The Cheat Seed

Marcus was now sitting against the Dungeon wall. He had finally woken up from his power nap.

"Hey System?"

[Yes?]

"Can I really clear this dungeon"

[...]

The System remained silent.

"Hah..Haha...HAHAHAHAHAH"

Marcus laughed hysterically.

Marcus stood up and dashed towards the statue once again.

*Punch*

Marcus pulled his hand all the way back and punched the statue with all the power he could muster. The statue cracked from the bottom to the top but left the crown unscathed. Just before Marcus could land another blow, the statue recovered.

The Cycle continued for hours or so Marcus thought. Whereas actually it's been 700 years since he started punching the statue. The Time outside moves outside normally, but inside this Dungeon it flowed differently. Even though the results in the end would be directly proportional to the time he spent on, the time outside will flow regularly, so he didn't actually have anything to worry about.

Marcus had dark circles under his eyes now as he didn't realize the time he was spending on the statue.

"I..huff...won't..huff...fall" Marcus said as he struggled to catch his breath.

over as his body limped and he went down with a crash.

dirt. There was no respawn Circle anymore. Previously when Marcus fought with the Ogretto army, the Respawn Circle would've always helped

Marcus thought about the Circle and smiled at the thought that

Words fell out of Marcus's mouth out of

I was supposed to die..Then why'd

response from the

a lab rat here? Is that it? It's just

from my death, gave me hope that I could become strong, gave me false hope that I could bring smiles to the sad faces of my

[.....]

No reply as always.

he teared up. A Tear slowly rolled down to the edge of his face and dropped onto the rock hard

would be better right?" Marcus jolted

and you can always

his head on the Dungeon walls and rocks, but it was also in vain. His

you won't let me

FUCK you

he drooped down to a corner, his

The Exhaustion hit him again and he rested his head on the

[FUCK YOU OLD GEEZER!!!!]

System suddenly boomed but Marcus didn't react. The User Mute was on. Whatever the system says will not reach to the

OF YOU OLD MAN, MY

WHAT DID YOU

you, he has to have the will to

a track which was recorded in the Flame Emperor's

[Yea.....NO FUCK YOUUU]