See? Progress.
‘Progress my ass..’ Michael stood up, his body creaking from the pain he just went through.
The system didn’t go as far as to make it extremely cold, mainly because he was not full on mana.
Nonetheless, he did make significant progress, a session that lasted only an hour brought his progress up by 2%.
And he wasn’t even going all out with the training, he could only imagine how much mana he would gain by utilizing the surroundings.
However, it was pretty dangerous, after all, he was not exactly alone in this place.
On your six.
Upon hearing those words, he immediately turned around, as if by instinct, but much to his surprise, no one was there.
Just kidding, ease up already.
‘You… unbelievable’ Michael was left speechless by the system’s antics, it chooses the worst times to be sarcastic.
It was way too cold for him to think straight, he just wished more of his mana returned.
Even with the density in the air, he was only able to restore 16% of his total mana after a whole hour.
‘So what now?’ He asked the system as he was not too keen on exploring whatever this place was.
Get over your fear of exploration, just go find the wall that the giant was talking about, it would be much safer to train there, don’t you think?
‘You are right, but where am I even supposed to go, I kind of lost track of where the entrance was..’ Michael groaned at that thought, he was kind of lost.
But just as he thought he was about to be wandering for hours, he remembered one of the newer system functions.
‘Show me the map.’
How am I supposed to map anything out when I don’t even know where we are? But yeah, I did keep a trace of your steps ever since you entered the room.
‘Then stop being sassy’ Michael rolled his eyes and looked at the map, walking back to where he first came from.
And much to his surprise, there was nothing but fog.
‘Good job, you fooled me well’
..I traced it correctly though? The entrance must have moved.
Michael proceeded to ignore the system until he figured something out since clearly, it was of no help.
He tried making a dent or even a scratch on the ground to leave a sign of him being there previously, however, it was extremely durable.
It was like trying to scratch metal with a napkin, he couldn’t leave even a single mark.
This whole place felt strange, ever since entering it, not once had he let his guard down.
Michael couldn’t feel it, but he could definitely tell that he was being watched.
It would be strange for him not to be watched, after all, if there was one monster, there would be more.
A decent observation, though I suggest you move a bit to the left.
‘Hm? Why?’ He ignored the system’s warning and walked forward, stepping on something squishy.
Yet the moment it came in contact with his foot, it exploded like some sort of balloon.
However, as it did, a sudden chill ran down his spine, not because it was cold but because he could feel some sort of bloodlust.
The direction was something he was not able to tell, but whatever it was, it was now mad because of whatever Michael stepped in.
Told you, anyways, run.
Michael did not need to hear it twice as he began running in one direction, however, the bloodlust he felt earlier was now more pronounced, almost like it was in front of him.
But it was not, he couldn’t hear a step or any sort of sound.
It felt eerie, even if he couldn’t hear anything previously, he was now not even able to hear the static in his ears.
‘Too fucking quiet..’ Michael felt an ominous feeling well up inside his chest as he continued running.
However, even as he ran and ran, he ended up in the same place, stepping on some kind of small balloon again, making it pop.
It kept happening until he eventually decided to stop, he was clearly not progressing by running, if anything, it only made whatever was watching him angrier.
“Come out” He decided to try his luck but nothing happened.
Or so he thought, however, in the next moment, a piece of snow fell on top of his head, barely feeling like much.
Even so, that was enough for Michael to understand the current situation.
He looked up, seeing a few small red dots a pretty far distance away.
And as he did so, one of them dimmed before falling down, landing right in front of him.
Michael finally managed to see what it was, however, his expression did not turn for the better, instead, he felt even more uneasy now.
‘A sac… a massive fucking spider sac..’ He held it up with one hand, feeling the twitching inside.
‘This is a spider sac right?’
Yeah.
Michael had always been terrified of spiders, as tough as he thought he was, spiders were the only weakness he had.
It was an irrational fear he thought he had overcome after becoming much stronger in this world, however, it seemed some fear remained.
‘I fucking hate spiders..’ He crushed the sac in his hand, earning another surge of bloodlust.
As that happened, he saw the small red spider sacs above him twitch a little, as if it had reacted to his provocation.
The spider is up there.
‘No shit, I can tell that much as well’ Michael snickered as he continued staring at the still-trembling red dots.
No, I mean, I can feel it up there, it’s about to pounce on you so be more on guard.
He flinched and recast Shield of Aegis on himself while also summoning shields all around himself.
They didn’t take up too much mana so he cast as many as he could before his MP hit 10%, he didn’t want to exhaust himself before the fight even began.
It’s com-
However, before the system was even able to finish its words, he reacted by dashing to the side with all his might, just barely dodging the attack.
But even if he did, Michael noticed that the so called spider was also invisible, he could hear its footsteps but that was all.
‘What the fuck is wrong with this training room?’ He cast the Piercing Light skill, aiming directly at the immobile creature.
And much to his surprise, his attack connected and it pierced the spider. It let out a shriek before all sound faded.
‘That’s it?’ He was slightly confused at the outcome, it seemed like a fast creature and definitely not strong either.
But it wasn’t able to dodge a single attack of his? Something did not make sense.
However, as those thoughts continued, he heard a small pair of footsteps, ones that did not sound like they belonged to a monster.
They felt human, they felt.. familiar.
But he couldn’t make them out before the figure stopped not too far away from him, standing in silence.
He began feeling uneasy, after all, the thing in front of him seemed much stronger than the rest.
Hmm… well, I think it’s about time for you to know where you were.
‘What are you talking about?’
You see, the creatures in this room are not exactly real, instead, they are…
