I had just finished one of the best games I have ever played, only to look up and find I was no longer in my room, but kneeling in the bloody sand of a colossal, sun-baked fighting arena.

How did this happen?

How did things go from playing a video game to being transported into the body of a background character within the game, who was exonerated and abandoned due to not having as much magical potential as the rest of the family?

…A character who was doomed to die a very horrible death right at the beginning of the game?

I immediately snapped my gaze from the crushed insect in my hand to Celeste, who spoke. Without giving a reply, I turned, eyes sweeping the surrounding grass until I spotted dozens of the same small, winged insects hovering nearby.


I turned back to Celeste, grabbed her hand, and dragged her forward instantly, then yelled to the others while also motioning with my hands, "Move! We need to move!"


Ino's grip on the leaves tightened. She looked at me with a frown, but instead of questioning my panic, she simply repeated the order to the group with a sharp gesture, "Move!"


Everyone immediately moved out, walking briskly away from the foothills and beginning the ascent deep into the mountain range.


We walked on for a few minutes before Dion finally asked, "What's it this time?"


I opened my palm and showed them the squashed insect in my hand.


Evelyn gasped, and a look of sharp dread ran across her face. "Is that a Husk Fly?"


Chapter 82 - Husk Fly [1]