"Now then, who goes first?"
Eleri and Kyle stared at each other as Kyle raised his hand and said "I'll go first"
Eleri nodded and said "Alright, what's your first question?"
Draven: [Are you a fool? Don't you know that you're at a disadvantage right now to use this?]
Eleri smirked in her heart as she said in her head 'Ofcourse I know, but since I'm gonna tell him anyway about what I found out might aswell figure out things that he knows'
"Alright then" Crossing his arms Kyle said "For the first question, what did you figure out in this game?"
Eleri answered calmly "This game, is merely an illusion"
Suddenly one of the gray orbs disappeared on top of Kyle's head leaving only two left
Kyle raised an eyebrow as he asked "Illusion?"
Eleri scoffed as she said "Is that your second question?"
Kyle was dumbfounded as he clicked his tongue and thought 'Damn it, she got me there'
"So then, what's your first question?"
Eleri smiled that was not a smile as she said "Why did you kill Jerome?"
Kyle widened his eyes in surprise as he said "You--"
Seeing Eleri blinked innocently he laughed angrily as he said "So that I can get more coins, and to also get rid of nuisance"
One of the gray orbs on Eleri's head disappeared indicating that what he said was true
Kyle then uncrossed his arms as he suddenly turned serious and said "For the second question--"
"--What are you?"
Eleri froze as he said this and frowned as she asked "What do you mean?"
Kyle stared at her intently as he said "Are you really a normal human? Before you joined the game?"
Hearing him ask this Eleri pondered before she asked in her head 'Is this being seen in the live broadcast?'
Draven: [Unfortunately it is]
Eleri was silent for a moment before she sighed and rubbed her temple as she said "No. I was not a normal human"
Kyle pointed at his orb as he said "You haven't answered yet what you identity was"
Eleri clutched her fist as she said "I--"
"--Was a human experiment"
Kyle was stunned and muttered "A human…experiment?"
[What?]
[Is that real?]
[Is there even such a thing like that?]
[Isn't that just in movies and novels?]
The second orb of Kyle disappeared leaving only one left
"Huuh…" Taking a deep breath Eleri said "Alright, it's my turn now"
"Tell me something I don't know about this game"
Kyle was stunned before he said "Smart question, Hmm let me see, do you already know that the Judge isn't actually one of us?"
Eleri nodded and said "Yes"
"Hmmm, then--"
"Do you know that the NPC kid you have right there is already dead?"
Eleri flinched at this statement, biting her lower lip she said in a hoarse voice "Yes"
"Hmm, then do you know that the only way to get the last clue is to have only two players left?"
Eleri widened her eyes as she said "What?"
Kyle scoffed as he said "Thought so, I bought the clue from the system mall since I am a veteran player so I already knew that only two people would be left"
"Is that why you went in with me?"
Kyle tilted his head as he smiled and asked "Is that your third question?"
Eleri pursed her lip as she shook her head
Only one orb now also remains on top of Eleri's head
Kyle raised his index finger as he said "Now for my last question"
"What do you mean that this is merely an illusion?"
Eleri nodded knowing that he would ask that and explained "Just as I said it is an illusion, everything here is just the past memory of the Judge"
As all the orbs disappeared on top of Kyle's head Eleri then said "So for my last question"
"Will you kill me?"
Kyle was silent for a moment before he said--
"No"
*****
Jerry walked around and reached aisle 90A but stopped abruptly as he smelled a rotten stench
Taking a peek he widened his eyes
Luc was being strangled to death by a person, and that person turned his head towards Jerry as the person's blue eyes shown through the dark
It looked like an endless abyss as it stared right through Jerry
Jerry shuddered and was about to run when the person let go of Luc and pierced Jerry's stomach with mere hands
"Kuh!"
Jerry grabbed the hands of the person and tried to use his ability [strength] to push off the enemy but alas the enemy was stronger and sliced Jerry in half!
Luc coughed and tried to crawl away but a black hound suddenly appeared infront of him
"Kuh…!"
*****
- Ding!
- Congratulations to the dear dreamers who survived the third night!
[No. of Survivors: 2/7]
[Time Limit: 04:09:56:18]
- Ding!
-The Dream Tower will give a special gift to the remaining two dreamers in the third floor!
Kyle and Eleri who was holding Jacob looked up at the sound
Suddenly a piece of paper fell from the sky as it landed softly in Kyle's hand
Eleri nodded and Kyle red it out loud
"Don't seek what is far away as what you might be seeking is right before you, by Dion"
Hearing this Eleri widened her eyes in surprise as she thought 'I knew it!'
"Dion? Who is--" Suddenly Kyle saw Eleri with a surprised face as she exclaimed "I think I already know the answer for this game"
*****
Organizing the books in the bookshelf Dion was humming happily
"Bonjour! Comment ca va?"
Hearing a familiar female voice Dion was stiff as he slowly turned his head and saw Eleri and Kyle standing opposite to him
"So, Dion-- wait, no that's not right, to be precise do you have a minute to talk with us?"
"Dionysus, the God of wine and ecstasy aswell as the Judge for this floor"