X-Over Multiverse ZX Chapter S-2: Moving onto the next CORE file…..
A/N: Once again, I do not own anything here, except for Ares and Mimir.
S stands for side story, or in my case, intermission
As Richard finished off Azazel Exe with the help of Ares, who was turned into a program when they were separated, the old PC went back to its startup screen showing off all starting procedures, with the pentagram symbol of SatanTech Incorporated on it.
"Speaking of which, Ares, where is Mimir and Fuxi? I couldn't even sense you guys in the mindscape." Richard asked.
Ares sighed deeply inside Richard's mind.
"Well, that's the thing. They're converted into programs like me. The story was that, after we fell into another portal after we stopped both Jace's and your history from being rewritten by Noir and the Darkness, some unknown force pried us from your head, and I fell unconscious, just before I saw Mimir and Fuxi do the same." Ares mentally explained, with a bit of an apologetic tone.
"When I awoke, I was separated from them, and I was in some sort of digital limbo, and worse, I felt like my body was all blocky. After waddling with the lack of legs, I managed to reach a reflective surface, and I came to see what I became. A program. When I realized it, it crashed down on me like a fucking ton of bricks. It sucked to the maximum degree, to say the least."
"It was painful to even try to move faster than my snail-like waddling. However, when I was there, I also managed to find a way to use glitches to teleport, and they succeeded. I even managed to create a "cursor" of some sort to help. The reason why I managed to find you, was because I saw the same portal you encountered multiple times during your attempts to escape this place, and I jumped through it, and that's how I popped on the screen."
"After we defeated him, and you deleted the CORE file, I was beginning to disintegrate, but however, it was only my program body that was being destroyed, thus freeing my soul. And that's how I'm here with you in the mindscape."
"I see." Richard replied. "I'm sorry that I couldn't help you in any other way. And thanks for the help before."
"Friends be friends, Richard." Ares said. "You did free me, so we're even. Besides, it's my duty as a True God to assist the great saviour of the multiverse."
Richard didn't reply to Ares, as the screen then showed four accounts that are available to choose. The guest account, HopelessSoul's account, Lucifer's account and a account simply known as "ERROR".
Richard simply clicked back into the guest account, which was still in the same way it was before he was forced into Pony Island, except that the game program for Pony Island is replaced by a file with the Missinggo icon and the name "MOVED".
"Well…. Shit." Ares mentally swore. Looks like this Lucifer isn't as dumb as he looks. He moved the file in the hopes that we can't find it. But we'll find our way in through Lucifer's account. Maybe desecrate it. After all, that shit had it coming to him."
"How did you-" Richard was trying to tell Ares, before Ares cut him off mid-sentence.
"We share your memories and knowledge, thanks to Mimir's little perk, so we know everything you know about this game, including where all tickets of the game are." Ares stated.
"Huh. Never thought that you'll be as tech-savvy and modern as I am." Richard replied with a shrug.
Richard then noticed that there was a notification on the bottom of the screen, and Richard clicked it, which led him to Messenger, where he read and replied through:
H0peless$0ul: Please respond when you find this message.
Guest: Here. Good job with the support, HopelessSoul. I swear that I'll free you.
H0peless$0ul: You're welcome. It's good to see you.
H0peless$0ul: That Azazel guy was mad.
Guest: Azazel? Why are mentioning this exactly?
H0peless$0ul: "False Prophet" he said.
Guest: HopelessSoul? What the hell are you talking about?
H0peless$0ul: Ha
H0peless$0ul: Ha
Guest: HopelessSoul!? ANSWER ME GODDAMNIT!
The screen then flickers, to show a lone message.
H0peless$0ul: Still there?
Guest: HopelessSoul? Is that really you?
H0peless$0ul: Why?
Guest: I think Lucifer hacked Messenger to impersonate you. But he failed. Luckily.
H0peless$0ul: Christ… Lucifer is really getting bold.
Guest; Then quickly answer me this. What did you say before?
H0peless$0ul: Nothing, just a message for you to reply to.
Guest: Good…. You're the real one.
H0peless$0ul: There are still 2 more CORE files, you know. Don't get your hopes up. Lucifer increased the security of Pony Island.
Guest: I'd say the same. He locked me out of Pony Island, by moving it away from the account's desktop.
H0peless$0ul: It won't be easy trying to open another portal to a CORE file.
H0peless$0ul: I have a idea. Log into my user profile. The password is 2734.
Richard then closed the Messenger window, and then pressed the logout button, before then logging into HopelessSoul's account using the password, which worked. The desktop's background is blank, except for two blue column that decorate the top and the bottom. There are four programs in his desktops, the MOVED program, a program called 'Portal Gen Util', a program named 'Search_Progs' and the Messenger program. On the desktop, the Messenger window is open, and it updated like so:
-You made it over.
-Welcome to my house, domain, or even… PRISON.
-HE never guessed my password so far. And he never will.
-Anyway, open up 'Search_Progs.'. We'll need it open.
Richard then opened the program, which had the options 'Corruption', 'Security', 'Least to Greatest', two sliders that have the name 'Degarble' all on the right side, and on the left side of the program is a sea of 0s and 1s, which was changing rapidly.
-Yeah. That's the one.
-I take it that you won't need any help to figure out what to do. Find something with security percentage lower than 5% and we'll have our portal to the next CORE file.
Richard then turned off the currently on 'Corruption' option, and turned on the 'Security' option, and then clicking on the 'Least to Greatest' option, before manipulating the 'Degarble' sliders to slow the stream of data enough to be able to see the programs. There is a multilude of programs that Richard doesn't know about, but one thing caught his eye. The Security on the Pony Island game was only 1%
-There! Look!
-Pony Island…..
-You know what this means, right?
-You'll have to delve deeper into the belly of the beast, or literally, the deeper parts of the game.
-Keep playing, and I'll open a portal to the CORE file as soon as possible. I'm sorry that you have to go into that game again, but it's the only way you'll be able to escape hell.
- Also, the CORRUPTED profile next to me is worth investigating. Something tells me that there's something there that'll help you.
Richard then closed the program, before going into the profile screen, and clicking the CORRUPTED profile, which led them to the password screen, before then waiting for Ares.
"You know what this means, right?" Ares asked Richard, with the slight hint of excitement.
"Yep." Richard replied with a grin.
"Time to kick the password's ass and chew gum. And we have no gum to chew!" Ares monologue in a badass voice.
Richard then proceeded to mash keys at a fast speed, which caused the password bar to shake uncontrollably, before it then fell off, and then when it was off the screen, there was a sound of glass hitting the ground. Richard and Ares both sucked their breaths at how painful that could have been for anyone below, despite a computer being just data and processors.
Richard then clicked the login button, and he was led to a screen where a larger version of Baphomet's picture was in the background, with constantly changing symbols littered all around it, and the only file that was not 'CORRUPT', was a note named 'password_ '.
"Well, that's awkward. Who would put a sheet with every password of each account in a file that is so easy to access? Oh right. Lucifer. And the IQ score for him goes down. Just after I rated him up after that clever trick he made." Ares mentally said, breaking the silence.
"Yeah." Richard simply responded back.
Richard then looked through the password sheet, despite knowing all the passwords already. He then skimmed over it, before then closing it, and then clicked the random "CORRUPTED" files, before one of the changing symbols turned into a ticket and stayed that way, as another ticket was printed out from the hard drive, and Richard took it, and stuffed it into his pocket. Richard then logged out, and inputted a new password into the same account, which is "iamerror", which led him to a screen where the same man that was the Legend of Zelda II Easter egg was sitting at, and another ticket was printed out, as if it was a reward for finding the secret.
"Neat ref, Lucifer. Ought to hand it to you, that I never thought that you would be able to make a reference like that even in hell." Ares commented.
"Ares, are you going to comment on everything you see now?" Richard asked, a bit annoyed by the continuous commentary from Ares.
"Can't help it, Richard. I feel an urge to comment continuously." Ares responded.
He then logged out again, and then went back to the guest profile, where an eye was in the background. He then noticed that there was a new file named ' ', which Richard opened, which, like the title says is a plain and simple triangle. However, Richard moved the triangle to align it with the eye, and when the two symbols are aligned, the screen flicker to show that the text "ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED" appeared below the new Illuminati symbol, as a ticket has appeared for his actions.
Richard sighs at this, and clutches his forehead with his right hand, and shakes his head in annoyance.
"If he was good with references before, then he literally just became too smart, creating this insidious reference. Utter bullshit…." Richard bemoaned.
Richard then logged out before entering the password for Lucifer's account, which is "ponies." He was then guided to a desktop, with a pentagram in the centre of the screen background, with Pony Island Exe in the middle of it, and two demonic sages pointing at it from each side, and to add insult to injury, the words "Welcome Back" were written above the pentagram, although faded. There were a few 'CORRUPTED' files, and the usual Messenger program, and a picture of a long bat wing under the name 'Pony_ ." a sound file that is under the name 'Butterfly_ 3", and a game named "Settlers of Satan".
Richard then eyed the Messenger program, before he then formed an evil smile.
"You thinking what I am thinking, Ares?" Richard said in an evil tone, followed with an evil cackle.
"Yep! I definitely know what we're doing. Time to give Lucifer some of his shit!' Ares replied with a bit of a giggle.
Richard then went into Messenger, which was on the same window where Lucifer was communicating to Richard with, before Richard then typed something like this, chuckling and guffawing along the way:
1U iF#r: Hello John.
1U iF#r: I like to play a game with you.
1U iF#r: HERP A DERP! I'M A LONELY BASTARD WHO WANKS AT LOOKING AT PORNO!
1U iF#r: 3O WOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLO!
1U iF#r: You're going have a BED TIME.
1U iF#r: It's me…. SANES!11!11!1
1U iF#r: EWEHWEWEH WEHEWEHEHWEH EHWEHEWHEHEWEHWHEWHWEHWHEHWEWEHEHEH EWHEHEWHEWEWEWHEWHEWEH!
1U iF#r: Whenever Lucifer says something, it's a MEANS to the end.
1U iF#r: EYE'M THE STRONGEST!
1U iF#r: SnooPING AS usual, I see?
1U iF#r: EEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! DESH SHE DUNKEN SPIEL!
1U iF#r: …..Okay.
1U iF#r: BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER MUSHROOM MUSHROOM! BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!
1U iF#r: THAT SOUL IS A BLOODY SPY!
Richard laughed so loud after typing all this, since he was technically using Lucifer's account, and therefore sought to humiliate him.
After that, Richard then clicked on the game Settlers of Satan. After all, it's where one of the tickets is.
This game was a strategy game about colonisation, having to build settlements in hexagonal plots of land, and buying stuff. However, the way to get the ticket is to get three certain resource values, Wheat, Sheep and Ore to 6, forming the number of the devil, 666. After a bit of working around, the goal was achieved and another ticket has come into Richard's possession.
After that, Richard entered the game to destroy another CORE file. This time, the loading star is now red, and as soon as it's completed, it reveals the pentagram of Hell with the words, "SatanTech Incorporated".
"Guess there's no point in hiding the truth, eh, Lucifer?" Richard thinks.
The start screen is once again different, as there is a pentagram on the background, and there are now devil heads on each side of the title, and the copyright is now "Satantech Incoporated -666"
Richard then clicks on the left devil head, and it opens its mouth to show that it has a code portal in it, and solves the hidden puzzle inside, and gets another ticket for his troubles.
Richard then stiffens his breath, as he clicks the "START GAME" option, and a portion of the screen falls away, with the three options and copyright, and digital confetti sprays from the bottom corners, and the cheers of a child audience is heard. However, the 'joyous' scene fades, as more and more of the things on the screen disappear, save for the "ADVENTURE MODE" option, which was decorated obnoxious orange, purple and green letters, and the left head suddenly appears in centre, now animated in red and blue, indicating that Lucifer is taking control.
"YOU HAVE BEEN BUSY, HAVEN'T YOU?" The now-identified Lucifer says. "ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WROTE THOSE HORRIFYING MESSAGES IN MY STEAD."
"When in Rome, Lucifer, you insult your torturer." Richard replies back.
"OH, SHUT UP. I HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES TO PONY ISLAND. ADVENTURE MODE IS A GAME DESIGN REVOLUTION." Lucifer growls.
"Yeah, a revolution of plagiarism." Richard accuses.
"ALL THINGS WERE THOUGHT OFF FIRST BY ME, IDIOT. IF THERE'S PLAGARISM, THEN YOU HUMANS ARE THE ONES WHO DID IT, NOT ME." Lucifer says.
"Sure, sure..." Richard says.
"I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT YOU REFRAIN FROM CHEATING, BUT LIKE YOU WOULD CARE." Lucifer says, before his icon disappears.
Richard then smirks, before clicking the option, only for the white pointer indicating the selection to fall off the screen.
"You were saying, Lucifer, "Game design Revolution"? Well, I'm so impressed by this." Richard sarcastically says.
"OH, FUCK YOU. SINCE YOU'RE SO SARCASTIC SALLY, HOW ABOUT YOU TRY TO FIX THIS THEN?" Lucifer retorts.
"Suits me!" Richard replies, as he enters the code portal that was left behind by the lost pointer, solved a few puzzles that use the "Teleport" code box.
Soon enough, he was into the game, with the pony sprite standing on a white square, indicating a stage, and it is surrounded by dead trees and hills, in a map format, and there are the words "PONY HILLS" faded in the background.
"Well... This is new..." Hopelesssoul stated. "There is a huge amount of corrupted data north of you. Our best chance at opening another portal lies there."
'Yep, right where the castle is.' Richard thinks, while sighing.
"Just play along and don't let h-" Hopelesssoul typed, before the screen glitches.
"WHAT IS THAT!?" Lucifer demanded.
"What? You scared?" Richard sneered. "Scared of some noises?"
"YOU REALLY LIKE TO GET ON MY NERVES, DO YOU?" Lucifer said.
Richard ignores Lucifer, as a new stage appeared on the screen, and retro music plays. Richard clicked on it, and entered the stage. He then goes through the stage, before noticing that he can't use the laser. At the moment he thought that, a code portal appeared, and Richard clicked on it, solving the puzzle inside, and regained the ability.
He then went through the stage as normal, facing some dark prophets, who fires projectiles at the avatar, and made it to the end. He is then back at the map, and went to the next stage, called the "THE GREAT GAP". Richard then went through the stage, and true to its title, the end of the stage had a gap so wide that it was impossible for Richard to cross it.
'Impossible, for now.' Richard thought.
Richard then exited the stage, and was back at the map.
"I CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS STAGE." Lucifer says. "GOOD. THAT'LL MAKE YOU HAVE TO GRIND FOR EXPERIENCE OVER THERE."
The screen then opens a new stage, called the "EXP BEACH". Richard passed through it, seeing that it's like the last stage, "PONY HILLS", and after the stage, he got a level up screen, where he was indicated to gain 1 EXP from the clear.
"GRATZ. 99 MORE TO GO. SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG TO GRIND ALL THAT, OR DOES IT?" Lucifer says, smug, and even laughing a evil laugh after.
"Laugh all you want, I don't frankly care." Richard retorts, before he opens the new code portal that appeared on the exp bar, and after completing it, got a level-up instead.
"..." Lucifer said, with the dots on the screen. "I HATE YOU."
Richard then gained the wings for the level up, and re-entered "THE GREAT GAP", and crossed the wide gap with the wings. He then cleared the stages after it, appearing one after the other, and exploiting a loophole in the map to gain the ticket from the symbol in "TICKET LAKE",
He even went back to the starting point to find a hidden path with unplayable stages that lead him to a boat reminiscent of the one Charon uses, and the boat floats away from the land for a while, before the avatar pony turned into a 8-bit version of himself, complete with the clothes, and Heaven's Will on the back.
'Just as the game reminds the knight who he is in the game, it reminds me who I am.' Richard thinks.
The boat then returned back to the land, and Richard continued along the map with the avatar, crossing a desert filled with cactuses that have the upside-down cross shapes of the Anti-Christ, and then passed through many more stages, no different to the ones before it, and made it to a stage called the "CAVE OF TRUTH". He entered it, and was back with the wise devil made of the red 0s and 1s.
"I SEE YOU HAVE RETURNED, MORTAL." The devil spoke. "ALLOW ME TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER VISION. BEHOLD..."
Richard then saw the vision through his future self's eyes, and saw that all kinds of heroes were either bowing, cheering or saluting, with him above them all. In the crowd, was some of his real-world friends, turned multiversal warriors, and saw many of the heroes from the different universes and fandoms, and even saw a soldier that was in his 30s, and wearing the same gear as the JSOC units wore, and he had Akuma, the human Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer, a human Latios and Latias, a pair of multiverse saviours that were the same age as the soldier.
"NOW YOU MAY ASK ME A QUESTION." The devil stated.
"What was the vision about?" Richard typed.
"THAT VISION SHOWED YOU AS A LEADER. YOU HAVE YET TO BECOME THE SAVIOUR OF THE MULTIVERSE, BUT YOU WILL MAKE MANY FRIENDS, AND TOGETHER, YOU WILL SAVE THE MULTIVERSE FROM ALL THAT IS MADE BY NOTHINGNESS ITSELF. YOU WILL ALSO POSSESS IMMORTALITY SOON ENOUGH, BUT YOU WILL NOT BE FREE OF PAIN AND SUFFERING, BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL, EVEN WITH THIS TRAIT."
Richard then soaked in this information, knowing that he'll have immortality, but doesn't understand what the devil means that he will not be immune to pain and suffering.
"THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. LEAVE." The devil demanded.
Richard entered the command "Back", and was back in the map. He then continued amongst the desert, before he reached a stage called "KEEL'S APPROACH".
"YOU ARE DOING SO GREAT." Lucifer says. "BUT NOW, I NEED TIME TO FINISH THE REST. WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A BREAK?"
A prompt appeared, asking whether he wanted to quit the game or not. Richard wasn't interested in resting, considering he's trying to escape, not enjoy all this, although he is, considering what he has done to add humour to this whole situation. So he clicked "NO.", and the system glitchs to show that the option is replaced by a code portal.
Richard sighs, hating the fact that he has to do these repetitive puzzles over just to continue, and then solved it, which create a path to lead him to a retro evil tower under the name, "SATANTECH KEEP". He then moves to the stage square, and clicks the "START" option, but nothing happens.
"I TOLD YOU TO TAKE A BREAK!" Lucifer said. "I NEED MORE TIME HERE! YOU'RE NOT READY FOR THE BOSS FIGHT!"
"Freedom doesn't come when you slack, Lucifer!" Richard responded. "I'm not resting until either you let me out, or I bust out my self.
"LET ME JUST CODE UP SOME MORE LEVELS." Lucifer commented, before the game screen began to block out square by square."OOPS. JUST A TYPO. HOLD ON."
Richard growls at this. 'Son of a... Is he a braindead programmer, or is he playing stupid!?'
He then notices that the stage was still there, and there was still the option to start it, but when he did, the screen showed that he was in another map.
Richard clicked around the map, seeing some interesting things, including coding that made the game, and memos made by Lucifer, and noticed a code portal on a isolated screenshot of the main menu of Pony Island.
Solving the puzzle within, the screenshot disappeared, and the map changed slightly, showing different memos, and even a animation of a small devil, which has a yellow face, and black plus sign eyes, waving at the screen. Richard chuckled at this.
'Never thought that I would see you face to face, Lovely. This time, I'll just leave you be.' Richard thought.
Richard then moved down, and instantly landed in a portion of a town in Pokemon, complete with the sea. Richard then rummaged through the grass on the left for a while, before then walking up and down the sea, as the Missingno appears nearby, and a ticket is dispensed as reward for discovering this secret.
Richard then progressed further in the map, and made it to another code portal, and solved it to go back to the Adventure mode map, which is now very different, being upside down, and Richard still having the ability to free-roam.
"IT'S NOT READY. DON'T LOOK." Lucifer warned Richard.
Richard ignored him, and then proceeded to move down the map, with some of the map being coloured in, and past the now upside down tower of SATANTECH KEEP, and managed to find another Daemon program, named " ", with the icon being square with a man's face, and fur covering the outside.
Richard felt like that he was intimidated by something, but pressed on the program regardlessly, activating it and waking the cybernetic demon, which is a ball of fur, with the same face of the icon, and having 5 equine legs spaced evenly around it's round body, and they seem to be twitching in time.
"A MORTAL..." Buer spoke. "WHERE AM I?"
Richard remained silent, having nothing to say.
"AH, I REMEMBER. I WAS CREATED TO GUARD A CORE FILE FROM MORTALS LIKE YOU." Buer continued. "BUT THIS... IS NOT A CORE FILE. ASMODEUS. HE TOOK MY SEAT AS GUARDIAN."
Richard then opened his mouth to speak, knowing what to say, but the cyber-demon spoke first.
"MORTAL... IF YOU FIND ASMODEUS IN YOUR TRAVELS. TELL HIM MY NAME. BUER." Buer requested. "AND HE WILL KNOW I AM STILL OUT HERE. AND HE WILL KNOW VENGEANCE APPROACHES. ACCEPT THIS AS PAYMENT."
Richard then sees Buer disappear, and another ticket comes out of the hard drive. Richard takes it, and then continues on to where the SATANTECH KEEP was, and entered the stage, this time, it succeeds.
The background now has candle-holders, with goat skulls on the top, and flames that flicker blue and red in them.
"YOU MADE IT. THE FINAL LEVEL OF ADVENTURE MODE." Lucifer said. "I WANTED TO HAVE MORE BUILD-UP. BUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT STUFF. FINE. SINCE YOU'RE HERE. WE MIGHT AS WELL DO THIS."
Suddenly, a giant devil head, which is in red and blue, unlike the usual white, appears in front of the pony avatar.
"THE FINAL BOSS IS ME, OF COURSE." Lucifer stated. "IF YOU LOSE, YOUR SOUL IS MINE. :)"
Richard sucked his breath, and began the battle, firing the laser at the giant devil head that is Lucifer, who seems to be dodging his attack without ease.
"You little..." Richard hissed, with a rageful expression. "THIS IS CHEATING! Have you no honour for game mechanics!? The final boss is never supposed to be invincible at the start!'
"DON'T CARE. THERE'S BOSSES THAT YOU CAN'T KILL, KID. AND THIS IS NO EVENT. YOU DIE, YOU LOSE." Lucifer replies, with a sadistic tone.
"ARGH! FUCK YOU!" Richard roared back, keeping Lucifer back with the laser.
Suddenly, a code portal appears in the middle of the screen, this time, one leading to a CORE file.
"I've done it!" Hopelesssoul said. "Take this portal to the CORE file!"
"COWARD!" Lucifer accused.
"Guess you aren't the unbeatable after all. See ya, Lucifer the Dick!" Richard taunted, before clicking the portal.
The portal leads Richard to the same place, except it is in inverted colours, and there is a Daemon program in the center, already activating, which is , the icon being a grotesque monster-demon face with many scars, and sharp horns.
"Tch..." Hopelesssoul said. "This one's a bit more violent. Be careful, and don't die."
The file then activates, showing a giant demon on the left, with its head in the view, and arms thumping forward in the background. It's face has many scars, with most of them being shaped in anti-religious symbols, three of them which are red.
The music of the battle then sounds, a dark chiptune with suspenseful keyboard sounds.
'Damn... I can't afford to lose here. If my avatar dies, I die. No second chance. No retry like the game allows you.' Richard thought, as he cautiously battled the giant demon.
The giant demon, Beelzebub, begin firing rock stalagmite out of his mouth, with them homing onto the avatar. Richard immediately aimed for them, destroying them, before they reached him. Beelzebub then fists forwards in front of him, in the air, but the attack misses, as Richard's avatar is on the ground.
'Shit... That attack punishes you every time you try to weasel out of an attack. I better keep to the ground until he slams the ground.' Richard thinks.
Richard then slowly whittles down the demon's body slowly, taking out each of its attack with each of the three targets destroyed, and avoided the aforementioned slam attack, making sure to glide over it, and drop down before the airborne fist can hit the avatar.
Soon enough, the battle ends, and the avatar suddenly freezes in a white colour, and the rest of the game does as well, including what's left of Beelzebub, before his remains dissolve in pixels. Luckily, Richard can still use the mouse, and the CORE file appears in the centre.
"Heh. Looks like you're no ordinary player. Maybe you're a true warrior." Hopelesssoul complimented Richard. "But now, let's get rid of this CORE file. Click, and end this CORE file, now."
Before Richard could react, Lucifer's giant demon head appears on the right of the screen.
"NO. YOU ARE BEING LED ASTRAY." Lucifer said. "CAN'T YOU SEE THAT DESTROYING THESE FILES WILL PREVENT YOU FROM PLAYING PONY ISLAND!?"
Richard then blankly stares at the monitor, before then erupting in full, gut-busting laughter, pounding the table with his fist.
"..." Lucifer said. "LET ME GUESS, YOU DON'T WANT TO."
"EXACTA-FUCKING-MONDO, IDIOT!" Richard hee-hawed. "COME ON! DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT I CARE FOR SOME GAME THAT IS TRAPPING ME HERE? YOUR GAME SUCKS BALLS, AND I WANT OUT! HOPELESSSOUL, LET'S DO THIS!"
"You tell him!" Hopelesssoul says, before his avatar appears on the top right corner of the screen, being a legless, round headed body with emoji expressions.
"WHAT ARE YOU-" Lucifer tried to say.
"Ready? GO!" Hopelesssoul announced, before firing the same laser the pony uses at Lucifer, causing the screen to glitch and black out in certain areas.
"Keep him off, Hopelesssoul! I'll get this off!" Richard shouted, before he activated the delete program. The file deletion succeeds, but then, big red words appear on the screen.
'SECURITY BREACH'
"Oh... fuck..." Richard swore.
"FOOL! YOU REALLY THINK THIS IS ALL TO DEFEND IT!?" Lucifer says, as the ground suddenly spews green gas.
Richard then covers his mouth, trying not to inhale the suspicious gas, but fails, as he coughs violently, and sucks in the gas.
"SLEEP WELL... IT'S THE LAST TIME YOU WILL EVER SLEEP! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" Lucifer cackled.
Richard's vision blurred around the edges, become progressively more darker, but as he is losing his conscinousness, he sees that the file is being deleted, regardless.
"Heh. That's one... over... you..." Richard weakly smirked, before all fades to black in his vision.
A/N: And so, we move onto the final act of this mini-arc. I'm sorry for the large delay, but I had my hands and mind full with lots of work. Either way, hope you guys will enjoy this chapter. I may not be the greatest writer, but I do my best to please the audience.