The blue computer code spun around like a tornado. It grew taller and wider, lighting up the dark forest.
When the light faded, Moon looked up. What he saw made his heart skip a beat.
It was a giant angel made of white metal. It had four massive wings covered in glowing blue eyes. In its hand, it held a sword the size of a truck. It didn't look holy; it looked terrifying.
[Executioner of Sector 2 (Level 25 Boss)]
[Status: Deletion Protocol Active.]
The gravity got even heavier. The ground cracked under Moon's knees. Normal players would be crushed flat like pancakes just from the weight of this boss.
Moon gritted his teeth. His [Grim Reaper] stats pushed back against the gravity. He forced himself to stand up. His muscles burned, but he refused to stay on the ground.
If I fight this the normal way, I will lose, Moon thought. I need to break the rules.
He opened his system menu in his mind. He looked at his skills. He had Shadow Step for movement. He had Code Cancel to break the rules.
"Merge them," Moon ordered his [Classless] talent.
[Merging Skills... Warning! Highly unstable combination!]
[New Skill Created: Glitch Step (Level 1) - Teleport through solid objects, magic, and System rules.]
The giant Executioner Angel raised its massive sword. "TARGET LOCKED," a booming, robotic voice echoed from its many eyes.
The angel swung the giant sword down at Moon. It was so big there was nowhere to dodge. The sword came crashing down, ready to smash him and the forest into dust.
"Glitch Step!" Moon shouted.
Instead of moving away, Moon teleported forward. His body turned into red, glitchy pixels. The giant white sword went right through him without hurting him at all!
Moon re-appeared in the air, right in front of the angel's giant face. He was so close he could see his own reflection in its glowing blue eyes.
"I am the Null," Moon whispered. "And you are deleted."
Moon poured all of his power—all of his 500% boosted stats, all of his fire, and all of his spirit energy—into his Reaper's Scythe. The blade grew to the size of a building, roaring with dark red flames.
He swung the scythe with everything he had.
KA-SSHHHH!
The giant, fiery blade cut the metal angel perfectly in half.
For a second, the world was totally quiet. Then, the Executioner Boss exploded in a massive wave of blue and red light that washed over the entire Second Floor.
[You have killed an Executioner Boss!]
[Grim Reaper Activated: Gained 100 Admin Fragments! Stats Increased astronomically!]
Moon landed gracefully on the ground. The heavy gravity was totally gone. The scary red trees around him started to turn to dust.
Moon looked up at the black sky. Because the Boss was dead, the fake sky of the Second Floor was starting to crack and fall away.
Behind the fake black sky, Moon saw something that made him gasp.
It wasn't another forest. It was a massive, floating metal city. It looked like a castle made of machines, hovering in the real, broken sky of Earth.
[Warning: Administrator Domain Unlocked.]
Moon pulled his black scarf up over his nose. He smiled. The real game wasn't about surviving monsters. It was about taking over the System itself.
"Hold on, Game Masters," Moon said, stepping toward a new, glowing golden portal. "The Reaper is coming for the throne."