HELLO BOYS! I'M BAAAAACCKKK! (Bonus points for movie reference?) Yes, hello guys. After the long wait another chapter is here, but it's not the one you were expecting. I decided to make a few other POV's from the first chapter. Figured you would enjoy that. Love Ya!
[Lexa's Pov]
Panic. Panic and chaos...
At the close of the system announcement, waves of fear stricken people trampled over each other, rushing to... wherever they felt was safe. Some flocked to nearby guild HQ's, hoping that the strength of the high level guilds would be enough to sway the force of the oncoming threat. Some ran for the forsaken safety of the city walls, even knowing they no longer held any fortitude against the newly introduced titans. There were still many foolish, or maybe brave, ones who stood their ground and took up their arms. They waited outside the cities prepared to fight for their own lives.
I, swept up in a storm of confused players, found myself stumbling through the thick foliage of the forest. Working primarily as a smithy, I knew I stood no chance in combat. I had simply leveled up my strength and smithing skills so as to make a living until the game was beaten. It was a sure miracle that what other amount, though small, of grinding I had done was pushed into my agility stat. Had it not, the system would not have allowed me to climb the giant redwood trees the forest possessed. It was only seconds before I had reached the top branches that the first titan came into view.
I don't know what I was expecting, but I know for sure that what I saw that day was not what I had imagined the titans to be. The giant that dragged itself across the ground was no more monterous than the players trapped within the game. In fact, it looked exactly like a normal player, save that it possessed no clothes as well as no distinct, defining features. It's face was abnormally average, like a young man in his late 20's. It's body was not muscular, nor was it gangly. The pure fact that it looked human was the thing that terrified me the most.
I watched in petrified horror as it stoicly swept a fleeing player up in its colossal hand and, completely devoid of emotion, dropped its struggling prey into its cavernous mouth and bite down. I heard the sound of polygons shatter and I knew the person whom I had just witnessed being eaten was forever gone from the world. I fainted after that. I woke up a few hours later with the forest devoid of all life except my own. I learned later that the titans had reeked havoc upon every NPC village, town, and floor. The slim chance of my survival was largely due to my elevated position. The titan had never been programmed to look up.
[From where He sat and watched the fires of the world]
Chaos. Panic, and so much chaos. This is the world I see now. This is the world I have created.
I do not remember why I fashioned this game. The strain that two years of containment within it has severely corrupted my old mind. Even then, as I was developing it from the very ground up, I often found myself pondering its purpose. It was a stupid dream of mine come true to see this land in reality; to see it with my own eyes. Yet even now it is still not truly here. My real eyes still do not perceive its glory. It has come as close to reality as fate would allow me to push it. This saddens me.
Now, as I look on, I am witness to the brutal murder of thousands of innocent people. These poor souls never intended to be a part of my dream, but it was my intent. I stole the lives of every single of of these players before any had even stepped onto the first cobblestone path. I am a monster; I realize that now...
...Oh, but how sweet it tastes...
Author's note: Over the month-ish time I've been away, I've been visiting the Philippines. So to all my Filipino readers, your country is a beautiful place. I visited Olongapo, San Augustine, San Narsiso, and Manilla (forgive the spelling). I even learned a total of 11 words in Tagalog! Puso, pusa, maganda, gwapo, ka (means "you're", I think), Salamat, Po (respectful additive), oppo, wala, perra, and boco! Again, forgive any misspellings. Loved it! Ok, next chapter coming soon!
