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1x1x1x1 stared down Shedletsky as he did the same. *I can't believe I am this fool's hatred!* he thought as he let out a firm breath. "Hand over the Illuimina, NOW!" he demanded. He could feel the other six swords vibrating now that the last one was so close, but he only held the venomshank in his hands.

"Nope! I don't know what you are planning 1x, but I am gonna stop it!" he claimed.

"Ignorant fool. Fine, I'll take the sword from your corpse," he spat as he rushed forward, landing a quick slash on the sword master, caught off guard by it. He went for his own slash, but he quickly ducked under it and slashed at him again, this time being blocked. He tried to overpower his creator with both swords at once, but he was pushed back. *Of course that is helping him! It would want this to continue forever!* 1x1x1x1 thought as he realized what was happening. That dambed Spectre was giving Shedletsky more of his former power just so that he couldn't do it.

"Woah, I wasn't expecting that," he admitted, which led to him being his by an entanglement that pierced right through him. Wasting no time, he charged up a mass infection, only for the fried chicken-eating dirtbag to dodge at the last moment, but he didn't let up, quickly rushing in and landing another slash before he had the time to react. He then went for another, getting blocked, but he only used one sword as he used the other to stab the oversized gut of the fattest administration of them all.

*God, I hate this guy,* he thought as he slashed the neck that barely even breathed and more so inhaled food, cutting it a bit. Without any breathing room being given 1x1x1x1 then clashed swords with the heaviest survivor, this time overpowering him and knocking him down with a kick. He walked over to Shedletsky's arm and grabbed the sword in it, and pried it from his hands, using his head as a base to do so, crushing that into the floor as he did so. "Finally, all done," he blurted out as he then pulled out the others, reuniting the swords for the first time in years. He wasted no time and started to use their magic, unleashing all their full powers as he then did what he had been aiming to do for many days now.

He finally rewound time back to before everyone was in that realm.

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1x1x1x1 was lying down somewhere, he thinks. *Where am-* he started to think before something made him start to wake up more.

"Hey. Wake up," a voice ordered. "Get up, goober..." the voice added.

*Who dares to speak to me like this!* he thought as he quickly jolted up to see, a weird penguin guy. Weirdly, he didn't seem to react to him at all, even though he should be the feared hacker with what Robloxia knew of him.

"Hey, did you have a good nap?" he asked.

"Yes," he lied, only to notice how goofy his voice was. *What's wrong with my voice?!* he thought, almost reaching for his throat.

"That's great..." the short penguin claimed. "NOW GET OUT OF MY BED!!!!" the newest pest shouted, actually catching 1x off guard and having him fall out of the bed.

*Great, I wake up in this loud guy's bed,* he thought. "Ugh, I just woke up here, didn't want to sleep in your bed," he spat.

"Just woke up here? Then how did you end up in my bed?" this loud mouth demanded.

"Like I'd know!" he added before a quick moment of silence followed.

"Whatever, just get out of my house," his new least favorite penguin ordered.

"Fine, not like I even wanted to be in here in the first place," he added before standing up and walking to the stairs of the room. As he put a hand up to touch the door, he noticed how he now had a yellow hand. *Huh? When did I-* 1x started to wonder, before snapping out of it and deciding to leave quickly, but without asking something. "Penguin, what is your name?" he demanded.

"Don't call me-ugh, whatever. It's Tutorial Terry," he claimed.

*For a tutorial, he isn't helpful at all,* he thought as he just walked out of the room after opening the door. He then saw he was in a hallway, and decided to just walk down it to the exit he saw. As he did though, he noticed a mirror to his right and looked into it, taking in his appearance.

He was a yellow Robloxian with a green hoodie and some black sweatpants on along with a red cap with the old Roblox logo on it.

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1x1x1x1 was frankly shocked at how he looked right now. *Oh, I guess that is why he didn't realize who he was,* he thought as he took an even closer look and noticed two more details. First was he had some shaggy white hair, and the other thing was that he had some red eyes. He then got an idea and quickly swapped his gender and body to that of a female Robloxian, noting the very few differences that appeared from it, then turned non-binary to check that too. They took note of that, before deciding to be male for now as he then started to walk towards the exit.

"Hey! Just one second!" an annoying voice called out as he let out a sharp sigh before turning around. He saw that flightless bird waddle towards him in a way that only managed to make him madder. "There's something off about you, though I can't quite put my finger on it," he claimed.

"So?" 1x replied.

"I am going to be keeping an eye on you," he claimed before walking back to his room.

*Great, now I will have to deal with what Shedletsky would eat for a light meal watching me, great,* he thought as he then opened the door and left. He looked at the people around him, noting what era he seemed to be in. *Alright, so what do I want to do here?* he wondered. He decided not to try and kill people, but maybe subjecting them would be nice. He went to pull out one of the swords, when he realized he only had the basic one. *Oh, great, those are missing now, GREAT!* he thought as he could feel some rage rising up inside. He then got an idea that managed to calm down for the moment.

*Maybe I can try to get Shedletsky to tell me where the swords should be!*

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1x1x1x1 hated that thought in all honesty. *Really, going to SHEDLETSKY of all people for this?* he thought to himself before letting out a sigh. *Whatever, he should be in Roblox HQ, I just need to get it over with, then I will be unstoppable!* he thought as he grew a smile at all the havoc he could cause when he got all the swords. He then saw a sign and walked over to it. *Alright, this tells me where I need to go, so Roblox HQ is that way,* he noted as he quickly turned to his current right. He then started to walk down that path, passing by many Robloxians on the way. *Wait, if I reveal myself to anyone, I'd likely have a target on my back. Ugh, I am going to have to stay in this form for longer,* he realized as he sighed. He kept following the path until he saw Roblox HQ up ahead. Just as he went to enter, someone walked up to him.

"Oh, hey, were you going to enter there?" the Robloxian checked.

"So what if I was?" 1x asked.

"I should warn you, quite a few noobs are currently in that building. Apparently, they are there to attack somebody? I don't remember," she explained.

*Wow, someone actually somewhat useful!* he thought. "Thanks for letting me know, but I'll be fine," he stated.

"Oh, if you're sure then," she replied as she then backed off. He let out a soft sigh at that, but then walked into Roblox HQ, quickly being noticed and ran at by a Nooblet. He just sighed and pulled out the basic sword and slashed the creature, knocking it out instantly.

*Wow, sooooo dangerous,* he thought as he casually walked to the other side of the room and walked up the stairs, before immediately catching an arrow shot at him. *Surprise attacks? Pathetic,* 1x thought as he looked at the winged nooblet that fired at him as he rushed to slash them, only to have them fly above him and shoot another arrow, which he dodged. *Uhhhhh, quick, think of a way to defeat them!* he thought before he just threw his sword, managing to hit them with the blunt end and knocking them out. "Yes!" he exclaimed before he was about to do a little dance, but stopped himself. The next two floors were the same, until the top floor had a whopping two weaklings! After knocking both of them out by dodging their pathetic swings and hitting them with the blunt end of his sword, he walked outside to see if who he hated the most was out there, when he saw something ahead.

Two kids standing over a crater with Shedletsky inside it!

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1x1x1x1 was kinda shocked seeing that these two kids must have taken down Shedletsky. *Wow, that idiot actually let his guard down enough to be beaten by actual CHILDREN! He is dumber than I thought,* he noted as he looked at the scene unfolding now.

"...AAAND STAY DOWN!" the red kid exclaimed. "Take THAT, bucko!" they added.

"Jeez Red...you really knocked him on his back this time," the blue kid spoke up next. "You think that he is actually knocked out?" they asked.

*Interesting, one go-getter and one cautious. Very common duo now that I think about it,* he realized.

"Hah! I have no idea!!!!" they shouted out. "However, I know NOBODY can stop us!!! We're inseparable," they claimed.

"Aww...thanks Red," they replied.

"No problem Blue!" they stated.

*Clearly two very close kids, but I don't know if they are friends, siblings, or something else. Eh, doesn't matter,* 1x thought as he took a step forward. "Excuse me," he requested. Immediately, both of the kids turned around.

"You chump! Who do you think you are????" Red demanded.

"You're just in time!" Blue added.

"'Cause we're Red and Blue!" they continued.

"And we'll crush you!" they shouted as they both drew swords.

"Awwwww, adorable. You think finishing each other's sentences and rhyming will help you!" he exclaimed as he pulled his own out. Quickly both rushed in and swung at the same angle at the same time, which he blocked with one arm and deflected. *Yeah, he must have been immediately put up against these two children. Probably missed his sword swing too,* 1x internally mocked as they decided to go a different strategy, trying to attack from two different angles at the same time, only to be back stepped.

"I-I can do this!" Blue pumped themself up as they ran in with a swing. It had more force behind it than the others, but it was still easily blocked as he then quickly grabbed them by the neck and slammed them into the ground, knocking them out immediately.

"You DARE hurt HER!" Red shouted. Immediately, he was caught off guard.

"She's a girl?" he blurted out, only for a quick sword slash to catch him off guard as it actually cut him a bit. *Ugh! It seems as if this form is not using my full power! I'll just try to use more another time, when not against children,* 1x thought as he quickly blocked another swing and knocked the sword to the side before quickly hitting the kid with the blunt end of his sword. The kid fell the the ground for a second, before quickly both of them scrambled to their feet towards the exit.

"OW!!!! What the heck, man?!" they shouted. He finally took the time to recognize this red kid as male.

"W-we gotta tell boss about this," Blue stated.

"What???? No way mannnnn," Red started to argue before seeing him sharpen his blade as both kids quickly made a run for it seeing that.

*Pfffft, kids are always so easy to scare,* he thought with a smile on his face, before he turned back to why he came here. *Ugh, I can't believe I am about to talk to SHEDLETSKY of all people!* 1x thought as he let out a sigh. He walked over to the barley conscious glutton of a survivor.

"Ugh, who's there?" he asked.

*Oh, right, I need a fake name,* he realized as he started to sweat a little, before he came up with one in the heat of the moment.

"My name's Player, what's your's?"

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1x1x1x1 almost physically recoiled when he heard what name he gave. *PLAYER?! THAT IS THE BEST I COULD COME UP WITH, PLAYER?! WHY!* he thought, almost wanting to stab himself right then and there at that.

"Player huh? That's a pretty simple name, but not one too bad," Shedletsky claimed. "Anyway, I have something to tell you, come here," he ordered.

*Ugh, I am going to have to take orders from the whale,* he realized as he walked over, trying to hide his annoyance.

"I need your help," he admitted. "Builderman, MrDoombringer, and Taph a lesser-known worker here, have already been taken," he stated.

*Oh, so that thing is already starting to build its boat again,* 1x noted. "Taken, what do you mean?" he asked.

"There's no time to explain. Me and the other people who were taken are at risk right now, and I need someone like you, who wasn't, to help me," he claimed. "I need you to gather the Sword Hight in the Heights swords together, and use their power to destroy the being responsible. I don't have time to explain more, just do it, please," the beached Shedletsky begged.

*Hmmmm, after I take care of that, I could use those swords to wreak havoc!* he reasoned.

"Sure, I'll help you. Can you tell me where they are?" he requested.

"No, I seem to have a few memories missing when it comes to that, but I know the ice dagger is in Blackrock Castle with its king, so go there first," he ordered.

*Drat, I was hoping he knew where the venomshank was,* 1x thought. "Alright, I will go there first. Try to remember the location of another sword, preferably green, while I go looking, got it?" he made sure.

"I will try," he accepted. He let out a sigh as he turned and walked away. He had a few memories of where most of the locations were, so he wasn't really worried about that.

He just wished he didn't have to go through the meadows to move to the next area.

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1x1x1x1 left Roblox HQ and had a look at the tix he had managed to grab from inside. *I can't believe I sent us back THIS far in time, but whatever, I can deal with that later,* he thought, before he changed his body a little as she went back into the town. *I should be able to buy something here to aid me with these,* she thought as she started to look around, only to be met by a scene.

"I AM TELLING THE TRUTH THOUGH!" a certain blue child who seemed to be a few years younger shouted at a news reporter.

"Sure you are kid, now leave me alone," he ordered before walking away.

"Ugh, ****ing ***hole," bluudud blurted out, before instantly being hit with a realization. "OH COME ON! I AM BEING ****ING TAGGED!" he shouted out as she let out a little laugh at that. Immediately he turned to 1x and looked at her weirdly.

"What do you want kid?" she demanded.

"Why are you laughing at me!" he exclaimed.

"Because it is funny to watch someone being mad over being tagged," she replied.

"Ugh! Whatever," he complained, before he got hit with another realization. "Wait, I'm in the wrong universe," he claimed.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"I mean that I am supposed to be from a slightly different but still similar universe, but for some reason I'm here where, ugh, that red kid lives," bluudud explained.

*Oh, yeah that's right!* 1x realized. "Huh, strange. You want me to bring you to the nearest place where I can send you to your own universe?" she checked.

"Yes please!" he begged.

"Alright then, come with me," she ordered as she began to walk off in a different direction. *It could be good to know what universe he is from so I can take it over myself!* she thought, a smile forming on her face. They eventually arrived at the location, only to witness another scene.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T SEND ME TO MY UNIVERSE YET!" a particular pink child shouted at some girl behind the counter.

"W-we apologize, but our current way of travel is shut down. Come back later and we can do it for you though," she explained.

"Oh great, her," bluudud blurted out, immediately making pr3ttypriincess turn to him and 1x.

"Oh, you," she noted.

*Ugh, could these two night fight for five seconds!* she thought as she turned to the girl behind the counter. "Why can't you send someone to another universe at the moment?" she inquired.

"We are truly sorry, but something is interfering with the teleporter at the moment, so it is not safe to send someone right now," she explained.

"Oh, well that is ****ing fantastic!" he exclaimed.

"Ugh, can you not curse so close to me? The tagging hurts my ears?" she requested.

"Also it is not very gentlemanly," she added.

"Like I care if I am being a gentleman or not!" bluudud replied.

"You should care idiot!" pr3ttypriinces shouted back.

*Ugh, not this again,* 1x thought. "Could you both shut it? I know you two probably hate each other for some reason, but could you not fight right in front of your only way home?" she requested.

"Fine," both accepted.

"Thank you. Now, how long until you think that you can set up the portals?" she checked.

"A few hours," she answered. Thinking for a moment, she turned to the kids.

"Hey, would you two like to help me go through the plains? I they are extremely boring to do alone, and it might help you stop fighting," she suggested. Both bluudud and pr3ttypriinces looked at each other for a moment thinking, before turning back to her.

"Fine, but only to pass the time!"

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1x1x1x1, bluudud, and pr3ttypriincess left the store with quite a few items in hand. "So why did you grab these items?" he questioned.

"Because I wanted something to eat on the journey, and also in case either of you gets hurt you can eat it," she answered.

"Oh! Kinda like how Mr Shedletsky did with chicken in the realm!" she pointed out.

*Ugh, please don't remind me of his eating habits,* she thought as they eventually reached the planks right next to Roblox HQ. She took her sword out and cut through them with one swing.

"Wow! That was cool!" he exclaimed.

"Ugh, don't say that word in front of me. That red kid said it enough," she ordered.

*They have beef with c00lkidd? Why would they have beef with c00lkidd, he was so much more interesting to be around,* 1x wondered. They then started to walk on the bridge and were quickly attacked by three nooblets with spikes on their heads and ninja stars.

"OH ****! WHAT DO WE DO!" bluudud shouted.

"I'M TOO PR3TTY TO DIE!" pr3ttypriincess added.

"FIGHT BACK THEN!" she boomed as she rushed forward, quickly hitting one in the back of the head with the blunt end of the sword. They seemed to get the hint and quickly he ran towards the other and punched them in the face, actually seeming to knock them out with one punch as she threw a brick at the other one's head which probably gave them a concussion too.

"Whoa! I think we have some of our powers from when we were in the realm!" he claimed.

"Now that is co-nice," she stopped herself.

"You were going to say cool, weren't ya," he mocked.

"SHUT UP!" pr3ttypriincess shouted at bluudud as he laughed a bit, and 1x actually gave a little smile to them.

*Heh, dumb*** kids. Oh right, thoughts have tags too, whatever, not that it matters,* she remembered. "If you two are done with your fighting then I say we get going," she ordered.

"Yes ma'am!" both replied. They then actually started to walk down the path to go into the meadows. They eventually reached a tunnel before some peon decided it was time to interrupt them.

"HEY!" that flightless ***hole shouted as he walked up to them. "What's going on here?" he demanded.

"This kind maiden offered to allow us to go on an adventure until the interference with the multiverse travel was finished so we could head home," pr3ttypriincess explained.

"Maiden?" he blurted out before turning back to 1x. "Dude, I swear you looked more like a man before," he claimed.

"So, maybe you're blind, think of that?" bluudud offered.

"HEY! SHUT IT KID!" he ordered. "Seriously though, what happened with you?" he asked.

"Genderfluid," she stated. *Perfect timing honestly, I was getting bored of being female,* she thought as she then changed their body again and sighed.

"What the ****. Whatever, I will deal with this later," Tutorial Terry muttered before waddling away, hopefully to find a hole to wither away in.

"Well, that was, something. Anyway, let's get going," they ordered as the kids stood there for a second confused, but then decided to follow them. They then reached a point where they had to start to head up some very small ledges, to which 1x simply jumped up followed by bluudud then finally pr3ttypriincess. They slowly made their way up, dealing with a few weaklings here and there, until they noticed something. *This body, I think I'm getting more used to it. I will likely slowly be able to use more and more of my power with it without giving up who I am!* they realized as they closed their hand.

"You okay? You look like an anime character after realizing how much power they have for the first time," he checked.

"What's an 'anime?'" she inquired.

"YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT-right medieval universe, I forgot," he remembered. They just rolled their eyes at this as they reached what looked a bit like a cave entrance, but they knew something the kids didn't.

*They had gotten through the first part of the meadows.*

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1x1x1x1 looked forward on the road ahead until there was a trampoline to a cliff. *Seems like this will be quick,* they thought.

"Wow, this place is ***," bluudud commented.

"While I hate to agree with you, this place does seem very boring," pr3ttypriincess added.

"Welcome to the meadows, a place so forgettable I am tempted to see if I can't get them renamed to the plains," they joked as which actually got a laugh out of the kids. As they walked down the path, they were quickly set upon by some noobs with hoods on.

"Oh great Spawn, please take these as your sacrifices!" one called out.

*Oh, well isn't that great! More insane people! First it was that guy, then that guy's boyfriend, and now these people! I swear I am going to rip the head off the person who came up with this cult!* 1x thought, as they saw the kids had the same internal reaction. Immediately they decided not to hold back against them as they rushed forward and grabbed the wrist of the cultist as they went for a stab before quickly slashing their throat to quickly kill them. They saw that and quickly the cultists ran away.

"D-did you just kill them?" bluudud pointed out.

"Yeah, they were going to try to kill us, so why shouldn't we be allowed to kill them?" they pointed out.

"Yeah, I guess that's fair. Besides, with the realm it is not like our hands are clean either," pr3ttypriincess pointed out.

"Yeah, I guess so. I just hoped not to have to deal with it again," he explained.

"Me either, but I was taught to always be ready to kill in your own defense," she added. He seemed to look at her for a second, thinking, before smiling.

"Thank you," he replied.

"Oh please. I was only doing that because it would stop you from slowing us down. Let's hurry up then!" she ordered. 1x looked at both of them and smiled slightly.

*I guess I won't have to worry about them when they get back. Wait, what the **** am I thinking?* they wondered. They shook it off as they started moving, the kids following behind immediately. They walked up to the trampoline and jumped on it to go up to the next tiny tunnel. Upon exiting the other side they saw that they had to go up.

"Oh great, more climbing!" pr3ttypriincess shouted as they started to climb up.

"What's wrong princess? Don't like to travel in your own?" bluudud mocked.

"Of course not! I only had to ride in carriages!" she replied.

"Wait, so you never had any physical work ever before you went to the realm?" he questioned as they reached about halfway to the top.

"No, of course I didn't," she confirmed, confused.

"Wow, you must be lucky then. I have to do all the dishes!" he complained.

"Oh? So you actually have stuff to do at home?" she checked.

"Actually have something to do?" he blurted out.

"Yeah, I don't have anything to do all day! I just sit around the castle and have tea parties with either the maids or knights or else I just sit down with nothing to do," pr3ttypriincess stated.

"Huh, never thought about that," bluudud admitted as they finally reached the top, seeing a helmet noob that was quickly knocked out as they entered the last area. 1x could feel something was a bit off when they did, and he knew the feeling he had well.

The feeling of being watched.

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1x1x1x1 looked to the kids and immediately understood that they probably weren't used to the feeling as much as they were. "Keep your guard up," they ordered.

"What? Why?" pr3ttypriincess asked.

"Gut feeling," they answered.

"Then are you gonna barf?" bluudud joked. Immediately they gave him the stink eye as he seemed to get uncomfortable, but that ended it. They walked forward a bit, coming to a little ravine as they went inside and jumped out. They then started on a path until a voice rang out from above.

"Hold it right there, punks!" the voice shouted as they jumped back a bit, avoiding a falling elbow while bringing the kids back too. Then immediately following the red and blue noobs seemed to have jumped down onto the field. "So...this is the dummy who gave you trouble huh?" the clearly male noob luchador checked.

"WAHAHAHA! You thought you could defeat US?" Red demanded.

"Y-yeah! You're in for it now! Red and Blue, staying true!" Blue added. The luchador let out a sigh at that.

"Anyways, looks like I am taking you to pound town, kid," he claimed.

*WHO THE **** IS THIS ***** CALLING KID?!* 1x thought, almost ready to kill the guy based on that alone.

"Hey! Stop right there!" bluudud ordered.

"Yeah! Stop right there!" pr3ttypriincess added.

"Huh? Were these two with them before?" he checked.

"No they weren't," Red stated.

"Alright. Look, kids, you don't have to try and fight here. Just go home," the luchador told them.

"Nuh uh! I don't think so! This is going to be a fair fight, so it is going to be you three against us three!" he shouted.

"Yeah!" she exclaimed.

*Wow, they have more energy than I remember,* 1x thought. "Alright, so the basic game plan is for you to get him," they pointed to bluudud then Red. "You to get her," they did the same for pr3ttypriincess and Blue.

"Then you fight me?" he guessed.

"Right," they confirmed as they pulled out their sword. "Speaking of, what is your name?" they requested.

"Noobador," he gave.

*Well, still better than ****ING PLAYER!* they thought as they rushed in. They quickly went for a stab, but it was dodged and he tried to punch them in the face, but they used their free hand to parry it. They then quickly went to slash his arm off, but he moved it out of the way and grabbed them by the waist before suplexing them backwards as they went a bit back. *Okay, that was actually kinda cool,* 1x admitted. They looked to see that Red just got punched in the face by bluudud which knocked them to the floor as pr3ttypriincess raised Blue by the neck like she used to snap them back in the realm before then slamming her into the floor. *Hmmm, maybe I should go non-lethal, that might make the fight easier,* they realized before rushing forward again.

"This strategy again?" Noobador blurted out as he dodged the slash and went to do a quick drop elbow, only for them to dodge it and aim a knee to the side of his head, knocking him back a bit as they rushed up and picked him up by his neck before giving him three good punches to the face and throwing him to the ground next to the kids who slowly got up. "Ugh," he grunted on the floor.

"Owwwie," Blue sounded before managing to get up first, probably from pr3ttypriincess holding back with the slam more than bluudud did with the punch. "R-Red!" she shouted. "Red! Come on! We have to get out of here!" she added before running off. That was followed by Red actually getting off the floor and coughing a bit.

"W-we'll be back...you'll see!" he claimed before running off too.

*If they aren't siblings then I am rooting for their relationship,* 1x thought randomly.

"That was fun!" bluudud shouted.

"Yeah, it was kind of nice fighting kids our age," pr3ttypriincess admitted. That is when they realized something.

"Hey, kids, I think that by now the portal center should have everything ready, so you two can probably actually go home now," they suggested.

"Awwww, this was fun though!" he whined.

"Yeah it was, but I'd rather not have to deal with what the people we met in the realm think of us, so we should go," she admitted.

"Actually good point," he accepted as they both then turned to the person they had been following for a bit.

"Goodbye Player!" they both shouted before running off. 1x almost caught themself smiling at that, but stopped it immediately as they turned back to the clearly still knocked out Noobador.

*Guess I used more power than I expected,* they realized, but shrugged it off. They decided to just switch back to being male for now as he walked past the body. He let out a sigh as he knew what was coming up next with only one thing on his mind.

*I am so glad I am immune to the cold.*

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Builderman looked at the two people he had brought into his apartment, Doombringer and Taph. "So, I assume both of you know why you're here?" he guessed. *Taph is likely willing to talk given none of their actions have happened, but I should be ready in case they aren't,* he thought.

"What, are you about to lecture me about what our methods will be?" he demanded.

"Yes, because you I know you aren't careful about who you target!" he exclaimed. "However, it would be unfair to fire both of you over actions you haven't done, so I am simply going to warn both of you to NOT try anything," he stated.

"Not try anything? Do you know how bad this place can be sometimes?! Why do you think I went on my path? The users need to be protected!" he exclaimed.

*Hmmm, seems he won't budget on this, maybe I should try and come up with a compromise?* Builderman thought, before getting an idea. "Alright, I have a deal for both of you if you'd agree to it," he offered.

"You can take your deal and shove it up your ***! I quit!" Doombringer explained before walking out.

*Guess he is completely set in his ways then. Whatever, I can worry about him later,* he realized before turning to Taph. "Alright, here's the deal. Unmoderated experiences are indeed fine to worry about, however just destroying them would end up killing the NPCs of that experience, so how about instead if you can prove that those experiences are harmful, we will have all the non-harmful NPCs evacuated so you and a team can go and destroy it," he offered. They seemed to think for a moment, before actually speaking.

"That sounds good, but experiences are still called games right now," they pointed out.

*Right, I still have the update logs, so I am going to have to try and keep everything the same,* Builderman remembered, quickly looking to the calender.

"WHAT THE **-" Doombringer screamed from outside, immediately causing him to stand up from his chair. He was about to go investigate before his worst fear came true.

The Spectre started to drag them back into the realm.

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1x1x1x1 simply jumped from stone to stone to cross the river, seeing a little house on the side he didn't really care to get involved with. *Alright, so up next should be a very dark cave, because that is SO fun to deal with,* he thought, getting slightly annoyed. As he kept going, he actually heard a few voices ahead talking.

"So, do you think that he is the cave?" one voice checked.

"Of course! I saw him run in here!" another one exclaimed.

"Oh, this is perfect! Thank the Spawn for this! Let's bring this guy to them so they can reclaim what is theirs so that maybe, we shall be rewarded too!" a final voice shouted.

*Bring someone to a Spawn cultist? Weird, anyway I'd best deal with them to get them out of the way,* 1x thought. Eventually, he reached the point where he could see the three idiots ahead, and as he walked up he accidentally stepped on a branch, jumping up and flailing his arms a bit from the snap. Immediately the mouth breathers turned to him.

"Oh, it's another person. Look, just leave, we don't want to bother with you," the clearly smartest stooge ordered.

"Hold it! This may be a chance to have the mighty Spawn heed our call and reward us!" the blind dumb*** claimed.

"Wait, didn't they need to sacrifice him because of their love? If that wasn't needed, then why bother having me track him down?" the clearly middle child of intelligence between the group pointed out.

*I am just going to get this over with,* 1x thought as he quickly rushed in, grabbing the person who last talked and pinning them against the cave wall before quickly taking out his sword and stabbing them through the head. Immediately then he grabbed a wrist from behind as the most indoctrinated member tried to stab him before turning around and breaking his hand before grabbing him by the neck, punching him in the face, throwing him to the floor, and crushing his skull under his foot.

"****! I have got to warn them!" the clearly least idiotic member shouted before running off.

*I hope that's the last I see of him, but I doubt it is the last I'll see of this cult,* he thought before turning attention to the cave entrance walking in. Upon doing so, his ears were assaulted.

"AAAAAH! HELP!" someone called out.

*Ugh, so loud. I need them to shut up!* 1x thought as he quickly ran over to where he heard the shouting only to see someone bleeding from their hand having clearly been dumb enough to try and punch a porcupine that had backed them into a corner. He silently walked over and punted the animal into the wall and turned his attention to the loud ****er that he had come to shut up.

"T-thank you. I got a bit too angry and tried to punch it, and it seemed not exactly happy about that," they explained.

"I didn't come to help, I came to have you shut up, and now you have, so I'll be going now," he claimed as he turned to leave.

"Wait! Before you do, can I ask you something?" they requested.

*Ugh! Of course they would do this! I should have left them for dead,* 1x thought before turning back. Now that he was actually looking at them and their witch's hat, there was something familiar about them. "Make. It. Quick," he demanded.

"W-well. You see, an old friend of mine is in a cult, and he looks to sacrifice me to try and get another life. I was wondering if you would protect me," they stated. He was just about to leave, when the next words that left their mouth caught his attention.

"My name's Azure, by the way."

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1x1x1x1 was shocked when he heard that name, though he tried not to show it. He looked at the guy claiming to be Azure closer and actually noticed that they did look similar, but he was missing a LOT of things. He was more gray than purple, he had no tentacles, and he had a normal mouth instead of a zipper one. *Maybe this is what he looked like before he was killed by Two Time? That would explain things,* he realized. "Alright Azure, why should I help you?" he asked.

"I think my old friend would likely be able to convince others to join if they get me, so that is why I am trying to hide from them," he explained.

*Alright, that sounds good. I could just leave him here, but I honestly really enjoyed watching him tear into those survivors, especially that cultist, so I guess I can help him," he thought as he extended a hand towards him. "Sure, I will help you get away from this probably insane person you used to be friends with. I ran into some people looking for you right before entering this cave, so I can tell that it would be really annoying to run into more of them over time," 1x stated.

"Thank you," Azure replied as he shook the hand. Immediately he turned his attention to the way to go up and walked over to it, seeing that the former cultist was following him. He walked over to the ladder in the middle and climbed up it, only to see a certain future KFC bucket looking at a cheeseburger on a pillar a bit out.

"Alright, I got this," he muttered before pulling out a ball and throwing it as it just barely missed by an inch and bounced right back into his face, making it bounce into the air before the very annoyed person right behind him caught it out of the air.

"Looking for this?" he mocked as the fattest penguin he'd ever seen jumped off the ground and looked at him.

"DUDE! GIVE IT BACK! IT'S MINE!" he demanded just as Azure managed to climb up the ladder. 1x thought for a moment, then got a smug smile on his face.

"Hey, how does this sound. I will go for the shot, if I make it I will give you the hamburger and I get to keep this ball, but if I miss then I get nothing and you can try again while I walk away," he offered.

"Dude, really?" he replied.

"Yes, now watch the master at work," he added before he threw the ball while trying to show as little effort as possible as he perfectly got the cheeseburger and grabbed the ball again and handed the cheeseburger to the loudest bird ever.

"...You do know that throw likely needed more effort than just throwing it normally right?" he pointed out.

"OH SHUT UP!" 1x shouted, feeling a bit embarrassed to be called out on his theatrics. *Stupid, penguin,* he thought.

"Whatever, I got a spare ball back in my house, so I'll just grab that," Terry stated before he walked off back towards town.

"You, uhhhhh, probably should have just given it back to him," Azure pointed out.

"Whatever, I'll probably end up needing to use this ball anyway," he replied.

"That, might actually be true," he relented.

"Besides, this is probably better than just throwing my sword at flying enemies," he noted.

"What?" he blurted out.

"Nothing!" 1x shouted, getting embarrassed again. *Ugh, why am I like this?* he wondered. He let out a sigh before returning his attention to the path ahead as he knew something.

This was going to be one long journey.

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1x1x1x1 and Azure walked deeper into the cave, climbing up a bit before they were set upon by an army of ants and a rat. *Ugh, an army of ants? They are so annoying to cut thou-* he started thinking, before realizing something as he pulled out the ball he now owned. He immediately threw it into the middle and squashed the majority of them as the others ran away as a smile grew on his face. He turned to see his old killing buddy pull out a knife and stab the rat as it jumped at him. "Wow, nice knife skills, where'd you learn them?" he complimented.

"Oh, thanks. Back when I was stuck in the same cult that my old friend is in we were forced to learn knife skills to do, sacrifices," he admitted.

"Ah, I see," he replied. *Not a good idea to pry any further I think,* he decided as he started to walk off followed shortly after. They walked to an opening very close by just to be immediately hit by a whole lot of chill.

"W-wow this place is cold," Azure noted as he started shaking.

"Yeah, it is," 1x agreed as he looked around. *Honestly glad I'm not feeling any colder right now. I doubt that anything other than being frozen will even make me feel slightly cold,* he thought as they went up a little ledge, dealt with some annoyances, and then walked over an ice bridge into another room. They went into it and walked over to a smaller ledge as they immediately saw an asleep snorey bear in the middle of the room. "****. Don't, make, a, sound," he ordered.

"Got it," he whispered back as they started to walk around the bear, trying their best not to wake it up before a light crack on the ice from a step immediately made them both know what was about to happen. The snorey bear got up and saw them and roared before running at them on two legs before raising its claws overhead and trying to cut them with it, only for the totally not afraid at all 1x to quickly put his sword up to block as Azure quickly stabbed the bear in the gut, causing it to roar and run off.

"THAT WAS TOO CLOSE!" he shouted, not feeling relieved because he wasn't scared. He then immediately looked at the ladder that they had to climb and walked over and started to climb it. When he reached the top he saw another ladder close by he knew he had to climb next, but he could feel something.

He could feel that there was going to be a big fight that would come when they reached the top of it.

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1x1x1x1 held out a hand to stop Azure as he looked up. *Two more ladders, and one thing standing in our way from leaving the cave,* he thought.

"Why'd we stop?" he asked.

"I have a bad feeling about when we reach the top of the cave, so stay sharp," he ordered. The old tentacled killer nodded as they went up the first ladder. There were two ant armies in the way, but they were positioned perfectly for him to throw the ball and crush both in one throw.

"Good job there," he complimented.

"Why thank you, even if it was easy for someone like me!" he bragged.

"You seem a bit, prideful," he noted.

"So? It is always nice to know your exact self-worth," 1x claimed.

"R-right," Azure replied, looking a bit nervous.

*Why is he so nervous? Is he trying to say I have too much pride? As if that is something someone could have!* he thought as he mentally scoffed. They then went up to the other ladder and climbed it, the stronger of the two up front as he eventually reached the top and could just TELL that a fight was coming. They stepped closer to the cave exit as a lot of voices rang out suddenly.

"Who is that?" they questioned. "Your majesty...we have a guest," they told someone.

"Quiet. Quiet! QUIET!" a voice ordered. He got ready to fight, taking out his sword. "I MUST MAKE MY ROYAL ENTERANCE!!!!" it shouted before a Robloxian-sized ant rose from the ground surrounded by two ant armies. "HUZZAH!!!! IT IS I!!!! YOUR ROYAL MAJESTY!!!!" the likely female ant exclaimed. "I SEE YOU'VE TAKEN A WRONG TURN, AND VENTURED INTO MY TERRITORY!!!!" she claimed.

"Yeah, so? This is the only way out of the cave outside of the front entrance, so this is the only way we COULD go," 1x pointed out.

"SILENCE!!!! THIS WHOLE CAVE IS MY TERRITORY!!!! I WILL NOT BE TOLD ABOUT IT!!!!" she replied.

"Then how are people supposed to get from anyplace from one side to the other?" Azure added.

"I think you should just give up. We are talking to an ant, it likely doesn't operate on our logic, but rather its own," he suggested.

"NOBODY ELSE'S LOGIC MATTERS!!!!" the big ant started as he motioned for him to get ready to backstab her. He nodded slightly as he started to walk around.

"What are you doing?!" one of the ant armies demanded when they saw this.

*Now, just like I planned!* 1x thought as he quickly pulled out the ball and threw it, crushing the ant colony that had spotted him.

"YOU DARE?!?!?!?!" she shouted as she motioned for the other ant army to attack, to which they suffered the same fate. "USELESS!!!! I WILL SHOW YOU HOW IT'S-" she tried to say before being stabbed through the back by Azure, who got fully around her. "O-oh, I see..." she blurted out before he quickly ran over and grabbed her by the neck before quickly throwing her off the ledge to fall to her death.

"Did you set me up?" he asked.

"Yes, and immediately set myself up by killing that ant army," he stated. He went to say something, but stopped himself and sighed. *Does he really care that much? I got us completely out of danger, so it is nothing to worry about,* 1x thought as he looked at his body, starting to get tired of being a man, but wanted to wait till he got fresh air to change gender. *Should I be female or non-binary next? I typically go to female, but that would likely get picked up upon by Shed, if he ever sees me as a different gender,* he thought, but shrugged it off as they turned and looked at the last place they had to go.

It was time to go into the tundra.

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1x1x1x1 and Azure walked out of the cave and saw that they had appeared in some sort of small town. *Oh nice, another place to conquer!* he thought, a smile forming on his face.

"Oh, hey there! You two look...new," a nearby resident noted as they walked over to them. "Welcome to Roadtown! The sunniest place of the crossroads," he welcomed.

"Ah, greetings. My name's Azure and my, friend here is Player, it's nice to meet you," he replied.

*Friend? Yeah right. He is an ally, able to stab good which makes him useful for getting to the castle,* he thought.

"That's nice to hear. Also, I guess this place isn't the sunniest anymore. Things have been getting pretty chilly recently...There's been baseless rumors all over the place...Snowclouds appearing from the Blackrock castle on the hill...I even heard a rumor that the Ice Dagger was stolen! Isn't that wild? Who would do that???" he questioned.

"Oh, have you not heard the full legend of the Sword Fight on The Hights swords?" 1x asked.

"What do you mean?" Azure inquired.

"You see, legend has it that there were seven swords created by the great Telamon himself! Those being the ice dagger, the venomshank, the ghostswalker, the firebrand, the airforce, the darkheart, and Illumina. Eventually, those seven swords had seven special souls added into them who all took control and started to speak to those who would wield the swords, slowly turning them into apathetic monsters who kill for enjoyment in different ways. Eventually, the swords themselves would fuse with their wielders, making their changed mental state unable to be reversed and only allowing the very murder of that person to get the swords back. It is also said that there are special people who can resist the urges of these swords, and if those people can gather them all together, they can make a wish," 1x explained.

"Whoa," the background character blurted out.

"Of course, not all of that is completely accurate, given it is a legend, but from what I know the part about corruption is true, which could very well mean whoever was meant to guard the ice dagger got corrupted by its hold. May I ask who is its guardian?" he inquired. He already knew the answer, but he just wanted the person to confirm it.

"...The king of Blackrock castle."

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1x1x1x1 already knew what the answer was going to be, he just needed confirmation. *So, it seems like I am going to meet the king early this time. Shame, he could have been such a good minion if he wasn't so unwavering in his loyalty to the people,* he thought as he looked to Azure who seemed to be taking everything in as he noticed how the random NPC walked off.

"Are, you seeking the swords?" he asked.

"Yes, but don't worry, I am doing so for one of the known people who can't be corrupted by them," he claimed.

"Who?" he inquired.

"Shedletsky," he stated. *Of course, being his hatred and malice I am also immune, but I am NOT risking him finding out and telling others,* 1x thought.

"Ah, I see, alright. Anyway, I think we should stop here for a moment. The path forward might end up including multiple bears like we faced in the cave, and I don't really want to just walk right up to fight them," Azure pointed out.

*He's right, but I am more worried about some of the knights we could run into than any wildlife given he isn't exactly the best equipped. "Alright, we will stop here then," he allowed. He had decided upon just doing his normal thing. It wasn't like his pattern wouldn't force him to interact with Shedletsky as anything other than male anyway as he changed gender to female.

"Huh?" he blurted out, clearly caught off guard.

"What? Got a problem with me now?" she half threatened.

"N-no. I just wasn't expecting you to do that," he replied.

*Eh, that does make sense. Also I am going to take this time to thank every single holy deity that I can look feminine without becoming, ugh, THAT,* 1x thought as a shiver went up her spine. Azure then seemed to notice something, and she looked to see what it was to realize it was an inn.

"That seems like a good place to grab a bite to eat," he suggested.

"Yeah, it does," she added. *When was the last time I ate anything? I know I don't have to, but it might be nice to take part in from time to time,* she realized. They then walked up to and then into the inn and quickly found where the food was being served. She walked up first. "Alright, I would like a cheeseburger," she stated.

"Alright, that will be five tix," the cashier replied. She quickly looked into her pocket and found that thanks to her looting a few of the knocked out people and corpses she had more than enough and she handed it over. When it was handed to her, 1x walked to a random table and sat down as Azure walked up to order a hamburger with absolutely no cheese. He pulled out the tix needed and got it. When he got it handed to him he immediately checked and saw it had cheese and he did the funniest ****ing thing he could do in that situation and jump over the counter and started to attacked the cashier. It took everything in her to stop her from laughing out loud.

*I forgot he got banned from a Buger King for a very similar reason. I wish I could laugh without being thrown out,* she thought as some guards came in and took him off the cashier as she finished her cheeseburger and walked outside with him following by being thrown out shortly after. "You do know you could have just waited for a replacement right?" she pointed out.

"SHUT UP!" he shouted, which only made 1x make a smug smile. She then turned her attention off the cashier assaulter on the floor and to where they needed to go next.

She just wondered if he could handle how cold it was going to be.

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1x1x1x1 was about to force Azure to come along to leave the town while claiming that it would be better to keep moving to not be found, when he saw a certain blue bird pull out a little ID and show it to a guard to leave the town. *Right, I need an adventurer's ID to go up the mountain don't I?* she remembered. "Come on, we have something to get before we leave," she ordered.

"Ah, okay. I assume that we are leaving because I am likely now banned from the inn right?" he guessed.

*Oh, that's actually a good point,* she realized. "Yeah, but we need to grab some adventures' IDs to do so," she added.

"Why?" he asked.

"Because the path forward has wild animals on it. I doubt that any path between this village and the castle is open so we have to deal with them," 1x explained.

"Oh, right," Azure blurted out, seeming a bit nervous. She just shrugged at that as they walked towards where she assumed was the mayor's house given how it looked a bit special compared to the other ones around. She opened the door and walked in with him following shortly behind.

"Eh? Who's that? I don't know you two...why are you in my office?" a whole fossil inquired when they entered.

"We both want adventure's IDs," she stated.

"Ah, I understand. Nobody wants to visit unless they want something nowadays...Ah, too be young. You know...I was an adventure when I was younger," he started.

*Ugh, of course,* 1x thought as she immediately decided to just tune the old geezer out until he finished as she noticed Azure was likely going to be listening intently. That is when she noticed him go to sleep and got VERY mad immediately. "WAKE THE **** UP!" she shouted, catching both of them off guard.

"O-oh, sorry. That's just what happens nowadays," he apologized. "Now where was I...right. Jim...he's overseeing a mining operation nearby...but...he hasn't come home in a few days...I'm starting to get worried about the young lad...he's not the type to get into trouble's way..." the dinosaur explained as she understood what was going on immediately.

"You want us to promise to go make sure Jim's okay in exchange for the ideas," she assumed.

"Correct! If you could do that I would appreciate it," he finished.

"Sure, might as well," 1x accepted.

"It would be an honor sir," Azure replied.

*Ugh, so respectful,* she thought.

"Alright, here you two are," he stated as he handed both of them adventurer's IDs.

"Alright, thank you and we are done here," she claimed as she quickly got up and walked out. When she was just about to walk outside, she realized she forgot to grab the ID, and quickly walked over and grabbed it from the desk before leaving for real this time. *Ugh, embarrassing,* she thought as she let out a sigh. Soon after, her old killing partner came out and walked up to her.

"You didn't have to shout to wake him up, you know," he pointed out.

"I know, but is makes things much easier," 1x replied. Azure looked like he wanted to say something again, but stopped. *I wonder if he is comparing me to my true form, or maybe to someone else. Either way, don't care, I just wanna gather the swords to kill the thing that held me in that realm and take over Robloxia!* she thought with a smile as she quickly walked to the gate, flashing the ID as she hopped over it. With that, and her current ally doing something similar, she knew what was next.

It was time to start moving towards the castle.

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1x1x1x1 sighed as Azure walked up behind her. *Ugh, it is going to take sooooooo long to reach the castle,* she thought, almost tempted to beat the **** out of the person she was supposed to be protecting for fun.

"I assume that you're face means that this is gonna take a while," he assumed.

"Wow, good job Sherlock, you want a ****ing cookie?" she spat back.

"R-right, sorry," he apologized as she just sighed. She started to walk up the start of the path before a hungry wolf jumped towards her, only to be grabbed by the neck and slammed into the floor.

*That makes me feel better,* she thought as she almost let out a smile. They kept moving, going up rocky paths while dealing with the occasional wolf or two, until a cheeky eagle flew towards them and they jumped out of the way. *Oh! Now's the perfect chance to test this out!* 1x thought as she pulled out the ball and threw it at the bird, which it bounced off and back towards her to which she caught.

"Nice job," Azure complimented.

"Thank you, but try to expect more from me from now on. I'd like to actually have to try to impress people," she claimed which actually got a laugh out of him. *Did he think it was a joke? Eh, I don't care,* she thought. That is when she remembered that there was a lever that needed to be flicked to move forward while there was a path upwards. "Alright, there is a bridge that I need to go lower, so just go up that way and stab anything that attacks you," she ordered.

"Got it," he accepted as he went up the path while she went down. There was a wolf in the way, so 1x grabbed it by the tail and used it to flick down the lever before leaving it in the snow and heading up to see that he had actually killed one, but was bitten.

"Eh, you'll live," she stated. Azure went to say something, was about to stop, but decided to do so last minute.

"Okay, what is your deal?" he asked. She turned to him confused as he didn't say it in a confrontational way yet said something confrontational. "I can't get a read on you because you keep starting to sound like a caring person, but then turn and say something that sounds like you don't care if I live or die, but then you say something that makes it sound like you do, so what gives?" he questioned.

"The answer is simple really," she claimed. "I genuinely do not care if at the end of this journey, you end up dead. The only reason I even brought you along with me is that I found your situation interesting and wanted to see if more stuff would happen, but nothing has. The only reason I still have you around is because you a good with a knife and I am being a victim of the sunk cost fallacy, if either wasn't the case then I would have abandoned you to fend for yourself a while ago," 1x claimed. Azure looked at her for a moment, taking everything in. That is when he said the worst possible thing that he could have in her mind at the moment.

"I don't believe that's all."

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"What do you mean you don't believe that's all?!" 1x1x1x1 demanded. Azure saying those words must have triggered something deep inside her because now she was almost to seeing red.

"I mean it feels like you have another motive that you don't want to tell me for some reason," he stated.

"Wow, I knew you had to be stupid to end up in a cult like you did, but I can't believe you are ACTUALLY THIS stupid! Of course I don't have another reason, why would I? Did anything I just say contradict anything I said or did before? If so, tell me so I can tell you why I said them!" she shouted.

"It's not any of that. It's just, a gut feeling," he claimed.

"Oh, a gut feeling. Let me guess, you were going off a gut feeling when you joined that cult too huh?" 1x spat.

"Why are you getting so defensive about this?" Azure asked.

*Right, getting defensive makes you look more guilty,* she remembered as she calmed down some. "Because I don't like it when people don't go with what I say about me," she explained.

"That, does make sense, but there is something else I'd like to add," he noted.

"What would that be?" she inquired.

"You feel familiar. Like I know you from somewhere, but I don't know where," he claimed.

*Oh no, he might figure it out!* she thought, starting to sweat bullets. "That's strange, but it could just be I remind you of someone else," 1x pointed out.

"Yeah, but it feels deeper than that, it is almost like you were also in the real-" Azure started before she looked at him dead in the eyes.

"Don't. Speak. Of. That," she ordered, using just enough of her real voice to sound intimidating while not giving away who she really was.

"O-oh, o-okay, s-sorry," he apologized, seeming to get actually scared.

*He could guess who I am now, but that doesn't matter right now. What does is getting to Blackrock castle,* she thought as she started to walk across the bridge. She could tell he started to follow and they had to cross another bridge before she looked down the path to go towards Blackrock and realized it was caved in.

"Well, that's not good," he stated.

"Thank you Captain Obvious," 1x replied.

"Any ideas on getting that open?" Azure checked. She thought for a moment, before getting one, but she blurted it out rather than holding it in.

"Maybe the mine is not that way and finding the apprentice could help?"

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1x1x1x1 instantly realized she said that out loud and looked to Azure. "That's not too bad an idea. I say we do it," he accepted.

*Oh thank **** that it wasn't a bad idea,* she thought. "Of course it wasn't a bad idea, I came up with it!" she exclaimed as she started to walk north. She took the time to cut down some wooden boards that would be in the way of getting down without breaking the leg of the body she was using before going into the next area which had a campsite up there.

"Maybe there are some hints as to where the mine is in here?" he suggested.

"Yeah that does make sense," she noted. They jumped up to the small campsite and started to look around. *Hmmm, let's see,* she thought as she shuffled around the things.

"Aha! I found something!" Azure shouted as 1x turned to look as he showed a map.

"Ah! Perfect!" she stated. "If we follow this then we should be able to find that guy and get something to get through that rock wall!" she exclaimed.

"Bold of you to assume you are going anywhere," a voice called out as five spawn cultists jumped down around them. Immediately she pulled out her sword and noticed that he started to breathe heavily.

*Oh, that's just great! For this fight he is going to be a ****ing liability!* she realized as she turned to the first dumb*** who charged in a she quickly deflected his knife and stabbed him in the throat. Then another charged in, this time towards the one on the verge of what she assumed was on the verge of a panic attack, and tried to stab him. Quickly Azure pulled out his own knife and caught their's in it to 1x's shock before twisting it to disarm them and stabbing them right through the eye, likely stabbing them in the brain. "Get your head in the game!" she ordered as another charged towards her, before she ran towards him, dodging his stab and cutting off his head too. Then the other two charged him at the same time, to which he dodged under both stabs and tackled one to the ground before stabbing her in the throat as quickly the strongest being in the area stabbed the other one through her chest.

"I-it's over," he muttered.

"Yeah it is, also you need to man up idiot," she stated.

"Huh?" he blurted out.

"You froze there. Freeze like that again and likely you are going to get yourself killed and I will have to worry about what to do with your dead body," 1x explained.

"R-right, got it," Azure accepted. She let out a small sigh before turning her attention to the map as she looked it over and smiled.

*Nice! The path to the mine is mostly a straight line!*

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1x1x1x1 quickly put the map away and turned to leave the area as Azure followed quickly behind. The next area they entered was just a simple process of jumping down an area, until they were attacked by a whopping two hungry wolves! *Oh wow, this is soooooo intimidating,* she thought to herself, snickering a bit as she turned to him. "Don't freeze up alright hat boy?" she joked as she pulled out her sword.

"I, uhhhh, sure," he replied, clearly caught off guard. Immediately a wolf lunged towards her, but she just raised her sword in the air and plunged it down when it got close enough to stab it through the head. She turned to see that he managed to throw the wolf to the floor after it had lunged at him before he climbed on top of it and stabbed it through the chest.

*Huh, guess I am too used to that fanatic because I thought he was going to stab the Spawn symbol into it,* 1x thought before shaking that thought away.

"Why's there no blood?" Azure blurted out.

"Ah, you must be more used to some of the darker corners of Robloxia where there are fewer restrictions. Sorry, but this close to Roblox HQ means that there is going to be no blood anywhere to be seen," she stated.

"Oh, I see. It was just confusing me that's all," he admitted.

*Alright, it seems like he was never anywhere close to Roblox HQ in the past,* she noted. That is when they walked into the next area to see that it was a small one, but what seemed to be a knight was in the path towards the next area.

"So, there's retaliation already? I was once a trusted knight of THE KING! But I failed him too many times...but if I can stop you from interfering with him...I shall re-earn his trust! For the Blackrock King, I will strike you down!!!!" he exclaimed before rushing towards them. He went for a quick slash on 1x, who deflected it with ease, but surprisingly he wasn't completely pathetic and managed to get his guard back up.

*Wow, he would not be totally useless! Shame there would be no way to have him help me though,* she thought as she went for her own quick sword swing, purposefully aiming for his armor so he would be slower to try and block thinking himself safe, but she hit with enough force to leave a dent in the armor and cause him to reel back in pain. Seizing the chance, she quickly aimed her sword into the openings for his eyes and went to stab him, but the banished knight managed to move the sword just enough so that it didn't do so before she kicked him away.

"You are very talented with the blade ma'am! It is a shame you are going to fall here instead of-" he started before a quick stab into his neck took his attention away as Azure managed to land a fatal blow.

*He stole my kill!* 1x thought, a bit annoyed, but bit her tongue and watched as the knight quickly reached for the knife before it was taken out and he fell over, dying on the ground. While that was happening, she just pulled out her map and came to a realization.

*We JUST went through a big battle and now we just had to face an actually somewhat competent opponent already?!*

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1x1x1x1 sighed as she put away the map and looked at Azure. "We'd better get moving, and fast," she stated.

"Got it," he accepted as he checked to make sure there was no blood on his knife. She simply walked into the next area which was a simple clearing as he followed. Two eagles swooped at them, but they didn't take long to be dealt with. "Why is the wildlife so aggressive here?" he questioned.

"The wolves are hungry, any bears would be mad about being woken up, and the eagles are clearly just trying to play while being too aggressive," she answered.

"Just trying to play," he muttered, and she immediately knew what he was thinking about.

*Right, the kid. I could go find and check on him, but eh, I'd rather just take things over and then do so,* 1x thought, before shaking the thought away. "Let's keep going," she ordered as she started to walk again and Azure followed. The next area they entered could have been big, but they just walked a little to the left and entered a different area. In that area there was a fallen tree in the middle of an elevated platform and to the side of it was another sleeping bear.

"Let's go to the other side of the platform," he suggested.

"Sounds good," she accepted as they did so, with her making sure to step over a branch that was in the path that he pointed to as they entered the next area and let out a little sigh of relief. In there they could just move left, but there was a cabin in the middle of it. *He could be in there,* she thought for half a second. *Nah, if I know Robloxians, he is likely in the cave,* she thought as she started to walk left. The next area in the middle of it was something 1x knew all too well.

"What is that?" Azure blurted out in shock seeing the flying spiked orb.

"Killbot, a highly aggressive robot meant to protect areas. Thankfully, I know how to deal with them," she claimed as she stepped forward, the bot seemingly noticing.

"UNKNOWN ENITITY: MUST DESTROY," its robotic voice called out, before she just threw her sword at it and it fell to the ground. She walked over, picked up her sword, and poked it a few times to make sure.

"Always works," she stated. *That was kinda close, had to use more power than I thought this fake body could handle for a second,* she thought before turning to see that he was looking confused, but understood immediately when he asked a question.

"Why's your skin white now?"

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1x froze in response to that question. She immediately looked at her skin and saw that Azure was right, it had turned white. *Oh ****, ****, **** it,* she thought as she tried to think of a lie on the spot. "It's, probably the cold! I might be being affected in a different way than you are!" she suggested.

"Why would it?" he asked.

"Because, uhhhh, I am just that kind of character! Yep! My body interacts with different temperatures by changing color!" she lied. *WHAT THE **** IS THIS LIE?! HOW DUMB DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO BE TO ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT?!* she thought, fear basically going down to her core.

"Okay, I guess that makes sense," he replied.

*There is absolutely no way he bought that! That is not him accepting it as true but him trying to get my guard down to be able to figure out my actual identity!* 1x thought as she took a deep breath. Azure walked over to the spikey killbot's body and looked at it.

"This thing seems quite durable, kinda surprised that your sword throw managed to take it down," he noted.

"I mean, you have seen me fight, I am pretty strong," she pointed out.

"Yeah fair," he accepted as he stood up and turned back to her.

*Okay, that was WAAAAAAY too close. I need to figure out EXACTLY how much power I can use before my true form gets exposed before I end up accidentally showing myself to SHEDLETSKY of all people,* she realized as she started to walk past the bot on the floor and towards the next room. It was a simple little cliff, so it did not take 1x and Azure long to jump up it and move onto the next area, which had some ice on the floor. "I got this!" she claimed as she ran onto the ice, before starting to slip all around on it and fall face first and keep sliding forward as the former other killer laughed.

"You sure have this huh?" he joked.

"OH SHUT UP!" she demanded as she flailed around in the coolest way one could before managing to get to her feet and actually start sliding on the ice like a normal person with him following shortly after. They then reached ski lift that was locked off by boulders.

"Well, that's unfortunate," he pointed out.

"Yep, but the cave should be right-" she started before turning back to her map before pointing northward, "-there."

"What happened to your skin? It's yellow again," Azure pointed out.

"Oh, ummmmm, the embarrassment of what had happened in the ice back there caused me to heat up enough to bring it back to this color!" 1x lied. *Wow, I just, suck so much at lying don't I?* she realized.

"Okay?" he responded, clearly skeptical. That didn't matter at the moment as they quickly walked up and found another cave that had a small cave in, but this time there was some dynamite on the outside. She immediately ran and picked it up.

*It's beautiful!* she thought as she noticed him looking like her as if she was a crazy person. "Got something to say?" she asked.

"N-no I don't," he replied.

*Ah, it seems he's scared of me,* she noted, before a certain native walked up to them.

"How are you already here? I feel like I saw you enter the mayor's house before I fully left," Terry claimed.

"Maybe, but that just means we are faster than you are," 1x mocked. That is when he turned to see her current friend.

"Who are you?" he questioned.

"Ummmm, I'm Azure and she is helping me get away from a friend of mine who is likely trying to kill me," he introduced. The biggest bird looked at him for a moment, before turning back to her.

"Dude, you make the weirdest allies," he stated. "Oh shoot, is that dynamite?" he pointed out.

"Yep! I am gonna use it to blow up these rocks watch!" she exclaimed before lighting some and dropping it by the rocks, before it exploded them into pieces. That is when a guy started to rise from under where the boulders were.

"Owwww, my head," he complained as he got up.

"Dude, did you actually get stuck under there?" the flightless bird mocked.

"Yeah, like, were you really THAT slow you couldn't escape the mine?" 1x added.

"Come on, let's get him back," Azure insisted.

"Fine, this is probably Jim so let's just go to the ski lift," she ordered before starting to drag him along too.

"All the more I get to go at him!" Terry shouted.

*Huh, I like him a bit more already,* she thought as they arrived to the ski lift. She layed down the dynamite and blew it up. Just as they were going to get on, a voice called out to them.

"Ohhhhhhh Azure!"

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1x1x1x1 quickly grabbed Azure by the arm and threw them into the ski lift before activating it and quickly getting in too before turning to see that Two Time was indeed the person they were getting away from. *Yeah, no, I am NOT dealing with that **** storm yet,* she thought as she turned to him. He seemed to be hyperventilating, likely because of his old friend having been so close to him. He slowly seemed to calm down as the lift went further and further down as quickly she took the time to look and see that the insane cultist was indeed in the lift right behind them and, thinking fast, threw the ball at the thing keeping it on there and forcing it to fall off.

"A-are they still after us?" he checked.

"Not directly anymore," she answered. That seemed to calm him down as she got bored of being female and turned into one of those they thems as they heard someone call someone. Azure seemed to pause at that, likely because of the similarity with his killer, but 1x decided it wasn't their problem and just looked to see they were halfway there.

"Do you think we are going to run into them again in the castle?" he asked.

"WHY THE **** DID YOU HAVE TO SAY IT, NOW IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN!" they shouted at him.

"W-wha? Do you think we are in some kind of game or something?" he blurted out.

"Nope! I just know that you just jinxed us," they replied. He only seemed to get more confused, but probably dropped it because he knew deep down what he might say would be wrong. It did not take long for the lift to finally reach the bottom where they grabbed him and flung him over their shoulder and started to walk towards the wall.

"H-huh? Why did-" Azure started.

"Making sure you don't run away," 1x claimed. *Also let's me use my ultimate plan!* they thought as they reached the place where the now placed dynamite would blow a hole in the wall as they stepped back. The second the wall was blown up they rushed in and threw him at the first guard they saw making that armor weigh them down enough to fall over allowing her to quickly rush over and stab them through the face.

"WHAT THE **** PLAYER!" he screamed.

"What? It makes things easier," they pointed out.

"Oh my Spawn I am traveling with someone as insane as Two Time," he muttered.

"What was that?" they demanded.

"Nothing!" Azure blurted out.

"Good, now get up we've gotta castle to raid!" 1x exclaimed as they looked forward. They then had a thought, one that made them a bit anxious.

*I wonder if this is just hastening the fate of this kingdom's fall to me.*

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1x1x1x1 sighed as they looked forward. "Great, the dungeon, I heard this can be a bit of a maze," they claimed

"We should be able to hand that, right?" Azure assumed.

"Yeah it is no real issue, it just means that this is going to be annoying," they confirmed. They then started to walk ahead, passing by a little drop-off with water and a ledge further up, and entering the next room. They saw some stairs and looked up to see that the door was locked.

"Should I go lock-pick it?" he checked.

"No, it is likely that they have some wizard around who magically enchanted the locks so that wouldn't work. Instead, let's just go find the key," they stated as they went into the next room and down some stairs to see a lot of cells with people inside them on one of the walls. They walked to the end, passing by a sleeping guard until they were blocked from the key by some bars with a code.

"Wait, this is a medieval castle, why would they have something THIS modern in here?" Azure pointed out.

*Huh, that is a fair point,* 1x realized. They then turned to see that each cell had a number by it and let out a groan. They walked over to the guy in cell one. "Why are you in here?" they demanded.

"I was locked up for stealing! It's unfair because I only 'stole' two apples!" they complained. Immediately they went and punched the wall.

"Whoa! What was that for?!" he shouted.

"This has got to be the DUMBEST thing I have had to go through," they blurted out before going to idiot two. "What are YOU in for?" they asked as passive aggressively as possible.

"I was locked in here for trespassing, I have been in here for six months," they stated.

*Okay, this code is two, six, and two other ****ing numbers. Ugh, forcing me to interact with prisoners, how humiliating,* 1x thought as they walked to the next cell while Azure just looked confused. "What are YOU in for?" they questioned.

"I have no idea why I was locked up. They gave me zero indication of what I did," they claimed.

*Okay, how did they know that he was going to say zero instead of no indication?* they wondered, but shrugged it off as they went to the final criminal.

"See that guard over there? He has been asleep for five minutes," they pointed out.

*HOW IN THE **** DID THEY KNOW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SAY HOW LONG THE GUARD HAD BEEN ASLEEP FOR AND THAT IT WOULD BE FIVE ****ING MINUTES?!* they thought as they wanted to strangle the guy, but tried to remain calm as they walked over and punched in the two, six, zero, five and then pressed the button to insert the code as then the bard lowered.

"Huh? How did you figure out the code?" Azure inquired.

"These guys said four numbers," 1x replied.

"Wait, how did they know that-" he started before being cut off.

"I DON'T ****ING KNOW!" they screamed before running over and kicking the guard down under which woke them up and incapacitated them at the same time. They picked up the key and stormed out of the room. When they reached the room with the locked door they barely dodged a fired arrow in time. Immediately they ducked behind a statue as he followed in their footsteps. They took a look out to see that there was one crony with a crossbow at the top of the stairs and did some mental calculations. They then took out their ball and quickly threw it at them as they rushed up the stairs. The crony didn't react in time as the ball bounced off their head and went back into the arms of the thrower as they quickly ran up and stole the crossbow from them before shoving it into their helmet and firing a bolt between their eyes which ended up breaking the crossbow as they fell over.

"I am going to assume we are going to be killing most guards?" Azure guessed.

"Why not? Not like they wouldn't kill us," 1x pointed out.

"Fair point," he accepted. With that, they turned to the door and thought of something randomly.

*Maybe I should go for some pizza after this.*

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1x1x1x1 shook that thought away and got focused on what was ahead. *That can be after,* they thought as they unlocked the door and started to walk through it with Azure following behind. On the other side, they saw that there was a small gap with some running water underneath that had no way across.

"Great, how are we supposed to get to the other side?" he questioned. They had a quick look at the other side and saw a very loose stone pillar.

"Watch this!" they exclaimed before pulling out the ball and casually tossing it so it knocked the pillar over as it fell to make a bridge as the ball bounced back and they caught it.

"Did you, ummm, know that would work?" he checked.

"Of course I did! That thing looked so weak that a light breeze could probably knock it over, let alone someone throwing a ball at it!" 1x claimed.

"Ah, right," Azure replied.

*He just keeps questioning me more and more huh? Probably because he doesn't want to make the same mistake with his old cult,* they realized. They decided to just not bother with that as they went up onto the pillar and walked across it to the other side where there was a bunch of rubble that they left some dynamite next to before stepping back some. When the dynamite didn't go off for a second they walked up to it, only to have it blow up in their face.

"Pfffft," he sounded before they could turn to give him the stink eye.

*Of course,* they thought before just starting to go up the stairs. When they reached the top they noticed that there were two places they could go, but one seemed to be a dead in so they didn't pay attention to it as they saw that on the other side was a pillar to knock down and a crossbow crony that had just shot an arrow at them. With how far the arrow had to travel, 1x could just easily catch it mid-air and drop it to the floor. They used the time it took for them to reload to throw the ball as it bounced off the pillar as it fell over and the crony got onto the other side.

"They seem to be strategizing," Azure pointed out.

"Captain obvious everyone!" they shouted as they got on the pillar and waited. When a crossbow bolt was fired at them, they quickly slid underneath it and up to the crony before just tossing them into the water. They were dragged away as the most perfect being alive just walked up to and blew up the rubble blocking the way to the next staircase. When they went up they immediately noticed that there was another staircase they had to go up.

"Dear Spawn the amount of stairs they have! How big is this castle that we can start so deep underground that THIS is needed just to reach the base level of the castle!" he exclaimed.

"I mean, we are probably entering from the very bottom and this is a castle so-wait, I just noticed you called out to Spawn like someone might God, why's that?" 1x asked.

"O-oh did I? I, ummmm," Azure started before they cut him off.

"Oh if you're gonna start stuttering on me then save it, but you have to answer it later," they ordered. He seemed to just nod at that. *Alright, guess I'll find out later, I hope,* they thought as they simply walked up the stairs and then had to walk up another flight of stairs. When they reached the top, the smartest person ever immediately noticed that there was a path blocked by debris. They went to look at it, before noticing a guard trying to sneak up on them which they knew their companion already knew about, but waited till the guard tried to swing before dodging and grabbing her helmet and stuffing some lit dynamite in it before throwing her to the top of the debris and backing before it all exploded.

"Are you gonna keep changing the way you kill people?" Azure asked.

"Maybe, it is more fun that way," 1x admitted. He just stayed quiet as then they noticed that they needed to bring down ANOTHER pillar to get a key, so they threw their ball to watch it fall and grabbed the key while on a spree. They then brought it back to the end of the hallway they were going down to find some bars locked with a magic lock that went away when the key was used.

"Okay, these magic locks must be the real deal if they can lock METAL BARS," he exclaimed which actually managed to get a laugh from them. They went up the stairs only to find they had to go up a spiral staircase to which he mumbled something under his breath.

*Okay, MAYBE he had a point about those stairs,* they noted, but filed that away as they started to go up it until they reached the top and went into the next hall, which had a long bridge they had to walk over. 1x held out their sword to stop Azure before saying exactly what they were feeling in that moment.

"Something tells me we are in for a fight on that bridge."

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1x1x1x1 was kinda making their feelings less for Azure. *This feeling, is worse than everything that came before, guess that means that this will be the hardest fight yet,* they thought. "You might want to stand back, this is the worst feeling I've got yet," they ordered.

"O-oh, alright," he accepted before backing up. They nodded before starting to go across the bridge, but suddenly there was a light shaking.

"HALT! In the name of BLACKROCK!" a voice shouted before a statue zoomed up to them catching them off guard. "I shall strike you down, for the KING!!!!" it exclaimed before sliding back a bit, to which they immediately jumped to the side as it zoomed past.

*I remember this thing! It was a bit stronger than I thought, but I should be able to handle this,* 1x thought as they pulled out some dynamite just as it quickly hopped up to him and started to float before trying to bash their skull in, but they slid underneath it and threw some dynamite so it landed on its base before it blew up.

"If you think that's enough to stop me then you're DEAD WRONG!" it claimed as it seemed like that only shattered the base.

*Wow, I guess I have to REALLY take this seriously,* they realized as they quickly cracked their neck and pulled out several pieces of dynamite. The statue went to zoom by again, but they jumped to land perfectly on the base before stuffing a piece of dynamite into its face and jumping off causing its head to take an explosion. Quickly they threw more lit dynamite towards where they could see the base of the statue as they blew it up more, until it zoomed into them and knocked them over.

"I'LL CRUSH YOU!" it shouted before raising off the ground and trying to crush 1x's head in, but they rolled away and left some dynamite behind which managed to finally blow the base off. With that, the statue fell over. "THIS IS BUT A SCRATCH OF WHAT I'LL DO TO YOU!" it claimed as it tried to get up, but they responded by walking over with a pulled-out sword. They raised the sword and stabbed into the statue, managing to make a hole big enough to fit a piece of dynamite which was placed inside before they jumped back as the statue was blown to pieces.

"Okay, that was a lot closer than it should have been," they stated as they turned to see Azure looking shocked.

"T-that was just a minion of this king?" he blurted out.

"Yeah, but probably his strongest one, so not like we'd have to worry about anything that dangerous until we reach him," 1x pointed out.

"That's, a fair point I guess," he accepted. They then turned to the end of the hall and smiled when they realized something.

There was a courtyard on the other side!

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1x1x1x1 smiled as they stepped out into the sunlight and actually stretched a bit. "Why are you stretching?" Azure asked.

"Because I wanted to," they answered before looking into the field. *Hmmmm, nobody catches my attention, so I'll just go,* they thought before walking over to the closed gate and looking at it. "Welp, that way's blocked," they noted.

"Do you have any ideas on how to get in?" he checked.

"I know the perfect way to get in!" they claimed before raising their hands towards the gate. "OPEN SESAME!" they shouted and there was a short pause where nothing happened. "Welp, that's all I can do," they admitted as he just face-palmed. He took a second to glance around until he pointed towards something.

"That window looks to have some cracks in it already," Azure pointed out as 1x quickly went over to see the window he was talking about.

"Good catch!" they complimented before pulling out the ball and throwing it at the window, breaking it and allowing them to jump inside. On the other side were a whole bunch of guards who immediately looked towards them.

"YOU! HAH, YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD WALTZ IN HERE, HUH! MEN, BUILD IT UP!!" a guard ordered before they quickly went towards the path forward and pulled out some barricades. "HAH! LET'S SEE YOU GET THROUGH THIS!" they exclaimed.

*Drat, if I had either the venom or daemon shank I could just mass infection them all and then get through, but I don't, UGH!* they thought as they wanted to badly to just kick all their *****, but knew they had to do something else. That is when a chandelier fell on all of them as 1x looked behind to see Azure coming down some stairs.

"You were just standing there so I was trying to find a way past then show you," he explained.

"Ah, well good job, you cleared the way!" they stated. *Man, he is being really helpful! Even if I had been able to do everything myself,* they thought. They started to walk down the hall past a huge door with a lock on it, and past another door that had a red lock on it. *I probably need a red key for that one,* they thought as they entered the next room. It seemed to be some kind of armory, and there were two guards inside. They wasted no time grabbing a shield off the wall and tossing it at the first guard, knocking them down as they rushed and stabbed through the helmet of the second guard before stomping on the neck of the first one to feel it snap under the force. 1x turned around to see Azure grabbing a shield off the wall and putting it on his back.

"I have a feeling that Two Time, which is the name of my old friend we saw earlier, is likely going to try to stab me in the back literally, so it would be good to have some protection back there right?" he pointed out.

*Right, his knife was pretty sharp,* they remembered. "Yeah sounds good. Anyway, I am certain a key is nearby," they claimed as they went through the door next to them. On the other side, there was a red key on an anvil, so they rushed over and picked it off it. Immediately they started running to get to the locked door and when they arrived quickly unlocked it. On the other side was a dining hall with a bunch of guards sitting at the tables. Immediately a memory came back to them, one 1x didn't expect to see again.

That of a powerful wizard who worked in the kitchen.

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1x1x1x1 immediately turned to Azure. "Hey, can I borrow your hat?" they requested.

"Oh, ummmm, what for?" he asked.

"I want to better fit in with the guy I'm going to have to meet. Also, you can't come with me and it's too dangerous," they explained.

"O-oh, if it is as dangerous as you say, then sure I can," he allowed as he took off his hat showing, actually showing some purplish black hair underneath.

*Huh, guess that's a leftover between time travel like those kids' strength,* they thought as they took the hat and put it on their head. They nodded before walking into the dining area seeing a bunch of hungry knights sitting down at tables. *Alright, just got to get in, find the key that is likely in there, and get out before they realize who I am,* 1x thought as they walked past everyone and into the kitchen. Immediately the wizard heard them, but didn't take the time to look at them from the pot.

"Are you the assistant mage I ordered? I've been waiting...Goodness, I knew RentAnAssistant(tm) was slow but jeez...No more fooling around! We've got knights to feed! While I prepare the stove with MAGIC, I need...one bottle of rose-colored liquid. Yes, one will do just fine for now," the Kitchen Wizard yapped.

*Okay, so this guy is actually pretty dangerous if I fight him, so I should do what he says,* they thought before they walked over to where there was a bunch of red liquids on a wall. *Ummmmm, all of these look the same. There's also no labels on any of these, so uhhhh, I'll take this one!* they thought as they grabbed one at random. 1x then walked over to him and handed it over. "I didn't see any labels, so is this-" they started before he took it from their hand.

"Aha! Here we go...Let me just drip a few drops into this container and," he mumbled as he put in a few drops and the liquid turned yellow. "Huh...that's...odd. Wait a minute!" he shouted before there was a giant explosion which ended up with everything on one big pile with the cauldron on top of it all. "YOU IDIOT! THAT WAS A SCARLET BOTTLE! I NEEDED A ROSE ONE!" the Kitchen Wizard shouted.

"Oh, it's not my fault you didn't label the bottles, that's basic wizarding! Always label everything so that anybody who isn't able to tell the difference in something is still able to be of assistance!" they pointed out.

"UGH! WHATEVER, just leave so I can give you a one star review," he ordered. 1x was about to do that when they noticed something.

"Hey, it still make something," they pointed out.

"You can have it, just leave!" he demanded. Immediately they started to hop up the difference ovens, being careful not to accidentally turn one on, until they reached the top and picked up what seemed to be a potion of some time. That is when a bird proved he could fly, and had a new wizard hat too boot.

"Oh, yo what's up. That guy down there is a punk. I had to teach him a lesson," Tutorial Terry claimed.

*Wow, is this guy trying to steal my heart? Insulting people AND beating jerks?* they internally joked.

"Got this cool hat out of it...I don't think he'll mind. Anyway, what have you been up to bruh?" he inquired before he noticed the potion 1x was holding. "Huh, that's a weird looking bottle you got there. Do you have any ideas what it does?" he asked.

"Nope, but do you want to test it out or do I have to?" they checked.

"You should do it, you're the one who owns it now," he pointed out.

*That's a fair point. Man, this penguin has managed to go from just an annoyance to someone sane I could actually talk to!* they realized before they drank the potion, and in a puff of smoke shrunk down to a tiny side. "OH COME ON!" they screamed out in a totally normal and not at all high pitched voice.

"Oh, so that's what it does. Don't worry, it is probably reversible if you drink it again," Tutorial Terry suggested.

*I hope that's right,* 1x thought before taking another drink and in another puff of smoke, returned to normal size. "THANK ****!" they exclaimed. "This could be useful, anyway you probably have something you want to do, so I'll be going now," they stated as they started to go down from the ovens as to not be seen as being invincible to long drops, taking a moment to savour seeing the Kitchen Wizard layed out on the ground, before leaving and quickly making their way back through the dining hall and back to Azure, handing him back his hat.

"So, we're all good to go?" he assumed.

"Not quite yet, but we're close, I can feel it," they claimed.

That is when a knife plinked off the shield on his back.

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1x1x1x1 quickly reacted seeing an opportunity and slashed at Two Time before he could try anything else on Azure. "GET BACK!" they ordered as they threw their ally to the side.

"Who are you?" they asked.

"Player, and I have heard your name is Two Time?" they noted. *Not like I wouldn't notice that crazy look in your eyes,* they thought seeing that same crazed smile and eyes as if they were on their second life in the realm.

"That is correct, I see my Azure told you some stuff about me," they blurted out.

*My Azure? Now that I think about it, I never did ask how deep their connection was, so maybe. Eh, I don't care, doesn't want to make me whip their *** any less,* they thought as they thought for a moment, before putting away their sword. "I want to make this more interesting for me, so I will only be using my hands while fighting you," 1x claimed. Two Time looked a bit surprised, but kept the same smile on their face.

"Very well, glad this can be fast so I can get my second life back," they replied, smile growing wider.

*Oh boy, I've been WAITING to kick your **** in with my bare hands for a LONG time now,* they thought as they rushed in. They made it predictable as to bait them trying their old trick of sidestepping and stabbing them in the back, and when the most insane person ever went for it, they stopped immediately and grabbed them by the arm. Immediately they punched them right in the ribs, hopefully breaking at least one before tossing them towards a wall. They were staggered for a second, before trying to dash in with a stab, only for the hand with the knife to get grabbed and twisted before a punch came right into their cheek. 1x didn't let the assault end there, quickly grabbing Two Time by their hair and slamming their face into their knee, a loud crack signifying a broken nose before throwing them to the ground. "Is that all you got?" they mocked.

"No, not yet," the liar lied as they got up, staggering a bit. They looked at their hand a bit while waiting for an attack, and when one came they side-stepped and tripped the idiot cultist and smiled when they hit the ground.

*Oh, I might as well break their spirit too,* they thought as their smile grew wider. "Welp, you're boring me now, so I am just going to kill you now," they claimed as they pulled out their sword.

"No, NO! I NEED TO PROVE MY DEVOTION TO SPAWN STILL! I NEED TO GET MY SECOND LIFE BACK!" they exclaimed.

"What are you talking about?" 1x inquired. *Here it comes!* they thought.

"After I sacrificed my Azure, I was soon brought into the realm of an entity I do not know the name of, and there I learned I had my second life," Two Time stated.

"Really now? Were there other people with you?" they asked.

"Yeah, a few admins and hackers, but why does it matter?" they replied.

"Wait, actual admins? What were they forced to hunt you down?" they pretended to blurt out.

"No, they were forced into being hunted, like me in that Spawn forsaken place," they claimed.

"Wait, an entity was strong enough to trap admins and make them weak enough to be killed?" 1x questioned.

"Indeed it was," they confirmed.

"I-I can actually confirm that," Azure added.

*Oh boy, time to crush their spirit!* they thought, resisting the urge to grin from ear to ear. "Wait, if an entity is strong enough to make admins killable, what's stopping it from giving someone a second life?" they pointed out. Two Time went to say something, but something seemed to click within them.

"O-oh my Spawn, t-the need to stab to-and what was close to being my death might have actually-WHAT DID I DO!" they shouted, as everything they had done had just hit them all at once.

*THERE IT IS! THE MOMENT I WAS WAITING FOR!* 1x thought, ready to go for the kill now. That was when they turned to him and started to tear up.

"I-I, I can't even begin to apologize for what I've done to you, I-I'll be going now," they stated as they stood up.

"T-Two Time," Azure blurted out.

"I-if you ever want to contact me for whatever reason, whether it be to give me what I deserve or not, you know where to find me," they claimed.

*Ugh, this moment is starting to get mushy, now the atmosphere of the kill is ruined! Ugh!* they thought as they put their sword away. Slowly Two Time stood up and started to walk away. He looked like he wanted to say something, but held it back. When they were finally gone, 1x turned to him. "'My Azure?' Was there something you weren't telling me about your dynamic?" they asked.

"I, y-yeah. We were on the verge of waiting before they...I thought they were going to ask to go out with me when I got a note to go off to where I was sacrificed," he explained.

"I see. You want to go face the king now?" they checked.

"I, no. I have to think about things," Azure replied.

"What's there to think about? They sacrificed you for nothing and tried to do it again," they pointed out.

"Yes, but their voice there," he noted. "Their remorse, I could feel it. Also, even at the time I hated them the most, I still missed the good times that both of us shared," he admitted. "I'll, let you go face the king. I've probably been holding you back for most fights honestly, so it is probably for the best that you do it solo anyway. I'll leave you alone and think about what to do next," he stated.

*Man, just when I thought he was cool too,* 1x thought, shaking the thought away. "Well, I guess this is goodbye then. It has been, honestly a decent experience traveling with you, even if I have no idea why you would even consider talking to them again," they claimed. Azure then said something that 1x immediately got a bit mad at, mostly because of the insinuation of it.

"Maybe you'll understand if you meet someone you love one day."

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1x1x1x1 wanted so badly to teach Azure a lesson about talking about "having someone special" around them. *I don't NEED anyone. I am Shedletsky's hatred given form! I don't need anyone to try and say they understand what I am like!* they thought.

"Well, I'll be going now," he stated as he walked away towards the window to jump out of it again. They just sighed and walked to the door with the lock.

*There was no key in the kitchen, so how am I supposed to get to the king?* they wondered, that is when they noticed that while the door next to them was also closed shut, it had a small hole in the wall. They walked over to the hole, thought for a moment, and drank the shrinking potion, shrinking to a size that they could fit through the hole. *Nice!* they thought as they walked through it to see the treasure room, with the key on the top of a chest, and, a guy with cheese on his head? *I am just going to ignore him as he likely has some issues,* 1x thought as they drank the potion again, went and grabbed the key, went back to the hole, drank the potion again, went through it again, and drank the potion one last time. They then walked up to the giant door and unlocked it, watching it slowly open up. The next room just had some stairs with a bunch of people on them that they walked past.

"HALT!" a guard called out as they walked up to them. "You're the guy who Shedletsky messaged us about, right?" he assumed.

"Yeah, and?" they confirmed.

"Then I apologize for any trouble you may have had getting to this point. At this point, I am thinking of leaving the kingdom because it feels like the king has gone mad with power as of late...I feel as if it has something to do with the ice dagger," he apologized. "I was ordered to capture you, but at this point I feel as if you need to meet the king, so go and please, talk reason into him," he begged.

*Someone requesting something from me? That's, new,* 1x thought, but shot it from his mind. "I will try, but I doubt he will listen, and if he tries to attack me if reason fails just know I will kill him," they added.

"I understand," the guard accepted. He hesitated for a moment, but then walked away as they turned back to the last door before the king. They walked through it as the door slammed shut behind them. They then started to slowly walk down the hall, towards the throne they saw on the other side. As they approached the throne, things got colder and colder, until the stone itself was frozen by ice, but that didn't matter as they stood in front of the Cruel King.

"So, you're the one who has caused all of this ruckus?" he guessed.

"I am, and I will be politely asking you for the ice dagger, as I am sure you heard that Shedletsky needs it," 1x pointed out.

"I can't do that," he claimed.

"Why not?" they demanded.

"The ice dagger, has given me glances into the future, visions of what is to come, and told me what happens next," he started. "It has shown me that Blockrock Kingdom will fall to an individual, the very manifestation of Shedletsky's hatred and malice, and that I will die by their hand," he continued.

"Then why not allow Shedletsky to take it then? If it gave you those visions, why wouldn't it give him the same? With that, it also means that he would come to help you fight against his hatred," they noted.

"No! I can't risk it! I will not let my kingdom and everything I have worked for have the chance to fall against a being like that! Besides, that thing attacked me while I didn't have the ice dagger on me, which means I am more likely to succeed if I have it with me, so don't think I will be giving it up without a fight," the Cruel King stated.

"Fine, I tried to be reasonable, but that was never going to work," 1x claimed as they drew their sword. *I guess I will be taking care of you now rather than later. I could reveal my true form and win easily, but I want to see JUST how strong this restricted version of me is,* they thought.

"Very well, I shall make this swift," he claimed before pulling out a staff and standing up. He then waved the staff in the air as a cold mist started to appear around them. Immediately being able to tell it was dangerous, they jumped up just before the mist seemed to have an icy explosion. They used this height to try and land a quick and decisive hit to end the battle immediately, but he pulled out the dagger and blocked the attack. They then pulled out some dynamite and lit it before hopping back, but he simply froze it to stop it from blowing up.

*Drat, he's better with it than I thought,* they realized as they tried to figure out an attack plan. That's when the Cruel King tapped his scepter on the ground to make an ice path before pulling out the ice dagger and running on the path at 1x faster than he normally could. They noted his movements and waited, and when he went for a slash, they carried and grabbed him by the neck before slashing across his body and sending him onto the throne again. He immediately used ice to freeze up the wound to stop any blood from getting out.

"Impressive, I can see why you may be a threat," he noted.

"Trust me, you have no idea what I'm capable of," they claimed as they waited. He started to send a chilled wind towards them for a freeze, but they replied by pitching the ball at him, distracting him so that he couldn't quite get it to fully cover the sides allowing them to dodge while also hitting him in the head with a frozen ball. As the ball managed to somehow bounce back to be caught, the Cruel King held his head for a moment before turning his attention back to 1x just as they rushed towards him. They went for a slash, expecting to be blocked, but not expecting to be dodged and stabbed in the back, freezing them on the spot.

"There we go," he blurted out as he let out a sigh of relief. "That makes things a lot easier to-" he started, but he let his guard down enough for them to break a hand out of the ice and grab his neck before pulling him to slam his head into the ice breaking it all around them. They quickly pulled out their sword and stabbed him in the gut before throwing him to the floor. Just as he reached for the ice dagger to heal himself again, they stabbed through his hand to stop him.

"Game, over," they claimed.

"...It happened...I failed them...I failed all of them," the Cruel King stated. 1x looked down at him as he seemed to be seeing something. "...Those visions...I see them again...The kingdom up in flames...The green figure behind it all...The slaughter of innocent lives. All of it, is your fault," he spat before turning into ice and shattering.

*You were a strong opponent, a lesser warrior would have fallen to you, but I am no lesser warrior,* they thought before turning to the ice dagger that was left. They gently picked it up, slashing at the air for a second as they did so. That is when they realized something, something they couldn't ignore.

*If this sword guardian was controlled, then it is possible the others were too.*

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1x1x1x1 passed by Roblox HQ for the time being. *I can tell Shedletsky I have the sword later, I want pizza now,* he thought, having gotten bored of being non-binary. He walked straight to the teleport building and to the person working the counter. "Hello again, are the teleporters working now?" he checked.

"Yes, sir they are. Also, the kids are back to their original universes too," she stated.

"Very good. Now I'd like to use this to travel to a place in this universe, more specifically Builder Bro's pizza," he requested.

"Alright, that's fine, just find and step through the portal there and you'll be there. It should be on the left if our fix didn't change its location," she claimed. He nodded in response and walked off to the right. He looked at both sides of the portals until he found the one that led to the pizza place and walked through the portal. *Ah, this place! I have never been here before,* 1x thought before shrugging and walking through the door. He walked up to the line and started to wait. It was a pretty big line, so he got bored fast. *Ugh! I wish I could just force the people ahead to get out of my way!* he thought annoyed. It felt like forever for him until he reached the cash register.

"Hello sir, what would you like to order?" the receptionist inquired.

"Do you guys serve meat lovers here?" he checked.

"Sorry, but we don't, we only serve pepperoni and sausage pizza," they apologized.

*Ugh, that's annoying,* he thought. "Can I have a pizza with both toppings then?" he requested.

"Sure you can sir, and that would be forty tix," they stated.

*Must have added five for the sausage,* 1x guessed as he pulled out the tix needed and handed them over.

"You may now go find a seat," they allowed.

*Alright, let's see,* he thought. He looked around the restaurant to see that most of the seats were taken, except for one. He walked over to the guy sitting down and immediately recognized him and his son. "Excuse me, but may I sit across from you?" he checked.

"O-oh, uhhhhh, sure," 007n7 replied. He nodded before doing so, taking a quick look at c00lkidd to see he seemed to be doing perfectly well.

"Dad Dad! Can I go play around here?" he requested.

"Sorry c00lkidd, but I need you to stay with me this time, okay?" he claimed.

"Awwwww, can I at least go use the restroom?" he inquired.

"Yeah go ahead," he allowed. Immediately the kid jumped over his lap and ran to the restroom.

"Energetic kid huh?" 1x noted.

"Yeah, he can be a bit energetic at times," he admitted. "May I ask what your name is?" he asked.

"Player," he claimed.

"My name's 007n7, it's nice to meet you," he responded.

"Like, the hacker?" he blurted out. *Need to act like I don't know who he is,* he thought.

"Former. Former hacker. I retired after finding c00lkidd on my doorstep," he stated.

"Oh, sorry," he apologized.

"Oh, no it's okay," he insisted. "Boy am I glad that this was before we got banned from this place," he muttered. After that, there were a few seconds of awkward silence. "W-wait did you hear that?" he checked.

"Maybe I did, and I actually am curious about what exactly you mean by before you got banned from this place," 1x claimed.

"Well, it's a bit of a long story," 007n7 admitted.

"Meh, I got time until my pizza arrives," he replied.

"A-ah, alright. Basically I let c00lkidd go crazy in here too long too many times, and because he ended up wrecking the place, an employee named Elliot black listed us from here, and then a whole thing with going into a realm that I really don't want to go into happened, and I woke up here, a few days before we ended up getting blacklisted," he explained.

"Oh, I think I have heard a bit of this realm actually, but if you don't want to go into it yourself you don't have to," he insisted.

"O-oh, okay. Well, I plan on making sure to undo many of the mistakes I had made before, like letting c00lkidd cause damage here enough to get us blacklisted," 007n7 claimed.

"Yet you let him go to the restroom by himself," 1x joked. Immediately the father became alert.

"G-give me one second," he requested before running into the restroom. A few minutes later, both he and c00lkidd walked out with the latter seeming a bit annoyed.

*Hehe, guess that kid was doing what he wasn't supposed to,* he thought. They both sat down soon after, and just then his pizza order came, and then he noticed that the duo hadn't gotten one yet. "Why's your order taking longer than mine?" he questioned.

"O-oh, I actually ordered four pizzas to make sure we have a lot leftover after today," he answered.

"Ah, got it," he responded, before taking a slice of pizza and starting to eat it. It did not take long for the first slice to be gone, and it was followed by another, and another, and another, until it was all gone. *Man this place sells some good food!* 1x thought.

"W0w, y0u eat fast!" c00lkidd exclaimed.

"Well, I guess I do," he admitted. *Something that comes with being the hatred of a fat **** unfortunately,* he thought.

"Well, I assume you're going to be going now?" 007n7 guessed.

"Yep, no reason for me to stick around," he confirmed.

"Alright then. Goodbye," he replied.

"G00dbye!" he added. He gave them a small smile before getting up and walking out of the store. He had a thought that appeared in his mind, one that caught him off guard as he had never thought anything like it before.

*I wouldn't mind talking with them again sometime.*

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Stickmasterluke jolted up from being asleep at his work desk. *O-oh, I guess I fell asleep,* he thought as he turned to see what was going to be his greatest creation, the Cataclysm. It would've be the perfect upgrade to the weather machine he had already made for his experience, being able to be able to be a direct boss fight in there, or at least as close to a boss fight as the game could get while still keeping the same gameplay loop. It would be the perfect thing to add to truely complete his game. However, recently he had been forced back into the past, before ot had been finished and had gone missing the same day before he could add it, and a year before he ended up in the realm, going to a match where he had to directly run from Shedletsky's hatred, John Doe corrupted beyond recognition, and that kid who had messed up his entire game once. He wasn't alone though, a few of the other admins and 007n7, who he had heard retired, but given he let his kid do what he did to his game, he wasn't exactly ecstatic to see him around. Stickmasterluke thought that there was nothing in the realm that could surprise him, until he saw his own creation attacking the people who were trying to survive too. He couldn't describe the feeling he felt when he saw that, especially since it was still technically just following its programming on a different world. He returned to the current time however, and put his hand on th Cataclysm. "Maybe someday you will see the light of day, but not for a while," he claimed. That was when a mist he remembered all too well started to form around them. All he could do was stare in fear as he understood what was happening in that moment.

They were being drug back into the realm.