Inside the void of the Primordial Overseer's mind, it was resisting strongly against the Sentinel Protocol being fetched. Jax could feel the rage of it as he moved, the ground shaking, its mind battling the team in the distance.Chaos filled every space, while Jax focused on the system floating in the depth of his mind. He reached the location where the signal of the Protocol was the heaviest and turned on System Sight, putting more strain into it. The energy snapped at the back of his forehead. He was already tired from all the fights, his skin hurting and the codes beneath them degrading and in need of recovery.His muscles ached a lot but he was persistent. Time was of the essence and they couldn't afford to be sluggish. Jax groaned as the ache hit him hard again behind his forehead. System Sight pulsated as it fed on more energy, Jax's eyes scanning the entire space and then he noticed something.A strange flow of energy. At first, it looked like the air was thicker there but as h

Anger unlike anything before burned inside of Jax, causing him to feel unfamiliar about what he had become."You will not get away with this!" He spat and sped towards the Old Creators.He stretched out his hand. Only an inch, and he'd grab FX3 but the Primordial Overseer caught Jax and pulled him back, smacking him to the floor. He shielded his face from the ground and his arms took the impact.Jax sent a kick out against the Overseer's tentacles, and it released him. He pulled out the Flame Sword and the Corrupted Blade. The cuts Jax had already dealt to the Primordial Overseer's strings were still visible.Jax sped towards it and the two slammed into each other, causing the air to shift. Mira, Orin, and Eldric fell into formation as well, charging towards the Old Creators. They wouldn't let Jax get hurt.The clash was met with a huge wave. Jax was sent flying and caught himself before he hit the ground. With a foot planted deep into the ground, he lunged himself forward. He cut int

Jax took the front lead while Mira, Orin, and Eldric catered to the colony members' needs. Everyone noticed how far away his mind was and knew best not to trouble him. Out of all of them, they understood the heaviness of the missions and how the Glitch Overlord believed he was supposed to carry the entire weight of it.However, it did hurt Mira that Jax didn't share his thoughts with her. As much as she tried to understand him, the reality of it tightened around her chest."Hey." She called in a low voice as she settled next to Jax. The fake moon of the game settled in the sky, shining brightly and basking silver beams to the forest.A few minutes ago, they took a pause from walking when Eldric told Jax that the colony members were tired. They had been walking for about five days now, trying to survive in old boxes that still had some rewards in them, used to fetch food and water from the game.Jax didn't even bother to join them. He had sat on one of the logs of wood whose broken b

The journey to discovering himself laid in going back to the beginning. This was what Jax convinced himself with, and that was why he ended up back in Lumora.Jax had found a way to hide himself amongst the players. Since he wasn't the same NPC that left at a time when he was nothing but a low-level character, he could now disguise himself. He masked his data to the depth of his core, making players that passed by him unable to realise he was an NPC amongst them.The Central Plaza of Lumora beamed with those sparkling lights that he remembered lighting his way as he cleaned the entire space over and over again. That was his only mission then, as players walked by him every day until he was considered no different from the air.Jax stood at the middle of the large space. The sky beamed with a replica of the moon, brightening the space as lights shone from the walls and the ceilings. Crowds moved past the area and Jax eventually stopped when he reached the spot he used to clean.To his

The drive led them to the start of a mist-laden forest. Kyle hopped down and Jax followed, System Sight finding nothing out of place. However it was a surprise for Jax as he had never noticed such a place in Lumora, but then considering how he left when he was still enslaved to the game, he couldn't blame his limited knowledge."Where are we going?" He asked right before he followed Kyle in.Kyle turned, a warm smile that Jax didn't trust painting his face."To our residence."Jax looked beyond Kyle's shoulder into the thick forest, where the air was damp and the road looked unclear."What is that supposed to mean?""You will soon understand, Glitch Overlord. Trust me."Jax sighed. He looked back for a minute, considering that maybe he shouldn't have followed at all. A line of NPCs dressed in black suits trailed after them. Their posture made them come off as a security panel, another surprise for Jax. NPCs were usually timid but if anything, these NPCs were different.When they got t