Chapter 2: Chapter 2: You have been summoned to the ruins(2)

The sound repeated so many times it started to get annoying, but what was more annoying were the people who were holding their heads and screaming.

"Shut the hell up!" Yelled a man with his gaze directed at the roof.

I followed his gaze and suddenly noticed that there were no lights in the cave, but it was still bright.

It didn't make any sense.

Well, nothing made any sense anymore.

The man who yelled was as tall as me, with blond hair and bluish green eyes.

I could easily tell from his posture that he thought that he owned the place, which suggested that he was most likely from a wealthy family.

Suddenly, the voice stopped.

"That's all it took?" The man said in an amused manner. "Voice, give me a billion dollars." The man commanded, but nothing happened. "Fuck you, voice!" The man yelled in frustration and kicked the ground.

'Is this some kind of joke to him?' I thought.

Then I heard another voice.

[The ruins are deep underground and your goal is to ascend the ruins. If you get to the top, then you will have earned your freedom.]

[You will be transported into another area in 3 hours]

[You will be facing physical and mental trials in every ruin, and you will get a soul weapon that will improve your physical capabilities as it evolves.]

[Summon your soul weapon by thinking of its name.]

'Thinking of its name?' I thought in a confused manner.

After thinking for a little while, I came up with an idea.

'Akir's Dagger.' I thought, and a dagger materialized in my hand.

'It's more of a short sword than a dagger.' I thought as I looked at the dagger.

The dagger was about 30 centimeters in length and had a golden guard and pommel. The dagger's grip was wrapped in bandages and the blade was black with simple golden markings on it.

"Hey, that guy summoned his weapon!" Some guy yelled and pointed at me.

Suddenly, every head in the cave turned to stare at me.

I tried to figure out what I should do, as almost 500 gazes were locked on the dagger in my right hand.

"Shit, how do I get rid of this?" I tried finding a solution in my mind and decided to try something.

'Cancel summon.' I commanded and the dagger disappeared.

Just when the dagger disappeared, I felt someone grab my shoulder.

"Hey, mind telling us how you knew your dagger's name?" Said the man, that had yelled at the voice earlier.

I turned to look him straight in the eyes.

At that moment, as we locked eyes, I decided what to do.

"I- I- I don't know. It- it just appeared. I swear I didn't do anything." I said as my jaw and hands shook in panic.

"What? How do you not know? The voice said that you have to know your weapons name to summon it, so you obviously have to know your weapons name. Tell me how do you know your weapon's name. Spit it out!" The man yelled and shook me by my shoulders.

The man was about the same size as me, but he had seen my behavior and figured that he could take advantage of my weak nature.

"I told you already, I don't know!" I yelled back, pathetically.

At this point, I had to rely on some kind person to save me.

"Hey, he told you he doesn't know anything. Maybe he thought of the name by mistake or something. We should be trying to calmly question him, not pressure his into telling us something that he may not know." A man about five centimeters taller than me, with dark brown hair and blue eyes.

His completely white teeth were complemented by his white t-shirt. He stood confidently with perfect posture and had a soft gaze, even though he was trying to sound and look intimidating.

He was exactly the type of person I was looking for.

People like him existed everywhere. People who were kind to everyone and always tried their best to help.

There were multiple reasons these people acted the way they did, but in the end, all human behavior stemmed from four desires.

The desire for attention, the desire for escape, the desire for access and the desire for inner pleasure.

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People whose behavior was because of their desire for attention, did things to have others recognize them, praise them and some even enjoyed being degraded. Escape seeking behavior, on the other hand, has the goal of getting away from someone or something. Then there is access seeking behavior, which is when someone seeks to get something through their behavior. And finally, there is inner pleasure seeking behavior, which is when a person engages in behavior because he or she unconsciously wants to feel good.

The man who had stepped in had most likely done so out of the desire for inner pleasure, but it could have also been out of the desire for access.

It was impossible for me to determine what the man's motives were for saving me, but I was aware of the possibility of him trying to get information from me, so I had to be cautious not to step into any traps.

"Oh, yeah, you're right. I'm sorry." The man with bluish green eyes apologized in an exaggerated manner with his hands raised and turned away.

"It's fine, just don't stir up any more trouble." The man who had come to help said and then turned to me. "Hi, I'm Adam." He introduced himself.

Adam eyes were like two little suns, which gave me the answer to my question.

'Inner pleasure seeking behavior.' I thought.

"I'm Akir, it's nice to me-." As I was introducing myself, my instincts kicked in, and I dodged the kick that was flying at my head.

'Would anyone believe if I said that was just luck?' I thought, as I was still in the process of dodging the kick.

I had no idea why the man with bluish green eyes had attacked me, but I didn't have time to think about that right now.

Currently, the most important thing was protecting myself.

Since we most likely weren't on earth anymore, I had to consider the possibility of this man beating me to death.

There were no laws here, so I had to take care of myself.

'Akir's dagger.' I tried to summon my soul weapon, but nothing happened.

'So it has a cool down period.' I thought as I prepared for the man's next attack.

The kick was followed by a fast and precise punch.

My opponent had obviously practiced martial arts for multiple years.

I decided to just apply some basic self-defense and blocked the punch with my forearm.

The punch was followed by a couple of attacks, which I blocked with self-defense movements.

"Stop!" Adam yelled as he ran in front of me.

There was a sound of a fist hitting a face, and then Adam's body dropped on the floor.

The man quit attacking me and addressed the surrounding crowd.

"This man is an actor! You saw it! Why would someone, that knows how to fight so well, be scared of another man his size?!" The man asked the crowd.

At that moment, it all clicked.

He had attacked me because of curiosity.

He had felt the muscles in my shoulders, and he was just testing me.

'Fuck.' I had defended myself from him because I thought that he was acting violently because of irritation, but it had all been just a test.

As I was cursing in my mind, Adam started to stand up.

Apparently, he hadn't been knocked out.

"Don't listen to him! He's a violent psycho who attacks people on a whim. Even if this man is just acting scared, it doesn't prove anything. Anyone can be scared" Adam yelled as he pointed at me.

"I'm just saying that the guy who you're trying to protect, is trying to hide how to summon our weapons. Shouldn't everyone be able to summon their weapons?" The man asked the crowd.

Suddenly, the crowd that had been observing the situation sided with the man who had attacked me.

"He said he doesn't know anything. Shouldn't you prove that he knows something before jumping into conclusions." Adam said.

"He has a weapon, while we don't. What more evidence do I need. He's obviously trying to hide the secret to summoning weapons just so that he can become our leader or something." The man said, and the crowd started to get loud.

"That doesn't prove anything!" Adam yelled, but the crowd didn't seem to listen.

'We're all going to die.' I thought as, I observed the chaos surrounding me.

"Everybody, calm the fuck down!!!" A man's yell echoed around the cave and everyone got quiet. "We're all going to die in this shithole, if we continue ganging up on one person. We have to formulate some kind of strategy and get to the top with the minimum amount of casualties!" The man yelled and the crowd around formed a circle around him, so that I could pinpoint where he was.

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