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s heart, nor the crushing despair of watching humanity fall. This pain was... f

traffic outside a cr

, "...What?" He shot upr

ound that had killed him but found nothing. His armor was gone. His broken sword

ice trembled, "T

d a rusted fan spinning lazily overhead. Empty instant-noodle cups sat i

om. Every scrat

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before monsters appeared. Be

the wor

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ed as they wal

shouted to pa

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knuckles turned white, "I..." His voice broke,

ounded like. No screams,No explosions just..

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lowly picked it up. The date on the screen stole his brea

an to shake,"

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peared on the pho

he first monster outbreak. He hadn't heard her

with trembling fingers,

led the room, "You finally ans

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tightened, "I ju

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for dinner tonight. Your

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es, then he buried his face in his hands.

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he room. The lights flickered.

spun around,there was no one y

e his mind. Golden light gathered before him.

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back, Us

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message

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tification

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red: Chrono

tions in fate, hidden quests, curs

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staggered backward, when he opened

tretched through the room like invisible spide

d inside his mind of a subway station with screaming civilians and A massive wolf-like

d was the first dungeon break and i

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en beyond human sight, a ti

e crimson eye opened wat