He stepped closer—close enough that she could see the gold fractures in his irises. "I'm not in your gong lue list."
"You have got to be kidding me," she muttered.
For the first time all day, Lei Mingxia felt something worse than trouble.
The Demon King tilted his head. Then, unexpectedly, he sighed. He stepped closer—close enough that she could see
She felt curious .
The system notification flickered gold and crimson, like a wound in the air.
"That's the trouble with you heroes," he said. "You think it's all strategy guides and affection meters. But you forgot one thing." The Demon King tilted his head
[TROUBLES OF HEROINE — TRIGGERED.]
The system went silent. No notification. No "New Route Unlocked."
"Look," she said, pointing her broken blade at the Demon King. "Can we just... skip the monologue? You say 'Join me,' I say 'Never,' we clash, a deus ex machina happens. I'm tired." The system notification flickered gold and crimson, like
"You're late," he said. "And you brought them ." He gestured at the groaning pile of love interests. "Again."
Lei Mingxia wanted to scream. This was the 1.5.4 patch. The devs had added "realistic heroine fatigue." Her sword arm ached. Her mana pool was 7%. And somewhere in the code of the universe, a cruel game master was laughing.