602 DARK WORLD (1/2)

After listening to that buzzing sound Arjun was at high alert. Since he couldn't see anything he had to depend on sound. Even though he had a little clarity of what he should do, he knew that it is easier said than done.

He didn't dare tomorrow from his spot. He was afraid that the sound of his own footsteps would cause some difficulties in judging his opponent's movements. In order to make things even more convenient, he just closed his eyes. In this dark world opened or closed eyes have same meaning. So instead of trying to see his enemy in this dark world, he wanted to just close the eyes. At least when he closed his eyes, he could concentrate more.

Really soon he heard footsteps closing on to his direction. Arjun calmed himself down. Is he nervous? Definitely. But is he scared? Definitely not. He spent most of his concentration and tried to gasp the distance between him and the shadowy figure. When you felt that the distance is ideal, he threw a punch.

Miss!

His fist completely missed the shadowy figure. The shadowy figure had a sword in his hand. He used slice on Arjun. A cut mark appeared on Arjun's chest.

Arjun suddenly jolted. But this split lack of concentration was enough for the shadowy figure to blow another sword attack.

This time that shadowy figure attacked on Arjun's vital spots. Arjun's blood flowed out of his body. He fell on the ground. He struggled a little on the ground for some time. And then he died.

Huuuu!

Arjun suddenly returned to the room where he found the introduction manual. He looked at the surrounding. He was tired. He was taking a series of deep breaths. He didn't think anything for now. He wanted to first calm himself down. Only then he will try to process what exactly happened.

He took a whole two hours to calm himself down. Only now he tried to process what exactly happened? First of all the pain in the shadowy world was too real. There was no difference between the experience of pain of being cut in that dark world and the real world. The pains were extremely same.

And then, Arjun thought of when he died. At that time, he felt as if his head was gone blank. His mind was spinning. His eyes went blurry as seeing became difficult. That was truly horrible experience.

”Is that how a person feels when he was on the verge of death?”

Arjun thought in his heart. He sighed. He never experienced the feeling of death in the real world. So he never experienced how does it feels when a person was dying.

And then, he thought about his failure in judging the distance between him and that shadowy figure. He knew that he messed up completely in judging his enemy's location.

He clearly heard the sounds came from the footsteps of that shadowy figure. He only depended on his instincts and threw a punch. Hut he never knew that, that shadowy figure has carried a sword with him.

Arjun knew that, he had to alert all his senses and grasp the situation. He needs to remember different forms of sound. For example, the sound of the footsteps and the sound of the swordplay is distinct. He needs to remember these different sounds for the rest of his life.

And then, he also needs to gauge the accuracy. Even when he was blind, he need to train himself to the point where he could accurately pinpoint the location and every movement of his opponent. And the dark world is the best place for this!