New game

"Your highness, she wouldn't give up."

Crocus was looking angrily outside the window. At his back were Asmodeus or Envy. Mary and the others were screaming while their head was attached to Envy's body.

"Kill me instead!"

Mary screamed while she was lying on the floor, exhausted, barely breathing, and severely injured, with plenty of blood gushing from the wounds all over his body.

Mary's evolution didn't work. It only gave her another law of magic, which is water magic, and a little ineffective against the seven demon masters.

"Kill her, Envy. I will play."

Young master Gao growled. He is currently looking at the sky with the enemy invader on all system screens.

[ First: Dark Lord King Boris - level 19.

[ Second: Green Beast King Crocodile - Level 17.

[ Third: Seven demon Master - Level 15.

[ ... ]

"I am not first anymore. Am I not the world enemy anymore?"

Crocus asked with a little bitter expression on his face. He is mad because of the title King that the two above him.

'Why are they a King already!?'

He kept asking and asking inside his head, not accepting that he was not a King. Envy who noticed this panicked.

"Your highness, your sin... You must calm yourself down. In the future, you will surpass them and you will also become a King."

Envy persuades Crocus, but it's all useless. The expression of Crocus is extreme Envy, it means that his persuasion is not working. Mary, who was down on the ground, saw this and realized something.

"Wait... I know them!"

She mumbled while there was blood trickling on her mouth and her forehead. She bet it was her last chance to survive.

"You know them?"

Crocus asked seriously. However, despite feeling heavy pressure, the girl only clenched her fist.

"Yes, they are like me... They slept for a thousand or million years only on this day. Where they ascend to a higher realm of power."

After saying this, Crocus turned to her and looked deeply into her eyes. 

"Tell me more."

Mary swallowed hard from her throat and continued. 

"They are like me... Their job is to lead their people. I know them, where they are, and their magic."

Crocus seems to understand why she is saying this. His look is like he is saying he already figured it out. 

"What do you want?"

Finally, Mary had a ray of light in her eyes saying, what she is thinking is correct. The person in front of him had the greatest desire to become a King.

"I want them to be freed."

Crocus looked at the screaming heads in Envy's skin and shook his head. He could've taken more people along with him if they didn't kill all the children for this girl's awakening. 

"I won't. Ask another question." 

Mary who was painfully listening to their agonizing scream as they were tortured in the skin of Envy became erratic. She couldn't take it anymore. 

"Don't hurt them... And if I fulfilled my job... Free them."

She knew this person wouldn't listen. He is frustrated and making him think and taking the power off of him while in a conversation could only mean death.

Crocus looked at the faces in Envy's body... Then to the ranking... Then to the faces again, to the ranking... To the faces, to the ranking...

"So be it... First... I want you to fetch the kids."

Crocus then turned around with his arms on his back, resting. However, Mary only stared at her and didn't move, which he noticed.

"Why aren't you moving?"

She gritted her teeth and replied.

"I won't become one of your people. I still won't recognize you as my King... We are only doing business."

Crocus suddenly trembled and went red, but soon he calmed himself down by breathing hard.

"This is the first and the last I will order you... I'm going to do something here and I want Envy to stay by my side. You can go or I will kill them all... You choose."

Suddenly, the cries of her people from Envy resounded once again. She clenched her fist and said nothing. She stood up and slowly went away with a heavy step.

"Envy, protect me..."

Crocus said as he took out his phone. He throws it to Envy, and he catches it.

"If Fanna calls, answer her... I don't want to be disturbed."

He said, then he sat down and entered a state of meditation. 

Ding!

「 Welcome your highness. How is my branch outside? 」

Crocus looked at it and answered softly.

"Asmodeus the Envy? It's fine."

I 「 Glad to hear that. 」

Crocus only shook his head, and then he took a deep breath. 

"Game on!"

Ding!

「 The user commanded the game on... There are other available games to continue. Asura's wrath - survival action game <> New game? <> 」

Crocus was pleasantly surprised in the Asura wrath game.

'To think that I could save a game and still play on it even though I'm far away from its location made me a little glad.'

He thought Crocus chose a new game. Since he could play the Ashura anytime, maybe it's better if he chooses another game to save.

Ding!

「 The user chose a new game. Game beginning... Game creating... Game synchronizing... 」

Crocus knew he wouldn't wait long and in a matter of seconds, the game Game dimension System responded.

Ding!

「 Zodiac battle! A onetime survival game! Will the user continue? 」

Crocus had no choice but to continue, since it was just a onetime survival game. A game that he could only play once.

"Continue!"

He shouted. In a split second, his surroundings changed... He was inside a random building and soon shadows appeared one by one before him. 

Ding!

「 The user is a Boar Zodiac... Wait for the following rules. 」

Crocus was not fazed and was even excited. He had many lives, so he didn't need to worry. The only problem is that this game is just a onetime survival game. He is hoping for bigger rewards if he won the fight. 

Soon, the shadows showed their faces. One of them is a massive werewolf: half serpents, half rat, half goat, etc. 

Crocus noticed he became a half Wild Boar. He was so fascinated by his look that he closed his palm and opened it from time to time. 

"I wonder what the rules are... We are going to kill each other, right?"

The massive werewolf said he was loud and energetic. It was not a surprising thing because of his look. They said nothing because they suddenly heard footsteps. Soon they saw a Xenomorph-like faceless creature in a long white gown.

"You all were chosen to take part in this survival game to save your very worlds. Once you win, one of you will have a wish or a treasure of your choosing... Of course, we are not stingy to give useless treasures. We have treasures like a sword that can shatter dimension, a crown that can control anyone who made a promise to it, etc."