when I woke up I was greeted by a sea of pain, calm only allowing me to ignore it, and after a few minutes calm leveled up again.
fighting sucks even when you're the winner doesn't it? looking over my notifications the first thing I noticed was that people had no class instead of a placeholder, guess they fixed it. Stab and slash seem useful, ill be using them a lot
I looked down on the axe I got, and sighed, it would also be seeing lots of use, then turned away
I might lose my next fight if I'm not careful, others have gained skills too. Focus seems powerful though, I doubt many got that skill rarity on the first fight. And that title? Awesome. Humans are frail and whether that first hit kills can be the difference between life and death, and I won't not die. I guess a part of the survival plan should be getting at least one teammate. humans are social animals after all.
I'm surprised the system didn't throw me in the arena while I was knocked out, that seems like the thing it would do. Maybe I could exploit the system? So far it seems kind of... how do I put it? Glitchy. It's very Glitchy, whoever made it either hated anyone weak or had no idea how to work the system, and either way they killed many people.
maybe while I'm here I could grind while I'm here.
1 minute till your next fight
or maybe not
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wow, the arena is clean again, maybe that's why the system gave us so much time? This time I'm facing a single dude, either their like me or they are a dumb murberhobo, honestly I dont really care the motivation, time to focus
my focus sharpens so much that I bet my opponent is thinking something edgy right now because of it, then I rush, hoping to get this whole fight over with quickly, and slash down but the person uses their knife to redirect my slash, then stab at my heart. Then adrenaline kicked in; and calm. ding ding ding! the world slows down, or I just think faster and I force my hand to slap the weapon out of the persons hand, Ding! they punch with all my strength, they fall over unconscious with a surprised look on their face, and I pick up my axe, the fight isn't over yet.
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slash.
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As I fall onto the couch of the waiting room the haze of focus leaves me with only calm, and I notice at least one of the bones in my fist is broken, joy. guess its time to look over notifications.
Focus is now level 2.
calm is now level 4!
you have gotten skill: mutual exclusivity nullification: mental (rare) allows you to use 2 mental skills that would be otherwise incompatible
you have gotten skill: redirection increases your ability to redirect weapons
wow I can use calm and focus together? That's really op, and the other stuff is good too. I wonder when these fights will end, I want to be home again.
would you like to join the final fight? This fight will have a special rule.
great the system can read the thoughts I dont send it, and great I can finally end this, yes.
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I appeared in the arena with so many others
there are currently 341 players still in the game, this round will end when 200 players remain. Have fun!
a bit after I was finished something flew past me, I need to focus
i started running at the person nearest to me as they were looking around, they turned away to face me too late.
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there were around 250 people, most locked in battle, including me. I'm battling a guy wearing a top hat, how he has kept it on this whole fight, how he kept it on is a mystery. My left shoulder was flailing as I dashed at the enemy, you would be surprised at the amount of people who went for my shoulder instead, he tries to hit me with his fire extinguisher, but I redirect it, and try to slash him, he dodges then tries to hit me on the head, I use my axe to stop his fire ext- something pierces my heart. I shakily look down, he's smiling with a knife in my heart and in my last moments I put up the middle finger and see something flash in my vision