The Indie Gamer.

Goodbye...

Sly grabbed his nail that was impaled onto the black root, with a little struggle he pulled it out. Sly walked near me, his face was one of happiness. It made me happy as well, I put my nail on my back.

Sly: "Congratulations, Excursion. Your training is finally over, you were one of my best students. I don't think I have seen anyone else learn that fast!"

Sly said as he patted my back, causing some snow to fall down off of my shoulders, I noticed that he looked awkward and was hitting my back harder and harder.

Excursion: "I think that's enough, Sly, you're starting to hurt my back."

Sly: "O-oh, I didn't notice."

Sly said as he stopped hitting my back and held his hand. He looked at me, I finally noticed how tired Sly appeared. It was as if Sly was dying like he just needed some rest, I was worried and decided to speak about it.

Excursion: "Sly... You don't look good, I think you need to res-!"

Sly fell down, but I was quick enough to catch him. I was panicking fully now, I rushed into the house in order to get him out of the cold environment. Only to realize that the holes in the house caused it to be the same temperature as the outside.

I pointed my wrists at the holes and shot webs at them to close them, I then made a poorly made sleeping Matt for Sly. I put him on the Sleeping Matt, he coughed out blood and started to wheeze.

Excursion: "SHIT, SHIT, SHIT!! NO!"

I said as I tried my best to help Sly, Sly turned his head slowly and then coughed.

Sly: "E-Excursion... M-my son, i-in these *cough* la-last minutes of life, I want to speak to you..."

Excursion: "Don't speak like that! I can save you! Just save your energy while I try to do something!"

I said, as Sly slowly nodded his head no, I opened up the system and searched through the shop. But everything was too expensive for me, and since I didn't know what was happening to Sly. I couldn't know what to use to save him.

Excursion: "I-I'll bring you to Deepnest! Maybe the Weavers can help!"

I picked up Sly and wrapped him against my chest, I wasn't going to lose him... I dashed forward and tore through everything in my path, I ran and ran trying to find something to get to Deepnest.

There was nothing to get to Deepnest... I fell onto my knee's as I panted from exhaustion, I took Sly off of my chest and placed him on the cold ground.

Sly: "*Cough* P-please listen to me, Excursion."

Excursion: "A-alright..."

Sly warmly smiled as he put his frail and skinny hand on my head, I felt like crying. But I physically couldn't.

Sly: "I-I want you to live as your own pe-person... Don't be a t-tool like me, I realize now that... The Pale King has never cared about me or nearly anyone, h-he just wanted to make his 'Eternal Kingdom'."

I felt anger bubbling inside me, that anger was mine's and something else combined. Our anger for the Pale King had skyrocketed.

Sly: "You see m-my *cough* son, I was curious like you in the beginning. I wanted to become powerful, I became an N-Nail Sage and started to d-do quests for the P-Pale King."

Sly said, as he coughed out a massive amount of blood onto the gray floor, the snow no longer poured down. I paid full attention to Sly's story.

Sly: "I-I had a mission to escort someone called Esmy, she was a fellow Nail-Sage. She had three ch-children, Oro, Mato, and Sh-Sheo. I escorted them through Kingdom's Edge, but Esmy w-was infected by something... And I h-had to kill her."

Sly said as he held something near his chest, it was a piece of blue clothe that was stained by time. I looked at him in sadness and pity, he had gone through so much in his life. And I knew that today it would be the end of it.

Sly: "I-I felt so guilty, the look in her eyes... I adopted her children, and taught them how to be Nail-Sages... B-but the Pale King used this guilt inside me, and made me do things in order to seek 'redemption'... What a load of b-bullshit."

Sly said, as he growled in anger, he tried to stand up but found that his body was too weak. He sighed as he looked up at the sky.

Sly: "I-I hope, my son, that you live better th-than me... And become better..."

Sly's body bloated, and then he screamed as he burst apart. Blood and guts rained from the heavens as Sly's cloak flew down calmly, and it landed onto my shoulder. I fell onto my knee's and started to slam my hands into the hard floor over and over again.

Excursion: "Herrah... Sly... Why!? WHY!? It's all because of... The Pale King..."

I stood up as I wrapped Sly's cloak around my neck as if it was a scarf. 'I promise that I'll kill the Pale King, no matter what...' I walked forward.

I could hear marching, I looked around and saw a bunch of Kingsmoulds searching... My rage broke loose as I dashed at them. I stabbed my blade through the spine of one of the Kingsmoulds forcing it to scream before I tore it in half.

I was hit by a white scythe, darkness covered my fist as I punched a Kingsmould behind me, flattening its head. Not only that, but I grabbed its limp body and used it to protect myself against a wave of scythes, I threw the dead body to the side as I jumped up into the air.

I dodged an attack as I landed onto the floor, I then dashed at a lone Kingsmould and hit it with my shoulder. It was pushed back until I hit a wall, causing it to be knocked out. I grabbed the wall and jumped off of it and grabbed onto a Kingsmould and slammed it onto the floor, I then punched its head multiple times mercilessly.

Each time, send a wave of snow up. Then the Kingsmould fell limp, all the Kingsmould were dead. I stood up as I started to make my way towards Deepnest...