Legacy of the Betelgeuse

I look at Sev.

"Transcension? What is that?"

Sev teasingly smiles at me.

"That. You have to wait for a few months. Master and I have prepared it for all the players. The only thing that you all have to do is to be worthy of it."

I furrow at them both and sigh.

"I see... well, I will wait for that then."

They both are chuckling mischievously. I look at Becker\'s face for quite a while.

"How are you?"

Becker\'s happy face changes to confusion. He then smiles again.

"What do you mean? I\'m doing great."

I\'m showing my doubtful expression without saying anything while judging his expression. The room becomes silent and Sev is just sitting on her chair and observing. I sigh and rest my head on my hand.

"I know you very well, Becker. We have been playing together for years."

Becker clears his throat and scratching his eyebrow nervously.

"I don\'t know. It feels unreal and sometimes I thought that this is all just a dream. The moment I thought about myself is already dead, it hurts."

Becker\'s eyes are watering.

"I miss the real world. I miss my parents. I miss everyone in the mansion."

Becker starts sobbing and wiping his tears.

"I want to come back, but I can\'t because I\'m already dead... knowing that my parents are living in pain because of me makes me feel miserable. Soon, seeing them moving on will also make me feel miserable because they will forget about me even though I\'m still here..."

Becker is sniffling and looks at me.

"I tried to create them in this word, but they\'re not the same. They\'re not my parents and they\'re just a bunch of data that only recreate my parents\' appearance and nothing else."

I look at the door and I\'m humming with understanding.

"I can see that."

I stand up and look at Becker.

"Is all these that you really want?"

Becker shakes his head.

"I don\'t want these things, but deep down, I want to feel like how I used to feel."

I look at Sev and then look at Becker again.

"I don\'t know how you really feel, but let me tell you something important."

I sit on the table in front of Becker.

"That lingering feeling of yours of the past, you need to let it go. I know it\'s hard because it\'s hard for me and your parents as well. But you\'re not in the same world as ours anymore. We are trying to move on and you should too. Think of this not as a second chance, but as your second life. Why would you live your second life full of remorse? This is a new life of yours, live your second life with anything that you want to do. F*ck your rules of isolating yourself from the players. Just enjoy it and be someone new. Not Becker, but be someone that is living in this world right now."

I stand up and put my hands on Becker\'s shoulders.

"Be someone new. All of these... you need to let it go."

Becker is nodding while rubbing his eyes. I smile and look at him.

"But remember this. We all love you. Everyone is. We all are proud of you, we all are grateful for what you created. You made our life full of joy and happiness."

I remove my hands from his shoulders and smile. I offer my hand to him.

"Move on, and let\'s create your new journey in this world with all the players from around the world."

Becker is smiling and sniffling at the same time and grabs my hand. I pull him up and pat his head.

"Good. Let\'s enjoy the world that you create."

Becker nods happily. Sev is smiling and I can see that her smile is filled with relief and happiness as if she\'s showing her sympathy towards Becker. But then suddenly the ground is shaking. Sev is raising her eyebrows. Then a notification appears.

[Voice of the World]

[Queen Arachne appeared! Someone disturbed her slumber! All players, please defeat her before she brings chaos to Orion soon! If failed, players\' EXP reduced to 0%. Drop rate and EXP rate reduced to 90%. Status value reduced by 90% for a week in real-time!]

[Count down: 11hr 59m 59s before she brings chaos to Orion!]

I scratch my head and sigh.

"It seems that I have to go now... I knew this would happen soon."

Becker nods while smiling.

"Well, that\'s your job to prevent something like this from happening. I will send you back to Fjel town."

Becker stands up and claps his hands. A portal appears in front of me.

"Let\'s meet again someday, Trev. I\'m happy to finally be able to see you again and thank you for giving me a meaning of my new life of mine."

I smile and nod.

"No need to mention it. We are best friends, and best friends will do anything to cheer each other, right?"

Becker is smiling and nod. I stand up and walk toward the portal. Sev is smiling at me and waves.

"May the Betelgeuse bless you!"

I nod and then enter the portal.

I\'m standing in front of the teleportation device and then I immediately go to Grisell\'s house. Emma is messaging me and asking where I\'m at. I tell her that I\'m in Fjel town. She then replies that she and the others are coming back. I tell her that I will be waiting for them at Grisell\'s house.

I\'m waiting in front of the house and sitting on the stoop. A portal appears in front of the house. Emma and the others come out from the portal. I wave at them and they all approach me. Ivonna immediately invites me to the party. I accept the invitation and stand up. We then immediately go to the Pit of Hell.

On our way to the Pit of Hell, we see Aspen with Jake and Jacob. They look and wave at us, then they approach us. Aspen looks at our equipment and nods.

"It seems that you guys are going to the same place that we are going as well. Want to tag along?"

Everyone is looking at me as if I\'m the leader. Francesca then nods at me.

"You\'re the boss. It\'s your call."

I\'m pointing at myself and everyone nods in agreement. I look at Aspen and nod.

"Yeah, welcome to the party."

Ivonna then invites them to the party.

[Ivonna\'s Party]

1. Ivonna Ivon (Lv. 271)

2. My Lewdness (Lv. 271)

3. FrancesK (Lv. 271)

4. Beegnat (Lv. 271)

5. Papa Papaya (Lv. 271)

6. Ruscheller (Lv. 271)

7. Chelsea Adilene LeBlanc (Lv. 271)

8. Trevor (Lv. 300)

9. Aspen Miadroin (Lv. 262)

10. Jake Nezad (Lv. 259)

11. Jacob Nezad (Lv. 259)

Aspen, Jake, and Jacob are surprised when they see my level.

We then continue walking to the Pit of Hell. Grisell is looking at the stream and she shows us Kingstar and Queenstar\'s streams. The Supremacist Clan is already there. Not just them, Aksevel, Boshcwell, Diamond, Lothair, and Ken are already there as well. We are looking at the stream and they all are preparing to attack Queen Arachne. We are hurriedly going there before they while watching the stream.

When we arrive, things are messed up around here. Kingstar and Queenstar are attacking the mini-bosses while Aksevel\'s minions attacking Queen Arachne. Thanks to summoned Sulrk high HP and DEF, Aksevel is slowly killing Queen Arachne. The others are fighting against each other. Ken is fighting another player on the other side while Diamond, Lothair, and Boschwell are fighting against thousands of players. We are looking at each other with confusion.

Grisell is pointing at those players that are fighting against Diamond.

"Those players are Aksevel\'s clan members. Why are they fighting in here?"

Aspen is humming while observing.

"I think they are preventing them from disturbing Aksevel? Since the one who deals the most damage will be the MVP of this event and get the legendary box?"

Michael is humming in agreement.

"That\'s right. They\'re sabotaging each other..."

I\'m pointing at the player that fighting with Ken.

"How about that guy? Who is that?"

Aspen is squinting his eyes and nods.

"That\'s Cho Ahn... The strongest Korean clan leader from The Sunheung Clan. I have no idea why are they fighting with the Black Shadow Clan though..."

Leonardo looks at them.

"Is it because of that incident in the Maelstrom of Abyss dungeon that Kingstar told us about?"

Francesca nods.

"That must be it."

It\'s so chaotic in here. Everyone is killing each other for no good reason. This is not what I expected when I come here. I\'m glaring at those players for quite a while. Without noticing my surrounding, Ivonna and the others are looking at me weirdly. I look at them and raising my eyebrow. Emma is playing with her lips.

"Your gaze is scary, Trev."

I look at Emma without saying anything and just raising my eyebrow. Emma immediately looks away. Ivonna then leans on the tree.

"This is so messed up..."

I sigh and sit down.

"Well, whatever. That\'s a part of the game. They all know the consequences of doing so."

Everyone is humming in agreement. I clear my throat and readying my sickles.

"But... if there are innocent players that are not part of them getting dragged in there, I will not hesitate to kill all of them."

Aspen, Jake, and Jacob are laughing. Aspen sits next to me.

"If that happens. We would like to join you with that statement of yours."

Ivonna and the others are smiling and nodding. Emma clenches his fists.

"Yes! me too! We will help you with that because we are your best friends, Trev. Anything you do, we will help each other."

I smirk and nod.

"Right, best friends."