He continued walking
The atmosphere at this portal was agitated.
Weird noises coming from far away that descended faintly before reaching Si-Hun's ears.
Si-Hun stopped walking when he sensed that someone was keeping an eye on him.
"Come and face me,whoever you are."
But no..nothing.
Si-Hun sighed but he knew danger wasn't out of reach.
Just then, Si-Hun felt someone breathing on his neck.
He froze for a second, then he turned back.
"So you are the scaredy cat who's been hiding."
The monster looks at him with raw and piercing eyes that were emotionless. Pure glowing red.
"Fight the Feral." The same voice from before speak
"Feral? This is unlike any feral I've ever came across."
"The fight will start in 5 seconds. 1..2..3..4..and 5. You may attack The Flapper." That voice said.
The monster's name was "The Flapper."
The monster was a muscular looking beetle with hard shells.
"What am I supposed to do? I don't even have any weapons."
"But wait,I can use my magic!"
He saw the enemy coming closer,step by step.
Si-Hun didn't move from his place.
Instead,he had a better plan.
"I will teleport to play with his instincts." He said smirking a little.
"Come." Si-Hun said.
Just then,the beetle came sprinting towards Si-Hun flappering his fangs that were sharper than a knife
But before he could could even touch him,Si-Hun disappeared like he was never there.
He was right behind the enemy.
Si-Hun striked the back of his neck and the enemy squeaked in his pinching voice.
"This is working."
The beetle charged at Si-Hun but again Si-Hun teleported in front of his eyes.
To the left corner,then to the right,then behind his back.
The beetle was getting very frustrated.
This time Si-Hun stayed in his place and the beetle was standing a few feet away from him.
Si-Hun swung his hands in the air and created a bloody firecharge.
The beetle was confused seeing that bright thing but he had his own weapon.
Si-Hun threw the firecharge at the beetle.
But the beetle's hard shell protected him against the heat.
Si-Hun was confused.
"Ughh,why isn't it doing any damage to him!?"
"The beetle saw his chance and charged at Si-Hun flapping his wings.
He then used his sharp wings and moved it in the air like a fan.
The flappers released small razors that cut through Si-Hun's skin and left marks all over his body.
"What the hell!"
Some even pierced through his skin.
Blood was dripping from his cuts,eveywhere around his body and the pain was very pinching but Si-Hun didn't care,he had to find a way to do any damage to this beast.
Si-Hun thought about what he could do to take this beast down.
"I can use my combat skills,but only when he'll stop throwing these blades everywhere that I can get close to him!"
Si-Hun then teleported again and again to confuse the beetle but his teleporting power was limited and it was running out.
"Tchh!"
Si-Hun saw that the beetle stopped throwing blades.
It was the perfect chance to attack,but not from behind.
He came in front of the beetle,his face just inches away from Si-Hun's.
Si-Hun didn't wait and threw a powerful punch at the beetles eyes.
The beetle's vision went blurry from the impact.
The beetle winced while Si-Hun again landed a punch at his face.
He kept punching until the beetle's face was looking like a squished tomato.
The beetle didn't stop either and tried to flap wings but Si-Hun kicked him in the stomach and the beetle fell back.
"You think it's fun to use the same technique everytime?"
Si-Hun then sat on the beetle and punched his neck.
A scream.
"AHH!" The beetle's voice was so high in pitch that it almost pierced through Si-Hun's ears and the because of the force he went flying back.
"What the heck!"
Si-Hun didn't stop and walked slowly walked towards the beetle giving him time to get up.
The beetle was very weak.
He tried to get up but his neck was now broken and it was hanging off his body.
"I-I was stronger. How did you defeat me?"
The beetle said trying hard to speak.
With that, the beetle fell back to the ground his head hitting the ground and breaking off from his body.
Si-Hun froze.
"He can talk? And what does he mean he is stonger? If he was stronger I wouldn't have stood a chance against him.."
Si-Hun was shocked how he talked at the end.
"Why didn't he speak at first if he was able to?"
Whatever it was,Si-Hun felt a relief wash off him after killing the beetle.
"This thing was stubborn."
Si-Hun saw something glowing next to the beetle's body.
"What's that?"
He went to check and saw that it was an incredibly shiny blade that glowed silver at a certain angle and golden at another angle.
"I guess this is a reward."
Si-Hun picked up the blade and shoved it inside his pocket.
"Test number 2 completed. Rewards are collected."
"This voice! Again."
He started walking again.
"There must be some new test waiting for me ahead. Uff!"
Finally,when he was near the end,he heard that voice again.
"Test number three will start in 60 seconds. Please prepare yourself for the test."
"It's sixty seconds this time? Why the extra time?"
Si-Hun was thinking what this test could be about?
"It could be another fight,I should be prepared."
He figured that it was gonna be another fight with a beast or something, but little did he know that this was going to be a battle bewtween him and his inner beast.
He was waiting for the test to begin.
"The test will start in 5 seconds 1..2..3..4..and 5. The test has officially been started."
Just then Boom!
Everything went black in the surroundings.
Only the faint glow of purple.
"Oh Si-Hun! It must be a surprise to see me here? Woah, you have a nicer body than before."
Si-Hun saw himself.
It was the Si-Hun that was familiar in appearance,just a little different physically and just more..softer facial features.
It was Si-Hun,the one he had left behind to absorb in the darkness.
"W-what is happening?"
"Ohh nothing I'm just here for a nice tal with you."
"I want to remind you of your past. Of who you really are,a pathetic little loser,that moron who couldn't even stand against someone weak,never weaker than himself. Your appearance sure have changed,but I wonder if you're aware of how worthless you are,how weak you are. HAHA!"
"Shut up!" Si-Hun shouted.
"That Si-Hun who was always put down by others. You always knew they talked behind your back, but you were a stupid bastard never doing anything."
"Remember that night when your father gave up on you? How broken you were,to a level where your knees gave up on you and you collapsed on the ground crying. Poor Si-Hun."
"I remember everything, BUT I FREAKING LET GO OF THE PAST."
"Oh, you have? Leave it!" That entity chuckled mockingly.
"No matter how hard you try,I want to remind you there won't be a difference."
"Then Why try so hard? Why leave your comfort? Why do all this when you can just be WHO YOU WERE? WEAK AND PATHETIC!"
"Hahahahaha." That entity laughed.
Si-Hun sat down on his knees.
He was getting reminded of how he was.
"YOU REMEMBER HOW THOSE BASTARDS LEFT YOU WHEN ALL YOU DID WAS RISK YOUR OWN LIFE FOR THEIRS!? DI YOU GET ANYTING IN BACK? WHY DID YOU DO THAT?"
"WHY DIDN'T YOU STAY WEAK? YOU ALSO HAVE A LIFE!"
Si-Hun felt how everyone left him to die alone.
"What good is there in trying to improve when you will always be THE SAME ,A NOBODY all your life no matter how damn hard you try?"
Si-Hun was getting flashbacks of the moments he let go of to vanish away like dust.
All the ugly moments,everything.
"but I want to continue my education,only then I could have a nice job,how can I cover my expenses on my-…"
That entity was mimicking Si-Hun's helplessness when he tried defending himself against his father.
"STOP!!" Si-Hun shouted with almost tears in his eyes.
His eyes were wide with a weird feeling.
That entity's words lingering in his mind ,how he will always stay weak and never change.
"Why is everyone so cruel to me man?Am I freaking cursed?,just when things were bad for me you made it even worse,dad!I wanted to complete college and find a passion and a job,even then you would've chosen a job for me rather than letting me do I what I want for onceashbacks were consuming him."
He remembered every word.
"Haha! You remember now? About your life!?"
Voices were echoing from everywhere.
Circling him and trapping him in.
Saying things like :
"No one cares about you."
"You will always stay weak!"
"You will never change."
"NO!" Si-Hun said,his voice low with pain and brutal determination in his voice.
"So, how about I take you to somewhere where you can live in your own room like always. In your comfort, cause you can never change, so what's the point of trying?" That entity spoke calmly.
Saying this that entity forwarded his hand towards Si-Hun.
"Come, let's go."
Si-Hun looked at him.
The old Si-Hun was staring straight into his eyes.
There was something evil in his voice.
It all felt very weird,almost unreal.
"I'm not going anywhere with you bastard!"
"I WILL LIVE MY LIFE JUST THE WAY IT IS!'
"I WILL CHANGE MYSELF FOR ME!"
Si-Hun didn't notice but with every word the part of the entity's body were fading away.
It was looking something lifeless.
"I ,AM ,NOT, WEAK!"
"NO!"
With that last scream,that entity completely faded away like dust and the portal returned to its original form.
Si-Hun noticed the change.
When he saw that everything was back to normal,he gasped.
He took really deep breathes to calm him down.
He was taken back by everthing that thing said.
"He said I can never change,we'll see about that." He scoffed.
" But what was that?"
Si-Hun was still panting when suddenly,the air around him became colder.
He looked up, and there-..