The World Called Excalibur

Into the world called Excalibur

     Rui Hongcha still looked at the Fierce entity which looked back at him, it was impossible to tell his facial expression as his face appeared to be made out of the same thing which is body comprised of that Rui Hongcha obviously couldn't comprehend.

Only he could see him, his comrades behind him couldn't as they each had blank faces on seeing him suddenly turn the other way.

"I stand no chance against him" Rui Hongcha thinks to himself, Zhangsun Shan, Qui Si, Wenren Yu and Sui Wenyan were still directly behind him.

"Hey" he heard Zhangsun Shan's voice call behind him, Rui Hongcha turns back at them, his face was filled with fear and worry.

Zhangsun Shan was amazed as he saw the facial expression, he looked at everyone in the village and they were all dead each appeared to have a pierce wound directly in their bellies.

"What's going on?" Zhangsun Shan asks clearly amazed.

"There's no time to explain"Rui Hongcha says as he produces a small black cube, the dimensions were 4cm by 4cm by 4cm

"Everything you need to know will be explained soon, right now, you have to go."

"So you understand what's going on" Zhangsun Shan says drawing out his sword

"Tell me, I will handle it all, I am greater than a god after all."

Rui Hongcha let's out a smile

"Do you remem..."

"HEEEEEY" he heard the dark entity shout his name in a clearly aggravated tone, Rui Hongcha turns to look at him.

"You damned mortal" the entity says

"I am addressing you."

"Hey, Rui Hongcha" Zhangsun Shan says in his direction

"Why are you facing that direction when I am talking with you, are you alright?"

Rui Hongcha turns towards Zhangsun Shan as if to address him until he hears another round of shouts from the entity.

"Thou shalt not look away from me when I talk to thee, else I will pulverize your very bones and flesh" the entity says.

Rui Hongcha just looked straight ahead neither facing Zhangsun Shan nor the entity, he was visibly frustrated.

"Heeeey" came Zhangsun Shan's voice.

"HEEEEEEEY" came the entity's voice.

"What kind of problem is this?" Rui Hongcha mutters aloud as he turns his attention to the entity.

"You see this mortal here," Rui Hongcha says pointing backwards at Zhangsun Shan while still looking ahead at the entity, Zhangsun Shan, Qui Si, Sui Wenyan and Wenren Yu all had amazed looks on their faces like who was he talking to. "shall be the one to surely bring your demise, he is going to surpass all the gods of which you are included in."

"You insignificant dreg, when did I give you permission to speak in my presence" The entity says annoyed as a golden ball with a radius of 6 cm suddenly appear directly at his forehead.

As it did, blood and different fluids from the dead people and the environment began to gain a visible shape as they leave their origin points and enter into the golden ball.

All the plants and trees instantly died, all the bodies turned pale and Rui Hongcha found it impossible to breathe as even the air had been sucked inside.

"Ooh, you still require air to survive, it shows you didn't level up enough" the entity says as he snaps his fingers, almost immediately, Rui Hongcha drops to the ground breathing heavily.

"My golden ball is capable of sucking any form of fluid within the radius of any distance as I see fit, I deliberately set it to 7m as you were slightly outside of that range but I wanted all the air in this entire world gone and seeing as how your friends behind you didn't react to the air change, I know what you have done, while you were speaking to me, you used Igrizo to explain to them what was happening and you used the black cube to enable them to escape, you had then used Igrizo to make exact copies of them though mere illusions, you had began all that from the moment you first noticed me as you had realized I had my full attention on you, I am more than impressed, mortal, it's why I originally chose you and your brother to partake in my system but you two were condemned cowards who ran away as you couldn't keep up longer with the levels, well, it's time I have you destroyed and fulfill my part of the bargain."

"No," Rui Hongcha says getting to his feet and standing to his full height. "I shall not be bullied by you, I had friends here, family, children, people I loved and took care off, yet you came in here to destroy the only set of people I cared about, I made a promise to Yu's father before he died that I would protect his son, I also made the same promise to the Si..."

"You are really fond of making promises you can't keep, you promised me you would overcome my system and even surpass me, you then gave up, it's not funny now, why would you do that, I am actually hurting inside" The entity ends his last part in a soberly expression.

Rui Hongcha ignored his remark as he continued

"Over time, ever since my brother and I got back from the world called Excalibur, monsters from that world had begun to invade this realm, fortunately for us, they only invaded Kraido village, we had previously gotten knowledge of the art called Krigo while in the game, unfortunately, it couldn't be used by players but non players could, we had taught the people of this world in hopes of protecting it but my brother got greedy, he wanted to destroy the rest of those in nations that weren't under his jurisdiction and dominate over all, therefore I put false memories of him killing his elder brother, two elder sisters and the members of the imperial court at a time into the minds of some of the current members of the imperial court and even his so he would think he was guilty, I had left the palace and changed my name, affected the minds of everyone in this world so none would know I was a prince and tried my very best to keep Kraido village safe from the monsters which arrived from the game, even my brother is unaware I am his brother as I had my name changed."

"I don't recall asking for the pathetic events of the happenings in your life" the entity says unimpressed.

"The reason I tell you all of this," Rui Hongcha says his eyes getting all fierce and teary. "is because it's all your fault, the worst thing to ever happen to me was the time when you approached my brother and I one night while we were playing in the garden,..." Rui Hongcha says his face getting more annoyed as tears fell from his eyes

"...you told us you would destroy our world and the only way to protect it was entering your system and completing it, stupid me thought I could do it till I entered Excalibur, so much nightmares, my brother and I were down to our last lives until we found a way to escape from the game..." Rui Hongcha says as he leaps from the spot where he was towards the entity

"...I couldn't protect my world then and I am not even sure if I can but I have to do my very best for the sake of the last survivors and I know that even if I fail, Zhangsun Shan would surely see to the end of you, a monster like you should never be allowed to exist."

As he was about to land his sword on the entity, all the fluids inside his body was instantly absorbed into the golden ball, his body turns pale and lifeless as it now slumps on the ground.

"This mortal is just an empty barrel, always making noise," The entity says clearly unimpressed but he looks above. "Though he was confident about this mortal called Zhangsun Shan, would he really find a way to overcome my system; Excalibur, I have travailed several universes and I haven't found any one who could, will this Zhangsun Shan really be the one I have been looking for?" the entity says to himself as he turns towards his minions.

"Everyone in this entire world had been vanquished except for the four which Rui Hongcha enabled to escape, they must have used the black cube to go into the system; Excalibur, I would like to see how they will fare, well, that's not of major concern to me at the moment" he smiles as he snaps his fingers, immediately, all his minions which were standing around turns to puff of red black smoke as they merge with his body.

"That feels better" he grins as he disappears, he reappears in outer space, flying directly above uncountable stars, planets and other firmaments.

"I am Renkui, one of the seven gods, I promised the Hing brothers that if they failed my system, I would destroy their universe, yet, those two cowards left my system therefore foiling our agreement which is the same as failing my system, I am a god," he says as he stretches his right arm. "and a god must always keep his word, it's what differentiates us from mere mortals" As he said what he said, everything directly in front of him was instantly destroyed and became nothingness.

"Zhangsun Shan," Renkui says. "The actions of you and your comrades will determine the fate of my omniverse."

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Zhangsun Shan awakes in an empty void, he couldn't remember what happened, all he could recollect was that there was an attack on the village where he was, every citizen was killed without mercy and he hadn't even seen how it happened.

But there were other survivors besides him, his wife, an ex actress and a doctor.

It was due to Rui Hongcha's quick thinking that they were still alive, while he was speaking to a place where no one was in particular, he has sent a message to each of their minds telling them of everything that had happened from the start; how he was originally a prince but a strange entity called Renkui came and coerced them into entering his system to save their world.

They had found a way to live the world after they has crafted a cubicle which enabled them to leave and enter Excalibur at will, Rui Hongcha had been doing this occasionally so that Renkui wouldn't suspect that the mortals were no longer in his game but Renkui had realized something was wrong when he never felt the essence of his brother Xi Hing in the system, he had come to check the game and finding out that he was deceived, he got annoyed and first killed his younger brother Xi Hing before coming for him, his original name was Rui Xing.

After he had dispensed the information, he had commanded them to escape by using the black cubicle, he had given it to one of them but Zhangsun Shan couldn't remember who.

Zhangsun Shan looked around but he couldn't see anything, there was no shape of any object that he could make out "Where am I?" he asks himself.

#YOU ARE PRESENTLY IN THE WAITING ROOM# came a loud voice which seemed to be reverberating around.

"What do you mean waiting room" Zhangsun Shan asks.

#IT'S THE WAITING ROOM INTO THE WORLD; EXCALIBUR, IT WAS DESIGNED BY THE LORD RENKUI WHO FELT EVEN MORTALS NEEDED TO BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO ASCEND TO HEIGHTS OF GODHOOD, THERE HAVE BEEN SEPTILLIONS OF VARIOUS PLAYERS WHO HAVE EACH DELVED INTO THE SYSTEM AND FAILED MISERABLY, THE LORD'S PATIENCE GROWS THIN AS HE INTENDS TO WIPE OUT ALL OF LIFE AS HE FEELS THEY ARE ALL PATHETIC, THE LAST HOPE FOR THIS OMNIVERSE INCLUDES YOU AND THREE OTHER ENTRIES WHICH WILL BE THE LAST ONES THAT WILL EVER OCCUR...#

As the voice spoke, Zhangsun Shan realized something, he could remove his right arm, he looks over to see that it was perfectly attached but there was also another development, he was completely naked but he couldn't let his nakedness bother him, he was excited beyond words finally having his two arms again, having only one arm had been very problematic in the past.

#...NOW WILL YOU BE A PLAYER OF THE GAME SYSTEM CALLED EXCALIBUR#

                         #Y OR N#

"If I become a player, will my entire body be restored just like the way it is now" Zhangsun Shan asks.

"Yes" the voice begins

"You shall be restored to optimal condition."

"Well then" Zhangsun Shan says as he puts on his most haughty smile

"I choose to become a player, I will surpass the god you mentioned and achieve my life long dream; immortality and utmost supremacy over all."

#YOU HAVE OFFICIALLY BECOME A PLAYER OF THE GAME; EXCALIBUR.  AN ALTERNATE WORLD UNLIKE ANY OTHER RESERVED FOR MORTALS WHO WISH TO PROTECT THEIR UNIVERSE WHILE STILL ASCENDING TO HEIGHTS OF GODHOOD, I WISH YOU LUCK AND BELIEVE NE WHEN I SAY THIS, YOU ARE GOING TO NEED ALL THE LUCK YOU CAN GET#

Zhangsun Shan could feel his body fading away, he now felt that a life of danger and adventure awaited him, from what this voice had said, it had mentioned that three other entries were presently going on meaning that his wife, the doctor and his newly found student were still alive.

#IF YOU HAD CHOSEN NO...# the voice continues as Zhangsun Shan's body continues fading

#...YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO GRUESOME DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEATH EACH INVOLVING NO DAMAGE TO YOUR TESTICLES AS SCROTUM IS A VERY DELICIOUS DELICACY FOR MOST OF THE MONSTERS IN EXCALIBUR SO IF YOU ARE MALE, YOU WON'T JUST BE HUNTING MONSTERS TO LEVEL UP, YOU WOULD ALSO BE HUNTED FOR YOUR BALLS, HAVE FUN PLAYING#