In the fortress's library, below the chapel...
The library was more tall than long, with a second floor. Bookshelves blocked the walls and each shelf was jam packed with literature. This was a place of knowledge, escapism, and dust.
"And doth thee bringeth a honey'd sausage, to whom thee shall s'rve mine own palette with need and eag'r?" Asterion read from a dark romance novel. The passage he read amused him, "Could go well with a fireplace and some chardonnay. What are your thoughts?"
Asterion flipped the book upside down and lowered it in front of a chump lying beneath him. The library entrance door, snapped in two, laid beneath the chump. Beneath all that were the leagues of enemies Gamindorf manipulated. Asterion sat on a throne of dominance.
"Chapter six is really good..." the chump answered honestly.
A boom shook the fortress, and reverberated from above the library. The ceiling caved in. Debris, people, and a whole ass chapel collapsed into the library. Shellies, chumps, and nuns rained in, all unconscious from the bob bombing. Minnie and Lord Shellie entered their shells to avoid damage from the bobs and the following fall. Gamer and Persica zipped through bombardment on his flying broom.
Unable to support both their weight, Gamer did the same thing with Sonia after the race ended and guided them away from collision. When he saw Asterion, he took the princess and dumped her. Persica screamed until she landed in the bull man's arms. She then greeted him, "Oh, hello, Sir Bull."
"Greetings," he responded. He ignored Gamer's 'Catch me, too! Catch me, too!' and allowed the cheater to zoom by and crash outside the broken library doors. Asterion shunted out in time to avoid the collapse of the floor. The stone shattered and furniture ripped apart. All things were ruined, including a majority of Lord Shellie's forces.
"Thank you," Persica said when set down. She moved over to the debris and started looking for the blue shell of Minnie and the spike shell of her lover.
Gamer pushed himself up and pocketed his broom. He joined Asterion's side, "Death subverted. Now we just have to deal with Lord Shellie."
"And Gamindorf," Asterion added.
"He's actually here?"
A clawed hand shoved its way out of the debris. Persica grabbed it and helped her man out. Lord Shellie emerged and crawled free from the library. Thanks to his shell, he found no damage. Hanging on by his tail, and sliding out along with him, was Minnie. She let go and rolled over behind Persica.
Lord Shellie had heard Asterion, "Gamindorf is here?"
"Yeah, the dude was with a couple of elves, and used a bunch of magic items to make my arrival unpleasant," Asterion explained.
"That bastard..." the problems of the day were not made by Gamer alone. "I knew something was off. Blast it; and on the happiest day of Persica's life. We must eliminate him before we can throw the wedding."
A maniacal laughter permeated the library. Suddenly, all the debris started to levitate. It included some of the unconscious enemies. The debris was sent flying into the opposite wall of the entrance. The wall gave out and the debris tumbled down the volcano side, into a canopy of trees below. The library only had a handful of unconscious enemies in it.
"It took you long enough to notice my presence, Lord Shellie," Gamindorf's voice came in from above. He lowered, via psychic power, from above.
"There's your baddie 👉," Samira texted.
"Mother of God..." Gamer dramatically removed the sunglasses he equipped through customization.
Gamindorf and Lord Shellie neared one another. The lord of shellies snarled at the lord of sigmas, "What are you doing here?! Leave, before I end my patience!"
"I'm here for my immaculate wedding. You wouldn't want to object..." Gamindorf brightened the Proforce symbol on his hand. Individuals stepped up behind Gamer and Asterion outside in the stair corridor. Princess Sellda, Hero, King Kruel, and Ripley teleported in.
"Your wedding?" Lord Shellie clenched his fists.
"But of course. I will take care of Princess Persica," Gamindorf stared lustfully at the princess. Her expression soured, but that made Gamindorf crack a laugh, "Don't be so shy. Everybody will be my bitch, one way or another."
"Over my dead body!" Lord Shellie stepped in front of Persica.
"That can be arranged," Gamindorf snapped his glove of power fingers. "Kill the king."
Hero, Kruel, and Ripley rushed forward. However, Minnie and Asterion blocked the doorway and acted as defense for Lord Shellie. The trio and the duo faced off.
Gamindorf shot them a scowl, but noticed Sellda missing from the lineup. When he and the others checked past the trio of villains, they saw Sellda with Gamer.
"I mean, I'm cool with the whole light elf thing, but...how about I show you the dark meat," Gamer flirted. Sellda, even with her headpiece covering most of her face, blushed.
"What are you doing?!" Gamindorf yelled. Gamer and Sellda bounced a little and gasped.
"Aye, hold on a minute, Gamindork. I'll be right with you," Gamer gestured a gun with his hand, and clicked his tongue and winked to 'pull the trigger'.
Searing pain enraptured Gamindorf's mind. Memories of Gamer besting him flooded his thoughts. His eyes rolled into the back of his head, and an overlay on Gamindorf's voice file echoed, "Vile Gamer..."
"Aw shit, here we go again..." Gamer sighed and walked forward. However Gamindorf arrived, they could officially blame Shade for the trouble. Gamer quickly drew his magnum and fired at Gamindorf. The Dark Dickness held up his power glove hand, kung fu style, and the bullet slowed to a stop in front of him. It then dropped harmlessly to the floor.
"He's beginning to believe..." Samira (Θ︹Θ)ს
"That thing gives you psychic powers?" Gamer guessed, eye-fucking the glove.
"This is but a fraction of my true power," Gamindorf removed his glove, and remained floating in the air. The world around him rattled when he expanded his mind. He bestowed Gamer a wild grin, "The elite player is forged in confinement. Abstinent from all people and sense of love. Honed by the single passion to be the very best!"
"No...it can't be...that's supposed to be a myth!" Gamer quivered in fear.
"I'm not just any pro gamer!" Gamindorf cackled. At the same time, thunder roared outside and timed up with his exclamation, "I'm a virgin!"
"He's never nutted..." Asterion felt the weight of power.
"You're the worst kind of video gamer!" Gamer yelled, infuriated at his archnemesis. "You're an incel!"
"Cringe..." Gamindorf tilted his head to the side and aimed his orange zapper gun at Gamer. He fired and the plasma shot nearly landed a hit. However, at the last second, Gamer vanished. The zap hit Sellda, instead, and her head exploded into visceral pieces.
"Oh, shit!" Asterion yelped.
Gamindorf gawked at the accidental friendly fire. The extreme gore became worse when the elven princess's body took a few feeble steps. When it fell and splat against the floor, Lord Shellie, Kruel, and Persica all threw up to the side.
"That's one less enemy," Minnie stayed cheery. Gamer reappeared next to her, holding the strategy guide.
"Dude, this thing is the bomb. I can dodge any...woah!" Gamer noticed the deceased elf. "She's not making it to the sequel."
"You motherfucker!" Gamindorf fired at Gamer again. This time, Minnie interjected with her blue shell. The blast dissipated.
Minnie landed and posed in a fighting stance. Gamer grinned, "Sorry, dork, but my friends are better than yours."
"Slaves obey..." Gamindorf fiddled with his glove of power.
"No way he just said that!" Samira freaked.
"Man, fuck you, dad..." Gamer recognized the reference. It was the same way he tricked his eternal damnation sentence.
The Proforce flashed, and Lord Shellie, Persica, and Minnie seized up. They grunted and gasped for air as the virus's corruption took hold. Lord Shellie relaxed, and then glared at Gamer. The Proforce overlaid itself on his pupils.
"Atomic Clothesline!" Asterion unleashed his Super at Gamindorf. However, Hero leapt forward. He countered the bull man's power by timing a shield parry at the last second. It cancelled out the attack. Hero stared forward with the creepy mask, unmoving. Asterion hissed, "Dammit!"
Minnie grabbed her head and screamed. The scream struck the deepest part of Gamer's heart. He put a hand on her, "Hey, don't let him win! You can't let him win!"
"He's hacking their code. I'm seeing Shade's virus spread across their coding!" Samira informed.
"Begone, spirit!" Persica struggled free. It baffled Gamindorf. The princess shot him a powerful glare of defiance.
"How?! You're not supposed to be able to do that!" Gamindorf pouted.
The same didn't happen with Minnie. Gamer watched his closest allies fade away. All their memories and promises gone with a single cheat. Persica's defiance made it clear what Gamer needed to do.
"Minnie, I love you."
Gamer turned Minnie around, leaned in, and kissed her on the lips. Her eyes snapped open, and a matrix of letters and numbers shot across them. The matrix shattered like glass, and Minnie's pupils reshaped into hearts. She stopped struggling and hugged into the passion. The kiss ended, and Gamer ignored his sister's ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ♡.
"I love you, too!" Minnie's expression and body with joy. However, she gasped, "We gotta save Persica, too! She was struggling just like me!"
"I'm quite alright. I did it on my own," Persica exuded independent pride.
Gamer grinned, "You're absolutely right! She needs us!"
"Please, stop..." Persica heard the coyness, and blushed at how cute they were being.
Kruel and Ripley dove at the couple, and stabbed with a claw and tail, respectively. Gamer used the tome's powers and teleported past them. They reappeared, feet from Persica. They held hands and dashed to the panicking princess.
"Wait, no, I'm fine! No, no, no, no!" Persica tried to escape. They tackled her and laid kisses on her cheeks. The trio tumbled to the floor, and Persica received a deluge of love from the couple. Gamindorf, Asterion, and all the other NPCs watched in shocked awe.
"Okay! Okay!" Persica sat up. She peeled away from Gamer and Minnie's relentless smooches. "I'm getting married today! This is highly inappropriate!"
"Says the cuckquean," Gamer propped up and wiggled his eyebrows.
"I'll cuck you, too, Persica," Minnie offered.
Persica sighed, and then cracked a smile, "I suppose a royal orgy is in our future."
"Hell yeah!" Gamer and Minnie high-fived.
"WHAT?!" Gamindorf thundered. It drew everybody's attention, "What kind of cheating bullshit is that?! They're NPCs! How the fuck are they able to resist the number one player in all of existence?!"
"That's the power of love, baby. Every good game uses it," Gamer winked.
"Cliché piece of shit! Kill them all!" Gamindorf snapped his fingers.