Legacy of the Betelgeuse

Ivonna and the others managed to climb down Shazjae's body and they were staring at the ropes that they put onto his body.

Kingstar looked around.

"This should work. We just need to wait for Grisell and her barrels to be ready."

Ivonna nodded and messaged Grisell to ask about the progress of the bomb.

Grisell said that she just got all the ingredients and materials to make it, and she is currently about to start making those bombs with all the players who understand chemistry. She also said that it will be ready way faster than she thought. Then Kingstar asked her if she can make more of them until tomorrow morning. Grisell said that it wouldn't be a problem.

Queenstar sighed.

"We need to switch with Trevor now. I got a report that a third of the players already have the exhausted debuff on them. It won't be long until all of us get that debuff as well."

Kingstar nodded.

"Okay, let's find him and tell him it's time for him to handle Shazjae."

They all ran to where they saw Trevor, but they couldn't find him anywhere. Ivonna and Chelsea tried to message him but there were no replies from him. They started to look around and then they saw Azrael not far from where they were at. They approached Azrael and they saw Trevor is still asleep inside the ruined house.

Ivonna approached Trevor and shook his shoulder gently. Trevor furrowed his forehead and slowly opened his eyes. Trevor looked at them and raised his eyebrows.

"Is it time?"

Ivonna nodded.

"Yeah. Is your exhausted debuff is gone now?"

Trevor nodded.

"It's gone now. How's the situation over there?"

Kingstar pointed his thumb at Shazjae.

"Everything went as planned. But we found something interesting."

Trevor raised his eyebrow.

"What did you find?"

Kingstar told Trevor that when they about to climbed down from Shazjae's body, they found a hole in Shazjae's nape. They entered the hole and explored the hole. It led them inside Shazjae's head but they found a wall of tissues that prevented them from going further. They planned to plan the barrels inside and blow them up. When the wall of tissues disappeared, they wanted to go further and hope to find something vital inside Shazjae's head.

Trevor hummed with understanding. Kingstar and the others looked at him weirdly. Ivonna then raised her eyebrows.

"You knew about that hole?"

Trevor tilted his head.

"Yeah, sort of..."

They all looked at Trevor with suspicion. Kingstar raised his eyebrow.

"If you have something in your head, you know you can share it with us."

Trevor rubbed his lips and then looked at Shazjae. He then pointed his finger at him.

"That's really a good idea, but what happened after you blew those bombs inside his head? If we are lucky, those bombs could take him down for quite a while, but if not, I don't know what would he do if he's done with us. Just so you know. Ever since the invasion started, Shazjae barely used any of his skills. We don't know what's he capable of. We are actually pretty lucky that we still can handle him right now. It's like, Shazjae is currently in a passive mode."

They all nodded with understanding. Kingstar crossed his arms and clicked his tongue.

"You're absolutely right, but what happened after the survival quest is over? We already talked about this over and over. We have no idea what's going to happen to Shazjae when the invasion is over? Will he just retreat and go back to where he belongs? If that's the case, then, how is he going to go back to his own planet?"

They all looked at Trevor who didn't show any expression. Kingstar then sighed.

"Alright, let's say we magically go back to his planet, then we don't have to worry about anything, but what if he's not? What if, after the invasion is over, he stayed? We need to defeat him either we like it or not. What if this is our only chance to make a difference before he starts to be active? Since he's still in a passive mode, we can do a lot of damage to him."

Ivonna looked at Trevor for quite a while and then she looked at Kingstar and the others.

"Can I have a moment with him? There's something I need to ask him privately."

They all looked at Ivonna and then nodded while leaving.

Ivonna looked at them left the building and stood in the middle of the road. Ivonna then looked at Trevor.

"Can you follow me for a second?"

Trevor nodded and followed Ivonna into a room.

Ivonna sat on the chair and then looked at Trevor.

"Can you tell me what you know about this invasion? Especially about Shazjae? I know that you don't want to ruin the fun for us the players, but at least can you just tell me? Just anything that you want to tell me. It doesn't have to be something specific or important."

 Trevor sat next to Ivonna and then he rubbed his head.

"To tell you the truth, I have no idea about Shazjae and the first invasion since I played the game after the first and second invasion have occurred in Orion. I only know what Becker told me and that's all."

Ivonna hummed with understanding.

"Then, what is going to happen after the invasion ends? Is Shazjae will stay in Orion?"

Trevor shrugged and smiled at Ivonna.

"I can't say anything about that. But, I can tell you something."

Ivonna looked at Trevor and raised her eyebrows.

"What is it?"

Trevor pointed at his face while smiling.

"Do I looked worried?"

Ivonna shook her head. Trevor then smiled and raised his eyebrows.

"Then you should know what that means, right?"

Ivonna scoffed and nodded. Trevor then stood up and stretched his arms.

"If there's nothing else, you can get some rest. It's my time to go to work."

Ivonna nodded and then both of them left the building.

They looked at Ivonna and Trevor. Francesca raised her eyebrows at Ivonna, but Ivonna shook her head. Trevor prepared his equipment and then rode Azrael. He looks at them.

"You can do what you want to do, either the outcome will be good or bad, we shared the same responsibility here. So you don't have to worry too much and just do what you think is the best for the players."

They all nodded in agreement. Trevor then swung his sickle.

"Alright then. Tell everyone to retreat and I will take care of Shazjae. See you guys soon."

Trevor flew toward Shazjae while Ivonna and the others looked at him leaving, then Kingstar and Ivonna then ordered everyone to fall back and get some rest.

Trevor looked down and all the players ran away from the battlefield and he immediately dove down and grabbed Shazjae's attention. Shazjae and Trevor looked at each other in the eyes.

Trevor smirked.

"Let's play for some more."

Shazjae growled at Trevor and he immediately raised his hand and swung it toward Trevor. Trevor flew in between and past Shazjae's fingers, Trevor then jumped down from Azrael's back and landed on Shazjae's arm. Shazjae looked at him and raised his left hand and clapped Trevor with it, but he missed and Trevor started running toward his shoulder.

Leo and Hans watched Trevor from the tower. They both planned to stay on the tower for the night and watched Trevor fight Shazjae. Since they both barely do anything, they haven't gotten the exhausted debuff on them.

Hans used his [Eagle Eyes] skill to watch while Leonardo brought a telescope monocular for this moment. They both watched Trevor dragged his sickle and a flame trail appeared from the sickle onto Shazjae's skin. They were both surprised to see him able to penetrate Shazjae's skin with his sickle, like a hot knife cutting butter. Suddenly Trevor disappeared and then reappeared a few hundred meters closer to Shazjae's shoulder.

Leo and Hans looked at each other and shook their heads. Hans sighed.

"That skill is too overpowered. Even a blink skill isn't that far away."

Trevor kept on running toward Shazjae's shoulder, but then the ground shook. Shazjae looked down and the ground is covered by ice. All that time, Trevor was just a distraction while Azrael was busily freezing the ground with his skill. Trevor then jumped off and grabbed his scythe from his inventory. The scythe is covered with fire and as soon as he almost reached the ground in between Shazjae's legs, he threw his scythe to the ground as hard as he could. The burning scythe hit the ground and then it crumbled. Shazjae fell into the underground for the second time.

Leo and Hans chuckled with excitement, but they both are worried because Trevor was freefalling to the ground, so he should be dead. They couldn't see what happened over there because the cloud of smoke blocked their vision, but then they both saw Trevor stood at the edge of the hold with his scythe rested on his shoulder.

Leo scoffed and shook his head with disbelief.

"How the hell is he alive?"