'W-What is happening? I can't understand anything! How did it decrease?!'
The young man desperately crashed out as his thoughts echoed in his shattered mind. His confusion kept growing bigger and bigger, rising higher with each passing second.
His situation was so miserable. Numerous questions were held captive in his corrupted mind without any answers.
How did the number decrease? What is the main quest? How did his body end in this state of being just a fallen corpse? And the most important question is... How did he come back from death?
'I'm sure that I died! I experienced every bit of it! Yet, I'm here again with no bruises, no torn veins, and no crushed bones!' The fact that he was certainly sure that he died, despite his corrupted mind and his fragile corpse shows how much desperate he was in finding the hidden meaning behind all of this crap.
The young man stared at the relics which became three by that moment:
[-999K SP]
[Rashin]
[Deaths: 1]
'Wait! What is... Rashin?!'
Finally, the young man realized the second relic that belonged to him and him only. He didn't know what is it or why is it shown to him as a relic, but he could feel that his mouth was accustomed to saying it.
"Ra... Shin..."
Every one of those relics held a deep meaning behind them. Although, he couldn't grasp that hidden truth yet, he still knew that every relic that appears and shows itself to him was not shown for nothing.
Despite all of that, putting aside all of those relics, The young man felt something strange!
His pain was a bit more deficient than before!
'Huh?! How is that even possible?'
The pain he felt was still unbearable and no one should be able to hold on to his consciousness against that horrific pain, but the young man felt a little bit... Just a little unrecognizable bit of that pain was gone.
That tiny bit of pain didn't just disappear, but he felt that he could hold that pain better. In contrast, he felt a tiny bit of strength coursed through his fragile body.
Ding!
'Huh? What now?!'
Right in front of his naked eyes, new relics appeared with another vital information.
[10 minutes has passed]
[Minimum SP concluded]
[A new reward shall be granted!]
'Reward?! What did I even do... I only died!!'
Before the young man could swim in his confusion, the relics spoke once more.
[1 SP Granted!]
[The reward has been served!]
Suddenly, a surge of power found its way through his fragile corpse. Although, it was still too small!
Yes, it was still too small compared to a whole million that he has to get, but he could feel it channeling into his shattered body. Circulating his body from head to toe? No, it only channeled starting from his shoulders! It should have started coursing through his whole body from his head! Why doesn't it dare to reach his corrupted head?!
'Weird! All of this is weird. What am I expecting!'
Finally, after a whole 10 minutes that felt like an eternity had passed, granting him a surge of power.
...Even if it was unrecognizable.
'Wait! That SP! Could it be...'
Strings of the unfolded truth finally tied its first as he realized that this surge of strength only came after the reward which was 1 SP. Desperate to find out about his awaited answers, he tried to focus on the relic that shows the negative SP.
...What he saw, made him shiver!
[Current SP: -999,998.99 SP]
"Sighs! Cough! Cough!"
Firstly, he coughed none other than blood. Secondly, the relics showed something unusual, making more questions arise rather than answers.
'Wait! Just wait a damn second!' His corrupted mind couldn't hold so many questions that resided in it. Unfortunately, those questions were increasing tremendously, not giving him a damn break to focus on only one question to solve first.
Miserable as he is, he forced his shattered mind to focus only on SP. When he did, another relic shone in front of his blurred eyes... Again!
[Main Quest: Reach 0 SP]
The young man wasn't able to open his eyes completely, Yet that relic didn't just made his eyes on the edge of falling out of his bloody pupils. It made a shiver run down his spine like an electric bolt had struck his corrupted nerves!
'Reach... Zero?!!! How?! I'm negative million... MILLION!!!'
'OH! I get it now.' The first string of the unfolded truth has been successfully tied in his shattered mind. The SP resembled his strength and gaining more of it will lead his body to get stronger with every bit of it.
He even understood how was that very tiny bit of strength that he felt a while ago before the reward came from. The reward came at such a perfect timing. Not only it made him stronger -Even for a bit-, But also made him grasp what the SP was supposed to do.
'So... The more SP I gain, The stronger I become, but how do I gain such an anonymous aspect like this?!'
Only one answer left and the most vital one too that separates him from his key to free himself from that horrific pain. Yes, pain won't fade away. In fact, it will remain in his fragile body as his fallen silhouette was its perfect domain.
'Think... Think! You dumb head. How can I gain SP?! Huh? Wait! That sound...'
Indeed, before his first death and it seems that it won't be the only one did he realize that he had heard a familiar sound... A relic Ding!
'Shit! I died before reading that damned relic. Shit! SHIT!'
Broken... He felt broken.
Defeat has clung tight on him with a fist of steel. The answer he wanted was certainly hidden within that relic he couldn't read.
'What should I do now? Damn! It!'
Just like his first death, the young man,out of pure anger and fury, raised his right arm once more to deliver a punch through the air. In the end, His only answer to keep growing stronger was long vanished with that unseen relic. He was ready for his second death!
'I hate! I hate this fragile, cursed body. I hate this destroyed room, this blood bath. I HATE ALL OF IT!'
He punched with all of his miserable power, blood started flowing out of his exploded veins, his bones started to crack and will turn to white powder very soon. Pain found its power up once again...
Ding!