Aiden, who was now in school with a clock ticking more fast than usual was now brim to his own anxiety. Its like a someone would be at his dorm while he was getting ready for some ass whooping. He went home to his dorm and only to see a -2 stats on his intelligence stat, which meant that he would only have 190 mana on his arsenal. "Isn't this kind of unfair? I mean its just 1 point you know, you could even do it at school since no one is gonna know" Aiden sighed deeply
He went back to reading that encyclopedia after taking a bath and eating dinner, as he flicked on each page of his book for hours until he dozed off, it was a Friday so he could do anything for now since tomorrow wouldn't have classes.
"Wakey wakey, Aiden" a male voice said
Aiden woke up because of the voice and the water that's been splashed to him, he focused his eyes on the man in front of him, he activated his skill in order to know who it was that abducted him.
Name: ???
Health: 100%
Rank: ???
Ability: ???
Strength: ???
Speed: ???
Vitality: ???
Intelligence: ???
Endurance: ???
Aiden got more anxious at the sight of his stats, if he couldn't inspect any of them this meant the guy who abducted him was a rank higher than him.
"You, what do you want from me?" Aiden asked after waking up in order to hide his fear and anxiousness.
"Nothing, Really" The guy said with a clam said that resounded the whole room, it was dark and empty, and there wasn't even a single noise inside the room. Aiden was trying to think of people who he might've offended but in the end he couldn't think of anyone. He was only an orphan and he only told his ability just a few days ago. He could only think of Chad who's face he burnt and Jay, his adoptive father, but it couldn't be both of them, Chad was just a Bronze ranked person and his skill would've work and Jay has probably forgot about him, and even if he did not, just how fast could the news get to him.
The guy in front of him grabbed a lighter, it was like he was hinting who he is, he grabbed the lighter and put it near his face, that fire from the lighter lit up the face of the guy and what was seen was a red irritated face with large wrinkles. "Well? Do you recognize me now?" The man said. Aiden was only intimidated by this act, his red pinkish face that seemed to be burnt only hinted him that it might be Chad, but he shaked his head since no one could increase their rank that fast. The shaking of his head made the man speak again. "So you still don't?", he opened the hood that was covering his face, he covered the burnt part and moved the lighter to the other half of him. A face similar to Chad appeared, or should I say that Chad was the one who abducted him.
Aiden was only there with a surprise look as he muttered "Chad" under his breath. "Oh what's that? you recognize me now? How sweet" Chad answered to his muttered words. Aiden was only angered by this, but he already expected it, Chad was someone who had his pride very high, it was obvious that the guy would be coming back to him.
[Survive for a day]
[Reward: +5 on all stats, +1 new ability, +60 xp]
"Survive? not beat him, does that mean he's just that powerful right now" Aiden inwardly thought
[Failure = Death]
This made Aiden lower his head as he was of course, frightened, if that hadn't appeared maybe he would've been thinking of ways to get out now, but that wasn't the case, if that meant that the punishment was death, it could mean that Chad was about to kill him any time now. He tried moving his hands out of desperation and that's when he felt the tight steel rope tying him.
[Enhanced Steel Rope: Able to withstand attacks from a bronze or silver ranked warrior I Durability 100/100]
Aiden was more frightened by this but he tried to hide his fear and asked, "What do you intend to do to me" with a stern voice.
"Like what you did to me, but, hmm, 10x more?, nonono, about 100x more painful, I guess that would suffice" He said, Aiden still smiled to hide his scared expression. He tried burning the rope but it didn't work, his abilites would only get stronger if he gets stronger first, just like the All Knowing Eye, he couldn't see information of people above his rank, and as for his offensive skills, his damage would be reduced when facing someone who has a rank higher than him. Although he could burn the rope, it would at least take him several hours before fully burning it, and even if he tries, his strength wouldn't be enough. He tried to calm himself down with a few breathing techniques, he noticed that he was tied to a steel reinforced pole.
[Reinforced Steel Pole: Durability 78/100]
He thought he could break the pole so he tried punching it with his back, but even after 3 minutes passed its durability hasn't dropped by one and his back hurts. Chad was still preparing some materials to use, he saw a bigger lighter that seemed to give out more flames, he also saw a some sharp blades and some that he was familiar with. The blades reflected through Aiden's black crystal eyes filled with desperation and fear, he was tired out of his wits from moving around trying to break the pole, Chad didn't seem to pay mind since he already know that nothing would work.
Aiden couldn't do anything for the moment, he could only move his feet but he can't kick Chad since he was far away from him, and Chad wouldn't be so dumb to go near him.
"Should we start?" Chad said while Aiden was still trying to move around. Chad grabbed a blade which reflected Aiden's face and neck, he poured oil all over it and dropped the lighter on it, The lighter exploded and the sword didn't break, the sound of the explosion wasn't that loud but it the fire around his blade was scorching hot, and as Chad was holding it, the fire only grew more intense. Chad's ability was to enhance anything, whether it was his body, a weapon he has, as long as he touches it, he can enhance it to make it more powerful.
He used this ability whenever he would beat Aiden to a pulp over the last few years. As the flame grew stronger it feared Aiden more, although it wasn't comparable to his own flame, his natural instinct from living all the years being a normal person alarmed him from this of course. He then remembered his own skill, he thank of it and a black and white flame appeared covering him. Chad remained calm on the outside seeing this, but he couldn't believe what he was seeing, the room was reinforced so that no one inside except for him would be able to use mana. Aiden not knowing this just stood there with a determined expression on his face, Chad was surprised by this but he didn't let it faze him, he just acted that he expected this and all, on the other hand, Aiden tried fighting back but the moment the fire reached Chad, it didn't do anything, or its more likely to say that its doing something but at a very slow pace.
Aiden was now out of choices, Chad slowly approached Aiden with his sword in front of him, he didn't hesitate and slowly inserted the flaming sword inside Aiden.
AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Aiden shouted the loudest ever in his entire life, with Chad's enhancement ability, he enhanced Aiden's sensitivity which made him unable to endure the sword in his body, and every time it goes deeper the pain just gets harder while his shouts becomes more louder. He now had a disgruntled look on his face as he faced Chad. Chad only smiled in return as he slowly put his sword deeper in Aiden, and once it goes deep enough, enough for Aiden not to die, he would hastily remove the sword, Chad then enhanced Aiden's healing in order to cover the wound but after the blood that was spilling was no longer there, he would choose another place to insert his sword in Aiden. Although Aiden would have a break from each stab, an excruciating pain would just come by again later, it was no use trying to move since it made him feel the pain more.
He didn't know how many hours had passed but his body was already full of scars, his black crystal eyes only reflected on Chad as each stab extremely pained him, and he also noticed after all of those tortures that his sensitivity to fire and stabs are raising at a fast rate, he knew that this was Chad's doing. He stared at Chad with a lifeless look from all the torture, as each blade of fire reflected on Aiden's eyes, the more he kept thinking on how he would f*ck Chad up the moment he escaped and was able to resist it.
"That's a good look on your eyes Aiden" Chad spoke up as he inserted another sword onto Aiden's body, but this time he left it there for it to burn as he grabbed another sharp sword doing it again. Aiden was almost starting to lose consciousness from each hour that passes but he couldn't for some reason. His breathing got heavier every passing minute until Chad got a little drowsy. With the swords still stuck on Aiden scorching hot, "I'm gonna take a nap first" He said with a smug face that couldn't be seen from the darkness. With Chad leaving the room, Aiden just gritted his teeth as he casted healing on himself, his mana was going down at a very fast pace so he stopped since it was useless. The only reason he was striving to survive was the quest, as long as he was able to survive for one whole day, until tomorrow, he might get a new skill, the skill he gets can be possible for him to overturn the situation.
He was able to sleep after a few minutes which ended when he was surprised with an inserted sword on his stomach, he then looked a little upward and saw chad's hand, he vomited blood while Chad showed him alcohol as he gently poured it on the sword, this made Aiden scream as his saliva became blood, Aiden screamed so loud that he even forced Chad to wear headphones. "I was just cleaning your insides, why can't you be more grateful? Aiya..." Chad said while Aiden was screaming his wits out. He then grabbed a lighter as he set the sword on fire, the sword was then enveloped with flames which made it worse for Aide. The sword was originally poured alcohol on and when it came intact with the fire which gave Aiden another surprise of excruciating pain.
"Lets fix your bones now shall we?" Chad with a smile as while he finished "cleaning" Aiden's upper body. Chad headed to the hands of Aiden at the back of the pole as he broke one finger without hesitation, however, Aiden did not move or shouted, he broke another 4 and until all of them were broken and yet, still no reaction. "What a tough customer we have here" Chad said, he now went to his feet, he made sure that none of them would move so he used a sword and stabbed his feet to the ground. He broke his toes one by one but there was still no reaction yet. He now went to his clavicle at the right side and broke it with an expressionless face, Aiden's face only twitched a little, but it still made Chad smile a bit so he went ahead with a joyous expression breaking another clavicle. He now went to Aiden's ribs, the only part without swords sticked into it, he grabbed an iron hand clasped and started punching Aiden without hesitation, it was like Aiden became a punching bag, Aiden's ribs broke as he started coughing up blood. "Did you somehow puncture a lung? That won't do, I'll fix it later out of kindness, so be sure to repay it" Chad said with a bright grin on his face. He now grabbed a metal bat, it could hit a pack with Chad's enhancing skill, he now went in front of Aiden as he went to position. He lifted the bat and told Aiden, "I used to play baseball, but now I might be a little rusty, so lets practice" He then imagined Aiden's leg as a baseball and hitted it as hard as it could many times as he could. He didn't stop after 5 minutes and so on he didn't stop until he hear any signs of cracking. "Aww, it seems your femur is broken, time to go do the other one" Chad headed to the other leg and did the same thing he didn't stop before he could hear a crack.
He wiped the sweat off his forehead, "You sure have a tough body bud" He stretched his arms up and looked back to Aiden only to see a boy who was beat up everywhere smiling.
[You have survived for a day]