[The Dark Knight’s Soul has sustained heavy damage.] [System malfunctioning…. Attempnig reboot… failure!] [System has been affected by Primordial Darkness… initiating Defense Program N.468] [Starting System revocation… deleting all available Quests…] ‘Fuck…’ Leiu saw the barrage of notifications popping non-stop. He wasn’t totally out of power, however, with the System literally deleting itself, he truly had to finish this fight quickly. As he pushed himself of the ground, blood dripping from his creepy black helmet, he focused his gaze on Filia. The Light Spirit was floating high-up in the air and holding a beautiful curved scimitar made of shining diamond. She seemed distressed and even afraid. Before she attacked the injured and weakened Dark Knight, she looked at her last standing companion; the Light Mother. “Why are you standing there?! Help me kill him!” “...” The Light Mother, whose form was blurry, thus hiding her facial features, let out a heavy sigh. A golden ligh

When he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a gloomy sky that was covered by a deep purple hue, ominous and sinister. The overwhelming pain and exhaustion he had been going through were nowhere to be seen. Instead, his body was quite healthy and well-rested. Moreover, he was wearing the full Dark Knight set and Anduril was right next to him. Leiu, expectedly, was beyond surprised. He surveyed his surroundings and saw a plain-looking forest as well as two other people a couple of paces away. The two were unconscious, and even after a brief examination of their faces, Leiu found them unfamiliar. ‘Where am I? I thought I died…’ Leiu tried to see his Stats but the System wouldn’t work. However, he didn’t seem to have lost his powers. In fact, he felt particularly strong. When he channelled his energy, Darkness formed around Anduril. Although he didn’t try anything, he knew that he still had access to his skills… at least the ones related to his class. The temporary ones obta

Although they had come to an agreement earlier, the group soon started facing internal conflict. It was mainly the Magician’s complaints as he disagreed with the path chosen.They had no map to guide them, so they relied on their instincts and abilities to navigate this place. Amongst them, it seemed that Arthur had the sharpest natural instincts. The Trickster was the second.Leiu might have superhuman strength and relatively perceptive eyesight and hearing, but it seemed he lacked in comparison to the two freaks accompanying him.“What do you mean we should avoid them? That’s stupid!”“What’s so stupid about avoiding danger? Our priority is figuring out where and why we are here.”“Yes, and we can do that while also fighting the Voidspawn. You’re strong enough to shred them to pieces, what are you afraid of?”“I’m not afraid.” Retorted Arthur while raising his voice, clearly annoyed by the Magician, “I prefer to take things slowly and without causing any unnecessary complications. T

The Voidspawn were of a much stronger and tenacious breed. Leiu’s Darkness weren’t as effective as before, but Anduril was able to slice and cut the abomination before they could offer any strong resistance.In comparison to his two strange companions, Leiu’s fighting style was the most direct. He made use of his skills, imbued and strengthened with Darkness, to unleash seemingly simple yet deadly attacks.Arthur used all sorts of magical spells, from scorching tree-sized fireballs to a dense thick mist that felt and looked strikingly similar to the Harrowing Mist.Last but not least, the Trickster. Excluding his outrageously resilient and strong physique, his cards, albeit small, were able to cut through anything, be it intangible energies or the Void itself.“Here comes the big one! It’s mine!”When a 10 meter long Void Beast crawled from a bottomless dark purple hole on the ground, the Joker jumped in the air and literally kept stepping on it until he was high-up in the sky.He dov

“Speculating amongst ourselves while lacking clues or facts is pointless.”-Arthur“I’m almost certain my timeline is different, though.”-Trickster“...”The three men maintained a long silence, each lost in their own thoughts. Indeed, they each experienced a different life and didn’t seem to have any clues that linked them together.Leiu had literally died before waking up here, which was drastically different from the other two.The Trickster possibly came from another timeline altogether, which wasn’t particularly surprising. After all, Leiu’s skill [Re; Hell Gate] allowed him, albeit unwillingly, to jump from timeline to the other.Leiu knew that they were keeping their secrets to themselves. As individuals stuck in the same situation, they did trust each other a bit, but for how would it last? They could very well turn against each other when their goals do not coincide anymore.…Three days laterThe Parasite, the Joker, and the Dark Knight continued navigating the maze-like und