Lonelythree

[WSA 2025 Entry]

[You have inherited The Class Huntsman Of Death.]
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Deathborne.

A game that I couldn’t stop playing in my free time.  A game that hooked me to the core. A game that I was determined to finish and achieve the true happy ending by hook or crook.

You might be wondering why.

It's because no matter what choices I made, no matter how much I tried, it always ended with a bad ending.

An ending with the protagonist winning at the cost of innumerable sacrifices and being left alone as the last surviving human.

Would you enjoy a movie, novel, or game that ends with only the hero surviving?

Would you like such an ending?

Of course not.

Neither could I.

That's why I tried my hardest and kept trying. Alas, despite all my efforts, I have yet to reach the true happy good ending.

That's why I kept on grinding to achieve a good ending until I got that message.

[Congratulations, player Mr. Per781, for clearing all hidden conditions. You are now eligible to access the hidden route, as deemed by the game developer.] 

[Do you want to proceed?] 

[Yes] [No] 

In the next moment, I felt my soul getting dragged by and my consciousness getting detached from the main body.

Being a hardcore otaku, I knew what was going on. I almost showed a middle finger and screamed, "I will commit suicide in another world if you drag me."

Just then hand emerged from the screen and pulled me into the monitor leaving the room empty which resonated with my last words.

"FUCKING HELLLL!"

The Huntsman Of Death:A Gamer's POV As Side Character

It was just the introduction yet my body was already sore from the events earlier.

My knees still ached from collapsing under Alex Phillips' oppressive aura yesterday, yet here we were, being herded like cattle into the training grounds by the very same man.

Alex stood tall and menacing, his scarred face scanning the crowd with an expression that dared anyone to step out of line. Behind him, Emilia, ever-smiling, looked on as if enjoying our misery.

"Today, we break you," Alex declared, his voice gruff and devoid of sympathy. "You're all weak, but I'll turn you into something usable. Or you'll break trying."

His words sent a shiver down my spine, but there was no time to dwell.

"Start running! Ten laps around the grounds. MOVE!"

58:Strenous Workout