Intensity filled the lobby of the mansion as the father’s aura grew stronger and thicker, leaving Lily and Talia struggling to breathe, though that aura didn’t seem to affect me as I couldn’t feel nor experience this pressure that filled the room

Getting into my quick draw stance, I was prepared to land the first hit, as my quick draw was will increase my chances of winning against the man

“Oh, you already, ready?” The man said impressed

“Here I come” as he prepared to dash towards me

The dash then happened as he went straight for me, knowing that I have to be faster than him, I drew my sword early to make up for the loss in speed between him and me

Unfortunately, he stopped right in front of my blade

“Too slow,” he said as he stopped following with a gust of wind and then back petalled

As he then opened a small rift and reached into it, pulling out a sword of his own

“This sword here,” he said as he completely drew it out

“Is a rapier” as he made a whipping sound with it

Knowing what it was, I had to be warier as it can pierce through my cloak, obviously

Using the time I had, I repositioned myself, as he did too

I was in a different position this time, while he was in a fencing position

My position was a normal stance as I had no other stances that I have learned, besides my quick draw stance

“Time for round 2,” he said, as he then shuffled his way to me

I thought it was oddly weird and slow, so I decided to make my first move

Dashing towards him and lifting my sword for a crushing blow as his skinny looking sword wouldn’t be able to block an attack like that

I expected him to dodge, but he didn’t instead, he quickly lunged at me and extended his rapier at me this surprised me, forcing me to try and dodge, but it didn’t work as his thrust was fast

His attack hit me straight on my sides, not hitting anything vital, but disabling certain movements

After the quick hit, he quickly backpedaled, not adding any extra hits to my body

This confused me

“Is he mocking me and how come my self-defense isn’t working?” I thought to myself

I decided not to look at the wound inflicted on me, as it may give him another chance to attack me, holding in the pain, I return into the same stance at was at earlier, and so did he

Being aware of his reached and bravery, I decided to keep my distance between him and me as I realized that he is shuffling the same as he always did

I decided to slowly back up to keep a distance as much as I could until he made his next attack

I kept backing up until I hit something, a wall

The man realizing that I hit a wall the decided to make his attack once again lunging at me and then extending his arm for the maximum reach

Knowing this was coming, I parried it just barely hitting my side once again

But unfortunately, the blade of his rapier bent??? and struck me, though it wasn’t as bad as it was

But a cut was still a cut as it nicked me on the side where my wound was

The man then repeated backpedaling, but instead, he bends his blade, showing me how flexible I was

Knowing that I would lose if, he attacks first, I decided to attack him first

Charging at him, I placed my blade on the side of me instead of on top of me for more options rather than just a heavier hit

He didn’t block instead, pierced as he would, but once he was about to make contact against me, I quickly stopped at were his maximum point was and lifted my sword, hoping to hit him when he was vulnerable and while knocking his rapier out of his hands

I need injury him, but instead of knocking his sword out, he lifted his arm to prevent that from happening, which left me vulnerable, instead

But he couldn’t strike as his sword, as well as mines, were up

Knowing I did the damage, I lunged back hitting the wall once again, but quickly changing my position to a different location to prevent from being cornered, still having my eyes on him

As I move he moves, the way he moves allowed him to maintain his stance as he shuffled slowly

He and I both have received damage, though I have received more than he did, his wound seemed more fatal, as I made a long slash from this liver area to his left rib cage, though the wound between abdomen was deep, the dust that lingered within my sword caught on to his wound as I have seen it do painful things to its victim

But questionably, the father didn’t feel any pain as it seemed like a mere scratch to him or maybe he is enduring it

Even though my attack, didn’t do anything blood was still pouring out of his body, and do my wound

We still haven’t moved after I changed my position, it was quiet at first, then a burst of wind came following the man as he thrust his rapier towards me at lightning-fast speed, I quickly dodged it, but it wasn’t enough as the attack pierce my stomach, feeling pain rush though, I quickly lifted my sword to do a counter-attack, but I was too late, as he once again retreated by to his original position

The loss of blood and increase in pain, prevented me to support the weight of the sword as I allowed it to hit the ground due to the weakness that was appearing

The sword never felt too painful and heavy to live in my life, as my stomach felt pain every time I lifted my sword, and my sides would hurt every time I would make any action with the sword

Knowing that I was sluggish, the man then continued to go with his pierces, but this time, he went all out

Thrusting so quickly he made a 3 point hit on my body, one on each shoulder and one on my right arm

And continued, next one of the other arm, one of the left leg, then the right, and eventually, he stopped as Lily and Talia told him to stop and ran to retrain him

Though I couldn’t hear what they said after that, as all of the sounds around begin to dampen and my vision became blurry to the point where I only saw blocks and yet I could see HUD clearly

Knowing that it was my defeat I collapsed, without much resistance as I had not strength nor blood left in my body

[WARNING]

[WARNING]

[WARNING]

[HEAVY INJURED, PLEASE SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION WITHIN THE NEXT 1 minute]

[FAILURE TO GET MEDICAL ATTENTION, WILL RESULT IN DEATH]

[COUNTDOWN: 50 sec]

[40 sec]

[20 sec]

[5 sec]

[3 sec]

[2 sec]

[1 sec]

[0 sec]

Everything then turned black and everything was then quiet, once the countdown went to 0

It wasn’t like the last time I died, which just mean that I really have died

Though strangely, I could hear a faint beep could be heard in the distance

*beep*

*beep*

*beep*

The beeping was soft and constant as if there was a small timer counting down to 0, detonating a bomb

The beeping also had a pause in between each beep as it when in intervals of 3 seconds

I couldn’t move my body, though I am unsure if I even still had one as I could feel anything

I could do was just wait for “it” to be detonated

But it never come, I then heard a door open and closed, following some shuffling as if someone was coming my way, and then shuffling stopped

I would then hear, someone speaking, though I couldn’t make out who it was, either it was a boy or girl, I couldn’t identify it, as this voice was unfamiliar, but I could hear what he/she was saying

“Please, come back to us, Yasu,” it said

“You can’t stay here forever”

“Remember the promise, we had?”

“Promise?” I thought

“When did I make a promise to Lily or Talia?”

“Was the promise about the fiancee or was it something else, that I am not getting?”

Silence, then came and after who knows how long, she then resumed talking

“I will come back later,” it said

“Please wake up, when I come back again”

Shuffling could then be heard, following the opening and closing of the door

The silence then filled the space around me once again, though I could still hear the beeping of the bomb

Soon after, my conscience started to fade

“Is this finally where I die?” I asked myself

“Will this be the last time, I will ever be in this world again?”

“What will happen, after I have died, will I be bought somewhere else, or is it the same as this space?”

The beeping then stopped

Then following my thoughts stopped and everything ended

Name: Yasu[DECEASED] Level 3 Attribute: Wind (Lvl 6)

Stats

Strength*[STR]: 106

Perception* [P]: 16

Endurance*[E]: 147

Charisma*[C]: 16

Intelligence*[I]: 22

Agility*[A]: 329

Luck*[L]: 5

Abilities: Sweep (Lvl MAX), Demon’s eye+ (Lvl 4), Whip (Lvl MAX), Bloodlust (Lvl 1)

Special: Arts of the Unseen Blade[FORCED] (Lvl 3)

Equipped: Wanderer’s Cloak(Lvl 8), Watch, Katana[Kurokisei] (Lvl 2)

Health: Cold

Info

Class: Wanderer (Lvl 20[MAX])

*Now allows the use of sub-weapons in the abyss*

Title: Member of the Scarlet Guild

Inventory

Adventurer’s Card

Bag of Coins (1 silver bit, 25 copper coins)

Dark Coin

Part of a medallion [Memo?]

HP: 409 → 0

MP: 100

AP: 110

NRG: 320 → 0