Chapter 57: Halloween Special

{TRANSFERRING ALL DATA TO A COSTUME LOCATION DESIGNED TO INDUCE FEAR TO HOST}

[What!?]: soren

Soren was once standing in the middle of Karakura Town enjoying the Halloween festival, in that next second Sakura had spoken and Soren was now in a pitch Black room.

[What is this… Why am I here, what's going on Sakura?]: soren

{SILENCE… YOU HAVE BEEN A PAIN IN MY SIDE FOR YEARS, NOW IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO FIGHT TO SURVIVE… IF YOU CAN SURVIVE THE SYSTEM WILL BELONG TO YOU AGAIN}

Sakura had said hurtful things towards Soren, Soren never even knew Sakura thought about. When Soren heard a "Ding!" he started to look around, a field with tall sunflowers that had started to Wither and Decay appeared before him.

[What's going on?]: soren

{YOUR GOAL HERE IS TO SURVIVE THE WHOLE NIGHT FIGHTING AGAINST THE FEARS OF ALL THOSE YOU HAVE FOUGHT AND KILLED SINCE YOU GAINED THE SYSTEM… OH, ONE MORE THING… YOU WILL LOSE ALL OF YOUR POWERS AS WELL… HAHAHAHA!}

As Sakura said this Soren felt a tugging sensation at his soul that left him in a deep panic, when the tugging stopped Soren tried to use Spirit Power only to find out nothing worked.

[What am I supposed to do to fight if I have no power]: soren

As Soren pondered over this question 6 little green goblin things sprinted towards him at a fast speed, when Soren saw this he instinctively dodged and struck his hand out chopping with full force killing one of the goblins.

[So I still have my instilled knowledge and form left from being an assassin, my strength doesn't seem to be diminished either]: soren

The remaining 5 looked towards their fallen comrade and jumped towards Soren as if trying to avenge the one that had fallen, Soren saw this and charged towards them.

[Insects must fall when impeding my path towards glory]: soren

Soren gave 5 more chops that took off the head of each goblin, but Soren didn't walk out unscathed. When Soren looked at the scratch on his arm there was a deep gash that was oozing blood, Soren then ripped off a bit of clothing and wrapped the wound.

[Piss ants really think you could beat me? Come back in 100 years when I'm old and decrepit]: soren

Just as Soren was about to leave the field, something shiny caught his eyes, when he turned around to see what it was he could tell instantly.

[My Zanpakuto? When did I have this, and when did I drop it for them to pick up?]: soren

{DING!... YOU HAVE TAKEN OUT THE FEARS OF THE FIRST PERSON YOU KILLED AY?... HERE IS THE GIFT, HEAD OUT OF THIS FIELD AND INTO TOWN FOR YOUR NEXT OBJECTIVE… IF YOU DON'T, WELL… HAHAHA!}

Soren walked into town only to be met with 10 towering ogre looking things that took one look at Soren and thought "Feast!" When Soren saw the looks that the ogre's gave him he lunged at them.

[Want to eat me?... Eat my blade!]: soren

Soren sliced his sword through one of the ogre's legs and the ogre came falling down crushing one of the medieval looking houses, when the other ogre's saw this began to get angry and release this green fog from their mouths. The fog surrounded Soren and began to infect his wound, Soren felt a stinging sensation and began to unwrap his bandage only to see worms crawling around in his wound and up his arm and under his skin.

[What is this… No, this must be fake… I need to take my arm out or this will get really bad]: soren

Soren was now pondering what to do about his arm, and when the ogre's saw this a grin appeared on their faces, when Soren saw this he dropped his head and out came a bit of laughter.

[So illusions?... Is that all it took to scare one of the big bosses I killed when I was only 4, what a shame]: soren

Soren disregarded his arm and jumped towards the ogre's that remain standing slicing at all of their necks killing them, then Soren walked over to the one that was lying on the ground trying to get up and chopped off it's head.

[What will you drop?]: soren

Soren asked this question and soon his Star Armor dropped, when he put it on it fused with his Shihakusho, Soren then got another message from Sakura.

{SINCE THEY COULDN'T KILL YOU THEN YOU LEAVE ME NO OTHER CHOICE… DING!... UNDYING ARMY RISE AND KILL THIS INSECT BEFORE YOUR MASTER}

Soren was upset that Sakura had hated him so much, it hurt him so much that he asked.

[Sakura, do you really want me to die?... If you do, I won't stop this army from killing me]: soren

Soren thought that if Sakura really wanted him dead she could do it any time she wanted because he had the system and Sakura was the system, Sakura could choose life and death for the host.

{DON'T LET THEM KILL YOU, YOU MUST FIGHT WITH YOUR LAST BREATH AND DIE OTHERWISE IT WON'T BE ANY FUN WATCHING YOU DIE}

[... Okay]: soren

Soren noticed something strange with how Sakura said that and only had an idea, Soren then began to fight with the undying army killing them left and right only to find out they get back up.

[What is this, why don't they stay down… There must be someone that keeps raising them]: soren

Soren was fighting his way through the horde of zombies and skeletons to reach the back where the defence should be weak and that's where the summoner should be, based on stories this would be the case, but when Soren made his way to the back there were even more of them than before.

[That must mean they are protecting the summoner]: soren

Soren made his way over to where the horde was most dense and started chopping away, when he made it through he was face to face with a boy who wore a yellow raincoat. When Soren got closer to the boy in the rain coat he was crying, Soren walked up and asked.

[Why do you keep summoning these creatures?]: soren

The boy who didn't stop crying then looked up towards Soren with pitch black eyes and said 4 words that made Soren shiver just a little.

[You will float too]: boy

[What do you mean I will float too?]: soren

The boy started to let out a creepy laugh that shook Soren down to his bones, and then the boy started to scream.

[YOU WILL FLOAT TOO!]: boy

The boy in the yellow raincoat lunged at Soren taking him by surprise and pierced his heart, the boy then ripped his hand out of Soren's chest with Soren's heart in his hand.

[Bye bye… Go float with mommy, daddy, and the rest]: boy

Soren's last thoughts before everything turned to black were startling.

'Did I think wrong? Who was that?... Was that MY fear? Did Sakura really want me dead?... Well I guess I will just drift along into eternal darkness… I loved the time that God gave me in this second life… I guess I should give him thanks for all he has done… T-thank Y-yo-...'

🎃🎃Happy Halloween!! 🎃🎃