Chapter XXII: 0/10000 Taken

A Feeling was surging though Zack as this aura from James entered him. His mind was in a few different places but soon he had pulled himself together and checked James. He walked towards him and checked his pulse. He was ok but unconscious. Zack walked away as his newfound stats had been changing to a lower amount as his boost from the guards were fading.

He left to a alley and decided to try taking off his clothes to swap for new ones. Currently, no one could identify him as the punisher. He knew it was only a matter of time before Zack Zanelion was known as The Punisher, but he also knew it would only cause problems if people knew that. He pulled his cloak off but it turned into smoke, returned, and reformed on him. He did it again and it didn't work.

He used the system this time, that he still hadn't processed at all, and tried using the status screen to change his clothes because he'd stand out. He browse around all the golden-colored text on the screen and found some things that wouldn't really be of interest. He eventually found a tab called "Armor". He pressed it hoping for something to take this outfit off. Luckily he was presented what he wanted. *!*

[Would You Like To Tale Off "Demon Massacre"?]

[Yes/No]

"Yes" Zack said happily

His clothes turned into shadows and he was given his original clothes. He then left out of the alley. He walked and was thinking of a few things then and there. What would he do? He needed to figure all this out. He needed to think of how this could go down. He eventually looked at his books that weren't hollowed out and figured out what he wanted. To be a hero.

He got up and thought about his next move. He could pass off as shaman with his current strength. He knew how being a shaman worked, however he knew that every month 10,000 go into a giant colosseum and leave with only 3 entrants surviving. The actual madness of that was scary. Zack had a trump card with his system with steal. Steal can boost all his attributes.

No matter what, there was always one distinctive feature in Zack's family. They had no problem with death or killing. They just had a numbness to it. For Zack, this didn't really phase him. He knew where the sign up was and knew there was a test before doing it. All this information was widespread. He walked to the nearest warp station. Once he was there he saw the contraption that would warp people.

Zack could use the warp station but you had to pay a fare of of 50 mald and Zack's parents would never give him money. It was mandatory that he had to use the warp station to get there. Zack looked around for some shining glimmer of hope to guide him there but then was looking at his most used skill. He could steal 50 mald. He looked for someone that had a bit he could steal.

Steal was nard to use because of the way it worked. If he steals rock, he'd need to make his mind go blank and only think of that thing. The range and size made it harder to steal. Stealing a rock from a inch away would be easy but stealing a tower from Ohio to the moon would be impossible.

He tapped someone and stole the amount of currency he needed. He went to the warp platform and put the configuration to get there. Then with a beam of light, he was teleported away and into the a waiting room. It was mostly white with black furniture and a desk. Zack didn't know anything from here so he decided to ask the many people there. He approached a guy who seemed shady and dark and asked "how do you sign up?"

The man told him to just go back home and forget he was ever here. This made Zack angry. He took his time to get here and someone told him to return to his personal hell? Zack was really angry and wanted to fight back, hit him. He gave it a shot and tried to kick him but the man just dodged and retorted with his own flurry of punches and kicks. Zack dodged most of them but some hit him and damaged his bones.

He fell down in pain as the man just looked at him in disgust. "I hate this." Zack thought.

"Let Me Fight"

Zack heard a voice and didn't know who it was but let it happen. When it happened his body was turning blacker. Until it reached a voidal black. He got up and tried speaking but couldn't. He could see and hear but he didn't have control of his body. "Zack" went up to the man and punched him. This time it was different. The punch was so fast, the man couldn't react and so strong he crashed into a wall and made a hole.

"Zack" walked to the person who was on the wall and then walked on the wall to get to the person. "Might as well get rid of some competitors, Right?" "Zack" asked. This didn't sound like it was aimed at the man, but to the real Zack. "yes. Who are you?" Zack asked. "Call me echo." Echo said as he grabbed the man and flung him everywhere around the room. He was severely injured so he was let go.

Zack's body returned to normalcy and he stayed in the waiting room with the man, as injured as he was. He waited for a few hours and a few people came. The people took the man and asked Zack to sign a form to participate in the tests signed everything and had to be tested. The way this was done was they had to fight a shaman and if they won, they qualified. The ones who fail are escorted out.

Zack was told to stay in a room until the person he was fighting came. He was given a watch and some food and water. This would be were he fights and lives in until the test starts. That would be in a month. Zack ate his food and around the time he finished, the person came. "Hello Zack Zanelion. I'm Mark and i'll be your G.I. for now. You can fight me with everything you have right now."

Zack got up from where he sat and turned on demonic fist. "A elemental user is very rare! We can use you out there." Mark said as he got into a stance. Zack ran at him and did his usual amount of punches but it seemed to be doing small amounts of damage because mark was wearing a vest. Mark used a book in his hands and dropped what looked like dirt on the floor. He then moved his hands and then Zack felt a giant boney hand grab his torso.

"Bone magic is really good to use" Mark said as he hit him all over the room with Zack coughing out a little blood. Zack used a last minute idea as he was being swung around. "STEAL!" Zack Said as the hand disappeared and he dropped to the ground. "RELEASE!" Zack said as the giant hand appeared out of his hand and hit mark.

"SUMMONERS SKILL!" Zack said as he summoned his axe and held it up to mark at his neck while he was on the ground.

"Good one! You did well today." Mark said as he congratulated Zack for beating him. Mark left and Zack fell to the floor from the amount of pain he was in.

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"Mark?!? What's Wrong with you! There's burns all over you" Someone said.

"Don't worry. I just got beaten badly by a strong contestant." Mark answered

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SORRY FOR THE WAIT! My drafts aren't saving so I haven't been able to make chapters. I don't know how to fix it but I'll post a chapter soon if I can. Sorry nonetheless.

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