Chapter 18: “The Cloak Yeeted Me Outta Death”

The dungeon trembled like a Jenga tower during an earthquake.

Purple lightning cracked the sky. The seal we broke to beat Sir Emo

Malice? Yeah, turns out it was holding back a lot more than him.

A swirling abyss opened beneath us.

Kyuu stumbled. I ran.

She fell.

I didn't think. I jumped.

Air screamed in my ears. My fingers caught hers—then slipped.

And right as death was about to speedrun us—

SHWOOOOM.

The Cloak of 'Nah, I'm Good' exploded out of my backpack like a

raccoon on Red Bull. It wrapped around both of us mid-air, glowing

golden for the first time ever.

"Alright, alright, you win. I'll save you once," said Glitch Daddy's

voice, sounding deeply annoyed.

With a snarky sigh of magic and energy, the Cloak rocketed us up,

hurling us toward a beam of light.

We crashed onto the grass outside the dungeon.

I sat up, coughing.

The Cloak fluttered down beside me, twitching dramatically like it

was dying in a soap opera.

"...Buddy?" I poked it.

It coughed. COUGHED. A piece of cloth actually flopped off.

"My job's done. Tell the others I was stylish... to the end..."

Then it stopped moving.

"...Bro?"

The Cloak was dead.

Rip, king. You flopped gloriously.