Licht was faced with four paths apart from the one he came from.
Now that his eyes had adapted to the darkness in the sewers, he could clearly see it.
There was nothing especially different about the paths and they all looked the same, dreadful even.
But the same couldn't be said for their entrances, every one of them had something written in front of them.
Just as Licht was about to move toward one of the entrances to inspect them, a blue screen appeared in front of his eyes.
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[Paths to Insanity: ]
[First hell road]
[Second hell road]
[Third hell road]
[Fourth hell road]
[Please choose carefully]
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'Huh? Wha..' Removing the screen in front of him. Licht moved toward the entrances, trying to decipher anything from them.
From the dirt of the paths to the lighting inside of them, Licht couldn't find anything.
No information, nothing. Even the thing written in them was some gibberish and weird letters.
Sighing Licht again called out the screen, pondering over his choices which weren't so different on the paper.
'This always happens' he thought.
A weird smile came up to his face, while he laughed at his circumstances or was it just the system playing with him 'Soon, I will soon become mad.
This system is more torturous than those bastard guards in prison!'
He stomped his foot on the ground in frustration.
'I swear I will find this system maker and have a looong talk with him.'
Rampaging like the kid he was, Licht soon came to a stop.
He knew nothing would change by pouting and sulking at this point, the system wouldn't tell him the information and become lifelong buddies after a small fight now would it?
But his frustration was just that high. Licht was backed into a corner every time, yet he tried to look at it positively.
In no way was it easy to bear all this. If he had his 'monster' then at least he could have some reassurance but even that thing wasn't in his hand.
Sighing for god knows which time today, Licht just left it all to luck and went inside the second tunnel.
With slow calm steps, he moved forward. Inspecting every small detail, change, and even flow of air happening in front of him.
After being in this hellhole for weeks he had adapted to using not just his eyes but other senses as well.
It didn't matter if the wind blow faster or if the mus beneath his feet were turning somewhat mushy.
'Huh, Mushy?' A thought resonated within Licht's mind as he tried to back off from the place.
But alas, he was a tad bit late.
A hand emerged from the inside of the ground, grabbing his ankles and making him fall.
With no way out other than being rough, Licht turned around. His sword shrouded by the darkness of the tunnel, pierced into the hand.
Cutting through it in one swift motion.
KREEEE
The creature's enraged voice erupted while its blood dyed the ground purple.
Without even giving a glance at the creature's body, he had already backed off.
By the time the creature was coming out of the ground, he was quite a distance away from it.
Still, wary of any sudden changes in the emerging creature but a situation he couldn't ignore had started.
Licht looked at his feet, specifically at his ankles.
'It is scratched, and a big one at that..'
'I was careless, but..this calamity is dangerous. It has injected something into my body.'
Licht felt a tingling sensation around his legs, something was infesting them!
Something big was squirming in his skin, it was a dreadful sensation and he had to tend to it.
'I have to finish this fast!'
Even in this hectic situation, Licht remained calm. Not waiting for his opponent to show itself, instead, he dove down, trying to ambush it before it could emerge.
His pace quickened, and soon he was upon the calamity.
Without any hesitation, Licht's sword slashed in its direction.
CLANG!
What should have been a tearing sound of flesh ended up as a clanging sound.
'Fuck, this thing has a carapace!'
Licht's expression changed to a serious one, he had made the mistake of not analyzing his opponent and just rushing in.
Several hands emerged around him, gripping his hand and legs.
And finally, the sinister calamity revealed itself.
It was a crab-like creature, its shell closed off without any gaps. The only place with its flesh showing was its legs….
'The fuck am I watching..? Are those hands instead of simple craby legs?'
The creature had human-like hands sprouting out of its downside, the hands sporting several joints for quick maneuver.
Licht couldn't exactly see it fully because of the low lighting, but it looked exactly like a crab, except for the legs.
Its appearance would have been quite comical but here it was just one of the horrifying creatures slumbering.
What should have been an ambush quickly turned itself into a death trap for Licht.
The calamity's eyes opened, gazing at Licht with an insatiable hunger.
Its mandibles opened and closed as its face came nearer to him.
'Yea, here we go again' light started to gather in his free hand, illuminating the tunnel.
And something finally appeared in them.
Licht's finger moved swiftly, cutting off the tendons of the hand holding.
With his one hand free, he ruthlessly attacked the other 'legs' of the crab.
KREEE
Another enraged scream echoed.
Freeing himself he didn't try to maintain distance this time, instead, he tackled the crab.
His body crashed into it. The real power behind his strength stat showed.
But only for a moment, the crab's body was indeed lifted from the ground, but only for a moment.
'Ugh'
Groaning at his failure Licht took two steps back and ran with fervour.
"One more time!"
"Come, you ugly bastard!"
His body again crashed into the crab, but this again didn't work.
Without stopping for even a moment Licht did it again and again.
And finally, the footing of the crab crumbled.