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.

took over as his body limped and he went

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 tired, he had the Respawn Circle to

there, Marcus thought about the Circle and

Words fell out of Marcus's mouth out of

supposed to die..Then why'd you

from the system. It remained Silent like

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

death, gave me hope that I could become strong, gave me false hope that I could

[.....]

No reply as always.

won't let me pass, I'll kill myself here then." Marcus said as he teared up. A Tear slowly rolled down to the edge of his face and dropped onto the rock

would be better right?" Marcus jolted

can always choose some other

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

let me Die

you System, FUCK you

cried as he drooped down to a corner,

him again and he rested his head on the

[FUCK YOU OLD GEEZER!!!!]

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

OF YOU OLD MAN, MY USER IS GOING THROUGH HELL

DID YOU

have the will to live and protect

system played a track which was recorded in the

[Yea.....NO FUCK YOUUU]