The implications made his head spin violently. If the Blood Monarch was built into the game's very structure, programmed as part of his character's development, then why was the system treating its appearance now as a catastrophic error? What had triggered its premature manifestation?
It made him wonder.
'What are avatars? Why wasn't this in the beta test and how do I deal with this?'
His thoughts spiraled like water down a drain, questions piling upon questions with no answers in sight. The darkness around him seemed to pulse with malevolent energy, as if the void itself was alive and watching his distress with cold amusement.
[ATTEMPTING CONTAINMENT...]
[CONTAINMENT FAILED]
[ENTITY CANNOT BE SUPPRESSED FROM CURRENT LOCATION]
[SEARCHING FOR ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS...]
"Alternative solutions?" Akhil's voice cracked, rising with desperation. "What the hell does that mean? What's happening out there?! TELL ME!"
