How To Beat the System

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She knew that she was bathing in her own blood. After she had been sucked through the mirror, it had broke once she fell through and some of the shards embedded themselves into the side of her stomach. After that, the first thing that had greeted her was some snow to the face. She could barely keep her eyes open, but she managed to hear where she was located just before passing out. Wisteria had landed in a snowy mountain biome.

The girl had returned to her system, but ended up crashing into the table. Wisteria looked down at her arms and expected the marks there, but there was none. She sneered, her physical form was still hurting. If she couldn't wake up then she might freeze to death or get an infection from the cuts.

She limped across the room and hurriedly went over to where her potions were. She opened up a cabinet filled with bottles and carefully took out two of them, taking the lids out and gulping the liquid down. She grimaced at the taste, but weakly called out to Eden, "I need those pills."

Her system hummed in response and soon enough the bottle of pills ended up in her hands instantly. She swallowed down two of them and sighed in relief when the aching pain in her gut eventually dispersed.

She was going to have to wait before seeing any signs of waking up, but at least she wasn't hurting anymore. Wisteria would just have to wait until the time comes. She just prays that there wouldn't be any animals waiting to pounce on her.

"Can you do it once more?" Anna somewhat begged the female.

Wisteria tiredly shook her head and shown the woman her trembling hands, her magic quickly dying out. "I cannot."

"I've prepared some more potions for situations like these," The trainer responded with a sharp glint in her eyes. She took small bottles form the shelves and gently handed them over to the weak human. "Please take them, miss."

Wisteria lifted then to her lips and with some difficulty she was able to swallow the bitter liquids down. With the help of her trainer, Wis trembled as she sat down more comfortably on the sofa. The human still felt lightheaded and panted heavily and didn't notice her system speaking in a rush to Anna. She could feel light, cool touches on her forehead and distinctly saw Anna checking her temperature.

She didn't even feel herself being lowered carefully against the furniture. She looked up to see the bright ceilings and flinched at the sight. Anna looked up as well and the system immediately changed their brightness, making it somewhat bearable for the girl.

"What's going on?" Wisteria asked.

"You're waking up. The system sensed a malicious presence coming and is partially forcing your body to get up earlier than expected, but your spiritual form is already at its limit and has been suppressed due to the dark magic contaminated in that place. Your body can't handle all of the stress and power, so right now you might-" Anna's voice suddenly died and she instinctively raised her hands to her throat, trying to make a sound. Her eyes widened as the room blurred and the walls broke apart.

This has never happened before.

Eden's voice became choppy once more as pieces of the ceilings and walls collapsed, floating randomly around Wisteria. Some of the furniture began to dissolve and the blurred room began to crack even more. The former student felt panicked and wanted to reach her hand out to touch Anna, but felt limp. Wisteria could do nothing but watch as the woman extended her arms towards her powerless body, but started to break apart.

The system... her system was on the brink of collapsing. The dreamscape turned into something like a nightmare. The once elegant and comfortable room had broken apart and haphazardly flew around. Anna's form was split in pieces, but the blonde could faintly see her still trying to reach out to at least grasp a finger.