"How're your studies going?" The person on the Discord call asked.
A scoff escaped my mouth. "I don't know, how do you think it's been going?"
"Well… knowing you, you're probably procrastinating like hell. Not that I'm going to tell you off. Even I'm doing that." A chuckle escaped his mouth.
"Ay," I replied without enthusiasm.
The sounds of clacking of keyboard and clicking of mouse resounded in my dark room. My face got closer into the screen as the intensity of the game increased. "MF's going to ult!"
True to my words, the female pirate wielding two flintlock-lock like pistols strolled up in the dragon pit and used her ultimate, a cone highlight came up followed by a barrage of fire and the cackling of Miss Fortune. Of course, my whole team was caught in the ultimate, quickly sending all of our health bars to the shadow realms.
"FUCK SAKES! BLAME OUR JUNGLER!" The person in the call said.
A groan escaped my mouth as my team got aced for the nth time. I watched the screen; question mark pings being spammed on our Lee Sin. I moved my mouse to the lower right corner where the mini map was located to see the enemy team push the middle lane, destroying our last two turrets and finally breaking the nexus.
I leaned back on my chair, exhaling a sigh of defeat before looking at the main results of the match. Not bothering to even look, I left.
"Alright man, I'm going to play some Terraria."
A soft chuckle reached the call. "You've been playing that game way more frequently… I thought you said you were getting bored of that game?"
"Well…" I considered telling him about the mod that I've discovered but I held my tongue. I'll savour the mod for myself for now, when I'm done beating the final boss in that mod, then I'll tell them about it. "Let's just say that I found more ways to play the game."
"Huh… well alright, go enjoy your gay ass game."
"Bitch, you play Roblox! What's gayer than that?!" I countered.
"Psh, whatever man."
"Alright, bye." I said.
I heard the Discord disconnect call before disconnecting as well. I closed my League of Legends client and opened Terraria. I'm looking forward to playing Terraria again after three weeks of not playing it. The final update has come, and I'm so psyched at the new weapons that I'm going to get. Aside from that, I sure hope that the mod has been updated recently to cater to Journey's End.
Terraria's new music piece blasted my ears making me smile with excitement. The main menu showed up and I was about to open up my world when Steam notified me of a message. Shift-tabbing out of the game to bring out the Steam Overlay, I saw a username I haven't seen in a long time.
G0ds0fL1ght&D rk
'Hello once again.'
'You again…'
'I sure hope that you're currently enjoying the mod that I've given you?'
'By 'given' you mean forcefully placed… how tf did you even do that? I unplugged my computer and everything.'
'I have ways… anyway, what do you think of the mod lately?'
Despite the blatant hacking of m computer, I will admit that the mod itself is a wonderful thing that existed. I honestly cannot fathom how much I love the mod right now. I made sure to relay my appreciation to the messenger.
'Ha, thank you.'
Afterwards, I then asked the messenger why he's talking to me so suddenly to which he replied by informing me that the mod has been updated to cater to the Journey's End update. My eyebrows raised up, lips curled upwards as I gave out an impressed 'huh'.
'Wow you work fast.'
'Well, I pride myself with being punctual. In any case, the update should've installed itself by now as we speak.'
'Cool'
'We'll talk again.'
Our conversation ended there and I shift-tabbed back out the of Steam Overlay and back into Terraria's main menu screen. Navigating through the menu, selecting the same world, I waited as the game files loaded itself. The screen turned black for a second before bright colours flared back to life. My eyes are greeted with Sir BoinkGeminid standing on top of the walls fortress that I had summoned the last time I played the game.
Weird, I remember leaving the Sir BoinkGeminid inside of the central building where all of the possible structural upgrades were… oh well.
I looked around the landscape of the floating island. It's still a sight to behold and a torture to my graphics card at how amazing this looks. Ignoring my whining CPU, I looked at the new updated HUD. Unlike the last time, where I was just overwhelmed with so many things, this HUD was more sorted, it only displayed the items on my hotbar, and the mini-map displayed itself on the top left. I flew around the fortress a few times, looking at my mini-map for signs of Amber.
It didn't take long for me to find her. She was wandering down a street, gazing at the structures that stood before her. Her face a look of awe. I can't really blame her, even I am impressed at how massive this fortress is and how it looks more like an Atlantis on land or sky depending on how you look at it.
Amber looked up and saw me. She waved her hand at me as I decided to glide down next to her. Once my feet touched the ground, the screen faded to black, telling me that a cutscene is happening. Amber and Sir BoinkGeminid were walking down the street, not a word was shared. Amber had a curious and troubled look on her face. It looks like she wanted to say something but she's holding it off.
As if the game was reading my mind, Sir BoinkGeminid spoke up. "There is something in your mind."
Amber gave a quiet 'uh-huh'. Sir BoinkGeminid continued. "Do you wish to share it?"
Amber's lips thinned as she thought of a way to phrase what was on her mind. When she finally formed the words, she looked up at Sir BoinkGeminid and asked a question. "Why are we here? Why am I here?"
Sir BoinkGeminid stopped in walk, Amber did the same. My character's gaze looked down to Amber, she shrunk a little under his glowing purple eyes, but she knew he wouldn't hurt her, so she stared back. After a moment of gazing into each other, Sir BoinkGeminid faced forward once again.
"Do you recall the giant eyeball that you fought in the village?" He asked.
Amber looked away, grimacing as she grabbed her left arm, the sensation of losing an arm returning back to her. "How could I forget?"
"My next words aren't easy to swallow, Amber. The Eye of Cthulhu is one of the weakest of beings. A mere steppingstone for the upcoming war."
Amber's face paled. "T-That think is considered weak!? Also, what do you mean by war!?"
"My appearance here is has caused changes in your world." Sir BoinkGeminid, carried Amber. The Fall Maiden for her part squeaked at the sudden shift. Wind rushed against her face as both of them flew up. When she opened her eyes, a gasped escaped, two types of landscapes greeted her from both ends of the western and eastern horizon, one of purple and red respectively.
"What are those?" Amber asked.
"They are called World Evils. The western World Evil is called Corruption while the eastern World Evil is called Crimson. Both of them only have one function: swallowing this world, assimilate, terraform this world you call home into theirs. To make matters worse, both World Evils have a deity that is responsible for its expansion. "
"Deities?" Amber's heart sunk.
Sir BoinkGeminid nodded. "The Corruption has the Eater of Worlds, a massive worm filled with the taint of Corruption, its main purpose is to burrow itself all the way down to your planet's core, devour it, essentially, killing your entire world. Meanwhile, the Crimson has the Brain of Cthulhu, a cunning and smart deity that spreads the Crimson efficiently and methodically, turning the whole world into a ball of flesh and blood."
Amber was scared but that didn't stop her from asking another question. "How do you know these… these monsters?"
"I have battled against them in multiple worlds, each one I succeeded in holding them back, however, that is because for every world, there is only one World Evil that resides. To see both of them on the same world… it does not bode well for your planet."
Amber responded to his ominous words by grabbing the scruff of his mantle. A scared and pleading look on her face. "We have to tell Ozpi-!"
A cold chill runs down Amber's spine, a shrill cry originating from the west could be heard across Remnant. The camera which displayed the cutscene changed into first person, Amber was looking west, where the blood curdling cry was heard before she turned her head to face me, her skin was pale, a scared look on her face.
"W-What was that!?"
A. "Oh no… it has begun."
B. "Signs that dictate the arrival of the Eater of Worlds."
C. Glare at the Corruption biome.
D. "A big gummy worm's coming! And it doesn't sound like it wants me to have a bite!"
THE REWRITE FOR CHAPTER 21 IS HERE! Like always tell me your thoughts about today's chapter! I've read some of the reviews and some readers told me to refine my way of writing perspective.
In the earlier chapters, the way I presented perspective is through the eyes of the main character. I kept describing how he's using the keyboard and mouse to interact with Sir BoinkGeminid which, in turn, gave the implications that Sir BoinkGeminid is not connected with the main character because I keep separating both of them.
While I did have some issues with this, mainly that it might give the wrong implications, making you guys assume that the main character got transported into the world of Remnant but after looking at it now and some deliberating, I've decided that I will merge both the main character and Sir BoinkGeminid as one which should make it easier for all of you and less confusing!
Some of you have also stated loud and clear to keep the comedic stuff in the real world while I maintain a serious tone when the main character is playing. While it was a little tricky to convert into that style of writing, I'm slowly making progress.
Finally, a question to all of my readers. I have been thinking about my hobby more and I'm thinking that maybe I can turn my hobby into something more. That being said, I am thinking about setting up a P atreon account. Do tell me your thoughts!
