Chapter 2: A Cyber's World

“A Cyber’s World” is the second chapter of Deltarune. It was first released on September 17, 2021. It is distributed alongside Chapter 1 as a free demo for the game.

In this chapter, the heroes explore the Cyber World, a Dark World created in the town library, and try to rescue their classmate Noelle Holiday from the Queen. This chapter also introduces an alternate route where the player forces Noelle to freeze enemies in the city to become stronger.

Its bonus boss is Spamton NEO.

Plot[]

SPOILER WARNING: Plot details follow.

The chapter begins with Toriel’s voice calling out to Kris, and finding a knife, much to her horror. However, it is immediately revealed that Kris had actually snuck out of bed to eat all of the pie Toriel made last night, and left their knife in the tin.

After school, Susie has been waiting for Kris, revealing that she couldn't sleep at all last night, wondering if the Dark World they explored yesterday was actually real. However, before they can go go inside the closet, their classmate, Noelle Holiday, walks up to them, asking if they can study for their school project together, much to Susie's surprise.

When she leaves, Kris and Susie go into the closet, and sure enough, the Dark World is still there. They reunite with Ralsei and explore Castle Town. However, it's just as empty as when the pair first visited, with only Ralsei being present. Under Ralsei's instruction, Kris goes back to the Light World collects all of the items from the unused classroom and brings them to the Dark World, causing Castle Town to be populated with the denizens from Card Kingdom, with many of the new residents setting up shops. Eventually, Susie mentions they have a project to do, prompting Ralsei to banish them from Castle Town until it is done. Lancer and Rouxls Kaard also decide to accompany them.

Kris and Susie decide to go to the Library, which they find strangely empty. When they open the door to the computer labe, they find the same dark mist as from the school closet, meaning that there is another Dark World awaiting them, and jump into it. They encounter the Queen, who has captured Noelle to become a "peon" in her plans. She has them fight some of her minions, Plugboys turned into Werewires by her wires. But Ralsei suddenly appears and pacifies the second batch.

When Kris, Susie and Ralsei ride some roller coasters, Queen reappears and attempts to capture them with cages, but fails. She then tries to get Noelle to fight them, but she only converses with Susie. Queen summons Berdly, another classmate of theirs, who willingly allied with her. Queen spectates their encounter from a distance, and avoids Berdly's interactions. After the heroes defeat Berdly, Queen postpones helping him, and informs the party of the roller coaster's tracks being incomplete before leaving.

The heroes fall into Cyber City, here, Kris splits up with the other party members and finds Noelle. In Kris's company, Noelle learns to be less fearful, accentuating one of the game's themes of personal development. Queen also reappars, and decides to form a truce with Kris until she finds Noelle (who is wearing a box to hide her face). Later on, it becomes increasingly evident that Queen genuinely cares for Noelle. Queen tells Kris that she only wants to entertain people, even is she has to become evil to reach this goal.

Eventually, the Lightners reach the Queen's mansion, where she ends her truce and captrures all of them, making Ralsei a butler, since she didn't have enough cages. Berdly joins Kris, and learns to be less arrogant after failing to solve multiple puzzles, although he is later captured by Queen with a wire. After fighting Queen in her normal form and freeing Berdly, the final boss fight begins with both parties fighting inside giant mechas, in the style of a Punch-Out!!-esque fighting game.

Despite the GIGA Queen ending up damaged and the battery running out, Queen threatens to crush the heroes is Noelle doesn't join her. Noelle, however, finally having had enough of Queen's actions, tell her that she'll never be happy if Queen is controlling her. Finally understanding, Queen tells Noelle to choose the world that makes her happy before shutting down.

The Lightners realise together that Dark Worlds are much better than the Light World, as they have cool superpowers and friends. However, as Berdly decides to make a new Dark Fountain, Ralsei immediately stops him. He reveals that opening more Dark Fountains will bring forth the Roaring; an apocalyptic event which will summon the Titans, gigantic creatures that will destroy the world and cause chaos. The surviving Darkners will be trapped in stone, while the Lightners will be trapped in an endless night. Genuinely shocked, Queen realizes the error of her ways, claiming she didn't know about the Roaring, and ends hostilities with the Lightners. Kris and Susie go to seal the Dark Fountain, and the Lightners all return to the computer lab in the Light World.

When Kris goes home with Susie, Toriel invites her to sleep over for the night, deciding to make another pie, and teach Susie how. She then sends the two to wash their hands. Upon going to the bathroom and turns on the faucet, however, Kris suddenly rips out their SOUL, puts it in the cabinet, and goes out the window, while Toriel and Susie are chatting with each other. They eventually return and put the SOUL back in their body.

That night, while Kris and Susie are asleep, Toriel calls the police, reporting about a prowling figure outside, and slashed car tires. After she goes to sleep, Kris wakes up, rips out their SOUL once again, turns on the TV, opens the door, and creates a Dark Fountain in the center of the room, going back to sleep after. As darkness fills the room, a toothy grin appears on the static television screen, ending the chapter, and leading straight to the next.

Alternate route[]

Main article: Weird Route

In Cyber City, an alternate story route (commonly referred to as the "Weird" or "Snowgrave" route) can occur. The player must have Noelle freeze all of the enemies and solve puzzles by herself, and they make a deal with Spamton to acquire a ring that improves her magic. She is eventually forced to freeze Berdly solid with the SnowGrave spell after he confronts the duo. She then leaves Kris, shaken by her own actions, and is too exhausted to participate in Queen's plans.

Ralsei informs the latter of the Roaring preemptively, avoiding her battle. Kris goes to seal the Fountain alone but is stopped by Spamton, who upgraded himself into Spamton NEO while Queen was looking for Berdly. Fighting Spamton, Kris calls for help from Susie and Ralsei, who do not respond. The player then calls for help from Noelle, who freezes Spamton. Kris seals the fountain.

In the Light World, Berdly is found unresponsive, and Noelle may question whether or not the Dark World really was a dream if visited at the Hospital. Though the route ends the same way as normal, with Kris opening a Dark Fountain in their home.

Spoilers end here.

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Development[]

Main article: Deltarune#Development

Trivia[]

The fighting game Kris and Queen play, as well as the GIGA Queen fight, seem to be a reference to the video game Punch-Out!!