My End

My feet trudged across the arena. The sand underneath felt familiar even in this weird world, my knife hung at my waist and my armour hung around my neck.

"For the 78th challenge for national hero player "a_slightly_dusty_roof" level "423"

"The reigning hero is "Itsassassin" level "467"

He stood before me, the dust wrapping around in the wind as he clutched his sword, every muscle tensed as he stared me down, golden and platinum armour wrapping around him.

"Hey, you can relax… it's just a game after all."

"Y…yes."

After this i'll enter a dungeon and then log off

'Unique skill 'Copy' activated: "assassin's wrath"'

'Your speed has been increased by 20'

'Unique skill 'Copy' activated: "infinite library"'

'Your wisdom has been increased by 40"

"This… isn't a game." His voice was quiet but clear, the cheering around me went silent as a countdown stopped.

He stepped forward his hand gripping a sword and swiping it outward, I jumped back avoiding the blade eas…

A glowing light struck my side.

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Username: ItsAssassin

Race: Shadowrath

Class: Knife

Level: 467

Vitality: 767

Wisdom: 2090

Strength: 842

Speed: 1783

Title: Drakenheart's National Hero

Unique skill: Copy

Special skills: Eye of death, gateway to the heavens, blood sacrifice, blood offering

Inventory: The silent scream, coat of the monarch, Hero's repose, sage's offering

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The blood poured from my stomach and mouth, the red pilling from my grin.

"I see, this might be fun."

"Fun? You clearly don't know what you have."

"Whatever do you mean?"

"..."

"I see"

I clenched my hand around my knife, the light spurting from the end erupting in a torrent of power.

'Unique skill 'Copy' activated: extended cut'

"That confirms it."

I swung around my knife destroying the far wall, the entire stadium erupting in dust and lightning.

"You can copy skills."

The voice was behind me

"That's why you're so good,

You actually kinda suck though… so that's why you'll lose.''

My eyes widened as he plunged his sword through my stomach. The silver shining through my chest, more blood plunging through my chest, lumps of the red liquid streaming from my body.

"SHUT UP!!!"

'Unique skill 'Copy' activated: "Holy sword" sub skill paste x1,000,000'

The sky erupted with a blinding light, the astronomical surge of pain crushing my bones and ripping my muscles.

But it was worth it, that asshole died.

"See, such overkill, so touchy, you've been at the top for too long, just because you got an overpowered skill."

"SHUT UP!!!!!!! YOU'RE JUST A FLY!!!"

"Hahah, you must be really fucked up to get so worked up, stop pretending your better than us, just because you got lucky."

"Like you didn't!"

"I got a scanning skill, i got here by working as hard as i could, but then i got this skill, after dying countless times, after struggling like everyone else, and now i'll use it to make you see that you're not special, you're not some god in this world, stop treating everyone's hard work like shit!"

As he talked he teleported, countless blades ripping through my flesh burning through my body and letting blood drip to my feet,

It's impossible, this… this isn't fun.

It was endless, a chain of attack and hurt,

Everytime i attacked he teleported, breaking me, stabbing me, hitting me, burning, drowning every method of damage available. I hurled every skill I'd ever seen at him, the pain felt like it was rupturing my organs, the pain burrowing through my skull, and everything I had hurled at him only to be skewered and impaled.

This.

This isn't fair

This isn't fun

How?

How?

HOW?

I should be able to destroy everything, and that should kill him but, everytime, i… its pointless

Why would i?

This isn't a game.

It's always been fun… not easy but. It's always been fun

Was I really taking this for granted? Is this how the game truly is?

I fell to the floor, my body hunched over in agony as he chipped away at my health,

Why… why am i losing

This, why today, why ever… I need… I want to be…

Why

I'm so pathetic, i used this skill, and claimed to be the best

I… should have never used this skill.

Why didn't I realise earlier. That i'm a cheat

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"The winner is "A_slightly_dusty_roof"

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I lost…