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.

his body limped and

back" Marcus wheezed as he lay there on the Dungeon floor, covered with sweat and dirt. There was no respawn Circle anymore. Previously when Marcus fought with the Ogretto army, the Respawn Circle would've always helped him regain his lost energy. So he never had to sleep before. Whenever he got

laid there, Marcus thought about the Circle and smiled at the

to....die anyway" Words fell out of Marcus's mouth out of the blue.

to die..Then why'd you

response from the system.

I being used as a lab rat here? Is that it? It's just an experiment

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

[.....]

No reply as always.

as 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 up completely

can always choose some other idiot whose gonna

on the Dungeon walls and rocks, but it was also in

me Die

System, FUCK you Emperor"

he drooped down to a corner, his head low and tears flooding the

of crying, The Exhaustion hit him again and he rested his head on

[FUCK YOU OLD GEEZER!!!!]

Mute was on. Whatever the system says will not reach to the

YOU OLD MAN,

WHAT DID YOU

he has to have the will to live and

played a track which was recorded in the Flame Emperor's

[Yea.....NO FUCK YOUUU]