Game Over, NPCs
Somehow, it felt different, though.
“What’s going on?”
I called upon the System desperately. This time, it emerged.
“A group of rogue players helped her. They wanted to use her to get revenge on the Core System and destroy everything here.”
The grand plan sounded horrifying, but nothing much came out of it.
Met with my skepticism, the System grew upset.
“They had prior exposure to the Core System’s energy, so they spent years in research and development to find a way to neutralize the power. If they hadn’t picked a silly character who was obsessed with love, they might have succeeded.”