《Now I am Roselyn》 Chapter 1 - Run and dont look behind. I was walking towards the university, being my first day of university I couldn''t afford being late this time, I was wearing streets clothes and I did not have a backpack because we will not be doing anything, because its the first day of school we are only going to present ourselves to new classmates, talk about values, and mess around the place. As I was walking around thinking about the fastidious days to come, I suddenly heard a scream behind me which caused me to jump due to fear but a few seconds later I came back to myself and turned around to look at the source of the scream when I saw her, the most beautiful being I have ever seen in my entire life, not even those modes on the TVs and advertisements could compare to her, she had unblemished pale skin where you could not find any imperfections no matter where you look, even though her age was around 16 years old her developing figure is already on the way to make her even more perfect, her beautiful azure eyes made you feel as if you were standing in front of a mirror, heart-shaped face, straight eyebrows, petite nose, thin lips, and her straight blonde hair made her look too beautiful until I finally regained my composure and realized that her arm was bleeding. I quickly ran at her and tied her bleeding arm with my sweater to stop the bleeding until I realized she was not saying anything, worriedly I turned to look at her face and saw that her eyes where melancholic as if looking at a distant memory returned to normal as if nothing happened since the very beginning and gave me a sweet smile that made my mind blank and she asked me if she could accompany me towards the school and I accepted. The first mistake I made. I did not realize she knew where I was heading because my mind was totally blank after she smiled at me, even though I was not wearing my uniform nor did I had my backpack. After walking in complete silence for a few minutes I could not help but think about something to talk about to dissolve this awkward atmosphere and when I finally gathered my courage she suddenly began to talk but what she said to me made me feel as if something bad is going to happen. ''''You know, a few years ago there was an accident around here. It seems that one girl disappeared around here.'''' What she said made my body tremble because it could be said that I am not a fan of anything that has to do with blood and things like that, so I was unconsciously getting closer and closer to the mysterious girl. This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. ''''It seems that she was a very beautiful girl and many people were saddened when they heard about this.'''' When she said this she looked very sad as if she met this girl and I could not help but feel pity for the disappeared girl. ''''Unfortunately after one year and a half, she was not found and was considered dead.'''' While saying this she was looking at me with some kind of emotions I could not discern which made me uncomfortable. ''''Her family even made a tomb which is located a few meters from here on.'''' She said with her voice still sounding sad. I did not dare to look at her face afraid of looking at her face with a saddened expression just like her voice. This is the second mistake I made. Because if I looked at her I would realize the expression on her face is not the saddened one that I thought of, instead, she was making an excited expression as if she finally got what she wanted. ''''Look! that is the tomb!'''' I looked towards the direction she pointed to and say the tomb which made me confused because there were words apart from the name and date marked on the tomb made with some kind of red paint. Roselyn 2020-2036 ''''RUN AND DON''T LOOK BEHIND.'''' I looked at those words ''''Run and don''t look behind'''' blankly for a long time, I was about to turn around towards the girl until I remembered when we introduced ourselves a while ago ''''My name is Roselyn.'''' it''s what she said. My face turned pale with fear and once again I heard her voice. ''''Look at me.'''' My mind went blank once more and my body slowly turned around to face her, what I saw terrified me. Her previous unblemished skin turned rotten, her silky straight hair looked like birds tried to make a nest out of it, eyes nowhere to be seen, just a dark hole that made you feel as if they would completely surround you with their darkness where the eyes are supposed to be, her previous beautiful face is now mutilated beyond being recognizable. I slowly made one step back continued by other and other until I turned around with my fast beating heart, I started running but after a few seconds I once more heard her soft and beautiful voice just beside my ear as if she was whispering ''''Don''t move.'''' My body automatically stopped moving even though my mind was screaming to move, after a few seconds I felt a pain on my head that was slowly being transferred to my whole body until I fell unconscious. Chapter 2 - The beginning My body felt weirdly uncomfortable like as if I just finished a long marathon without any rest or water, after some time I opened my eyes and realized I was surrounded by darkness wherever I look. I was not able to see nor hear anything around me. In hope of finding something else in the deep darkness I turned to look at all directions which I instantly regretted because I found a pair of blue orbs of light, no, eyes looking at me, when I saw those eyes I finally remembered all the previous events which led me to this moment before I fell unconscious and couldn¡¯t help but be scared. I am sure I am sweating buckets but I slowly composed myself, well, at least I tried to compose myself, ¡®but no matter in what point of view I look at it, this is really scary!!¡¯ Those eyes were looking at me as if its biggest wish is about to be granted and I couldn¡¯t help myself but compare those eyes that were filled with expectation to the malicious eyes I saw before I fell unconscious, I was even starting to wonder if what I saw was a mere illusion created by my mind. A long time has already passed before she finally started talking with the same gentle and sweet voice just like the first moment I met her, I couldn¡¯t help but be mesmerized by her once more, so I barely understood what she was talking about. ¡®¡¯You know, since my disappearance happened, nearly no one has ever dared to enter this forest and even those few that dared to enter were not even able to see nor hear me, even though I was so lonely and I wouldn¡¯t know when I would disappear I still persevered and waited for someone to come and grant my wish.¡¯¡¯ She hesitated a while before continuing. ¡®¡¯When I felt I was about to disappear, I happened to sense you and with the last hope I had left in me, I tried talking to you and it worked!¡¯¡¯ She exclaimed happily while quickly saying, ¡®¡¯After that, I sensed my life essence was quickly disappearing and acted without thinking and did this to you.¡¯¡¯ When she finally said this she looked so sad and lonely that someone could not help but feel an urge to protect her. ¡®¡¯I know I am being selfish but I hope you can accept my apology for this and with what I am about to do to you.¡¯¡¯ She said while her eyes looked as firm as it could be and her translucent body reached a hand at the back of my head.Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. When she touched my head I suddenly remembered all the events that have happened in my entire life, my parent¡¯s death, my family fighting for the inheritance, my brother¡¯s cold body with a knife in his hand and a relieved smile on his face while lying on the bed and¡­ my sister¡¯s crippled body lying on the hospital bed every day, her fake smile when I try to make her happy, her lies when I ask her if she is okay, and, her crying every day every single night. "My final, last wish." After remembering all that I couldn¡¯t help but let a few tears out realizing I did not have time to experience the happiness my parents wanted me to have, the freedom my brother longed for, the love my parents shared with each other and an entire family cohabitating with love. After that, I felt other memories, her memories, Rosalyn¡¯s memories. I watched her pampered life, just as I used to be, her life without suffering, her life filled with happiness, her life with the love of her parents, and I couldn¡¯t help but feel jealous while at the same time relieved that she did not suffer as I did and other unknown feelings that I was not able to recognize. After finishing her memories I just stared at her azure eyes that were reflecting sadness and happiness at the same time while slowly disappearing in the darkness. Weirdly, her memories did not include anything about her death. When her translucent body was about to disappear she whispered something that I was barely able to hear. I knew from the tone of her voice that she felt as if a heavy burden has been lifted off her shoulders as if it was a huge rock. ¡®¡¯Thank you... and sorry.¡¯¡¯ After she disappeared I wonder what she did but the darkness around me brightened so suddenly that I felt that my eyes were burning so I closed my eyes until I felt it was okay to open my eyes which I slowly opened I just saw the previous forest while I was lying on the floor and I couldn¡¯t help but think if all the things that happened were just a dream until I saw the tomb and I knew it was not a dream. I slowly tried to stand up only to immediately fall down, I felt my sense of balance was somehow weird, I felt additional weight where it was not supposed to be and I felt that something was missing, immediately realizing what was missing I slowly reached my hands between my legs only to feel¡­ nothing. The wind blew gentle air, the trees were swaying in a beautiful and gentle manner, all in all it was a beautiful scenary but there I stood petrified until I looked towards the sky and felt that something was waving at me saying goodbye¡­ I will miss you too, my loyal friend. While letting a tear fall on the floor, I changed destinations from the school to return to the house I inherited from my parents. Chapter 3 - Change While I was hurriedly getting out of the forest, I could not help but appreciate the surroundings because the forest was indeed beautiful. The trees were swaying as if they were dancing, the birds making a beautiful melody that resonates around the whole forest and there is no sign about any trashing that could ruin this scenery at all. After exiting the forest I just walked for a few minutes before arriving at the neighborhood where I immediately got a few glances that had many different meanings that I was not able to understand from the people around me. I am pretty sure that I would receive even more glances if I was a bit late I would be getting the glances from all the people in the neighborhood, fortunately, there are fewer people than normal because it''s still morning. A few minutes of walking around without any event happening I finally arrived at the home my sister managed to buy with a little part of the inheritance that our parents left us. After opening the door I immediately ran towards my room only to see Rosalyn, no, me in the mirror. Even if I had an idea about what was happening, this was different. This revelation made me aghast with surprise because even if I am indifferent towards many things this is not one of those things. My body was shaking and my mind couldn''t process anything happening around me and I could not help but think, ''Maybe I could escape with this?'' Instantly realizing what I thought I quickly shook my and slapped myself in each cheek to stop thinking about that, I could not let my sister deal with those people by herself or she could finish like my brother... I quickly shook my head and looked carefully at the mirror and noticed that there were a few differences compared to Rosalyn''s body. First of all, my eyes are similar to the ones my sister has and my mouth is like my mother''s mouth. Even though I am 18 years old I am- was quite tall being at 1.80 meters tall even to other people around my age but now I am around 1.69 meters which makes the clothes I am wearing to fall off making me show quite a lot of skin and a part of my new breasts which I can confidently say that they are a moderate size being at cup B. Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. After seeing that, I realized why many people were watching me while I was hurrying home. Even after seeing myself on the mirror I still couldn''t break myself out of the trance until I heard someone knocking on the door and without much thinking I reflexively rushed and opened the door when I realized my mistake. ''If someone I know sees me here they could not help but as questions.'' I just stood there dumbfounded until I saw a man in a delivery uniform that was facing me put something on the floor and calmly left as if everything is how it''s supposed to be. Seeing that I could not help but to confusedly think ''Why put something on the floor instead of directly giving it to me???'' I just picked whatever it was that was on the floor and carried it to my room and when I entered I finally turned my attention towards the black box only to freeze on my steps when I saw the words printed in the box: REAL WORLD ONLINE I quickly grew excited and without knowing I already opened the box only to see a little chip which I carefully raised it and rushed to another room which has the cabin needed to open the game. I rushed towards the cabin until I am a few steps next to the cabin and quickly opened a small compartment and carefully inserted the chip in a small hole producing a little sound *CLICK*. When I heard it I could not help but grow even more excited and quickly rushed inside the cabin and pressed a little button next to my hand and everything went blank once more. Chapter 4 - Real World Online I rushed towards the cabin until I am a few steps next to the cabin and quickly opened a small compartment and carefully inserted the chip in a small hole producing a little sound *CLICK*. When I heard it I could not help but grow even more excited and quickly rushed inside the cabin and pressed a little button next to my hand and everything went blank once more. *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* As soon as I pressed the button everything in my sight went white until I saw blue boxes appearing out of nowhere. Scanning... 10%... 20%... 70%... 100% Scanning complete. Found anomalies. Analyzing anomalies... 30%... 70%... 80%... ERROR. Restarting progress... 35%... 70%... 81%... ERROR. What is happening? From what I know, as soon as someone activates the gaming cabin they would only not be able to see anything for a short while until they could start to customize their characters... If so, what is actually happening? ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR Your character has been successfully created. Real World Online (RWO) management wishes you luck in your adventure! The fuc- Wait, I have to calm down... I have to think rationally in order to not make a mess of things, but before I could think any further I felt as if I was flying until I collected myself and saw that I was at an entrance of a village. Before doing anything else I should see my status, without wasting time I quickly turned to my status only to see this: NAME: Rosalyn (1) HP: 100 MANA: 1/1 QI: 0/0 (???) Strength: 0.8 Speed: 1.2 Wisdom: 1.1 Charisma: 3.1 Luck: 0.2 Mind: 2 Vitality: 5 Alignment: N/O ... What? I only stood there dumbfounded, because of the numbers allocated are indeed a bit too much for me to know what is happening. From the information I have managed to get, I knew that the system of this game will use the average strength of an adult to measure the strength of the players, in other words, the average strength of an adult male would be 1, speed, and all others 1. But from what I gathered the average HP of the player would be 10... It''s probably due to my vitality. And the mana is also 1, from what I know that should be in 100 just like my HP, but my wisdom is already quite high so why is my mana still at 1? Leaving that aside, I just skipped over the Qi, because I don''t have any method to obtain any so it''s understandable that it would appear like that and from the information gathered I knew that obtaining Qi it would be too hard in the early stages of the game because the Qi is stronger than mana is someone reaches a high stage in it. This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. When I was about to close the status I saw the name written on the status and I was just speechless for a short while before expressionlessly closing the status and turned to walk towards the village. As soon as I entered the village I realized that there were already many players searching for quests but because the village was small there would not be many quests for all the players. I immediately headed towards the chief of the village in order to find a few quests but midways I turned to see at the condition of the village and immediately knew that this village was in poverty due to the old houses that were starting to fall and the old clothes with patches that the villages were wearing. Without any hopes of getting any good quest, I just kept walking around without until I saw a beggar getting punched and by a bunch of players. I don''t know what went through my head because I immediately rushed without thinking and kicked the player that was about to hit the beggar resulting in him flying for a few meters due to the strength of the kick before falling again without any sign of moving. I was absolutely shocked because it was so easy to kill him even though I just started the game until I remembered my stats and to make the game fair, the system decided to make all the players start at 0.5 in every stat at the start of the game and before I could think any further I just side stepped and punched him on the neck, making him grab his neck unable to breathe before falling on the floor unconscious or death no one knows. I turned towards the last guy and just saw his back because he was already running away from me... Awkwardly turning towards the beggar I only saw him looking at the direction of the player who ran away before quickly turning towards me and we just stared at each other for some time before I decided to leave and started to turn around. When I was about to leave I saw the beggar quickly rushing at me and grabbing my wrist, ''''Savior!, this old man has to thank you! If it were not for ya this pile of old bones would be turned to ashes.'''' ''''Even though I don''t have anything of value I know a bit of information that will be useful to you explorers.'''' After talking he took a folded paper from his tattered robes and gave it to me which I unknowingly took and when I quickly collected myself and turned to look at the beggar I did not see him. When I was about to see the contents of the folded paper I saw a notification from the system, Due to some problems concerning the server of the game, we, unfortunately, have to close it for the day. We hope the players can understand and due to our error the players affected by this will gain a certain benefit after they log in once again into the game. As soon as I finished reading the notification I felt the world turn white once again and I slowly opened my eyes only to see to the roof of the room. After that, I stood up and was going out of the room until I heard a sound *DING* I headed towards the table where the sound came from and saw that the sound came from my phone. Chapter 5 - Sister As soon as I finished reading the notification I felt the world turn white once again and I slowly opened my eyes only to see to the roof of the room. After that, I stood up and was going out of the room until I heard a sound *DING* I headed towards the table where the sound came from and saw that the sound came from my phone *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* After grabbing my phone from the table, I unlocked it only to realize that they were lost calls from the hospital. Did something happen to my sister? Asking myself for a long while until I heard the familiar melody coming from my phone did I collected myself only to realize that the hospital was calling again. I quickly accepted the call only to hear, ''''Sir Garnelia!, Please come to the hospital as fast as you can!'''' Without thinking, I quickly went out of the house only to see myself in the mirror and took my appearance and realized what would happen if I go out like this. Frowning, I quickly went to my room and chose the smallest shirt I had from the closet while doing the same with the other types of clothes I had. I quickly went out of the house and called a cab. A few minutes later, I finally arrived at the hospital and got out of the taxi after paying. I rushed to the hospital while ignoring all the different types of stares I got while rushing towards the receptionist. ''''Miss, where is Lilith Garnelia''s room?!?'''', without thinking about any pleasantries or without any calmness, I quickly asked her. She appeared used to that and said while typing in the computer, ''''Miss, please calm yourself. I am sure that Lilith is okay.'''' while gently smiling at me. After that, she looked at the computer and calmly said the number of her room, and I quickly rushed to her room. A few minutes later I arrived in front of her room, and without thinking twice, I opened it only to be so stunned because what I saw stunned me so much that I was not able to talk for a long while. My sister is there. Yeah, she is there, calmly talking to the nurses as if everything is how it''s supposed to be. After a few seconds, she turned her head towards me and looked at me with an expression as if something impossible was happening in front of her, but a few seconds later she composed herself and calmly told the nurses to go out. What happened? Why did she look at me like that? Why did she told the nurses to go out? I had many questions that would not get any answers until I heard my sister again, ''''Mark, you are late.'''' She said while slightly pouting and she usually talks to me like everything is at it should be. This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. ''''You know, I called you to say that I will also be playing R.W.O., we can also play! Just like we used to in the past, awesome right?'''' She said while smiling at me. As if a dam broke inside me, I only rushed towards her and cried in her embrace. ''''I thought you *sniff*... you...'''' without being able to finish what I wanted to say I just kept crying in her embrace. ''''Shush shush, everything is okay don''t worry.'''' ''''Look at you, you are a mess, just a simple joke and you are like this.'''' She said while slightly laughing. I just kept crying for some time before I said what was in my mind, ''''Sis, how did you...?'''' She only giggled while saying, ''''How did I know?'''' ''''Why would I not know who my little brother is?'''' I only kept quiet while she continued to pat my back, and just then did I realize that I was embracing her. I quickly got up and looked at the mobile booth, and then I remembered that she said that she was also going to play the game with me. ''''Sister, are you really going to play the game?'''' ''''Yeah, you don''t want me to play?'''' She said while looking sad, ''''And here I thought that my little brother would like to play with me, sister is really sad.'''' She said while looking down. ''''No, no, I... I really want to play with sister.'''' I said while panicking a little. She only giggled while looking at me, '''' I am glad.'''' ''''Oh, I have to talk with you about something,'''' she said while hesitating a little. ... ... I slowly opened the door to my home and went to my sister''s room only to see a box at the corner of her room with a picture of a rose on it. I took that box and opened it only to see a bunch of papers and a few credit cards. On top of everything there is a letter that said, '''' For Mark. '''' '''' From Sarah. '''' I looked at it aghast because Sarah was the name of my mother. I only hesitated for a short time and opened the letter. ''''Hello Mark, I know this may be confusing, but I want you to stay calm and don''t do anything that may hurt you or others. I wrote this letter in case something happened to us, an elder from my family predicted that certain things are unavoidable and would happen even if we don''t want. That elder is respected on the side of my family so no one dares to rebuke him, so I prepared many things for you. The credit cars contain enough money for you and your sister to live a peaceful life and all those papers contain a new identity for you. Mark, we want you to be safe and you don''t have to worry about us. I am sure we would be able to reunite soon. In truth, I did not want you to suffer so much but because some things happened I had to leave you behind in order to make you live a good life but I knew that it would not be permanent because there are many things that you don''t know. With love, Sarah.'''' Chapter 6 - Leave and dont look behind. ''''Hello Mark, I know this may be confusing, but I want you to stay calm and don''t do anything that may hurt you or others. I wrote this letter in case something happened to us, an elder from my family predicted that certain things are unavoidable and would happen even if we don''t want. That elder is respected on the side of my family so no one dares to rebuke him, so I prepared many things for you. The credit cars contain enough money for you and your sister to live a peaceful life and all those papers contain a new identity for you. Mark, we want you to be safe and you don''t have to worry about us. I am sure we would be able to reunite soon. In truth, I did not want you to suffer so much but because some things happened I had to leave you behind in order to make you live a good life but I knew that it would not be permanent because there are many things that you don''t know. With love, Sarah.'''' *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* I looked at the contents of the letter for a long time until I gathered myself and lightly pressed my lips. I know I should be happy knowing that my mother is alive and all, but how many things do I not know? Why did she never mention my father? Why was this box here? Why did that elder say that to my mother? What is my sister hiding from me? I quickly shook my head to get rid of those thoughts because I am sure I would not get any answers as of now. I promptly decided to leave the letter in the box while moving it to my room. After opening the door of my room and putting the box on the table, I realized I was feeling a bit dizzy so I went to sleep. ... ... You... leave... and... don''t... look... behind... Every word was said between heavy breaths as if the person who said those words ran a long time without taking any rest. I could not help but turn to look towards the person talking and after turning around I only managed to see a few strands of silver hair that were dropping a few drops of blood as if it was water before everything turned dark... ... ... ... '''' NO!! '''' I woke up while screaming while my entire body was covered in cold sweat. I quickly sat on the bed while panting and not until a few moments later I decided to think about that dream but no matter how hard I tried to remember I just could not remember, the only thing I managed to remember are the few strands of long silver hair that were dripping a few drops of blood every second. After what seemed an eternity I finally came to myself and decided to leave everything at the back of my mind, ''Well, I will leave everything to my future self.'' While thinking that I finally gathered my emotions and saw that the time was 6:00 am on the clock that is on a table a few steps away from the bed. Without anything better and knowing that I would not be able to sleep I decided to play the game. ''At this time, the servers should already be opened right?'' while thinking that I was hoping that the servers were already opened. When I finally turned on the cabin I was welcomed with two options: Enter game Enter lobby I quickly pressed the first option without thinking twice and a few seconds later I was greeted with the familiar entrance of the village. I looked at my surroundings and I was not able to see any other player apart of me. Knowing that I was too early I quickly went to the village in search of quests before I saw another notification at the corner of my eyes: We are deeply sorry for everything adventurers. In compensation of the time taken from you, we have sent every adventurer a random gift ranging from items to equipment from bronze equipment to 1-star types of equipment! Reading the notification I could not help but be excited because in this game there are different types of equipment, some being low-grade equipment called: bronze, silver. Middle-grade equipment being: gold, diamond, obsidian. After that are the upper-grade equipment ranging from the ranks: planet, moon, star, sun, galaxy, and finally, universe. Every equipment has 10 ranks separated from each other such as 1-bronze, 2-bronze... 10-bronze When the game was still being developing this news were released in the official page from the game and many people calculated that it would take an eternity for one player to even have the star equipment. ''If only I could obtain any star equipment everything would be easier'' I could not help but think that until the reality hit me and I turned to look at one specific stat in my stats: You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. Luck: 0.2 ... ... When I realized that I could not help but to silently cry tears of full of grievances Not until a few seconds passed did I realized that I was too absorbed in my thinking that I did not pay attention to my surroundings while walking and I bumped into another person Quickly taking a few steps back in order not to fall down due to colliding with someone else I hurriedly looked at the other person who did not even flinch ''Wow, his eyes are really something else.'' Yeah, his eyes were so cold that I could feel myself freezing as if I was in a very cold environment and not until I felt him walking past me did I calm myself and then did I remember the gift from the game and the folded paper the beggar gave me before the server closed. Calmly taking the folded paper from the inventory I opened it and only saw a little red circle in the middle surrounded by many mountains which names were written clearly in it. ''Is this... a treasure map?'' I could not help thinking that but I clearly knew that it was not that because there are not any destinations marked on the map and just the circle in the middle of everything. I kept walking while looking at the map until I noticed that the ink was moving, no, it was more precise to say that the circle was moving and then did I thought about those maps that are given in other games and only then did I realized what was this map! This map was really a treasure in the actual stage of the game because they are not supposed to be on sale until various players are able to learn the spell of ''Mana connect'' or for players who use Qi or cultivators, as said in the game, are able to send their Qi to the nature itself while still being connected to it. I was quite excited and then did I realize that I was in front of the chief of the village looking at me with an unreadable expression until he finally smiled at me, ''''Oh, adventurer, we are glad to see you in this little village. I would be glad if you can enter my home to talk about something?'''' I looked surprised at the chief because before I managed to answer I only saw his back as he was walking as if I had no option but to obey him. The chief is really different from the villagers, right? Not only is he really arrogant but his condition is different from the other villagers. All the other villagers looked pale and skinny as if they did not eat for a long time but the chief looked as healthy as a bull and his body clearly indicates how much food does he eat every day. I was suspicious but I still followed him, and when I entered his house I saw many types of herbs were here and there and the house was in a mess as if a party was in here not long ago. Not minding all the mess in the house the chief only walked towards a cabinet and unlocked it with a key that was in his pocket. He quickly took out a letter from the cabinet and quickly closed it as if he was afraid something would escape from there and hurriedly locked it before turning around to give me the letter with a grin on his face. ''''Adventurer, this letter is for the blacksmith that is outside the village. I hope you can give this to him.'''' he gave me the letter which I calmly took it from his hand and until he gestured me with his hands to leave did I finally left that place. Why did he even give me this out of nowhere? What is he planning? And the worst part of everything was that he did not give me any directions at all!! he just said out of the village... How would I ever know where exactly is the blacksmith even located??? *Sigh*... let''s just ask a villager around here. After asking the first villager I saw I got the directions and then did I go towards the house of the blacksmith. I quickly arrived without any type of obstacle on the way and I saw the house of the blacksmith. That house was different from all the other houses in the village, this one was clearly sturdier and it could hold itself from falling just from the wind unlike the houses of the village. I calmly knocked to the door and a few seconds later I saw the supposed blacksmith open the door, ''''Do you need anything young missy?'''' that was the first thing I heard from him after he oped the door and saw me ''''Yup, the chief of the village wanted me to give this letter to you,'''' I said while holding the letter and showing it to him. After he saw the letter seemed to want to grab to letter but just immediately changed the directions of his hand from the letter to my wrist and quickly pushed my inside his home before he quickly closed the door as if afraid someone would see him. 1,582 words (Excluding Flashback) Chapter 7 - Weird man ''''Yup, the chief of the village wanted me to give this letter to you,'''' I said while holding the letter and showing it to him. After he saw the letter and when his hand was about to reach it, his hand suddenly changed directions and he grabbed my wrist and without waiting for me to react, he quickly pushed me inside his home and without thinking twice he hurriedly closed the door as if afraid someone would see him. *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* My mind was completely blank, I stood there dumbfounded while still having the letter in my hand, Perhaps the man realized what he just did so he turned his head towards the dumbfounded me and said, '''' *Cough* *cough* Hehe... I am sorry missy, you just really surprised me there'''' while wryly smiling at me You were surprised you say?, I am the one supposed to be surprised!! Why would you even have to be surprised ?!? I quickly calmed down and only looked at him suspiciously. At first, it was the village''s chief and now he is also acting as suspicious as the chief... Perhaps seeing me looking at him suspiciously he quickly grabbed the letter from my hands and as quickly as before he read the contents of the letter. When I saw his hands I could not help but look at him more carefully. His hands were filled with calluses, there are also cut marks everywhere as if done by a weapon like a sword, he has a sturdy body as if he was a mountain who would not fall down no matter what, his face was average, and he unconsciously released some type of energy that I could not identify. When I turned to look at his eyes, I realized that he was also looking at me as if studying me. ''''Missy, I really have to thank you for giving this to me... hmm...'''' he said while rubbing his chin and after hesitating a little he said, ''''You see, this letter has the location of something I really need but I don''t have enough time to go and look for it, could you look for that item for me?'''' Without thinking twice I quickly agreed, ''''Yes!'''' Blacksmith J. R. has entrusted a quest to the player. While receiving the notification I immediately heard the blacksmith continue talking, ''''That''s excellent missy! I promise you that you will not regret helping me!'''' he said while loudly laughing and not until a long time passed did he continue, ''''You will need this-'''' he quickly gave a piece of paper that had the image of an herb including information regarding that herb, ''''and you will need a weapon to protect yourself.'''' After saying that he asked for me to follow him and when I arrived in the basement I saw rows of different types of weapons, bows, swords, spears, axes, caltrops, flails, daggers... every type of weapons that I could think of I was able to see it in this basement. ''''Hahaha... You can choose any weapon you want while you are here.'''' I was quite excited to get a weapon, because why not? Having one will not hurt anyone... well, will not hurt me. I rushed and picked the first weapon I saw but somehow... it did not feel right? It felt as if something was pushing me out and I felt uncomfortable. Without thinking twice I quickly put that weapon where it was and that feeling instantly disappeared. I did not have any time to think about that so I only kept doing the same and not until a long time passed did I realized that the same feeling happened while I held all the weapons here. I could not help but turn my eyes towards the blacksmith only to see him asleep in the couch with drool falling from his mouth... With my lips twitching I was about to wake him up when I saw something with the corners of my eyes I turned to look at the thing that my eyes caught and when I felt the familiar feeling but this one was not like the other weapons, instead it felt as if I was being attracted to this one. I was excited until I saw the thing that was attracting me... it was a ''Guqin'' What is a Chinese instrument even doing here??? When I touched the guzheng, I instantly heard the blacksmith''s laughter again, ''''Hahaha, it seems that the missy finally found her weapon. Oh? that is an interesting thing you have there missy.'''' When he saw the thing in my hands he only looked shocked for a few seconds before he returned to normal. ''''Well, with this you will be safe. Oh, you can also have this'''' after saying that he gave me an empty leather bag and asked me to leave. I calmly took the leather bag, attached it to my waist and I was soon in the forest on the way to the village. Why would I need a leather bag while I have an inventory? well, it''s because there is limited space on the inventory given by the system, though it can be increased. The space of the inventory is only 10 which I was already using 10, the only difference of the inventory and the leather bag is that the things it can inventory cannot be stolen but the things in the leather bag are able to be stolen. A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. I still can store many things in the leather bag as if it was the inventory but the more things the leather bag has, the more weight it has... and the only way to decrease the weight is to inscribe runes in the leather bag and depending on the materials of the bag it can also have more runes inscribed on it. And in order to increase the space in the inventory, the players have to learn the ancient space magic which is said to be the harder magic to comprehend and cultivators have to be at a certain stage to be able to increase it. While thinking about that, I was not able to hear the noises behind me until I heard a painful groan did I turn to look at that direction only to see a bunch of players fighting against a group of goblins. Immediately realizing what was happening I quickly turned around in order to run away because, why not? Should I save those people just because they are players like me? Unfortunately, I am not one of those people who would save anyone just because they need help... But when I was about to escape, I heard the heavy steps of someone running in my direction and I curiously looked behind me once again only to want to curse the eight generations of that person, He was running in my direction while eagerly shouting as if he was finally saved, ''''Help!! Help!! Please help us!'''' ''Hell no!'' I thought while running away, why would someone even want to help you? Don''t you see all those goblins behind you? When I a certain distance away I turned to look at that direction again only to see all those goblins running towards me. ''F*ck'' I once again ran but this time my direction was the forest and after a few seconds I climbed on a tree in hopes of the goblins ignoring me but I forgot one crucial fact in my panic. Goblins have an excellent sense of smell, especially when it comes to women, children, and elves. They can even smell metal, making them dangerous to anyone wearing metal armor. They also have excellent night vision. When I finally saw the goblins again and stopping in front of the tree while sniffing did I remember their sense of smell... I nervously reached the sword in my waist I managed to buy from the blacksmith before leaving and while mentally preparing myself I turned to look at the goblins only to see them looking at another direction, I curiously looked at the same direction and saw the man I bumped with whom I collided when I was walking towards the chief''s residence. When I saw his cold eyes looking at me I could not help but feel my entire body shudder and when he turned to look at the goblins he slightly sighed before taking a spear out of nowhere. He rushed toward the goblins without thinking twice and he swung his spear at the head of the first goblin easily severing it from its body, when the other goblins saw that, they immediately rushed at the man without any formation, strategy whatsoever. When he saw them rushing at him, he smirked while muttering something I was not able to hear He quickly stabbed another goblin in the head and kicked another one that was about to hit him with it a branch from a tree, after that goblin fell to the ground, the final goblin grabbed a rock from the ground and threw it to him which he only grabbed it with his hand and equally threw it to the same goblin directly hitting its head while making a loud sound before the goblin fell on the ground never to wake up again. I was extremely shocked because he easily dealt with that many goblins as if they were only ants that are meant to be stepped on. When I saw his cold eyes in my direction again, I could not help but tremble in fear. Fortunately, I have the option to censor the gore or I would not be able to handle anything happening because as I said before, I don''t like frightening things. When I saw him awkwardly waving at me, I could not help but be flustered, What is he doing? waving at me? eh? Perhaps remembering something, his eyes suddenly contracted before he calmly took his hand down and went on his way as if nothing happened. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ *???* POV My best friend... this time I can help you. 1,591 words (Exluding flashback) Chapter 8 - Guardian When I saw him awkwardly waving at me, I could not help but be flustered, What is he doing? waving at me? eh? Perhaps remembering something, his eyes suddenly contracted before he calmly took his hand down and went on his way as if nothing happened. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ *???* POV My best friend... this time I can help you. *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* After a few minutes passed did I finally collect myself, and after carefully glancing at my surroundings did I slowly descend from the tree. When I finally was on the floor, I realized that the man from before forgot to collect the loot from the goblins and knowing that he will not come back, I promptly decided to take the loot for myself I looked around the corpses and only saw rusty swords or daggers that had something viscous smeared on them. Knowing full well what that viscous thing was, I just left those weapons there in disgust and turned to check if those goblins had something else on them. After a few seconds of searching, I saw a few bottles of two different colors that were a few steps from what seemed to be the leader of this group of goblins. I quickly took those bottles and heard a notification: You have obtained 3 bottles of health potion and 2 bottles of mana potions. Without thinking twice I put it on my leather bag and when I was about to search for more loot I heard a growl behind me, turning around I was faced with a wolf As soon as I saw the wolf I could not help but curse my ''extraordinary'' luck, first it was a pack of goblins and now it''s a wolf?!? Whatever, when I was about to run as fast as I could, a thought came to me, ''This is only one wolf, so I should be able to beat it, right?'' As soon as I thought that, I heard the wolf running towards me and turning to look at the wolf I knew that it would not let me escape no matter what, ''Well...'''' When the wolf was dashing at me I quickly side-stepped causing the wolf to nearly trip on the corpse of the goblin leader. I hurriedly took a few steps back in order to make distance and quickly appraised the wolf, Lone wolf ( Level 4 ) / ( Normal ) Hp: 99/100 Mp: 145/150 Fortunately, it''s a normal wolf, if not, I don''t believe I could beat it. When I was about to unsheathe the sword, I realized that the wolf was once again dashing towards me and without taking the sword I side-stepped again, but this time the wolf did not go past me, instead, it suddenly stopped midways and turned towards me in order to bite me causing me to reflexively unsheathe the sword and quickly slashing at the wolf -17 After hearing that notification, I realized that my sword struck the wolf, but it quickly retreated only to have it brush against the wolf. Shocked at the damage I managed to make with only brushing the wolf with my sword, I quickly grew confident and charged at the wolf The wolf not expecting me to charge at him made a lough roar when it saw me slashing at me with the sword, the wolf intended to dodge my sword but it was already too late as the sword already reached at its neck CRT: -151 ! You have defeated an enemy 3 levels higher than you! Exp. 3% higher. Gained 52EXP Level up! After hearing that notification I realized that the wolf quickly fell to the ground without making any noise and only after a few seconds did I finally came out from my shocked stat because, more than 100 damage! who would be able to make that much damage at this stage of the game? I quickly shook my head in order to get rid of those thoughts and turned to take all the loot from the wolf and only found: 1x Wolf''s fang 1x Wolf''s hide 10x Wolf''s fur 1x Token And only that... I really want to curse my luck... Without thinking about that I quickly turned to look at my stats: NAME: Roselyn Level: 2 ( 2/100 ) HP: 100 MANA: 2/2 QI: 0/0 (???) Strength: 0.8 Speed: 1.2 Wisdom: 1.1 Charisma: 3.1 Luck: 0.2 Mind: 2 Vitality: 5 A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.______________ Free stats points: 0.1 I calmly allocated the stat point to strength and closed the status in order to leave this forest when I quickly realized that the surroundings are as described in the paper that the blacksmith gave me, the paper that he gave only contained a few sentences that It did not make any sense at first but when I saw the forest I quickly realized that it was just as the paper said: ''''The mahogany-brown forest was the woody heaven. The ancient trees stretched away from the crinkly floor. Trees are the caretakers of the wood. Scampering hares searched for food under bristles of wispy moss. The stars were like lucid snowflakes of silver as they sprinkled the night sky. Berries lay ripening under the leafy dome of the forest.'''' And until then did I realize that the bright sky was slowly turning into night. When the night finally appeared I saw that the stars were as beautiful as the note said. And only a few steps away was the wolf''s body, the previously normal body was slowly transforming into something else. Its previous brown fur turned into a silvery and long fur, its normal body grew 2 times as it was before making it look as strong, if not, stronger than a bear, nonetheless, it''s still death. At some point, I did not realize that the bodies of the goblins have long disappeared and only when I only saw the wolf''s body did I realize it. Not taking it as something serious because the bodies of the monsters disappear a few minutes after their death I was only concerned with the body of the wolf and I just stood there dumbfounded. A few minutes later I curiously looked at the wolf and decided to look at its stats to see if something changed, and what I saw absolutely shocked me: Guardian of the moon ( Level 30 ) Epic HP: 0/30,000 Mp: 0/50,000 A race born from the power of the moon in order to protect powerful items that are only for the strong. When its day, they lose most of their power and when it''s night, they have their deserved power. After seeing the description of the wolf I could not help but be even more shocked and when I saw the body of the wolf turning into many particles of light slowly descending at a particular flower which quickly turned into a silvery flower just like a tulip did I finally came to myself. When I saw that silver tulip, I could not help but be excited because this was the herb needed to complete the quest! When I was a few besides the tulip and grabbed it from the ground, I remembered about the loot from the wolf and after putting the tulip in my inventory did I took them to appraise them and was once again shocked and excited at the same time: 1xGuardian of the moon''s fang: 40cm fang gained from the body of a powerful beast. It changes properties depending on day and night. 1xGuardian of the moon''s hide: A hide gained from the body of a powerful beast. It changes properties depending on day and night. 10xGuardian of the moon''s silver fur: Fur gained from the body of a powerful beast. It changes properties depending on day and night. 1xToken: A token given to those with great fate. I quickly put that in my inventory and once again turned to look at my surroundings in order to find a way to leave this forest to turn the herb and complete the quest. After a short time, I realized that I was totally lost but at the corner of my eyes I saw a way completely destroyed as if many people made a way without caring about any plants then did I remember that those goblins were making a wreck with everything they saw when they were chasing me. Thanking those goblins in my mind I quickly went there and without admiring the forest I quickly left the forest but I realized that as I left the forest the night was quickly turning to day once again. Without caring about this mysterious phenomenon I quickly went in my way towards the blacksmith but what I did not realize was one pair of cold eyes that followed every movement I did. ________________ ________________ ________________ *???* POV I knew you regretted not obtaining what you wished the most. So I helped you. This time, I want to help you and pay you what I failed to do. This time I want you to count in me. I don''t want to see you giving up. You gave me hope in the past. Now it''s my turn to give you hope in the future. Chapter 9 - Blacksmith, or not?!? (Not edited) *???* POV I knew you regretted not obtaining what you wished the most. This time, I want to help you and pay you what I failed to do. This time I want you to count in me. I don''t want to see you giving up. You gave me hope in the past. Now it''s my turn to give you hope in the future. *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* A lot of time was spent walking to the blacksmith''s house. While I was making my way there I could not help but think, ''When you need monsters to attack you, where are they?!? At this rate, I will fall behind all the other players...'' Though I have high stats compared to normal players, soon or later they would be able to surpass me. Who knows? Maybe someone already has stats compared to mine at this stage of the game. While thinking useless things I finally arrived in front of the door of the blacksmith''s house. When I was about to knock on the door, it instantly opened revealing the bored face of the blacksmith which quickly changed to one of curious when he looked at me. ''''Oh missy, do you need something else to finish the quest?'''' he said while looking reluctant as if afraid I would take all of his things. Without minding the expressions on his face I calmly said, ''''No, sir, I have already finished the quest.'''' When I finished talking he looked at me in shock for a while before excitedly continuing, ''''Oh!! You got me by surprise missy! To think you already found what I asked you to!'''' ''''No, I was just lucky enough to find it'''' ''''Haha, then If you were just lucky then I could rest at easy'''' he said before continuing laughing as if afraid someone would not hear him. But there was something I didn''t know at that time. When I said I was just lucky, I saved my life. After laughing for a while, his demeanor suddenly changed a bit before continuing with a slight smile on his face, receiving the signal I gave him the herb he was searching for, ''''Missy, I really have to thank you for finding this. In the future, if you need help with something just find me and I will do my very best to help you, you should also have this,'''' after saying that he gave me a leather book and a coin which instantly dissolved after I touched it.
A-rank difficulty quest has been cleared
Due to you finding one of the only herbs capable of saving the great master you have gained his gratitude. x1 Cultivation manual x3 Gold coins x1 Workshop Items in the workshop 200 EXP
Bonus: Due to your splendid handlings of the quest you have gained bonus rewards: x1 Initiation pill x1 Mana increasing fluid Skill: Recovery
Level up
Shocked at the rewards and the quest difficulty, I quickly turned my eyes towards the blacksmith and just then did I notice that he was not there anymore. Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. ''He was just standing in front of me!'' and a few minutes later I remembered the contents of the reward ''''Cultivation manual'''' I did not have to be a genius to know that this quest had something to do with cultivation. Without distracting myself anymore, I slowly entered the blacksmith''s house, well... former. When I was finally inside I noticed the differences, this room was filled with scrap metal no matter where I looked when I first came, but, now the floor is completely empty just as if this house was never used Let''s think about it, the rewards only mentioned the workshop and not the house, so why am I even able to enter here? While thinking that I came upon a door which I curiously opened only to see the equipment used to forge. Anvils, metals, weapon''s molds, hammers, and various tools. After checking all the tools, I remembered the basement that had all those weapons and I instantly headed towards it and when I finally arrived I saw the door but, it was locked. When I touched the door, I felt a slight shake before I saw a notification in the corner of my eyes
Minor curse applied (10 seconds) 5 HP every second
-5
-5
-5
... I quickly took back my hand while slightly sweating, After all, a normal player would have died in a question of seconds. While thinking about that I returned to the main room in order to retrieve all the rewards After taking out the cultivation manual I saw another notification appear:
Cultivation manual
In order to cultivate, one has to learn what are the steps of cultivating. Use to memorize cultivation. Bonus: - Neutral -
Initiation Pill
A pill that helps beginner cultivators in order to have a better foundation while
Mana increasing fluid
A fluid that is able to increase the mana by 50 (Permanent) when inserted in water.
Chapter 10 - Class change: Cultivator? (Part 1) While thinking about that I returned to the main room in order to retrieve all the rewards After taking out the cultivation manual I saw another notification appear:
Cultivation manual
In order to cultivate, one has to learn what are the steps of cultivating. Use to memorize cultivation. Bonus: - Neutral -
Initiation Pill
A pill that helps beginner cultivators in order to have a better foundation.
Mana increasing fluid
A fluid that is able to increase the mana by 50 (Permanent) when inserted in water.
*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Once I saw the quest''s notification again, I chose to retrieve all the rewards which instantly appeared on the table in front of me. A vial containing a brown pill, that thing should be the initiation pill? A transparent jar containing a viscous liquid colored a deep blue, this one should be the mana increasing fluid. And two books, one is as if never used before and the other one is an old book. After seeing the rewards, I excitedly picked the old book when a notification instantly appeared:
Do you want to learn the ''Cultivation manual''? Yes/No
Without thinking twice I quickly agreed, and immediately after that, I felt the contents of the cultivation manual as if I knew it from the very beginning. Cultivation is the process of improving health, increasing longevity, and growing powerful. This is accomplished by cultivating Qi and training in martial and mystical arts. It is said that the ultimate goal of cultivation is to become an Immortal or attain godhood. Qi is believed to be the vital force forming part of any living being. Qi translates as "air" and figuratively as "material energy", "life force", or "energy flow". Qi is the central underlying principle in cultivation or martial arts. I did not mind the information that appeared in my mind out of nowhere because I was more focused on the notification from the system:
Requirements have been met, Player ''Rosalyn'' has gained the epic class ''Cultivator''
Certain stats have been unlocked due to your class!
Congratulations on being the first player on obtaining an epic class in the game! Rewards have been given depending on your class.
The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation. Without thinking twice I took the other book and saw another notification:
Skill recovery has been identified. Does the player wish to learn it? Yes/No
I quickly agreed and the same thing that happened with the cultivation manual happened again. After that, I excitedly turned my head to the remaining items on top of the table and quickly took the Initiation pill and swallowed it. The pill quickly dissolved in my mouth and I heard another notification:
Initiation pill (Purity 100%) have been fed, the foundation of the player would be better than normal cultivators.
Finally, I grabbed the mana increasing fluid when I heard another notification that turned my mood sour:
Mana is incompatible to the player ''Rosalyn'', use of any type of consumable concerning mana would cast debuffs on the player.
Helplessly shaking my head I just left it on the table and only until then did I remember the reward from the class change and the gift from the developers. A few seconds later, there were two other items on top of the table. An old tattered book and a box, I took the box and opened it only to see a ring inside of it, ''Is this what I think it is?'' I excitedly thought while remembering those rings from all those novels when I once again heard the notification from the system:
Spatial ring (7-bronze) (Upgradable)
There is a space of 10m3 inside the ring. Do you wish to bind it? Yes/No
I quickly agreed and turned to the tattered book. Although I do not have so many expectations in this tattered book, I should not leave it rotting in my inventory right?
Do you wish to identify the ''???'' book?
I quickly agreed and heard another notification, but this time it was different. This the ''worldwide notification'', only those news that is said to be worthy enough would be in there.
Cultivation method (1-star) has been gained by player#0001
This was repeated three times in a row and only until then did it stop. I was quite shocked thinking that someone else already got such an item, it was even a cultivation method of a star grade, a piece of upper-grade equipment at that! After a few minutes passed I composed myself and turned to look at the item only to be shocked once more.
Cultivation method (&/%1-star?)
Random cultivation method decided by the user''s physique
. Chapter 11 - Class change: Cultivator (Part 2) [Not edited] I was completely surprised because I never expected to have, especially with my luck stat, such a rare item and even at the early stages of the game. I was a bit worried about the weird signs about the item but it''s not something I could afford to care for. Why? Obviously, because it''s a 1-star item! An item that many would kill to have! Without thinking about the consequences of my actions I quickly used the item and a bright light came from my body, making it illuminate most of the surrounding forest while at the same time a new worldwide notification appeared in the system.
Player#0001 has obtained Cultivation Manual: World''s Choice.
Followed by a notification that said,
You have gathered the attention of a mysterious goddess, may luck befall on you!
And before I could think any longer I saw another notification... and let me say, this one did not have good news for me.
Many entities with bad intentions towards you are approaching! Be careful player#0001!
When I finally opened the map and saw my surroundings filled with red dots I quickly paled while thinking about the notification and the greed of many people... But... how did they even come this fast!? I could not afford to do anything and I was already able to see the silhouettes of a great number of people heading at my way...
Your class has successfully changed! Congratulations on becoming the first cultivator in Real World Online! Rewards have been given! Do you wish to open your rewards?If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.
Aaah! I don''t have time for this! I have more important things to care about. For god sake!
You have obtained a bottle of ''''Exp Elixir''''
You have obtained title: ''''First Cultivator''''
You have obtained a cultivator''s mask!
Fame +1000
Do you wish to use both items?
No! I don''t have time I said!
Your order has been successfully received!
Both items have been consumed!
Congratulations on obtaining 1600% Exp!
You have successfully ascended to level 10!
You have unlocked the stat: Talent.
I really don''t have time to deal with this, I quickly equipped the mask given by the reward and waited for everyone to come here while thinking about ways to escape from here. While I was thinking the first person finally arrived, a man about as tall as 2 meters, wearing a helmet that did not show his face, muscles everywhere I could see and a great... beard... about 15cm tall. This ogr- I mean, this person directly looked at me as soon as he arrived, ''''This little missy, are you the one?'''' His voice was a bit husky but just the right tone of voice to be able to be heard. ''''And what if it is me?'''' -------To be continued :p