Necromancer Dreams of Mechs Chapter 35: Chapter 41

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Chapter 35: Walk Away From It All I left the tent, and then cursed this world for not having water yet when I saw that Highlander was still covered in the guard's gore. "Highlander, go to the grass and rub the gore and guts off yourself before I lose my nonexistent lunch. You look and smell disgusting," I growled. "Fine, but only because I don't want the ladies to run away from me," Highlander said, and then scurried off towards the river. "You okay, boss?" Alric asked once he saw and approached me. "No," I said, sighing. "Your problem sounds like nightmare fuel, and I am still trying to decide if I want to risk my life to help some..." My voice trailed off. I was about to say help with some data, but that wasn't fair. I was data just that same, and maybe the real world was some facsimile of a program too. It still didn't make this internal conflict any easier. I wasn't a hero, even when I pretended. I was a hunter of the next big thing, but I always had the option of retrying the hunt, puzzle, or challenge. I had never been faced with a choice that could end with my life. "Well, what do you want to do?" Alric asked, sounding a bit nervous. I shrugged, and looked back towards the tent. Seraphine had said she was born into the world knowing things, and I had just started here. Keeping her alive was in my best interests, but I had to be alive to have interests. "I really don't know. You all know you're going to die, and it doesn't sound pretty, but I don't know I am going to. I also am not keen on finding out what it feels like to have my flesh torn from my bones. You all have made it very clear that it isn't something to look forward to," I replied after a long pause, and then it was Alaric's turn to go quiet. "I do see where you are coming from, and if I was honest, I'd probably just hightail it out of here if I could. Yet, I know that I would never make it," Alric lamented, but then sighed. "I have seen every way I could die. Every path that I could take, and how each of them ended. And all of them end in a different death, but none of them involve any of us surviving." "You really are the most depressing person I have ever met," I said, shaking my head. "How can you be so okay with your own death?" "Okay with it? Hardly, but if you decide to leave, all our fates are sealed. You are the only path we can't see," He replied, and I rubbed the side of my head, feeling a headache coming on. I don't know what I expected when I left my starting area, or what my plans were when I got out in the world. I just wanted to go and see the humans of this world, and now I did. I didn't owe these people anything, and I was supposed to be figuring out how to achieve my goal of mecha-supremecy. I also didn't want to admit it, but I was still shaken after the guard captain had tried to kill me. If it hadn't been for Highlander, I might have actually died back there. It was so easy to keep slipping into the mind set of this just being a game, but if I died, I might not ever wake up. Never to see Nathan, Mr. Williams, or Ciara again. Was I really expected to deal with all of this at the age of 16? I felt the air get thick, and my world shifted to monochrome as Rngallia appeared before me. Her glowing green eyes softer than before. "This world is full of dangers, for you and others that inhabit it. There is no shame in leaving that to the fate chosen for them," She said to me, but her words only made me roll my eyes, which made her smile in turn. "Yeah, sure. I will just run away from the people that are terrified for their lives. People that have done nothing and never will as long as I turn my back," I growled, and this caused her smile to drop. "This isn't your battle, Allen. Your fight is much larger, and you should save your strength," She explained, but I waved her off. "That Architect would love that, right?" I asked, but she gave me a strange look. "No, they wish for you to stay and save them. Seraphine is important for your progress later