BornAndTorn

It was a normal room, but each person had a very ashen expression. They looked absolutely exhausted, their eyes would close if they did not force themselves to keep them open. They looked haggard and mentally destroyed. They were showing more resemblance to corpses than actual living beings.

There was no source of light, except the weak reflection of some screens that were powered by thunder crystals. Their eyes were staring stubbornly ahead as if every other thing they would cost them their lives. Without the occasional breathing, there was no other noise. An eerie silence filled the room, clad in depressing darkness.

But as the time pa.s.sed a general feeling of unrest came over each one of them. Some tried to relieve their stress by chewing their fingernails others just quivered seemingly afraid of something. Despite the nearly tangible tension in the air, not one word was spoken. Rather those people did not even dare to even open their mouths.

The number of people using different technics to cope increased slowly but surely. One even began to rip out his hair. But no matter what they did, their eyes never once moved away from the screens. Those eyes kept on moving rapidly, over the screen searching for something.

This situation has been like that for the last 2 weeks and yet there was no end in sight. Unless, of course, they find the solution.

It seemed to be so close but yet so far away, that no one has found it even after all these sleepless nights. Those men developed an obsession and they would not even rest until they solve this strange situation.

From time to time they were even swapping their places, hoping for some kind of epiphany or inspiration to help them. Instead, they were greeted by the same bleakness as before. It was a mystery, that went contrary to any prior knowledge they made.

They spent all their lives, realizing their dream of creating this groundbreaking simulated world. Yet their world was currently falling apart right in front of their very eyes. They put everything else besides to just to solve the issues it faces, even going as far as sacrificing their own health. But to no avail, their world was currently spiralling out of control and they had no clue about the cause or any potential fixes.

The door was suddenly kicked open and angry men stormed in. The man had an ugly expression on his face, ready to murder the next person, who was foolish enough to look at him wrong. He sat down for a moment, accessing the current situation before he closed the door in one violent motion. As the room began to shake, n.o.body dared to turn around to be the target. Everyone felt that a storm was about to come.

" HOW DARE YOU" a mad scream was reverberating in their ears.

"HOW DARE YOU GUYS WITHHOLD SUCH HIDDEN EVENTS FROM ME", a confused expression could be found on any onlooker.

"DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE SCREAMED AT ME? AND FOR WHAT? JUST SO THAT THE PLAYERS EXPLORE AND FIND THE REASONS THEMSELVES?" Everyone was looking at their boss dumbfounded, did he lose his mind? Even they had no clue what has caused this madness, how should players have any clues?

"Look I can understand that the plan of you guys, would have never pa.s.sed. But putting it in the game without any kind of feedback is a big breach of trust. You guys are just lucky, that the players absolutely loved it. Even our Sponsors are currently very happy because our approach trains the children on so many different things, that they will be the backbone for the final push against the monsters.

We even got ma.s.sive new funds approved and they wish that we to expand the server size so that more people can join. But they demand that we lift the heavy restrictions we put on magic beforehand. The creatures should be challenging after all. We agreed, to lift the shackles a bit from time to time, to not get rid of the survival aspect too soon.

We have to work on many things till the upcoming patch. We have to make sure that our little magic world remains stable. We have to make sure that this augmented world suits the needs of our customers. We are very far away from the potential capacity that this world can carry after all.

He lowered his voice by a lot so that no one outside of this room could hear.

"I will let you guys in on a very delicate secret, due to your accomplishment to this company. Not only did the Church promise us a ma.s.sive amount of gold, but no they also plan to send their very own elite in this world to train them. They even think about delegating bishops into this world, to be their trainer. Do you know how many players we could attract when that news spread? With that, we come closer and closer to achieve our goal."

" The purpose of this world was to be a breeding ground for an army to the nail in the coffin of those creatures who killed our children for far too long. A final push against the monsters. Everyone one in this company has lost many they knew. That is why everybody is working so hard. I am proud that you guys are doing everything to eradicate these monsters."

You guys take a little break, the PR-team will make the best out of your monumental achievement. I have absolutely no clue, how you guys were even able to come up with such a gigantic plot. It was brilliant to combine the constant fighting against monsters, with a mysterious creature. The myths surrounding it, are already generating discussion left and right. But please notify the rest of the team about your plans in the future, the sudden increase in keeping the server stable exploded after your little creature came to be.

He left the room with a gigantic grin plastered on his face. He took a liking to scare his employers, they deserved it for making him feel so much pressure the last month.

The room was left in utter confusion. What was that right now? At first, they were fearing for their own lives. The last news the heard was that they stood under fire because the young generation was busy "fighting" with the Nagants. But now they even got a day off for their achievements? What exactly happened, while they spend their time here. What happened?

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A video was currently the latest hype. It was t.i.tled "The rise of bug boy". It was depicting the development of a monster in the shape of a man. It started with a look into a mysterious cave behind a waterfall. The narrator explained in a mysterious tone, the origin. At first, it was just rumoured to be a small site for little children and it did not catch any interest. But what if I tell you, that this little place was the birthplace of our little bug boy?

Yes, I am talking about the baby, that we toyed with in the lobby. At first, you might say, how the h.e.l.l someone would come to such a stupid conclusion? But hear me out, not only have I found out many things that not only support my claim, but they also may point out what this monster is about to do in the future.

But before I start to explain my theory, take a look at this video a certain fan send me. The video started playing and its content would captivate every onlooker. Even battle-hardened veterans began to gulp. They have never seen a monster of that kind, its eyes were staring directly into your soul. It was toying with his preys, cutting off limbs left and right. The chilling aura it gave off, was something otherworldly.

I am sure you have never seen a creature like that and here is what we know if about the video. The video was taken out of the new Game "Primal Survival", it shows the perspective of the only survivor of that fight. While some may claim that the event was staged, I have to admit that I doubted the authenticity of this video at the beginning as well, until I noticed one detail that proved it to be real.

The monsters we know leave no survivors, why would a monster that only acts based on instinct leave food behind? This monster is a vicious killer. Its fighting style is cruel and calculated, it waited for the men to utterly exhaust themselves before viciously striking them. In the end, it did not even consume the men, it let its children consume them.

Another point to consider is what purpose faking such a story could have? In this world, where honour is something everybody strives for, who would willingly ruin his/her reputation, just for some cheap attention?

But right now you might be thinking " but why would such an intelligent creature leave a witness behind", and you are right that, does not look like something a smart being would do. But if you think about the reason, then there is only one logical conclusion. The monster left one behind to attract more enemies. Just look at its eyes before he vanishes into the air, those eyes show a clear look of disdain and disappointment.

The clear look of contempt, does that look like he would hesitate to kill? Such a creature does not care about life. But what links this beast in human shape, to the little baby we encountered at launch day. If you paid close attention you might already have caught a glimpse of the first piece of evidence I am going to present.

Before we left we carved some words on the forehead of the baby. If we look at the monster, we can clearly see, something resembling words being carved into its forehead, shining mysteriously. Some might say that this is only coincidence, but think about it, have you encountered any other creature in this game, who had a special trait like this? There had been none so far. But of course, there is more to it. No monsters we have seen so far has the shape of a human. But this monster has the shape of a human baby.

The similarities do not end there, we compared the sounds of the babies cry with the monster and they sound close to identical. You might be curious, how we were able to compare both of them when the monster did not even speak. To tell you the truth, the video I did show was not the full video. Here is the clip from its actual beginning.

The situation looked way too cheerful, for the slaughter that was about to come. After a ma.s.sive wave of magic hit something strange, the monster came out. It did not have the same expression as before. It gaze looked a lot calmer. It even moved its lips, but the sound that came out of them sounded so foreign to them. They had never heard something like that. The creature waited for a moment before the expression returned to the one they previously saw.

As you can see its voice resembles the one of the baby. Now let us talk about the baby for a bit, n.o.body has heard anything about it, after the game restart it was as if the Earth had swallowed it. We searched many places for it, even underwater but we had never searched the cave behind the waterfall. If we had read the patch-notes carefully, it becomes quite obvious. A place for the couples in love and small children. Yes, children in a game, which is only played by young adults. That should ring a bell.

But the mystery about this cave will be explained in a later date. That is another theory all in itself, what enabled the human baby, to become to what we saw.

This monster does not only need to be hunted, but it also wants to hunt. Yes, you heard right, this monster left a witness to attract and lure out more fighters. Now it is your time to come in and help me theorize what it could have said. Was it taunting the enemy or clearly stating its purpose, we have to find out.

But hey that"s just a theory, a monster theory, thanks for watching.