I looked behind me as The Shadow Slayer closed in, What could he possibly want with me? I wondered, I'm not important! I'm 481,445 out of 800,000 in this city, he's 5,553 in the World! 5th in our city. I ran around the corner and into my Niche I use for street fights. I was a fighter. I always had been. 1st with my fists, and now with my sword, which I had gotten a few years ago when I turned 13.
I hid and waited. wait... wait... He came around the corner and stopped right in front of my Niche. He scanned in front of him, and as if he sensed my presence, he slowly turned towards me. I swung at his neck with my sword, DarkFlame, but he brought his sword down and deflected it down, but I still hit him in the lower abdomen. "GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" His screams echoed through the alley way. He fell on the ground clutching his chest and writhing in pain. "NO!" he screamed. "HOW COULD I BE TAKEN DOWN BY A LITTLE KID?!"
Little kid? I thought angrily. I'm 16, not some little kid. and besides this guys only 25 years old!
"Unh." he groaned. "What's your name kid?"
"Mark." I responded.
"No, your real name. Your World name?"
"I don't have one." I said.
"Really?" he said " I got taken out by a nobody?"
"HEY!" I said "I'm making a name for myself!"
"Well kid, take a look at your ranking."
I pulled out my HPDRILMD (Helping, Positioning, Directing, Responding, Identifying, Leveling, and Modifying Device) and checked my ranking. "18,987!" I exclaimed "I can Name myself!"
"May I do the honors?" asked The Shadow Lord
"Okay." I said
"I now christen you ShadowFlame, and your sword, once you combine it with mine, Blazing Shadows."
The last breath he would ever take shuddered out of his body. He looked up at me and mouthed something I will never forget: "Stay Strong." And with those final words, He died.
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Pain (ON HOLD)
AdventureMark is a normal guy. Well that is, as normal as you can be when living in a world were popularity is money. In this world, just about anything goes, as long as it gets people talking about you. You can be anything, do anything, say anything. But b...
