I'm refusing to read read the last installment fir this story. As soon as dad was gone i understood just how horror based the VN really is. It's an amazing read nonetheless, the talent is evident in both the writing and most of the sprites. Byte is by far and away my fave character, followed by Mylo. Was far too sad 😔 knowing how close to the end we are and he still isn't a runner. Which means he either dies or isn't given the proper send-off. It also means Alex, Byte and/or Loken die at the ending. Which would be on brand for a furry visual novel as the happy to bad ending ratio isn't even measurable it's so skewed. Why can't we just have Alex Byte Loken and Mylo beat glitch, kill all the demons, and attempt to rebuild Illayla into a more advanced society without the issues that destroyed the human one?!
I... can't help but disagree with this. At the end of the story, Mylo could simply "go on to be trained", he doesn't need to be either a blackrunner or die by the end, inconclusions that imply the future are perfectly acceptable in media. Otherwise, things are too rushed, like everything has to happen NOW.
I can't really speak on whether one of the main three is going to die, but I would say that it's most likely Byte, if so. Alex or Loken dying would not be a valid conclusion to the story, even in sacrifice.
And lastly, they couldn't build an advanced society. Even in a truly happy ending, the world collapsed in the Cascade 500 years prior, so everyone would just be continuing out their lives in the ruins of the world, slowly trying to make things better (albeit without the blackzones around).