Just A Healer

Chapter 90: The Unshackling of Githnon

January 28, 2049
7:55 AM

Status: Offline

[Lucas Galileo]

"... in the initial statistics, it was reported that approximately 250,500 players, in ConquerTech's Flagship game Leimhyark Online, have lost their accounts from a surprise attack by another player using a Super Account. The said super-account in the game's terminologies, was in the Sovran rank, one of the highest ranking players, whose power is capable of wiping out regions and cities at will. This player, also known as LGM Initiator, has revealed himself as the Sun—"

Tinitigan ko si Kuya ng maigi habang ngumunguya ako ng patatas at ulam. My brother cooked breakfast this time and both our parents are still outside, doing their morning walk. Nakaupo kami ni Kuya sa lamesa at kumakain, matapos niyang magluto kanina.

And he's just sitting down, chewing on the hashbrowns he fried, while watching a game news channel's headlines about 'him' on his phone as if he didn't do anything at all almost four hours ago. Imagine. Nasa harapan ko lang siya, kumakain na parang wala lang.

Habang nakikinig siya ay nakita ko ang dahan-dahan niyang pag-lingon sa akin. "Eh? Nani-ka? (What is it?)"

"You literally nuked seven provinces to dust, and you're eating breakfast like it's nothing." saad ko habang naka-singkit ang mga mata sa kanya.

He smirked and bit off from his hashbrown, after adjusting his black sweater's sleeve. "Coming from a certain someone who wiped out the city of Aluvarhom in an instant. Conrad wa itta. (Conrad said that)."

Naningkit ang mga mata ko lalo. Hindi ko alam na mahilig magkwento itong si Conrad. Quite ironic, dahil Interpol Agent pa man din siya. Agents like him should be more secretive, or maybe that's just in fiction.

"Aluvarhom was a city, not seven provinces. Mas malala 'yong iyo. Bakemono (Monster)."

"Ia. Bakemono ja ne yo. (No. I'm no monster.) Actually, they deserved it."

Kahit na ba. Overkill na masyado 'yong ginawa niya. Oo, pumayag ako sa gagawin niya. But I never knew the extent of what he would do after I allowed it. Hindi ko maisip kung ano nararamdaman ng mga nawalan ng account ngayon. I'm torn between thinking that what he did was necessary for the process, or it was overkill and unnecessary.

"Um, what did you feel after doing that?"

"Doing what?" saad niya't binaba sa platito ang hashbrown niya.

"'Yon. Killing more than 200,000 players."

I'm just curious about what's running in his head because he looked calm and as if he did nothing at all. Hindi rin siya 'yong nagfe-flex na maraming siya napatay at that time kanina sa game. It's just as if everything's normal. No'ng mag-logout din kami kanina, blanko lang ang expression niya; hindi malungkot, masaya, dismayado o kinakabahan.

"Hmm." he reclined on the dining chair's backrest and massaged his chin. "Honestly, wala."

"Wala?"

"Uh, how do I say this?" he snapped his fingers repeatedly. "Ah. Maybe because I did it in a virtual world, kaya parang wala lang. But yes, I did feel powerful at that moment... and that's about it."

"Hindi ka man lang ba nakukunsensya sa mga account nila na nawala?"

"Either way, Galio, they will still lose their accounts. Pili lang sila, ako bubura sa existence nila or si Nagathom mismo? Kasi pakitang-tao lang din 'yang kabaitan niya. In the end, he'll only wipe out everyone's existence in the game anyways. The difference between me and him is that I gave the players a chance to escape, a chance to turn their backs from Nagathom. It's not like in-ambush ko sila o kung ano man. Partida ah, nag-bigay pa ako ng worldwide announcement na para talaga akong Public Enemy Number One ng Leimhyark. Ugh. Mattaku (Good grief)." he laughed heartily.