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Chapter 260 [Laplace!]

[467th Return Continued!]

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[Adam's POV!]

As all the previous returns I expected this one to be the same as the others. With game over message coming and then the whole thing getting restarted again.

Though to my surprise it didn't happen.

[You have reached one of the 25 Endings of the Game!]

[Bad Ending: Lapalce!]

25 Card-like panels appeared in front of me, with 24 of them being locked except for the one with the picture of a crying Laplace.

"Holy cow!" I was surprised to see this. I mean, I did expect to reach the ending of the game someday but... damn! What next?

I looked at the red floating card with a black border, and since nothing was happening by itself, I clicked on the card to see if something would happen.

[Did you know how Laplace was born?]

And a cinematic scene began playing in front of me, before I suddenly found myself standing in a barren land.

I cried. I fucking cried. Even if he wished to destroy the world at that point, I wouldn't have felt anything against him. After what the world had done to him, I kept crying as I saw that 20 year old guy, forgiving the world for what they have done to him.

'You don't have to be a messiha...' I kept crying as I saw him trying to use his powers for the betterment of others, only to be betrayed by those close to him, over and over again. Still he tried. When his best friend betrayed him for another country, he kept trying. When his lover tried to sell him to the Dark Magicians, he kept trying.

Why does he do that? How come he is so... kind?

And then I saw his life turning to be better. He found a girl he loved. He married her and separated himself from the rest of the world. He lived happily for a hundred years until... the Gods found them.

'No... No! RUN! Run Laplace!!!' I shouted. I begged.

And then I saw the Gods killing Laplace and his family as cruelly as possible. They burned his wife in front of him, as he kept begging them not to. And when the last spark was gone, his nature turned to the worst.

He created a clone, and then vanished from there to the underworld. While the Gods fought day and night, finally able to kill the clone. And then they too happily vanished from there.

And as for Laplace. He didn't want to kill the Gods, for they were repeating what the world had done to him. His goal was far bigger than that... he wanted to end the entire world with his power. And for that, he needed to go into hiding, until he had powers to destroy everything.

[Did you know? This world... is pathetic.]

Was the last line before the cinematic story ended.

And I looked at the new screen in front of me.

[Ending Completion reward: Unique Skill of Laplace: Dimensional Portal!]