many of them are badly injured.

  Ito was lying on the lap of Sara, and then he slowly regained his consciousness.

  He asked her about the situation.

  Sara tells her all the things that have happened so far.

  He clenches his fist, and that pain to not being able to do anything again back.

  The teacher says Try to calm down, students by telling them.

  "Hold on! The knights are on their way — they'll save us."

  But now they noticed there were three holes in the ground and three students were missing!

  After hearing this, Ito runs to help them but Sara stops him, saying 'do you really think you can help with that body shaking in fear?'

  But he also doesn't want to sit back and watch his classmates die.

  Zayden also wants to help them.

  So Sara also agrees to help but on the condition that Ito will not move from his place, making a promise.

  He was not happy with that, but he also knew that Sara would be more helpful than he was.

  On the other side, Hyman says, "again, it's nothing new to us."

  "Soldiers! Don't be fooled — those before you aren't your comrades.

  They're nothing but mere puppets! Stand strong!"

  They all started to fight back, but it was no use.

  Didn't matter how many times they were killed; they stood again.

  The vice captain charged straight to Hollow Tree to finish him from roots.

  He cut four whips out of nine, but before he can go any more near with remaining whips Hollow Tree Break his sword and hold him up from neck in air.

  "BANG! a gun fire"

  A bullet cut through that whip, and Zayden cut the remaining three.

  He asks the vice captain if he is ok.

  Sara sees the students who are missing and tries to take them out before he can regenerate.

  She almost reached it, but the Hollow Tree started to make a sound that gathered all the Hollow beasts to attack them.

  Hyman tells them to run away.

  Sara shot a bullet at one of the beasts, but it didn't work because they were deep inside the Hollow zone.

  Making the situation worse, those whips also regenerate themselves.

  "C-Captain... p-please... help

  "You can rest now... I'm here.