Ch6 Getting a Manual 3

As I am standing in front of the cave I know I have to go in but what I am seeing was a pitch-black sight in front of me.

Not a single beam of light was going inside the cave. It was like a bottomless hole of darkness.

Looking at that I can't help but to feel the cold sweat forming at the back of my head. It was really scary, and I don't like darkness!

It's not like there are any monsters in there to attack me in that dark. It's just that I don't feel right about it. It's like my sixth sense is begging me, not to go in.

I pulled every last bit of courage left in me to enter the cave. And I finally started to go in.

As I walked in my vision suddenly got all dark. The only thing I can see is 'nothing'. And when I looked back I can't even see the entrance of the cave where I came from.

Without thinking much I started walking into the cave. I don't know where I was going but I just kept on walking straight.

Gasp

Gasp

Gasp

Taking long breaths I continued to walk. I don't even know how much time has passed since I came in. It's been a long time since I lost the feeling in my left arm.

In this pitch-back darkness, I can't hear anything, not even my footsteps. I tried to make some noise with my mouth but no sound came out. (did I lose my hearing?)

I was completely drained of sweat. And my legs are begging me to stop. But I know if I stopped that will be the end of me.

Now I can't even catch my breath. And this darkness and silence drove me crazy. my heart is beating like crazy. With my bloodshot eyes, I continued to walk.

My legs are trembling in pain. They are ready to give up at any time. I don't even know how many times I almost fell down

I can't even say how much time has passed

There is a limit to every human being. And I already crossed my limit a few hours or days ago. Now I am just a corpse walking aimlessly. My body has given up a long time ago and my mind is also starting to give up. Before I know it I am already falling down

"is this the end?" I thought to myself

...

When I woke up I am in some kind of white space. And all the injuries in my body are gone.

I don't even feel any pain now. Did I not die or maybe I came to heaven? I thought only good people are allowed here. How did I end up here?

"PATHETIC!" I suddenly heard a voice. It was a monstrous voice.it's like death is talking to me. It caught me off, guard.

"Ahhh" I shouted and turned to where the voice came from.

What was saw was a shadow-like human, who was holding a black sword. the aura coming from him was quite intense and I can't bear the intense aura, my legs gave out so I kneeled before that shadow. I can't see his expression in that shadow but I know he was angry at me for some reason.

"wh-who are you?" I tried to ask him while keeping my tone respectful.

"YOU DON'T DESERVE TO KNOW MY NAME!" he declared and slowly started moving towards me.

With every step the pressure got intense. My head slammed to the ground unable to hold the intense pressure.

He stopped two feet away from me.

"WHAT IS YOUR NAME?" he asked me while lifting the pressure on me. His monstrous voice was still cold and emotionless.

Finally, I lift my head and saw him clearly, he was nothing but a shadow.

"Ar-Arthur!" "My name is Arthur Gill!" without any delay I answered him while looking at him with fearful eyes.

"LISTEN, ARTHUR, YOU DON'T DESERVE MY MANUAL WITH THAT KIND OF EYES" he stated.

He continued " MY TEST IS FOR BODY AND MIND. YOU FAILED IN BOTH "

"YOU DIDN'T EVEN REACH HALF OF THE DISTANCE IN MY TEST, YOU ARE ONLY HERE BECAUSE YOU FOUGHT UNTIL YOUR LAST BREATH. YOU NEVER STOPPED WALKING UNTIL DEATH CAME TO YOU" he stated everything.

"BUT THAT IS NOT ENOUGH!" he said with a small gap.

"wh-what should I do now?" now I am desperate for the manual. To be frank I am begging right now. All I have done so far will be gone waste without it.

"ABANDON YOUR EMOTIONS," he said with a cold voice.

Should I lose my emotions? It's not like they are that important to me. For survival, emotions are not important, right? The only thing that is important in this world is power.

"Fine, I accept" I replied to him.

Without speaking a word he disappeared from his spot and made a distance between himself and me.

Then he made posture. And suddenly, hundreds of shadow monsters came rushing to him out of now where. While they were closing in on him he never moved an inch. When the monsters are a few feet away from him, he disappeared again and stood behind the monsters with the same posture. After a second every monster that was standing fell to pieces. And he never looked back. And he disappeared!

"cool as fuck!" my heart skipped a bit.

"That was insane, will I ever be able to do it?" I thought to myself.

While I was thinking about what happened, I started losing consciousness.

Suddenly I heard the system notification.

[congratulations, you learned a 5-star manual]

[{SHADOW DANCE}]