BUILDING MY OWN EMPIRE - My Journey from Nothing to Overwhelming Power-Chapter 30 – The First Step Towards the Solution
Chapter 30 – The First Step Towards the Solution
Damnnnn it..
I should not have entered alone..
Haste always leads to destruction. I must retur—
??? The door. It closed!
This is a disaster.. a disaster has befallen me..
I thought the matter would be within my reach but.. what do I know about this world to be struck by arrogance so quickly like this?
Is my strength great? No.
Do I have trump cards? Never.
So.. what made me convinced by my arrogance and take the risk?
"You are smart, you are special".. hollow words that made me fall quickly without preparation..
What is the solution? 30 minutes and everything ends..
{ 22 minutes remaining }
I think I’ve calmed down a bit.. my heart is still beating fast.. but fortunately, that feather doesn’t cause any pain..
Except for the specified time.. I am fine..
I raised my head a little, looking cautiously.. there is no bird.. from time to time the sound echoes.. but the bird itself is not there..
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
The sound... it sounds dense..!!
It’s... the sound of several birds.. damn it.
It was one and the matter seemed difficult.. but now it’s close to impossible.. should I run quickly toward the second pillars?
What if I’m hit again? Will the time be less? I don’t know.. and there is no solution but trial.. but it’s a trial of life or maybe death..
{ 17 minutes remaining }
Damnnnn it.. I’m still standing here terrified..
Damn you, Ali, have you suddenly become a coward?
I have faced death several times since I’ve been here.. even at times when I had neither power nor strength..
I used to stand until the end..
So what am I doing now?? Have I become so clinging to this world that fear prevents my legs from moving??
You damn legs.. move!
My movement is slow. Very slow..
I won’t struggle here.. my inner self is clinging to this position.. it wants to die comfortably..
Curse you..
I will die trying...
A step.. another step.. three steps.. my feet accelerate..
The birds’ sound echoed... my next step was behind the first pillars..
10 meters is the space that separates them from the next pillars..
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
7 meters..
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
4 meters..
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
1 meter..
Swoosh..
Part of my robe was completely torn..
Another feather almost hit my back at the last moment..
I... I made it?? Without being hit..
I reached the second pillars.. what happened?
Be quiet.. then focus.. I closed my eyes.. I sighed then opened them..
Haste.. surprise.. and panic will bring me nothing but distraction..
It’s time to focus. And understand what is happening.. it’s time to inhabit the character of the Black Raven again..
I breathed calmly..
The first time.. I moved slowly.. as soon as I came out from the first pillars, I was struck..
The second time.. I dashed quickly and nothing happened until the moment of my arrival..
The matter doesn’t seem logical from the outside but.. maybe..
Those birds cannot catch fast movement.. maybe the ground itself, when stepped on harshly like walking, doesn’t capture the movement and therefore the monster won’t catch you..
Is walking lightly and quietly the solution?
The matter is truly a risk.. because then I would be just a direct target if my analysis was wrong.. so the solution is..
Running again.. running even faster..
The third pillars count 9.. they are approximately the same distance from the second pillars.. maybe slightly larger.. I need to run faster..
Fine..
Preparation.. readying the legs with some exercises..
Then... I ran.
A step and another, even faster, then.. I jumped at the moment of exit..
12 meters..
A step and another, 10 meters..
Swoosh
Aaaah..
Damn it..
{ Ding.. Ding.. Ding }
{ Direct Hit }
{ -5 Minutes Deducted }
I won’t stop no matter what happens...
A step and another, faster..
8 meters..
Waaaq... Waaaq.. Waaaq
I will never stop..
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
Hit me if you want, you invisible bastard..
I won’t stop.. I won’t stop!
4 meters..
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
I won’t stop... I will cross...
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
I placed my foot near the pillars.. but
I shut my mouth.. I took a deep breath..
And I jumped toward the next pillars without stopping..
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
The sound is still echoing.
6 meters..
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
2 meters...
Swoosh
Aaaakh...
Aaaaaakh..
{ Ding.. Ding.. Ding }
{ Direct Hit }
{ -5 Minutes Deducted }
Damnnn it.. I was hit again..
I reached the fourth row of pillars.. even so..
{ 6 minutes remaining }
Not much time is left.. I finally understood the trick.. it wasn’t related to speed..
Rather, the matter is related to the sound.. when the bird’s sound starts.. the strikes stop.. when it stops.. the strikes begin sequentially..
Despite the presence of several birds.. they do not strike at the same time.. the trick lies in escaping the strikes at the beginning of the sound and arriving before it ends.. but..
In both times.. the sound ended before my arrival.. the first time the arrow didn’t reach me, but the next time it actually hit me..
The distance now seems equally balanced.. maybe I can run a little faster.. Can I? There is no other solution..
I have to run now with slow movements until the sound comes..
A step.. two.. three..
Preparing for the sound to start.. running left and right near the pillar.. I believe all my senses are at high focus now.. something of fear and confidence are clashing inside me.. I can feel it..
Hahaha.. maybe I need to laugh in times of distress.. come on, you damn sound, come..
{ Ding.. Ding.. Ding }
What????
{ Speed +1 }
Haaaaa
Are you joking? What is happening?
It’s a wonderful thing.. but why now...
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
A fast step..
12 meters..
Without thinking.. the time is not suitable.. tensing my muscles and running at maximum speed.. running for survival.. running for life..
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
8 meters..
In my previous life.. I never ran like this for anything.. maybe if I had..
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
6 meters..
Will something change.. I don’t know.. but I am sure I wouldn’t be in the same place if I tried..
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
3 meters..
I won’t make the same mistake again.. I will run now for survival..
1 meter..
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
I arrived...
Hahaha finally without receiving any feather..
But... what is this?
The distance to reach the sixth row of pillars.. it is?? Double what preceded.
How am I supposed to arrive successfully?? What can I do now?? I will be hit without a doubt!
Be hit? Why don’t I get hit then..
Are you a fool, Ali? How can you get hit?
Yes.. I’m not saying I should just take it, but maybe there is a way to parry it.. a way... maybe the Wind Blade? But how?
Again.. I brought out a Wind Blade from my right hand.. I closed my eyes.. I started imagining adding more accumulation.. then more..
I opened my eyes..
Hahaha..
In front of me.. the blade was double the size.. this time I didn’t close my eyes; I tried to increase the accumulation.. nothing happened.. the focus seems lower.. but 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
I won’t give up.. I tried and tried.. after moments.. the blade started to increase in size.. but it began to vibrate sequentially..
The larger the size became, the less powerful the mass of the blade was..
Maybe...
From my left hand.. I brought out another blade.. I moved it closer to the second one..
Suddenly.. it seemed as if the solidity was returning to the first blade.. and the second blade was increasing in size as well... I raised my hands, each one in a different direction..
In the right was a large blade the size of my body, more like a glowing shield in a faint white color.. and in the left, it was the same..
I stood in front of the pillars.. I cannot lose my focus.. I don’t know if these large blades are capable of parrying the feathers. But..
What other solution do I have.. reaching the other side depending only on the sound will be impossible..
Fine, I’m ready..
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
Quickly.. without waiting.. I ran with the maximum my legs could offer..
24 meters..
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
Holding the blades is like carrying a weight that is not light.. but not heavy either..
18 meters
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
16
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
14
Waaaq.. Waaaq.. Waaaq
Swoosh..
Boom!
Swoosh..
Boom!
12 meters
Swoosh
Boom!
8 meters
Swoosh
Boom!
4 meters
Swoosh
Boom!
2 meters
Swoosh
Boom!
A big jump.. then I slammed into the pillars like a cushion..
Aaaakh..
I... arrived...?? Without injury!
The blades... they worked!
Hahaha.. it’s sheer genius.. I finally managed to succeed..
The blades... they are almost destroyed.. I think if more time had passed, they wouldn’t have held up.. those damn feathers, they are truly powerful..
{ 2 minutes remaining }
It’s the final move.. but..
The distance looks even larger than before? Will the blades hold up??
I think.. they won’t.. and there is no room..
For gambling now...
One hit means death.
