It's been a week since Zach and his friends got stuck in the Gods' impact. One week was the minimum limit of the long-dive, and the players could log out of the VR games, or so was the case with the other games, but Gods' Impact was different. It wasn't even a game in the first place. It was a world, an online world created by the gods.
Even if their body were removed from the VR capsule, they would still be in the game.
Even if there was a power outage in the real world, nothing would change in the game.
They didn't know that it wasn't their consciousness in the game. It was their soul— which was connected to their body in the real world.
Thousands of others thought they would be able to log out sooner or later, or perhaps the governments of their respective countries would help them out. They believed the scientists and experts would be able to find a solution.
Maybe they would, but perhaps it would be too late.
Zach woke like he always did and saw his quest progress.
[4970/5000 MP cultivated.]
"It seems I don't have to worry about this quest. I might even clear it by sleeping."
He got off the bed and warmed up by stretching his hands and legs.
"I wanted to go to the dungeon today, but I will hold that thought for tomorrow." Zach remembered what happened two days ago and muttered, "Tower is a lot easier than the dungeon. We can't even retreat in the dungeon…"
Zach wanted to have more than 5000 MP before entering the dungeon again as he was going to clear the 31st floor onwards.
"Not to mention, Aurora's maids, her masters who taught her sword fighting, died on the 34th floor. I should consider her feelings."
Zach had noticed that whenever he mentioned the dungeon raid, Aurora tried to divert the topic. He soon realized that she was afraid, or rather, the 34th floor was traumatizing her.
Zach checked his notification to see if he had received any messages. Much to his surprise, he had received over 50 messages from Kayden.
"What's with him?" Zach read the messages, and most of them were spam, saying, 'Come to my room. Shay has lost it. Help me out.'
Zach let out a weary sigh and went to Kayden's room to see what was going on. When he entered Kayden's room, he saw Shay was making a ruckus and yelling, "That's not possible!"
'What happened to him now?' Zach wondered and approached Shay and Kayden.
"Sup? Did you eat something spicy?" Zach joked and leaned on Kayden's shoulder.
Shay grabbed Zach's collar and uttered with a furious look on his face: "What is the meaning of this?"
"What?" Zach asked, dumbfounded.
"Why can't we log out?! It has been more than six days!"
Zach pulled Shay's hands from his collar and said, "Why are you asking me? You are the gaming nerd, not me."
Shay gritted his teeth in frustration and sat on the bed. "Nothing is making sense! Why is this game like this?! There are so many strict rules and limitations!"
Zach and Kayden glanced at each other and nodded.
"Shay…" Kayden sat beside Shay and said in a calm voice: "It's about time you start believing in what the black slime said was true."
"No way! There is no way I would believe in gods and shit!" Shay shouted. He looked at Kayden and said, "Come on Kayden. You know me. I don't believe in things I don't see. And stuff like gods is just a myth. No one believes in them. If you do, you will get laughed at."
Zach looked at Shay and uttered inwardly: 'This has shocked him so much that he is speaking in like a robot.'
'Well, I can't blame him. This is a normal reaction.'
Shay was like a king of the city and the Prince of the country. He could do anything and could make anything happen using his parent's name.
For him to be stuck in Gods' Impact with no powers or connection was nothing but hell. It was like he was stripped from his powers and became a nobody.
Zach and Kayden somehow convinced Shay and went downstairs to eat breakfast.
'I wonder what Aurora is doing? We met a day ago, but we missed each other yesterday.'
Yesterday, Zach was strolling around the realm to know the game better. So he went to ask Aurora to show him around. However, Aurora had gone to the Tower.
She said she was only going to clear the lower floors to practice her sword skills. But when Zach asked if he could help her, she denied him and told him to stroll around the realm.
However, Zach didn't want to go alone, so he went to the Tower. On the other hand, Aurora felt bad, so she left the Tower and went to the spot Zach initially waypoint-ed.
They missed each other and couldn't meet.
After eating breakfast, Zach messaged Aurora and asked her to accompany him on his stroll around the realm.
At the same time, something was hovering in the sky, as though it was about to do something.
DING!
DING!
DING!
DING!
DING!
All the players heard a voice in their heads that said: [Listen, you mortals. You are in the presence of the archangel Kyle!]
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Author's Note- Heavens is finally making their move!
This is the extra chapter for reaching the power stones goal. We currently have 221 power stones. Let's aim for 300 next week!
Thanks, @dynisor, and others who voted with golden tickets.
Thanks, @PissedOff_Nation, @Pointbreak, @Aquadiver, for the gifts.
In the heavens.
[....]
[....humans…]
[That was expected.]
[Indeed.]
Some gods sighed, some groaned, while some laughed. They were talking and discussing matters with each other regarding the Gods' impact and what had happened so far.
[It's been a week since we trapped the humans' souls in our newly created online world.]
[And?]
[Only 10% of them are taking it seriously. 30% are trying to take it seriously. 30% are playing it casually. While the rest, 30%, have already given up.]
[What else do we want? Why did we even trap them in a new world anyway?]
[Who knows? It must be one of us.]
[I can't understand humans… like seriously. Why do they exist?]
[I ask myself the same question every time.]
[Humans were a mistake. We shouldn't have created them.]
[Who created them?]
[It wasn't us, right?]
[It wasn't us, but it was our idea. We wanted to create a perfect race. A perfect existence that can learn to evolve and survive in any circumstances.]
[Then it's our fault?]
[Humans are our responsibilities, aye?]
[We just provided the idea of perfect beings— humans, to the higher gods. They liked the idea and gave us the green light.]
[Now that to mention the higher gods, shouldn't we inform them about the punishment we gave to the humans?]
[Eh… they will just ask their gods, they will ask theirs. And I am pretty sure they don't even remember humans; they are busy with their own worlds.]
[We 12 are assigned to monitor this world, so we shall do so. Besides, out of billions of humans, only a few thousands are trapped in our new world.]
[Still, more than 50% of them are actually glad that they are trapped in the new world. They are spending their life leisurely. We have to do something, or that world might just become a heaven for them.]
[Let's do something, then.]
The clouds rumbled, and a sharp thunder echoed across the sky with a voice that said: [I summon you, Kyle.]
A bright light shined, and a four-winged angel appeared in front of the gods. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. He kneeled down and placed his hand on his chest.
[You called, my lords?]
[Kyle, we assign you as a new god of our new online world.]
A bright smile appeared on Kyle's face. He bowed down and said, [I am honored.]
[Wait a minute…] A goddess interrupted and said, [Are you sure about making him the god? We created that world, and he doesn't even know a thing about the world or how it works.]
[Agreed. We can't just make an angel, a god.]
[But he is our best angel. He suits to be a god, and that world is nothing but hell anyway. He just needs to watch over it and make sure that the humans are living in our terror.]
[No. I am against this. We don't need a new god.]
[I am against it too.]
[I am in favor.]
[I am against this.]
[I am bored.]
The 12 gods and goddesses voted, and the result of a draw.
[This is hilarious!] a god laughed out loud.
[Seriously, a draw? This has never happened in 80,000 years where we last exiled the two sisters— Aria and Erza.]
[...]
[...]
The hall of heaven was filled with nothing but silence.
[My bad. I shouldn't have mentioned them since they were our creators. I forgot some of you worshiped them.]
[80,000 years… It has been 80 000 years, and yet the higher gods are angry with us. Why were they so liberal on the two sisters? They were failures. They didn't deserve to be gods, and that's why they created us to do their jobs.]
[We should be grateful that neither of them has come for their—]
[Stop this topic at once!] a goddess yelled. [We are discussing something else here, right?]
[Right…] All the gods gazed at Kyle for a few seconds, and one god spoke, [Kyle. We cannot make you a god, but that doesn't mean you don't have a chance. The votes are still a draw, so go and do something in our online world that the other gods vote in your favor too.]
[Do you understand Kyle? This is your golden chance to show your true strength. Impress us gods, and you shall be assigned as not only the god of our online world, but you shall be given a seat in heaven too.]
[Does… that… mean…] Kyle stammered on his words.
[Yes. It is what you think. You shall be the 13th god.]
[I will not disappoint you, my lords!] Kyle said out loud.
[You better not, or you shall be stripped from all your powers, and then you will have to live among mortals in our online world.]
The clouds rumbled, and Kyle disappeared from the hall of heaven.
He then appeared in the sky of the gods' impact. He was everywhere; in all the realms, all the villages, towns, cities, kingdoms. The players who were in the dungeon or tower were temporarily teleported to the nearest town.
[Listen, you mortals. You are in the presence of the archangel Kyle!]
All the players and NPCs left the building and gathered in the open. They all looked up in the sky and saw a four-winged man hovering in the sky, flapping his wings and looking down at them with an emotionless expression on his face.
[Kneel before me, you mortals, for I shall rule on you one day.]
None of them kneeled. They just kept looking at him with confused and puzzled expressions on their faces.
[I said kneel!]
All the players present in Gods' Impact dropped to their knees by an invisible force on them. They struggled to look up at Kyle.
Kyle glanced around with a smirk on his face and uttered, [What a delightful sight. This is where you mortals belong, weak and helpless—]
Everyone was on their knees, except one player with black hair and golden eyes.
It was Zach.
Zach was glancing at the other players, but when he gazed up and looked into Kyle's eyes, Kyle immediately soared through the clouds. He flew as high as he could to make a distance between him and Zach.
***
Total players in the game 431223
331899 new players logged in.
86245 players died.
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Author's Note - So I just noticed I didn't update the player count in the last chapter. So this chapter player count includes ~2+ days passed between chapter 36 to 37+ time passed on chapter 37 + time passed on this chapter. If you ask me the reason why the player count inflated this much, the answer is "it is Sunday" in the real world.
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