Lucas knew about the slave crests from games, but this was the first time he saw them functioning in actual life.
He was partially excited but at the same time confused.
Regardless, Rei continued to explain.
"The slave crests work in such a way that, the master can make the slaves explode."
"That is why I can't run away, nor let my siblings escape…"
"And I am not sure that the orc chief plans to kill me…"
"Because I am quite useful to him in handling other slaves. He would never like to lose such a useful and faithful slave like me.", Rei said.
-"But what if he has actually planned to kill you?"-
"Then he will just lose a valuable slave.", Rei replied.
-"…"-
-"You are such a narcissist. What will your siblings do after they come to know that you, their only hope, are dead?"-
"Then what else can I do? It's not that I can escape even if I want to…",
"Who am I anyway…?", Rei asked in a very frustrated voice.
Who was he?
He was just a slave who had to follow his master's orders even in a life-and-death situation.
-"Sigh, suggesting you anything is just a waste of time…"-
"Good thing you realized it.", Rei shot back.
It was as if both of them had a mini fight all of a sudden.
Regardless, Rei continued to walk towards the settlement, throughout the journey of which both of them remained quiet.
But just as Rei neared the settlement, he suddenly thought of something.
It was a weird, yet absurd thought.
"Hey… uh ghost?"
But no reply.
"Hey, ghost."
Still no reply.
"Hey, ghost! Hey, ghost! Hey, ghost! Hey, ghost!", Rei kept calling Lucas.
-"What!?"- Lucas finally replied.
"Uh…"
"What was that place that I went to earlier?"
-"You mean, the game world?"- Lucas asked.
"Yes, that one. What exactly was that place? I completely forgot to ask about it…"
-"As I said, it was a game world. A virtual reality."-
"A what?"
-"A virtual reality."-
"Whatever it is. Like I care…"
-"…"-
-"Then why the fuck did you ask?"-
"Ah, I asked because I wanted to know about my death."
When Lucas heard this, he was left speechless.
-"What do you mean?"- Lucas asked.
"Uh, I'm pretty sure that I died in that world earlier…"
-"Yea? What about it?"-
"I wanted to know how am I still alive?", Rei asked.
Lucas was left speechless again, but this time, he realized that Rei's doubt was indeed genuine.
-"Because…"-
-"Because it's a game!"-
-"It has nothing to do with real life. Even if you die there, you will be fine."- Lucas said.
The moment Rei heard this, a splendid idea flashed in front of his eyes.
"Then, wouldn't it be better to enter the game if master tries to blast me? Since it's a game, I won't die! Problem solved.", Rei said as a relieved look appeared on his face.
After thinking for a second, Lucas thought that Rei's logic was somewhat wrong.
-"That's not how it works…"-
"Then how the fuck does it work?", Rei asked, somewhat angry because his master plan wouldn't work!
-"Well, it teleports your consciousness to the virtual reality, not your body…"-
-"So, since the slave crest is in the real body, due to the explosion, your real body would end up dying..."-
But just when Lucas had finished saying that, realization struck him.
-"Wait a minute…"-
The helmet was completely merged with his sound and he was merged with Rei's consciousness.
If Rei ever wanted to go to virtual reality then he would have to put on the helmet, that way, one would normally enter and play the game, but since the helmet is no longer in a physical state and had somehow merged with Rei's mind forming a system, he could enter the game completely, even with his entire body.
The same thing happened the last time.
-"Yea, this might work."- Lucas said, but still unsure if his entire body was actually getting transferred or only his consciousness.
Therefore, he decided to run a test.
"What? What might work?", Rei asked curiously.
-"Go and start talking with any of the goblins…"- Lucas said.
"What for?"
-"Just do as I said."-
"Alright..."
Rei dashed towards the cave, hoping to find someone, but before he even exited the forest, he found Gaburu!
Apparently, Gaburu was walking towards Rei's hut.
He wanted to drag Rei back as he had left suddenly!
"You-", Gaburu wanted to scream at Rei the moment he spot him, but Rei ended up speaking before him.
"Hey, Gaburu, listen…"
"What is it you piece of shit?", Gaburu asked. He was already infuriated as the chief had again ordered him to go and find Rei.
"Well, actually…"
'Now what?'
'What do I ask?', Rei asked Lucas.
-"Nothing. Just say 'Log In' and then wait."- Lucas said.
'Huh?'
"Actually what!?"
"Tell me quick, you bastard! I don't have time to waste on you…", Gaburu said as he continued to profusely sweat.
Gaburu was holding an unsheathed dagger behind his back.
He wanted to kill Rei!
Yes, when Orc Chief asked him to fetch Rei, he thought that he had enough.
He couldn't control himself and decided to kill him. Therefore, he was just checking the dagger and was deciding for one last time if he should kill Rei or not, and just when he was doing this, Rei appeared and called out to him.
'Logging!', Rei said in his mind, but nothing happened.
'Uh, nothing is-'
-"Say it aloud you idiot!"- Lucas shouted.
"LOGGING!", Rei shouted in front of Gaburu.
Due to this shout, Gaburu was startled.
"Wait… do you know about the dagger…?", Gaburu asked.
"Yes.", Rei answered.
Seconds later, Gaburu dashed forward in an attempt to stab Rei.
Unfortunately, he tripped against a small block of wood and fell down.
When Gaburu raised his head again, he found the dagger in his hands, but when his gaze fell on Rei's head, he found it turning into pixels!
In fact, almost the entire head vanished.
Gaburu panicked, thinking that it was him who did it and without a second to spare, stood up and rushed away with the dagger.