CHAPTER FORTY THREE
This must be the last thing that will ever surprise me...
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Achievement: Ironically Pathetic
Congratulations brat, despite your newfound strength, you suck
The next monster you pity will kill you, with any luck
Just because your ‘Jerk’ class no long restricts your skills
You’re still just a brat with no respect for what he kills
Twig’s mind was too tired to process everything he felt
Even while he shivered, he felt like his brain would melt
He’d started walking in his home’s general direction
Dwelling on the monster’s eyes which held his reflection
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System Message
You must interact with no one, change your heading now
Distance yourself from everybody you know somehow
Any interaction with a known System Error
Could unleash unprecedented chaos and terror
He skimmed the message and confirmed it seemed like it was true
It was a real status screen, coloured in a cold blue
And though his feet were begging to walk toward his hometown
He thought of putting them in danger, and somehow slowed down
“So I am destined to stay out here and take no action
Even if I die, it’s for my hometown’s protection
And even if I survive, one day I’ll be deleted
No matter how many monsters I have defeated”
Unfairness weighed upon him, and he wanted it to end
But he was paralyzed by fear of hurting just one friend
He rubbed his left forearm with his right hand and took a breath
“No matter what I do, the end result will be my death…”
Achievement: Spineless
The least that you can do is go gracefully in the end
Or is to be a whining child the best that you intend
It never ceases to amaze me how fragile you are
I’ve never seen one worse than you, and I’ve travelled quite far
“That’s it, what the heck is your problem, why always me?
I’ve done nothing to upset you, far as I can see!”
Twig felt something snap inside is heart and he cried out
Not caring what monster may have heard his reckless shout
Achievement: Blind
You’ve still got one eye, but you may just as well be blind
You’re such a burden to the world, so why wouldn’t I mind
Once you’re gone, in time the madness all will be resolved
In fact, without you it may even be quite quickly solved
Again, Twig’s rage gave way to pure confusion and despair
He didn’t understand and he could hardly even care
He almost wished a monster would come find him right away
And make it so he wouldn’t have to suffer one more day
He looked up through a gap in the trees at the cloudy sky
Thinking back to the last time that he was about to die
A weird dream that made nonsense of his useless status screen
Still he had no idea what all their words could mean
While he looked up at the clouds though, something seemed quite strange
The grey and white clouds’ colour started to distort and change
It was an almost purple huge, that felt eerie and wrong
He wondered what it could be, and he found out before long
He also rediscovered his resolve to fight to live
And give a quick escape all the energy he could give
For as he watched the sky, he saw something which shouldn’t be
Massive portals opening everywhere he could see
The sky became more portal that sky in a short moment
There was just one thing their green and purple aura meant
And Twig, along with everybody all across the land
Watched with his own eyes a scene no one could understand
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