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Axel stared at the numbers in the system's interface for a while.
Winning all three fights at the Nexus Field had earned him a total of fifty thousand CNT. A ridiculous amount, which was enough to make most people celebrate. Enough to make most people feel like kings.
Dasha had expected that reaction from him. She had paid him off with a smile, clearly thinking he would be excited or proud. After all, he had just beaten the self-proclaimed king of the second years, Drax Tan. Someone people feared.
Axel didn't feel proud. He felt uneasy.
Things were starting to go wrong. Not loudly. Not all at once. Just quietly stacking on top of each other.
That night, Axel returned to his room. His body was sore from the fight. His mind was worse. Fighting, sweating, jumping through shadows, getting slammed around… it had all finally caught up to him. He needed his rest.
