Even the System's gone… I'm standing here with nothing… Is this the end...
I've fought through everything life threw at me… only to end here, powerless.
And to Leon's hopelessness, in the next moment, the golden giant finally moved. It couldn't even be said it moved — to him, it just appeared in front of him in the next instant, towering over him like looming death.
This isn't a battle. It's a sentence being carried out.
Despite seeing no way to overcome this challenge right now, he was still not going to stand there and be slaughtered. He tried to escape by running away, but once again the strange sound assaulted his brain. BZZZZZZT!
The pain means nothing — it's the knowing I can't win this battle even in my mind.
His mind shook, and he tasted a metallic tang in his mouth from his own blood. He didn't understand, but to his horror, he was frozen in his spot, unable to move. He couldn't even speak.
"Urrrrggghhhh!!! Why is this happening!" Only this thought remained.
