As Shira looks at the Quest panel she was shocked to find out that the person she was fighting was someone she believed to be dead, and yet here he was covered in a weird glitch, She had no idea why Shin was doing this but she knew he was not doing it by choice, And she knew that to free him all she would need was to land one shot on him.

"I did it before...i can do it again" She said to herself, she loads her revolver ready to fight to save Shin. Shin sprints towards Shira and she fires multiple shots at him only for it all to be dodged, Shin then takes one powerful step before it follows up into a quick dash that leads him right up in Shira's face. "DAMN" shira said, She tried to shot him again but got her revolver smacked off her hand like a toy.

She was then hit by mean right hook which made her take a few steps back, shin went for a straight punch but thankfully Shira dodged in time and weaved to the right and landed her own punch which was harder. “Shin!, come to your senses please!” She begged but no response.

Shira had one advantage in this fight, and that was the fact that Shin is just a human whilst Shira is a demon and has flight and increased strenght,atleast she thought this would be an upper hand.

As the punch connects with Shin's stomach he does not stagger back or even flinch, but just acts as if nothing happened. Shira quickly jumped away from him and tried to reach for her revolver but was to slow and got thrown like a ragdoll towards building.

She groans in pain before noticing Shin who was in the air about to crash down on herself, her demonic wings popped up and she quickly took flight and avoided the crash which caused the ground to shake for a bit.

Shira flew towards her revolver and manages to snatch it before soaring up into the sky and aiming down at shin who was on the ground. She did not want to injure Shin to much but was running out of options and was left with using her magic.

She aimed her shot at Shin who just stared up at her, A flaming magic circle then appears right infront of her revolver and as she pulls the trigger, instead of a bullet flying out it was a beam of flames that came out and was heading towards Shin.

Shin did not move at all and just stared at the incoming attack, that was until a weapon started forming onto his hand, it was a sword that was glitching and was covered in darkness.

Shin swung his blade at the flames and by some logic it was cutting through the flames. This of course surprised Shira since Shin was never able to pull off this move before but she remained focused as now that Shin had a weapon, It meant he now had the ability to use his magic which would be a massive problem.

After the beam ended Shin instantly launched a barrage of glitch slashes which flew towards Shira, She started flying away from the attacks and was dodging and weaving before firing even more beams of flames at Shin who stated dodging them while launching even more slashes.

However Shin was continuing this with ease while Shira was starting to get tired. “Damnit…” She said. She tries to keep up with Shin’s speed but it was all over, Shin appears behind her and She quickly tries to aim her revolver at him howver it was too late, Shin lunged foward with his blade aiming foward.

it hit, the blade fully pierced into her chest, Shira felt limp, her body falling towards Shin who caught her and held her. He stayed silent of course not by choice. Shira looked up at his face, he showed no emotion and yet Shira could tell, this was the most Shin had ever shown.

She placed her hand on his head and started ruffling his hair, it was something she loved to do to him. Shin raised his hand and held hers, and as he did Shira noticed just how much his hand was shaking, he was scared, he was desperate to save her no matter what.

She knew that she was not surviving at all, and all she could was hug him as tight as she could, it was getting for her to stay concious and Shin was trying his best to move but it was useless.

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"Maybe somehow...i'll reincarnate alongside you..so wait for me okay?" She said using her last breath, the fromher eyes were gone and all her mana was gone. Shin placed her corpse on the ground.

It was silent Until a figure appeared beside the corrupted Shin, It was the creator and he was cackling at Shin for what he did. "So you really were to weak to resist?, that's pathetic of a king like you" He said but no response.

"Ah right your still controlled" He said, Suddenly Shin was back in control as it seems that the creator has let him. Shin cried, he got on his knees and was infront of his wife's body.

He never thought something like this would happen and could only blame himself for being unprepared.

"Its all over, you were too weak" The creator chuckled, as he stood next to Shin. "This world is now mine to control, and i don't need it" He said, suddenly glitches started spreading everywhere and the world was covered by it as it even affected the people. The glitch would even make it into the world portals and spread into other worlds, effectively ending all life in this universe.

"Why?...why do all this?" Shin asked, The creator turned his head to face Shin before answering. "To show you...just how weak you are...and how unprepared you are" The creator replied, his tone more serious.

"Prepared for what!?" He shouted, still emotional over Shira's death. "Something...much worse i suppose" The creator replied, he pats Shin's shoulder as he continued on crying. "Don't be too emotional, as this is not the end, not even close to it" The creator said, Shin did not even turn to face him, but the creator knew Shin was paying attention. "This is just to show you what happens if you fail again" The creator replied, Shin was obviously confused, but before he could even speak he felt immense pain in his chest.

He slowly looked down and saw the creator's arm that went right through his chest,blood was dripping down and Shin began to cough blood. The creator then pulls his arm out and let Shin collapse next to Shira's corpse with that big hole in his chest. As Shin felt his life fading away, The creator crouched down to Shin's level before saying some words. "Consider this...a gift of sorts" The creator said, He then gets up and walks in the opposite direction before he starts glitching and suddenly vanishes and Shin was now nothing more than a corpse.

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(World ?)

"Huh?" I said as i woke up, i was on a bed and inside a room i have not seen...not in the world of fantasy i lived in for so long. It was more modern like my own world, but that's not possible all the worlds should have been destroyed right???

I got up from the bed and looked around and quickly noticed some differences, i was shorter and looked younger. I saw a PC on the desk next to the bed, so i turned it on and tried to find out where i was.

"2023?" That was the year written on the calendar, so i was right, everything was modern just like in my world. But why was i even here and how did any of this even happen???

I saw a phone next to the keyboard and checked for anything but there was no contacts or numbers, so i was not possesing somebody's body but rather just spawned in like this...This had to be because of the Creator, that was the only logical thing i could think of.

I stood up and was about to leave, but see a box under the desk, it was wrapped like a christmas gift, just not really jolly and just purple.

I opened it and...

"What? Is this some sort of VR headset?" I said as i held the box. "This looks more advanced than the ones i had in my world too" i looked at the box some more before noticing a note on the wrapping i just tore.

"This is my gift for you Shin, i'm sure your confused but it will all make sense soon

-The Creator"

What the hell?, why was he doing this?, is this some form of torture?. I just put the box down and sat on the bed very confused, until a notification popped up on my phone.

i opened my phone and surpisingly it was a world wide warning from the goverments around the world.

"What the hell?"

i quickly got on the the PC and decided i had to find out what was going on. so many articles just suddenly popped up and i clicked one of them, and it was related to the headset i got as a 'gift'

"trapped?" The article was talking about how people who had were using the VR headset were not able to jut log out or even try to get someone to pull the headset of as the headset would instanty kill the user.

I was shocked and read even more.

"100,000 deaths have been reported in the past week, as people are finding out that anyone who is using the VR headset made by

'VASOR' the number one gaming company is permanently trapped, families are devastated as 70% of the people were simply children under the age of 18 and 40% are under 14"

What the hell was going on?, This was basically SAO just much worse.

"However employes from 'VASOR' have all been arrested but none of them claimed to be responsible as they claim to have ad no idea such a thing could happen"

"people are now worried on what will happen next as 100 million people are now trapped in a virtual world with no help"

now i was even more confused at what was happening right now, but i had to make a choice now, i could go in and try to save everyone or just don't do anything...

i stood up from the chair and grabbed a coat before leaving the apartment, i needed to think about the choice. i walked through the streets of the city, i had assumed it would be bustling but there seemed to not be that many people, most people who were outside would be alone, so i believed most families were inside probably saddened.

I sat down on a bench,the sun was setting, and i could the cold breeze. I had finally made my decision on whether i would go in and try to save everyone or to just let it be.

"...never again will i play the role of hero..."

I said as i continued to watch the sunset knowing my choice would have major consequences, it was selfish yes, but why should i save them?, because i'm a good person? i was never good i just believed i was, and myself being okay with this proved it.

Maybe i changed because of everything that happened, but i never felt any different. i was not a hero or king now, just a normal person.