2025-04-12 22:17:31After stepping off the ship, Liam Watson was bound by the sailors’ local customs to stay at the Eclipse Wax Museum until nightfall, supposedly to cleanse the sin of witnessing the mermaid slaughter.
Lucy and Gerald trailed him to the museum.
In the dim morning light, the museum felt lifeless. The sailors dropped Liam off, sternly warning him not to leave before evening. They left him under the watch of the museum’s keeper and departed.
Lucy huddled behind Liam, whispering nervously, “How’s this place still so creepy even in daylight?”
Wax figures loomed over them, their mermaid faces eerily lifelike—sharper, somehow than the ones Liam had seen the day before.
He noticed two statues with shortened tails, now only fishlike below the knees, their thighs morphing into human legs.
Liam tilted his head, studying their faces. They bore an unsettling resemblance to Lucy and Gerald.
The figures grinned strangely, staring straight at Liam, Lucy, and Gerald.
As he’d suspected, Lucy and Gerald, who’d spent the night here, had been sacrificed, transforming into mermaid wax talismans. Meanwhile, the wax figures that had fed on them were slowly becoming Lucy and Gerald.
Right now, the statues were in a chrysalis state—the butterfly within was not yet fully formed—while Lucy and Gerald, the cocoons, still clung to a sliver of life.
Liam didn’t care about saving them out of some noble urge. If they fully transformed, he’d have two more butterfly-level monsters.
With that in mind, he pulled out his flashlight to repel the wax figures.
But the moment he flicked it on, Lucy and Gerald lost it before the statues could. They screamed in agony, Gerald lunging wildly to snatch the flashlight. Liam dodged swiftly, switching it off, and they collapsed, gasping weakly.
Lucy slumped to the floor, glaring up at him with venom. “That flashlight’s too bright, Liam! You trying to blind us?”
Clutching a wax figure for support, Gerald snapped hysterically, “Don’t you dare turn that thing on again!”
Liam spread his hands, feigning innocence. “My bad. Didn’t know you two were so sensitive to light.”
He knew, of course. Their wax transformation made them fear light, but he didn’t care if they got hurt. What surprised him was how fiercely they fought back, trying to grab his flashlight.
Unlike true mermaid talisman figures, these two could move—and fast, matching Liam’s speed. He'd be stuck if they went berserk every time he used the light.
This crippled his ability to use the flashlight.
The game used Lucy and Gerald to nerf his ability to fend off wax figures with light. A chase with the mermaid statues was likely coming and to keep it thrilling, the game had banned his strongest tool.
Liam had pulled similar tricks designing games—give players a demon-repelling mirror but slap a cooldown on it to force them to hide and dodge, cranking up the horror.
It was fun to design. Not so fun to play.
He tucked the flashlight away, raising his hands to show he wouldn’t use it. Then his peripheral vision caught the museum’s entrance—now blocked by wax figures creeping closer.
Turn on the light, and Lucy and Gerald will attack. Keep it off, and the mermaid statues would close in. Trapped until evening, he was a dead man walking.
Not just because the wax figures would possess him, raising his corruption level and turning him into a talisman, but because of something else—
Liam flipped his coin, and a panel popped up:
[Warning: God-tier NPC Eclipse King will awaken in seven hours. Clear the game before then.]
The warning gasped through the new viewers glued to Liam’s stream.
Even Mike stood, dragging his knife as he squinted at the screen. Seconds later, he burst into laughter. “A real god-tier NPC? This guy’s gonna get crushed by the Eclipse King. No need for me to bother. That’s what you get for stealing my spot, punk.”
Other viewers groaned:
“This map’s supposed to be a hide-and-seek game in the museum until night, then a mermaid statue death race to escape Eclipse Bay for the win. But a god-tier NPC? He’s not surviving till evening.”
“Escaping Eclipse Bay’s just the normal ending—lame rewards, low score.”
“I heard the Shepherd got the true ending, returning the Eclipse Siren’s corpse to the sea to seal the town’s ghosts. But Liam’s got the Eclipse King waking up! Game over, man.”
“He’s screwed either way. This rookie’s toast.”
Shawn’s heart raced.
He couldn’t believe Liam had actually gone to the museum.
He might've had a shot if he’d bailed halfway, triggered the chase early, and bolted from Eclipse Bay.
Now, stuck in this trap, it was a checkmate.
Shawn sighed regretfully. He saw Liam’s potential—maybe even rivaling Mason Shepherd—but luck hadn’t been on his side.
Liam headed toward the central exhibit hall, Lucy and Gerald trailing behind.
There, the Eclipse King’s body floated in a viscous, transparent liquid encased in a glass display.
Tiny bubbles drifted like snowflakes through its long hair and pale lashes as if dusting it with frost.
Liam approached, staring up at the uncorrupted mermaid corpse.
Its face was unnaturally beautiful, almost hypnotic, with an eerie edge—like it could snap awake, shatter the bulletproof glass with its powerful tail, and slaughter everyone before vanishing into the sea.
Lucy glanced around nervously. “Liam, you said Andrew’s here. Where is he?”
Liam didn’t turn, his eyes fixed on the Eclipse King. “You passed him when we came in. Gerald even leaned on him.”
Gerald pointed at himself, baffled. “Me? Lean on him? Liam, it’s just us three in here.”
“Exactly,” Liam said casually. “When did I say Andrew was still human?”
Lucy rubbed her arms, shivering as she stepped back. “Liam, stop messing around! Where’s Andrew?!”
Liam’s ear twitched at the dull scrape of wax figures moving. He turned.
A grotesque mermaid statue of Andrew loomed behind Lucy and Gerald, claws bared as if ready to strike.
Liam smirked leisurely. “Lucy, he’s right behind you.”
They spun around, unleashing a piercing duet of screams. Liam, expecting it, plugged his ears.
Andrew’s skeleton had been taken by the mermaids last night. Meanwhile, the museum had gained two fresh sacrifices—Lucy and Gerald.
Normally, two wax figures could escape by possessing their victims, leaving Andrew’s skeleton to be molded into a new statue to fill the gap. That’s why Liam had said Andrew was at the museum.
But even though Lucy and Gerald’s possessing statues hadn’t left, Andrew’s wax figure had still been added.
A crowd of statues pressed toward the hall’s entrance, their faces growing eerily similar to Liam’s—clearly aiming to possess him.
Liam’s brow flicked as he dodged Lucy’s attempt to grab his arm, sobbing.
The statues posed no threat to Lucy and Gerald—they were already half-wax, their transformation inevitable.
Liam was the one in trouble. The statues, Lucy and Gerald, were all his enemies; his flashlight was useless, and alcohol couldn’t burn these figures.
These statues were tougher than mermaid larvae. His only weapon was direct eye contact.
But that had a flaw—humans blink.
Lucy and Gerald barely counted as human anymore, so their stares did nothing. Only Liam’s eyes worked.
Every blink brought the statues closer.
In the dim room, the mermaid figures began to melt, their faces twisting into grotesque versions of Liam’s, and they wore sated, creepy smiles.
Their wide fish lips parted to reveal sharp, white teeth. Scales flaked off their tails like ash, and the air grew thick with a fishy stench.
Lucy and Gerald clung to Liam’s sides. If he pulled out the flashlight, they’d go feral before the statues flinched.
Killing them wasn’t an option either—destroying their talisman forms would unleash their linked wax figures, spawning two mermaid sailor-level monsters.
Those things were lightning-fast. He'd be done for with Liam’s stamina bar still in the red and no terrain advantage like the ship’s hold.
Shawn snapped his digital notebook shut at this, sighing heavily, ready to leave.
Like him, most viewers started to drift away. Few cared to watch a doomed run.
But before going, Shawn glanced at the stream one last time.
He froze, muttering in disbelief, “Liam… he’s smiling?”
Liam’s head dipped, a slow grin spreading across his face. This game was getting interesting.
A damn good horror game—he hadn’t played one this gripping in ages.
His fingers flicked the coin rapidly, panels popping up in a blur, dizzying the viewers.
Some leaned closer, curious:
“He panicking? Flailing for a lifeline?”
“Prop shop, monster book, quest panel… whoa, he’s pulling up everything. Spending all his points for one last hurrah?”
Shawn stayed silent, holding his breath as he watched. He reopened his notebook.
He could see it clearly—Liam wasn’t panicking. He was moving too fast, processing at breakneck speed, making it look chaotic to others.
At this stage, Shawn’s nerves kicked in. Could this wild card rookie pull off a miracle comeback?
Liam worked calmly:
[Prop Shop: I need a pickaxe to smash the bulletproof glass.]
[17 points. Sold.]
[I need a cart, about six feet long, for hauling a large animal corpse.]
[7 points. Sold.]
[System, open the Monster Book pages for Mermaid Wax Statue and Mermaid Sailor.]
[Opening Eclipse Bay Monster Book… Done.]
[Eclipse Bay Monster Book—Mermaid Wax Statue (1/4)]
[Monster Name: Mermaid Wax Statue (Pupa State), Talisman Wax Statue (Cocoon State)]
[Weaknesses: Direct Eye Contact, Strong Light (2/3)]
[Attack Method: Incubation]
[Eclipse Bay Monster Book—Mermaid Sailor (3/4)]
[Monster Name: Mermaid Sailor (Butterfly State)]
[Weaknesses: Strong Light, Talisman (2/3)]
[Attack Method: Biting and Scratching (Scratch may trigger corruption status)]
[Your first and third pages are one weakness away from completion. Keep it up!]
Liam’s lightning-fast moves stunned the crowd. The jeers faded, and every eye locked onto his grinning face as he easily flicked between panels.
Colored panel lights danced across his face, carving it into fragments. His calm confidence was undeniable—no one could mistake this for panic.
A few players mumbled nervously, “What’s he even trying to do…?”
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