Server 1157

"Non-human being?"

"Yes, I said that because the facts were very clear. This man had been hiding there for years, destroying his ability to speak. We are in the age of technology, Sir, and there are cameras everywhere. However, his enemy could not see him. So his enemy did not have the ability to see, but he had the ability to hear. If the problem were not the content of the text, this man would still have been killed long ago. After all, they had been calling him by his name in that hospital for years. But, even though I was the one reading the text, this terrible enemy had just killed him. In other words, his enemy, who had only hearing ability, was not looking for his name, it was looking for the person or persons who had knowledge about the content of this text. But it didn't even notice me. So this man used both his player name and keywords in the first sentences of his notes that would activate his enemy. In short, he was the only one who knew the information that would unlock this mystery and destroy this horrific chain of events, and he planned to pass it on to someone else safely. And he had succeeded. Having completed the task given to him in his plan, he had sacrificed his life and handed over this difficult task to me completely. All these puzzle pieces led me to one conclusion. The mastermind of all this horror was not actually a human being, but software that could only be triggered by words…"

"If so, why isn't this thing killing you right now?" Luca had noticed a good detail.

"You have sharp senses, Sir. This is good. This is not the first time I am telling this story to someone, and yes, surprisingly, I am still alive. I think the reason for this is that the software has stopped trace following in this world because the last person who coded it, that is, those who knew it, was killed. Because we are talking about software here. It should have already destroyed all evidence kind of computer data that would endanger it. That's why this man had drawn all the details of the software from the very beginning with a charcoal pencil and retired to wait for someone he believed would go after this event. That is me… But there was another problem this time, Sir. I was not a software expert, and I couldn't tell any software developer who had nothing to do with the incident and convince myself. So for me, there was only one way to stop the real perpetrator. I had no choice but to fight this enemy in the most disadvantageous way for me, on the terms set by him. So, not in this world, I was going to go to its world and fight there under the pressure of its rules.

I analyzed Hell's drawings, his notes, and all the details of the victims' lives through the relatives of the deceased… This software was working with a system to take its players to their own world on the same date and time, once every year, and have them kill each other in medieval conditions. And every year, it was transferring the players of a different numbered server of that world at once. For example, the system forcibly detained only the players of server 1157 this year. In other words, the players on the server that your wife also plays…

However, there was a very important timezone difference between the two worlds. The years I would spend there corresponded to minutes or even seconds in our world. This would explain why the victims died here immediately. In fact, they struggled to survive there for a very long time and mostly died by losing this war. In short, it became impossible to accomplish this task alone. It was impossible for someone of my skill to survive against countless people who would want to kill me for a very long time and stop this software, Sir. That's why I needed allies…

Of course, I needed strong allies to defeat such an invincible foe, but there was something more important than power, Sir. Like most people in the world, I'm sure you know the story of Pablo Escobar, the bloodiest drug lord in history. He was such a powerful enemy that only one of the numerous assassinations to kill him had succeeded. He could only be killed in an attack by only his enemies who hated him… Therefore, my primary need was not strong but desireful allies. Those who hate it as much as I do, and who are so passionate that they can both take revenge and stop this order...

Based on my previous meetings, I reached out to all the relatives of the patients, who I thought would not want other people to experience the same pain... in the last 1 year. Of course, this time I communicated with them in ways that they could not recognize my identity. Because I was the mastermind of this business, I was the person who knew all the people who were both involved in this evil and who waged war against this evil, leading the operation to stop this software. I wasn't trying to protect myself, Sir, I was already willing to die. All I wanted was for this carnage to end, and I was the only person in this world who could make it happen. For this reason, I should have been the last to die in this group that was certain to die.

I could only find 5 allies, Sir… 5 people who are not strong enough to fight at those times in such a middle earth order but are eager for revenge… And with them, we promised each other to log in to the game according to the new collection time I predicted according to the actual time of the previous years.

So exactly 3 hours ago from now…

But something surprising happened. I was about to log in to the game at the same time as them when my phone rang. The caller was the doctor who investigated the cause of my sister's death and found nothing, regretfully stating that he had closed her file temporarily, and swore that he would inform me first if he encountered the same case again… In other words, the doctor who gave you information about your wife about an hour ago!"

Luca raised his attention, aware that the situation was getting serious. He realized the approaching truth…

"Forgive his lie, Sir, because he promised me. He called me and said that the wife of a swordsman named Vato Luca, whom I was a big fan of, was brought to the intensive care unit with the same case. I can swear with all my heart that I am very sorry, Mr. Luca… Like I said, I went through the same pain. But this last-minute news drove me crazy with the hope that someone like you could join my team… Having a swordsman on our side in the war against the rulers of a medieval order… And I hastily interrupted my work and ran here. In similar cases I could find, this software operated up to 3 hours after the scheduled time. I guess it's a lag time that has been determined by considering that not everyone will be playing with their phones all the time. At the same time, on my way here, I received another very sad news. My wife called me and despite all my insistence, she said goodbye to me and logged in to the game. Because she loved my sister just as much as I did, and she had somehow learned the secret work I was doing to avoid involving her…

I don't know if she died or if she went into a permanent coma. I shouldn't find out about this because the fact that someone who was involved in the plan knowingly my identity entered the game, put this plan at risk. The plan which I had prepared by working for a long time… In addition, knowing the condition of my wife, my beloved one, could have caused me to make mistakes while executing the plan there...

So, Sir... No, Mr. Vato Luca..." The mysterious man reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. "Will you stand by us in this impossible case and die with us…? Do you want to save your wife's life and bring her back to this world in a one-in-a-million chance…? No, would you die with us to save the future of innocent people who have not yet experienced this pain?"

"Hah ha!"

Hearing the laughter, the stranger struggled to despair, thinking that Luca did not believe what he was saying for an hour…

"You can be sure of that, shady man! If I die soon or fall into a coma, it's okay. But if nothing has happened and I'm still sitting here helpless then I will kill you!" By the end of the conversation, Luca had already understood the offer and already had his phone ready in his hand. Yes, the stranger's story was so absurd that even a small child would not believe it. But in the situation he was in, he had nothing to lose but a few minutes. He was already angry with the stranger for telling him so long and in detail. He was so helpless that if he had been told the purpose at the very beginning of the conversation, he would have fulfilled it already. In fact, due to the insistence of his beloved wife Yolimar, he downloaded this game weeks ago and logged in, but could not play because he could not find the time. "Just tell me what to do in there!"

"You are such a wonderful person Mr. Vato Luca… I have only one request from you. Once you get there, somehow infiltrate the strongest alliance and try to stay alive by keeping a low profile. When the time comes, I will reach out to you and to the other 5 people who don't know each other's identities! They, my wife, and I will infiltrate different alliances…"

"When the time comes out?"

"We have very little information about that world at the moment. In fact, we have no information other than just the beings there and the general functioning. We don't even know which of us will start the game from which time frame there. For this reason, we will first try to adapt there for the sake of survival, and then we will get stronger. Then it will be our time!"

"Ok, then!" And Luca logged into the game… The tears mixed with sadness and happiness that had been flowing from his eyes for the last few minutes were beginning to give way to red blood. Just like the blood that is starting to flow from his nose and mouth right now… "Hah ha! You were right, you b.stard!!!"

With his back turned, he could not see that the stranger was actually starting to bleed from the holes in his head at the same time. "Hah ha! Yes, I can't believe it myself also, but yes! I was right! Then let's go and save our wives… No, save everyone!!!

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The motionless bodies of Luca and the stranger were piled on the lawn of the hospital garden... with their fates shrouded in mystery...