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[Time lost: 478 Days]
[Daily Training x443] [Daily Sleep x462]
[Repeatable: Kill, Consume, Evolve x823]
[Total Evolution Points - 836]
[Endurance Efficiency at 62%]
[Total Coins - 446]
[Recap Over Enjoy]
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As the screen stabilized, a familiar beach came into view soaked in blood, with an unkempt, unshaven man impaled in the sand. The man's clothes were ripped to pieces allowing a fully built body covered in scars to peek through.
The man looked incredibly pitiful with each of his limbs impaled to the sand by crudely made wooden spears that constantly splintered into his skin.
"Please stop ignoring me. I can't take it anymore." The man said as he ripped himself up off the ground tearing his arms and legs, causing more blood to cover the beach though still purposely leaving the spears within his limbs.
~Why should I? You told me to leave. Remember?~ a soft, high-pitched young female voice replied
"I-I didn't mean it. Please don't leave me alone." Screamed the madman with an expression that showed complete fear and loneliness.
After a large fight between Sakura and Adrian a month ago, Sakura hasn't said a word to Adrian.
He was fine for the first few days working on whatever he could find, but soon after a week had passed he could no longer escape from his lonely thoughts.
It only took a day after that for him to go crazy remembering his past causing him to fly into a delusional rage that lasted a full week, and during that time Adrian burned down his beach house.
When calmed down and realized what he had done, he quickly became depressed, harming himself in every way possible, only to find that his [Endurance] would raise and regenerate his body, leaving only scars.
Finally, leading to the scene you see now of Adrian impaling himself to repent.
Yes, the insane madman was Adrian, and that soft voice was Sakura.
Over time Sakura has slowly been becoming more and more human under the influence of Adrian's influence and wishes.
[OS is concerned by what it sees.]
[Cursed Writer asks if he can rewrite this scene.]
[Constellation Lonely White Moon understands and pities you.]
Thinking he had become even more delusional, Adrian paid no mind to the messages.
Adrian started to plead, dislocating and twisting his arms, prostrating himself, dislodging and breaking the spears from his limbs.
"Sakura, will you talk to me again." Adrian said as the blood and flesh on the sand released crimson tentacles that lashed out and reattached to his broken body.
~Fine since you asked so nicely.~ Sakura lovingly whispered to him before putting on her emotionless voice greeting the returning guests, ~Welcome back Nexus Party.~
"Wait! They're back for real." Adrian said in a defeated tone
~Sadly. Yes they are...~ Sakura said dropping all pretenses
"Sakura, can I mute them?" Adrian asked quickly hoping for an affirmative answer
[Many in the Party are offended by your words.]
~Sadly muting them is impossible... for now.~ Sakura responded in a defeated tone
[Tired Immortal Of Dreams asks to see your skills.]
[Spear of the Isle gives a quest. Do you accept?]
"Sakura, do you know of a place to stay… I kind of destroyed the house." Adrian blushed asking
[OS asks if you have your Chip back.]
~I've told you many times before that I have no idea about the island without it being within your range..~ Sakura responds in a tired voice
In response to a certain message, Adrian said, "… Open Nexus Shop. Search ID Evolution Chip."
[No Result Found.]
Playfully calling Adrian Sakura asked, ~Rain, do you even really need that chip anyway?~
"Don't call me that." Adrian snapped back with an embarrassed face
[Many Viewers find the current relationship comforting.]
In response to Sakura's question, Adrian silently grabbed one of his spears and threw it at the forest, only for it to be shredded into millions of pieces.
"In my current state, I won't even last a minute in there." Adrian continued in a defeated tone before adding, "If I can't leave this place, might as well try to go further, right?"
Adrian sighed asking, "Since she can't help me with this. Can any of you so-called 'gods' tell me what I need to do to get my chip back?"
[…]
Rolling his eyes, Adrian responded to the silence in a defeated tone, "Of course not..."
******
After the fruitless conversation, Adrian decided to put his limited construction skills to the test. It took under two hours to dig out a small tunnel in the sand sturdy enough to not bury him alive while he slept.
Embarrassed, Adrian crawled into the tunnel trying to be comfortable before asking Sakura to sing him to sleep like it was a common occurrence.
Sakura agreed before she started to hum in a soft soothing tone, sending Adrian to sleep.
*******
Adrian woke up early the next morning, covered in cold sweats, with an ominous feeling washing over him, a feeling he hadn't felt since the day his world fell...
Hoping his senses were playing tricks on him for once, he laid back down.
*******
[Dawn, Day 479]
A demonic human figure appeared with the rising sun. The figure had thick red skin with thorns and scales jutting across the surface of his body. In his hand was an equally demonic-looking sword with blood oozing from its cracks like tears cascading down the blade.
Its hoarse voice whispered a few simple words sending a demonic aura flooding the beach.
"This is your… my… our fault… We are sorry." The demonic figure raised his sword with a simple slash he tore the sky asunder.
This one action turned the once blazing red sun and azure sky, into a Necrotic Black Star and crimson sky that plagued Adrian for the majority of his life.
Adrian woke up to the same putrid and rotten smell he was all too familiar with from his last life and immediately turned pale only to hear Sakura's voice twisted with fear screaming, ~RUN! GET OFF THE BEACH NOW!~
Adrian immediately broke out of his rushed shelter, scrambling to the forest, hoping that he could survive even a second longer than out here.
As he ran, the crimson sky behind him chased at a faster rate. Moments before the light caught up to him, he pushed through the pain and entered the forest.
Only to find that the blue barrier that once lasted as far as he could see in the forest was only at its entrance.
As the light from 'The Collapse' clashed with the barrier both forces sealed off each other, and in the process, they sealed off the beach as if it were an infected zone.
Adrian passed out, from his injuries and his PTSD from his experience of the Red Sun.
As Adrian passed out he could hear that demonic voice mutter, "You pass for now… Be safe…"
******
Demonic Man cut the space around him, tearing reality, then just as he appeared he was gone.
[The Outsider "Black Star Apocalypse Red Sky" leaves the party scoffing at the demonic man's failure.]
******
Many messages sounded above Adrian's unconscious body.
[Passed Tranquil Island Beach Trail. Your story progresses.]
[Entered The Infested Forest of Regret]
[Outermost Memories and regrets are scattered and you need to collect them to progress.]
[Endurance Efficiency Increased to 75%]
An equally demonic essence exuded from Adrian's body, but it soon dissipated into the air.
When suddenly a feather coated in a holy white glowing flame falls from the heavens and is absorbed into his chest bringing Adrian back to the conscious world.
[Bloodline Rebirth Starting - Catalyst: Lord of Fire and Rebirth's Feather & Bloodline Stimulation Pill]
Adrian's mind was thrown into overdrive only to feel a calm overbearing confidence wash over his mind and body for the first time since his bloodline was cut by the Monster Lord, using his unique blade Devolution.
That one mistake of getting hit back then, made him slowly and painfully revert into a human over 10 long years after he lost all of his bloodlines and genetic code.
With his confidence running wild, Adrian concluded that this "Island" was a quick way that could let him regain his original strength or even more.
At this moment Adrian decided to focus exclusively on solving the Island and why the demonic figure appeared to change the beach closer to his old world.
The first thing that he would have to do was collect the "outermost memories" and "regrets" to progress in his quest.
[Many Viewers encourage your decision.]
[An old Fox and Bird, enjoy what's to come.]