At the verge of death! (First life threatening Situation!)

The dungeon was filled with his occasional grunts from time to time.

He started shedding tears, remembering his sister and his mother he was afraid that he would never see them again.

Is this how he is supposed to die, in a dungeon he owned? The system had been silent throughout his fight in the death match. And Leo had so, therefore concluded that the crystal is restricted from speaking to him during the death match.

Ever since he had entered this dungeon, the crystal had been telling him many confusing things. Leo knows that this system is too mysterious it's background is not something he could currently easily fathom.

Soon the Raven bent down again, for a second rip off its 'meal' this time it gave the 'meal' a message.

"AAAARGH!!!" Leo grunted loudly in pain as another brutal pain assaulted him

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[Why did you kill my clan? what did they do against you!?]

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A system prompt appeared in front of Leo with this message, Leo upon seeing it was glad and thought that at least he have a chance if negotiate with the beast. The burning pain was completely ignored. he send his answer with his mind, looking at the floating words one would see that it is in the form of a chat

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Leo: [Am sorry if I had offended you please forgive me,]

Raven: [hmmph! give me a single reason why I should forgive you]

Leo: [Because they were the ones that came for me with the intent to kill, I gave them a chance but they were hell-bent on killing me]

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The Raven upon seeing Leo's answer scoffed at Leo's foolishness, did he think that I would let him go just because he told me this, how Naive!

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[You should have never harmed a feather of them, for that reason you will pay with your life, for forcing my son to force me out of my lair, for killing all the Raven-type beasts in this place. for that, YOU MUST PAY WITH YOUR LIFE!!!]

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Leo seeing the strong and unshakable Capital lettered words from the beast, Leo immediately understood that he had lost all hope.

He had tried everything, he could think of but nothing worked, The heaven's luck is no longer with him.

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[DIE!!!!!!]

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With this last message, the raven started vigorously shaking its leg, attempting to twist Leo to the extent that his bones would be broken.

The pain that Leo was trying to endure increased by a thousand folds as all the points in his body snapped and made weird noises as they were now just stepping away from breaking...Leo is now just a step away from becoming a bag of bones.

His left arm has been ripped and devoid of flesh leaving his hand bones.

The Raven had made sure to torture Leo to the extent that Leo regretted ever being born, despite all that it was not yet satisfied...all it wanted now is to torture Leo for eternity that way the soul of its brethren would be aggrieved. It twisted and twisted making this the worst pain Leo has ever felt ever since he was born, even the pain of the awakening is no longer on the Level of this pain.

Leo was now like the ghost of his previous self, he was like a stinking and smelling undead, zombie or whatever you might call them.

His left arm is now numb to pain, as his pain sensor which is part of his skin had long been ripped off and eaten. Not only his left hand but also his entire body is now numb to pain.

For ten minutes, the raven tortured and tortured, Leo knew that with how things are going. He might end up failing the time mission for sure.

Leo had not been idle either, he had been thinking hard but all to no avail, he was not able to think of a single solution.

His body has now been dehydrated and looks deprived of ititsutrients, as not only is he suffering from blood loss, but also water loss, it looked like he was only a minute away from being a dry husk. As more blood is lost, so is his hp is just in its fifth three digits and it is continuously dropping as time passes by.

His mind was filled with the thought of him getting water to drink.

"Water!" He said with a voice that sounded like a low shriek, it croak of a toad. His voice is now cracking. Within the past hour, he had suffered so much. This was one-of-a-kind 'Hellish training'

'I want to drink water

Sometimes, he would start hallucinating, seeing a scene where he would be drinking a tank full of water. He would give out a weird smile at that thought, this place now felt like a desert, sucking all kinds of liquid out of his body. He now felt like a dried husk, a dried rag...that could be thrown, flung away in any second. He was currently on the brink of death, he could feel that death was just inches away from him. Was he going to die? just like that?

Right now, Leo no longer cared about anything, all he wanted now was to survive. His mother needs him, his sister needs him, his revenge is still unfulfilled, and his mother is still sick.

It looked like all the burden on his shoulders that he had been enduring for so long wear wearing him down at this very moment.

He still has countless things to do! he could not die when the very cause of his nemesis and suffering is alive!, when that person is enjoying himself, when that person is up and doing well, what about his promise to his mother and sister.?

He is yet to fulfill the promise he gave to his mother before going to steal, he promised her he would back with the pill in his hand. He promised himself that the emperor would die by his own very hands, He promised his sister that he would be back.

All the promises he had made kept coming to his head again and again without stopping, Leo was like his father he hates it when he did not fulfill his promise. He is not like other people that would promise only to fail the next minute...for that, he rarely makes promises, as promises are always a burden to him.

So every promise he makes from deep inside his soul. For that, he has to survive no matter the cost.

He had to survive this dungeon, He would not die this day.

'I must survive!'

'l-l must survive!'

l-l must survive!'

He continued saying this in his head, and after some time, he smiles suddenly.

It was weird to see a skull-like face attempting to smile.

***

Happy New Year to you all!

Sorry for not wishing you guys a happy Christmas.