Deadly Bait

There had been eighteen players earlier—now only ten remained.

If they hadn't simply wandered out of signal range, that meant eight were already gone. Taken out by monsters... or by other survivors.

Just then, a few new messages popped up in the quiet group channel.

"Phantom: Damn... That girl, BlueJay. What a waste. I told her to stay put and wait for me, but she went ahead and picked that weird