A long time ago, the world was in a state of crisis. These

huge problems spread through the whole country, hell, even the whole continent.

The ice which people thought it would melt and flood the land, the diseases

that could happen again like the Black Box that wiped hundreds of millions, the

hunger that happened because of low food production and rising costs which led

to mass hunger around the world specifically in the Africa and many poor

countries. An unexpected turn of event happen. It is hard to imagine about it,

but it did happen. In today’s world, those problems are no longer a concern,

like it didn’t matter anymore, as of how did it happen. It all happened ever

since the birth of an organization with its invention. This organization called

Simulacrum, invents the unthinkable and solved many problems throughout the

world, they are known and beloved by many for its services, they are also of a

great mind. Primarily technologies, they push forward what most businessman and

government disagree on, video games. By making the video games which in a short

time becomes the most played thanks to its feature and amazing concept they

also invite the players to help solve world problems, hundreds of millions of

people donated a piece of their minds on how to solve them, and it did. So,

they just needed to invent the technologies to create the possibility into

reality. Since then, the commons, the rich, scholars, the elders, even the

government and militaries rushing to play the game which this mysterious

organization created to solve world’s huge problem like before, they reward any

rational opinions.  But enough about

them, let's go and review the game.

“NeverEnding” the game which they made and can

only be used with a device called Simulacrum, is a never-ending open-world

MMORPG which offer limitless amount of freedoms in its gameplay that is set by

the world named well NeverEnding, this game is like any typical MMOs you can

find anywhere but one—no many things that make this different is its never-ending

quests and interaction with player it is just like a new reality, addiction toward

this game is treated normally, people could even get money playing this game by

selling their stuffs in real life or in-game items, it is just like a new job,

it is a new form of job and everyone can apply on.

Those great minds who have contributed great

ideas, are invited to join the organization and offered private rooms and many facilities

just like a 5-star hotel rooms which is called Panela Leage. Ever since they

release their infamous game that would be in the year 2140 into current time

which is 2147 there is only 4 players or people who have helped solve world

problem, they go by the alias: Serpto, Dedededide, H3r05, Noobmaster69. Those

are the brilliant minds that the world and NeverEnding adores the most, they

are famed for their ideas, as for Serpto, a typical teenager which can be found

anywhere and a came from the common zone, came purely by luck alone, he was

randomly putting his idea into the “NeverEnding Care for the World” one of the

game rooms where players could donate their ideas to it. He writes, “Build

above water, there is enough space for many more people. Try like ships or

something that float and requires less maintenance”.

Inside the Panela Leage which Serpto reside, he

sat on the white black edged soft levitating chair pushed by magnetic force, he

slowly wears the Simulacrum. It shaped like a helmet with a bigger bulb around

the visor which then a cable released and latches itself into his neck making

him slowly lose consciousness. A voice then appeared from the dark.

“User Identified: Kazuya……… Logging in as Serpto”

a metallic yet feminine voice can be heard from the vast darkness but then

slowly the darkness fade, a blurry picture of a room begins to emerge from his

vision and slowly became lifelike.

The wide fancy rectangle table which is

surrounded by each of the Heroes customized theme. The first seat made with a

solid gold anchor shaped is owned by a player called Goldy, she is the

first to join the Panela Leage and is probably the richest player alive,

wearing a coat from a fire salamander, a very rare drop which

is if the player has a skill called “Hunter” can find it with 0.01% chance of

dropping from the rare and legendary mob, fire salamander. Its skin is reddish

dark with a fragment of fire still glows from its leather, and her white silk

vest made from spider silk underneath her coat with a short pants which is

surprisingly normal or not because no player has the complete information about

her armor and gears.

The next seat which is owned by a complete giga

nerd, is owned by Dedededide a book enthusiast she doesn’t wear flashy gear like

Goldy do but instead making it really simple players can mistake it with a

newbie gear, but in fact she disguises her real gear, what the player see is

just its look, completely resembles “don’t judge a book by its cover” aside

from her mysterious, secret loving nerd book enthusiast she has the most normal

Panela Leage seat, atop of being honored, a spinning office chair.

The third seat is owned by a player feared of its

bizarre fighting styles and streaking tournament victories. Is owned by

Noobmaster69, a name full of joke from its age ranging 21st century,

he is customizing himself as a samurai with flashy blue coat, so long it hits

the ground. He also wears a red scarf similar to his robotic samurai armor. The last but not the least seat is owned by the

luckiest player ever to join Simulacrum and earned himself a seat into Panela

Leage, Serpto, his character is but a skeleton with his trusty 6 floating blood-colored

orbs behind him circling neatly and in order, his seat is but a normal one

similar like Dedededide still not yet customized because of his recent join, a week

after his join.

“Aaaahh, I’m sure glad as hell to be back in this

place, this seat costs me weeks of works and self-control to build it y'all

know?” the pirate spoke while she rests both her leg on top of the table, she

sighs a sign of relieve

“*Sigh* Can we just get this over with, I’m

really busy with the job I need to do, can you all just do this without me,

surely I don’t play a big part on this meeting anyway… H-Hey, legs down!” the

young girl keeps her complaint even after she gets on her seat

“You both are always the most lively in this

group, my Sword Saint Guild are not even to compare to both of you, calm down.

We are here to welcome the new guy, Solomon order remember?” enter

Noobmaster69, he sat on as in order with everyone else

“Oh, right. The newbie that recently joined, huh?

He surely looks like he can manage alone without our guidance and tour stuff,

something which is really boring to do. You are a player, like us, I’m sure you

can manage alone, exploring and getting to know stuff, so I’ll be going first.

Ciao!”

The pirate lady swiftly teleports her way out of

the room, leaving a marking on the carpet on which she stood, written “Ciao”.

Dedededide just nod as she stood from her seat, slowly

moving backwards, then she cast the same spell, a teleporting spell. Leaving

Noobmaster69 alone in charge.

“Those two, can’t they take a moment to greet the

newcomer on this organization, but they are correct. You should be able to do

this yourself, a fellow player such like yourself must have known on what to do

alone, and getting to know the place too of course. As you can see, my avatar

is futuristic samurai, I usually can be found hanging around in the Sci-Fi

server.”

A diamond-shaped rift opened beside Noobmaster69,

although it is small, he pulls something on what can be considered a sword

hilt, its shape is exotic, its texture is lizard-skin, but there is no blade

and then after a short amount of time, a black-metallic hue colored katana

shaped blade appeared

“The Neo Katana, known for its sharpness and

weapon abilities, doppelgänger. If compared to any other sword on the same

ranks it is but a more inferior sword, but the one that makes it legendary is

the wielder, it is you Noobmaster69 and here  I thought you would be more of like a bully because of your name.”

“My name? It is but a provocation, long ago this

name is widely used by players, and they are known to be a cheater, well not

everyone using this name a cheater though. As for why I chose it, I choose this

name because it sounds funny, that’s all”

He swung his sword slowly several times up to

left, left to up, up to right, right to up, followed by a ghostly similar form

of the blade, it swung with delays, a faint sound can be heard from the ghost

sword

“You said something about hanging in the Sci-Fi

server, isn’t the server full of guns and any other shooter games? Must be

crazy for you to survive there with just a sword and come to think of it, it

does sound cool”

“A bit of acrobatic here and there then slash, is

how I managed to survive lol. Your loose robe, skeletal being and magical orbs'

thingy. It is pretty obvious to know where u play. How’s it there, in the

Fantasy server, must be chaos and dizzy seeing spells flying around in the

skies, I have never been there in my life, not a fan of fantasy and magic you

see”

He lifted his skeleton arm and poised each of his

fingers, which were each imbued with a different element. His thumb sparked a

small reddish black flame, his index finger blew with a violent storm, his

middle finger manifested a small fragment of a crystal, his ring finger was

shrouded with the blackest black aura which was darkness, and his last (pinky)

finger was drooling with blood. From his palm, which was drawn with a magic

circle, a mysterious glow emanated.

"I don’t have much difficulty there you see,

since I mostly play solo, I avoid many players especially group of people. The

servers if full of thieves, which makes it stressful to play there, but you'll

get used to it if you play as long as I did there"

The elements are gone, the magic circle fades,

the two of them stares at each other, Noobsmaster69 nods.

“Bizarre thing happens in this game that’s for

sure, but alas welcome to the team Serpto, the chief will call if she ever needs

us but for now enjoy the game”

He says as he approaches the door, before leaving

he bows and the silence finally returns.Serpto remains in the room for a

moment, pondering over the situation.

“Oh shit, what do I do about this situation, they

thought I’m a genius like them, but I am only here out of pure luck!”

Serpto, sat in frustration he scratches his head

as if had any hair on it, he sighs heavily and stares at the door in which

Noobmaster69 just left

“What if I just told them, that I could prove no use

in this organization, what if I just spoke to the chief they mentioned”

He pressed his skeletal hand against his face as

he thought deeply, possibly overthinking things as he circled the table. After

a few moments has passed, he returned to his sense

“Arghhh, screw this thinking, I’m not a fan of

thinking. I'll just return to Fantasy server and enjoy some peace there”

“I hope the event still ongoing there, it would

be a shame if it ended.”

After moving his seat back in its proper place,

he cast a teleportation spell, after which he found himself in a fancy room

filed with many other players...or organization staffs

“Hey, Serpto. The others just left a few minutes

ago, you are the last to leave, huh? Anyway, good luck in your future, don’t

let us down now. On the most right, you can find the Fantasy server there,

Happy Gaming”

Serpto nods to the staff, after he pointed out

the way to his destination, the Fantasy server. The staffs are of many and all

different looking faces, races, and gender but still one with clothes of

Simulacrum. They are all rushing to each job like there is no tomorrow, but

some can be found snooping and enjoying the game, gambling.

The portal which could lead Serpto to the Fantasy

server is before him, the portal is a massive door, pictorial, but it is not,

the colors keep switching from red to green, green to blue, blue to white,

white to red with each gradient making it looks beautiful and mesmerising.

Just as when Serpto is about to enter the portal,

something flashed in his minds. The building tour is about to begin

right at any moment, I better make haste. But I need to visit my buds in the

server. Serpto shakes the

thought off, and proceed into the portal.

The feeling is dizzy, the feeling is ripping one

minds, and it feels like zooming at a high speed. But it didn’t hurt or

whatsoever because it is only in a moment, and it is just an eye illusion.

As the vision begin to clear, the sky slowly

appeared in bright blue color, the wind whistles and pushes his robe, the bird

chirping as if singing in a beautiful manner, the land truly display a

wonderful color of green and brown of land there is no more perfect nature than

this.

This world is like a real world, even though I

can't feel anything due to my avatar, I can feel it in my skin outside this

virtual world, really, truly a wonderful world far away from the cities.He walked down a

familiar dirt path, which climbed high into the mountain in the distance. Gradually,

a cabin appeared in his vision. It was a cabin that he had never seen before in

his usual spawn spot.

“Did the player knew where I spawned, but I never

spoke of this to anybody… except them” He spoke to himself, fear cannot be seen

in his skull face, but the voice truly sounds of a sign of worry.

Obviously, Serpto take a careful step toward this

mysterious cabin, he munches a quiet silent arcane word. Aspect of Cat’s. Aspect of Cat’s is a magic used for stealthing because cat is rather a stealthy

creature, its footstep is quiet because the skin is absorbing the vibration in

every step they make, also their jump is so high nearly five to six times their

body height, everyone knows the saying cats always land on their feet.

Serpto took cautious steps towards the cabin, as

if he were paranoid about something. It seemed to take him forever to reach his

destination.Through the window he peeked, a comfy single sofa, near a fireplace

aesthetically designed like any cabin house found in the western country. Gazing

endlessly, looking anywhere, he didn’t find anyone living there. I'm gonna

go inside, just in case, some belongings or notes might have been stored there.

Searching up and down, left to right, shelves to

shelves a book then he found with weird drawings, but it proves no uses as it

is a common book found in the game, and yet nothing. Why am I even searching

for this, for all I know it might be just a coincidence this cabin was built

here.

After a while of searching, he gives up on it,

along with the spell to end its duration of 3 minutes. A soft footstep was

heard, it sounds of a boot hitting a rock—stone floor, basement. Serpto reacted

with quick reflexes, drawing a star in the air in front of him with his finger,

followed by a purple light shaping its form. He then pushed his palm onto it,

and an around it appeared. Summon: Incarnate. A small, dark, hairless

fiend creature appeared from the ground and then left a blood trail. The

creature then raised its head and looked at its master, as if to say,  What is my command.

“Find where the basement is and locate the person

making the noises”

The creature rushes straight to searching, after

a moment, it found a hidden hatch in the kitchen, a classic spot for a hatch

from medieval age. It then made its way down the ladder, and a scream then

echoes from the dark place. The being then slowly emerges itself, it is a

child, a girl that dresses in a surprisingly neat, gorgeous, and expensive

dress with many accessories she wore really depict the riches, she must have

come from the noble family or perhaps higher curious about the origin of the

girl Serpto draws a spell again but this time it is a not a star shaped but

rather a circle with a blue color. Inspect.

A panel then appeared before him, which only a

player who cast the spell could see. The data shown in the panel is a

description and information big enough to plan a grand strategy upon anyone who

have been inspected by this spell, but what makes it unique is when an NPC is

being inspected, the information is shown differently, such is the tragedy now.

An NPC child, is left behind by its parent, left in a dark cold basement which

is locked from the outside with heavy crates and barrels.

“Skeleton! Please don’t hurt me, m-my mom and dad

will soon be here, and you will regret it” The little girl spoke while she runs

further into the corner of the room, clearly she was shaken before even

thinking of retreating.

“If she is an NPC this must be a quest trigger, I

hate it when a quest like this suddenly appeared. Let me just abandon the quest

right away” Upon opening his panel tab, he clearly sees the different. There

are no new quests being registered in his Quest Tab, but instead his high

leveled unfinished quest, dozens of them.

Then this is a real accident? An accident real

enough like real life? This is bad, I'm gonna pull back the Incarnate if I'm

gonna speak to her. “Don’t

worry now, the monster have been defeated, let's bring you to the nearest city,

what say you?”

“MONSTERS! I will never gonna follow you, just

you see my father will bring a Campase-Sized Adventurers to beat your butt” She

said while waving around a nearby stick she found lying around near her, she

doesn’t even look away from Serpto, not even a second, as if a prey wary of its

hunter

Serpto sighs, and lower is head as if saying why

did I even bother. He thought to himself, why did he even bother going to

the child, it is no longer a serious matter, it is not a player knowing his

spawn spot.

“Look kid, let me just take you to the nearest

city, I don’t think your family will ever return, we should just—”

Suddenly dozens of footfall is marching toward

the building, the sound of the ground changes but the previous still can be

heard. It is the sound of an army, but an army of what?. A loud shriek

followed by a crash and stomping so aggressive, that make it obvious what it is

without further guessing and waiting

“An army of goblins, a lot of them and they are

well-equipped too it sounds”

“goblins? What make you say that, monster. A

monster should understand each other, you must be their leader, that is the

only possibility. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have found my father cabin, what do

you seek vile monster!”

Sigh, I can't convince this rock-hard child, she

barely understood the situations, but I wouldn’t blame her for such thinking

she must have through a lot.With a click of his bony finger, he came with a

decision and prepares the spell

"I'm gonna blow this whole place up, that

should kill all the goblins—”

“W-What?! You can't just come here and blow our

house, this is blasphemy—”

The scream then becomes louder and the crash

becomes more violent, soon a glowing red eyes descend from the ladder. However,

from such an uncultured creature, they did not climb they fell and jumped.

Slowly, their number increased in the basement, as more of them found where the

scent of fresh meat was: the little girl.

“Eeek! Somebody help! I don’t want to end up as

goblin plaything or their dinner”

“Sigh, what a drag this is. I shouldn’t come in

this place as soon as I know an NPC living here, damn you curiosity”

Serpto then quickly draws the arcane sign with

both of his hands he created the magic circle with hexagram in each hand, then

slowly pulls his hand creating another hexagram then sealed the magic circle

with a gentle push making it glows with more menacing aura. Volleyballs of

Fire, Volleyballs of Fire.

A barrage of fireballs shoots from each of his

hand, it is not a normal fire, the fire is hotter than a normal fire, it is a

blue fire with higher hydrogen concentration. The goblin could not fall

back—they cannot win in the first place against a rain of barrage of a hotter

flame, blue flame. Their friends only could do so much to watch their friends

burning with each fireball hit them. Finally, after realizing they are

overpowered they run and left the cabin leaving dozens of their friends behind,

for good, probably.

“That is that, for now. I think they will not

return here”

“S-So that is goblin, huh? I-I saw one of them

while returning home just a while ago, but they have something in mind to do,

so they told me to go home first. I-I think they got them…”

The young girl, stares at the body piles she

clenches her fist, with all her might before letting a scream with rage

consuming her, she grabs the stick and thump, thump, thump, thump.

“You bastard! Bastard! Damn you! Curses these

monsters, what have you done to my parents! I'll kill every single one of you”

The young girl then felt a jolt of surprises,

because a bony hand touches her shoulder and suddenly stops her tantrum. She

turned herself, and face the being

“What do you think, does my parent still alive?

What am I gonna do without them” she lowers her head, a tantrum which just

recently been shown is no longer, her voices crack, and she covers her face

with both of his hands trying to hide her grief

“I know how you felt, kid. The offer still stood,

let's head to the city it is much safer there than here, I'm gonna locate these

goblins, and hunt their nest along with every single one of them”

“T-Then I'm going with you, I want to get my

revenge. H-hopefully I will found my parents there, with a glimpse of hope,

they still alive”

“Don’t bother yourself….

Serpto turns to the little girl, raising one of

his hand high enough for her to see all the magic affinities in one of his

hand, she just stood there, mesmerizing the magic dances in his finger, then

taps out

You can't even defend yourself”

“You cannot stop me monster, I am going no matter

what you say to me”

“Persistent girl, fine, but I won't bother

protecting you”

He then climbs the ladder first, standing

motionless there, the girl then quickly follows him as if not wanting to be

left behind. The two of them walks carefully, entering the wood beside the

cabin.

This is really a lot of footsteps and this dirty

dirts which they left behind is still in the ground, even a child could know

where they are hiding. The young girl could not help but find where his gaze is

being placed at, and soon she too know

“We better proceed with care, we don’t even know

how many of them left, besides there must be other—”“I found you now, you vile goblins wait for me!”

The young girl rushes and left Serpto behind, his

only protector, with a knife she grabs from her house, she head straight to the

marks, she ran with all of her might she won't have any strength to fight if

this keep going

—Is she for real?! Damn it”

Knowing what will help, Serpto body moves on his

own, he quickly catches up with the girl and grabs her arm before entering a

dark cave, its entrance is so big it could fit a common house.

“What, are you a blind or something? Couldn’t you

see this massive cave in front of you, imagine a whole horde just appeared, and

you are alone, can you fight them?”

“Releases me at once, you vile monster. I will

have my revenge on every single one of them, this does not concern you, argh

releases mee!”

“You fool, you are blinded by rage. Think this

carefully, smart-***, you will not your revenge if you died first. This is my concern

now, a horde of goblin is worth a fortune to me, while you could get your nasty

revenge”

Upon hearing what Serpto just said, the girl now

calms herself, she stood there head low probably thinking, he releases his grip

on her after knowing she has calmed down

“For now let's enter the cave with care, come

here”

“You better plan a good one, I want every single

one of them gone from this ugly cave”

“Damn princess, calms down and follow what I say

for now”

Serpto then munches another arcane word, but this

time every word is different, the young girl can only face him as if saying What

are you saying. The arcane word is not a spell nor a skill, it is a magic

learned from the advanced class of witchery. The magic emit light from the

ground and suddenly…Nothing happened

“What did you just say, monster? Are you calling

the goblin or something”

“Complete the opposite, let's go now, walk

carefully and follow me”

Serpto then walks alone at first, the young girl

couldn’t believe her eyes, but soon follows him anyway. They walk with careful

step, avoiding bones and any fragile object to step into. Then a goblin

appeared in the near end cave, its eye glows red, the small agile creature is

alerted, it jumps to their direction and—nothing it seems the bone from their

previous hunt caught its attention then it continues walking casually as if

there are no intruders in it.

“W-What is this, is he blind? Why didn’t they

attack us?”

“It seems you are not familiar with this kind of

magic, this is an invisibility magic, it let us stay invisible for a certain

moment for a group of party and granting them the ability to see each other.

Such is the magic, called Group of Chameleons.”

So they proceed further deep into the cave, they passed

through dozens of the goblin roaming free, randomly in the cave, their eyes are

the only thing visible in the cave, as they glow bright, a pair of red lights,

since there is so little light in the cave, the both of them have difficulties

proceeding and must be very careful not to trigger their attention.

”This is taking longer than I expected, we must

hurry. The magic will soon fade, any minutes now”

“W-what am I supposed to do, we need to be

careful you said, and now we must hurry? How are we supposed to rush it then”

“Girl, give me your gloves, I'm gonna use it to

put in fire on it, so I could distract the goblins in front”

“What?! This glove is given from my father, it is

worth more than you could even imagine, you vile skeleton! Like I could just

give it away a gift from my dearest father to you like that and then putting it

on fire”

“Look we are running out of time here, those

goblins soon might know we are here, so please just hand it over, besides if we

didn’t use it and who knows, your parent might still be alive just beyond these

guards. What do you say, your gloves or our progress toward finding your

parent?”

A moment of silence, the small girl is thinking

hard while she searches her own pocket finding an alternative then she grabs a

pile of bone and throws one by one to the same directions, the goblin heard it,

the sound of the fall echoes within the cave, but who knows how much have heard

the noises, the goblins which in front of them soon comes to the sound origin,

they are searching for it thinking it was a living being but despise their

ability to see in the dark, they are surprisingly—an idiot.

I see what you are doing there, nice job despite

the risk this is a risk I'm willing to take or so, we will sprint like a rabbit

after this. Serpto

then readies his hand drawing a shape of a star, this spell does not glow, but

it reeks of smell and drippling with blood then after a moment the blood

evaporates turning it into a smoke around the spell. Overload.

The group of goblins then turned themselves to

Serpto who was loud enough to caught their attention, but they cannot run or

rather they cannot move, as their weight keep increasing by every second, their

body getting fatter and fatter, they cannot do anything about it only screams

escapes from their mouth, until finally they explode, blood splatters

everywhere as the group of goblins is overfilled with blood from head to toe.

The explosion was very loud, the echoes can be heard several times throughout

the cave which then finally caught the attention of the whole goblins in the

area, thousands of aggressive footfalls can be heard in the other side of the

cave they are heading toward the noise origin.

“Quick now, we must make haste, they will come

here any seconds now”

Serpto take the stunned girl’s arm and then run

as fast as they can, luckily no goblins patrolling ahead as if this is as far

as they can get, until they see something that a goblin could not ever build, a

totem, a whole corridor filled with corpse totems, a single totem uses several

corpses to build. What monster or maniac borned the idea to create this sick

shit. The totem then lights, as they make steps further into the mysterious

corridor, as the light begin to travel further a gigantic wooded double door.

“H-Hey, skeleton…

The girl points at the most unique, different,

and known totem, she points toward it eyes gauge in terror Serpto couldn’t help

but inspect it after then he knows why she points out the totem.

my parents… I should have known they would end up

like this, after I know what this forest filled with, after you come—no after

the goblin arrived at my home, but…but this is a bit too extreme, I wish they

could end up more peaceful at least”

“I'm sorry for your lost, we could give them a

proper burial later, after we deal to whomever did this to them”

She just nods, head still low, she couldn’t look

at the totem nor at him. However, there are no tears, she could probably hold

her own feeling, such burden for a child.

They stand again before the gate, the metal creak

loudly, dust fallen. Until the wide corridor shown behind the gigantic door, it

is so long, a whole forest could fit leaving still a massive space. The light

one by one turned on showing its beautiful decor and the still shiny marble

pillars, beside the room beauty there is dirt, a bloody dirt, a pile of corpses

almost filling the entire floor of the room, at the end of the room there is a

being, or rather a monster. It has 4 horns in his head all pointing to the same

direction, forward, its skin is red but not as red as blood, his massive claw

can even be seen from the distance, that is because the creature alone is

equivalent with the size of the room, he just sat there enjoying his snack,

human, elves, imp, weaker demon, all living being with flesh lies in the room.

“Does my meal finally walk itself into my

chamber? Strange I didn’t ask to be brought a living creature here, not a pile

of bones and not a…

The monster grin showing hundreds of small pointy

teeth which he had, it is surprisingly clean for a creature that hobbies

himself toward food a fresh one that is, he looks at the girl which cower in

fear standing behind Serpto

Candy.”

His grin fades from his face, then re-examine the

pile of bones which he made fun of, then silence.

“You are not just a pile of bones, huh? Well this

time, they bring a good workout in here, I'm beginning to gain fat here”

He finally stands, his body height is still

leaving a space between his head and the ceiling his wing is as large as his

arm width, which cover most of the light in the room he crack his head then his

fist

“Urgh, I'm ready, let's dance then small

skeleton!”

The monster come straight for Serpto, his wing

completely destroys pillars in his way, as well as shaking the whole room due

to his size and weight. He mumbles something, something that couldn’t be

understood by any people, at least most player and NPCs, which is magic, a dark

art of spell, different from spell, magic is spoken verbally and can be only

activated that way with arcane language and is a different reality from spells,

which only requires sign and its drawing not necessarily needed, but if said

could boost the spell's effectiveness.

“I will not let you finish! Volleyballs of

Fire”

The shower rains of fireballs shoot through him,

it is like he does not have any physical being, the row of pillars no longer

destroyed by the monster as he easily passed through them.

“Shit, he is using spectral form, GET OUT OF

HERE!”

Before even realizing it, the young girl meet the

devil’s eye, he lay in front of her, eye meet with eyes, she couldn’t resist

her fear then finally collapses into the ground and cover her face resisting to

his gaze, as she sits in the ground the difference in size is measurable as she

is only the size of his palm.

Shit he is really fast, and this spectral form is

really cheating, level 112—no I think this is 150, I guess I'm too

underestimating him, new start then, kill this guy while protecting the

princess.Serpto then swing his staff to the monster, he tries to catch it but changed

his mind, he dashes further to the side avoiding, dodging

“That staff, it is really annoying, huh? If I

merely just touched it I will be cursed, even though you cannot curse the

Arch-Demon because we are already cursed, that staff seems to curse us to death

just by touching it…I must kill you first and destroy that god-slayer weapon”

“Quite smart for a creature that sit and eat in

his chamber all the time, but I suggest you to surrender and go home to your

mother or creator or whoever it is”

“Mock Playing with me? I wouldn’t be provoked

that easy, let just get this over with, so I could enjoy my tasty after-meal

candy”

“Good choice…

The demon rushed his way toward Serpto with the

same trick, pillars passes through him, because he entered the spectral form.

“However, you couldn’t attack nor getting attack

in spectral form, which mean I'm gonna wait for you to disable it or attack

your spirit form hiding somewhere in this room or one of the bodies”

The demon does not hear or rather not wanted to

hear he is still charging toward Serpto with his strength his mouth mumbles

something again after finally getting close to Serpto, he finishes chanting the

magic  and then the room shifted, the

pillars are crumbling after a few moments they collapse a magical force held

the ceiling intact

Serpto just wait patiently until the demon make

his move, knowing what he is thinking the demon slows down, he just changed his

style now he just walked slowly toward him, while also mumbling a quiet noise

probably another magic

He took the bait, now is my chance. He raises both of his

hand and draws a circle, the spells glow blue and another one glows green. Wind’s Favor. Impenetrable Barrier. A blueish aura emerge from Serpto it is

the blue spell which he cast then took off from the ground, he floats in the

air free as the wind guides him as he is in control.

“Do not ever move away from the barrier I cast on

you, he cannot touch you in their even in Spectral form”

The girl nods, he then checks her surrounding

placing her hand when she finally saw it, a green invincible wall surrounds her

Serpto begin to fly away from both of them, he is

heading toward where the demon first seen, the most end of the room, the most

pile of bodies. Realizing where he is heading, the demon run straight to him

trying to catch him up, but flying is always the fastest.

He draws a floor sized magic circle shaped as

Hexagram an elementals type of spell casting, after a certain moment, candles

begin to go around with the spell circle, the flame starts to burst after a

while it gets reddish black, the highest level and the most powerful flame. Supernova.

Serpto coats himself in fire, and is then

engulfed in a blue flame until an explosive reaction occurs. The explosion is

so powerful that it destroys the whole room and even the pillars and building

outside. The fire still burns, but there is now enough space to fight. And yet

the demon still stood he loses half of his body, surprisingly still alive

because he is the mighty Arch-Demon, the highest ranking demon, can even be

considered a demon lord. Arch-Demon does not need brain, heart, blood to live,

they live by harnessing environmental energy force, such is mana, mana is used

to cast spell and magic, as an exception arch-demon cannot cast spell it is

because of their long claws which prevented on drawing spells while they cannot

cast spell the magic language came from the demon, and they are superior in the

battle of magic casting

So the only way to slay an arch-demon or beings

that require mana is to obviously drain its mana from the creature, with a

special spell or a high degree spell

The creature tries to speak, but he can't, an

utter gibberish comes out from his out, also now allowing him to chant a magic

anymore. While the young girl still intact with the ground she stood

“Huh? What is that? I can't understand you now

though, better learn how to speak now”

The Demon flap his wing heading toward Serpto, he

readied his massive sharp claws his Spectral form is no longer

“Good resolve, use your anger—or rather let your

anger control you, dumb demon. Fireball…”

With a slick move, the demon dodged Serpto

spells, since he could no longer attack with magic, the only way to attack now

is to use close combat such is the primitive way fist and feet—or claws

The two of them dancing in the open air, a

barrage of different spells are cast hitting the  demon, some are hit some are dodged the same

can be said to Serpto, they are battling with draw match, they stood in the

same level of skills.

“Fireballs, Volleyball of Fire, Thunder Strike, Cold

Water Ice, …”

Different kind of spells are cast the

battleground is colored with each element hit the ground or left a cloud, the

two of them still holding in par, after a long passing time the two of them

stopped, exhaustion hits both of the side

What a crazy level 150s Arch-Demon, I remember

last time I defeated this kind of enemy without any problems and difficulty,

why now.

This is not an ordinary skeleton, to last thing

long against me is a high achievement for mortals—wait he is an undead, I guess

that’s explain it, I need to regenerate my head I'm at disadvantage if I can't

cast any magics.

Serpto eyes wonder, in the demon perspective he's

eye is going anywhere, but he is opening a panel which only a player could see. This is not my armor and weapons! What is this meaning, where are my gears.

“Enough puny skeleton, let's end this once and

for all!”

Without giving Serpto a chance to respond, he

again charges toward him but this time going with a zigzag pattern while

hanging his claw in the open air, trying to use the momentum, so it could hit

with a faster slash

Serpto dodged in the very last moment, then fly

further away from him, near the little girl that watched the battles with such

awe mixed with fear

“Sigh, I really don’t want to use this, sometimes

I just wanted to give a good peace of my mind to the game developer or whoever

in charge of this mechanic”

Serpto draws a star shaped spell it glows purple

then he pulls the star it begins to resize with each pull, bigger, and bigger

until it change color into white followed with the appearance of the same shape

in his feet. Summon Skeletal Dragon Lord.

The ground shakes the air darken, the appearance

started, a giant void opened, the dragon rushes its way into the battlefield,

it rampages right away after seeing the arch-demon, using its claw and sharp

tail it sends the demon flying the two of them clashes, although it is quite

obvious to know who will be the victor

Now I gotta wait for 24 hours until I can cast

this spells again, this is suck it's like only an advanced spell why do I even

have to wait that long.The demon's body is ripped apart, but he is still fighting,

a quarter left of his body he is still fighting, such strong spirit in a wrong

body

The dragon ends him with a strong bite, absorbing

his mana along with the parts. After the defeat of the demon, the dragon stand

idle by in the same position he's spawned at.

“Barrier, deactivate”

“Skeleton guy! Y-You did it, you defeated him,

with…that thing, bigger skeleton, dragon”

Upon waving down his hand, the skeleton dragon

shrink smaller, so small until it land on Serpto’s shoulder.

“Don’t worry about this guy, it is completely

harmless, it is only attacking on my command”

Serpto then explore the rubles, gathering what

remains of the demon body, and then storing it in his void inventory, taking

his horn, claws, and arm along with him.

“I-I guess i—no wait, we did it, huh? I have avenged

my parents thanks to you but…

Serpto turned his attention to the little girl,

he felt that this requires his attention, and so he approached the girl, he

kneeled beside her matching their heights

Why did I still feel empty, this vengeance

doesn’t mean anything, they are still dead, his death doesn’t change a thing.”

“Please think about how you would feel if we had

not stopped him. Imagine if someone else were in your position. Not just you,

but hundreds of people could suffer if we do not stop him. Be proud that we

brought justice to the human race”

The little girl wiped her tears, she nods in

agreement, and she walks out alone approaching her parent totem, they both

carried each corpse or rather Serpto did, the girl doesn’t want to be left

behind, so she helped carrying.

The sunshine feels like it has gone for quite

some time now, they both groan in relieve, while the girl demand focus to bury

her parents with respect, near the cabin where they first met

Following the burial, a space is reserved for each

person, decorated in accordance with their traditions. The girl did all the

work because she was the only one who knew how to do it the right way—their

way.However, Serpto didn’t help, he is just sitting and watching from the bench

he can only sympathize toward the girl lost. After all is done, Serpto

approached her, he taps her shoulder, then brings out a colorful bunch of

flowers from his inventory.

“Now, let's head to the city, your new home

awaits there, you will be safer there away from this goblin which who knows

when they will come back bringing more hordes. I know, I know, you can visit

this place sometime in the future, don’t worry about it.”

“I—thank you skeleton, don’t worry, I have a

mansion there with the butlers and the maid awaiting there, they will take care

of me, can you…can you please escort this young lady back to her home?”

Serpto nods in understandment, he then offers his

hands to the young girl. The young girl make her first move, however Serpto

doesn’t move from his place which makes the girl confused, she stood there

asking What's wrong?.

He raises his other hand, drawing a shape of a

circle. Teleportation.

After a quick swoosh from the teleportation, they

arrive in the city gate, where a city filled with players and NPCs awaits. It

could be considered the biggest city in the game. The City of Durjg.

“W-We are here already?! Ahem, such a handy spell

skeleton, now if you could remove your grip from my hand please, I have a—”

A sudden realization hits her, like a thunder

strike the ground with it lighting quick flash. One of her butler catches her

sight, the butler quickly ran toward his master, the two of them make an eye

contact, realizing who is who.

“Feralt!!!! It feels like forever, I haven't seen

you in ages, ever since my parent decided to take a quick vacation in the

forest away from people, away from the stress.”

“The master and mistress are? I am just glad we

could see each other again, but I am surprised to see Mrs. Gwen in such unscheduled

timing, are the master and mistress are still in the vacation?”

She lowers her head, holding them so hard she

clenches her fist, then eyes bright with resolve she faces her butler who is

waiting for an answer

“Don’t worry Feralt, they will come, I just come

early because…I missed home, you know

Feralt nods a few times while he touches down his

beard with a smile, then his gaze pointed elsewhere, he is looking at the

skeletal figure behind Gwen

O-Oh, I forgot to introduce the gentleman, who

escorted me back home, He is…”

“Serpto, pleasure to meet the young miss has a

reliable butler in the house, I was just doing my duty as an adventurer, I'm

sorry for my appearance giving you negative thoughts I suppose?”

“Not at all

The butler bow low, thanking Serpto for all of

his services on helping the young mistress

In fact, I'm indebted that she met such person

with gentle soul to help who in need, again I thank you”

Serpto bowed too, then he left the two of them

still outside the gate. He entered first, leaving them to chatter and catch up

on stuff.

“HEY! Pay us a visit later, wouldn’t you?! Golden

Bureau Wing, awaits you”

Golden Bureau Wing?!.