"Fuck" He slammed his fist on his desk, the mouse jumping. Aegeon pushed against the desk, his chair sliding back, his posture upturned, his hands on his forehead, eyes closed, a big breath from his mouth and a groan that followed.
"Oh well" He spoke languidly, going back and squinting his eyes, it wasn't like this was the first time it happened, Aegeon steeled his nerves, reading the words on the screen.
You died < Unique Achievement unlocked: Slay the Demon god of Avarice>
"Fuck" The rage that once consumed him flickered. "unbelievable" He shook his head.
Aegeon pulled open a drawer from his desk, grabbing a weathered leather-bound notebook. The pen was carefully attached, Aegeon yanked it off and opened it to the bookmark. He put a strike through Attempt 3657 and carefully wrote down every step that took him to his screen. Results: Achievement, Furthest Attempt, Death by cutscene
Aegeon only wrote the notable attempts down, if he hadn't his room would be littered with notebooks. It wasn't like this was his first death nor his 3657th, but it was the most rage inducing. A death that came during a cutscene? An unavoidable death that came regardless of what you could have done. It would be a miracle if he wasn't peeved.
As the last player of the godforsaken game, he had exhausted all other avenues, then what could he have done wrong? He wondered and thought and pondered.
The light on his screen flickered, new words appearing. [Congratulations on killing Avarice!]
His hand hovered over new game hesitating. Deminos 6 a game that was cruel and unforgiving, Npc dropped like flies, important npcs had no plot armor, and all previous protagonists had either died or fallen to corruption. A world where heroes were rare, and kindness was even scarcer. A permanent battlefield between the forces of good versus evil. Where even the Angels want to kill you. Every game had the same objective, kill the Demon gods terrorizing the world. The caveat, the demon gods were concepts that couldn't fully be killed, only granting peace for a limited time.
One must imagine Sisyphus happy. The devs promised this would be the final one, the one to lead the world to salvation, as a die-hard fan of the series, he wanted to finish the final one. All other games were completed, why couldn't six be?
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If that's all completing the game would be simple enough, but the ai of the ads learn, bosses adapt to your fighting style, every dialogue option matters. If you die your character gets deleted. Even taking the wrong herb could get you killed six quests down. A dumb and needlessly hard game.
Aegeon grabbed his pen and wrote a new entry into his notebook, new difficulty. This wasn't necessarily a bad thing; to progress you had to ramp up the difficulty, every setting unlocked a new path to progress.
His hand went back to his mouse, he pressed on new game. The difficulties mocking him, Hard Hardest, Outrageous, Realistic, he clicked on Realistic.
'That was odd' It had never asked Aegeon for his consent, he clicked yes.
The way the computer spoke started to creep him out, a normal person would have turned off his computer, but as a man that spent five years just trying to find the path to the first boss. He was determined to progress. After all, how difficult could it get?
He clicked yes.
Aegeon clicked his tongue "Dramatic" He muttered, it seems like the Devs did have a sense of humor. He customized his character to look like him, the only change being the incandescent blue eyes, and the storm-colored hair.
His mouse hovered over class, Priest, Druid, Necromancer, Paladin, Crusade, Mage, Wizard, Sorcerer, Swordsman, Barbarian, Thief, Rogue. Aegeon chose Paladin, not only was it the most well-rounded class being able to heal and tank; while doing a good amount of damage, but it also opened the most doors. In a world where Angels occasionally descended, paladins were widely respected.
Next Aegeon went to stat allocation.
He put fifteen points on faith and 5 in health.
As for his reasons for putting most points in faith, Aegeon wasn't planning on getting hit, especially considering most things one shot you anyways. Next was the name.
Name: □□⬞□⬞⬞□
He pressed enter, the screen went black, and thunder roared. 'A storm?' Last Aegeon checked it was sunny outside; he looked at his boarded-up windows. He looked down, his computer was off. Aegeon looked around, anything that required electricity was turned off. His generator must have blown.
F*** he cursed loudly, if Aegeon was being honest it was about time it broke down, yet right before a new path was unlocked was extremely unlucky.
Aegean's hairs started standing on end, a metallic taste entered his mouth, his nose noticed the scent of chlorine reminiscent of a pool. His screen started to cackle, along with his tower and lamp.
Crack!
"Oh shit" Lightning crashed from his roof striking him in the chest.