Chapter 32: Progression
[: Daniel POV :]
Half a year.
That’s how long it’s been since my last true moment of stillness—since I last allowed myself to breathe, not just inhale air, but actually feel alive.
Time passes differently here.
Maybe it’s the constant bloodshed, the endless loop of combat and silence, or maybe it’s just me, slowly unravelling.
It’s been two and a half years since I stepped into this place—since the Forbidden Continent became my graveyard of enemies and the birthplace of a version of me I sometimes struggle to recognise.
And in that time...
I’ve killed over half a trillion monsters.
Cleared 600 Gates.
Decimated entire ecosystems.
Laid waste to countless monster lands buried beneath history and madness.
Each kill and each step has brought me closer to the end of this nightmare, to the mission’s conclusion, to freedom.