Chapter 28: Among the choir of spores
After killing 1 Nexus Guardian and surviving the other, for a while, I experienced something I never thought was possible in Echoterra. I experienced peace, safety, the grandiose feeling of authority and rulership.
And yet, safety is an illusion in Echoterra.
I've confirmed it countless times with every deadly battle that I fought, every near-death encounter that I had, every manipulation by the system. And those guys, those poor fellows like me, the trial candidates who didn't survive and were eliminated.
They were proof that in Echoterra, safety is nothing but an illusion.
And now, that illusion was just shattered into countless pieces by my decision to reject the Thorn Assembly's negotiation.
Once again, I was plunged into the cruel crucible of Echoterra.
Once again, war was imminent.
I grinned, literally. 'Hehe, peace? Peace is overrated'.
'War? That's where I truly belong'.
'That's where I feel at peace'.
After making the decision, I had to live with the consequences.