faint rustling sounds
Ssssss..
William's eyes snapped open as he took deep breaths filled with relief that he was alive; the last thing he remembered was getting stabbed in the back by Lux.
His body felt so weak and refused to get up, as if his back were pinned to the cold floor. His mind felt hazy as he remembered the last moment he spent laughing at his situation.
He had felt it; he had felt weak.
William's hands clenched as he gritted his teeth. "How could I be this careless..."
How could he forget that he had lost his family because he was weak once? How could he not prepare for more? How could he remain pathetically weak?
The reason he had died laughing was not that the situation was absurd, but because, even after having something as absurd as the 100x returns system, he had failed even to stand a chance against someone like Lux.
