Cheat Awakening

"In the end, I find myself back where everything started," Myne said emotionally, gazing at the black fog right in front of him. After deciding to find a way out of all this, Myne took a good sleep and filled his stomach before immediately heading toward the town's outskirts.

Although he encountered some problems along the way when trying to reach the entrance gate of the town, Myne managed to make his way out.

"At least I found a weakness of those undead and vengeful spirits. They can't come out from the town... But that fatty vengeful spirit was too fast compared to her size and weight literally touched me If I had stayed inside the town a few more seconds, and according to Alban's information if she caught me I might have spent the rest of my life as her plaything...

Just thinking about it makes my body hair stand. By the way, since this fog is so dense, I won't have a breathing problem in there, right?" Myne muttered while waving his hand inside the fog. He then took out a magic lamp, took a deep breath to calm his rapidly beating heart, and moved forward, entering the black fog.

"What kind of fog is this? I can hardly see anything around one meter from me. And that's only because I have a magic lamp, and my sight enhancement and night vision skills are activated. If not, seeing my hand might be out of the question." Myne, who was having great difficulty moving in the black fog with half-closed eyes to focus and see further, looked left and right.

But all he saw was moving black fog.

"Should I go back and try a different method? In such a dense fog, I don't think I could find my way out. Breathing here is also quite difficult. I just hope I won't pass out because of suffocation." Myne raised his magic lamp in front and looked back. To his surprise, the gloomy, dark town from before now shone in various lighting.

"Huh? Did that festival start again? Is this a coincidence, or is the town trying to attract me toward it? Better move forward before I lose my mind and turn back toward that haunted town." Saying this, Myne started moving in the fog slowly and carefully, focusing extra on the ground to avoid falling into any traps.

After all, in every horror novel, the person trying to escape from a haunted place in 70% of cases dues by falling into various dangerous traps.

"Ssssss..."

"Hmm! What was that?" Myne, who had been walking blindly into the dark fog for the last half-hour, suddenly heard a weird sound, as if someone were dragging something on the ground.

"The distant sound emanates from the east. Following common sense, I should head toward the source in the hope of finding someone to ask for directions. However, my precious knowledge warned me that I should run in the opposite direction of this mysterious sound. Whatever or whoever is present in such a peculiar environment is not something I shouldn't be curious about.

I have no desire to become the unlucky cat that dies due to its curiosity.

Myne forced a bit more and after confirming that the sound was gradually approaching him, he quickly increased his pace and ran toward the west.

"F*ck, why did this lamp suddenly go off? Its power was still half full when I checked last time." Myne, who is running away from the strange sound, seeing that his magic lamp has suddenly turned dark, leaving him completely blind without any source of light nearby. Oh, wait, there is the haunted town, which is still illuminating brightly.

"Thank God I have dozens of those lamps in my inventory; otherwise, I might be in deep trouble," Myne breathed relief in nervously and hurriedly took out another fully charged magic lamp and was about to activate it when he saw something that shook his soul.

A large humanoid creature, ten meters tall, is standing a few meters away from him. Though the fog obscures the details, the outline is enough for Myne to realize that he is in deep trouble.

"Damn, how can such a big creature come in front of me? I didn't even realize it... Or was I running toward him, but because of the magic lamp, my eyes only focused on the area inside the light?" Fearfully, Myne contemplated and was about to turn around and run in another direction when a thought popped up in his mind, halting my steps.

Pondering on this thought for a moment, Myne conjured a fireball in his hand and fearlessly threw it toward the giant creature in front of him.

As Myne did that, the fireball, which was supposed to hit the giant creature and make a loud booming sound, just passed through it, making a big hole in its body, as if it was made of cotton.

"Just as I thought, this was my illusion. This weird black fog is creating various illusions for me so I can run back toward the town. At least this confirms my one thought that I am not heading in the wrong way. Now, I just need to find out which direction leads me out of this labyrinth."

After discovering that the black fog is nothing more than a vast labyrinth filled with illusions, Myne, with a bit more confidence, activates his magic lamp and continues on his journey to escape from the weird fog.

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"Sigh... This was the last magic lamp I had, and now I have no other source of light with me. Just how many days has it been? I am walking nonstop for 20 hours a day, only resting for 4 hours, but still, there is no way to escape... At least I got rid of that wretched town, but now I can't go back either...

Not that I wanted to..." Myne lay on his bed in his tent, staring at the ceiling, muttering to himself.

A wave of helplessness washed over him, his thoughts sinking into a quicksand of despair "Is there really no way to get out of this?" Myne, with a helpless sigh, spoke again, showing signs of giving up. He had been walking aimlessly in this black fog for God knows how long, encountering weird illusions every once in a while.

Although every one of them was harmless to him, the mental pressure and negative thoughts they provoked were still not something Myne could handle easily without any cost.

"If this goes on, I might not be able to last for too long. Haahuuuu... If only Aisha were here. I'd never have to worry about anything. She could definitely come up with a wonderful plan," Myne muttered helplessly while covering himself with the quilt—the only thing providing some warmth in this cold, desolate place filled with eerie silence and cold air—and closed his eyes.

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"Aisha?... Damn it! Aisha! Sylphy! Ted! Wuffal!

Fenrir! Big Sis Maya! How could I forget about them?"

Myne, with eyes wide open, jolted awake as the fog covering his mind cleared, and he remembered all his memories. He finally understood which family his mother was speaking about. "F*ck! How could I even think about giving up when I have so much to lose? Damn it! This time, Big Sis would surely eat me alive.

She must have gone crazy by now, looking for my whereabouts everywhere. I can't stay here anymore. I have to get out of here quickly."

"Damn it, everyone might be searching for me while I'm here, laying comfortably and thinking nonsense about giving up." Myne, with newfound motivation filled with worry and concern, hurriedly put away his tent. Using his double jump skill with a big, 10-year-old child-sized fireball in his hand to illuminate the path, he started jumping from one point to another.

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Three days later...

"Sob! I can't take it anymore. No matter how much I run, this damn fog never seems to end; it stretches infinitely without any discernible endpoint. I am tired of it now...

Myne, who hadn't slept for three entire days and had been travelling with his full power nonstop, finally collapsed both physically and spiritually. Now, he lay on the dark ground like a dead fish, devoid of the energy even to take out a tent and bed for a proper rest.

"Sorry, Big Sis Maya, Aisha, Sylphy, Ted, Wuffal, Fenrir, June, Velvet, Mother-in-law, Ayri... I disappoint all of you. I am completely useless, not worthy of your trust and love. I should just die in this fog instead of destroying your lives any further," Myne said, looking at the dark sky covered in fog. His voice was desperate, tears gushing out from his eyes like a waterfall.

In the last three days, he had done everything he could, but he found nothing that could lead him out of this place. Leaving only two possibilities for him: either he was wrong the entire time, and there was no way to escape from this fog—it was just a big labyrinthine trap, or there was no escape at all, and he was merely wasting time, creating a false hope in his mind.

"The only regret I would have, even after my death, is that I couldn't save Velvet. I promised her, while wearing this ring to her that I would protect her from every possible danger. But just a few days after that promise, I dragged her into this dead end... If only I could get a little bit of a clue to correct everything...

I take an oath in the name of all my loved ones that I will become so powerful that no one can mess with my family ever again," Myne declared in a loud, crying voice filled with deep regret and resolution while raising his fist toward the dark sky.

As he did so, a golden lustre suddenly bloomed in his pupils, spreading like a celestial storm across his irises and taking the shape of a golden galaxy.

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