Seto's P.O.V
I watch as Jerome, Rob, and Lachlan fight the monsters. We got lucky, there is a big herd of them today. I cross my arms. They are all wearing armor that I use to wear, back before I won the game. Well I really wouldn't call it that I won. I look down at the grass feeling a gentle breeze come. It's weird how real this world is. After all it's virtual reality. I look up walking Rob. They are lucky, they are lucky they never got dragged into this world by force. I grit my teeth a little.

When my game was going on, I made friends. I didn't mean to but I did and..and we all got to end together. But the rules are the rules, there could only be one winner. And...I..

"Seto." Lachlan said snapping me back to reality. I look over at him.

"Yeah?" I said. I look at his level. 35. Not bad.

"How much longer do we have to do this?" He asks.

"You allgot the techniques down, I just want your HP to be high." I said.

"But why?" He asks.

"Because you need it." I said. Lachlan walks back over to fight. Truth be told that where Mitch is, there are high level monsters but there are very few of them. Having a high amount of HP doesn't matter as long as you got your regeneration skill on. But still..I just can't watch that death animation ever again. I've seen it too many times for too many friends. I look at each one of them. Should I tell them? Tell them what happened after the GameMaster was killed? I mean...Mitch..he um..I shake my head a little. Jerome said he can take me back to the real world but I've been in here for so long, what's left of me? How can I go back? I knew I had a girlfriend but...but she wouldn't wait for me at all. Who knows what I look like in the real world, probably either in the ground or hooked up to machines that are keeping me alive. Truth be told I sort of don't want to leave this world. I got nothing left in the real one, but it's so lonely in this one. I look at them as they walk to me. I look at each other their levels.

"Impressed?" Jerome asks.

"Overachievers." I said. They are almost all level 55 or 56. "Okay now you'll need to maxed out your regeneration skill."

"Why?" Lachlan asks.

"Just do it." I snapped. If you maxed out your regeneration skill then your HP will very rarely hit the red zone. "Swipe your hand down, that will access the menu. It's just like how you guys were able to access your storage." They do that and go to the skills menu. What am I doing? I can't tell them why I want their regeneration maxed out. They'll think I'm just ridiculous. "After you maxed it out, you should have some points left over. So unlock hearing, night vision, speed, and mapping."

"What's hearing and mapping?" Rob asks.

"I had you unlock mapping so if you are lost, a map will pop inside your head directing you to a place you have been to before. I had you up your hearing because some monsters are soundless if you haven't unlocked hearing skills yet." I said.

"Ahh okay." Rob said.

"So to Mitch and Preston now?" Jerome asks.

"That's just it Jerome. How do you know Preston is with Mitch? He could be anywhere." I said. This world is huge, I've almost see all of it. The dungeons, the traps, the different climates, and the...graves. The graves of all the killed players from the past.

"Seto? Seto." Jerome said. How could they even think about coming here? Don't they realize how dangerous this place is? How much death and grief this game has caused?! They should know better themselves because Mitch was dragged into this hell by force like I was! I always asked myself why I kept on fighting in this world, I mean I could just kill myself easy. But that was back when my HP was under 7000. After it surpassed 7000, it was impossible for me to put myself to rest. I got myself stuck here, fighting for no reason all because I can't even commit suicide to make the pain of being here stop! I take a step back staring at the ground. I feel tears form in the back of my eyes.

I saved Mitch, why did I do that? I should have let him die. But he was suffering in front of me, I can't see that death animation again, I just can't! Especially if it's someone I know. There are here because of me. They are here to get Mitch and Preston, I doubt they even knew I was here. I doubt they even noticed me missing from the real world. I doubt anyone has. After CJ won the game, Mitch was suffering. His HP was in the red, but I...I just had to cheat the system and heal him.

"Seto!" Lachlan yelled grabbing my arms. I look at him. "Hey. You spaced out on us for two minutes." I can't let anything bad happen to these three, I already failed one of them. This is my mess to clean up, not theirs or Notch's. Mine. I can get Preston out, then I can destroy the system. Sure it will take me with it, but that doesn't matter. After all I've been in this game for over two years, how can I go back to my real life?

"This is a pretty cool game. So how are we gonna find out where they are?" Rob asks me. But...how would I be able to convince them that after they got a taste of this? I loved this game at first, but that was before I knew why I was really here in the first place. I look at them.

"We'll figure it out." I said to them.