Chapter 40: Grinning Statue

‎lupingo found himself in a dark place. inside was way different from what he told the women outside, he was just trying to annoy them, and test some of his hypothesis.

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‎He was very sure that those women are strong, and they have the ability to bring down the door to it’s knees, and yet they chose to stopped outside, for reason as hell he knows nothing about. But he somehow have a feeling that the reason would have to be something strong enough, because those women are like sharks, they have marked me as prey, and without a worthwhile reason they won’t have let me go.

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‎The interior was even stranger than the exterior. It was a single circular large open room,lit by shafts of sunlight streaming through a large, dusty skylight. An alter could be seen in the far corner, it was near a throne sit.

There were large pillars all over the room, he couldn’t even see the pillars, it was something he did not even know about. And he was already getting tired of all this. Since he came inside this unknown place, he have been in situation he couldn’t possibly know about, and he found it very unfathomable and annoying.

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‎He his the author for goodness sake, what can be inside his novel that he won’t know about. He did not even what to think about what it can be or why things were changing. All he knew is that he hate it, he hate bit being in control so much. it was like some people know about his hate for not being in control, and they are using this to spite him.

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‎He moved forward, he saw a dark throne that inhabitant a statue sitting on it. as he saw it, his brain showed him a scene like this, a scene in a manga series, where the mc saw this and died a horrifying death.

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‎He was the kind of person that believe that it is better to be forewarned than to be forearmed. He step back carefully, trying not to wake up the statue. even if it is a normal statue, that it’s not what he his thinking about. prevention is better than cure like they always say.

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‎He stepped back carefully, looked at the side where the door was, and to his greatest surprise, the door was gone. it was gone, like it was never there.

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‎He suddenly felt his body drenched in cold sweat, he felt like cold water was just poured into him, and he can’t help but to shiver at his situation. He looked back and he felt his soul left his body.

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‎He saw the Statue giving him a smile, a smile psychotic killer give, the kind of smile Penny gave that boy in the raincoat, the kind of smile that is foreseeing his death. But still he couldn’t help but to curse whoever put him in the situation.

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‎(The writer who put him in the situation, could be seen grinning 😁 😁 lying down on the bed happily, happy that he put one of his mc in an unfavourable situation).

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‎The statue began talking, he wasn’t even surprised about that. like if a Statue can smile at him why can’t he talk to him.

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‎"welcome, welcome, welcome to my humble abode, what do you want me to offer you. ’my dear guest’. "the statute said.

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‎it was like it was expecting me.

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‎I know I should remain quiet, but when you are a cursed with curiosity, or you are a thrill seeker and you are curious, you just can’t help it.

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‎"How about one of that beautiful damsel outside, why don’t you hire her, so she can give me a proper welcome.

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‎"my dear honorable guest, I am afraid that request you are asking for is out of my power. "the statute replied with that same grin plastered on his face. it was like it was enjoying something from this situation.

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‎"okay then, if you can’t answer my simple request, let’s cut to the chase, tell me what’s up. "I said.

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‎"oh, you want that, no foreplay, I thought things are supposed to go slow and steady. you know there is that small snacks we eat before the main dish, I was trying to make a discussion with my humble guest. But if my humble guest want me to cut to the chase, then I have no choice but to fulfill my humble guest request. The statue said. But this time the grin plastered on the Statue face has become more wider. it was the kind of smile that the clown put on his victims.

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‎"okay, I am still waiting. "I said.

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‎"you see, there is a king who was cursed, he was then trapped in a particular room for eons and eon. you see, this king power depreciate with time, and his powers has become so pitiful that it couldn’t compare to the power he has at his peak. When this king have started to loose hope, he was given a very thrilling offer by some beings. He was told that a guest would appear in his prison, a guest he would have to kill, they told the king that in other to be free from his curse, from his bondage, that he have to kill the guest. The king ask them what they will gain from it, they said they only want his friendship, that he have nothing to offer them, they said they only want him dead. The king had a feeling that they are not telling him everything, but the king want to be free, even if it as the cost of being someone’s puppet.

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‎"so my dear humble guest, what do you think the king should do. "The king ask.

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‎But if you look at the grin on the king face, you would see that it just getting wider.

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‎The statue asked me a question, he asked me what the king should do. I have an inkling that the statute is the king, and I am that guest, after all he have been calling me that nonstop. So I can never support the king at all, I am all Guest all through.

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‎"before I answer your question, would you please answer this for me. "I said. "you can have more than multiple guest, how will the king know who the true guest his. "I asked.

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‎"That’s such a nice question. You see the king wasn’t told who is guest is, the king just know that he would have a guest. The king was given many options of guests, so the king decided to kill every guest that appear in the room, maybe one of the guest will be the right guest. Does that answer your question my dear humble guest?. The statute said.

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‎The sound of that guest felt extremely wrong on my ear, so I couldn’t help but curse out.

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‎"damn.

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‎"Yes damnation truly, my guest. "The statue said.

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‎The statue said it again. And now I am feeling that if I hear the word guest again I may fully lose it. so I decided to end the statue charade.

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‎"You know it’s not a nice thing to play with your guest, why not drop the charade, and let’s just go on to the main dish. "I said.

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‎"I thought you would never ask, Guest. "The statue said and immediately dissapeared from his position, he appeared right in front of me, He was throwing a punch at me, a punch I won’t be able to dodge.

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‎The punch hit me and I immediately folded and was thrown to the very back.

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‎To my surprise I did not receive any incoming attack. That would have been my end if I have received more attack. I stood up with blood dripping from my mouth, I felt that some ribs are broken, luckily they may have not pierce any important organ. I looked towards the statue, and I saw that same stupid grin plastered on it face. it looks like he did not even take me serious at all.

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‎That makes me angry, angry enough to want to kill it, to make that stupid grin dissapear. But that would be a problem for me, I am not in my perfect state, I am hungry, I have been chased, been almost sold to be a slave. in one word I am extremely tired, my body need rest and I agree with it fully.

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‎But as things look now, it looks like before I can rest I have to utterly destroy this annoying upstackle in front of me. I have to k.o the annoying bastard statue king.

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‎I stood facing the statue, my eyes fixed on the giant of a previous man. i remained silent, my expression unreadable. i am very weak and tired from all the stress since arriving to this annoying place, my body was aching with every movement.

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‎"Take this sword, you will need it. I don’t want this fight to end fast. so please don’t die my dear guest. "the statue said.

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‎The statue said to me, his massive hand at the ready "You think you can take me down, dear guest? I’ll crush you like the insignificant insect you are! I will crush you like the previous guests before you.

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‎The annoying thing was not the word, it was because the same bastard grin was still plastered on the S.O.B face.

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‎I didn’t flinch even with his word, even though I am annoyed, my eyes never leaving statue ace. i knew i had to be careful, my stamina was low and I couldn’t afford to take any unnecessary risks.

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‎He charged towards me, his large swinging in a wide upper arc. lupingo raised the sword he was given, he was trying to defend himself. But the statue upper cut hit lupingo’s daggers with a loud clang, and lupingo couldn’t help but to stumbled backward, his arms trembling with the force of the blow.

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‎lupingo attacked the statue, but the statue attacked with a new unbelievable skill, he was too strong, and lupingo attacks were reflected back at him with devastating force.

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‎He stumbled backward, his body battered and bruised. He knew he had to think of a new strategy, or risk being defeated by the statue new ability. But his mind was extremely foggy, and his body was screaming in pain.

His this how the great me will die. Lupingo thought in his mind