I don’t know why a Player Character would want to play as a rancid orc, and I really don’t care.
Spit flies at my face as he shouts, “I wanted you to watch me kill you. This is what thieves get! This is what Player Killers deserve!”
I keep my eyes trained on him as I slowly pat my hand against the soil, desperate for the hilt of my weapon.
The orc kicks my Splintered Sword away. “Your broken-ass sword won’t do you any good now!”
He presses the tip of his blade into my Adam’s apple and snarls.
“Do it then,” I grit. “End this.”
“If you die, you have to start over completely. Level one,” he reminds me with a sneer. “You’ll lose your busted-ass sword too.”
This is the one thing that makes Unigaea one of the most addicting and most frustrating Proxima worlds in recent memory. It doesn’t matter what you do, nor what level you're at – if you die in Unigaea, your narrative ends. No respawning, no save points, no being brought back from death.
You start over with a level-one avatar, if you decide to start over at all.
A strand of my long brown hair falls in my face and I blow it out of my pane of vision. I smile at the filthy orc. “Do it.”
He’s just about to pull his arm back when an enormous black wolf tackles him, going straight for his jugular. The wolf whips his head left and right, sinking his teeth deeper into the orc’s neck.
-79 HP! -56 HP!
The huge wolf stops just before snapping the orc’s neck. The majestic beast, a deep shade of shadow and large enough for a human to ride, turns to me.
He bares his teeth and his ears flit back. Behind him, the orc chokes on his own blood.
“Easy,” I start to tell the beast.
The big wolf approaches me slowly, locks his big, blue-green eyes onto me and …
I reach my hand out to him. The wolf relaxes immediately and starts panting.
“Thanks for letting me finish the job, Wolf,” I say as I push myself up and run my hand behind his ear, scratching his favorite spot. He thumps his leg, sighs, and makes the cute whimpering sound he always makes when he’s happy.
Once I’m on my feet, I move over to the rogue orc and squat in front of him.
His eyes quiver as he takes in my form. His neck has been torn to shreds and the front of his armor is covered in blood, with a couple of bloody dog footprints. He coughs as thick crimson ichor boils from his lips.
I drive my Splintered Sword into his neck and twist.
Instakill!
+1 Infamy!
Bonus attribute point received!
I stand and wipe my bloodied blade onto his pant leg, suddenly disgusted at myself.
Wolf sits on his haunches and begins licking his paws. I walk over to the ledge for a moment and stare out at the magnolia pines below. I have to remind myself why it is I’ve chosen to do this, to go against everything I ever thought to be true and become a Player Killer.
I’m not yet strong enough yet, but I will be soon enough, I think, as a vulture lifts into the sky, screeching to signal to its brethren that dinner is ready.
My mantra for the last month still doesn’t change what I am, or what I must do to become who I’m supposed to be.
After another moment to collect my thoughts, I turn back to the two dead orcs, steeling myself for the troubling, uncertain journey that lies ahead.
Table of Contents
JOIN THE PROXIMA GALAXY
Table of Contents
Map of Hyperborea
Map of Polynya
Chapter 1: A Digital Spider in the Land of the Rising Sun
Chapter 2: Choose a Quest
Chapter 3: Port of Corpses
Chapter 4: Special Delivery
Chapter 5: A Scar is a Success Story
Chapter 6: Chalupa vs. Churro
Chapter 7: The Bronze Crystal Super Package
Chapter 8: Pink Salon
Chapter 9: Relics ‘R’ Us
Chapter 10: Someone’s Little Blow-up Doll
Chapter 11: Surprise Attack
Chapter 12: Wolf Trap
Chapter 13: The Takeover
Chapter 14: Extreme Vetting (For Fick’s Sake)
Chapter 15: Doing Oric a Solid
Chapter 16: Poisoned by a Seagull
Chapter 17: The Empress Speaks
Chapter 18: Cave --> in
Chapter 19: Imp Melee
Chapter 20: Mark of the Beast
Chapter 21: Warm Hands
Chapter 22: FeeTwix “Turncoat” Fajer
Chapter 23: DJ Ride the Lightning Rides the Lightning
Chapter 24: After Party
Chapter 25: Mani-Pedi and a Royal Confession
Chapter 26: Repetition is a Form of Change
Chapter 27: Get Woke
Chapter 28: Friends in High Places
Chapter 29: House Call
Ryuk Matsuzaki’s Character Sheet
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