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Max was shocked as soon as he stepped inside the third gate. The scene inside was completely different and mysterious. This place was like an old ruin, where pieces of broken clocks were floating in the air. There was a strange restlessness and silence in the atmosphere. Max was vigilantly keeping an eye on every movement.
Just then, he saw that there was some movement in the air in front. It seemed as if some invisible power was trying to open the portal. A white portal opened up in no time. Max held his breath and muttered to himself, "What is this?"
A strange man came out of the portal. He was bald, but had a strange clock on his head. He had a scary mask on his face, and was holding a long, dangerous hunter in his hand. There was a growl in his voice, as if he was a beast. Max could smell a human scent from this man, but his expression was absolutely terrifying.
As soon as the man caught sight of Max, he attacked with the Hunter without warning. The Hunter suddenly grew taller and quickly rushed towards Max. Max immediately used his Flash Step skill and moved away from the Hunter's direction. The Hunter rippled through the wall and destroyed the wall of an entire building. Then, the man pulled his Hunter back towards him. Max wondered, "What was that?"
System Voice (robotic):
Daily Challenge Active: 'Hand-to-Hand Combat'.
Max didn't have much time to think. The man suddenly ran towards Max. Max decided to let him attack first, then retaliate at the right time. But suddenly the man disappeared.
"Where did he go?" Max said looking around.
A few seconds later, the man suddenly appeared behind Max and grabbed him tightly with his Hunter. Before Max could understand anything, he swung the Hunter around and threw Max away. Max flew and hit a wall of a building and fell to the ground.
System Voice (Robotic):
HP: 8/10.
Max slowly stood up, enduring the pain. The bald man in front of him was again approaching him. Max said, "Shadow Bind." His shadow started moving quickly towards the man, but suddenly Max noticed something—the man in front of him had no shadow at all.
Max was confused. He thought, "What kind of creature is this? Why doesn't he have a shadow?"
Suddenly, the man disappeared while running. This alerted Max. "Where does he disappear?" he muttered.
Then, the man suddenly appeared and grabbed Max's waist and lifted him into the air. Before Max could understand anything, he started pushing him rapidly towards the nearby building.
Every wall that Max's back hit broke. After getting out of one building, he headed towards the next. Finally, when they broke through the second building, the man threw Max into the sky.
After falling from a height of 20 meters, Max landed on the ground with a loud noise. He screamed in pain.
System Notifications
HP: 5/10
Max gathered courage and stood up. He saw the bald man disappear again. But this time, Max was suspicious.
Quickly, Max reached where the man had disappeared. He changed his position and waited. After a few seconds, the man appeared in the same direction.
But this time, Max was ready. He swung his hand in the air, and a letter 'N' made of black energy appeared in the air. In no time, the letter turned into a dagger and pierced the man's chest.
"Just as I thought," Max said. "You don't disappear; you travel through time. You go 20 seconds into the past and appear in the same direction as you were earlier. At first I thought it was some kind of power to disappear. But your every attack was the same, which convinced me."
Just then a funny, but cold laugh echoed. "Great, Max. I didn't expect this from you."
Max recognized this voice. It was the voice of his AI system.
"Why didn't you help me save him when he was beating me" Max asked angrily
AI said "I was watching you getting beaten up. To be honest, I was enjoying it. But I regret that my happiness didn't last long.
Max said in an annoyed tone "Are you on my side or his side"
AI said laughing "You will have to find the answer yourself."
Max swung his hand in the air in anger. This time the letter 'N' changed and it got stuck in the tree nearby. And like this two-three times more, his feet got stuck in his hands.
But Max was shocked to see "Blood was not coming out of that man's egg but something black in color was coming out"
Suddenly the man's form started changing, his clothes started tearing and his eyes turned red, the mask got removed from his face and his real face came out, his eye and only his fur was on his half face, he became very huge, he looked exactly like a big scorpion.
Max looked at him Hesitatingly he said "Now I understand why it was getting the Beast's voice."
AI said laughingly "I thought the game was over here, now it seems the real game will begin now."
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