The sky is dimmed without the moon. The red fog covered the small forest outside the Bunian Prison Zone. Zey was sitting on the edge of the big rock, her chest down slowly. His breathing was heavy, his arm was wrapped in a torn cloth, still bleeding. The old wound has not been able to heal, and the new wound touches the skin without mercy.
His hands are shaking. He tried to open the screen of a bloody phone that was now blood clot. His own blood. Every drop of blood that falls to the screen not only adds XP, but also keeps her emotional fragments: angry, frustrated, revenge, and losing.
"Why is this system like this ... let me?" Zey muttered, her voice was hoarse.
"That's why the system works," Kara replied, its digital voice now that it sounds more human. "The more you hurt, the stronger you are. But the strength is in the price."
Zey sighed. He never thought that playing this game would take him to the brink of life. Not just battles in the virtual world, but a world of bloody reality. Every drop of blood is not only to rise to the level, but to be the raw material that forms the world around it.
Suddenly, the phone screen blinked and released strange notifications.
[XP bleeding accumulated reaching a weapons threshold]
Required Conditions: Active Wounds + 1000xp Bleeding
The XP weapons formation process begins ...
Zey swallowed her saliva. The screen starts to vibrate and turn red. The strange symbol in the form of bleeding veins begins to form in the center of the screen, moving like a pulse.
"Put your hands on the screen," Kara said.
Without asking further, Zey extended her bloody right hand. He applied on the screen.
Suddenly, the red light came out, covering his hand. Extreme pain stabs from the tip of the finger to the shoulder. But he survived.
From the screen, the concentrated light appeared in the form of red crystal flakes, emotional fragments, childhood memories with his sister, guilt, all mixed into one.
And finally ...
A sword blade is slowly formed.
[The XP blade was created: "First Sense"]
Type: Short blade bleed
Basic: Wound + Emotional Emotions
Stat: Dimensions penetrating attack +20%
Passive Skills: Absorbing - Each attack restores some stamina
Side effects: the more wounds, the more power of the blade
Status: Locked to legitimate owner - Zey
The sword ... live.
He pulses in his hands like a human pulse. The blades are dark, as if made of shadows and dry blood. At the base, there are signs of small carvings - the eyes are crying.
Zey grasped it loudly. Suddenly, his sister's memory, Zaf, appeared. A little laugh, a cheerful voice that once fueled his life. All of that is sliced into this sword blade.
"This ... a weapon born of my suffering ..." Zey whispered.
"And only you can use it," Kara said. "The XP blade is only obedient to those who dare to bear the wound without running away."
Jin XP floated on the side, this time. He just looks at the blade as if Zey is no longer a normal player.
"Zey," whispered Jin. "With this blade, you will be hunted down. The XP world will notice your presence. And they ... don't like players who are too fast."
Zey smiled thinly. A tired smile, but firm.
"Let me be a disturbance in this system. I will not stop as long as the world is not submissive."
With one swing, the XP blade "first suffered" broke the air, leaving the red impression.
The bloody world has just begun.