YSLwn

Ed was the weakest in his school, being bullied all the time for his pathetic existence. Having dead parents and no talent for fighting, he struggled. However, what they had left behind would change his life. 

This is a project made for the purpose of improving my writing in the year of 2021. Mainly to improve my narrative and descriptive skills along with the ability to plan for an extremely long story. The mistakes that I had made in previous chapters will not be revisited and will be fossilized. That is; narrative and grammatical. So if I mess up, I gotta live with it!

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Staryx

Ed has been in this room for hours. He doesn't know how long he's been here. By now, he had gotten used to being injected with a hypnotizing serum and seeing the system try its best to keep him sane.


At first, there would be three to four guards that would enter the room for the dose, but now it was one. 


Eventually, the guard noticed the change in Ed's expression, especially his eyes. It was as if he had the soul sucked out of him. 


Ed didn't answer. Or rather, he couldn't. He was too tired to think. He hadn't eaten or drank anything except for a weird pill they made him swallow every now and then.


The serum wasn't only hypnotizing. Since it had some magical components, the system was able to extract and absorb that magic.


"That's the last shot of the day. Finally we can get some rest." He mumbled.


As he left the room, Ed was greeted with a message.


He found himself, still strapped onto the same bed, in a hell-like atmosphere filled with lava and broken down buildings.


Large creatures could be seen in the distance. They were painted black, had demonic horns, and lava for eyes.


Ed struggled to get out of the shackles in a horror panic, but ended up accidentally attracting the attention of one of the demons. He then hurriedly remembered the feeling of the magic flowing out of his body to release him from the shackles. He repeated the same thing. The shackles were beginning to feel lighter, so he started pushing out with his raw strength simultaneously.


The demon was so close that its stomps would vibrate the air around Ed, but thanks to that, he was able to free himself of the shackles.


Ed propped himself up and started thinking of how to deal with the situation.


He had gotten a massive boost from the system once again. It was similar to berserk mode, except he still had his mind.


Ed jumped up towards the demon, but was smacked away as soon as he got close.


It was not the time to be so risky. Ed coughed up blood. His adrenaline began to sky-rocket.


The system was trying its best to keep him alive. He picked himself up and waited for the demon to strike.


He was thrown quite far away, so he had to approach it. When he got close to air-vibration distance, he lowered his stance and prepared to explosively dodge. 


It rapidly stomped towards Ed, but he had moved out of the way. He then sent himself flying and kicked the demon's leg. It crumbled and lava poured out of it. Ed hopped backwards.


The demon began to lighten up with an orange hue. It looked as if it was about to implode, but it was actually preparing for a breath attack.


Ed saw this and panickingly sent himself flying once again. He didn't have to use combat assist because his body was moving on its own. It was as if the system was controlling it.


Just as it looked like the demon was about to unleash its attack, Ed raised his hands and pulled them down, shattering the ice all over the demon's face and solidifying the lava.


Penalty Zone