The Contracted failed to understand the situation. Everything had happened so quickly, and they couldn’t see properly due to the impenetrable darkness of the night.

A few people were wishfully thinking, ‘The Tutorial just started. What could happen so early on?’

Only a woman who was standing near the middle-aged man noticed that something was wrong and blinked slowly.

“Just now…”

She felt like something splattered on her face, almost like a sprinkler splashed water past her. The woman subconsciously raised her hand and rubbed her face. A crimson liquid that smelled like iron rubbed off on her fingers. Just as she was about to ask what it was, her eyes widened.

The man who introduced himself as a professional hiker swayed greatly. With his head drooped low, he staggered side to side like an inebriated man before suddenly falling down like a crumbling tower.

“What….”

The woman looked down reflexively, her eyes clearly catching sight of an axe sticking out of the man’s head.

Her eyes shot open, as did her mouth. As a stifled breath and a horrified shriek surged up her throat— Paak! The woman abruptly fell with her eyes and mouth still petrified.

Less than a few seconds afterward, another axe flew forward and cracked someone else’s head open. The throws boasted an incredible accuracy. Three people had died in an instant.

At this point, the people who were standing like stone statues...