2025-08-11 02:00:56"Come on, it's still at two downloads? Why is no one playing my masterpiece?" A man who sat at his workbench lamented in a sorrowful tone as he took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. He had been on his computer for hours, and his eyes were red with bags under them.
"It's been three years since the Aero game was released on Eyeplay, and no one has yet to d******d it," the man known as Everett Lang muttered as he leaned back in his chair, eyes glued to the screen.
Everett was a 23-year-old avid gamer who was a professional in all types of RPG and survival games. But among all the games he played, his favorite was Blood Battlefield.
A game that was launched seven years ago and quickly gained popularity within a few weeks. In less than two weeks, the game already had a total of one billion downloads on Eyeplay, and every individual around the country and beyond was addicted.
Everett was one of the addicts. He played the game on his outdated personal computer day in and day out, and he also downloaded it on his phone in case he was away from home.
Everett was so in love with the Blood Battlefield game that he got fired from work because he was caught playing the game during work hours.
After getting fired from work, Everett knew he had to do something if he wanted to survive. Finding another job in the city wasn't on Everett's list since most companies and shops only hired people who graduated from university with high grades, and Everett was a school dropout.
His parents died when he was in his first year, and he had no choice but to drop out since he couldn't afford the fees anymore.
Since no company would hire him, he chose to create something with the little knowledge he had about programming from when he was a kid. He chose to create his own game after being inspired by the Blood Battlefield game.
The game creation took him months because he had to add several tough levels and also features that hadn't been used in other games.
The game was similar to Blood Battlefield, but Blood Battlefield was more advanced than Everett's since it was created by professionals who had several essential tools and materials.
After several months of creating the game and adding all that needed to be added, Everett finally launched it on the Eyeplay app where it would be easy for people to d******d it on their computers and mobile phones.
But unlike Blood Battlefield, which only took one week to gain billions of players, Everett's game took three years to get two downloads. And the two downloads were him downloading it on his phone and computer.
"What's the matter? What didn't I do right?" Everett questioned himself as he sat there helplessly. "This game is far more interesting and tougher than Blood Battlefield if you ask me, but no one seems to be interested. Could it be because of the graphics?" Everett mused.
His game's graphics weren't on the level of the Blood Battlefield game, since he lacked the equipment to add good graphics. But the graphics couldn't be the problem why no one was downloading.
One could only tell if a game's graphics were bad if they downloaded the game and played, but no one had even bothered downloading, which made Everett even more confused.
"I guess it was a waste of time and money after all. I shouldn't have created it in the first place." Everett let out a sigh as he stood up from the chair and stretched his arms and body while yawning.
He walked towards the window and glanced outside. The morning sun was already shining brightly, and the sounds of birds chirping could be heard.
"It's morning already, and I didn't even realize." Everett mused. He had been up all night trying to craft more interesting and captivating modes and missions in his game that he lost track of time.
"I better get dressed for work. Damn it, I hate that job." Everett frowned as he headed towards the bathroom.
While Everett began his game creation three years ago, he quickly realized that he would need lots of money to make it happen.
He searched for jobs in several companies and shops, but no one accepted him because he was a dropout.
But after several weeks of searching, he finally got a job in a store as a salesman. He hated the job badly, but he had to do it since he needed cash for his game.
In less than ten minutes, Everett stepped out of the bathroom now dressed in his work uniform. He combed his sporty black hair, grabbed his phone, and exited the one-room apartment.
Everett headed to the bus station after leaving his apartment and stood there in the station, waiting for a bus with other people.
While Everett stood there waiting, he took out his phone and went to the Eyeplay app to request them to remove his game from the app.
He saw no reason to still leave the game on the app when no single person had downloaded it for the past three years.
"I guess I'll just stick to being an avid gamer and not a game creator." Everett mused as he clicked on the app. The moment the Eyeplay app opened and he saw his game, his eyes widened in shock.
"Wait, it was two downloads this morning. But now." Everett couldn't believe his eyes as he stared at the screen in shock.
"But now it's three!" He screamed at the top of his lungs, causing the people around him to shift their gazes towards him and glare at him in anger and hate.
"Someone actually downloaded my game!" He shouted once more with joy evident in his voice. "Let me see who downloaded it."
Everett swiftly clicked on the profile of the person that downloaded, and the second he caught a glimpse of the name, his mouth widened even more.
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Chapter 95
Morning light poured over the valley like warm water. It caught the dew on every blade of grass, turning the hills silver and gold. The sky had the soft color of honey. Birds called in long, lazy notes, and the river below hummed as it bent around stone and tree.A figure stood at the edge of the high meadow, watching the sun rise. His hair, once pale, now carried faint silver threads that glimmered in the light. His cloak moved in the breeze, and the shards that circled him glowed gently like quiet stars.Kael had grown tall, no longer the boy who once trembled in the ruins of an old world. He had become the keeper of this one.He raised his hand slightly, palm open. From his skin a thin pulse of light drifted outward, invisible to most eyes. It passed through the grass, through the air, down into the soil. The world breathed in reply. The wind picked up. Flowers opened. Kael smiled faintly. “Good morning.”His voice was soft, almost shy. From behind him, soft footsteps approached
Chapter 94
Morning light poured over the valley like warm water. It caught the dew on every blade of grass, turning the hills silver and gold. The sky had the soft color of honey. Birds called in long, lazy notes, and the river below hummed as it bent around stone and tree.A figure stood at the edge of the high meadow, watching the sun rise. His hair, once pale, now carried faint silver threads that glimmered in the light. His cloak moved in the breeze, and the shards that circled him glowed gently like quiet stars.Kael had grown tall, no longer the boy who once trembled in the ruins of an old world. He had become the keeper of this one.He raised his hand slightly, palm open. From his skin a thin pulse of light drifted outward, invisible to most eyes. It passed through the grass, through the air, down into the soil. The world breathed in reply. The wind picked up. Flowers opened. Kael smiled faintly. “Good morning.”His voice was soft, almost shy. From behind him, soft footsteps approached
Chapter 93
The storm came slowly. It rolled across the new land in long, heavy waves, thick gray clouds bending the sky. Lightning flashed, low and gold, touching the fields with light before vanishing again. Kael stood in the middle of it, his shards spinning quietly around him. The wind pushed at his hair, his clothes, but he didn’t move. His glowing eyes were fixed on the horizon. Everything had changed since the flame broke.The rivers flowed again. The trees breathed again. Grass moved beneath the touch of wind. The world was alive, really alive, but raw, unstable, and uncertain.He felt it every time he took a step. The ground trembled like a heartbeat that hadn’t learned its rhythm yet.Kael looked down at his hands. The faint cracks from before had grown brighter, thin lines of light pulsing through his skin. He could feel the balance inside him now, the pulse of fire, the memory of shards, the rhythm of life itself.He wasn’t sure if it was a gift or a curse. “Everett…” he whispered
Chapter 92
Kael woke to still air and a gray light that had no sun. He lay on the cold ground, feeling the earth’s surface like smooth glass beneath his fingers. No pulse. No warmth.His shards floated faintly around him, dim and trembling. He blinked hard, trying to remember, flame, screaming, darkness swallowing Everett, then silence.Everett was gone. Kael sat up fast, heart pounding in his chest. “Everett?” His voice echoed, soft but sharp, through the empty trees. Nothing answered.He pushed to his feet, swaying. His body felt too light, like something inside him had been scooped out and left hollow. He looked down at his hands, glow faint, cracks running through his wrists. His power was fading. “Everett!” he shouted again, louder this time, desperate. His voice bounced back from the still forest.He waited, then, faintly, from far away, he heard a sound. A soft crackle, fire. Kael’s head snapped toward it. “Everett?”He ran. The trees were endless. Their silver leaves brushed against one
Chapter 91
The wind was quiet. Too quiet. It moved through the valley with soft whispers, bending the grass but carrying no sound, no insects, no birds, no heartbeat of the world. The sky was pale blue, washed out and perfect, stretching endlessly. Everett stood on a ridge overlooking the new world. His eyes scanned the horizon, watching rivers shimmer under the morning light. Everything looked alive, but it didn’t feel alive.He closed his eyes, letting his fingers brush over the air. He could sense the warmth of fire still flickering inside him, steady but thin, and beneath it, like a thread woven into his blood, he felt Kael.The bond wasn’t like before. It wasn’t pulling or pushing. It was just there, a quiet rhythm that hummed between their souls.Kael sat cross-legged on a rock nearby, the morning light glowing faintly on his skin. His hair caught every beam, shining like glass. His shards no longer floated wildly around him, they drifted slowly, lazy and weightless. He looked peaceful,
Chapter 90
The light faded slowly. It didn’t vanish all at once, it unraveled, curling like smoke in water. Pieces of the broken heart drifted upward, glowing faintly as they rose into the quiet. No more chains. No more voices. Just stillness.Everett stood in the center of the wreckage, his arms still wrapped around Kael. His body was shaking from exhaustion. His fire had gone soft, not gone, but tired, flickering low like the last ember in a forge.Kael’s glow was faint too, his shards floating lazily in the air, circling them like weary birds. The boy’s head rested against Everett’s chest. He was breathing. That was enough.For the first time in what felt like forever, there was no screaming. No pulling. No law whispering in their ears. Just quiet.Everett lifted his gaze. Above them, the ceiling of the heart had torn open, showing not sky, but an endless field of stars. He had almost forgotten what stars looked like. They shimmered faintly, blinking in and out as if testing whether they s
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