A heavy wind blew by with a flying man accompanying it. The man landed heavily on the floor, groaning in pain from his injuries. He had an armless jacket. Actually, he was also armless!
Justin’s two hands had been removed by the king centipede, he was living his nightmare all over again.
*25:19:89* the countdown was right above his head. Only five minutes had passed but he felt like he had been suffering for a whole year!
“shut! I have to run. This thing's too strong Justin picked himself up and suffered through the pain. He only had two legs now fro mobility.
He started running as fast as he could while the king centipede enjoyed the hunt. Of course, the running was just foo naught. How far could only two legs take him without the support of his arms. He was bound to fail.
Like was expected, the king centipede caught up to him and grabbed him by the throat. Raising his towards the sky. A sense of de is by hit Justin as the centipede spoke. “Konsidere zis mercy” and it bent the hand holding Justin’s throat…going in for the neck snap.
But just in the nick of time, its motion stopped. Its whole body stooped. It was like something in suspended animation. A red light appeared in between them, seperating Justin from the still king father centipede.
“huff huff huff” Justin wanted as tears and snot dripped down his sweaty face. He had burst into tears in fear of being killed again! It may be shameful, but anyone who had ever come so close to death should know how he felt right now.
As Justin wiped the snot and tears from his face, a familiar black screen appeared in front of him. It was much more bigger than it was previously.
*2nd chance at task given: Acquire 50000 manbres in the next 24 hours
Rewards; 10sp, 1x bread.
Punishment: 10 stats deducted, stage 3 of death dungeon.
Failure to complete chance at first try led to equivalent rewards and punishments being decreased and increased respectively.
Accept Yes/No….9…8..( if host refuses to accept, host will be transferred back to moment before death in death dungeon)*
“….” This f****d! The system was obviously presenting him with an illusion of choose when he clearly had none. If he refused, he'd die! He had to accept.
Wasting not much time in thing, Justin accepted the task with all his heart. He’d rather have a second chance than go straight to death for the second time. If he had to steal to get the job done…so be it!
*Task accepted. Host will be transferred back to the zone world in 3...2...1*
…
Justin's eyes opened to the view of a beautifully made calling. Flowers carved the wall and the scent of roses filled the room. Justin felt a minor pain in his neck and cracked it. The pain was probably coming fro the centipede’s snap. The first snap or the second…he wasn’t sure.
He stepped down from the soft bed and realized he was naked. A few men's clothes were nearby so he put them on and inspected the place.
‘Damn! Its like I’m in a Kong’s room or something….’ Really, the sight of the room was beautiful. The day of sunlight glimpsing through the partially opened windows made it all the more so.
*Task begin: Time: 23:59:99*
The regular sized screen suddenly appeared in front of Justin. It caught him so off guard he cursed out loud.
At that, the white wooden door opens and a woman, probably in her late thirties to early forties, entered the room with a maid uniform on her. She smile and bowed as a greeting saying “You’re awake”
Justin just stood there staring into the air and then at the woman. The black screen was right in from of him! Couldn’t the woman see it?!
“G…greetings. Uhm, do you see this?” Justin asked, pointing his hands at the black screen in front of him.
“see what?” the woman arched her eyebrow.
Justin pointed at the screen. His hands even touching it a few time, producing a dull sound. “don’t you see? You didn’t hear that?” Justin. Asked again
“see what? Hear what? There’s nothing there where you’re pointing at sir” she said. There really was nothing there!
The black screen disappeared with the message on it after that and Justin stooped pointing. “oh sorry, nevermind.” The woman really couldn’t see it. Did that mean he could openly open the system whenever and wherever he wished?
“no problem sir, since you’re ready. Let’s go.” The woman smiled as she made a come over gesture to Justin
“go where?” Justin didn’t understand what she meant by that. Where the he ll was he even? Where was kulin, Matilda and all the rest?
“the lady had ordered that you be bright to her when you wake. Since you’re awake, I reckon its time you went to meet the lady” the woman said, a smile never disappearing from her face.
“Lady? What lady?” Where the f**k was he!!
“haha, don t worry. I’ll brief you on the way” the woman said and opened the door.
Justin followed her. He was interested in knowing what was going on. A lady? Like a lady…high ranking and all that?
As Justin walked outside, a plethora of women in maid uniforms filled his eyes. Ranging from old women to even little kids. There were like fifty of them.
“How are you feeling sir?” the woman asked as she walked with Justin.
“oh, I’m fine thank you” Justin replied out of courtesy
“ ah that’s good. When rose and sunny brought you in, you were bloody all over. We thought you’d been injured or something but no injuries were apparent. In glad to hear you’re feeling better” the woman said with a tone of relief.
Justin just smiled at that and focused on his surrounding. Gosh…all he could see were flowers. Flowers in different colours and varieties. Under the sunny luminance, they were quite beautiful…indeed they were