The Cursed Gamer, Book 1

Chapter 19: Know your place (1)

Chapter 19: Know your place (1)

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[You've been infected with the status, "Severe Bleeding", you'd lose 1 HP every 30 seconds.]

[-1 HP!]

[HP: 1]

'So, I have 30 seconds before I die. Awesome.' Neji gritted his teeth while blood covered his eyes, dripping from his cracked up skull.

The pain he was experiencing was otherworldly, but still – it was nothing compared to the time when he 'fought' the Gods.

With uneven breathing, he moved his head all around, looking for anything that might save him.

He did have some bandages in his inventory, but his wounds weren't small enough for them to work nor did he have enough time on his hands to apply them.

With a racing mind, he examined the loot that was spread out around him.

First, his eyes wandered on the loot dropped by the weakest monsters – he found nothing. Then the loot dropped by the strongest monsters – still nothing. Finally, the loot dropped by the boss monster – nothin-

Wait.

There were three green potions, 'Which are the stamina potions,' Three blue potions, 'Which are mana potions and…' Finally, there were two red potions, 'Something I have never seen before.'

There was also a shining golden fruit laying beside it, but he didn't seem to care about it.

Instead, he moved towards the potions with a limp, his legs felt as if they were noodles, but he pushed on. Standing over the potions, while blood dripped down his arms, he chanted:

'<Observe>!'

A surprising hologram of information appeared in his retina.

[Health Potion x 2

Description: Heals HP to 100%, thus healing almost all negative effects.]

Oh… "Goddamn."

By the time he could even realize it, the potion was already in his remaining hand. He tried opening the cap, but the cap-

It was one of those bronze/steel caps that you can only open with a bottle-cap opener…!

"WHO THE HELL MADE THIS GAME!?"

[10 seconds remaining until the HP bar reaches 0!]

"Ugh."

Neji brought the small bottle towards his mouth and squeezed on the cap with his teeth.

"Arrrr-"

His teeth were hurting but he could feel the cap slowly move under his teeth. But-

Tek-

With a sharp pain, something cracked inside his mouth, his teeth jumped out of his lips along with the bottle cap and–

[5 seconds left]