Farewell

" I said: I can teleport" Daniel said and kick one of the zombie off of the terrace.

(This so called " Zombies" are just puppets that has holes in their teeth where the liquid that infect players are leaking, once it has bitten a player, that player will become a real zombie. The zombie puppets are slow(just walking) while the zombie players has the ability to run)

" I have a shield" said Josh, he's only evading the zombies that's approaching him, intending to bite him.

The current zombies in their building are only zombie puppets so it's easy for Josh to avoid getting bitten.

" Uh-huh, and how long will that shield of yours can last?" Daniel asked as he kick another zombie off, clearing the path for them.

" It says here that I still have two more hours" Josh answered.

" You should go back" Daniel advised Josh.

" Why? I'm already this far"

" "This far"? You mean four doors far from our do-"

". . .?"

Daniel felt his legs getting numb, he looked down to his feet and sighed.

" Let's go back" he floated and grabbed Josh with the speed of light, at the exact same time, Josh caught a glimpse of the red fluid flooding the first floor of all the dorm buildings, and sooner, it will cover the second floor(good thing they're on the 13th floor), but most importantly, the market has already been buried in the red flood.

He though Daniel want to go back because of that.

They're now back inside their room.

Daniel threw Josh on the left sofa then throw himself on the right one, he started tapping the air again and click the red button.

" That hurt, why would you throw a person like that?" Josh touched his head where he hit it from being thrown, he looked at Daniel who just finished setting something.

Josh eyes met with Daniel's, he felt that something isn't right.

" Zen, come out" Daniel called out.

" Yes, bastard master?"

A Godly figure appeared before them, he's tall, super tall, he's standing on the table between the two sofa they're laying down, he's giving Daniel a smug sneer.

" What's this?, You're as lazy as always" Zen laughed. ' resting again and again' he complained.

" Devote your life to this guy" Daniel pointed at Josh, Josh got stunned.

" What?! This is your first time calling out to me, why do I have to babysit? I'm a God!" Zen complained.

" Will you shut up?, you're annoying" Daniel threw a book on Zen's face, Zen shut his mouth obediently. Daniel then looked at Josh and said:

" Hey, if you forget me, I'll murder you twice" he said with a smile.

Although Josh doesn't get what's happening, he do know that he doesn't like that kind of smile.

" Why would I? That should be my line, you're the one who's forgetful" Josh chuckled.

" Yeah, you're right, see you again" Daniel said with a sough and a wave. " oh wait, Give this to Mako-senpai" he added and put a Sapphire ring with flowery style on the table.

He left the body. The body may still work its organs but there's no soul occupying it.

Josh sprung up from laying down on the sofa and walk towards the body in a haste.

'huh? Wait. . . What's happening?' Josh asked while walking towards it. ' T-that was a farewell just now, right? . . .Why?' he asked again.

He grabbed the hand of the body and feel its heartbeat. It was there, it has a heartbeat but its temperature is as cold as corpse. He shaked the body to wake it up but not a single reaction was made.

He want to say "wake up" but he can't seem to utter a word.

He slumped on the floor and looked at the God sitting on the table with his eyes asking "why".

" Second Master, they say: "waking up a sleeping person is easier than waking a person who's pretending to be asleep", but deep down, they know that waking up a person who is not living anymore is the hardest"

Josh's hands that are trying to reach the body trembled.

" H-he's dead. . .?" Josh asked with his trembling hands covering his face.

" What?! That bastard, die?, hahaha, that's one funny joke, I watched him kill hundreds of God's with my own two eyes, he doesn't even bother to let them hit him once. Anyway, he's not dead, he's just stuck in the past, he'll come back" Zen reassured even though he's the one who made the misunderstanding. Daniel isn't stuck in the past, he's just currently resetting because he broke down.

Josh doesn't dare to ask more, he's hugging his knees and leaning his face on it while crying. He's now alone, his mother is somewhere far, his other friends are just there to stay when they needed something from him, his best friend is now gone, somewhere he doesn't know.

Zen sighed, " Second Master, do not worry, no matter how deep the pit he falls into, as long as he know that someone worried is waiting for him, he's not going to going to give up, his lazy ass will work hard to climb back up" Zen cheered.

". . ."

Josh continued his silent crying.

. . . .

Few hours later, Josh who fell asleep from crying, woked up, he wanted to cry again but his eyes are swollen, it might hurt if he cry again, moreover, he don't have any tears to shed anymore. He rubbed his eyes gently to make his blurry vision clear.

In the dim light of the room, the sight that welcomed him was heart warming. Bunny and his little underling creature is hugging him, as if comforting, while Zen is sitting on the sofa, guarding him.

But the sight of Zen only makes him realize that the event a few hours earlier is not a dream. He looked at the sofa where the body of his friend is laying, he gasped, the body is gone.

" Second Master, if it is that lazy ass's vessel you seek, I have placed it to that lazy ass's room. You still have two hours before you're back in game, you can still sleep some more" Zen said.

Josh smiled ". . .It's fine, I should change pace to stop anxiety anyways, so I'll just get back on track" he said.

Zen nodded " Very well. An NPC came to sell food, I just picked the breads, don't worry, I used that bastard's XEN card", Zen gave him a piece of bread made up of water and flour for Josh to not suffer from hunger.

" Game system, please transport me to the C ranked dungeon" Josh ordered the system as he bite the bread and chew it.