Chapter 55

Though Toyo could barely muster the strength to move, he glanced quickly around for Jae. If his brother had seen him practically throw a monster into the air a few moments ago, the secret about his strength would be revealed.

"Toyo?" Came Jae's battered voice.

Turning to the source of the noise, Toyo saw Jae laying face down a few feet to his right.

"I'm here. You ok?"

Jae's body shuddered as he got up on his hands and knees. He looked over his shoulder at Toyo.

"Hell no. You?"

Toyo tried to laugh, but was quickly reduced to fits of coughing instead. "Does that answer your question?" He wheezed.

Crawling over to him, Jae nudged him with his hand. "Come on, we need to keep moving."

Forcing himself up from the ground, Toyo looked around. The room they were in was coated in a sheen of bright white paint. Above, a massive chandelier bathed the place in light. Looking behind them, Toyo could see that the door they had come through was closed. Jae followed his gaze.

"It must have been triggered to close behind us."

Toyo nodded. "Good thing too, or they would've just followed us in here."

Jae shook his head slowly while he took another look around. "I doubt it. I'm pretty sure this is a safe zone."

"A safe zone?" Toyo mulled it over. "I guess that makes sense, but don't those only pop up before a boss room?"

"I'm going to go ahead and bet that what we just went through was the equivalent of a boss room."

"You'll get no argument there. I don't think very many people could survive that." Toyo paused, determination building within him. "We need to get out of here and warn everyone about that trap."

Supporting each other's weight, the two of them slowly rose to their feet. As they wrapped their arms around each other's shoulders to stay standing, Jae slid Silverthorne into the sheath at Toyo's belt. Relieved by the familiar weight again at his hip, Toyo smiled before fixing Jae with a look.

"You're welcome."

"For what?"

Toyo tapped the pommel. "I know you've been jealous about my badass weapon. I felt bad when your spear broke so I figured I'd let you feel a little joy."

Jae rolled his eyes. "First off, the only reason you have that sword is because a girl gave you a free handout."

Toyo grinned mischievously. "Sounds like my average friday night."

"Do you want me to drop you?"

Toyo scoffed. "Bitch, I'm practically carrying you here."

Jae was about to make a retort when a chorus of cheers erupted from beyond the door. Muffled cries of 'we did it!' and 'hell yes!' echoed into the safe room.

Exchanging quick glances, Toyo and Jae considered what to do next.

"Is that the raid party?" Toyo hobbled closer to the door, but even with Jae supporting him he struggled not to fall.

"They must have followed us into the trap room…" Jae couldn't make sense of it. "But how?"

Toyo laid a hand on the door. "Only one way to find out. I'm not about to let them fight off an army while we sit here. At the very least, we could serve as a distraction."

Jae held back. "At least take out your sword if we're going to be walking back into that hell."

Chuckling grimly, Toyo replied, "We're both little more than corpses right now. I'm so tired, I doubt I could even hold that thing steady." He put a hand to his head as the beeping of his practically depleted health bar echoed in his mind. "Is it just me or is this damn health warning getting louder?"

Jae pursed his lips as his own beeper reverberated in his ears. "It's definitely getting more annoying, tell you that much." Resigning himself to whatever was about to happen next, Jae laid a hand on the door beside Toyo's. "Alright, time to see if my video game luck holds. Let's go."

Pushing open the door as one, both brothers held on to each other as they stepped back outside. Toyo couldn't help but smile at the irony. They had nearly died several times over to get out of that trap room, and now they were walking back in.

Taking in their surroundings, Toyo and Jae could only stare in confusion. They were no longer in the trap room. Instead, they were in an entirely different hall, the walls and ceiling splashed with many different colors. Apart from a few pillars off to the sides, the room was wide and open. But it was what they saw directly ahead that shocked them.

The entire raid party was standing in stunned silence, their eyes locked on one player at their head, his back turned from the rest of them. With messy black hair, simple gear, and an average height, he looked no different from any of the others. But the way they were staring at him put both Toyo and Jae on edge.

"The safe room must have teleported us here, to the Boss room." Jae whispered.

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