Is this really a Game?!

"Ah, life and death, they're such important topics for you humans." The queen sighed as she looked at Reign with some pity in her eyes.

"You see, we that we born in the abyss are different, life and death are topics that are rarely discussed inside of the Abyss thanks to most of us being almost immortal."

"Being able to live for so long makes life boring, you know?"

"And the Abyss is such a boring place, everything looks nearly the same, the beings that inhabit are either boring or simply way too eager to fight and kill one another, it's just not fun being there."

"That's why I came here."

"I mean, it's not easy for us to actually leave the Abyss, I'm one of the lucky few that managed to get out with my measly level of power."

"So yes, all that I do is to have fun, and to also make sure I can stay here and not be called back to the Abyss." The queen said with a wide smile as she stared at Reign before sitting down and leaning back on the throne.

"But enough talking, it's time for us to have some more fun, Reign." The queen suddenly snapped her fingers and the king, alongside Lios and the princess seemingly woke up from their stupor.

They all took out their weapons and charged at Reign.

The princess stayed back and started channeling spells while Lios and the king attacked. The king took out his sword and slashed at Reign while Lios took out two daggers and suddenly appeared behind Reign.

Chains suddenly sprung out from below Reign and wrapped around him right before the two men were about to land their blows.

The sword cut through his chest, while the two daggers were stabbed deeply inside his back. Suddenly the image of Reign started flickering as the whole body turned to lightning and shocked Lios and the king while Reign appeared behind the princess and hit the back of her neck with the pommel of his sword.

[ Lightning Clone ]

By using the sword clone skill of his sword as a reference, Reign managed to create a clone of his own by using his lightning.

The clone, however, had no combat capabilities and couldn't even move, the only thing it was useful for was being a distraction and stunning those that were dumb enough to attack it.

Reign could see that the consciousness of the three attacking him was hazy and the clone would be an easy target for them who wouldn't know the difference between it and the real Reign thanks to the current state of their minds.

Reign had activated the clone right before the chains arrived and thanks to the clone needing lightning to be formed, Reign's lightning boost when moving at high speeds was not visible to anyone and was in fact taken by the clone at that moment.

The queen was the only one that had seen what had happened, and yet she didn't move a muscle, even when Reign was now right before her.

"You should have known that the three of them wouldn't be a match for me." Reign said to the queen as he stared down at her while the latter smiled.

"Of course not, even though their powers have grown, they're like mindless puppets that can only listen to orders, they don't have more capabilities, and that has put a big strain on their fighting capabilities thanks to them only charging head-on and barely even thinking about anything else."

"Even though three high-grade Tier III combatants are usually enough to go against and even win against a peak Tier III, you're not an ordinary combatant and can fight against multiple enemies of the same realm as you."

"I just wanted to see how they would attack you, and how you would answer their attacks."

"You didn't disappoint me, you have managed to take her out without killing her, while those two over there won't be able to move for a couple of seconds thanks to the lightning that is coiling around them."

"Simply marvelous, if I may say." The queen said before her smile disappeared from her face.

"So, what will you do next, don't tell me you're going to kill me?"

"Get up." Reign said as he pointed his swords at the queen."

"So feisty, I like that." The queen said before getting up from the throne.

The very moment she did so, Reign had slashed her with his swords, cutting her in half.

Her body, however, simply turned to smoke as the queen suddenly appeared behind Reign.

"Going for the kill right away I see." She said with a chuckle as Reign turned around and slashed once again.

For the next minute or so, the scene repeated multiple times as Reign cut the queen in half, only for her to turn to smoke and appear once again in the throne hall.

"Will you give up already, you do see that what you're doing is useless, right?" The queen said as Reign slashed once again without any emotion.

"Tch, to think you would get this mad and stop thinking straight, I have to say, I'm a bit disappointed with you right now." The queen said as she shook her head in disapproval of Reign's actions.

"Shut up." Reign said as he slashed again, but this time, after the queen reappeared, there was a wound on her stomach and blood started flowing out slightly.

"What, how did you-"

"Your soul, you hid it in a different layer, didn't you?" Reign suddenly asked the queen whose eyes constricted as she stared at him.

"You don't care about your body, as you can simply use your powers to recreate it in mere moments, something I didn't know could even be done."

"But your soul is different, once I hurt it, you can't heal the wounds easily, and the only time your soul shows up for a split second is after I destroy your body."

"It's a side effect of your powers, isn't it?" Reign said with a smile as he slashed at the queen once again, only for the latter to dodge the attack and take a step back.

"Once your soul is in this layer, I can target it, and I can destroy it." Reign said in a cold voice as he charged at the queen that had now started using her powers and was fighting back.

Gray mist suddenly appeared in the throne room as the queen took out a sword and clenched it hard with her hands.

"Didn't think you would actually be using a sword."

"Of course, I am the one that taught the king how to use it, after all." The queen said with a smile as she started battling against Reign and showed her incredible proficiency with the sword.

"He didn't know it was me that was teaching him, of course."

"But hey, it worked well to lessen the sense of boredom I felt back then, and he was able to quickly pick things up, which was one of the reasons I chose him as the suitable candidate to breed with."

"But it seems I will need to do a lot more research and experimentation in the future if I wish to have kids that will be able to use my powers as well."

"Don't worry." Reign said as he attacked her.

"You'll be dying today, so there will be no need to do any of those things."

"Ah, I see, is that how you think this will end?" The queen asked with a smile before Reign suddenly jumped back as alarms were set off in his mind.

"Kid, get the hell out of there, it's an array!" Aethion shouted out as Reign tried to leave the throne room he was able to feel incredible danger emanating from the purple array that had suddenly appeared on the floor of the throne room.

"Too late." The queen said as she pointed a finger at Reign and the array was fully activated.

Purple light suddenly shone brightly from the array as the entirety of the throne room was covered in a purple hue.

The king and Lios both suddenly collapsed on the ground as Reign was forced down to one knee.

The incredible pressure that was coming from the array made Reign feel incredible pain and a sense of powerlessness.

The queen slowly walked over to Reign before crouching down and looking into his eyes.

"See, I never really planned on beating you in a fight, I knew that that would be almost impossible for the current me."

"But I don't need to do that, I actually don't even want to do that as I could injure your body that way."

"No, all that I need is to take care of your soul, I just need to tear it out of your body so that I can take over." The queen said as she grabbed Reign's head.