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Capítulo 9: 2.5 Hello World?

I raised an eyebrow as I heard Guidance whisper from the void, "Got what?!"

*I got it!* the dev proudly screamed from the void. *You should be able to kill it!*

My heart pounded with excitement, "Really?!"

Without even so much as a confirmation, I rounded a gnarly-looking tree as I trained my guns back at the tentacle monster thing again. In my hands, [Blanc and Noire] hummed with power once more, the black and white pistols glowing a dull red as it visibly siphoned ammunition from my wrists.

[HP: 88/100]

"Eat this!"

[*BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!*]

A round of consecutive gunshots echoed from the barrels of my [Manifest] as I riddled the monster full with my own blood. Each pull of the trigger felt like it was drawing at least a few cc's of blood from my system as I felt my vision blur from each bullet fired. Well, at the very least, it was theoretically infinite so long as I had enough blood to go around, but after a few volleys, my head was getting lighter as I wobbled on my feet.

[HP: 79/100]

[*BANG!... BANG!... BANG!....*]

My fingers stalled as I took a deep breath. [Blanc and Noire] smoked from overuse as I lowered them. Hopefully, it was more than enough to actually stop the damn thing, seeing as I probably won't be standing in about five more minutes. It should be dead with the number of bullets I just riddled it with.

"There... It's dead... right?"

Falling to my knees, my pants filtered through the sound of the forest as I stared straight into the starlit sky. This shouldn't have happened. If Guidance had actually sound game design, we would've just been staying at the grassy plains testing every single system out. Instead, here I was fighting a monster meant to discourage spawn-camping. If she truly wanted something that could kill spawn-campers, then I would expect that this thing to be-

[INVULNERABLE]

...E-Eh?

[*RRROORAAGHGHHG!!!!*]

My eyes widened as the tentacle monster emerged from the red smoke that previously covered it. Floating above its form, the taunting prompt practically asked me to scream. There wasn't even a health bar present...

"What the hell, Guidance?!"

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*W-what?!*

Why the hell was the damn thing invulnerable if it was supposed to be a monster?! "I-I can't kill it, Guidance! It's invulnerable!"

I heaved for breath as I forced myself back up. If this thing was invulnerable, then the best I could do was run away and hope that I somehow get out of aggro range. And that was assuming that I can even get out of the damn thing's sights for even a solid minute!

[*ROROROAAGHHGHGH!!!!*]

The tentacle monster undulated its tentacles as I slowly felt my body recover from my earlier attack. My [Blanc and Noire] glowed a dull red as I sheathed them away, knowing full well that they won't do jack crap against an enemy that won't even feel my bullets. Spinning on the balls of my feet, I pushed my body to move as I returned to the tried and true strategy of running the hell away from your problems. The monster, of course, followed suit with its appendages swinging about in a manner that probably would've decapitated me if I wasn't fast enough.

And thank god, I was actually fast enough somehow!

"Guidance?!" I screamed out into the void once more just as I ducked out of the way of another attack. "Can you fix this?!"

*I'm trying!* the woman practically screamed into my ear, a few sobs intermixing with her keyboard clacking as she responded. *J-just hang in there!*

I let out a scoff. Easier said than done there!

[*SWISH! SWISH!*]

A caption of the swinging tentacles' sound effects appeared in my mind's eye as I quickly made to anticipate the attacks. Ducking and jumping out of the way, the monster seemed to get faster the longer the fight went on. Its tentacles were getting longer too. And if it weren't for the closed captions of the sound effects I was hearing, I would probably already be a stain beneath this thing's tentacles by now.

And wasn't that a weird thought, the fact that subtitles were actually saving my life right now?

I found myself jumping over another errant log as I bobbed and weaved across the darkness of the forest. The starlight above me was giving me a piss poor job of illuminating the way, however, and I could really tell that it was only a matter of time before I finally screwed up and tripped on something.

In the meantime...

Drawing out [Blanc] on my right hand, my eyes scanned my surroundings frantically as I tried to find a way to slow this monster down. Even if it was invulnerable to my attacks, surely the damn thing would at least get hindered by an errant tree or log in its way.

[HP: 76/100]

[*BANG!*]

Firing a precise shot, I was honestly amazed at my own accuracy as I heard a tree fall after having its one supporting vine severed by my shot. Behind me, the fallen tree produced a sizeable roadblock as I moved forward, not even bothering to look at my handiwork as I shot through the dimly lit forest.

[*ROOAAGHGHH!!!!*]

Okay. The thing didn't like my roadblock at all, it would seem. At least I bought myself some breathing room before-

[*TRIP!*]

"Oh hell!"

My heart lurched as the sudden feeling of weightlessness carried me through the rest of my journey. Balling up to brace for impact, the various cuts and bruises I felt forming throughout my body were the least of my concerns as I felt myself roll and fall out of the forest and back into the open once more. The dull light of the stars quickly shone through my eyes as I found myself slowly rolling to a stop on top of grass again; my body collapsing onto the softness of the ground beneath as I found myself staring at the starry void once more.

"Oh dear... me..."


PENSAMENTOS DOS CRIADORES
ChellyArks ChellyArks

Your gift is the motivation for my creation. Give me more motivation!

Creation is hard, cheer me up!

Capítulo 10: 2.6 Hello World?

[HP: 47/100]

[MP: 100/100]

In the corner of my eye, I noticed something new in my view as I slowly picked myself back up. Looking at the red and blue bars at the lower left side of my vision, I could already tell that they were both my [HP] and [MP] in terms of how low the bars were. Reading at an astonishing [47], I was practically below half-health from the stunt I just pulled. And knowing the caveat I put in my [Manifest], I just knew that using my only weapons also drained a sizeable portion of my current health to the point that I could die of blood loss if I didn't pace myself.

Still, it was a decent weapon, if not utterly broken with a bit of help.... Assuming that I actually get out of this unscathed, of course.

Letting out a sigh as I turned to look at my surroundings, the distinct lack of an unstoppable tentacle monster chasing me around was a sight for sore eyes as I finally let myself relax a bit. Already, I could see that my [HP Bar] was regenerating ever so slowly. It wasn't much, but it was better than staying below half-health for the long term as I tried figuring out this mess of a world.

"Guidance?" I called out. "I think I'm safe."

*Y-you are?* the poor woman gasped as if she had just finished crying. *Oh, thank god...*

"Yeah..." I chuckled. "Sorry for yelling at you earlier. Mortal danger and all of that, yeah?"

*Y-yes...* Guidance meekly responded. *It's fine, Moriya. It's my fault anyway...*

Ignoring the dev's own pity party, I finally took stock of where I actually was. Judging by the light breeze hitting my face, I was probably atop a mountain somehow? Probably a cliff?

"Let's see..."

Turning around, my eyes couldn't get any wider as I finally saw just where I truly was in terms of this game's map.

I was atop a massive cliff overlooking what looked to be an ancient East Asian city. A river ran through the middle of the massive city, and what looked to be a floating orb of land floated daintily over the entire place. The orb itself sported lights of its own as it seemed to also harbor a city, and it rotated in a sense that it was alike a planet hovering above ancient Beijing. But hilariously enough, that wasn't the most eye-catching thing, in my opinion.

Stalactites. Massive stalactites. Growing straight out of the sky, these massive mineral formations seemed to stretch way into open space as they stretched on and on and on; right towards the stars in the night sky to the point that it honestly looked like we were inside a massive cave... Wait...

Were we inside a massive cave this whole time?

"Hey."

*Yes?*

I couldn't believe my eyes, to be honest. "Am I inside a massive cave? And is that a miniature planet in said cave?"

*Uhh... yes?*

Taking a swallow of my own wonder as I let my eyes drink it all in, the sheer aesthetic of the place was something I had never seen before. To think that I was in a cave this whole time? That would explain why it was permanently night out... But then...

"Are these not stars then?"

If not, then how was there even light in this place still? I can only assume that they're stars due to actually being strong enough to somehow light my way earlier. But if they're not, then what are they?

*Oh? T-they're [Stars],* Guidance explained. *I- err... They represent the infinite worlds through [The Seam]*

I raised an eyebrow. For some reason, I somehow caught those two terms to be more than what they sounded like. Was it due to the game somehow giving me knowledge about these things? Or was it-

No. I was just joking. It's all gamer instinct. I mean, why else would she put emphasis on those two terms?

"So they're parallel worlds then," I postulated. "Like in the game description."

*Y-yes,* Guidance assented as I stared into the cave's twinkling roof. *I designed it that way...*

Interesting... Wait..

"You designed all of this?"

That shouldn't be possible, right? Such a cool aesthetic with this much detail shouldn't look this good with just one person doing all the work. Surely she had some outside help for the graphics and such.

*Yes?* Guidance shyly intoned. *Is there a problem with it?*

A problem?! "No! It's good!"

Such an aesthetic was hard to come by these days. Usually, it was all just an open world in a generic fantasy setting with medieval bullcrap and standard elves and such. But this? This is actually fresh and new!

*R-really?*

"Yeah!" I passionately replied. "Where else can you find these aesthetics? Have you seen a game this meticulously crafted?"

I wasn't lying. Maybe it was the literal firsthand experience talking, but the environments were actually top-notch. And if what I was seeing right now was just the tip of the iceberg, then I'm glad that I got sucked into this world in the first place. Ignoring the early game flukes and such, I'm more than willing to give this world a chance before actively trying to find a way back home.

Still, wouldn't it be cool to-

[*RRRROAAAGHH!!!!*]

Oh my lord... Seriously!?

"You have got to be kidding me!"

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I could barely hold on to my jaw as the tentacle monster from before burst through the tree line like it was absolutely nothing. A gigantic 'Invulnerable' prompt still floated above its head as it undulated about, its appendages waved around like it had little care about its general surroundings. To be fair though, I honestly didn't expect my earlier stunt to really stick, but the lack of a chase after I managed to slow it down gave me a false sense of hope that I actually managed to lose it.

To my own dismay, however, it was still a special monster, which meant that it probably had a way to keep track of me so long as I was within its range of operations.


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