CHAPTER 10: Yasu versus the gatekeeper

Swoosh BOOooOOM!

It threw more fireballs my way. I jump to the side and the impact made me fly towards a pile of corpses. More than one fireball went pass me as I see some hit the barricade exploding it to pieces.

Fuck. If that hits me, I’m dead, my mind ran so many different thoughts as I look at the smoke coming from the blackened wood.

“What am I worrying for? Death doesn't sound as scary as getting your skin peeled.” I whisper as I picked up a sword that was lying near me. I look up towards the gatekeeper and it size is somehow bigger than when I saw him before. He sent multiple fireballs my way and I run pass dodging it. The heat from each attack is like a sun being thrown at me in succession. But the fear of death stopped lingering in my mind as a smile covered my face from excitement. I felt like a kid running towards his prize. I kept running up until I got close to the base of its foot.

“Sharpen!” My voice echoed throughout the cave as I brought the sword towards its ankle. I push my sword as it sliced through its flesh. It felt like I was cutting thick mud and the sword snapped halfway in making me stumble down to the ground. “Argh!”

It must have hurt the gatekeeper as it let out a sound similar to agony, yet it’s a melodic tone to my ears.

“Sing motherfucker! Sing!” I shouted as I grab two more swords out of my dimensional bag. I jumped on top its foot and using all my weight, I brought down the tip of the sword and stabbed it pushing it as far as I can hoping it reaches a bone. The gatekeeper suddenly brought its foot up and I held on as much as I can be dragged along with it. In an instant, it brought its leg down, and I jumped right before his foot made contact with the ground. The impact was strong to blow away everything to the side yet; it didn’t affect me at all. His stomp created a crater and shook the whole dungeon. As soon as I land, I rushed back in aimed to cut one of its toes. If I can limit its movement, I can figure out a way to get to its head and slice its neck. The only way to prevent it from moving too much is to make it feel pain at every step. Everything is too big to cut except its toes.

BOOOOOOOOOoooOOOOOoM!!!

“Ack!” I scream as I fly across the cave crashing into a pile of corpses and debris that acted as a cushion. I felt a sharp pain in my back and rather than worrying, I felt happier as the exhilarating feeling of the battle gets the best of my mind. My brain ordered my body to pump more adrenaline making me feel the energy across my flesh. I looked at the gatekeeper and I noticed its palm was open as a smaller version of the fireball float on top spinning clockwise. It quickly released from his hand as a white light flashed almost blinding me and in an instant, the fireball suddenly is few feet away from my face. Without space to think about a way to get out of the situation, my hand moved upwards on its own as I whisper my skill. As soon as the fireball and my sword met, the heat it emitted was enough to make it feel like I’m standing in front of the sun.

The sword felt hot upon touch as it burned the hilt melting the handle directly at the top my hand. Like a bullet being cut in half, the fireball split down the middle and flew in each direction away from me. I was surprised as I look back at the burning corpse where the fireball hit. I wanted to try it again hoping he’d send me another fireball my way but I noticed the gatekeeper standing slowly taking out the club on it’s back.

“Ready to fight like a true man huh?! Sharpen!” I ran towards it as it prepared to swing its club. I managed to outrun its swing as I placed myself underneath the gatekeeper, using its remaining foot as a shield from the impact. The whole cave shook as debris from the ceiling fell around us. I ready myself as I point the tip of my sword towards its ankle. Using all my might I pushed my sword through until I felt it hit the bone. Without waiting for it to lift up its foot, I pushed the sword to my left and it went through like butter before snapping in half. Blood spurt out of its wound covering me from head to toe encasing my naked body like a canvas. I took out my dimensional bag and grabbed two more swords. I activated my skill and stabbed it where I left off as I brought the sword to the right, trying to complete the cut. It screamed in pain as lost balance and started to tip over.

“Sharpen!” I shouted as I sliced the ankle over and over again. I see negative numbers appearing above the cut, but I ignored it as the exhilarating feeling of cutting his flesh while he’s still alive made me lose my mind. The gatekeeper screams in pain while falling down. Using all my strength, I jump towards its other leg lodging my sword on the side. All of a sudden, I felt a strong gust of wind as my body flew and everything around me turned into a blur.

"Shit!" I shouted as my body flew in mid-air from the attack of its club. I didn't notice as he fell, he swung his club down toward me. Luckily, he missed but the impact of the attack was enough to send me flying again towards one direction. I couldn’t control my body as it flew faster than usual and using my arms, I covered my face, as I couldn’t change position. I brace for impact and the minute I hit something, my face felt like it was punched by a giant glove as it rocked my brain almost knocking me unconscious. I felt the liquid trickle down my face covering one of my eyes with a red curtain and the agitation along with anger resurface as I get frustrated.

“Dammit!” I shout wiping the blood off my face as I tried to clear my vision. “Oh shit!”

I jump to the side as I see his club fly my away and the impact made me fly again but this time, towards where the portal used to be. My body bounced off the ground but didn't stop as I scraped the skin on my arm at the rough ground. The stinging sensation was enough to make anyone cry but it made me happier as I laugh weakly being jolted awake by the stinging pain. In my mind, even when I’m getting badly hurt, at least this time, I can fight back. I slowly stood up looking towards the club as the gatekeeper slowly pulls it out of a hole he made in the wall. He limped towards me as one of his feet is severely mutilated from the ankle. I can see the anger in its eyes yet I feel something else. It seemed to me like fear as he averts my gaze.

I smirk while cursing under my breath. I looked around and found a sword laying around me. I grabbed it and the damage I got from flying around is starting to take its toll as I slowly walked towards the gatekeeper while scraping the blade on the ground. I tried to relax my body and focused my mind on killing him. I didn’t have time to rest, resting means death. Stopping means death. Any wrong move I make means death. But as I got ready to sprint, my knees suddenly felt weak as I almost fell to the ground. I used the sword to keep myself upright and my breathing became abnormal and it felt like I ran a marathon.

“Sharpen!” I shouted as I move away from the spot running as fast as I can keeping my mind on one thing and not giving a care about my body. As soon as I got close, I dig into its skin and dragged it I ran around its foot. Like a tree, the gatekeeper titled sideways falling directly into the ground as I severely cut one of its foot. The shockwave and impact of his body meeting the ground shook the cave and more debris fell to the ground as I try to dodge them. It crumbled the ceiling exposing blue stalactites underneath as his screams echoed causing the whole place to vibrate. I took this opportunity to attack its other leg and with a constant swing of the swords, I see negative red numbers appear at every swing over and over again. My sword would snap prompting me to take out another sword I look at its name and to see how much health it has and if it’s diminishing.

Gate Keeper LV???

HP 997,000 / 1,000,000

“Holy hell…” My voice trails off as I look at its life. I didn’t notice I stopped attacking as I was caught unprepared by the gatekeeper hands. It wrapped around my waist and it felt like it's going to squeeze me to death.

“Argh!!! Fuck!! Let go of me!!” I shout as it slowly brought me to its face. “Sharpen!”

I stab the sword through its thumb and I feel its grip loosen as I began to fall to the ground. Using all my might, I threw the sword in its eye like a dart. It went straight through and it screamed more as it closed it while thrashing around. His hand hit me directly sending me straight to the ground at a speed even I can’t control. I hear a popping sound on my shoulder as soon as I hit the floor and my ribs felt like its puncturing everything inside my body.

“Argghhh!!!” I screamed in pain grabbing my right arm. The pain shot through my body and spread through my spine towards my head. My ribs didn’t help as it felt like it broke into pieces as I ran out of breath gasping for air.

“Uckgah! Hah….hah…..wheeze*…….hah. ” I tried crawling towards a sword and I feel half my body going numb. I suddenly gave out as I plop to the ground unable to push any further. The gatekeeper is lying on its back grabbing its left eye while screaming his lungs out. I tried to stand but I couldn’t. Half my body lost its feeling. I ended up only with my left elbow supporting my whole body as I stared at the ground.

“Bleergh!!!” I vomited blood and I can feel it come out of my nose. My right arm is numb and it’s spreading throughout the right side of my body and everything is starting to fade out of existence. Right when I almost lost my consciousness to the dark, that's when I noticed her.

She’s walking towards me.

“Ah…” My voice fades as she stops right in front of me. The pain quickly disappeared as my surroundings become silent. At this moment, it was only us two as I watch her kneel and sat on her heel in front of me. She has a smile that I’m too familiar with and it brought me to tears.

"Mom," I whisper towards her as I tried to reach out but my body just fell to the ground. She doesn’t say anything but touches my cheeks with her left hand and wipes my tears away from my face.

“M-Mom…I-I-…I-I-I can’t…I’m sorry…Mom." I bring my head down as more tears pour down my face and I started crying heavily. "I’m tired. Mom. I’m tired.”

I felt her come closer to me as she brought her face near my ear, “My son, I believe in you.”

I quickly look up and she was gone. Like a figment of my imagination, she disappeared without a trace.

“Mom…” I suddenly felt a surge of energy. Anger, happiness, pain, joy, everything came all at once and it enabled me to feel again. I decided to stand up and without hesitation; I snap back my elbow in position.

SNAP!

“Argghhhhhhhhhahahahahahaha!” I scream like a monster. I didn’t care if I turn into one. I have to survive this, I need to get back home. I look at the gatekeeper who slowly tried to stand up and somehow, he doesn’t look as big like before.

“I have to go home….” I weakly whisper as I walked towards the sword I dropped earlier. “My mother is waiting for me.” I grab the sword and while I have the energy to move, I rand as fast as I can towards the gatekeeper. I ran to it's back and using all my strength, I jumped and ran towards its neck. Using all my strength, I pushed down the sword stabbing it straight through the spine and the gatekeeper screamed in agony as it felt my sword.

“Sharpen!” I shouted out my skill and it made my sword go through with ease. It tried to stand and it only made it worse as the momentum of gravity and the sharpness of my blade made me slide down its back. I kept going till I reach its tailbone and I came crashing down the ground laughing. My body ached at the impact but the adrenaline fought off the pain as I stood up and stabbed the gatekeeper from its left shin. My sword snapped in half and I lost all ability to think as I used my hands and grabbed as much flesh as I can rip them out one by one.

“Fuck! Fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you!” I shouted in anger as blood sprayed everywhere. The gatekeeper lifted its leg and I went along with it as I held on to its flesh.

“Item bag!”

I took out a dagger from the bag as I held on with one hand. Right when his foot reached the height of his stomp, I pushed the dagger through its flesh while activating my skill and I managed to reach its shin bone as my arm goes elbow deep.

“Groaaahhhh!!” It screamed in pain as it felt my dagger pierced its shin. I’m all covered in its blood and my right elbow is shooting pain so unbearable, any sane human will pass out. But my adrenaline ran through my body helped me stay conscious as I laughed and laughed like a maniac. While my right hand is lodged inside, I grabbed on its flesh from within and used it as a handle to hold my position so I don’t fall. I called out my skill again and pulled out the dagger to jammed back.

“Groaaaaaahhhhh!!!” It screamed as it swung its leg trying to shake me off but I never let go. I have one hand inside holding on its flesh while the other has a blade lodged to its bone and even if it kills me, I’m never letting go. The gatekeeper loses his balance and started falling backward. As I got closer to the ground, I tried to jump off but the momentum was too fast and I hit the ground as fast as he came down. I bounced around the floor in a fetal position and ended up lying on my back completely exhausted.

“Hah. Fuck.” I pant as I try to regain my breathing. I don’t even know how much blood I lost and my vision is starting fade. “Ha…..haha..”

I started laughing maniacally as I think about the position I'm in. Covered in blood, butt naked, fighting a dungeon boss who has 1,000,000 HP. I look over it to see how damage I caused and looking at its numbers made me laugh even more.

“fucking hell~” I chuckle looking at its name above his head.

Gatekeeper Lvl ???

HP HP 993,400 / 1000000

“After all that…. I only made a dent in its health…” I relax my body. “Ahh, it’s no good after all.”

This is my end. I so tired. I whisper in my mind as I listen to myself breathe slowly. The gatekeeper tried to stand but the pain all over its body is giving it a hard time as it struggled to even get a footing. I see him looking at me while screaming words I can't even understand.

"Well, what do you know? You can fucking talk.” I whisper as I glared back into its eyes. I slowly move my vision towards the ceiling of the cave as a bright light above us caught my attention. “that..cough* cough*…wasn’t there…before.”

Stalactites are icicle formation that hangs down from cave ceilings and towards the end are sharp points that can probably stab the gatekeeper right through if it falls on him. So much of the rocks fell down that it exposed the whole ceiling full of stalactites with one giant crystal right in the middle.

“I’ll bet everything….” I whisper as I tried to push myself to roll on my stomach. Using my remaining strength, I push myself up and the pain all over my body was enough to make me shake. I clench my fist and I felt my nails dig into my palm as a big smile was still plastered in my face.

If I die, this will be a nice way to go. With a bang. I whisper in my mind as I forced myself on my feet.

Knowing my chance of survival is less than before given my current condition, I forced myself to stand still as I call out my dimensional bag. I took out the last two swords I stored and got myself ready to face the gatekeeper one last time.

Who will die first? Will it be you? Or will it be me?I let out the voice in my mind, as I’m too exhausted to talk.

“Sharpen," I whisper facing the gatekeeper that has managed to stand its ground even with a severed foot. It held out its palm and the same concentrated fireball appeared. In a quick release, it shot the fireball at me and using my last ounce of strength, I sliced it in half sending it towards the wall behind me.

BOOM!

I looked up the ceiling of the cave and notice the big stalactite above the gatekeeper shook side to side.

One last push.I whisper in my mind as I look back at the gatekeeper and gave it a smile.

“Is that…all. You got?!” I shouted out and it held out both hands. More fireballs appeared on its palm and I gave it the biggest smile I can. “That’s it, give it to me!”

BOOM!

I slice the fireballs in half as much as I can, and it kept hitting the wall behind me. I felt my skin being cooked alive, as the heat passing by didn’t stop. I glanced at the stalactite and it kept swaying and swaying. I prayed it dropped but my energy is running out as the swords felt heavier and heavier at every attack.

“Give me more you fucker!!” I scream taunting the gatekeeper to send more fireballs but he suddenly stopped. I see him bend down to pick up his club and it made me smile even more.

“Perfect…One swing from that and…….we’re history.” I whisper as I watch the gatekeeper pick up his club. He used his left hand and touched the tip of the club while chanting something. All of a sudden, the club was encased in flames as fireballs appeared around him. The moment he turned towards me, I started sprinting towards his direction. With one slow motion, he swung his club downwards trying to smash me into the ground as I dodged all of the fireballs coming my way. For some reason, I noticed myself running faster than before and know this is my last chance; I stopped moving and looked up towards the wooden club that's coming down towards me.

“Checkmate," I whisper as the club hits right in front of me sending me flying across the cave. My body lost its feeling and I felt tired as my eyes started to close. The fire emitted everywhere felt like I was being burned alive by a flamethrower. The shockwave blew everything away from its blast. The blast itself muffled the sounds around me. I had so many thoughts go through my mind as I flew uncontrollably. I was so tired. Right before I pass out, I see the stalactites started breaking off and the ceiling. I saw a glimpse of the whole cave crashing down and everything went black with a smile on my face.

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I slowly woke up to darkness. My body ached all over and I couldn’t move anything. I can feel my throat dry as if someone poured sand in my mouth. Darkness surrounded me in every direction except for a certain part emitting a faint white dot.

“Am I…in hell?” I say with my hoarse voice box. Slowly, the feeling came into my left arm and I tried my best to move it. “Item bag.”

I hear my bag drop near me and using the only hand that I'm able to move, I felt around the dark until I found it. Luckily the dimensional bag works a certain way that lets me use it in the dark. If I place my hand inside and think about what I want to take out, it appears enabling me to pull it out. I thought about the cooked meat and as soon as I got ahold of one, I brought it close to my mouth and chewed as much as I can before swallowing it. It felt like I was swallowing sand as the dryness of the meat hurt my throat. After finishing the meat, my exhausted conscious caught up to me again and I pass out in the dark.

I slowly woke up to darkness and the cold ground was enough to make me shiver. This time around, I was able to move both hands and I tried to set myself up. I called out my bag again and took out two more pieces of meat and ate them as fast as I can.

“Well I’ll be damned, is this the hallway?” I whisper weakly as my energy hasn’t come back but the meat, I ate earlier was enough to repair a bit of the damage done to my body. The wound in my back hurt a lot less and the burnt skin around my arm probably disappeared as the stinging sensation disappeared. I dragged myself near a wall and leaned on it trying to catch my breath. I ate some more meat and waited till I started feeling the wound on my back slowly heal. I would pass out to only wake up feeling a bit better than before. I repeated the process until I managed to eat all of the meat I stored in my bag. Even with that amount, it wasn't enough as I had a hard time trying to get up. I use the wall to help me stand up and leaned on it to help ease the pain I felt around my legs.

Hah*

Pant*

Huah*

“I need to eat more.” I started moving towards the light and when I reach the end, I see part of the hallway’s ceiling collapsed blocking the path. I tried to remove a rock but I was too weak and hurt. I can still feel a small wound in my back and I think a couple of my ribs are fractured. I sat near the rubble and rested my eyes as I waited for my body to heal a bit more before trying. After a while, I slowly remove the rocks one by one until the opening is big enough for my body to crawl through. I felt a breeze come out of the opening and I can smell a metallic odor. I brace myself as I crawled out the opening to see if the gatekeeper died. But as I crawl out of the hole, I was welcomed to a crystal paradise. All of the stalactites from the ceiling have shattered on the ground and left the whole floor with a bluish light that made it looks like a glowing flowerbed. Some of the huge stalactites didn’t break but punctured the ground instead.

The gatekeeper was laid out where it hammered the club earlier. It probably fell backward before the stalactites hit him. I can see a huge stalactite pierced it through the chest and blood was flowing out covering the surrounding area. This caused the light from the stalactite to emit a red glow.

“You’ve got to be kidding me…” I whisper as I limp towards the gatekeeper’s head.

Gatekeeper LVL ???

HP 1 / 1000000

“Item box.” Since I didn’t have any weapons left and I didn’t feel like digging through the stalactites for weapons, I took out the next best thing that can produce damage. My spatula. “Seems like I won the bet and you died first. Bye bye~”

I hit it with the spatula and a negative number appeared above its head. The minute its life reached zero, it stops breathing and I laughed till I fell on my ass. I laid back down and the sharp crystal didn't make it feel comfortable. But at least, it made me feel that I’m alive. Looking up at the remaining stalactite, I smiled and let myself relax completely.

"You fucking finally died," I whisper as I slowly close my eyes.

CONGRATULATIONS!

“What the...” I opened my eyes at the sudden notification appearing in front of me.

YOU HAVE CLEARED THIS DUNGEON!

To commemorate you for killing the dungeon boss, this area will become a memorial! Your name will be placed upon this dungeon! For anyone who walks in here to study the history you have created, they will know the person who has conquered this place! Rejoice! Your name will go down in history!

“That’s it? After all that work on killing that fucking gatekeeper and all I get is my name in this place?!” I shouted out loud. “Fuck you Luro! Get me the fuck out of here!!!”

Forgetting about my current condition, I run out of energy and I started panting trying to catch my breath I laid there not wanting to move and before I noticed it, I fell asleep beside the giant corpse. I slowly wake up and my head felt like it would split open.

“Ugghhhh…my head," I say as I touch my temple. My whole body felt tired and weak. But, the pain in my ribs is gone and the stinging sensation in my back also disappeared. Some of the bigger wounds I had before are now replaced with a scar. I tried standing but my whole body still felt weak to even stand straight up. My throat feels dry and it’s causing me to gag like I just inhaled bag sawdust. I slowly push myself up and I felt drunk looking at the gatekeeper’s head. My vision swayed side to side, but one thing lingers in my mind, I need to eat. I looked around and noticed a stalactite with a sharp edge. Using it, I carved out a piece of its ear. I was tempted to eat it but I decided not to. After all, I need a bit of humanity left in me. I held onto the piece of ear and sluggishly walked towards the dark hallway. I crawled back in the hole and entered the dark hall. I slowly moved through the hallway heading towards the skeleton room. I tried not to throw up but my throat is so dry it's getting uncomfortable.

It’s so quiet. I whisper in my mind as I tried to keep myself from passing out. Now, I’m really alone.

The silence is unbearable. With no exit and no one here, I can't stop but feel helpless about my situation. I enter the other dark hallway that’s leading to the safe room and used the wall to hold myself up. As soon as I entered the safe room, I slump down near the shield that was filled with water. I drank the water like a madman until I noticed it turn red due to the dried blood that's on my body.

"ugh..." I say wiping my face. "I need to wear some clothes..."

I look at myself butt naked. I took out my shirt and pants and wore them. I walked to the shield and using the ear, I cupped out the remaining water before throwing the ear on it. I grabbed one of the torches and lit a fire underneath. Not wanting to wait and fall asleep, I walked towards Hiroko's room to wash. I didn't even bother removing my clothes as I washed the blood off my heads and face.

“I need to cut up that gatekeeper. I need to-“ I suddenly stopped as I looked at my reflection on the water. “I need to find a way out.”

I felt helpless. I felt like everything was for nothing. For some reason, my focus disappeared along with my motivation. I slap my cheeks to wake myself up and I walk towards the statue room. After the cooking the ear, I didn’t bother cutting it to pieces and ate it. It tastes like an undercooked chewy pork skin. But food is food; I had no choice to be picky if I want to survive. After eating, I still felt weak and when I leaned on the pedestal to relax, I quickly fall asleep.

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I woke up with enough energy to walk around without any pain. My motivation never woke up. I just laid there and stared at the dark ceiling.

“Maybe there’s another exit there. Don’t lose hope Yasu. Don’t lose hope.” I say to myself as I stood up. I started walking back towards where the gatekeeper laid thinking about the hole in the wall he made during our bout. But before I go and explore, I needed the energy to keep myself fed so I decided to cut he gatekeeper into pieces big enough that I can store in my bag.

"Is it because I'm a cooking class?" I asked myself as I walk towards where the gatekeeper lays thinking about its corpse not turning into dust. All the enemies I have killed didn’t turn into dust. No matter how much I cut them to pieces. As soon as I got in where the gatekeeper lays, I walked around digging through the stalactite looking for a weapon I can use to cut chunks of meat off its body. I found a couple of swords and trying to distract myself from the hopeless situation, I started working on cutting it to pieces then storing the meat in my bag. What seemed like minutes turned into hours and without the ability to track time, I kept working on the gatekeeper up until I cut up the legs.

“Argh! This is useless! What am I going to use all these level for if I can’t fucking get out of here?!” I shouted stabbing the sword into the gatekeeper. “It’s all your damn fucking fault!”

I took out all of my frustration until I felt exhausted and I sat down looking at my bloody hands. “Dammit. This can’t be the fucking end. God dammit.”

After a while wallowing, I started wandering around the cave looking for any hidden paths, I grabbed a couple of stalactites on the ground and used it to illuminate the dark hole the gatekeeper made earlier. The stalactite can only illuminate what’s around me and as I walked around, I got annoyed not being able to see anything.

"This tiny shit is no use," I say as I drop the stalactite onto the ground. I decided to head back out and I grabbed a couple more stalactites and threw them in the dark. I kept doing this until I illuminated the area where the gatekeeper came out from.

“What the fuck…” My voice trails off as I see all of the elite monsters that killed us before. All of them. Dead. Some are severed in half while the rest are missing legs, arms, and even some of the wolves are missing their heads.

“What the- was the gatekeeper eating them?” I whisper as I creep in the room. I walked closer and search the elite troll’s dead bodies for weapons. I found their swords scattered around near their corpse and I picked it all up and threw them inside my dimensional bag. I’m more frustrated than happy. There's no exit. I left the hole in the wall and I walk towards the other hole he made with the club. But that place was empty, nothing around and no hidden path. I walk back out and went towards the broken portal. It’s still a pile of rubble and mostly buried by stalactites.

"What am I going to do now…how the hell am I going to get out of here…" Since there is no point of staying here, I decided to go back to the safe room.

"Fucking bastard," I say as I cut a piece of the gatekeeper’s flesh before throwing them in the heated shield. I cooked the gatekeeper's meat and devoured it in an instant. I was so hungry I didn't even notice its taste. After eating, my eyes felt heavy and I went sleep in Hiroko's room to calm myself using the sound of the water.

I woke up crying, I went to sleep angry. The thoughts in my mind just didn’t help as I dreamed about what’s outside the dungeon. Sunlight, trees, nature, the vision of earth in the sky if it’s visible from this planet. The portal to the outside is destroyed and there is no other way out. Every day became dull. Sometimes I'll go to the gatekeeper's corpse and take my anger out on it. I didn't even bother cooking it. I just want it to rot away and suffer. I continued to stab the dead corpse until I’m out of energy. When I do, I’ll travel back to the safe room, eat, and decided to sleep for the rest of the day. As soon as I woke up, I just rolled to the side facing away from the puddle of water. "There is no point to move around. I just find it a waste of energy. I close my eyes and listen to the sound of the water hitting the small puddle.

*Sigh

"I can't sleep," I whisper sitting up. I decided to go back out the main room to take a drink of water. Spending a couple of days here with no enemies to worry about or kill is making me go crazy. I stored some water in my pan not wanting to waste it every time I need to use the shield. As soon as I got close to take a sip, I notice my tears started falling out onto the water.

“Huh? What the..” I wipe my cheeks as tears kept falling on its own. “Ahahaha I’m crying hahaha! I’m still fucking crying!”

I sat there as I laughed and cried all at the same time. “Fuck…. why did this happen to me….. what do I do….help me….please help me…mom….help me…”

Frustration got the best of me as I started punching the ground as my tears mixed with my anger. I could see my fist starting to bleed but I didn’t stop until I took out all my frustration at the ground.

"Item bag," I call out my dimensional bag to take out my apron for my bloody hand. As the bag appears in the thin air, it landed beside the frying pan tipping it over.

“My water," I say between sobs as I watch my water waste onto the ground. I watched the water pour out of the pan and travel down the crack of the tiles. It traveled downwards since the floor is a little bit slanted. Its final destination was on a bigger crack and piled up on it.

Sob* sob* sob* huh?

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“Wait a minute," I whisper as I stood up and looked at Hiroko’s room. “The fucking water!”

I ran to Hiroko’s room and lit a torch and shine it down towards the puddle in her room.

“This water! This should be coming from somewhere!” I say to myself as I watch a small stream come out of the crack on the wall.

Whatever’s on the other side of this wall might be an exit. I'm might be able to get out after all.