Is this really a Game?!

Reign entered the living room as everybody stared at him, it was to be expected, the image of him bashing the dead orc commander was not something that would be easily forgotten. Three days had passed since the event, but the image was still branded in their head.

They didn't simply wait for him to wake up and did nothing however, the first day after coming back they held the funeral for Adam. This was not the first time someone from the city died, players always went out to fight monsters fully knowing the risk of dying. The fortunate ones would get a swift death and wouldn't suffer, their body would be still preserved in good shape as their team did their best to get them back here in order to hold a proper burial for their fallen comrade.

The less fortunate ones would die a slow death, either bleeding out or by being devoured by a beast, some would have their bodies mangled beyond measure while the least fortunate ones would have their bodies devoured by the monster, never to be reclaimed.

A graveyard had been built since the beginning, it cost Reign a pretty penny to create back then but he didn't care as he wanted to have a place where people could bury the dead and where they would be put to rest. Those that wanted their body to be buried would get it done, and those that preferred to be cremated would also have their wish fulfilled.

In Adam's case, he never talked about what he wanted as people would rarely talk about death and how they wanted the funeral to be held. They carried his body and buried it in the graveyard as most of the citizens came and paid their respect, it wasn't just for Adam, all players that died in combat would get the highest respect from others as most of the citizens would choose to drop whatever they were doing in order to participate and pay respect for the fallen.

Even now, most of the citizens in the city didn't fight, there were over 1 000 of them in the city but only a bit more than 200 were fighters. Still, those that didn't fight knew that the peace they now had was all thanks to them and their bravery, some would start going out because they needed money while others simply wanted to get stronger.

Wolf and the others didn't stay idle after that, after the first day had passed Wolf got all of the players from the building in the training hall and resumed their training. They trained in the morning and the evening, they were all quite shaken up by Adam's death so he didn't allow anyone to go out and fight monsters that day. He put the four players that were previously part of Adam's team with Elijah, all 9 of them were now one big team, that had to be done as there was nobody else that could take the position of team leader other than him right now.

Wolf didn't even plan on splitting the team again, from now on their team was made up of 9 people, if they were willing then they could even get more members in the future. The third day was spent hunting, Wolf and the players woke up early in the morning and went to the forest in order to hunt some monsters.

Shadow went together with him and they spent the whole morning there, the players managed to fight a couple of powerful monsters and in the end, they were exhausted. They all came back to take a shower and rest. It was only after that that Reign woke up.

Wolf and the others told Reign about the funeral as he held his head down while his right hand was clenched in a fist. The image of Adam asking him to avenge him was branded deeply in his mind and was probably the catalyst for him losing control and brutally killing the commander.

It woke something deep inside of him that he never wanted to remember, the feeling of being helpless, the weakness that came after someone died, all of those emotions were felt by Reign back then as he allowed his powers to run amok when he fought the commander.

"Do you remember anything?" Shadow asked his friend as he looked at him with worry. Reign simply shook his head before replying, "I remember watching him die, after that I took a look at the commander and then, then there's bits and pieces of my memory, I remember seeing the commander's arm being torn off, I remember punching his mutilated face and then I remember you and how you called out to me as you stood behind me."

"But if you're asking if I remember what exactly happened then no, I just remember being so, so angry that I just let my powers reign free, I felt strong, I do remember that I felt like nothing could stop me for that brief moment before losing control completely."

Wolf and the others simply looked at Reign whilst keeping silent, they knew he wanted to vent and release all the emotions that had built up inside of him right now.

"I didn't get any exp or rewards from killing the bastard though, it seems the system didn't count it as me killing him, there's no change in my status, no notification about the battle, or any mention of a reward."

Reign continued as he leaned back on the sofa and stared at the ceiling.

"After seeing you and losing consciousness I found myself in some sort of a void, there was nothing there, no sound, no light, nothing. After some time however a could see a small dot of light, I tried my best and somehow managed to get to it, I was in my mana sea, the sea of lightning called out to me while the light and darkness enveloped me as if consoling me."

Reign continued as his voice trailed off, it was clear that he was in a sort of a trance as he narrated the whole story.

"I was in the sea and it felt like all my worries went away, it seemed as if minutes had passed but it was three whole days, if not for that dark bastard waking me up and sending me back, I might have spent weeks there, maybe even more."

Reign had already told his friends about what had transpired earlier, the fight against Raegan, him destroying the illusion that Raal created, he told them everything after debating with himself over it. His friends were worried about him having another 'him' inside of his consciousness, but since they knew it had something to do with his second ability and that Raegan had warned him about the copy they knew that there was nothing they could do.

He mentioned his visions as well, ever since the day they took over the anchor point, he never got a third vision, but there was no guarantee that it won't happen again. They all talked for a bit more before Wolf put something on the table.

Reign looked down as he was surprised to see the communication crystal that Magokur had given them. He shoots a confused look at Wolf who sits back down before talking.

"He called yesterday, the chieftain is panicking after losing contact with both the commander and him, all the orcs were called back except for a small number of scouts, the bare minimum that was needed to keep a look at the surroundings."

Reign takes the communication crystal and puts it back into his pocket.

"Everything is ready, whenever you feel ready we can call him and attack the base, taking the chieftain and his men down will not only yield us another anchor point but also an ally, we will be one step closer to taking control of the town."

Upon hearing Wolf mention attacking the base Reign's eyes widened for a moment as a killing intent surfaced for a short period of time. The chieftain was the one who ordered Magokur and the commander to go out and attack Adam and the others, even though Reign had killed the chieftain in his anger and avenged Adam, he still felt that it wasn't enough, the person responsible for so many deaths was still alive, hiding like a rat inside his base.

He remembered what Adam told them about the beginning of the game, two huge orcs had shown up in front of his house and one of them destroyed it and killed his parents, by what Adam remembered that orc seemed to be following orders of the other one. That meant that the other orc in question was probably the chieftain, since that was the case then Reign felt a sense of duty rise in his chest, Adam's last words were to avenge him and his parents, that wouldn't be fulfilled as long as the chieftain was alive.

It was a small thing, but to Reign who was currently not in the best emotional state, making sure that he fulfilled Adam's wish was incredibly important.

"Honestly I want to go right away but, I don't know whether or not I'll lose control again, give him a call, tell him that we will be ready tomorrow, we attack at noon." Reign brought the communication crystal out of his pocket and threw it at Wolf who caught it with ease. The latter nodded at Reign before a small smile was shown on his face, he wasn't worried about Reign not wanting to fight, it was the complete opposite.

He worried that Reign would be too eager, but after seeing the resolute look on his face he knew that he didn't need to worry about it.  Reign got up and headed towards the stairs, telling them that he was going on a walk, nobody tried to stop him as they knew he now needed some time alone.