'Think... Think...' Getting hit in the face by two surprises, each one bigger than the other in their own way. He decided to calm down and try to think properly.
With his corrupted mind became a bit sharper than before, it might help him comprehend better even a little bit about how in the hell those two revelations came to exist in the first place.
Before he could think and take his time to grasp how did it happen... The reward relic hovered in front of his naked eyes.
[2 SP granted!]
[The reward has been served!]
'Two! Well, makes sense...' It made sense only because the 10-minute quest became harder than before. Therefore, it's logical that the reward will be higher and better.
'It could have been more than two... Shit! Making it harder by 10 folds and getting a reward worth only twice! How ironic!'
Rashin had hit the spot of the revelation. Indeed. It was a curse after all...
Again from absolutely nowhere, another set of relics shone with a brand new message to be told...
[The flaw has been defeated for the first time!]
[A new reward shall be granted!]
'Yes! Didn't expect this, but it's great! Hope it will be worth it.'
[Status has been unsealed!]
[The reward has been served!]
'What?!!' Another string of the unfolded truth had shown itself right in front of his eyes at the right time. The status would be a massive help for Rashin, but he couldn't help being shocked for some time.
'That... That was truly unexpected...' His eyes widened out of his shocked state, yet he was smiling in anticipation as he found what he wanted... Or just a part of it.
Not wasting any more time, Rashin wanted to open the status, but it wasn't in his line of sight and not beside the other relics... Where could it be?
Suddenly, a random thought spawned in his corrupted mind and with this assist, he did it without thinking... His mouth opened a bit with a smile drawn on his face.
"Status..." Instantly, as if fulfilling his command, the status has opened...
[Status]
Strength: 1.6 ( 19 SP)
Psychic: 0.1 (2 SP)>>>[Psychic enhancement: +10%]
???: Locked
'Hmm, I get it now... That 0.1 SP that I gained unaware of it, came from psychic... That means...' Rashin fell silent subconsciously. He understood how he gained that 0.1 SP, but that wasn't why he was surprised!
It's far deeper than just gaining some SP...
'I... I... Found another way to earn SP!' Rashin fell into a maze of happiness. Not only he would be able to gain SP much, much easier than the self-slaughtering sessions, but he would also be relaxed while earning them, without even feeling that amount of pain which had never gone since he got chained in that fragile body.
But he still kept his gaze unshifted from the status... The locked aspect... Why is it locked? And is it the only one or there is more?
Rashin knew that this locked aspect is like strength and psychic which are aspects to gain SP.
If he put his hand on more aspects, more SP would be gained and that would make his progress so much faster, but he couldn't do anything as the only visible aspect to him was locked for some hidden reason. There might be so many other locked aspects but only one was visible to him.
'I guess time will uncover this on its own...' Rashin was about to exit the status relics until a new question popped into his corrupted mind.
'It was deaths that made me gain SP, so why is it in the strength aspect?! Strange...' Finally, letting the status relic disappear from his sight, Rashin decided to go back to his meditation. His second way of gaining SP has been unsealed. How could he waste time killing himself over and over again while he has this relaxing way of earning them?
'Let's dive in... Huh? Why do I feel that I...'
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
Cutting his thoughts some horrific screams, the clangor of swords suddenly stopped and only screaming could be heard... Screams of fear and terror!
'Like I care... My state has enough terror for me...'
Throwing aside everything irrelevant, Rashin dove into his subconsciousness. He readied himself for a long psychic meditation to put his hand on as many SP as he could.
Eventually, his soaring pain started to fade slowly and only now could he give his attention to the purple particles that hovered silently in his mind's void. The former particle was slightly bigger than its first appearance, yet he only focused on meditation and emptied his corrupted mind as much as he could.
More purple particles emerged from nowhere and began approaching the former one in the middle.
His mind became empty, without any questions popping or any thoughts that could destroy his meditation's equilibrium. Like a floating presence in the empty darkened space, Rashin's mental state came again to the roof of sanity. His mind getting sharper with each passing second as new particles emerge and collide with the former one.
He was in a state of harmony, the exact opposite of the self-murdering sessions, This was rather tiring or driving his insanity higher... No, it was only about relaxation and purple particles!
Amidst his fully focused meditation, his corrupted mind gets sharper with every purple particle that appears even for a tiny bit... In the end, he can only gain 0.01 SP each minute.
Slow progress yet relaxing, without his soaring pain getting in front of him as a massive obstacle each time he wanted to gain some SP from his self-slaughtering sessions.
He also managed to guarantee the 10-minute reward because of the enormous help of his psychic which had sped up his progress twice.
In other words, he had hit two birds with only one stone... But there was something that made him feel unease, despite his relaxing meditation, the so-called free SP, and the guaranteed 10-minute reward.
Still, he couldn't put his hand on the problem that hid itself behind the sunlight... in the shadows!
Ding!
'Huh?!' A mere notification from the relics disturbed and destroyed his psychic meditation. His soaring pain rose to the surface of his nerves once again, the utter darkness of his mind's void collapsed and replaced with the line of his blurred eyes' sight.
The purple particles disappeared in the process too... What was this relic? And what was it all about? Well, nothing but another curse... Waiting to devour him more...
[Warning!]
[Vital Hunger Issue Appeared!]
[Trial failure's timer: Initiated!]
[Survive!]