This is my 4th blog and I don’t seem to be getting any better so I’ll try harder… Right now…I’m experiencing the thing known as writer’s block…
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Times of Life & Death/ Chap 3

Is this… a dream? It felt like I was dead and in another dimension. The area had soul looking things flying around…. I can’t tell if I’m still alive and sleeping, or dead.

” Zeph?” came a voice. “Hm? What was that?” I thought.
” Zeph, Zeph!, DAMMIT ZEPH WAKE UP!!!”

“GAAAAH!! Umm…where am I?” I asked, I was wrapped in bandages. ” You’re in the infirmary,” it was a man,” after your fight, you collasped, doc said you’re lucky you lived, most people aren’t that lucky.” ” Hey,” I asked,” who the hell are you?”
” You don’t remember?! It’s me, hollygod,” he said. ” Oh… I can’t remember you,” I said. ” Dammit, I guess you got anesia. Anyway, your next match is going to be tomorrow at 5 o’ clock AM sharp. Don’t miss it,” hollygod said. ” ‘K,” I said as I went back to sleep.

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In the Arena of the island of Ossyria

” HELLO LADIES AND GENTLE MEN! OUR OH-SO-FAMOUS ZEPHANZANDEL IS BACK AND READY TO FIGHT AGAIN! AND OUR OPPONENT FACING HIM IS… SHYUDA ALATUS THE LEADER OF THE CLAN: GODS OF DEATH.

” Great,” I thought,” another guy who from a killer guild.” The Gods of Death Clan speciallizes in attacks that kills the enemy instantly, or lands a fatal blow on the enemy. They’re the most feared Clan when it comes to assassination.

” So,” Shyuda said,” I get to fight the legendary Zephan Zandell. This is going to be fun, I’m going to give you a slow and painful death.”
” We’ll see about that… We’ll see about that…” I said.

” OPPONENTS ON THE READY, LET THE SEMI-FINAL MATCH…. BEGIIIIIN!!!”
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Let the battles begin, hura, hura.
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In an instand, Shyuda pulls out his dagger and launches an assaultor on me, but I slowed his attack down by using Iron Wall. Then, I followed it up by making a sword in my hand using Slash Blast, but Shyuda was too fast. I used Haste, and we started chasing each other all over the Arena. Sparks were flying all over the place.

” ICE STRIKE!” I yelled. Shyuda nimbly dodged them all, but then I used Flash Step( like teleport, but super fast speed), and used another Ice Strike. He was frozen in ice. Now’s my chance!

” THUNDER SPEAR!” I pierced right through him, but what was him was nothing, but this shadow partner! Where did the real one go?

” End Slasher, Twin Savaging Assaultor!” Shyuda yelled. A shadow partner appeared right infront of me, while Shyuda was behind. They both charged at me with great speed. Then, they both started using Savage Blow on me! I only got cut more and more, I could on think of this.

“Explosion!!!” Shyuda and his shadow parter were sent flying, but they landing on their feet, and charged at me with an Assaultor. I had no choice, but to use Magic Guard and take the take.

“SSSSSSSSSSSSSHLINK!!!” blood splattered all over the Arena, I was defeated. I fell down to the ground, and layed there motionless…

” Zephan, Zephan! ZEPHAN ZANDEL!” came a voice.
” Where am I?” I asked myself.
” Behind you,” it was a man dressed with dark, raggedy clothes and dreadlock hair.
” Wh- Who are you?” I asked him.
” You don’t know me? It’s me, ————-.”
” Hm? I didn’t get that…” I said.
” I see, how many more times must I strain my voice to call you?” he said as he stepped himself over sideways.
” Sorry, but I don’t have any friends who float- Hey, what did you do that?” I asked.
” How strange, how can you sit like that.” he said. As the gravity around me shifted, I was falling, the ground was there?!
” Hey!! WHOOA!!!” I screamed.
” Screaming like a girl, how unpromising,” he said disappointedly.
” The powers you have as a successor of Solanum isn’t even a 1/4 of your ‘true power’. See these countless falling boxes? Your ‘true power’ is in one of these before this world collapse, or else, you will die.” Those were the last words I heard from him once I fell into a water-like area, but I can still breath… Dammit, how am I suppose to find Solanum’s powers… I don’t have enough time to look through all these boxes… I think someone said something that’s like this…

” …know…”
” Did you know….”
” Did you know that everyone has different mana threads( mana condensed into a form like thread that only people with honed mana could see), for example your mana thread is red.” That’s it! I tried looking for the mana threads to appeared, and they did. I looked around me, all of them were white, except for one. That one thread, is connected to the box with my ‘true powers.’ I pulled on the mana thread connected to the box to open it.

” A sword’s hilt?” I said to myself.
” That’s Solanum’s Sword of Mana, you can use it anytime like your other weapons, that sword of Solanum’s had your ‘true powers’ in it… I hope that someday, or some time, my name will reach your ears.”
” Old man… coul you be-” I said slowly.
” WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! PULL IT ME OUT! DO YOU WANT TO DIE!?” he yelled. I put my palm against the side of the box, and I put my hand on the sword’s hilt. I pulled with all my strength… I just hope it wasn’t too late.

I woke up… my body was overflowing with strength and mana. Even my wound stopped bleeding. My mana became so high that the area around me was filled with the immense pressure of my mana. Even Shyuda was having a hard time standing. My mana was pushing him down, and draining his mana extremely fast. He had to end it with one last hit.

” Final Slasher, Deadly Savaging Assaultor,” he said. 11 shadow partners appeared, it was going to be a 12 man Savage Blow/Assaultor Combo attack. I drew out Solanum’s Sword of Mana and raised it high in the air, concentrating all of my mana into it. As Shyuda and his shadow partners went towards me, I used Iron Wall, while still concentrating mana into my sword, and the shadow partners was sent back some. They moved to their Assaultor position, and my sword is completely full of mana. The shadow partners came at me 1 by 1, I used Exposion to knocked them away. Finally, Shyuda was left, he came at me with all of his remaining strength and speed.

” LUNAR FANG SLASH!!!!” right before he could hit me, my slash had hit him, and sent him back, flying. When the slash disappeared, Shyuda was cut in half. I was tired out from using most of my mana, I had few remaining, I layed down, tired, and my wound re-opened. I won the semifinal match.

TO BE CONTINUED…
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That was quite long, not sure if you like it, but I’ll be working on Chapter 1 of Lands of MapleStory.