Server 1157

*** The moment others logged into the game, 3 seconds before Felix logged in ***

"What!" Reaching the barren lands of Server Zero, Harlow Bless, the admin player named HB, looked around in surprise. "Where is this place?"

Half an hour ago, when they entered this world for the first time, they played the game just by looking at a computer screen. But now she had entered this game world with her whole body and soul in a way she could never have imagined.

She examined her hand and other parts of her body with meaningless looks. Afterwards, she bent down and cupped the desert sand, playing it in her hand and confirming its authenticity. Since she still couldn't understand the situation she was in, she did one last nonsense and put some sand in her mouth and tried to chew it, but she coughed and spat it out along with her saliva. "GOD, WHAT IS THIS, THESE ALL ARE REAL!!!"

Also, in the previous battle, they all fought together in a more lively castle.

But now she was in the middle of the hills of a seemingly endless desert. "GUYSSSSSS!!! WHERE ARE YOU!!!" She continued to shout, but when she did not receive an answer, she became suspicious and took a precautionary stance. "Damn, damn, damn! I did not like this!" Although she did not feel defenseless because she had one of the high-level armors of the game on her body and a powerful sword in her hand, she was still uneasy because she was in a world she did not know at all.

She suddenly heard a faint voice behind her and turned to look, but she was too late. "ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Harlow, who had deep cuts on the back of both legs, grabbed her sword to avoid falling uncontrollably to the ground and managed to stab it into the ground at the last moment and somehow fall to her knees. She was looking at the ground with her jaw clenched, clenching her teeth to suppress the pain of the cuts, not even understanding what was happening.

"I apologize for my assistant attacking you so suddenly, Miss Harlow, but she was only following my orders."

Hearing the same hum again, she raised her head and looked ahead with fearful eyes. She saw a lady wearing a much stronger suit of armor than her own, which she didn't even know existed in this game. 

The woman had suddenly appeared as a teleporter and was staring motionlessly at her with soulless eyes.

And the silhouette of a man, appearing on the hill just ahead, was slowly approaching them. "As far as I can see from the records, you are indeed a well-intentioned human, Ms. Harlow. But you know that fate is cruel. When it chooses those it will take away from life, it does not decide based on their personalities…"

"W…Who are you!?"

The man, dressed in civilian clothes without armor, looked at the seemingly soulless woman, dissatisfied with Harlow's answer.

"ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Harlow's scream was louder and deeper this time because the woman swung her sword in such a way that this time it shattered her breastplate and made a very deep gash on her body.

"Hhhhh…. HHHHhh…" The injuries Harlow suffered had the same pain as those she might receive in real life. Since she was now having difficulty speaking, she was trying to stand by taking deep breaths. "W…Why…Why are you doing this?"

"Sorry, Ms. Harlow but all your rights to ask questions in your life are over. You are living your last moments and you only have the right to answer my questions. Now… Tell me, please… Where is Mr. Felix?"

"..." For Harlow, the situation she was in had now lost its meaning and had entered the stage of purposelessness. "I do not know what the hell is happening here… And I have no clue what are you after… But since the situation is as you stated...Bring it on, you motherf.cker! You or your lackey… Whichever of you wishes can kill me. No f.cking given to your wishes!"

"..." Reaching near Harlow, the man stopped and watched her determined acceptance of death for a few seconds. "Well, the thing is, I predicted this would happen. When I examined the data of the entire developer team, I realized that there were two threats. You, Ms. Harlow, and Mr. Felix. I warned others about this, but their self-confidence prevented them from creating a plan C and now we are at this point. Ok, Ms. Harlow. I am aware that you are burning with the desire to find out what is happening here before you die, and I will grant it to you."

"..."

"Good, it seems you are calm now. Let me introduce ourselves first. This comrade of mine the one assigned to protect me is KB. and my name is Root IV, Hackathon…"

"WHAT!!!"

"Yes, Ms. Harlow. I am the God of Knowledge…"

"Then you are!!"

"Yes, we are the products of Mr. Zen's Clones of God Project. Think of us like NPCs. We are programmed to invade Erghon application in the shadows. We started well when we were activated, but we got stuck on the 14th server. With Mr. Zen's help, we somehow escaped detection in your investigations. However, due to the code structure of the discrete server world generated by Mr. Felix, we could not switch to other servers. But thanks to his Server Zero World, we infiltrated and invaded here now. As a victory, now we have full access to all servers!!! Thank you, guys, you are really amazing. Sadly we have to kill you all for our future plans. My friends have handled your friends but Mr. Felix did not appear still. So if you tell me where is he, I will grant you a painless death now. Trust me, my friends are too cruel, so others couldn't have this opportunity…"

"You! You, b.stards… Will not be able to get Felix! I will not allow it!" In fact, Harlow was thinking of using the full defense code she just developed for herself and getting out of there, but she changed her mind after Hackathon's speech.

"Why do you trust yourself this much, Ms. Harlow? Do you have something we don't know?"

"Tsch!"

"Oh… It is kinda a yes! This Zen guy is really an incapable one! He even did not inform us about the shutdown plan of your boss and this Server Zero activation in time. That is why he had a harsh punishment by my friends also! But I liked you, Ms. Felix, really. If you tell me about your secret, I will find a way to keep you alive even against the orders of our superiors!"

"What are you doing here, Hackathon?" A new civilian woman appeared around them. And her assistant also. "You know the orders!"

"Ah… I warned you but it is too late now…" Hackathon turned his head to his newly appeared friend, looking at Hawlow's face with a warm smile for the last time. "Welcome, InterliJ. It seems you finished your job?"

"Yes, I and my loyal assistant successfully killed one of these guys."

"Yes, your assistant, IronClaw is always too faithful, as my comrade, KB. I exist for the knowledge, you know this. So I need to confirm something, Root VI, InterliJ, God of Justice. Since you have been created to balance this system with your justice, please allow me to do it. I have a right to find my way to have the needed knowledge on our operations, am I right?"

"Damn, no, Hackathon!" Another civilian man appeared, this time extremely large and scary. "You still play with her? How many times have I warned you about your nasty attitude!? We all are generated to fulfill the orders but you always have an unruly way of doing things!" This man was Root I, Python, God of Power. 

Other Clones of God had also arrived in the area with their assistants. Root II, Terminal, God of Genesis… Root III, Neural, God of Order… Root V, Loops, God of Merit

But Python, God of Power was the scariest one. It was not only about his physical appearance or being the 1st Root. It was what he carried in his hand. The other Roots also had bloodstains on their clothes, but Python also held a man's head in his hand. Head of John, founder of Erghon Gaming company…

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NEW CHARACTERS

HIGHER-UPS - CLONES OF GOD

Root I, Python - God of Power

- Safeguard Assistant: N/A

Root II, Terminal - God of Genesis

- Safeguard Assistant: N/A

Root III, Neural - God of Order

- Safeguard Assistant: N/A

Root IV, Hackathon - God of Knowledge

- Safeguard Assistant: KB

Root V, Loops - God of Merit

- Safeguard Assistant: N/A

Root VI, InterliJ - God of Justice

- Safeguard Assistant: IronClaw