A pathetic end

"This was fine..."

I mumbled to myself as I continued to shift my attention toward the screen in front of me. I was currently in an intense match, and I knew that I needed to erase any sort of unnecessary thoughts right now.

It was a one-versus-twenty...the odds are evenly matched, and It was anyone's game

My character was being ambushed from all sides right now, and I was using each and every ounce of my brainpower to fend them all off. I was tapping both my mouse and keyboard so hard that I reckon either of them could break at any moment now.

We were locked on a statement at first, but I was slowly but surely turning the tide

[An enemy has been slain]

I heard the game announce this through my headphones, but I didn't pay too much attention to it and just focused on the game. The match carried on, and from the corner of the screen I could see the player that I was able to eliminate the first type up something

[Honey_pot_234: Bro he's literally only one guy how the f**k are we all losing???]

I ignored his chat as I continued to focus on the game. They were all desperate to eliminate me right now, so the initial coordination that they had during the early stages of the match was now fading. They're now more erratic, and they're just tossing out their skills and ultimates at me, or charging at me blind

Needless to say, that was one of the factors in their defeat

[An enemy has been slain]

[An enemy has been slain]

[An enemy has been slain]

"Hm, got a triple kill...that's neat..."

I mumbled to myself as I grabbed a huge stack of chips and shoved them directly into my mouth. The spicy flavor of it began to spread throughout my mouth as my grease-covered hands continued to control my character

[An enemy has been slain]

[Reymond89: Yo you guys are all dog water hory shet I'm out I can't watch this cesspool of bots]

[CupcakeUWU_69420: Fr Fr. Like he was just standing on one spot at one time why didn't y'all decide to hit your ults then?? If I knew you guys would be this bad I wouldn't have decided to team up with you losers]

[An enemy has been slain]

[Dragonborne_online: Yo stfu you catfish you literally missed a point and click ult like how garbage can you actually be? go back to your simp and sell your bathwater again you pathetic human being]

[Honey_pot_234: LMAOOO]

[CupcakeUWU_69420: stfu loser wanna go 1v1 rn? I'll kick your ass]

[An enemy has been slain]

[An enemy has been slain]

[An enemy has been slain]

[An enemy has been slain]

[Dragonborne_online: Bruh the only ass that'll be kicked is yours out of whatever sh*thole you live in after your simps realize you're not worth it, get the f**k outta here]

[An enemy has been slain]

[Ragelol289: Dude I swear that passive of his is not healthy the devs really need to nerf that sh*t down to the ground it's literally making this entire game unplayable]

[Whiteknight98: Agreed. Like bro just did 8,000 true damage to my character how tf is that legal???]

[An enemy has been slain]

[An enemy has been slain]

[Himerof1: Well to be fair that passive only procs once he gets a kill otherwise it's extremely useless. You guys are just so bad lol]

[An enemy has been slain]

[Yuhakusha: F**k it bro I give up, he's just too fed rn. thanks for nothing you bots]

[An enemy has been slain]

[An enemy has been slain]

[Meliodass87: I thought they were exaggerating when they say he's the final boss of an online game, damn am I proven wrong. GG bruv this match is as good as over]

[An enemy has been slain]

[An enemy has been slain]

[An enemy has been slain]

And the match was indeed over

[An enemy has been slain]

[Final_boss_34 wins]

"Fuahhh! god damn that was one tough match"

I shouted as I sat further back in my chair to catch my breath. I took a bottle of coke nearby and indulged myself in its delight before letting out a sigh. I've been accepting unreasonable challenges to prove myself as the last boss, and not gonna lie it was very fun overcoming them at first...but now...

It just felt like a huge pain in the neck

After drinking, I tossed the empty bottle of coke at my already-filled trash can and moved back to my computer. The chat logs were filled with many texts from my opponents, as well as the people viewing the live stream of my match, which was about fifteen thousand players in total...

The reactions were quite positive at first, with reactions such as;

[Annonymous3487: GG my guy that was one hell of a match]

[Annonymous0097: Sheeesssh! gg my guys, the challengers all got decimated LMAO]

[Annonymous9087: ggwp lol I never even thought you'd win that]

But as time went on, I could also see a couple of negative comments like

[Annonymous1865: Bruh he just got lucky with his passive procs, without that he was literally toast from the get go]

[Annonymous4562: It's kinda amazing ngl but now that I think about it, he must've spent hours upon hours to get the equipment and skills he has today, and he must have had no life to have the time to do all of that lol]

[Annonymous0065: Fr Fr, like he doesn't even get paid by the devs to do all of this so what's the point? HAHAHAHHA]

[Annonymous1531: Touch grass lol]

And as time went on, the negative comments began to overtake the positive ones. I was already used to it by this point, so I felt nothing as I continued reading all of them with my dead-fished eyes. And after a while, I just decided to have enough of it and I just closed my computer. I then sluggishly walked toward my bathroom

It was a hard-fought battle to do so, considering that my body which was once toned to perfection was now...a bit chubby. And my room was littered with so many garbage bags and mess that I couldn't be bothered to clean them all at this point...

I then turned on the lights and was met with a reflection of myself...

"...How sad..."

Before I knew it, I was already muttering my own thoughts...

Yes...It was indeed kind of sad...

I once desired to be the greatest in the world, to be the most powerful, all for the sake of accomplishing my dream as a last boss. But now, I could hardly be called anything other than a pathetic human being...

It's true that I was able to somewhat accomplish my dream through the means of online gaming...but was that really enough?...

I laid my hands down on the sink as I began to think back on the past...Now that I think about it, the player base was somewhat scared and respected me to a degree, but that was only as a player. None of them truly felt fear in my presence, and in the end, they just saw me as nothing more than a pathetic NEET who spends their days on a computer screen

Which...I am right now...

I let out a sigh as I asked myself one question

"Do I really want things to stay the way they are right now?..."

The answer was obvious...

Fuck no

I didn't want to continue being this fat homunculus of a human being that's nothing more than a waste of space that only has some form of respect in the online world, I wanted to be something far greater! A final boss! I don't know how my past self spiraled down this path, but I shall walk on it no longer!

My eyes were now opened and the blazing fire in my heart was rekindled

Even if it seems impossible, I will find a way to do it, to become the final boss that I aspired to be. I don't give a damn anymore how long it takes, I'll do it even if I die! I won't back down and allow myself to be bound by the shackles of reality anymore!

"Fuck yeah, let's do this!"

First things first, I need to regain the body that I once had

I need to get all of this fat! The training instruments that I once had were gone now, but there's one thing I could always do even without that. With this in mind, I got on my knees and positioned myself for a push-up

I then slowly lowered my arms and pulled myself back up using it

"Huff...huff...fuck, was it always this hard?"

I used to remember doing over five hundred back when I was still in high-school, but now I was wheezing like a pig by doing just one...

"*Cough*...*Cough*...fuck..."

I suddenly felt a sharp pain stinging my chest, my mind became numb, and my gaze was becoming dizzy. I was desperately gasping for air as I tried to reach for my phone...but it was no use. I could feel my consciousness fading, as one thought crossed my mind

"...Dying over one push-up?...Hehe, pathetic..."

With that, my eyes were sealed shut...

****

By the time I opened my eyes, I saw plenty of floating lights that were shimmering

I reached out my hands only to find out that it was smaller than it used to be

Questions began to fill up my head, but all of them were resolved the moment I saw three people walk toward me, two of them seemed to be husband and wife, while the other one seems to be a young girl...Both of them looked gorgeous, and they spoke a language that I can't make sense of...

But what I can tell is that I'm somehow a baby now

And I seem to have reincarnated in another world...

I don't know how, and I don't care why...All that matters was that I was finally given a brand new chance to fulfill my dream once more. And this time I would do whatever it takes to make sure I will reach it...

But that's for another...because right now I could feel something building inside my diapers

And I let out a cry to get their attention...