Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

A white beam carrying a destructive aura shot up into the sky, instantly engulfing Lux, who had just noticed something strange but didn’t have time to avoid it.

The body of Vorquis gradually disintegrated in the white beam, leaving only a dry and black skeleton. Lux, residing within the Holy Sword, unexpectedly found himself gradually disintegrating.

Lux tried to harness the power of the Devil King to control the white beam engulfing him, but discovered that the magic was locked and couldn’t be controlled immediately. He could only suppress the destructive power of the white beam while desperately trying to escape to the beam’s periphery.

Yang Yu drank the last bottle of Revive Elixir, replenishing his status, and resolutely plunged into the white beam full of destructive aura.

Utilizing every skill to the extreme, Yang Yu launched a final intense attack.

In the white beam, Lux could only maintain a small sensory range, relying on that limited sense to fend off Yang Yu’s attacks. Yet, every time, Yang Yu seemed to see through his attacks and deftly avoided them.

“Why can you see my every move in this white light… Is this also the goddess’s blessing….”

“I’m afraid not.

I can’t see you anymore.

But I’ve seen through all your moves.”

When the light dispersed, Lux discovered Yang Yu’s body was burned to charcoal, his eyes had long turned white, unable to see anything ahead.

Yet, Yang Yu, as if knowing everything, swung his Sword Blade, striking the Holy Sword.

With a “crack,” Yang Yu’s sustained attacks finally brought a reward at this moment.

A persistent crack appeared in the center of the Holy Sword, and the black skeleton’s Holy Sword was snapped in half, crashing onto the scorched ground, transforming into countless beautiful shimmering points of light.

With a “crash,” Vorquis’s black skeleton completely collapsed, likewise crashing onto the charred ground, turning into a pile of ashes.

Blindly, Yang Yu touched the panel and opened the Task bar.

His hearing wasn’t completely lost yet.

If the task was completed, there would be a prompt sound, the only way he knew if he succeeded.

“Congratulations, task completed, you have obtained…”

The system repeated the rewards, indeed the rewards expected for defeating the Demon King. Yang Yu kneeled heavily, the Sword Blade touching the ground shattered completely.

Dazed, Yang Yu had a voice in his heart constantly warning him:

“You can’t sleep yet.

If you fall asleep like this, it’s very possible you’ll never wake up.

I need to pull out the potion, drink it, then…

Waiting for someone to rescue, telling them to collect the bodies of the companions…..

Only this way…

Only then can they come back to life.”

Mumbling to himself, Yang Yu shivered, as if his consciousness was suddenly pulled away.

“Well done! You made it through in one go, as expected from you!”

A familiar voice sounded in his ears, Yang Yu turned his head towards the direction of the voice, blurry vision restored, the otaku girl was chewing on chips and clapping.

The memories Yang Yu possessed revived again in his mind:

“What was just happening?”

“Didn’t I say earlier? This is a fully immersive game!

How was it, were you shocked, did you feel my charm as a goddess.”

Black Spade puffed out her chest, her brows full of pride.

“What the heck, making me worry for nothing, I freaking feel like… seemed to have experienced a completely different life.”

Right now, Yang Yu only wants to give this mischievous woman a good smack.

But thinking again, Yang Yu felt inexplicably relieved.

It was because of making different choices that his companions didn’t suffer such pain.

“It’s indeed quite impressive.”

Yang Yu honestly expressed his thoughts, continuing to press the controller.

Seeing himself, burned completely, with only a dozen Life Value points remaining on the screen, Yang Yu was quite shaken.

But in the next moment, on the screen, he, despite increased antidrug resistance risks, drank all the potions he had found from the system, miraculously shedding the burned skin layer by layer, revealing new skin.

The Status of blindness thinned considerably.

The Yang Yu outside the screen was as surprised as the Yang Yu inside the scene but quickly accepted the fact.

Continuing to press buttons, Yang Yu gradually collected the bodies of his companions, integrated them into the system, and lifted Bai Jin, stepping towards the other side where the battle had not ended.

The game ended here, with THE END appearing on the screen.

“What, it’s over just like that. Nothing explained afterwards.”

Yang Yu wanted to see if he chose the same path as the Yang Yu on the screen, what kind of hardships he would encounter.

Without the help of Bai Jin and others, wanting to reach the Sea Mother alone would definitely take a lot of effort, the leisurely live streaming like now wouldn’t be possible.

“Don’t worry. Isn’t there a little epilogue afterward? The true ending is in there.”

“Is that so… could this be a second playthrough?”

“The remaining plot isn’t enough for a second playthrough, so it can only be made into a small epilogue.”

“Then why not incorporate the rest of the story into the main story?”

“I wish, why do you care, you brat too cocky in front of the goddess, aren’t you?”

“It’s not like you were overly familiar from the start.”

“Should I be aloof so you’d be satisfied?”

“Alright, alright! Goddess, truly merciful and benevolent.”

Yang Yu kept pressing the controller, indeed a new screen popped up, showing the conclusion of Yang Yu’s path in the game.

This time, Yang Yu’s consciousness did not enter the game, but from the outside saw the conclusion of his path.

Just like Yang Yu imagined, the story’s him reaching Sea Mother happened nearly five years later.

After receiving a treatment, because he was worried about the remnants of the Curse Sect and Lux’s leftovers, Yang Yu recruited some manpower, began handling those people.

After finding the Power of the Brave, he ventured alone into the Demon World, acquiring Devil King’s Power.

Upon returning, because the Sky Lock fragment he held expired, he could only search for the Underground Maze according to the hint “walking the road where stars cross” to regain the Sky Lock shard.

After arduous efforts, Yang Yu finally reached Sea Mother.

The story gradually concludes with Yang Yu gazing at the departing goddess, the remaining story of Yang Yu and his companions slowly rolls in the ending credits.

In this path, he headed toward an ending that was both a reunion and not really a reunion.

The thought that such an ending might become reality, Yang Yu was deeply moved.

Yang Yu cast a sideways glance at Black Spade, who simply smiled, turned off the machine, then restarted it immediately, with three options appearing on the screen: Hero, Demon Soldier, and Civilian.

Black Spade mischievously said to Yang Yu:

“If you could choose again, what choice would you make this time? I’m very curious.”