All Chapters of The Glitch Sovereign: Neural Forge : Chapter 71
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Chapter 71: The Logic of Nothingness
"Vaxien! Get up! They’re coming back!" Zeryth yelled."I can't!" I choked out. "The hell you can't! Move your feet!" I looked at my shoulder. Silver fluid leaked from the stump. It wasn't red anymore. It was bright, glowing silver. It dripped onto the grid and turned into smoke. "Is that blood?" Nyxra asked. Her voice was high and thin. "I don't know," I said. "It’s glowing, Vaxien.You’re leaking your code," Zeryth said. He kicked a shark as it tried to snap at his boots. "Get the mouse! Click something!" "I can't reach it," I said. "Reach harder!" Nyxra snapped. She swung her fist at a shark. Her knuckles hit gray, slimy skin. "Ugh! It feels like wet rubber!" "Keep them back!" I shouted. "With what?" Zeryth roared. "My gun is a paperweight! My skills are locked! We’re fighting literal monsters with our bare hands!" "Just punch them!" "I am punching them! It’s like hitting a brick wall made of snot!" The largest shark circled me. It ignored the others. It wanted the silver
Chapter 72: Welcome to the Pantheon
"Are you going to hit the air all day or are we moving?" Zeryth barked."I just punched a hole in the universe, Zeryth. Give me a second," I said.My black arm was still humming. The stars inside the skin flickered. I shoved my shoulder into the rip I had made in the dark. "Is that the way up?" Nyxra asked. She pointed at a faint glow of gold at the top of the dark steps."It has to be," I said. "Keep moving. The floor is melting behind us.""I see that! My heels are sinking!" she yelled.We scrambled up the last few steps. My lungs burned. At the very top, two gold doors stood in our way. They were huge. They looked like they belonged in a museum for giants."Locked?" Zeryth asked, checking his rifle."Not for long," I said.I didn't use the mouse. I used the black fist. I swung hard. The gold metal buckled like tin foil. The doors flew open."Welcome to the top floor," I said.We stepped through and the light blinded me. I covered my eyes. The cold smell of the void was gone. Now
Chapter 73: Level One Glitch
"Get back!" I yelled.I shoved Zeryth and Nyxra toward the edge of the balcony. The giant deity, Ludos, raised a hammer that looked like a falling building. The air around the gold head of the weapon groaned. The space near the hammer warped. It looked like a heat haze on a road."Vaxien, you're Level 1! You can't take that hit!" Zeryth screamed."I know!" I shouted back.I tried to trigger the void. I opened my mouth to pull in the air."Void-Lungs! Now!" I commanded.A red box popped up right in front of my face.[INSUFFICIENT MANA. COST: 500. CURRENT: 10.]"Ten? I only have ten mana?" I choked."We’re all at base stats, you idiot!" Nyxra cried. "Run!"Ludos laughed. The sound made my teeth ache. "Mortals and their skills. You think a glitch can breathe in the presence of a god?"He swung the hammer down. I dived to the left. The hammer hit the marble. The stone turned into white dust. The shockwave sent me rolling."Is that all you got?" Zeryth yelled at the giant. He threw a ro
Chapter 74: The Halo Breaker
"Let go of my weapon!" Ludos roared.He pulled the handle of the hammer with both hands. His feet dug into the marble. The whole balcony groaned. I didn't let go. I squeezed the gold head with my black fingers. "I told you," I said. "Your ping is too high. You’re fighting where I used to be.""Vaxien! The gold is cracking!" Zeryth yelled. "Get away before it pops! It's going to take us with it!""It’s not going to pop," I said. "It looks like a bomb!" Nyxra screamed. "The energy is leaking everywhere!""It's just a kinetic force," I said. "And I’m hungry."Ludos pulled harder. His fire-hair flared white. "I am a god! You are a level one error! You shouldn't even be able to stand!""I’m breathing, Ludos," I said. "Everyone breathes, you moron!" The giant bellowed."Not like this," I said. I sucked in a deep breath. I didn't use mana. I didn't use the system. I used my lungs to sync with the vibration of the hammer. The force he spent pulling back started to flow into my arm. It fel
Chapter 75: The Bounty of Heaven
"Is he dead?" Zeryth shouted. He leaned over the broken marble balcony."I don't know," I said. "He stopped moving after that crash."I looked at the floor. The gold pieces of the broken halo pulsed like dying fireflies. I reached out with my black arm. The stars in my skin began to spin."Vaxien, don't touch that stuff!" Nyxra yelled. "You're Level 1! It might blow your hand off!""It’s just data, Nyxra," I said. I grabbed the shards. My arm drank them. The gold light flowed into my pores. It felt like needles."What does it feel like?" Zeryth asked. "Like I ate a brick," I said. "Heavy and hot.""Look up," Nyxra whispered. Her face was pale.A gold circle appeared over my head. It looked like a giant target. [BOUNTY: 10,000,000 CREDITS][LOCATION: BROADCASTING...]"Ten million?" Zeryth whistled. "I’d kill you for that kind of money.""Try it and I'll break your leg," I said. "Fair enough," Zeryth shrugged."Vaxien, look at the sky," Nyxra said. "The whole layer is moving. Every Ad
Chapter 76: The Peasant’s War
"Incoming!" Zeryth yelled. A streak of white light slammed into the dragon's back. The dragon roared. The white scales turned black. "They're using holy fire!" Nyxra screamed. "Vaxien, we're going to burn!""Not if I hit them first," I said.I pulled the halo shards from my belt. They were sharp. I didn't wait for a target lock. I threw them like knives."You're throwing trash at Valkyries?" Zeryth barked. "We're dead!"The shards hit the lead Valkyrie's shield. The metal stuck. Black static crawled across her wings. "What is this?" The Valkyrie screamed. "My shield is glitching!""It's called a virus!" I yelled."Her wing is folding!" Zeryth laughed. "Look at her go!"The Valkyrie spiraled. She hit a gold spire and popped into pixels."Forty-eight left!" Nyxra shouted. "Vaxien, they're surrounding us!""Nyxra, drop the wire!" I commanded. "It's not ready!" She yelled back."Drop it now!"Nyxra pulled a spool of thin, glowing wire. She kicked it off the dragon's side. The wire tang
Chapter 77: The City of Gold
The dragon’s head hit the light-blade and everything turned white.My ears rang with the sound of snapping code. Then, the wind stopped. I hit the ground hard. "Is everyone alive?" I coughed."I think my ribs are a puzzle," Zeryth groaned. He was face-down in a fountain."Vaxien, look where we are," Nyxra whispered.I stood up and wiped blood from my mouth. We were in a street made of solid pearl. Tall towers reached into the clouds. They were made of gold and glass. People walked past us in silk robes. Some had wings. Some had four arms. "Is this it?" Zeryth asked. "Olympus-Prime?""Keep your head down," I said. "We look like trash in a jewelry store.""We need the tower," Nyxra said. She pointed at the center. A spire sat there. It pulsed with a blue light. "That’s the Palace of the All-Father. It’s the Main Server Tower.""How do we get in?" Zeryth asked. "There are guards with flaming swords.""We can't walk in as glitches," I said."Look at those three," I said. I pointed at
Chapter 78: The Harvest of War
The god of War squeezed my hand until my knuckles turned white. He leaned in, his breath smelling like old copper and sour wine.I sat there and watched him. I didn't pull away. I didn't blink."You like to play, little fruit picker?" Krog asked."I like to win," I said. "Then win this," Krog growled.A heavy weight hit my chest. It felt like a building was sitting on my shoulders. The air in the hall turned thick. The floor under my boots started to crack."Vaxien!" Nyxra hissed. She was gripping her seat. "He's using a Crushing Aura! Get out of there!""He's going to pop like a grape!" Zeryth yelled. "Sit down, Zeryth," I said.The pressure got worse. My shoulder joint popped. The pain was sharp, but I didn't let go. My black arm started to pulse. The stars under my skin began to glow bright orange.[WARNING: EXTERNAL PRESSURE DETECTED][DAMAGE NEGATED: 0%][SYNTHESIS INITIALIZED...]"Why are you still smiling?" Krog asked. He was sweating now. "I'm eating," I said."Eating what?""
Chapter 79: The All-Father’s Gaze
My fingers gripped the staff. The blue light burned my palm. It felt like a live wire. "You think you can change the game?" The All-Father asked. He didn't pull the staff back. He stared at me. His eyes were not eyes. They were lines of scrolling code. Green, red, and white. Moving too fast to read. "I'm going to try," I said. "Release it," Nyxra whispered. She was trembling. "Vax, he's going to wipe us!""Let him try," I said.The All-Father stopped the light. The room went quiet. He stepped back. The staff turned into a walking cane. He straightened his white suit."You have spirit," the All-Father said. His voice was cold. "Most bugs delete themselves when they get close to me.""I'm not a bug," I said. "Aren't you?" He asked. "You are a piece of broken data. You live in the trash folder.""I'm still here," I said. "True," he said. He looked at Zeryth, who was hiding under the table. "And you brought two other trash files.""Hey!" Zeryth yelled. "I'm a premium user, you glowing
Chapter 80: The GM’s Betrayal
"Where are they?" I asked. I held the golden Admin key in my black hand. It felt cold. The clone stood by the study door. He looked like a mirror with no soul. He stood still. He stayed silent. "The Creators?" The All-Father asked. He leaned back in his chair. He looked at the screens on the wall. "I have the key," I said. "Tell me where they are.""You are very eager to die," the All-Father said. "I'm eager to finish this," I said."Look out the window," the All-Father said. He pointed toward the sky. "Look at the sun.""The sun?" I asked. I kept my eyes on him. "Look at it, Vaxien," he said. "It never changes. It never loops.""I don't have time for riddles," I said. "It's not a riddle," he said. "The Creators are not in the game. They don't have avatars. They are the hardware. The physical CPUs are burning in that ball of light. They live in the power source.""So I have to fly into a star?" I asked. "If you want to delete them, yes," the All-Father said. "How do I get there?