Chapter 7: The End?
)))))The Day Alduin attacked)))))
Guys. I did it. I fucking did it!
Today, Alduin has come to destroy Orario and release the seal of the dungeon. Here he comes.
I had spent the last 3 years preparing for this day. Jaune, Lily, Ryuu and I had all reached the maximum Level 10 stats. We're all good to go. Our army is in hundreds of thousands, coming from all over the world to prepare for this day.
In the end, I had never found Bell Cranel. I don't know what happened to him.. perhaps because I had turn Orario into an efficient industrial machine, churning out Level 5s by the hundreds every month like a well run factory, Zeus had no desire to send out Bell to learn to be a hero in Orario
I had optimized Heroes production. Sounds pretty blasphemous, I guess.
The world has united under the White Raven banner in order to destroy Alduin once and for all.
As the roar if the great dragon, the Final Great Quest echoes from the horizon, I exchanged glances with my comrades.
Today, we will beat Alduin!
)))))3 days later)))))
The War again The Dragon of The End was settled in the third day.
99% of my army perished over the course of three days.
Jaune died in the second day
Lily perished as she protected me from Alduin's Atomic Breath.
Ryuu…. Ryuu…..
But… but….
The fucking lizard finally died! We did it! There's nothing but burned land for miles. Mountains had melted like ice. Canyons carved like jagged scars.
Orario is no more.
But we did it, right?!!
Right?!!!!!
Hahahhahhahah!
Ahahhahha!
Ahahahhaahahahah!!!!
Ahhaha…
Hahha
Haaa…….
Alduin's corpse, its size is that of a mountain. Who the hell think it's a great idea to make this fucking thing the Final Boss?!! I know I nicknamed it as Alduin out if sheer spite for his stupidly long name, but to think the fucking thing is pretty much lore accurate to the actual Alduin!
But its over, right?
Right?
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Once, Jaune had asked me, if I will choose to sacrifice someone I love, or let the world be ruined because I won't do so.
And I had told him.
I choose the people Iove every time. Let the world be damned.
So why am I here, holding the Ryuu's severed head, staring at the Final Beast that I had finally defeated?
I had told Jaune that I will let the world fall to ruin if its to save the people I loved. Yet in the end, I stand victorious, saving the world, at the cost of everything I loved.
What a fucking hypocrite, I am.
So, what now?
Is this it? The End.
"Interesting. For the first time of our thousands trade of clashes, you had finally defeated me."
The voice I recognized as Alduin blares across every horizon.
What?!! How?!! I beat him!!
I fucking beat him!!
"However, I am the Dragon of The End. I will not end, until I end everything."
"ALDUIN!!!"
"Ah.", the dragon raise its head, taller than the highest mountain. The beast, it had died! I was sure of it!
Is it… immortal?!!
"Alduin? I had not heard of that name for a long time. You had called me by many names over our long struggles. But I am most fond of this name. A name fit for the embodiment of The End."
"why wont you die?!!"
"Still had not figure it out, do you? What name do you go by this time? El Cranel? Sky Coalsworth? Makoto Hotaru? Hmm… let me see. Soren Ravencroft? I had not heard that in a while."
"Just… what are you? What are you even talking about?!!"
"I am The End. Nothing more. Nothing else. I come, and things end. Except you. Not really. Each time, you rewind the world. Sometimes a year. Sometimes two years. Sometimes three years. But you never went further than 6th of June, 6 years Before Alduin. You are incapable to rewind further than that, do you?"
Alduin lower its head. Drawing it as close as it could to me. Close enough to see the entirety of its head.
"Ah, I see. Perhaps that is why you are so different this time. It had been fun. This version of you had come up with quite a battle plan this time. I wonder why you did not bring Bell Cranel this time. Your… greatest weapon. You had always brought your Shield, but you had not brought me your Sword for the past 500 iterations. Why? Because I break him in front of you too much? Too many times?"
The dragons chuckles almost deafens me as it emanates across all horizon.
"Are you still seeing him as your son? Let go of your attachment Soren. Let go of your love. You can do more than this. If you were more ruthless. More callous."
The dragon grins.
"It will be even more fun."
I couldn't stand anymore. The only thing I can do is clutch Ryuus's head dearly.
"It's time to end our encounter for this time. Soren Ravencroft. I will see you in the next round."
The dragon open jaw, and all I could see is flame.
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How long, since I had been floating in this Oblivion? A week? A month? A year?
Forever?
[You have lost]
[Bad Ending 01: Alduin's Attack]
I stare blankly at the screen before me. The only light in this endless nothingness
However, the next screen sent me into a swirl of questioning.
[You have failed you 9765th run]
[Would you like to review your 9765th playthrough?]