Chapter 17: Ceremony.
Ethan blinked at the system window still glowing in his vision. His arms were shaking like wet noodles, and blood was slowly dripping off his scraped knuckles.
’No way... I really did it. I fucking did it...’
He staggered a step forward, grinning like a madman. He lifted the wooden sword above his head in triumph.
"I’m a knight, bitches!" he yelled into the courtyard, voice hoarse.
A few knights looked at each other, exchanging awkward coughs. One muttered, "Kid’s lost his mind."
Ethan didn’t care. He was about to pump his fists into the air—when the world suddenly spun sideways.
Uh... oh.
Everything blurred into white light as he fell face-first into the dirt. And then darkness swallowed him whole.
When Ethan woke up again, his head felt like someone had hammered nails into his skull.