Isn`t that, uh, really overpowered? Like, that`s the kind of skill that`d get nerfed in the next patch because of all the complaints! Fetal position blowover&

　　Um& Do I really have to go into the fetal position to use it? I mean, isn`t that a bit, I dunno& pathetic?

　　Y-, you`re still here?! I thought you`d stay on the first floor or something! Well, then again, I`m not sure what he is at all, so& Yeah. God of Cowardice.

　　God of Cowardice&

　　Hang on. If the God of Cowardice has taken an interest in me, then that would mean&

　　&Are you trying to make fun of me?!

　　breaks into laughter.>

　　gestures for someone else to come look.>

　　averts Her eyes.>

　　sulks.>

　　&What the hell kinda sitcom is this?...

　　Okay, to be frank, I never had an issue with streamers trying to stream me and showing everyone their pathetic attempts at beating me. Being watched is fine. It`s nothing new and all that, but this? This is worse. I don`t like this. I feel like I`m on the set of a sitcom and I`m the only one who can`t hear the canned laughter. I want to die.

　　Hmm& I wonder if the fetal position blowover skill works on everyone?

　　Smirking, I lie down and hug my knees to my chest.

　　looks around frantically.>

　　recommends Him to look under the couch.>

　　grumbles and asserts that youths

　　ought to show respect for their elders.>

　　Mohahahaha, my plan is working perfectly&!

　　&

　　&On the other hand, lying down on the floor like this isn`t actually especially fun. After a few minutes of messing with what I have been told is a literal God, I eventually give in to his demands and undo the skill. Hm. Now that I think about it, that damn God might just be playing along for the sake of it, like a parent pretending not to notice their giggling child hiding behind the curtains in a game of hide and seek&

　　whistles and looks the other way.>

　　That damn coward geezer&!

　　Then again, I suppose, with a name like that, there`s not much you can do. Hm. All this talking has sort of reminded me that I`ve unlocked a new feature of the menus.

　　Leaning my back against one of the endless white pillars, I bring the window back up again. If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it`s taken without the author`s consent. Report it.

　　<19:05:03

　　Day 31>

　　29:04:55:57

　　Floor 2 will open in

　　4:55:57>

　　Five hours huh? Anyways, with a quick poke, I make my way to the communities tab. The chats should be open now, which means I can—

　　Normal Lobby: 275/350

　　Hard Lobby: 41/58

　　Hell Lobby: 7/7>

　　Th-, there`s more people?

　　My eyes fly up from the screen to look around the lobby.

　　But there`s no one here! It`s just me, so why&?

　　Maybe they`re further away? Maybe I can walk there? Maybe&?

　　"Hey!" I shout into the endless white. "Anyone there?! Hello!" But there`s no response. Gritting my teeth, I pull myself to my feet and start moving. At first I`m just walking, shouting Hey over and over again, but then I start running, and shouting, and screaming as loud as I can, hoping for someone—anyone—to hear me. But there`s no one.

　　And in the end, when I`ve gone as far as my feet can take me, I find myself back at the slippery, cake-soaked part of the floor where I ate that delicious princess cake.

　　Defeated, I drop back down to the floor with a thump.

　　Silently, I press the Hell Lobby button. And now, unlike before, it actually takes me somewhere.

　　First Floor Lobby: 6/6

　　Second Floor Lobby: 1/1>

　　&We have different lobbies? I-, I guess that makes sense, sort of, somewhat. I mean, really, in the other difficulties, they`d have to get really crowded. The Easy Difficulty is way over one thousand people now. No way they`d have enough space in a single lobby.

　　&But we can`t even meet? I can`t even tell them what awaits them and how to deal with it? There—there has to be a way to send them a message, right?

　　In desperate denial, I press the Hell Lobby button.

　　And then just a huge, blank screen.

　　Silently, without so much as breathing, I type in a message.

　　And then, I wait. One minute. Two minutes.

　　But I know they can`t respond. They can`t even see my message. Until they beat that circle of hell, they won`t even know I exist.

　　But, then again, it is six people this time, right? Six whole people. That`s, uhh, 1/3rd more than we were? Is that how math works? Something like that.

　　&No, wait, 50% more. Yeah. I think.

　　Either way, they`re more. They might even get an archer! Imagine how useful an archer would be in a stage that`s nothing but arrows! Hm. Now that I think about it, maybe I should have picked up a few of those? It might have let me use them as, you know, actual weapons. Like how I beat the leopard.

　　Not that it matters anymore. There doesn`t seem to be any way to descend the floors at will, which is just as good for me. I don`t think I could redo the first floor even if I tried.

　　But enough about those heavy thoughts! Let`s check the other chats to see if there`s any information to be shared.

　　Normal Lobby: 274/346

　　Hard Lobby: 41/57

　　Hell Lobby: 7/7>

　　Let`s try the Hard Lobby first. Good gamers think alike, as they say.

　　Right. Okay. That, um, makes sense, maybe? Okay then, let`s try the Normal Lobby.

　　No? Not so? Then, the Easy—

　　Okay, fine, I get it. I should be able to access the Asia Server as a whole though, right?

　　Another choice, huh? Well, into the discussion boards I go!

　　Floor 3 without killing all the goblings?[2]>

　　the shop feature [DO`s/DON`T`s][19]>

　　am I in hell what[0]>

　　if You die? Is there respawn or

　　do You meet Shiva [121]>

　　The Magic Happen???? [1]>

　　That`s& a lot, and it`s not even the entire first page. There are literally dozens of pages. The first thing I can make out is that the F1 and F2 is not talking about formulas, but rather the floor you`re on. I`m guessing mine would say either 2 or 1. The other thing is that the number at the end seems to be the number of responses. To check, I test by clicking the post about magic.

　　The Magic Happen????>

　　Theory: proven.

　　Hypothesis of inherent human evil: likewise.