My Mischievous Niece - 07 (Online Game Edition)

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This article references some Japanese manga and cartoons. If someone hasn't seen them, they might not understand them, so please forgive me.
Don't ask me why the dragon girl is wearing underwear; it's a program bug. It's a bug caused by forgetting to delete a certain DLL file. I've attached another walkthrough at the end for you to choose from.
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I was locked inside a transparent glass coffin. I could see water flowing in from some hole, and the water level slowly rose until it covered my nose.
"Help!" I didn't want to drown in this glass coffin. I frantically pounded on the glass, but the people around me just watched like it was a show, not paying any attention. When the glass coffin was completely filled with water, I couldn't stand it anymore and gulped down several mouthfuls of water. I felt the water flowing into my lungs through my trachea, and then I lost consciousness.
Sigh... this brings us back to yesterday.
To be honest, I've been a bit short on cash lately, and just when I was racking my brains over money, my little niece came over again.
"Uncle, I've found you another job opportunity!"
"What kind of part-time job opportunities are there?"
"The network test was introduced by Wu Guangxiong."
"Wu Guangxiong? That pervert?" I thought to myself, why is it him again? It can't be anything good.
"Don't let his weirdo persona fool you, he's a top-notch network engineer. Yesterday he said he could give us two spots to test a new online game. We can each get ten thousand dollars!"
I never would have guessed. It seems that appearances can be deceiving.
When we arrived at the internet company, Wu Guangxiong came out to greet us.
"Welcome. To express my apology, I'll let you in for a fee to test our new game." Wu Guangxiong seems quite the actor; his eyebrows have grown so quickly. (Author's note: Actually, they're fake, just stickers.)
"Mr. Wu, you're too kind." I extended my hand to shake his.
"You don't need to be so polite, just call me Ah Xiong."
"Alright? Then we won't say any more. We're short on time. May I ask where the main unit is?"
"Right there?" Ah Xiong pointed to the glass coffin next to him.
"Wow... your technology is really advanced, you even make computers that look like coffins."
"That's not a coffin, it's a virtual reality device. You just need to lie down inside to access the internet. But first, I need to ask you what kind of characters you like, and I can help you choose."
"I like that character from Brand Warrior, Kaz. He's all muscle and wields a giant sword. He's really cool. But I don't like the one-armed version. You'll have to give me two arms."
"Then I want to be an elf," my little niece said from the side.
"Okay, I'll set it up for you. Please lie down now."
So I did as he said and lay down inside, and Ah Xiong helped me put the glass cover down. Just as I was about to ask him where the keyboard and mouse were, water suddenly started gushing out of the coffin.
So I drowned in the coffin...
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When I woke up, I found myself lying in a forest, with a little fairy about 20 centimeters tall flapping its wings and buzzing around my ear.
Turning my head, I saw a handsome blond man wearing a one-piece magician's cloak looking at me.
"Am I dead? Is this heaven or hell?"
"Uncle, are you out of your mind?" the 20-centimeter-tall little imp said to me. Huh? That voice sounds like my little niece's.
"Huh?...You died too? How did you end up like this?"
"You're the one who's dead! This is virtual reality!"
The blond magician reached out and pulled me up. "I'm sorry, I didn't explain it clearly to you. That gushing water wasn't actually water, but LCL. LCL is an abbreviation for 'link-connected liquid.' I'm sorry to have startled you." His voice sounded just like Wu Guangxiong's.
"Are you Ah Xiong?"
Why does Ah Xiong always speak with English in his voice, using some kind of LCL nonsense? How am I supposed to understand that?
"Didn't you say you wanted to be an elf?" I asked the little girl. "How did I turn into a 20-centimeter-tall mosquito?"
"I'm not a mosquito!" The little fairy was small, but you could still see her pouting. "I'm a little elf!"
"But elves should have long, pointed ears, a slender figure, skin without dark spots, golden hair, and be the kind with excellent eyesight and archery skills." The image of the adorable Didore popped into my mind. I'm a huge fan of Rhodes Island!
But look at that little vixen. Small as she may be, she's got a curvaceous figure, with straight black hair cascading down to her shoulders. She's wearing something like a bikini swimsuit, the tailoring of which is unclear. Two cloud-like panels of fabric cover her breasts from the sides, extending down her body and seamlessly connecting to her tight-fitting briefs. Her skin, like translucent ancient jade, has a subtle, pale complexion that shines through. As for her breasts, if you were to enlarge them to a normal person's size, she'd definitely be a voluptuous woman. That's the beauty of the internet; whether you have a potbelly, are bald, flat-chested, or overweight, everyone online is a handsome man or a beautiful woman.
"The one you're talking about is an Elf, but the way she looks now is a fairy," Ah Xiong explained to me.
I have no idea what you're talking about. Anyway, I don't understand these kinds of fantastical questions.
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"Which way do I go?" I looked around, completely disoriented.
"If you look at the ground, you'll see a green line. Follow the line to proceed directly to the main storyline."
"Wow...it's a slime!" Just as I was looking for the green thread on the ground, the little goblin flew towards a strange green teardrop-shaped thing.
"Oh no, that's a poisonous green slime. Don't go near it!" Officer Ah Xiong shouted anxiously.
But she couldn't listen to a word. Just as she was about to draw her small sword to stab the green water droplet monster, the monster opened its mouth and swallowed her whole. As a result, she was trapped inside the green water droplet bubble, and from the outside, she could be seen writhing and struggling.
"Mera!" Ah Xiong shouted, and a red fireball appeared in his hand. He threw it at the water droplet monster. Fortunately, the water droplet monster was hit by the fireball and a hole was torn in it. Green juice flowed out of the hole, and the little fairy also flowed out of the hole.
I saw the little fairy's body flowing out, her clothes seemingly melting away, leaving only two small pieces of cloth clinging to her nipples, and only a small piece of cloth stuck to her genitals. She seemed completely unable to move, her entire body appearing green.
"She's been poisoned; we need to find a way to detoxify her," Ah Xiong said.
"Then how do we solve this? You're a magician, aren't you?"
"I'm a magician, but not a priest!" Ah Xiong shrugged.
"What should we do?" I asked anxiously, holding the little sprite in my left hand, which couldn't move its entire body.
"We didn't have any antidotes at the start of the game. It's a bug in the game, and I just discovered it myself," Ah Xiong said. "However, I know a secret technique that can cure all kinds of poisons. It just requires switching to adult mode."
After the three of us switched to adult mode, Ah Xiong said to me, "Look, isn't there a menu for acupressure detoxification under the detoxification section? After you select it, you'll see a red dot indicator on the poisoned person's body. Just rub and stimulate that red dot with your finger."
於是我照着做之後，却找不到红点。
「阿雄呀！我找不到红点。」
「你找找看，红点可能在身上的任何地方。可能在手心上，腰上，或是背上。因为小精灵身体比较小，所以红点比较小会比较难找。」阿雄回答说。
「我……」
我把小精灵左翻右找，突然发现到一个红点，想要高兴的大喊我找到了。而才把「我」字说出来之後，发现到有点不对劲，就闭了嘴。
没错，我是看到小精灵身上出现一个红点，可是那个红点刚好就在那小精灵的下面的肉缝上。哇哩咧……
「看到红点了没有？只要用手指一直去揉那个点就可以了。」阿雄看到我迟迟不动手，便又提示了一下。
「那……你可不可以回避一下？」我回头两眼怒视着阿雄，像要杀了他一样。
「那……你……你小心喔！到时候毒液会从红点喷出来，我也要让远一点才不会被喷到而中毒。」阿雄看到我的目光，很害怕地走开了。
我转身，用身体挡住视线，然後跟小精灵说，「你确定要我解毒吗？也可以等死掉复活重新再进来玩。」
「不要，人家不要死掉，快点帮我解毒啦！」小精灵虽然不能动，但是还是可以说话的。
於是我就用左手捧着小精灵，右手手指压那个红点，呃……是那个肉缝的位置。我把她的两腿分来，用手指按了一下，只见手一接触，小精灵就轻哼了起来。
「呀……」我听到声音，一急之下就手指就离开了，而那片小布片就刚好掉下来，这时那个粉红色的小小的肉唇就露了出来。
「喂……你不要太大声啦！旁边有那个死变态在。」我在她耳边小声的说。
「那也没办法法，人家就是忍不住会叫出来。」
我只好拔了旁边的树枝，让她咬住。「忍耐一下喔。」便开始「治疗」起来了。
「呜……」看她一脸难过的样子，不知道是不是痛的关系，要是我被刮骨疗伤，我应该也会痛得唉唉叫，只是咬着树枝叫不出来的样子，真是叫人又同情又难过。
我用手指，往那个红点，呃……是肉缝上面，轻轻的揉，每揉一下她就「呜……」的闷哼了一下。慢慢的那个肉缝就流出透明的液体出来，我的手指也沾湿了。
原本不能动的身体，也慢慢地开始小小的扭动了起来，而她一扭动，乳头上挂着的小布就因此而掉了下来，露出一对粉红色小小的乳头。只见她两手互握，两脚卷曲了起来，身後的半透明翅膀也轻轻的抖动着。
我看这方法果然有用，於是就想说加快手指揉动的速度。右手离开那个小肉缝，用右手手指捏起两脚，左手一翻就把她从腰部倒着握住，让她形成头朝下，两片小屁股朝上的姿势。
当右手手指放开她两脚，两只脚就因为重力而像劈腿一样的垂了下来，此时就看到那粉红色的两片小肉肉在那边微微的抖动着，并因为有点潮湿了泛着水光。而肉缝中间有一道细细的水线，并且有透明的液体慢慢的流了出来，一路从我的手指，手腕流到我的手肘，并且从我的手肘滴了下来。
「我要加快速度罗！你再忍一下。」说完之後我就用右手手指指腹又再度按在那粉红肉缝上快速揉动了起来。
而同时我的左手手心还可以感觉到她的两个小小手好像受不了在推我的手掌，另外也感觉到她的呼吸，她一吸气软软的两个小胸部就紧贴在我的手心处。而且，我还可以感觉到她的心跳砰砰砰砰地震动传到我的手心。
最後，听到她嘴张开「呀……」的一声，小树枝掉了下来，随後我感觉到左手手心中，她的身体原本软趴趴柔软的肌肉突然全部都变硬僵直起来，而一僵直起来，随後就一股绿色的水柱从那小肉缝里面喷了出来。
可是喷出来之後，全身才刚放松，马上又一阵硬僵，又喷了一股绿色小水柱。一连喷了三四次之後，她才全身发松软了下来。
那绿色小水柱喷了老高，落在我前面的树干上，每喷一次，就听到「嗤…」地一声。我回头一看，妈呀！那树干就好像被王水淋过一样，被腐蚀掉一大块。
真是可怕呀，万一这水喷到我脸上，那我不就被毁容了吗？
我松开左手，看到那小精灵一副失神失神的样子，虽然绿色已经退掉了而恢复原来的肤色，但在精神上好像还是没完全恢复过来。等过了几分钟，她才张开眼睛对着我眨呀眨的。
「你还好吧？」我担心的问。
「应该没事了。」说完她就在我的手心上站了起来。只看到那两个小小的乳房在那边晃呀晃地，因为站立的关系也从两腿之间又流出了透明的水液，沿着两个小粉腿流到我的手心处。此时我的手心上还有一滩透明的水液。
「呀，是不是应该找件衣服来穿穿？」小精灵看着我两眼发直，张口结舌的样子，对着我说。
「呃……是…是呀！」我结结巴巴地回答。转身大声问道。「阿雄，你还有没有新的给小精灵的size穿的衣服？」
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等到她穿好衣服，就像没事一样的又飞来飞去。突然，我又看到草丛里面又冒出一只绿色史来姆，可是她又像发疯一样地往那绿色史来姆冲过去。
「且慢！」我连忙伸手一把抓住她的一只脚。把她倒提了起来。
「你想做什麽？是不是想再中毒一次要我再解毒一次？」
「你怎麽知道呀？哈哈哈……」她笑着对我说。
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我们一行人，又跟着路线走去。只见一只全身黏黏像章鱼的怪物冒了出来，它全身长满了动来动去的约二十公分长的触手，就像海葵一样。
「小心，那是触手怪，被黏住就很难脱身了。」阿雄说。
只见耳朵旁边听到嗡地一声，那小精灵飞快的从我身後冲了过去，我连伸手都来不及伸手抓她。
而那个像章鱼的怪物，就伸出一条长长的触手，就像黏苍蝇一样「叭」地一声，就把她黏了起来。
「救命……救命呀！」只听到她被抓住之後就大声叫喊。
「真是的，这小鬼就会找麻烦。」我抽出巨剑之後，便往那个触手怪中心处砍下去。
「小心，麻痹液。」只听到阿雄一声急呼，那被我砍下去的地方竟然喷出了水，而我躲闪不及就被喷个正中。
结果我就被麻痹，全身一动也不能动。眼见那个触手就往我右脚处伸了过来，我连忙大喊。「阿雄！快救我！」
我才刚喊完，就听到阿雄说，「啊……不好，是睡眠粉」，之後就听到「咚…」地一声倒地，之後就传来打呼的声音。
而我因为离触手怪较远，所以只有一只触手伸了过来，但好死不死就一路伸到我的右边裤管里面，慢慢的往上钻，这时感觉到一个冰冰凉凉的东西一路慢慢的往我的屁股前进。
「妈的！死阿雄你设计这什麽变态怪兽，我可没有被鸡奸的习惯。」我一边大骂，但苦於全身不能动，只能任由那鬼东西一路滑过来。这时我的冷汗从额头上流了下来。
而眼前看见前面被抓住的小精灵的状况，那个触手怪把手指粗的触手变细成为适合小精灵的size，一支一支的触手像蛇一样的爬到她身上去，把她的手脚捆住拉成大字形。而且不但把她的胸罩摘了下来，把她的内裤脱掉，还伸进口腔、阴道、肛门里面动呀动地。
平常看色情卡通都没什麽感觉，触手的情节是常常发生，但是一边看色情的触手画面，一边下面又有一根软软的东西伸到我肛门里面挖呀挖地，我想大家应都没经历过。
而我因为麻痹的关系连眼睛都不能闭不能转动。就看着那小精灵哼哼唉唉地全身被触手给缠住，好死不死，那个角度刚好就是屁眼对着我的眼前十公分，而从那个触手在肛门与小肉缝挖呀挖地，让里面冒出来而随着触手流下出来的汁液，也在太阳底下清清楚楚地闪闪发亮。
过了几秒之後那个触手一动，就把小精灵翻了个方向，两脚打开，像丫字型一样的倒吊起来，面向我这边。而从我这个角度，可以看到那两团小小的胸部上面两点粉红色的乳头被触手拨来拨去，乳房因为其本来具有的弹性每拨一次就抖动一下。
而我虽然看不到她後面的小屁屁，只能看到前面的小触手在小肉缝上面挖呀挖地，但是感觉到那触手似乎愈伸愈进去，从她的小腹的皮肤上可以感觉看到有个东西在里面躜动。
突然肚脐右边的皮肤凸出一个小丘，然後小丘又变平之後，肚脐的下方处又有一个小丘突了出来。而慢慢的她的小腹愈来愈大，好像被灌了水一样的胀了起来。
其实我可以感同身受那小精灵所受的遭遇，因为我的肛门也有一条软软滑滑冰冰凉凉的东西伸了进去。只感觉到肠子里面好像有一块冰冰软软的大便一直拉不出来反而愈来愈进去的那种奇怪感觉，然後我感觉下腹里面有东西开始乱钻乱动。
最後，看到那小精灵「阿……」的一声，从肉缝喷出了液体，把原本塞在肉缝中的触手给冲了出来，然後那粉红色的肉缝中开始发光，最後转为全身发出强光。而我眼睛也暂时失明了。
等到恢复视力，只见那前面的触手怪已经融成一滩水了。而那个小精灵就站在那滩水前面，刚好正在捡地上的内裤来穿。
而我也可以动弹了，连忙上去问道，「你还好吧？」
「你还说呢！那怪物可是我打倒的。」她神气的说着。
而那个阿雄，还躺在地上打呼哩！
「他妈的！」我气得骂了出来。一把抓住躺在地上的阿雄身上的衣领，就把他提了起来。啪啪啪的连打了十几个耳光。
看来在虚拟实境中，痛觉比平时来的轻微，所以阿雄被打了十几个耳光才慢慢的醒了过来。
「喂…你这个变态！像刚刚那种变态的怪物，之後还会出现几只？」
「之後没有了，只有这一只。」阿雄看到我怒视他的样子，连忙摇头说。
我放下了阿雄，把我背後的那只大剑拔出来，在他头上轻轻敲了两下。「最好是这样，要是再出现一只奇怪的东西，我就拿这把剑把你的脑袋上敲一个大洞。」
也许是阿雄的保证生效了，之後出现的怪物就比较正常了。终於，历经千辛万苦，我的巨剑劈了上百只的怪物，勇者一行人也到达大魔王的面前了。
只见一头红色的巨龙在我们三人面前盯着我们。
「愚蠢又低能的人类呀！你以为你可以打赢我吗？」那红龙非常的巨大，大概有两层楼高，两眼就跟那个车头灯一样大。「让你们尝看看我的火球。」说完那只巨龙就开始吸气。
「小心，龙吸气就表示要吐火球了。」阿雄说。
然而那只小精灵就突然飞了过去，一剑就把牠的眼睛给刺了一下。
「呀…」那龙的眼睛被刺，身边起了狂风，我们一行人都被吹翻了。
「小心，那只龙被激怒了，开始变身了。」阿雄说道。
「变身？变成什麽样子？两层楼变成五层楼高吗？」
只见那龙慢慢的缩小，最後变成一个身穿三点式泳装的红头发大胸女。
「啥？…」我看到这种变身，下巴都掉了下来了。
「不好意思，程式出错了，这一段其实是要用在《龙使》的游戏设计，昨天晚上我不小心把那个dll档给放进去忘了删掉。」
「什麽是《龙使》呀？」
「那是我跟闲来无事合作的企划。」
「还闲来无事哩？那个人是不是真的没事做？」
「那位大大每天都忙要命，他可是个大红人。最近他还有一个叫《征途》的企划，那个游戏绝对会比cs还要刺激，还有加上太空战斗喔！」阿雄说。
「你们谁先上来呀？只要让我高潮就可以过关。」那大胸部美女招了招手。我仔细一看，原本的生命值的表单已经看不到，换成兴奋值了。
「只要兴奋值大於6千，就可以过关了。」阿雄说完，便像色狼一样直往美女身上扑过去，从美女屁股後面往她身上一抱，腰部就开始卖力地摇呀摇。
可是过没几下，阿雄就「阿……」的一声。全身软棉棉地倒在地上。而那个兴奋值只升高了200点。
「对不起，我不行了。」阿雄不好意思的说。
「喂……你怎麽可以这样，还有五千八百点哩！要我怎麽办？」我抗议！
於是我只好学阿雄一样，也是从屁股後面抱住，一挺，发觉不对，脸色开始苍白起来流起了冷汗。不由得「干！」的一声骂了出来。
原来那感觉就像是有几百个橡皮小球像按摩椅一样的滚来滚去，一阵酥麻感传上来，几乎让我招架不住。我深吸一口气忍住，就拼命的摇动我的腰，然後眼睛就看到那点数从200、300、400的一直跳上来。
可是达到3千的时候，还是没力地软下来，唉……功力不够。
只听见系统声传来，「失败……失败……」之後我全身就不能动了。
剩下小精灵？她要怎麽做呢？
只见她飞到那美女的内裤里面，从外面看到那黑色的内裤里面有着不明的东西窜来窜去，而那个大胸女就一屁股坐下来，躺在地上，弓着身体呻吟了起来。
「唉……啊……啊……啊…」
而我在旁边，看到那指数飞快地上升。3400、3700、4200、4900、5400、最後终於升到了六千，那大胸女「啊……」大叫一声。一股水从那个地方喷了出来，把小精灵喷了老远，让小精灵在地上滚了好几圈。
这时我又可以自由行动了，连忙跑过去把小精灵抱了起来。「你没事吧？」
「没事…没事…」小精灵掠了掠自己的湿湿的头发，笑着说。
「你怎麽这麽利害呀？」
「那当然，只有女生才会了解女生的身体。」小精灵一边舔着手背上的水液一边笑着说着。
而旁边那个大胸女已经爬了起来，对着小精灵一跪，「红龙依蕾雅谨听主人吩咐。」
我看那个原本是大魔王的大胸女，怎麽会变成这麽顺服而感到奇怪，想伸手把她拉起来，却发现一阵天旋地转，我的背上碰地一声撞上了东西。原来我被那个大胸女给摔到了山壁上把山壁撞了一个大洞。
「唉呀……」我叫出了一声惨叫声，而这声音还在魔王的山洞中回荡。
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终於离开了这该死的虚拟实境，我睁开了双眼，发现自己还躺在那玻璃棺材里面，而盖子已经打开了。旁边吴光雄跟我那个小外甥女，以及两个穿着实验衣拿着数位笔计本的人都看着我。
「呀……痛痛痛……」我想要起身却发现身上的骨头像被拆散了一样，全身酸痛了起来。「为什麽我会全身酸痛呀？」
「副作用有全身酸痛，可能是特殊体质，把它计录下来。」阿雄说。
「是。」那旁边穿实验衣的人也应着他的话。
「你可能是特殊体质，所以才会对虚拟实境产生排斥，虽然这个东西还没有进行大规模的人体实验，不过应该不会有多大的问题才是。」阿雄说。
我晕，我出问题就说是特殊体质，这显然是推拖责任嘛！
我猛然想到，这整个游戏的过程大都是18禁的情节。
「喂……阿雄，你这个游戏是不是限制级的？」
「是呀？」
「那你怎麽给这种国中生来玩？」我指着我那小外甥女。
「我也不愿意呀，可是她手上握有我上次跟应召女玩sm的录影。」阿雄说。「我是身不由己的。」
我回头一看，那小外甥女突然把一个小记忆卡拿到身後，脸色一脸慌乱的样子。
我灵机一动，指着一个方向。「你看，那边有一只小精灵的画像喔！」
「在那里？在那里？」小外甥女转头看着我指的方向，我就手一伸把那张记忆卡抢了过来。
「哇……还给我……」小外甥女发现东西被抢，就回过头来。於是我把记忆卡举得老高，而她想要跳上来抢，一边跳一边叫着。
「这个东西，我会好好帮你处理的。以後不要让她再玩这种游戏了。」我转头怒视着对着吴光雄说。一边还快速地把记忆卡塞到我的内袋里面。然後就急急忙忙地拉着我的小外甥女快速地离开了公司。
「你没有考备第二份吧？」出了公司之後，我对小外甥女说。
「没有啦！东西快还给我。」
「不行！」我一边说着，一边打开车门，就往车子里面坐进去。
「呀……！」只感觉到屁眼一阵刺痛传来，不由得大骂道。「他妈的！我的痔疮又发作了！」
This is a damn online game!
(End of this chapter)
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P.S. Another plot point involving defeating the Demon King.
The little sprite stretched out both hands and chanted, "Things darker than twilight, things redder than blood, reveal your great name in the flow of time! I swear here that, with our combined strength, we will burn away all that is foolish and arrogant that stands in our way! —Dragon-Break-Slash!!"
Unidentified black streaks, like ribbons, shot out from the two small hands, then coalesced into a black sphere in the distance before approaching the busty woman. The busty woman, looking panicked, quickly stretched out her hands to block the black sphere.
But she couldn't stop the black ball, and in the end, her whole body was covered by it, and she cried out, "Ah..."
The black sphere disintegrated, turning into black ribbons that burrowed into the woman's mouth, genitals, eyes, and any other openings.
When the black substance dissipated, the large-breasted woman was seen lying on the ground, convulsing, and a pool of water, seemingly from incontinence, flowed out through her black panties.
Now that I could move freely again, I quickly asked the little elf, "How are you so amazing?"
"She's a dark elemental spirit, so she can use Dragon Slash," Ah Xiong interjected.
"Wait a minute? Didn't you say you were going to use a stick? Can't we use magic to hit it?" I asked.
"I forgot to tell you, any attack can increase the stats, I just like using that method," Ah Xiong said.
"You're asking for it!" I should have just taken my sword and chopped down that demon king.

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