Gurgled. Gurgled.
The young man blankly titled his head and looked down at his stomach. Staring at his flat stomach for a while, the young man slowly lifted his gaze and turned towards the broken bear on his shoulder.
"...Break." He called. "I'm hungry. Give me something to eat." As he complained aggrievedly and asked for food, his stomach grumbled, singing with him in a duet.
The broken bear could only sigh. It opened its mouth full of thorns and pulled out a bunch of snacks, and made it float in front of the young man.
The broken bear spread its arm, offering the food towards the young man as if saying, "here you go".
The young man, on the other hand, readily accepted the snacks, saying, "thank you" to the broken bear and unceremoniously ate the snack. And even forgetting his manners he had earlier.
The young man chomp, chomp, chomp down the snacks. Stuffing his mouth full, eating like there is no tomorrow.
The young man munch, munch, munch, and the surrounding sounds were replaced by his chewing. Seeing him like this, the broken bear patted the top of his head by tiptoeing on his shoulder as if telling him to slow down in eating.
The young man did slow down eating, but he was still immersed in the snacks in front of him.
The broken bear just sighed. It's master was always hungry, what can it do?
The broken bear was thinking about how to implement it's second master's order about teaching it's master about table manners. It's master actually already did very well earlier at that little pastry, but it's master was too hungry, and those slow movements will only make it's master more hungry.
While the broken bear was contemplating this problem, it suddenly stiffened. It stood unmoving on the young man's shoulder like it's just turned into a statue.
On the other hand, the young man was still eating in relish and didn't realize what's happening to the bear on his shoulder. Well, until he heard someone call him.
["Nix"]
It was a voice calling out from the void. The voice directly echoes inside the young man's mind. Hearing it, the young man didn't bother and just continued eating.
However, how could one just ignore someone who was calling you, especially, calling you using your own 'name'.
Although the young man could ignore it, the broken bear on his shoulder, which was one with his soul, certainly couldn't.
Like a doll that was cut off its puppet strings, the broken bear lost its bearing and fell down.
The young man noticed it, while having food in both his hands, and mouth that was busy chewing, the young man looked down at his teddy bear that was now free falling down the city below.
Chewing his food, the young man stared blankly at the disappearing figure of the bear below. When he couldn't see the bear anymore, only then did the young man react. He titled his head as if confused.
With a mouth that was still busy chewing, and hands that were full of food, the young man didn't even think twice before jumping down from the railing he was sitting on.
Swoosh~
Bam!
Crash!
The young man fell from the sky, alerting almost everyone in the city. People cautiously Peaked out from their window, and some, who were already outside, went to check it out. Others mind their own business, but still raise their vigilance to the max.
Although it was prohibited to kill and fight inside the Dream World, there are still people like those crazy lunatics that wanted to challenge the law.
That's why, seeing this person falling out from the sky, people went on alert. They don't want to die over a missed fire.
...
"Ugh..." The young man lay flatly on the wreckage.
He fell on a high building, destroying it as he fell. Many residents of the buildings managed to escape before he fell completely, while others were not so lucky. Fortunately, no one died.
Nevertheless, not everyone was mindful of what was happening.
A resident of the building came out of the rubble. His head was dripping blood, and his stomach and thigh were penetrated by a metal pole.
"F*ck! It hurts! Sh*t!" He pulled the metal pole out of his body, while hissing painfully. After pulling out the metal pole, visibly, his wounds started to heal.
He was a newcomer, and was currently in a bad mood. He just finished his 8th instance, and was planning to rest until he could, when this man fell from the sky, destroying his humble abode.
"Hey, you!" He walked out of the ruins and went towards the crater. Veins continue to pop out from his forehead that was covered with blood. He spit out some blood, and like a delinquent he strode towards the crater angrily.
When he arrived at the hole, created by the young man's fall, the man still felt unbelievable at the sight he just saw.
A normal person, no, even for a high level player, they would have already died falling from this height. But seeing the person lying on the ground with his own blood, the man felt cold all over, but this did not make his anger diminished.
He passed eight instances already, and within those, he had seen many gruesome and inhumane deaths in the instance, so the appearance of the young man right now is nothing to him.
At the center of the huge and deep crater, the young man stared blankly at the city above him– that city parallel to the city where he was currently lying. He couldn't move his body, he felt numb like all his limbs were pulled out from his body. He can't even move a finger. He opened his mouth, wanting to call his teddy bear and complain a bit, but even this seems hard to do.
When he opened his mouth and tried to talk, he choked on some blood and couldn't help but cough a few mouthfuls afterwards.
The young man didn't know the state of his body right now, but since he can't move nor talk, the young man just sighed and closed his eyes. He doesn't want to bother with it anymore. But as he closes his eyes, a certain thought flashes in his mind.
'...I'm hungry.'
Since he can't move and can't talk, he can't eat and he can't ask for food. He opened his eyes abruptly at this sudden thought. His scarlet eyes that were full and blank from the very beginning finally flash a hint of anxiety.
He can't be hungry. He doesn't want to be hungry. What to do...
While the young man was having a dilemma, the angry man approached him. Knowing that he was still alive, the angry man wanted the other to compensate him for his broken apartment. The house in Grimm World is super expensive. For a newcomer like him, paying 1500 LP every month is already too much, since he could only earn 500 to 1000 LP every instance. He doesn't want to die, that's why all he could do is choose those relatively easy instances with 90% passing rate.
Moreover, the apartment he just rented has the lowest rental rate of 200 LP. Once destroyed, although the building will be repaired, his ownership of the apartment will cease to exist. He just rented it! And paid four months in advance! That's 800 LP! Now this person destroyed the whole building, not only did he get injured himself and use 50 LP for fast recovery, the contract for his apartment was also torn off the moment the building was destroyed. Who wouldn't be angry with this?!
The man was certainly furious.
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