Chapter 13：Burning or flourishing, at your Will (1/2)

Mack grabbed the hamburger, and to his surprise, it was warm. But for some reason,, he was expecting it to be cold.

Mack looked at the hamburger and it indeed looked like one made on earth, it had bread, and something that looked like meat and vegetables, but they all had a peculiar blue color on it, like if someone had sprayed just a tiny blue tint on them.

~sigh~

”Indeed alien stuff. blue burger.”

Mack took a bite on the burger, and to his surprise, it was not that bad.

And after another bite, and another bite, he was digging the burger ferociously.

Not even a minute later the burger was devoured by Mack.

But then.

”Oh no, I feel dizzy again.”

~stumble~

Mack felt on the ground.

He was several days without eating and the sudden ingestion of so much food made his brain release a torrent of dopamine in his body.

It was a good sleep at least. A deserved one.

[This one really is crazy master, I hope he can accomplish what you could not.]

Said the robotic voice like it was talking to someone, but there was no one there, except for the sleeping Mack.

After twelve hours of sleeping like a drunk man, Mack finally woke up.

He felt much better, but was hungry again.

He stood up and went to the machine and took another meal. This time it was a soup. Seeing how he felt after eating something heavy Mack opted for something more light so he would not pass out after eating, he was sick and tired of going unconscious. And, he needed some liquid in his body so he opted for a soup.

After eating the soup, Mack could feel much better already, and with some energy in his body. He was extremely dehydrated.

Feeling bored and obligated to wait a few hours until the next meal, Mack could only try to kill time talking with this mysterious voice, the book, or Arcane Legacy.

”The aliens indeed are way advanced than us. Such machine on Earth would be like a treasure.”

[...]

”Can you explain a little more about this place now?”

[I can. You have reached the minimum requirements to enter the Tower of Chaos.]

”You talked about these requirements earlier. But what were they? I know that use this Essence thing was one.”

[Indeed. The other requirement was to have a motive to enter. That was the first test. More than a motive, it was to have the correct motivations to enter the tower.]

”I see. That's why the first test made me think of all the bad shit in my life. To see where my bottom line was and where it would lead me in desperation.”

[Correct. Some people take comfort in killing or blaming others or just killing themselves. The only way to pass the first test is to realize that only yourself is responsible for what your life can be.]

[I could say you had a lucky encounter, but I could also say that you had a terrible past. That's why your test was so long and hard and also finished fast when you encountered the doctor from the hospital.]

”Yes. I think I own a big one to that man. I hope I can repay it someday.”

[Since you already feel better, i will explain a few things regarding your situation.]

”It was time already.”