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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 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 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 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 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 70: The Void Between
"Watch your step," I said. "Step on what? I can't see a thing," Zeryth barked."The stairs are right there. Keep moving.""There is nothing here, Vaxien! It is just black!" Nyxra shouted. "The air is thin. Just move.""I am not moving another inch until you tell me where we are," Zeryth said. He stopped. His boots made a dull thud on empty air."We are between layers," I said."I figured that out when the sky turned into white noise," Zeryth spat. "Why can you see the path and we can't?""I am holding the mouse. It is a lamp.""A lamp that shows nothing! I am walking on air!" Nyxra yelled."You are not going to fall. Grab my shoulder.""I am not a kid," she muttered. But she gripped my jacket. She was shaking."Zeryth, get over here," I called. "I am fine where I am," he said."You are five feet from the edge," I told him. "And there is no respawn in the void. You fall, you are deleted. For real."He scrambled toward us and grabbed my other shoulder."Don't say a word," Zeryth growled
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