LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 297: The countdown
"Whatever happens, I want all of us to be safe."
[00:00:05:12:88.]
The two worlds were waiting with heavy hearts.
The time had arrived… the sky was shrouded in a bright blue that most definitely was not natural for either of the worlds.
There was a strange heaviness in the air, many elders could feel a strange sensation on their skins that seemed like an unnatural itch.
Many could feel like the end was approaching, many could feel how the great change that was spoken about in the stories was approaching and many simply wished for a safe tomorrow.
Since no one knew what was going to happen, just like Elio's family, the rest of the world was with their family.
They have had enough time to prepare themselves, and now that the moment that everyone wanted to avoid with all their might, had finally arrived.
"We are going to be alright."
Their house located on a mountain region away from the city area might just be the kind of place that gets attacked by monsters first.
It was common in novels and fantasy stories for distant places like these to fall to the monster attacks first. It was evident that they were going to face something big in the next few minutes, so, all of them were waiting inside Elio's house, before the TV that had the timer ticking down on it.
"It's going to be alright… we will be safe." Elio's mother, V, was saying that to the children and the others, but she was the one that was the most anxious right now.
She did not know what was going to happen to them and since the chances of something bad happening were big, they knew there was going to be a big problem if what they did not want actually came true.
"Will monsters start appearing out of nowhere? Will gates or dimensional cracks open up?
What do you think will be the first to materialize in this world? A 'token' of equilibrium or something like a unique monster?" Eth, Olive's mother, was actually looking forward to what was going to happen.
[00:00:03:44:78.]
Unlike Elio's mom who was anxious about this whole thing, she was looking forward to the kind of change the world will go through.
"Will we have something like a World tutorial, or will there be quests for people all over the world?"
Just like Elio, she had read all kinds of things in all kinds of books.
She was a creator and developer so the ideas that she had were always much brighter than the common people.
However, the reason she was saying all those possibilities out loud was because of her own anxiousness as well.
She was looking forward to seeing what kind of things were going to appear at the end of this collision, and what was going to happen when the two worlds finished merging.
Just like her friend and the children, she was anxious as well. But, unlike the others, she was showing that anxiousness with a smile on her face.
"It's going to be fine, mom. We will be alright."
Olive knew just how everyone around her was feeling. She even knew how the people around the world were feeling, but that wasn't important to her for now.
What she needed to look out for were these people around her, her family.
"It's time…"
[00:00:02:00:58.]
Alex watched the timer ticking down with a dry throat. She was grabbing Elio's hand, her eyes fixed on the screen before her.
Though the others did not know about it, she also had Sir Victor looking out for any dangers. Others did not know about it, but she knew they would know about these things soon as well.
[00:00:01:33:38.]
"Elio." her hand still grabbing his, she looked at him with a serious gaze.
"Yes."
He was calm for now, like his dad and Blaze, but he knew that she could tell he was also anxious about this.
With each tick of the clocks in his house, the timer on the screen before them was clocking down.
Something big was going to happen, and they had no idea just how dangerous it was going to be.
"Whatever happens…"
He was looking back at her, in her deep blue eyes.
"Just know that I love you… and whatever happens, I Will, love you."
She was saying it as if the world was going to end the next moment.
It was not going to be the case since he could tell she also had no idea what was going to happen.
They all knew something was going to happen, but what exactly… none of them had any idea.
"I love you… and I will keep loving you as well.
Just… don't do anything stupid, ok?"
He had to say it. He knew just how dumb this girl was so it was obvious that she might start doing some dumb things as soon as this timer ends.
"Haaaa… only you can joke about these things, dummy."
She shook her head.
[00:00:00:30:01.]
And without giving any answer to his request, looked back at the screen with a new seriousness.
[{ "Status." }]
[00:00:00:22:28.]
[{ There's nothing around, master. However, it seems like the Mana density in the environment is fluctuating. }]
[00:00:00:19:93.]
[{ "This might be the precursors. Keep looking… and deal with anything that might seem dangerous." }]
[{ Yes, master. }]
[00:00:00:15:55.]
Since Victor was able to materialize in this world, she knew many other things were going to come to this world.
He could not use his magic or skills yet, but just the fact that an entity that was only present inside the game until now was present in the real world made things pretty obvious to them all.
[00:00:00:12:36.]
The time had arrived, so…
[Ding!]
A blue status window popped up before all the players in this world.
"Hmmm?"
The people who had never played <NO> weren't left out either as a simple, translucent white status window appeared before them as well.
All the people in the world were now seeing a timer before them.
[9]
The timer was ticking down, and for the players, the same timer was also present on their status windows that had been locked until now.
[8]
[{ "Please look after everyone, Olive." }]
[{ "I will, of course. But…" }]
[{ "It's too late already. You cannot do anything about it… not anymore." }]
[7]
Alex glanced at Olive and shook her head. She had made a decision and she was going to go with it.
[6]
The parents stalled their hearts and hugged their children… Alex being at the center of them all.
She was much more important to this family than someone from outside would imagine.
[5]
She was important, and she was going to remain an important part of this family.
[4]
"Huuuuuuu."
They all took a deep breath and braced themselves.
-Ooooooooooooong!
[3]
The sky outside was changing back to normal. The winds were now blowing faster.
The mountains all around the world, the rivers and oceans, the volcanoes and the grasslands all around the world were now resonating…
The sun, the space, even the empty vacuum in the space was reacting to something.
[2]
All the humans and the animals in the world were suddenly introduced to a strange sensation that appeared instantaneously.
[1]
And just as fast as it had appeared…
[Ding!]
It disappeared as well.
And then…
[World Collision has concluded.]
[A temporary Equilibrium has been established between the two worlds.]
[The two worlds are now interacting with each other.]
Everyone around the world were informed about the new rules that they would be following going forward.