The Cryopod to Hell Classic is the original version of TCTH, written based on the original writing prompts, expanded into a full series, with 490 chapters of fun adventures. However, it is extremely flawed, with paper thin characters and plotlines that don’t resolve properly. It abruptly ends at the finale of Route C, and was never finished with a proper ending. Classic is best read after Refresh so you can appreciate where the story came from. As its own story, Classic has too many flaws for anyone to recommend reading first.
I continued falling. I fell for a very long time. As I fell, I thought of many things. I don’t know why I was brought here. I don’t know what made me end up in this hellish world. But I knew it wasn’t right. This world itself… was not right. It’s been a short time…
It couldn’t be just any ordinary name. Gabriel. Only one name of significance immediately leaped to mind. It could be someone else but… only one way to know. I slipped the ring on my finger. Suddenly everything went white. My ears rang like a bomb had gone off next to my head. My temples pounded….
I was completely speechless. My mouth gaped open. I stared at Bahamut numbly. You’re kidding. This was the riddle? This was the riddle that had killed millions of warriors, adventurers, and kings? This stupid fucking riddle? Everyone knows the answer to this riddle. It’s so easy. I remember accidentally reading it on a Facebook post…
Bahamut smiled. This was it. The moment she had been waiting for. It had been a long time since some fool had challenged her domain. She issued her riddle. The Child of Gaia was instantly rendered speechless. She stifled her smile, as it was not polite to mock someone before they gave their terrible answer….
I felt numb. All these poor unfortunate souls had challenged Bahamut… and lost. The gravity of the situation was sinking in on me. However, something else bothered me too. She had said that her three rings belonged to Pharaohs. Egyptian Pharaohs? Like, from Earth? Then, was this actually, somehow, Earth a hundred million years in…
I winced. This loud voice was becoming unbearable. Especially at such a close range. "Oh Great Bahamut…" I said this as reverently as I could muster. "Before I take this test, might you honor me with a small request? Just a trifle?" Bahamut looked amused. "An army of hell, and a God stands here, yet…
I’ve had many regrets in my life. For example, that time I tried eating a PB&J without the J, that time I ignored an old man who needed help crossing the road, that time I decided my entire life was worth giving up to get inside a cryopod… But most of them pale compared to…
"Can they all do that?" I spoke to Hoarhiim. Amelia and I were standing back quite a ways from the door, as Kar was about to heave it open with his brutal power. "Can who do what?" Hoarhiim didn’t catch the gist of what I was asking. "The lizardmen. Can they all grow taller like…
I really gave it my all. Pushing with all my might, I shoved and pushed and shoved and pushed. I even used a moderate "Power" spell to try and boost my strength. It didn’t work. I wanted to try and do a full forced "POWER!" but I also didn’t want to accidentally kill myself. Have…
Looking up that long hallway, I felt irritation. It was still a LONG walk back to the door. It took us half an hour last time. Even at a brisk jog, it was a quarter of an hour. I was feeling antsy and didn’t want to wait that long listening to Amelia and Kar jabber…
