Almost an hour later, the sun already starting to slowly fall down on the horizon, Alan finally arrived at his apartment, heading inside and closing the door quietly behind him, his mind still feeling like a fog, he walked towards his bed and laid down before opening up the system dungeon menu.
'System Dungeon.' He thought in his mind and instantly the holographic panel appeared before him.
[ System Dungeon ]
[ Dummy Dungeon ] [ Level 1 ] [ Join ]
[ ???? Dungeon ] [ Level 5 ]
[ ???? Dungeon ] [ Level 50 ]
[ ???? Dungeon ] ….
…
'Join' Alan thought and instantly without even moving his finger, the button was clicked as his vision similarly to the last time he had entered started darkining, his senses slowly dulling until he could see, hear, smell or feel anything at all in absolute darkness as if he was in a lightless space in the universe.
A mere moment later, his senses fully returned and he found himself back in the same position he had left the dungeon in, laid down on the green perfect grass, his face facing at the strange unnatural purple cloudless sky.
Slowly getting up, by using his hands as help, Alan remembered that he had forgotten his weapon before he had come inside the dungeon.
'Fuck, I wasn't even thinking.' Alan thought however at that moment as his mind went to it, something changed, a slight pressure appearing on the base of his palm and then a split second later, he felt something appearing in it, as his hand instinctively grasped it, feeling the small weight of the object.
[ Weapon: Rusted Bread Knife has been summoned ]
Looking at the small knife that had appeared out of thin air into his hand, Alan's eyes widened for a moment before a soft relieved sigh escaped him.
'Thank god, I didn't want to actually have to leave and come back here but I wouldn't have had a choice, defeating these things is already a pain in the ass with it, even though it only gives me a plus two boost to my damage, when my damage without it is two, its effectively a double boost to my damage.' Alan thought as he turned towards the closest Straw Dummy that he could find and walked towards it.
'Alright, Just need… to defeat four of them.' Alan thought, already feeling like his mind would explode from exhaustion before he even came close to it.
As he arrived infront of the dummy and raised his hand holding the knife, taking a deep breath for a moment and then releasing it as he swung downwards with all the strength he could and attacking directly towards the part that connected the head and torso of the straw dummy.
'Observe.' Alan thought as he used his skill instantly after the attack.
[ Straw Dummy ] [ Level 0 ]
[ Health points: 97/100 ]
'Three? Right, I'm not in top shape, even if my strength didn't actually get decreased, my body is too relaxed to actually use the strength that i have. It's why I had so much trouble even walking home. Fuck.'
Minutes passed, his right hand raising up and then falling down over and over again, the skin on his palms slowly turning raw from having to use all of his force to both grip the knife handle and swing down towards the dummies.
Almost fifteen minutes later, fifteen minutes that had felt like pure torture and immense exhaustion, he finally achieved it.
[ Ding! ]
[ User has defeated Straw Dummy. ]
[ 10 Experience Points Gained. ]
[ 1 Bronze Coin Looted. ]
'One… one down. Just three more to go.' Alan thought to himself as he slowly walked towards the next Straw Dummy, almost swaying on his feet, his footing feeling like he was on some kind of ship in the middle of a rainstorm in the sea.
The second Straw Dummy took even longer. Around twenty five minutes.
[ Ding! ]
[ User has defeated Straw Dummy. ]
…
'Just… two more.' Alan thought, his mind having grown even wearier than before from the combination of the drugs effects and the physical exhaustion.
Heading towards the third Straw Dummy, he had to switch to his left hand, even though the damage would be lowered even further, to a mere two points of damage, and sometimes even one, he had no choice, his main arm felt like it was going to fall off already.
*Fsshh*
*Stchhh*
*Fshhh*
*Stcchh*
Swing after swing, he continued, his mind faltering and growing duller and yet his will never once did, it wasn't that he was some disciplined fighter or some kind of monk with immense willpower, it was simply the adrenaline that was still coursing through him, the terror of his interaction with the possesion, they were all emotions that were currently fueling him to go past lengths that would have previously made him give up.
[ Ding! ]
[ User has defeated Straw Dummy. ]
[ User has gained 10 Experience Points ]
[ 1 Bronze Coin has been Looted ]
[ Status ]
[ Alan Walker ]
[ Level 2 ] [ 30/40 Experience Points. ]
'Just one more…. Just need one more.' Alan thought, even his thoughts having mostly cleared, only leaving the desire to defeat the last opponent in his path to what he felt was his survival.
Arriving at the last Straw Dummy, in what could barely be called a walk, it resembled more of a scene if one tried to crawl whilst standing up.
[ -1Hp ]
[ -1Hp ]
[ -1Hp ]
His attack damage had fallen down to one, even with his main arm, his non dominant one had already become useless, not dealing any more damage whilst using it.
It took fourty two long minutes, of taking constant long breaks inbetween each swing to gather his strength once more before each swing, for the thing to finall crack and fall down onto the ground in a heap of straw and wooden sticks that were quickly disappearing into white motes of light.
[ Ding! ]
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