Legend of the Devil Fox
16
"Now I understand. So we're just a disposable pawn .. and that inhumane orphanage is even one of them."
"Writing this definitely takes a long time No. 01 to write. At first, the words are vague writing, but the longer the better. And then .. they started to get worse."
"We secret alpha testers are orphans from all over the world, everyone has some kind of mysterious power. But many of us are orphaned in suspicious events. Some of our parents were killed, some went bankrupt, some went the other way."
"At first, there were only twenty-three of us. We gathered at the research center, with the numbers being our new names. Then, at the behest of the government, the company added some though their capabilities were trivial. Exactly 30 of us were dropped into this new world."
"Around here is the point where No. 01's mind begins to disintegrate. His words began to deviate from his path, the letter size began to vary, and every now and then I could see a deep hole in the stone wall."
"My mother, the woman who discovered this world, is increasingly pushing her strength with every investigation. In the end, it paralyzed him. I inherited the same strength, even if I was much weaker. Then I met No. 08 and No. 17 at a research institute orphanage. We spent our childhoods with only each other to turn to."
"With my power, we have managed to infiltrate a researcher's personal computer over the internet. That's how we knew that we were just disposable test subjects. We have no family, no friends other than each other in the real world, on Earth. So we started looking for a way to escape to a new world."
That.. is impossible, right? Didn't they use avatars because they couldn't send a living human here?
"The unique skills of our secret alpha testers are based on our actual capabilities. With the original mana of Yggdrasia, maybe our strength can be strengthened."
"[Materialization], [Absorption], and [Manipulation of Cyberspace]. "
"That's our strength. If we can use it to its fullest, we should be able to break away from the shackles of the System, transfer our consciousness, and gain a new living body in this world. Even if doing so would put our actual bodies into a coma, there was a high chance the corporation would still keep us alive. As long as our connection to the machine is intact, no matter how weak it is, I can still maintain and strengthen it through our minds."
"But our plan failed. We underestimated them."
"It was a desperate plan, born of children who had little hope."
"They want to use us until our minds are damaged, or until our brains stop working altogether. The damaged one only had an extra month of life support. After that, they'll be thrown away."
"Corporate promise 'a month' they told us? That's a lie. We never intended to last that long. Day after day, I saw myself losing pieces of my mind. My first death here, in this world, with our maximum pain, the moment of death brings with it suffering like no other. Among those of us who have avatars with pain, that first death must have left dozens of people in a coma. Especially the younger ones."
"I thought I could control myself with familiar animal forms, but once I evolved, I grew another head."
"The head is just a beast. Only the instinct of killing exists. It will take every opportunity to take control of my body. I couldn't rest for even a second. I can't sleep. It'll eat me alive if I close my eyes."
"Whoever reads this, if you are a secret alpha tester like us, then you should take our Crystal Stone. Us three. We promise each other to keep our strength in the rock so that even if one of us dies, the other can still live."
"Maybe that's impossible. After all, it will be the end after our true bodies are destroyed. But there must be a way. It should be possible. The World Tree with infinite mana was here. The free world we dream of. The sacred ground surrounding him rejected normal monsters, but perhaps monsters with magic-absorbing abilities could find a way."
"I can't do it. This is the end for me. There are only about 5 of us alpha testers left. I discovered it after infiltrating their monitoring system. Even No. 17 has lost his mind. He's too good. His heart could not bear this murder-or-kill life. By the time you read this, if the Two-headed Dragon is still alive, then please..."
"Please kill me...."
His words stopped here. After that, it was just a crazy beast scratch.
Most of them have gone crazy. It must have been very torturous, but you are still defending, against those beta players. You don't want to die at the hands of that company, do you? …yes. I've understood. I won't let them kill you.
I will kill you with my own hands and continue with your hopes