~Literally right after the last chapter~
"Urghhh!?". I said to myself. My head was pounding, but I knew why.
The bloodline I received didn't come without a price it seemed, which was mildly infuriating, nothing I had came without a price. The whole purpose of this system was to make me 'earn' whatever I had, now I had to earn my own self control... Sometimes I wish it was that easy.
I had become a bit sadistic and prone to anger, but even scarier was that I had become more analytical as well, even though I realized earlier, I still relished the feeling I had gained.
To trample on my foes and to see them suffer. It was exhilarating, but I shouldn't beat around the bush here, I needed to gain control of that side of me or else it could become a problem when I head back down to earth, IF I could head back to earth. Feeling my anger start to rise. I shrugged the thought away quickly.
That would be my main goal here. I felt my sanity slipping away from the seclusion at this place, even if there are animals, its a whole month and some days before I talked to someone. Beats me how some other fanfics mc's do it, since its unrealistic to feel calm 24/7 with true and utter loneliness with a true lack of humans/persons in general. I call bs, Maybe it was due to the 'gamers mind', since it was the only explanation I had. But I didn't have that luxury at all. I only had myself.
I got up off the ground, with the system bombarding me with 'ding' sounds. Perhaps it was worried?
I allowed it to speak once more.
{HOST ARE YOU OK!?}
I flinched, the system sounds more... life like than usual? I knew it had sentience, but it wasn't on this level before, I could hear and feel its worried tone. Like it had lost its loved one.
"I'm fine, I simply lost control for a minute, but you brought me back, luckily... ".
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{GOOD... IT IS NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK... I HAD TO INITIATE A EMERGENCY PROTOCOL TO SHOCK YOU UNCOUNCIOUS, BUT I AM GLAD YOU ARE SAFE AND SOUND NOW}
" Thank you for worrying system, seriously. It would have been bad without you assisting like that earlier ".
' I could get used to this, the system could help me get a good grasp on my sanity again, Plus it was kind of cute to see it worry for me '.
{YOUR WELCOME HOST}
' It went back to its monotone voice again. I'll let it be for now. I had more... pressing issues to attend to at the moment, I needed to meditate. I wouldn't want an incident like that to occur again. Looking back on the Manti-crux's dead body sent shivers down my spine, showing me what I was capable if uncontrolled. I turned and quickly ran back to my cave to start.
I sat in a meditative position, placing my hands onto my legs, breathing in and out, trying to calm that inner bloodlust I had deep down inside me. Time was passing... with me being in the position for hours, slowly calming myself down and suppressing that urge...
A week passed by quickly, and I Had found my problem, this wasn't just a split personality issue like I had initially thought. This problem was all me... meaning that the overwhelming lust for death I had was none other than mine, I sighed. Knowing that this issue wasn't a identity crisis was good to know, but on another though, it was scary to think I wanted to do all *that*... .
At least I had a good grasp and some amount of control of that anger now... . My training continued with me having having a new 'partner' to reap benefits with. When I had initially started it, I created a copy of myself with a martial art I wanted to practice with. Yes, even though I had theoretical knowledge of some martial arts, that knowledge wasn't ingrained within my muscles, or in other words, my body couldn't use said martial art with perfect proficiency. But that wasn't my epiphany, with image training I could make myself as strong as I wanted to. And thus, my torture training began. I created myself with powers tenfold greater than mine as of now.
Reaping unimaginable benefits from my own mind, It was no wonder baki got so powerful in the son of ogre arc, he could make his opponent much stronger than himself, with essentially no drawback, unless you considered pain a drawback. And getting one-shotted multiple times... .
With that discovery, I trained for an additional week straight, getting as strong as possible within that time, and after that, my own stats had broken through to the hundreds and then some. getting at least as twice as strong, or close to it. But diminishing returns are shit.
And as I did prior in the previous zone, I had hunted creatures that I could eat, with my bunny supply reaching in the double digits. Thankfully, I had asked the system if these creatures were edible, and they were, much more protein and other essential nutrients than what regular animals could give, but there taste was mediocre at best.
After catching another hundred of them, I prepared some clothes for myself, with a makeshift mask as well. Let me stop lying here, I had only had a steel like mask and a scrubby leaf trouser. It is what it is.
Steeling my resolve once more, I was ready to ask the system to send me to the next zone.
" System, I am ready to advance to the next zone ".
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'It was quiet for a solid minute'
{...YES HOST, BUT PLEASE HEED MY WARNING. THE NEXT ZONE WILL BE UNDER 15X EARTH'S GRAVITY WITH EVEN THINNER AIR. WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL DANGERS REMAINING THE SAME. ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO PROCEED?}
' A fifteen times difference in the gravity is immense! and a little unsettling... but it wasn't out of my current capabilities, I was somewhat prepared either way '.
" Okay, I am ready system ".
{…YES HOST, INITIATING TELEPOTATION}
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