Sebastian observed the cave and the map in his hand at the same time where an icon with two doors was marked.
"Move forward, do not panic now." Sebastian told himself observing the darkness of the cave that who knows what kind of creature was hidden inside.
Advancing with fear and courage, together in one body, Sebastian was unable to look elsewhere than the darkness in front of him.
"Slow and calm steps, slow and calm steps." Sebastian repeated the same phrase over and over again, trying to go in the cave using the wall as a follow-up, as it seemed that his map was slowly revealing itself as he advanced.
Sebastian continued in the same way until small and weak white lights could be seen in the deep darkness, to be closer and closer he could see that they were the natural brightness of white flowers.
"Those flowers, are the white dragon teeth?" Sebastian felt that going to look for them had been too easy, nothing in life comes easy without it bringing problems so it was obvious that it was a trap, set by someone, or something.
"I will not fall for that, there must be a way to know if there is not something nearby." Sebastian, wherever he looked, the only thing he could see was darkness and the small, faint light of the flower.
"There are no options or secondary roads." Sebastian began to feel claustrophobic to be inside that cave and the solution to the problem of the husband of Edna was just a few steps away, but it was impossible that something so important was within reach of anyone.
Sebastian's hand began to tremble and in a rapid impulse he moved forward and took the flower cutting its stem, when raising the beautiful flower, it gave off a light that strangely calmed Sebastian.
Sebastian was in a trance with the flower until the cave began to illuminate with different colors, as if it were the inside of a rainbow, blue, red, violet, green, white, pink and yellow.
"Something is wrong." Sebastian knew immediately that something was wrong in the cave.
Crack.
Crack.
Crack.
A strange sound of clashing rocks was heard behind Sebastian, as he slowly turned his head until his eye was able to observe a huge rock creature that was arming, his head had 10 jewels of different colors and sizes.
"I knew it." Sebastian said dropping his shoulders.
Sebastian watched as a strange extension of the creature moved towards him, and he ducked before it could crush him against the wall, Sebastian immediately stood up and began to run towards the exit of the cave using the map, but this time. No matter a damn to be careful when stepping.
Click
Ching.
Clack.
All kinds of strange sounds appeared in the cave as he ran to the exit and a few seconds after those sounds a huge explosion was present in the tunnel engulfing the strange rock creature, but this seemed to be insufficient to kill the creature since it was persecuting Sebastian with the same passion and hatred.
"Heavens, heavens, heavens!" Sebastian continued running with the sword on his shoulder trying to hold until leaving the cave until he looked at his map and could see that the exit was a few meters away.
Sebastian continued to run with all his strength despite the fact that his legs began to feel more and more heavy, but he knew that if he stopped it would be completely the end, since he was so immersed in the game that he could not differentiate reality from the world virtual.
The adrenaline began to run in Sebastian's body giving him an energy boost that helped him reach the exit of the cave finally slowing down while trying to catch his breath.
"Hafff...uffff...mmmhhfff." Sebastian breathed very agitated recovering very slowly his breath and lost energy, besides that he refused to lose the sword that belonged to vex, but at that moment the rock creature showed his passion to catch their prey.
The huge rock creature shattered the entrance to the cave emerging from it, while the entrance collapsed completely blocking that place permanently.
"Son of a..." Sebastian said lowering his shoulders in disappointment observing that the creature was eager to catch him.
On Sebastian's map the door's icon was crossed out with a red X and disappeared from the map, but his problems had barely begun at that moment.
The sound of the collapse could be heard throughout the forest, so it would promptly draw the attention of any nearby creature.
Sebastian was very tired and was unable to raise the sword that Vex had given him to defend himself so his only option was to think of a strategy to escape.
The rock creature seemed to be a huge rock snake with beautiful gems instead of eyes.
"Think Sebastian, think." Sebastian told himself as the snake began to crawl slowly to the left without taking his eyes off Sebastian.
Sebastian backed away very slowly until his back hit a huge trunk of a tree, the trunk was very thick and the tree itself was very tall, as if it were a very old weeping willow tree.
At that time Sebastian thought that if he could not use his strength to fight the creature, he would let the weight of an object take care of it.
Sebastian smiled at that moment and decided to just put himself on the defensive and try to make the snake fall into his trap.
The snake continued to inspect Sebastian and each of his movements becoming impatient, suddenly the snake used its tail to try to crush Sebastian against the tree, but he bent down allowing the tree to receive the impact of the tail breaking the trunk or at least marking it.
The snake repeated this action 3 times but pointing to different parts, head, legs and waist, all ending up being avoided by Sebastian, but it was time to let the trap do its job.
The crystals on the serpent's rock face lit up as if it had become furious, so it slammed against Sebastian, but he stepped aside one last time, allowing the snake to strike the trunk one last time.
The snake momentarily backed Sebastian watching that he was lying on the floor totally exhausted and began to slowly approach him, enjoying the glorious moment of having defeated his prey.
The snake was on Sebastian and opened its huge mouth, but At that moment Sebastian turned around throwing his rookie adventurer knife into a glass eye of the snake causing it to begin to writhe in pain and his tail hit once but the trunk of the huge tree.
Crack
A loud crack was heard from the tree while it released some pieces of wood and began to fall towards where the snake and Sebastian was.
Sebastian with the last of his strength stood up and walked away as much as he could.
The huge, tall tree quickly descended on the rock snake trapping its body crushing it and destroying its body in half.
Sebastian was thrown a couple of meters due to the impact of the huge tree against the ground which made a small shock wave.
Totally without strength, tired, fatigued and sore Sebastian tried to stand up one last time watching as the head of the snake still was moving, somehow trying to escape alive from that situation.
Sebastian, one step after another approached Vex's sword and crouched feeling a lot of pain in his joints and took it with the last of his strength dragging it on the ground.
"I do not exercise...in all these years they are...punishing me severely." Sebastian told himself remembering that in his life he had never been a big fan of physical exercises, so his current stamina problem was something totally normal for him.
The sword of vex in the hands of the tired Sebastian seemed person 100 kilos at that time, slowly approaching the snake, Sebastian felt as if he were going to fall sleep in the forest at any time.
Sebastian in a moment turned his head to the side and could see the flower on the ground and remembered why he was there to begin with.
Sebastian's heart began to beat rapidly, pumping blood more and more quickly every second that passed feeling like the adrenaline began to travel through his body, reviving him, his strength returning to his body and becoming more and more powerful within him.
The sword of vex stopped weighing at that moment and Sebastian's posture became firm as each of his footsteps returned to be full of energy as it approached the snake.
The snake was still twisting from one side to the other until his eyes focused on a figure but at that moment the snake's skull began to break.
The sword of vex in Sebastian's hands became like a guillotine that fell on the skull of the rock snake, as if it were a hammer hitting a watermelon, causing pieces of rock to be thrown in all directions.
The snake finally stopped moving and his eyes disappeared, appearing in Sebastian's hands while he was still being affected by the adrenaline impulse.
Unexpected guests began to appear at the scene.
Goblins, Wolves, Kobolds with weapons and armor, all kinds of monsters began to make themselves present, while a small camera recorded the scene with millions of expectant eyes.
When a player from the heart of the oasis found a unique boss, he would not only find rare materials, but also his fight would be transmitted to the whole world showing how this specific player would give his best to win or lose.
The blood began to flow from the eyes and ears of Sebastian as the anger became more and more present in him, his anger became more and more profound for the simple fact that the enemies did not stop coming and his body would not be able to reach the village of the beginnings without finishing collapsing and losing the flower in the process.
The map of Sebastian scored enemies one after another without them ceasing to appear until hundreds of red dots surrounded the blue dot representing Sebastian.
Thousands of other people of the world at that time were present watching as a rookie was being surrounded by a battalion of monsters, many began to bet inside and outside the game to derive some benefit from the live broadcast.
"Ultimate bets!" A woman's voice sounded inside a large city of high-level players.
"How much is the percentage?" One player asked another.
"As I see it is 98% that he dies miserably." another player responded.
"Wait, then who is the 2% who voted to win?" One more player joined the conversation.
"I do not know, but he's crazy if he thinks a rookie could survive such a problem." The player replied.
The goblins and kobolds began to approach Sebastian slowly while a strange aura began to be present in him, increasing his vitality and strength.
"What the hell is that? I've never seen it before." a player watching the live broadcast exclaimed observing the strange phenomenon.
Sebastian reached his fulminating point.
A goblin jumped trying to attack him but this one was hit with the vex sword and was buried on the ground while the other monsters decided at once to start attacking.
A kobold threw a spear which was deflected by Sebastian, and he jumped in the air falling with all his weight on the kobold crushing his skull with the sword.
Sebastian made a 360 degree swing with his sword and a huge sword made of blood was present cutting off many nearby enemies scattering viscera, skulls and bodies in half on all sides.
Many players who had bet against him began to regret watching the broadcast, as some stupidly bet more than 10,000 pieces of gold!
What no one had really wondered at that moment was that they were those strange skills that nobody had ever seen.
Vex's sword in Sebastian's hands began to wreak havoc and massive deaths by swings from one side to another, Sebastian felt as if the movements were totally natural, as if his body was not his.
A wolf managed to get close enough, but this was taken by the jaws with one hand and was hit on the ground with a lot of force, a few moments later the wolf was thrown against other enemies.
Sebastian continued to attack without any kind of fear even though the numbers seemed to be 300 to 1.
The numbers of enemies descended in a ridiculous way showing an exceptional sword handling, as if it were handled by a master, the sword beating flesh, grinding bones and destroying the internal organs of every living creature in a myriad of movements.
The impulse of adrenaline continued in the body of Sebastian until there were very few enemies present who decided to flee since not even their incredible numbers had been enough to kill a single opponent, so they decided to use their escape letter and save their lives, although Sebastian was too angry, so he did not want to let anyone escape.
One after another the attackers were hit by the enraged Sebastian, being crushed by the blunt and huge sword.
"Damn!! NO!!!" one player shouted with all his strength throwing his wizard's stick at the ground while many others were totally stunned
Thousands of players who had bet had lost thousands of gold coins in the short space of 20 minutes, which made many of them start crying and others began to develop a hatred for the player named Sebastian.
Although 2% of the players, who bet in favor of Sebastian, had won millions of gold coins, equipment and objects that could be sold for a very high price in the gaming market, as if they had been blessed by the god of good fortune.
Slowly the sun began to descend in the sky and Sebastian was in the forest covered in blood and viscera tried to stay awake.
"I must...get...to the town." Sebastian began to walk one step at a time, heading to the village where he was waiting for him with his poisoned husband.
Sebastian had not made any promises, but he felt responsible for saving a human being, regardless of whether it was real or not.
[7:37 at night, Heart of the oasis]
The village exit guard was about to finish his shift while his partner was arriving to relieve him.
"Good job, everything seems quiet tonight." the guard who was arriving said to his companion.
In the darkness of the forest a few steps could be heard approaching until the exit of the town which caused the two guards to be surprised and prepared to attack whatever was approaching them.
Behind a tree Sebastian emerged covered in blood, totally exhausted with a white flower in his hand.
The guard who had tried to ask him to leave was frightened and took a few steps backwards while his partner noticed that strange behavior and decided to lower his weapon and imitate what his partner was doing.
Sebastian continued walking through the streets of the town while players and NPC watched him surprised and confused until he finally made it to the tavern.
Edna at that time was at the side of her husband who was lying twisting in pain and vomiting blood as it came out of all his body orifices, slowly suffering a horrible death.
The doors of the tavern opened and a person covered in blood with a huge sword in one hand and a white flower in the other walked erratically.
Sebastian raised his hand showing the flower and the NPC behind the counter recognized it and ran out to take it while the other NPC stood up watching as the person covered in blood seemed about to collapse at any time.
Sebastian watched as his vision began to crack as if it were made of glass and a notification was present in his eyes.
HP: 0
Sebastian began to shine while his body began to break and disappear, At that moment he raised his head and looked at the tavern chandelier with a smile on his face, closing his eyes for the inevitable end.
[Level 17 has been obtained]
Proficiency with big swords +311
Acquired Title: The one who overcame every hardship [New!]
Class: Blood Sentient [New!]
Rank: Bronze (1)
HP: 101-> 889
MP: 27-> 198 (Transformed to health)
Physical defense: 15
Magic defense: 9
Strength: 17-> 76
vitality: 18-> 89
Intelligence: 28-> 78
Wisdom: 16-> 81
Agility: 20-> 89
Sebastian was surprised to see his values profile numbers have increased and one last message was present before his eyes.
[You have died, you have been forced to disconnect]