Game Dev: 37 - End of Residual Devil

Despite having Heisenberg's powers, Gabe had made Miranda much more powerful than in the original game, to the point where Miranda currently had the power of a true Rank E monster.

By making such a powerful Miranda, Residual Devil's Seed had been limited for the future, that is, he could hardly continue to develop more things for the game without having to spend at least 4 or 5 times more Mana than necessary.

But Gabe didn't regret it, he wanted to finish Residual Devil with a flourish, and that's exactly what he managed to do.

The way Amoura was acting during the battle, the many moments of desperation that she felt she would almost die for 'Heisenberg' just saving her at the last moment, made this battle very exciting and satisfying.

Even with the sacrifice of 'Heisenberg', who was killed by Miranda to the point that Miranda brought Milo who was almost dead at the time and Chris who was extremely injured, leaving Amoura even more anguished.

During the battle, after Heisenberg died, Miranda managed to kill Milo who had tried to help in the battle and tore off one of Chris' arms, making him a cripple, luckily because of Rose's powers that were draining Miranda, Athena finally managed to kill Miranda.

Holding that beautiful baby in her arm next to the body of her 'husband', who being a Player she didn't have as much affection for the man as a real husband, but who for some reason was feeling very emotional about his death, Amour was shaken.

At that moment there were almost 20 thousand people watching her livestream, and in the chat there were varied comments.

[Damn, Heisenberg and Milo died, even Chris who I thought was an asshole turned out to be really cool helping out in the battle… EA… why? Why not let the game have a happy ending…?]

[I just wanted to see the picture of Athena and Milo together at the end of the game... but I didn't...]

[Is it possible to save both of them during the battle?]

[It's possible!!!]

[What?!]

[It's possible! Remember that Player Rank D who was an army lieutenant?! He decided to open a livestream today to also play Chapter 5, as he is a Player Rank D and is much more powerful than a Player Rank E, he somehow managed to save Mia in the end, and he just barely managed to prevent death Heisenberg, but according to him, it really seems possible to save Heisenberg, he just couldn't this time!]

[Woah, so you mean there are multiple endings?!]

[Yes!!! I saw a streamer who decided not to ask Heisenberg for help and he killed the man himself, only after that everything turned out differently! He had to rely on Chris's help to save Mia from jail and he explained a lot of things that you couldn't know in this Stream!]

[Holy crap, so I'm going to have to play Chapter 5 multiple times to see all the endings?!]

[Woah, even though the game is over, I don't feel as sad as I imagined!]

[Me too! I thought maybe this was the last Residual Devil livestream I'd watch, but it looks like there's still a lot to discover that EA left hidden in the game!]

[How does the EA manage to be so creative? Who thought it would be possible to make multiple endings for one game! This really feels like another world where your choice can affect the outcome that will happen, just like real life!]

[RDHYPE, RDHYPE, RDHYPE!]

Amoura at that moment was a little emotional and didn't read the game commentary, just watching what was happening next, as if it were a movie.

[The mother's story is coming to an end…]

When that message appeared, Amoura felt her body shiver as she saw a young teenage girl who looked a lot like Rose appear in a cemetery.

She left flowers for the grave of her father, Milo Winters, and then left in the car of some kind of government agents.

Remembering the message that appeared a few minutes ago, Amoura immediately understood.

"If the mother's story is coming to an end, then the daughter's story is just beginning?!" Amoura shouted excitedly, making the viewers also soon understand this and get goosebumps.

[Woah, so maybe there will be a sequel in the future?!]

[God damn EA, just when I think I understand what you're doing, you surprise me again by showing me I'm wrong!!!!!]

[I loved being wrong hahaha!]

With the end of Residual Devil, the Hype of the game in the city did not decrease, but increased, the amount of viewers in the livestreams was still very high, mainly to see Players trying to unlock all the endings of the game while they were playing in 'Insane' mode , or even players trying to Speedrun the game to discover endings as quickly as possible.

As for Gabe, he was looking at the Hype of the game which was still very high with a big smile.

The satisfaction of finishing his first game was something he had never felt, seeing how people were still playing the game and commenting on the story was an amazing feeling!

But even better was seeing how much Mana he currently had.

[Residual Devil: Village]

[Downloads: 20.003]

[Average playing time: 7.8 hours.]

[Accumulated Mana: 156,023]

[Available for withdrawal: $42,897]

[Available Mana: 45,387] (110,636 Mana Spent)

"The release of Chapter 5 attracted even more E-Rank Players and some curious D-Rank Players, which greatly increased the amount of Mana I received from the game in the last few days, with this absorption alone I already have enough Mana to become a Developer Rank E with no problem." Gabe said to himself excitedly.

Without thinking twice, Gabe started converting the game's Mana to his Mana Pool and in a few minutes he finally completed the 1,000 Mana Units in the Mana Pool.

Unlike other times when Gabe just felt his body stronger, this time the qualitative change came in addition to the quantitative change.

The Mana that was previously transparent like water now took on a bluer hue, the nutrition that 1,000 Mana Units gave to his body was at least 2x greater than the nutrition that 900 Mana Units gave to his body.

'That's why Developer Rank E makes games that consume 2 Units of Mana from the Players, since probably the quality of the Developers is so high that the Players have to make up for it in terms of quantity…' Gabe thought excitedly.

Feeling the new strength in his body, Gabe was tempted to go outside for a workout, but now he had more important goals.

'I'll absorb the rest of these Mana Units from the game and settle down to 1,300 Mana Units in my Mana Pool, so I can take a few days off from game development to focus on getting my first power.' Gabe thought excitedly as he remembered the feeling of controlling metals with Heisenberg's body.

To unlock the power he would need 50,000 Mana Units, with 1,300 Mana Units he would need 38 days, but considering that he could meditate to speed up this process, Gabe was confident that he could finish this in less than 25 days.

'25 days is a good time to rest, with that I can consolidate my strength and take advantage of this time even to study this world better. With enough strength, I will be able to venture beyond the city walls and better adapt to my power. Even though I can do this in the virtual worlds, as my strength will already be at the same level as a Rank C Player, I think it's safe for me to experience real Rank D monsters without too much worry.' Gabe thought excitedly.

Despite being very fond of developing games, Gabe was starting to get bored of just sitting on his bedroom computer and occasionally taking walks around town.

As someone who also had memories of another world, Gabe also wanted to experience the adventures and thrills that a world like this could provide, so it would only be a matter of time before he tried to do so.

'But of course, I will always do it safely. It doesn't make sense if I put myself in situations of great danger just for a short-lived adrenaline rush.' Gabe was still rational, he knew his safety was the highest priority.

With all that decided, Gabe focused on absorbing the rest of the Mana Units in the game and increasing his Mana Pool, for the next few days the game would continue to yield Mana for him, which he would use to continue increasing the Mana Pool and further accelerate the speed he would get Heisenberg's powers.

Thinking through the ideas of how Magneto controlled these powers, along with Heisenberg's expertise in this, Gabe was confident that he could handle many of the problems that could come his way in the future.