Let the World Burn Without Me
Vanessa looked at me again, this time with a small, knowing smile.
I was about to push the door open when a flat, mechanical voice cut in right beside my ear.
[Gratitude points insufficient. Remaining lifespan: two days.]
I froze. Another crash of thunder followed. The voice came again, clear and emotionless.
[Before your physical body dies, you may exchange your remaining merit either for passage home or to delay the world's destruction. Please make your choice.]
For a moment, everything blurred, and I was back ten years earlier.
I had finished the mission and was about to leave when the system told me the world was about to collapse. Everyone would die: the people who treated me like a god