I'm alive Somehow

The continent of Avertis is divided into 5 main lands. The Demon lands in the north, the Styrbjorn islands in the central East, the Havana Plains in the centre, the Great Warjo desert in the central west and the Aldean mountains to the South. No one has ventured south of the Aldean mountains and the only account of it is the presence of a endless ocean to the South. The Excalibur Academy was the crown jewel of the Central plains. Perched on top of the only mountain in the plains, the large academy was home to hundreds of researchers , mages and knights.

Every year , the academy conducted a test that happened for over a month and only around 200 pupil are selected each year.

The entire city of Plexus celebrated the entrance exam season, as thousands of people came to their city.

A lone carriage stopped in the slums of the city.

A sound came from the inside, saying

"I know this is not the best part of town , I know u wanted to take me to the academic district , but this is where a relative of mine is. So I will get down here"

A boy who looked around 15-16 with dark black hair and slightly tanned face got down the carriage. He was dressed in a way that it was hard to say , if he was a commoner or a noble. The carriage the started moving after dropping him and he started moving towards the nearby bar.

*Skreech

The tavern door opened with a skreeching sound and all the people inside seemed to notice him enter.

"Does any of you know Sigvald?", he shouted as he entered. The whole tavern seemed to go silent as they all turned to stare at him.

"Did u just say Sigvald? " asked one of the drunkards.

"Yes , Sigvald from the islands in the east.you guys know him"

"How are you related ?"asked the barkeep.

"Oh , I'm his nephew. Although you guys seem nice , i don't have much time till the entrance exam. I would like to meet him before that. So.."

The barkeep seemed to be smiling as he called a waitress and asked her to take him to his uncle.

They went out the back alley and continued on for a entire street long and came across a small staircase that seemed to go downwards to a basement.

As they reached the basement, it seemed to be a underground dungeon with steel bars on both sides. As they reached the end

Inside the dark room to the right, a old man seemed to be sitting upside down.

"Hello uncle, what fresh hell did you get into this time" as he asked the question, his eyes began to get drowsy and his legs seemed to buckle.

As he fell , he looked back and saw the girl having a sinister smirk on her face.

"this bitch" that's all he could muster to say as he lost consciousness.

After some time:

"So you're trying to get the head of this slum gang to meet you, But this guy normally doesn't meet anyone. So you're acting like a drunk master on a dire straits and got money from his gang. Now not being able to pay , he will come here to personally oversee your torture."

"*Burp..eeess. believe me", he was drunk, his clothes were tattered and he was holding an empty bottle in his right hand.

"Yeah .. right". Suddenly footsteps seemed to echo through the dungeon. The steps grew closer and closer . Three people materialised before their cell

"So this beggar is the one you said will pay back the billion gold coins."

Ricky's eyebrows went up as he turned towards his uncle who seemed unfazed.

"Now I don't know what you did to get the loan from these buffoons, But your time is up"

As he told that, the thugs with him opened the door and dragged both of them out. Ricky was thinking hard of a way to escape while his uncle seemed too calm. They dragged the two of them to a big room in the dungeon. Inside was filled with tools that seem to be designed to give pain in ways unimaginable.

As they were strapping Ricky to the chair. His uncle shouted

"Hey , come on you don't have to do this. I will give back the money. Are you going torture me just for the money?"

The guy seemed to look at him incredulously and laughed.

"What did you think then will happen?"

"The money doesn't matter that much anyway, I just like the screams. So get ready for a world of pain". His hands were trembling with excitement and his face seemed like a predator that just found its prey.

As he was struggling to move

Ricky asked " Uncle, this seems to be the time when you say the second part of your plan"

Sigvald turned and asked "what second part?"

"Well the part where we escape?.." he was already having a bad premonition

"Don't worry, just watch"

As the two thugs went out. The sadist guy picked a big rod as he rounded these guys.

"I'm going to have some fun here."

Suddenly a explosion seemed to reverberate through the dungeon, as the thug turned to see what was happening. Sig's straps seemed to loosen and he took the ends of the straps and pulled at it hard as they gave away.

The thug was bewildered as he turned, only to be hit in the nuts by Sig. As he was writhing in the floor , Ricky was looking at Sig like he was a ghost.

"Welcome to Plexus, you were nearly killed on the first day here. But the luck won't possibly continue, So let's have fun till we die. What do you say?"

He couldn't understand what was happening or who his uncle was or what the future held. But for now he is alive and maybe he will be alive till he finishes the academy. If he's lucky.