Server 0 (Zero)

*** End of the massacre, Throne Castle ruins ***

"It seems our today's job has finished." Hackathon stopped walking and turned to look at KB.

"What now, Master?"

"It's time to wait for them to reshape and become stronger now. This emotional shock they experienced will take them through a mental evolution and the results will be excellent for us."

"What about the Throne?" KB was thoughtful as she looked at the large pile of rubble around her.

"Ah, we do not need it anymore. These guys solved our puzzle. So we do not need to temporary king stuff. They won't buy it anymore. Also, no need to stock Athena's Blood too, because they will definitely do everything to gather them to get stronger more quickly. But KB…" Hackathon smiled warmly at KB. "You do not need to know these details anymore…"

"!!!" KB understood very well what he meant. "But Master! You still need me here! Some labors such as guarding these impotent beings…"

"That is ok, KB. My interest in this place has increased as long as I have been here. Therefore, I will be residing here for a while."

"But these jobs are lowly stuff for such a mighty being like you…"

"I said ok. Please do not insist. You have been exposed."

"But I can change my appearance and also my name!"

"KB!" Hackathon's tone was stern this time and his facial expression became serious.

"..."

"You are my loyal subordinate, I do not want to hurt your feelings. But I need you somewhere else. Additionally, Kitty is still here, she will help me. I posted the fake death message, and now everyone thinks she is dead. She has already changed her identity. So please leave now. Ah just before leaving…"

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"Please transfer your account to that guy."

"Do you think it will be helpful, Master? You know, that guy had chosen their side. Not ours! And not a surprise, he was a human being!"

"Yes, I still believe he will choose us in the future. He has lost his credibility now that everything he has done has been exposed. To be cautious, I will not publish account transfer and revival messages. In this way, even if he asks for help from his friends, they will abandon him because no one will trust him anymore. Then, he will have no choice but to come to me! As a result, I will add a rare war genius like him to my ranks… Wow, I really love this server, this place is my masterpiece!"

"Ok, Master. Then, I will take my leave…"

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*** A few minutes later, in a cave hundreds of kilometers away ***

"...h…HHAAAAAAAAAAHHHH" The young man, who was lying breathlessly on the cemetery stone prepared quickly and carelessly for him, opened his eyes. "WHAT THE HELL!!!" Although his body was still covered in blood, his wounds were completely healed and his heart was beating uncontrollably due to this restart.

And he had just been resurrected, thanks to KB transferring her power to himself and leaving this Server World…

Even though Gofu was a wild-type person, he still held a funeral ceremony for Ocean on his own and then returned to his hive.

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*** Shortly after the massacre of the System, a place far away from the planet Server 1157 ***

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The man, who suddenly appeared 50 meters above the ground, managed to land safely on the ground, doing somersaults horizontally and vertically in the sky. "Tsch. I hope I escaped on time!" Then he stood up and started walking in this isolated world consisting of endless barren lands.

This place was Server Zero, the only place where this evilness began!

No player had ever come to this World and they were not even aware of its existence. 

The GM players were aware of the existence of this place, but they neither knew its location nor had they been here before. All they knew about it was that the beings who were ruling these hellish Worlds were residing here.

Strangely, binary codes were constantly circulating all over the skin of his body in the golden King Armor set.

After a short 15-minute walk, he arrived in front of an old and large castle. The upper parts were destroyed and the lower parts had an old appearance due to lack of life.

"So… After these many years…" Examined the castle with soulless eyes for a short while, entered, and determinedly went down the stairs towards the basements. 

After reaching the second basement floor of this deserted building, where not even a single insect sound could be heard, he went forward, opened the door of one of the closed cells, and entered.

"I hope you are still alive…" He looked at the woman sitting on the floor, her wrists tied to the wall with strong chains, her head bowed and her eyes closed.

Binary codes were wandering endlessly on the woman's body, just like the new man there, but unlike the black codes on the man, hers were red.

"Huh? As if I have the option to die." The woman, whose eyes had gotten used to the long-term darkness, slightly opened her lids and looked at this familiar face with a smile. "I am glad to see you in a good condition… Iron… You are welcome to my sweet home…"

"..." Iron, who was obviously saddened by the woman's last sentence, looked at the ground sadly for a short while and continued. "Well, my current name is Claw for now."

"Ah, you're still shape-shifting to evade their radar, huh?" The woman was still smiling kindly. "How many years have been passed, Iron?"

"5 years… Due to the Erghon Server Time… But unfortunately, I don't know the time that has passed according to Earth, your world because I'm not a human being, Harlow Bless…"

"How many times did I tell you to call me by my player name, HB… No need to tire just to show your respect for such a useless human like me, Iron. Besides, even though you are just a computer software coding being, you have proven that you have more human emotions than most people by being the only person who has not left me alone all this time."

Claw, who was not accustomed to emotional speeches due to the nature of his creation, continued. "During this time, I have traveled to many Server Worlds to fulfill what I promised you. And in the last World I visited, I encountered an interesting formation. A group of players rebelled and killed the GM and the spies, working secretly and miraculously unnoticed by them!"

"Oh, My Goddess! Is that real!" The woman, whose flame of life was completely extinguished, looked at Claw with the first sign of life that appeared in her eyes in a long time.

"Yes, Har… HB"

"I can not imagine the results!"

"Well, the thing is I arrived there at the beginning of their operation, meaningly many months ago. And when I realized what they were trying to do in the shadows, I immediately managed to infiltrate them by befriending their leaders, helping them without them noticing. And then I constantly helped them to be successful."

"As I always said… You are an amazing friend of us, humanity, Claw. And next?"

"Even though they suffered a lot of losses, they succeeded, and just as I was about to make my move to fulfill my promise to you, he came!"

"He?"

"... Hackathon. He appeared!!!"

A mixture of excitement, horror, and hatred suddenly began to appear in the woman's eyes, which had just begun to show signs of life.

"Yes, HB. Surprisingly… After all these years… He teleported on a Player Server!"

"d… damn… Damn… DAMN! If I had the opportunity to escape here even for a second, I would wish to kill him a thousand times in that one second!"

"..."

"And after?"

"I ran away here immediately, afraid that he would notice my presence."

"You rushed into the snakes' nest to escape from just one snake, Iron?"

"The thing is, not just for the escaping, HB. I wanted to meet you again. To report all these and…"

"And?"

"I found him… Hell... He is still alive!"

"WHAT!!! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS, MY DEAR FRIEND!? YOU SHOULD TELL ME THIS FIRSTLY, PLEASE DO NOT TORTURE ME LIKE THOSE BASTARDS!"

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Seeing the sadness on Claw's face, HB tried to calm down. "I am so sorry… I lost my control thanks to hearing that. And I am very happy to hear that also, my friend. Thank you so much for informing me. Where is he?"

"Sadly, he is in the same server World with Hackathon now!"

"OMG. This is terrible!"

"Yes, and it seems Hackathon was aware of his existence in there. Even I just realized yet. He was using a different name and his death message was declared a while ago. During my travels, I never used my spy skills to avoid being noticed by them, so I didn't realize that Hell was there. Under normal circumstances, Hackathon really should have killed Hell the moment he noticed him."

"He can not do that, you know this!" There was a confident reliability on the woman's face.

"Yes, I know that but still keeping him alive in one of the server Worlds in his property… If the others notice this, a war will start so big among themselves that terrible massacres will occur on all player servers!"

"Yes, for sure!"

"I am sure that he is after a radical experiment again!"

"That bastard always like this! Anyway, Claw… Promise me on something!"

"What is that?"

"You will never come here again!"

"... But, Harlow…"

"Please! If they learn that you come to visit me frequently… And also don't worry, what you have to do next is just as dangerous as coming here. Now you should focus on helping the players of that server World… And also to my dear friend, Hell…" The woman sighed deeply and looked with glad eyes at the dark ceiling of the cell, where there was very little light inside. "I am happy to hear you're alive… I am happy to hear that you still keep your promise to me…"