Chapter 20 (1/2)

Marcus was now sitting against the Dungeon wall. He had finally woken up from his power nap.

”Hey System?”

[Yes?]

”Can I really clear this dungeon”

[...]

The System remained silent.

”Hah..Haha...HAHAHAHAHAH”

Marcus laughed hysterically.

Marcus stood up and dashed towards the statue once again.

*Punch*

Marcus pulled his hand all the way back and punched the statue with all the power he could muster. The statue cracked from the bottom to the top but left the crown unscathed. Just before Marcus could land another blow, the statue recovered.

The Cycle continued for hours or so Marcus thought. Whereas actually it's been 700 years since he started punching the statue. The Time outside moves outside normally, but inside this Dungeon it flowed differently. Even though the results in the end would be directly proportional to the time he spent on, the time outside will flow regularly, so he didn't actually have anything to worry about.

Marcus had dark circles under his eyes now as he didn't realize the time he was spending on the statue.

”I..huff...won't..huff...fall” Marcus said as he struggled to catch his breath.

But his exhaustion took over as his body limped and he went down with a crash.

”Huff...I...Want...to..go back” Marcus wheezed as he lay there on the Dungeon floor, covered with sweat and dirt. There was no respawn Circle anymore. Previously when Marcus fought with the Ogretto army, the Respawn Circle would've always helped him regain his lost energy. So he never had to sleep before. Whenever he got tired, he had the Respawn Circle to cool him off within 5 seconds.

Now as he laid there, Marcus thought about the Circle and smiled at the thought that he missed it.

”I was supposed to....die anyway” Words fell out of Marcus's mouth out of the blue.

”Yeah, I was supposed to die..Then why'd you guys bring me here??”

There was no response from the system. It remained Silent like before.

”Am I being used as a lab rat here? Is that it? It's just an experiment huh?”

”You brought me here from my death, gave me hope that I could become strong, gave me false hope that I could bring smiles to the sad faces of my parents, You...YOU LIED TO ME. SYSTEM!!!!”

[.....]

No reply as always.

”Well If you won't let me pass, I'll kill myself here then.” Marcus said as he teared up. A Tear slowly rolled down to the edge of his face and dropped onto the rock hard floor.

”That would be better right?” Marcus jolted up completely ignoring his exhaustion.

”I'll kill myself and you can always choose some other idiot whose gonna die”

Marcus tried to strangle himself, but it was no use. He tried banging his head on the Dungeon walls and rocks, but it was also in vain. His Almighty Regen helped him regenerate faster than the statue recovered.