Author’s note:


    I decided to power through this even though I didn’t really want to write a .5 chapter.


    I was planning to write a chapter last week, but I had to take a forced vacation with my parents for Canada Day.


    I was binging on Cultivation Chat Group (Chinese Raw). It was deliciously hilarious. I would recommend it to anyone, though, you would miss out on some jokes if you don’t understand Chinese/ Chinese culture.


    And Overwatch, ya…..


    (Sorry don’t hate me==” *Prostrate* Overwatch is too much fun.)


    Base on my workload at school and work, the release schedule will be one chapter every Sunday guaranteed until further notice. In between, I will try to write a chapter or two. I have Sunday off of work for now.


    Chapter 65.5- Devoured (Timeline A)


    ***Mechanna***


    ***Aewyn***


    “Gah, this is why I didn’t want to use heat pulse. It damaged everything. I have to reset the dungeon. It’s so annoying. Saving data… resetting...”


    I sat down on top of a hatch with the in-game GM terminal opened. The green text based terminal floating in front of me is what I used for in-game commands. Even though it was dark, I could see the terminal perfectly since it glows in the dark.


    “Ok, reset dungeon complete. Now let’s deal with that hacker. Let’s see…”


    I opened the list of the dead for this dungeon. It lets me see everyone in the dungeon that is waiting for to be respawned. I was completely surprised by what I found: nothing. If this were anyone else, they would still be in the respawn waiting area.


    “That can’t be right, he shouldn’t have respawned yet.


    I went comb through the log carefully, trying to determine what happened. I found the entry that I wanted. I used hand gestures and commanded the glowing green terminal to enlarge on that section.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Ajax McGuire takes 4455 fire damage.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Ajax McGuire died.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    After that, there was no entry, which means he wasn’t respawned yet. In fact, there were no entries after Ajax died. What is going on? Everything goes completely against what I know about the game. Could he use a hack to escape the respawn zone? His skill as a hacker is ungodly. I am tempted to get Fin to hire him as a consultant.


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    I concentrated working in the darkness trying to figure out what’s going on. I stopped when I felt a sudden chill crawling on my back. It wasn’t only that I felt something was watching me, but the air around me grew colder in an instant as well. I stood up and turned around and yelled at the darkness.


    “Fin? Is that you?”


    *GROWL*


    “Fin? Is that your stomach growling?”


    After adjusting my eyes to the darkness, I saw a pair of eyes in the glowed in the dark from far away. I heard a low rumbling growl coming from the same direction. Before I could even respond, it leaped at me with incredible speed.


    ***Shadowmaple***


    ***Fin’Vaeil***


    *Knock Knock Knock*


    “Wyn? Are you ready to leave?”


    I knocked on the door of Aewyn’s office. Only silence returned my question. I knocked once again.


    *Knock Knock Knock*


    “Wyn, let’s go already. I am hungry. And how many times I told you to answer when I message you.”


    Again there was no answer.


    “Wyn?”


    Sensing that there was something wrong, I tried to open the door. It wasn’t locked, so I helped myself into Aewyn''s office. The first thing I noticed in the room was a burning metallic smell in the air. I immediately started to panic.


    “WYN!”


    I rushed to where Aewyn was lying down. There was smoke coming out of the gaming custom-made pink helmet that she was wearing, which was slightly blackened by the rising smoke. Seeing the scene, I removed her helmet immediately and tried to wake her by shaking her limp body.


    “Wyn! Wake up! What’s wrong!”


    She didn’t respond at all. I could still see that she was breathing normally, but I don’t know what happened to her. Fearing the worst, I got up and rushed to phone hospital for help.


    Author’s post note:


    Sorry, this one was super short. When I planned this out, it sounded a lot longer in my head than this.


    The next regular chapter will be longer, I promise.