// Welcome hero, to the world of Evaskalon. I'm sure you are quite confused as to what exactly is happening right now, but to give you a quick summary: You're the offspring of a human and an angel, but you've lived your entire life as the human son of a wealthy noble until five years ago when you started this adventure. You have almost all of the holy powers of the angels in the heavens and have defeated many foes along your journey and now you have reached the den of your mightiest enemy yet, the Demon King. It is time for you to finish your journey and become the hero of this land. //
[[fight with my friends]]
[[take on the king alone]]You open your eyes and find yourself laying on the floor of a tent. Looking around you find your armor and equipment not far away, and you being to hear cheers coming from outside. You hear a voice beckon you outside once you have grabbed your gear.
[[search the tent]]
[[go outside]]
Even though you've made this decision you question if it is the right choice to make. You are only so strong on your own. You ignore your indecisiveness and make your through the tunnel you found. You hear the laugh of a very coarse voice over and over. As you keep going down it only gets louder.
[[turn back
[[keep going]] After searching for a time you discover a tunnel hidden by someone's shield. You can hear an echoing laugh coming from it and shudder as you listen to the coarse voice.
[[put the shield back ->go outside]]
[[explore the tunnel ->take on the king alone]] When you walk out of the tent you find yourself blinded by the light of the morning sun. Once adjusted you find yourself to be standing atop a cliff overlooking a valley. Thousands of troops from around Evaskalon can be seen and sitting on the cliff you see your dearest friends who have accompanied you throughout your adventures.
[[find your wife]]
[[speak with your friends]]You look around and quickly find your wife, Kaiyo. You met each other during your journey while you relocated yourself to find the next objective. She is a beautiful dark elf, and is everything you could have ever asked for. She smiles when she spots you and you walk over. You talk with her about your lives after the raid. You both want to go back to where you met and live out your lives using the money you inherited as a noble.
//Do you want to risk your wife? Your future? Your love? The woman that you thought you would only dream of?//
A familiar voice echoes in your head, but you ignore it.
[[don't take the risk ->take on the king alone]]
[[speak with your friends]]
[[finish preparations for the raid]] You walk over to your friends and they fill you in on all the details you don't remember about the raid. You feel as though something is terribly wrong but you don't quite understand what it is.
[[sneak off on your own ->take on the king alone]]
[[find your wife]]
[[finish preparations for the raid]] Everyone gathers in front of the gate around the Demon King's castle, and they all look to you to give them words of encouragement before the battle. You stand before them and give a speech led by your alter ego. //This is the final battle comrades. It is finally time for us to end the reign of the Demon King and bring back prosperity to the land of Evaskalon. Ready yourselves soldiers, for this fight is where we shall come home victorious, where your bravery shall be demonstrated for the world to see. We will bring back peace, for ourselves, for our families, for our people!//
[[advance through the gates]]You can begin to feel a dark aura as you proceed further down into the cave. As you reach the end of the tunnel you find yourself in the Demon King's throne room! Your breathing grows heavy and you begin to feel nervous. You question whether this is what you want to do and think of your friends, and your wife. You will protect their lives. You will be the hero.
''Hello hero. Why don't you come out so I can see you?'' says the coarse voice.
[[expose yourself]]
[[sneak around the throne room]]''Thank you for finally showing yourself. Personally I don't want to waste time in having both of our armies slaughter one another, granted it would be enjoyable to watch. Especially as I would partake in the action myself, however I would much rather have the fight of a life time now as I have been ever so bored with myself for the past century. Now, shallwe slaughter each other?'' The Demon King says with a disgusting smile on his face all the while.
[[end the fight right now]] You attempt to hide along the many decorations and statues within the room. You hear the coarse voice laugh once more and suddenly a dark hole appears beneth your feet.
''You can not hide your divine blood from me''
[[teleport ->expose yourself]] Your eyes glow a solid white and four pairs of wings sprout from your back.
''Oh how frightening. I haven't seen this trick before.'' The king stays seated in his throne and barely lifts his sword in preparation. You begin to chant a spell and magic circles appear all around stacking themselves on top of on another. //SALVATION//
[[cast the spell]]
[[cast it on yourself]] You cast the spell onto the Demon King and he smiles. ''Finally something that hurts. It's almost like his touch. It's actually a bit too much.'' He struggles to get out of his throne, a column of light surrounding him, crushing him into nothing. He slowly walks over to you and raises his sword, struggling to strike. The power begins to fade from you and the king's sword grows closer to your throat.
[[end]]//salvation. Salvation. SALVATION.//
You cast the spell on yourself and you can feel your power rising. A sword of pure holy power forms in your hands. You slash it once towards the king who immediately blocks it with his sword. ''Stronger than I thought.''
You focus all of your power into your sword and slash once more with everything you have. The King whispers one word: ''Engulf.'' All of your power is lost and you fall to the ground. The King looks down at you. ''That was a lot less fun than I anticipated.'' He picks you up swallowing you whole.
[[end]]The king suddenly explodes into nothing. //I used your remaining holy power to finish it.// You thank your alter ego. You lie there on the floor and chuckle at how quickly the battle ended compared to how long the plan predicted it would last. You begin to close your eyes, and your fatigue from using the spell overtakes you. When you awaken you find yourself in a hospital with your wife lying asleep on the bed with dried tears on her face. "I'm sorry." You kiss her forehead and slowly gert out of bed. You find out from a nurse that it's not long after you snuck out of the tent and that the fight is over. The demons fell back after the king was slain and civil war started among them to claim the throne. Your wife suddenly embraces you from behind, crying. You embrace her and say once more "I'm sorry." Later on you and your wife raise two healthy children in the little village you met. Life goes on happily, and everyhting you could have ever wished for is yours. As the gates open to the demon kings castle a dark portal appears beneath your feet. It is too late to prevent yourself from falling through, and you see an enourmous portal form beneath the feet of the army and beneath the feet of your friends. You reach out to your wife to no avail. You are alone. When you arrive at your destination you appear in front of the demon king.
[[ try and hide]]
[[ stand your ground]]You attempt to hide along the many decorations and statues within the room. You hear the coarse voice laugh once more and suddenly a dark hole appears beneth your feet.
''You can not hide your divine blood from me''
[[teleport -> stand your ground]] ''Thank you for finally showing yourself. Personally I don't want to waste time in having both of our armies slaughter one another, granted it would be enjoyable to watch. Especially as I would partake in the action myself, however I would much rather have the fight of a life time now as I have been ever so bored with myself for the past century. Now, shallwe slaughter each other?'' The Demon King says with a disgusting smile on his face all the while.
[[ end the fight right now]] Your eyes glow a solid white and four pairs of wings sprout from your back.
''Oh how frightening. I haven't seen this trick before.'' The king stays seated in his throne and barely lifts his sword in preparation. You begin to chant a spell and magic circles appear all around stacking themselves on top of on another. //SALVATION//
[[ cast the spell]]
[[ cast it on yourself]] You cast the spell onto the Demon King and he smiles. ''Finally something that hurts. It's almost like his touch. It's actually a bit too much.'' He struggles to get out of his throne, a column of light surrounding him, crushing him into nothing. He slowly walks over to you and raises his sword, struggling to strike. The power begins to fade from you and the king's sword grows closer to your throat. //Time for an assist?// Your body begins to glow once more and you feel power swelling up inside of you. It's time to deliver the final blow.
[[final strike]]//salvation. Salvation. SALVATION.//
You cast the spell on yourself and you can feel your power rising. A sword of pure holy power forms in your hands. You slash it once towards the king who immediately blocks it with his sword. ''Stronger than I thought.''
You focus all of your power into your sword and slash once more with everything you have. The King whispers one word: ''Engulf.'' All of your power is lost and you fall to the ground. The King looks down at you. ''That was a lot less fun than I anticipated.'' He picks you up swallowing you whole. //I'll take care of this one.// Your body begins to glow once more and you feel power swelling within you. It is time to deliver the final blow.
[[final strike]]You feel your cheek aching as you slowly begin to open your eyes. In front of you is your desk, your computer with all of the code running on it, and your co-worker leaning on the edge of your desk.
"Why'd you wake me up J?"
"You spend too much time asleep instead of actually working on the code for the game. Deadlines are coming up soon. We need to get it done, and I don't need you sleeping at the office for another week."
"Alright. Alright."
She leaves and you get back to work.
[[keep working]]
[[fall asleep again ->final strike]] The work is grueling and tiring. The end of the day approaches but you need to keep working on the programming since you're already behind schedule.
You want nothing else but to go home and play games. M walks by and waves goodbye to you. "Gotta get back to the family, can't stay here forever." he says. You wish there was someone waiting at home for you, or even someone ride out the waves with. You're tired of being alone.
[[find somebody]]
[[ keep working]]The lights in the office shut off. The game's code sontinues running in front of your eyes. "I'm done being alone." You get up and check to see that you're alone. You exit the building.
[[to the train]]
[[to your hometown]] You don't want to do this anymore. You're absolutely sick of it. It's time for you to find something better than this job of endlessly flowing code that just keeps needing be to written every single day.
[[to the train]]
[[to your hometown]] You walk to the train. You get on. You have no idea where you're going but you know that it's far away from anything you were familiar with. You get off in an unfamiliar neighborhood. After you get off the train you just start walking. Your stomach growls and find that there is a bakery open not far away.
[[keep walking]]
[[go into the bakery]]"I wish things were as simple as they were when I lived back at home. There's nothing there anymore besides an empty house with memories of when I believed that I could become the best game programmer in the world. I guess I should go back there." You take a bus back into your hometown. You recognize the fields and all of the sounds of bugs and birds in the morning.
[[go home]]You walk to your old home. The house looks exactly the same. The old wood still has all of the marks that you left as a kid, and going around the house you can feel all of the little dents in the wall from you playing around.
[[go to your room]]
[[check the farm]] After walking for a while longer your hunger grows unbearable and you can find no restaurants or stroes that have opened yet. The bakery seems to be the only one.
[[go into the bakery]] You walk inside and the bell on the door rings. A young lady walks out from what seems to be the kitchen.
"Oh hello there, what can I ge-- H? Is that you?"
You look at the girl, and laugh. "No way. K? Is that you? I haven't seen you since high school."
"Oh my god! It is you H! C'mere!" she embraces you tightly. It's been quite sometime since you've felt anything like this. It's pretty nice.
"How have you been?"
[[tell her you just left your job]]
[[tell her about struggling to find good work]] For some reason you tell her that you just left your job.
"Holy crap H. What's the plan?"
"I actually don't have one."
"How are you going to survive?"
"I don't know."
"I have an idea. Why don't you help me out with my bakery? Me and my mom could use the help. You still remember everything from when you helped out in high school?"
"Are you sure?"
"Of course. I know you H. You're one of the best people I ever met."
[[time to get to work]] "Damn H, that's rough. What's the plan for now?"
"I actually don't have one."
"How are you going to survive?"
"I don't know."
"I have an idea. Why don't you help me out with my bakery? Me and my mom could use the help. You still remember everything from when you helped out in high school?"
"Are you sure?"
"Of course. I know you H. You're one of the best people I ever met."
[[time to get to work]] You spend your days happily working together with K at the bakery. Each day is another day filled with excitement and joy as long as you have each other. Eventually you two start seeing each other as more than just old friends. Things seem to be looking up for you. How lucky that you stopped at just the right stop and found just the right bakery. You two get married a few years later and you have a place to call home. Someone who wants you to be home. Something feels off though. One day you feel terribly ill and open your eyes to complete darkness. You search everywhere for anything you can see and eventually find a light.
[[to the light ->final strike]] The room is exactly how you left it before you moved. It's emptiness is almost creepy, and all of the memories you have in it start to flow back into you. The first time you had a sleepover and the time when you accidentally broke your drawer but tried to fix it before momma got home so she wouldn't be mad. Then there was-- you trail off in your memories for quite some time and it turns to late in the evening.
[[check the farm]]
[[go to the livingroom]]The farm is in horrible shape. Nothing that you couldn't fix on your own though. Thinking back on it, all of the vegetables you ate as a child came from this farm. You could rebuild it and live here again. Sell all the extra crops for cash or trade it for other foods in the town.
[[go to the livingroom]]
[[try to live here again]] The livingroom still has the old furniture and the tv that papa refused to get rid of. Whenever it started to break down, he'd find a way to get it to work again. You spend some time resting on the couch reminiscing more about your past.
[[check the farm]] It doesn't take you long to fix up the farm, but you need to give it time before you're actually able to produce anything. In the meantime you head into town and encounter a stray dog wandering along the fields. It's small and beat up, and when it looks at you, you can't help but feel sorry for it. You bring it to a vet and bring it some food. You take her home and name her A. You train her to help you with the farm, and the farm grows abundant with crops. A misses you whenever you leave to town for groceries so you've started to take her with you. Years later however, A dies in a car accident. You get into a fight with the driver and when they punch you...
[[not A! ->final strike]]