Sero looked up to see a huge figure standing over him. The figure kept on talking, complaining, "Why is it you again? You've nearly been here every damn day! At least make things interesting for us. Instead, you just sit there and do nothing, not even scream or beg. It's so boring."
"So, you gonna begin or not?" Sero asked. "I'm kind of bored you know."
"Aye aye aye, give me a break," the torturer said. "Nobody wants to torture such a shit acting slave like you, where's the fun in that?"
Sero just said nothing, feeling tired after running from the guard who had killed him earlier (wow, you know it's fucked when even the torturers are tired of you). He ignored the torturer's continuous complaints and instead his mind wandered off to thinking of how long it's been since this place became a hellhole, in which he decided that it would've at least been over a millennium. How anyone has not lost their sanity is still a wonder to him, as everyone here has been here for as long as him. He remembered his mother telling him about his father, who was a famous adventurer during his time, and his many great adventures, slaying monsters and stuff like that (sounds like the average tale). He barely remembered his mother's or father's faces, as he was young when they suddenly disappeared, leaving him in custody with his grandpa and grandma. They took great care of him (just like most grandparents) and loved him very much. Sadly, they soon passed away when Sero was around 20.
After the funeral, Sero became an adventurer to try to find his parents and although he made close friends, he never found them. In fact, everyone who seemed to know them slowly disappeared one by one under mysterious circumstances. When the world became like this, on top of trying to look for Ellie, he also tried to find his parents, however just like Ellie, there was just no luck.
As he kept on thinking, he barely noticed the rusty knife slowly digging itself into his hand. The place where the torturer started to pierce with the blade started to bleed dark red blood, coating his hands until all you could see was red. Sero looked over at his hand, then just continued to stare at a wall. He felt the knife cutting towards his arms, then stopping at the wrist, in which the torturer then pulled out the knife and started to do the exact same with the other hand. After both hands were cut, the torturer then began to continue by slicing his feet, then stabbing the blade into his armpits. Sero just sat there, looking disinterested at the alarming amount of blood pouring out through the wounds. After all, he couldn't really feel it and after experiencing it a whole bunch of times, it really wasn't much big of a deal to him anymore.
As Sero was trying hard to not daze off, he suddenly got alerted by a familiar screen pop up in front of him. He looked over to what it said and read, "Alright Weakling, A New Quest Has Been Assigned: KILL THE TORTURER. Reward: +100 Stat Points. Failure: Lose 100 Random Stats. Will You Accept? Yes/No".
Sero, of course, moved his finger and chose the "Yes" button. The box then said, "Good Luck."
The box then set a timer, which indicated that Sero had only 10 minutes to complete the quest. Sero looked around the space to see what was available. He noticed that the torturer was enjoying cutting up someone else as they screamed and pleaded for him to stop (likely just got bored of torturing him, but like damn, that wasn't even like five minutes). Sero then noticed a very sharp, black sword on the table with all the torture devices.
Sero tried to get up, however he just couldn't stand up. He took a glance at his feet and noticed that his feet have been split in two, just that Sero didn't notice it. He also looked at his hands, which were in no better condition than his feet. He realized that the quest would be harder than he had expected, as he had forgot that he was in the slice n' dice chamber, meaning he was immobilized. Of course, he was immobilized as well when he was teleported to this place, however that only lasted until a torturer came to you.
Sero tried to stand up again, however it was to no avail as the torturer seemed to have cut his feet straight to the bone, meaning now his feet were basically just two chunks of useless, bloody flesh. It was just like trying to stand up with peg legs on both feet, except the peg legs were your bones.
After attempting to stand up a couple more times, Sero finally was able to stand up. He then slowly walked towards the weapons table without anyone noticing him, as the torturers were too busy having fun torturing and hearing the screams while the people being tortured were too busy screaming, pleading, and crying. After an awfully long time, he finally managed to reach the table and then looked at the amount of time he had. The timer showed him that he had about 4 and a half minutes left before he would fail the quest. Sero quickly tried to pick up the sword, however just like his feet, it was useless. Sero then tried to look for another weapon that would be easier to pick up with his bone arms, however everything had a handle and required a hand to grasp the blade. He tried to dig deeper, as the pile was huge (why did they even pile their weapons up on a table anyways?), cutting his arms multiple times during the process. Finally, Sero noticed a chain with what looked like an ax attached to it, so he desperately tried to tie the chain to his arm. The timer now read that he had about 2 minutes and a quarter before he would fail the quest, when suddenly a huge hand grabbed him and threw him across the chamber.