The hawk moved its right wing to the side.

SHING! SHING! SHING! SHING!

Shang's body was pierced by seven long needles, his body now being pinned to the ground.

Blood flew out of Shang's mouth as several of his organs had been destroyed.

'That was so fast! I would have maybe been able to evade two of them.'

'But it shot seven!'

This was an insurmountable difference in power.

Even if Shang had tried his best, five of the huge needles would have still nailed him to the ground.

Shang's body tried to heal with Mana, but some kind of destructive force in the needles was preventing every form of healing.

Clink!

The hawk had landed on one of the needles and was looking into Shang's eyes.

There were no emotions in the hawk's eyes.

Shang was prey.

Predators didn't feel a connection to their prey.

Prey was only food.

Shang looked into the hawk's eyes.

The last thing Shang saw was the hawk's beak rapidly becoming bigger and bigger in his vision.

And then, it was over.

The hawk had pecked a hole through Shang's head.

This wasn't anything special.

This was simply a beast killing something.

Silence.

Suddenly, Shang's eyes shot open, and he took a deep breath.

Shang didn't think or say anything while simply looking at the sky.

The last moment before his death continuously replayed in his head.

This feeling…

It was indescribable.

It was a mixture of terror, shock, denial, and finality.

If put into words, this feeling would only be a loud shout of "No, please-".

It was a deeply seated fear in every living being.

This feeling wasn't like when someone decided to end their life. When someone decided to end their life, they were still in control, and they were the ones trying to end it.

This was a feeling of someone else having the ultimate power over you.

because

was nothing

There was no control.

money in the world, all the power in the world, all the begging in the world

nothing you could

You are helpless.

Shang had felt

It was terrifying.

end of

of all

looked forward to would never reappear

Light and joy, taken.

A life, ended.

Clink!

felt something metallic

Sword's voice appeared

deep breath and

looked at

His arm was back.

anxiety left him, and he left out

he said

you sure?" Sword

while,

to feel this feeling again," he

so bad?" Sword

"Yes," Shang answered.

describe it

Sword for a

epitome

is the

is the opposite of

Shang's eyes narrowed.

never want to feel this helpless again!"

that moment, two wheels

participant!" the mechanical female voice said. "You have earned eight points

ready for the warrior

at the two

no

different weapons, while the other

was pretty sure that the colors represented

there were so

probably

with all the Mixed Affinities, Shang

world is far bigger than anyone in this place

the wheel

green, and blue, which obviously represented

were light-blue, silver, and

different pictures with

recognized some of

and black on the other. There was a slight purple sheen in the middle. Shang guessed that this

on one side and icy blue on the other. In

were several more of these

came two pure colors

White and black.

obviously represented the

that still wasn't the

he could swear there were even

Darkness were not the rarest Affinities in the

were so tiny that Shang could

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