Lucas said thinking about the last part in his mind.
"You! You wanted to eat my brothers and sisters!?", Rei shouted, almost misunderstanding Lucas.
-"Huh?"- Lucas was taken by surprise when Rei raised his voice.
-"When did I even say such a meaningless sentence!?"- Lucas asked, completely confused.
"Right now!"
-"Stop accusing me!"- Lucas didn't have any idea that he had missed some part and thus, he was trying to defend himself as he felt he wasn't guilty.
"I am not!"
And so their not-so-friendly chit-chat continued as if they forgot about what had happened an hour ago.
A minute or two later, when both of them were fed up, they decided to remain quiet. And this quietness soon rejuvenated the fear that they had forgotten about.
Rei once again recalled what had happened.
He broke the silence by asking, "Am I dead…?"
"…"
-"Yes…"- Lucas replied in a low voice.
Rei then lowered his head a bit more and then asked, "Then, this place is…"
-"It's not heaven or hell, don't worry."- Lucas said as if he was completely aware of what this place was.
In reality, he too didn't know anything regarding the place.
"Then what exactly is this place?", Rei asked, his voice shaky.
-"Uh, I don't know, but it looks like if we cross that door, we can enter the game."- Lucas said.
"…"
"Huh?", Rei stood up immediately when he heard this.
He turned to his back and found out that there indeed was a door that was illuminating bluish-light.
"That is…"
Rei was bewildered all of a sudden as he saw the shining door.
He continued to admire it, which he soon stopped doing when Lucas asked a question, -"Do you want to go back?"-
"Go back…?", Rei merely repeated the sentence.
-"Do you want to go back or not? If you were given a chance to live once again, what would you do?"- Lucas asked.
This time it was Rei's turn to remain quiet. He continued to think about the matter.
'Do I really want to go back?', he asked himself.
He had finally gotten some peace. He was finally free, something that he craved for since his birth. Until now he was just a slave but now he was finally free.
But what is freedom if one didn't have a life?
Just thinking about being dead would send shivers down one's spine, so there was no question of one rejecting the offer of re-living!
But of course, the exceptions…
Those who lived a life of hell would rather choose to remain dead than re-open their eyes in the previous world.
Lucas wanted to know if Rei felt the same.
Lucas too died in his previous world and if an opportunity was given to re-live, he would rather deny than accept it – his life was messed up.
Even if he was obsessed with games, even if there were tons of books or mangas he hadn't finished reading, just thinking about going back would just make him shut his heart's doors.
He wanted to know… if REI felt the same as him or not.
"But I wanna see them once again and what about my promise? I promised myself that I would kill all four Orc Chiefs and even the Orc Lord one day...", Rei blurted out loudly.
A hint of hope and anger could be seen in his eyes.
"If I would get a chance then I would definitely choose to go back.", Rei said boldly.
Lucas didn't say anything else.
As he was in the orb floating in front of Rei, he started to move forward, levitating towards to illuminated door.
Rei followed him closely.
Rei thought that they would stop and try to open the door, however, Lucas just entered the door without any such working!
It was as if they could easily pass through it.
With a hint of hesitation, Rei entered the door as well.
All of a sudden, light started entering his eyes – if not closed, he would have probably been rendered blind!
The white light engulfed Rei's vision and he felt the sensation of warmness all around him. It felt quite good and comfortable. The completely black world suddenly became colourful.
Greenery everywhere and a peaceful blue sky with warm light touching the ground.
Although Rei hadn't opened his eyes yet, he could sense this pretty easily, which surprised him.
-"Open your eyes bro, we are here."- Lucas said as if he knew precisely where they were.
Rei opened his eyes, but before looking at the surrounding, he looked at himself.
His body has been exploded, so he wanted to know what exactly was he right now – if he had a body or not. So, when he looked down to see his body, he was left surprised to see that his body wasn't dark green anymore. It was bluish and semi-transparent!
He was surprised as he could see right through his arms and body. But before he could ask or make any remarks, Lucas said –"That is the door that will take you back to the game world."-
"Huh?", Rei seemed confused.
"The game world?"
The orb wiggled a bit.
-"This is my hypothesis Rei but I think, what happened was, your soul, your body and your mind have become one with your avatar of the game world…"-
"Ha!?"
-"Ahem, in short, when your body exploded in the real world, your soul left the body and ended up here. Since the game is under update or maintenance, your soul is just near the entrance area of the game. So, by entering this door, you can enter the game and can probably log out to the real world…"-
Lucas explained all this, but Rei understood only a few words.
But he knew one thing, now he could go back!
Rei was excited and immediately ran towards the door, trying to enter it. But just as he touched it, he was sent flying three metres.
"What the-?"
Lucas then said –"Can you see the timer on the door?"-
-"HAHAHA!"-
-"Calm down dude, can't you see the timer on the door?"- Lucas said as he continued to laugh.
[Time Left: (45 seconds)]
"…"