Legacy of Forgotten Times 55 Just Why?

He waited but there was only silence, it was eerie. The sound of dripping echoed throughout the cave. With every drip Linri's nerves tensed, Udcek had not appeared yet which was unusual. He had to be cautious. If he even lost focus for a single second he was afraid that Udcek would appear and kill him.

Just like any other person he was afraid of dying and never coming back. This feeling was new to him, even when fighting against the giant beast in the first room he had not felt this way. Because he knew that he could defeat the beast, even if he was not sure he still had to try, but now? It was different, he 'knew' that he could not defeat Udcek no matter how hard he tries he 'wrote' it this way.

His initial emotions died down and he began to feel despair. The impending doom of death was coming closer. He remembered each time he fought against the Harbinger of Anaya, the only thing he could remember was the pain. Fear of death? He was never afraid of death, in fact, he embraced it.

His thoughts kept spiralling downwards towards darker waters. This was bad, he had to control emotions otherwise he would lose even before the battle starts. He took a deep breath to calm down.

That was exactly the moment Udcek had been waiting for, he flew out of the water and hit Linri directly in the face. The force of the punch was so strong that he was thrown out of his foothold and dived head first into the lake.

Before Linri understood what even happened he was already inside the lake. He began to panic and tried to reach the surface, but that was only wishful thinking. Something was dragging him into the deep waters, he looked down to see what grabbed and saw a skeleton with glowing red eyes. In his panic, Linri tried to shook him off but that only resulted in him sinking faster. Countless pair of red eyes appeared at the bottom of the lake. The skeleton was not alone.

The other skeletons started to swim towards him, he had to think fast. Linri shot an 'Icicle Strike' towards the head of the skeleton. It hit but did not do anything to stop it from letting it go. Linri used his 'Ice Manipulation' and turned the icicle into a whip-like blade. He used the whip blade to separate the shoulder of the skeleton from its body. He was successful.

There was still a hand grabbing at his ankle but right now it was not important. Linri started to furiously swim towards the ice platform. He was running out of breath, so he created a chain hook and tied it to an 'Icicle strike' to shoot it. Once it made contact with the platform he used Ice manipulation again and pulled himself upwards.

He reached the surface and desperately gasped for air. However, his happiness was short lived when a giant skeletal hand grabbed him. He was lifted to the air and saw that this hand was not connected to anything. It was floating in the air on its own. This was Udcek's power but it was the first time he saw it. Usually he only just used some simple skeletons or just punch him to death.

Linri struggled endlessly but he could not get out of the grip. Udcek was watching him intently. Whether it was the 'dream' or not it seemed like Udcek liked to keep watching him struggle. Linri looked at the Udcek standing on the ice platform.

Right now, in the face of certain death, he did not feel any fear. What he was feeling was rage! Since he was going to die either way he was going to bring down that cunt with him.

Linri once again used Ice manipulation and converted the platform to a bunch of spikes which impaled Udcek. He actually impaled Udcek? Like for real? Even if he was about to die Linri was feeling a sense of pride welling inside of him. So the opponent was not invincible at all, he could still bleed and he could still 'die'.

Udcek looked at the boy struggling in front of him and he gave a big grin. Paired with his bloody face and creepy looks, that smile could freeze the blood running through Linri's veins. Then he did something which immensely shook Linri. He just pulled out the spikes and the wounds healed themselves whilst a smoke coming out of them.

God damn it! He jinxed himself. He felt despair overcome him once again, he criticized himself for thinking he could win even for a second. His enemy was a God, how could he, a mere mortal even think of killing him and bringing down with himself. Then he was crushed.

Linri woke up once again, he immediately looked at his surroundings. He was still inside the cave with no exit, the hazy shadow was still sitting across the lake. He was revived once again. Then he just sat down and started to think.

He thought for a long time and could not come up with any feasible idea about his situation. The only solution he had was to defeat Udcek. This should be the only way to pass this room. So a cycle of constant fight and death began.

18th Death; Linri was looking at the headless body in front of him. It was his and a fountain of blood sprayed to his face.

35th Death; He was bleeding because of the countless spears stabbed to him. He could not help but feel this was ironic. It felt like this was payback from the Harbinger of Anaya for impaling him.

42nd Death; Linri was split apart from the middle, he could not help but think why was he trying to do this impossible task in the first place?

65th Death; As his intestines were pulled out by Udcek Linri's doubt kept growing. He kept thinking about why he was still trying. The odds were against him, it was basically impossible to defeat Udcek. He knew it was pointless. There was only pain. Despite that he was still trying, but why?

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