Chapter 296: Alone at last

So any ideas on how can you break an overwhelming will to the point of no return whatsoever? Crush everything they’ve accomplished, take those he cares for, and at the end grant them mercy at their lowest. Having lost everything and living just because they’re deemed as no peril in their plans would make them nuts. Now you’re wondering if I’m just spouting bullshit after bullshit but it’s legit, I know because this happened to me

[Floor: 76]

“We’re finally here I can’t believe it. Now that you’re here we’re one step closer to defeating Cringe. After that, everything will be back to the way it was,” Spell Thief was so overjoyed by their accomplishments that for the first time, he spoke with an upbeat tone that frightened the others

“He’s acting all weird it even freaks me the fuck out of my mind,” Yuri’s comment reached Morris’s ears he respond by giving her an awkward stare

“I didn’t mean anything by that-”

“Oh course you don’t,”

“Morris I’m serious!”

“Yeah yeah, I know. Fuck are you seriously that surprised? You’ve known me for so long god dang it!”

“I know that! I’m not an amnesiac you prick! I just find it weird… you never once acted like that. Not even the slightest-”

“It’s a prank… hahahahaha, you actually fell for it. I’m just kidding with you. Did you really think I’d get offended by that- Ow!” Morris felt the slightest tension in his bruised arm with the slap of her palm

“Man, you’re such a tease… I don’t know why but I’m seeing you in a new light. Or is it because I was mostly fond of Jin?”

“The latter obviously, you think I didn’t see you ogling 24/7? Geez you’re the most down-bad girl I’ve ever met,”

“Don’t you mean second? I heard from Jin that Airis has all sorts of collectibles from your end. She is our main source of income,” He flinched at the very reminder of that instance where his mercenary group was in dire need of money

“Okay, can you stop reminding me about the time I auctioned off my underwear just for extra revenue for my employees?”

“You know… there’s little to no difference between you and an Only Fans content creator. You just have one fan but her identity coincidentally is some rich bigshot,”

“I rather like you when you shipped Jin and me as one of your BL fanfics than listen to this shit we’re having now,”

“Oh, my dear friend… I pity you. You have the looks but holy aren’t ya a bit too lifeless? Come on decide already. Jin and I have been dying for a double date with you,”

He sighed and replied. “Look you know I had a rough first love-”

“That’s exactly why I’m pushing you out of your comfort zone. The three of us are friends… but after well. Jin and I got engaged, I don’t see us as old pals but every time we hung out, you feel like a third wheel,” Yuri no longer felt Christoper by her side and she gazed er back only to meet his dead ass glare devoid of all emotions

“Engaged? Since when? Why am I just hearing this now…?”

Just by the tone of his voice, Yuri realizes her mistake, along with the promise he had with Jin. “Oh shit- It’s a prank! Of course, we wouldn’t keep his proposal a secret. You are our friend after all–”

“Cut with the bullshit! You can lie to anyone else except for me. The voice of your pitch, the side eye, and bodily gesture…” Christoper only trusted three things in his life, his knowledge of the subject, his gut feeling, lastly human biology

“You’re an amateur… do you think you can lie to someone who has a poker face? Bitch I know the ins and out of my bodily movement,”

Instead of denouncing his suspicion, Yuri couldn’t find a better time than now to reveal their long-kept secret. “Remember when we took one final stroll at the second trial? Well, Jin thought that was a good time to up and propose. I said yes and he told me to keep it a secret for now considering the situation,”

“Oh god, I’m such an idiot, why didn’t I notice it so soon?” He crouched down and covered his face with both his palms

Yuri then joins him and pats his back. “Cheer up old pal. At least you know it now. Jin knew that if you heard of all this then you’d go the extra mile to plan our wedding,”

“I guess you’re right I do take everything to the extreme. And if it’s Jin I’d make it so it’ll be the best. So that’s the reason eh? Do you want me to pick a wedding date?”

“I don’t want our wedding with only the two of us happy. And hey if it doesn’t work out it’s in the second, you know the magic words? Third time’s a charm?”

“Well I appreciate the gesture but why Airis? She’s more or less obsessed than in love. At best I thought you’d mention Blondie?” Morris felt the need to put a stop to his speech upon feeling the slightest tension in his shoulder and a dead-ass stare from Yuri

“Morris, are you a lolicon?”

“What? No! Where did that answer come from and why? I just thought you’d pick someone least unhinge similar to Esther,”

“So that’s what you meant? Phew and here I was wondering if I’d see the day you’d turn to a criminal. That’s great! For once you didn’t agree with Jin about his race it’s fine but the world will see you as a pedophile,”

“Geez I get it already!” He pushes her off in a fit of rage with her suspecting him of grooming out everyone else

“I’m not grooming any children, not in a sexual way, but if you want to know any groomers then you should ask Hyunsu. I see how he locks eyes with Zeke, I can smell he’s a male pasta from a mole away when he blushes upon seeing me. When I get the chance I’ll have him spill everything if he touched my employee the wrong and inappropriate way-”

“Hyunsu is gay?” Yuri was in disbelief at the thing that came out of his mouth

“It’s kinda obvious… uses a bow, has a hot and caring vice leader, and their friends? It was kinda apparent once those two got all awkward the next time I saw them,”

“But Zeke… he’s frequently meeting him? But that’s crazy. I could’ve sworn he blushed in front of a lady?”

“I guess the term bisexual doesn’t exist in Russia? Come to think of it didn’t your country oppose them? By any chance am I friends with a sexist?”

“No way jose. I’m many things but a sexist ain’t one I have nonstraight friends. What staring at me again to check if I’m lying?”

“No no, I believe you. Didn’t you know? Enigma’s doctor. The person you’re having tea with all the time is gay,”

“What!!? Seriously? Blake’s gay?”

Yuri was flabbergasted when the person with whom she shared drinks frankly was gay all along. The reason why he knew was clear from the very beginning of their lives upon returning from their missions. Every member is obligated for a check-up and every time it was Morris or Kurenai, Dr. Belfast would occasionally blush

’Now I know whoever is reading this has in their minds asking, what the fuck did I just read isn’t this a dark fantasy? Ladies and Gentlemen, you are correct about that assumption what we are witnessing at present is called comic relief,’

’If you don’t know it’s that moment or particularly a character responsible for alleviating the tension. It’s also another means of foreshadowing that the next few moments in the story are dark compared to its usual tone. I should’ve guessed, lemme fast forward to this whole thing I wouldn’t want to waste your time with this useless information,’

“How weak… to think you couldn’t even dare raise a finger by my presence. Are you truly the original?”

The moment they reached the shelter located on the 76th floor they were faced with none other than the reject. Their battle with the archangel had taken a toll on their body so it didn’t take long for everyone to crumble. Cringe or the alter ego who bore the title Uberious Voidriel strangled the neck of the main personality

“Must be nice casually picking a fight when we barely survive. Also, why are you still alive? The system should be–”

“Penalizing me? Good grief… it seems you’re as naive as ever. Do you think the system in control of this plane was made by the angels? They were merely using it, remember, are you the author or not?”

Upon listening to Uberious’s words he remembered a key component of a trial to be published by the Game Masters. “Permission… this trial for it to be published requires the approval of the person whom the world moves for at that time. The main character of this trial before the creation of the machine…”

“Excelion De Makino… spare me your mental breakdown. He said he’d support Christoper Morris. But whom exactly? That’s the question. We were once whole. But you have to make everything complicated. Even your defeat is of your own doing,”

Uberious left him stranded on the wasteland of the 76th floor after getting what he wanted and that was to isolate all his cards. The alter ego along with his friend Yuri Mikhailov was taken away leaving him to die with his frail and injured vessel. A phrase from Uberious repeatedly played in his head over and over until it echoed throughout his body sending him to the depths of despair

“You might have solved your problems, grown to higher lengths, and been admired by many but you’re nothing but a FAKE. A lie you crafted to fit this world never had you ever been true to yourselves and wore a mask I hide your vulnerability. That’s your reality, it’s not of the dangers you wear a mask but your fear of the world denouncing your existence,”

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