*Shua*
The wind blows gently, as we wait for our end. However, as I tightly hold Yin, the painful sound of a crumbling city fails to appear. Instead, an annoyed voice takes over the silence.
"Oh, for crying out loud. Bloody pathetic worms. Can't even make up your minds." I open my eyes and look at the edge of the tower. Tatsuya's face has changed. A demonic grin fills his eyes as he swings his mace sideways. "I suppose I'll have to help."
"Tatsuya? What are you do-!" Yin has time to cry when the mace slams into Penelope's side. The surprised salary woman has no idea what hit her. She stares at Tatsuya's face.
"W-Why?" She has time to murmur before the impact pushes her over the side of Tiendas Tower.
"NOOO!" Yin screams and even I am confused as I see this strange betrayal. A terrible feeling sinks into my gut as I begin to see some inklings of the truth. My own words run through my head.
Some spiders eat other spiders after all...
"By the System, you worms are slow." Tatsuya seems different. All the respect in his voice is gone. It was all fake to begin with. Now the true him comes out. With blood staining his white robes, he doesn't seem like a priest anymore. "Ugh, she got my clothes dirty. That won't do!"
He snaps his fingers and suddenly the blood in his robes begins to move. The red stain leeches out, dripping onto the floor to leave his robe just as white and clean as when we met him.
"What the hell?" Yin hisses as she sees this. "Hei! Something's wrong with him!"
"Oh, he knows." Tatsuya's grin grows wider. "I don't know how, but this one is different. Aren't you, Hei? Too bad you didn't figure it out earlier. Not that it would have made a difference. You've all been playing my game this whole time. I was never going to let anyone leave."
"What are you?" I bend down and pick up my sword and cleaver once more. Though it doesn't seem like it will matter.
Something tells me that he is not someone who can be killed by such basic weapons.
"Oh, you wouldn't understand even if I told you. I suppose..." He lifts a finger, pointing at the sky. "You might call me a god. That must be what we are to pathetic worms like you."
"You're no god!" Yin snarls, but I hold her back when she tries to rush out. "You're a murderer!"
"Please..." Tatsuya looks insulted. "Do you call yourselves a murderer when you throw out a pet that has lost its use? I can do what I please. Murder would mean we're on the same level."
"What do you want?" I ask, feeling tired. I think I can see where this is going. "You System Admins always have strange tastes."
"Oh? You know of us?" Tatsuya, or should I say the thing pretending to be Tatsuya, is surprised. "Well, that's interesting. I like you. For worms, you're pretty intriguing. How's this! Just for you guys, a one-time exception!"
"What?"
"Isn't it obvious?" He points at us, and brings a finger to his neck. Then he mimes slitting a throat. "The quest, there can only be one, right? Just kill each other and I'll let the one who survives win. But choose quickly, I'm getting tired of this game."
"You sick bastard! How can you play with our lives like this! What makes you think we'd listen!" Yin growls but stops as she realizes I haven't moved. "Hei? You can't seriously be considering...he's lying! He's definitely lying! We can just fight him!"
"Mmm...yea I agree." Shaking my head, I stay right there beside her. "You already said you were going to kill us all. I won't give you the satisfaction." To be honest, as soon as a System God appeared, I already knew this was screwed. It explains everything, how in my past life no one survive Tiendas to tell the tale.
