[ENEMY FELLED]
[THE WORLD SURVIVED]
[LIFE GOES ON...]
[DUE TO THE HEARTS THAT GATHERED....]
[....AND THE HEARTS THAT FELL]
"Ugh...Damn it!...I WAS SO CLOSE!"
Inside the penthouse on the 12th floor in the heart of seoul a man with dark circle said.
Woo-jin the heir to korea's biggest conglomerate sat there staring at the screen.
Woo-jin was the sole son of the family. Thus he was forced to act like a perfect heir through out his life. Forced to live like a robot his entire life without being able to resist.
Only recently 5 years ago after inheriting the conglomerate at the age of 27 was he able to have some freedom.
"This is the 160th playthrough... and i still couldn't achieve the Perfect Happy Ending"
"surely there must be a way to this game without the death of the supporting characters!?"
"Where Hearts Gather"
A role playing game set in a medeival fantasy that quickly became famous for its breathtaking artstyle , lifelike characters and A-list celebrities as voice actors.
The only source of entertainment and freedom he was allowed to have.
A game with endless freedom and choices that results in different experiences in each playthrough ,but the only thing that is inevitable is the death of supporting characters.Its been 5 years since the games release and still the ending with all supporting characters survive has not been discovered.
Somehow atleast a few supporting characters always die before the ending.
The reason is the games unique feature that you can only save your game and not load it.
And when a character dies they really disappear.Even though the game has really complicated battles and deadly events, I can still keep the characters safe as I have been so obsessed with this game that I can confidently say that I am the best at the game.
The main reason for the death of the supporting characters is this bastard ....
Lucien von Blackhart...this thrash scoundrel!!
'He first appears as a minor villain professor who suppresss the protagonist out of jealousy and pride as she was genius while being a commoner from a fallen noble family while this bastard was the only heir to the strongest dukedom in the kingdom but still was a talentless dunce!'
'He only became a professor at the academy where the games story unfolds through influence'
"I have spent 5 years on this trash game..." Woo-jin muttered
"But still couldn't achieve the perfect ending because this bastard appears again stronger as a mid-boss after being expelled from the academy"
"Even after coming back as a mid-boss he was still a brute dunce mage who was very easy to beat after leveling up... But the problem is the curse he leaves behind before dying"
[The curse of detoriation]
"It is unavoidable and always affects atleast one character other then the protagonist"
"The character hit by the curse start having their mana detoriate with time until the character finally breaks and goes on a rampage"
"Once that happens that character has to be killed to clear the game"
"The source of the curse is Eclipse themain villain organisation that grants Lucien power"
"The curse is only broken when all the executives of Eclipse fall and that is the final goal of the game"
"But it's literally impossible!!...."
"Even after 5 years nobody has been able to defeat Eclipse before the the characters die and now I was so close... To think the character would go berserk just as the final executive was about to fall..Damn it!!"
I looked at the screen that said congratulations on completing the game but damn it! it's not the ending I want.
Just then the screen went white and words become to appear.
"What is this?.. this never happened before.."
[To the one who almost succeeded in saving the world without breaking the hearts that gathered...]
"What is this? A easter egg left behind by the devs?.."
[We hope you can succeed in the next playthrough..... We wish you good luck Lucien...]
"Damn you I am not playing this thrash game anymore.... I have wasted whole 5 years on this stupid game, I was even ready to buy your damn company to get that ending but you rejec...wait why does it say Lucien?"
"!!!"
"Ugh.. ahhh"
'my head.. it hurts..ugh..what's going on..'
The screen flashed white light bright enough to illuminate the whole neighbourhood
I felt my vision fading, and I lost
Consciousness.