The D30 event

With less than half an hour remaining, the bus came to a halt at its final destination. The whole group, along with a few other passengers, stepped out into a completely deserted area.

"Oi, driver, is this the right place?" Stark called out as he turned back, but there was no response. The public transport had already left.                                                                                   Some passengers started retracing their steps in disappointment one by one, and soon, only the GYA crew remained."I told you we should have gone for the 4th pattern," Balloon start complained to everyone. "We should have at least asked the driver where he was heading," Momo regretted aloud.                                                                                                                           The group began voicing their frustrations and regrets.                                                                      "I think our method of collecting information was flawed," Stark admitted.                                 "So, you're saying it's my fault we're stuck here? I guess I should have poked your ass harder to gather the info," Draven shouted.                                                                                                              "It's not like I'm blaming you" Stark mumbled.                                                                           “Grrrr” Suddenly, a deep rumbling sound silenced everyone.                                                        "I'm hungry now. Let's head back," Vel said, starting to walk away.                                                      "Don't be sad about what happened. It's my treat today," she said, grabbing mihak's arm and looking ahead.                                                                                                                                         "Anyway, it'll be on my tab," Mihak sighed but seemed a bit more relaxed. soon others also started to follow her.                                                                                                                               "Did anyone else hear that?" Guta asked as they walked together.Vel realized something and lightly kicked the ground.                                                                                                                            "Nice one, Guta," she said, laughing. "Looks like we're not going anywhere now."                            "Everyone, take out your pickaxe start digging right here as fast as you can!" Vel commanded, though no one was entirely aware of what was happening.                                                          Fifteen minutes passed before they got their answer. There was a cavity beneath them. In a rush, they all descended into the passageway and keep going along it. soon reaching a maze.        With little time left to navigate the maze, Vel closed her eyes, listening intently.                     

"Whisper, whisper," she heard voices from a direction. "There! Move in this direction! Whatever comes in the way, destroy it," she shouted.The crew, now determined and united, began breaking through walls one after another. They eventually cleared the maze and reached a large gate that said, "Enter the PIN."

"It looks like we're supposed to enter a PIN we obtained inside this maze," Renard quickly deduced.                                                                                                                                                   "Only four minutes left," Momo reminded them.Vel took charge and instructed everyone to step back 

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“Look at the number of participants its almost double to that of last years” said rurit a 3rd time participant a bit aged man while standing in front of a large entry of cave                                 “Control yur exciteness your eyes look like that of a child” said rita rurat’s wife and her teammate

“Haha, How am I supposed to do that its been a long time since something exciting happened in my lifetime, just start the event quickly” rurat replied while laughing.                                        “Look at those big gates. So they are the rumoured entry through secret path.”said someone among another group                                                                                                                                “Must be a lucky bastard to find it. Unlike our general route there are less in between challenges and the higher passing chances but still to open 4 out of 8 people are really going to give a competition” his mate replied                                                                                                      “What do you think the first round will be like last time will it be resource gathering or srivial cave” a young man with a spot on his cheek asked asked a lady with a huge pole like object covered in a Piece of cloth on her back                                                                                                 “Don’t act like friendly with me you Fat Face” she replied and distanced herself.                     While exhaling he mumbles “how would a man know the beuty of cheeks” 

 lady seems to hear it and so both start arguing and giving each other comebacks                        “You better watch—” the lady was interrupted as it was about to go physical.                       “Boom” one of the remaining gates goes blasting and destroyed to bit. The whole crowd was silent looking at the gya crew who made such a flash entry.                                                               “Are you one of the participants?” someone asked who seem to appear out of nowhere in front of guta                                                                                                                                                      Yes, we are here to participate” stark replied“I am Qwert, the supervisor and invigilator of Phase 1. I must say, it's quite a flashy way to make an entry,” declared Qwert, a tall and skinny figure with white hair.                                                                                                                              After a brief greeting, he handed three participation tokens and mask to each person and then left."Haa, we made it," Stark sighed, exhaling and sweating, much like everyone else except for Vel and Guta.                                                                                                                                                         They all entered a large auditorium filled with nearly 50,000 people. "How on earth did they manage to build such a massive auditorium?" Stark continued, bewildered.                                   After a few minutes of waiting, Qwert returned to the stage. "Greetings, everyone. I am Qwert, your Phase 1 invigilator. Let me congratulate each of you for making it this far. Anyone who has entered this hall is now a fair participant. Let us begin the competition. The D30 event this time is team-based, and the winner will be the team with the most tokens in the end.

 There will be many opportunities in each phase to earn these tokens. This D30 event will be held in multiple phases, and each phase will have two parts. To start, please pick up the weapon of your choice from the reception behind me. The cost of each weapon varies from 1 to 3 tokens. These weapons are of the highest quality, and remember, once purchased, you must use that weapon for the rest of the tournament. Please proceed with your purchases,” Qwert instructed before stepping back. 

Soon after, queues formed as participants began purchasing their weapons one by one. People bought all kinds of weapons: pins, axes, pickaxes, swords, polearms, blades, bows, retractable bows, and more.

 Once everyone had settled down, Qwert continued. “Now that we have our weapons, please form teams of five, which will remain for all events,” Qwert clarified.                                          "What weapon did you purchase?” Balloon asked Dylan.                                                                  “You already know what suits me best,” Dylan replied with a grin.                                                  “How should we divide the teams? I think we should just go with lucky draws,” suggested Balloon.                                                                                                                                                         “No, we are not doing that. Do you think we would even survive the first phase with that approach?” Draven the whiner suddenly interjected, examining everyone's purchased tools. After a few minutes of silence, he spoke up.                                                                                           “I have an idea that should increase the probability of all of us qualifying for the next phase,” Draven announced.                                                                                                                                   “We will form each team with 1 assaulter, 1 or 2 supports, and 1 to 4 miners, creating six teams.                                                                                                                                                            Vel, Gigi, Momo, Guta, Dylan, and Balloon will be the assaulters. I will use the pinshot, Stark will use the multishot bow, Renard will have the knife machine gun, Etir will use the tranquilizer dart, and Dwart the giant will wield the polearm. Everyone else will be miners,” he detailed.

“You really are the dark horse of our group,” Gigi said, astonished by Draven's insight, as he finished organizing the teams.

Team 1: Vel, Mihak, and 3 more miners                                                                                              Team 2: Guta, and 4 miners                                                                                                                  Team 3: Momo, Stark, Renard, and 2 miners                                                                                          Team 4: Gigi, 3 miners, and Dwart                                                                                                    Team 5: Balloon, Draven, 2 miners, and Etir                                                                                    Team 6: Dylan, and 4 miners                                                                                                                        With the teams decided, Qwert addressed the participants. “Do you see the large entrances to the caves? Each team will enter and is supposed to find ore that weighs more than 15 kg. After finding the ore, return here within the next 4 hours. In case you found a large one you can break the large ore into any size you want but only 1 piece will be counted” Qwert instructed.                                                                                                                                                                                 “But remember, those entrances are very unstable and can collapse if brute force is used,” he added. 

“Start!” Qwert simply said, and the D30 event began