《I Became A MOBA Character》 Prologue It''s a usual weekend night for me and my friends at an internet cafe just a few steps outside my house. Since it''s a Saturday night, it only means one thing! All-nighter gaming! For five days, we are just regular students trying hard to at least get a passing grade in school, but once it becomes Saturday, we schoolboys become nocturnal monsters that doesn''t believe in sleep. Tonight, I, Vincent, also known as the one-who-never-talks-back-to-his-mother-because-he-is-afraid-of-his-mother''s-death-slap, becomes xNivzx, the trashtalker and nightmare of noobs. What we are currently playing is Attack of the Ancients or AotA for short. A game wherein two teams composed of five players per team engage in a battle to destroy each other''s monuments. If your monument gets destroyed first, then you lose. Without any form of exaggerations, this game is the only reason why I try my best at school since I''d be forbidden to play it anymore if I receive even one failing grade. I, Vincent dela Cruz, do solemnly swear that AotA is my religion. Together with my four other friends who also pledged their faith to AotA, we spend the whole night trashing up noobs and scrubs and tell them who are their bosses. As I was shouting some commands to my friends, I suddenly felt a slight aching in my chest halfway during a match. I never had history of heart problems and even though I look like someone who will die if a strong gust of wind hits me, I rarely get sick. I kept playing and after finishing the match, I went to the bathroom. A sharp pain suddenly hits me. It was so painful and I got nervous because I never experienced this kind of pain before. The failed confession to my crush during elementary can be considered an ant''s bite compared to this. I''m literally dying to see her one last time. Before I knew it, I collapsed in a smelly bathroom full of piss from strangers that don''t know how to flush. This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. When I woke up, I was already staring at a white ceiling. I guess I was saved. I looked around and still it was white. Everything is white. Is this heaven? How did I even reach heaven when my soul is already corrupted to the extreme? I guess I really died huh? I just hope that my mom ain''t beating my dead body right now. I was never a good son to her yet she did her best as a single mom for me. When I remember all the stupid things I had done till now, tears started to roll on my cheeks. "I''m sorry mom.." Tears and snot got mixed and I just cried and cried till I got tired of it. If my friends saw me like this, I''m sure they''ll laugh at me because I''m literally the forever alone meme right now. After a few more minutes of sobbing, I cleaned my face and started to explore the place. That was a weird unexpected rhyme. This place really is all white. I kept walking yet it''s still all white. I tried calling out for God or someone else but only my voice kept replying to me. If I say ''I love you'' I''m sure it will it reply ''I love you but only as a friend''. Somehow, painful memories of my childhood crush resurfaced. "I love you!" I tried doing it anyway but the result was still echo. At least what was expected didn''t happen. [-mon...you] Huh? I suddenly hear a sound. It was as soft as a whisper but still it''s something! I finally hear something else besides my stupid voice. Suddenly, my whole body is floating in the air. Light surrounded me as I frantically find my balance. I looked at my hands and it was slowly disintegrating. I screamed and shout and let it all out but then everything went black. Chapter 1 "Princess! The summoning was a failure! This weak individual cannot possibly possess any strength to defeat a slime!" "Quiet Denmark! We cannot judge the summoned from their looks. Let me test him first before we pass judgment." Agh. My head hurts. When my consciousness returned, I was already in another place. There were people that look like knights and two individuals that are talking about something. The place itself looked like a castle interior if my memory serves me right. Whoa, that girl is seriously beautiful! Is this still on Earth? No, I died already so I guess this is in another world but why am I here? Shouldn''t I have become a baby after receiving a cheat skill from a goddess? My web novel knowledge had failed me! Before I forget, did that Denmark dude just called me a failure? I guess I received some sort of auto-translate function since I could understand them which is not so bad. Suddenly, I was approached by the beautiful girl. She had long brown hair reaching up to her waist which only added strong charm to her already beautiful face. Her body seems fine, passes my ideal shape but still have some developments needed, especially the breast area. If I had to guess her age, I could say that she''s about sixteen to eighteen years old, about the same age as me. But women are deceptive creatures so I won''t be surprised if she tells me that she''s already thirty years old with two children. "You! What is your name?" The beautiful girl suddenly pointed at me. I looked but no one else is around so by using my deduction skills, she could only be speaking to me. "Shouldn¡¯t you name yourself first before asking for another person''s name? What an ill-mannered woman." Oh no! xNivzx, the trash-talker is still active! Sorry beautiful lady but I am currently not in the right mind to flatter anyone right now. I''m still kinda confused about what happened to me you know! Suddenly, a huge middle-aged man that looks like a certain wrestler draws his blade and points it towards me. I presume that this is the one called Denmark. "Preposterous! This young lady is the fourth princess of the Kingdom! You only are not weak but also lack the proper manners! Knights! Seize this failure at once before I remove his head from his neck!" Hey dude calm down! It''s like I killed your family or something and stop calling me a failure! You people brought me here against my will and that is how you treat me? I want to shout these words back at them but my senses tell me that it''s better to act harmless even though I am really harmless compared to these knights that surrounds me. Several knights in shining armor pointed their spears at me while two of them grabbed each of my arms, dragging me slowly. I let them drag me. It''s not like I can resist anyway. I find it strange that I don''t feel any fear right or anxiety right now but I guess my adrenaline is still at work. The so called princess looked quite surprised then her face suddenly gave a scary smile. Beautiful ladies still look beautiful even if they do scary faces. "Unhand him at once.¡± With her command, I was forcefully dropped and made to kneel. She then proceeded to take out her fan and elegantly use it to cover her face. ¡°I am the one who summoned you. My name is Beatrice Carmelia Gilberts Andreas, the fourth princess of the Andreas Kingdom. As the one who summoned you, you are hereby commanded to fight for me and bring glory to my name. Now that I have introduced myself, would you give me the pleasure of knowing your greatness?" Her name is long but it seems every noble must have a long name or else they won¡¯t sound noble. She must be modeled after some European noble or something. I can sense a bit of sarcasm from her last statement though. If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. It''s not so bad if I lay my life for her I mean it¡¯s not like I¡¯m a slave for beautiful woman and basically, I am already dead. It¡¯s just that I do not know anything about this world. What I need right now are people who can teach me the common sense here and provide me with the basic human needs. What will happen afterwards will happen. I can just imagine the scenario wherein I will save her life in a dangerous situation and then she will develop feelings for me. Ahh, good bye single life. My comrades still living the lonely life back on my old world would surely kill me if they see me with this girl, I''m already dead though. "Since you really want to know, my name is Vincent dela Cruz and I have come from a place called Earth. I previously died after winning a glorious battle back at my homeland. As you can see, the great me right now is still quite confused as to how I was brought here and some other things that I am curious about. So before I pledge anything to your beautiful highness, I must first ask a few details." I¡¯m usually shy and rarely talks except when I¡¯m with my friends but when I¡¯m playing, I become loud. To mask my weak self, I made it seem like I¡¯m someone great. Seriously, AotA is like drugs. I¡¯m not sure why I¡¯m in playing mode right now though. Maybe I¡¯m still denying everything that is happening? ¡°Your demeanor surprises me. Go ahead. After your questions, I will make sure to check how great you really are.¡± She¡¯s smiling but I can feel death fast approaching as she stares at me. How bad is my luck that death loves me so much? ¡°First, I would like to know what you mean by ¡®fight for me¡¯. I presume you would want me to become your knight or something?¡± Denmark suddenly laughed. Seeing that he was the only one who is laughing, he glared at his knights which made them flinched. Some forced laughs from them came afterwards. This Denmark guy sure is nuts. ¡°You? A knight? How can a frail person like you become a knight? If you become one then I¡¯m sure the kingdom will be on safe hands, that is the safe hands of the neighboring kingdoms!¡± It felt like watching a sitcom with these canned laughter produced by his gang. The princess covered her mouth with a fan as she giggled like an idiot. The collective IQ here is the same as that of a first grade boy who laughs at fart jokes. ¡°Ahem. Every three months, there is a tournament wherein the ten most powerful kingdoms battle each other in the Grand Arena. It¡¯s a battle to see whose kingdom has the best summoner. You will represent me, together with the other four I already summoned.¡± Did I just hear that correctly? This actually sounds like the plot of MOBA games! I¡¯m actually shaking right now. My countless hours of gaming can be finally put to the test. Bring it on princess! I¡¯ll destroy those kingdoms or what not! ¡°I should have other questions but time is of the essence. I¡¯m in. I¡¯ll lay my life for you princess.¡± I kneeled like a knight but I¡¯m currently wearing short pants and some sleeveless shirt right now so it seems like I¡¯m begging for money if someone looks at me from afar. ¡°Good. You had no other choice anyway. If you had refused then you¡¯ll be thrown in the dungeon for treason. Denmark, put this guy on ¡®that¡¯.¡± ¡°As you wish milady.¡± Denmark suddenly got a disgusting smirk on his face. He then commanded two of the knights to grab my arms then proceeded to lift me like I¡¯m some sort of baggage. I have no more energy to complain so I just let him do what he wants. Bring it on Demark! You don''t know how much I wished for this. Every gamer''s dream is to go in a game-like world! I wished I had not underestimated the princess and Denmark that time because what awaited me was hell on earth. Chapter 2 I was brought to a dim room lighted only by small floating candles. At the center, there¡¯s a strange circle with complex patterns which looked like something that a cultist would use to summon the devil. Denmark, being the gentleman that he is, thrown me into the weird circle and I landed face first. This guy really hates me. ¡°Now stay there and wait for the princess. I can¡¯t wait to see you squirming and begging for your life!¡± Is this guy a villain? Am I actually going to die again? I ignored him and started to inspect the strange circle. It was giving off a faint blue light. The runes adorning the circle looked like hieroglyphics mixed with Chinese characters. I thought the auto-translate would let me read them but nothing happened. After a few minutes, the princess finally arrived. "I see that you brought backup dancers with you princess. Are you gonna perform something?" I see her face twitch a bit with my joke. She, together with five people wearing robes came closer to me. They had hoods covering their faces but I¡¯m sure these guys are mages and that they¡¯re gonna do something which is not related to dancing at all that I won¡¯t be happy about. ¡°We will begin the incantation now. Before anything else, that is the magic circle for the Eye of Truth. It¡¯s a forbidden spell, the same class as the spell used to summon you, which is bestowed only to powerful kingdoms such as ours. Basically, it will give you a strong stimulus in the form of illusions to awaken whatever power is inside you. Do you have any other questions?¡± I¡¯m bothered by ¡®strong stimulus¡¯ and what Denmark had said earlier but I guess this spell will grant me my abilities. My heart was beating really fast from the anticipation. ¡°This is safe right?¡± The princess smiled then covered her mouth with her fan. ¡°It worked four out of five times. If I have to say anything, then it is relatively safe. Now, if you have no further questions, then we will start the incantations. We need to get this done as soon as possible.¡± So about eighty-percent success rate? I guess it is really safe. Now that she mentioned it, five people have already been summoned yet she said earlier that I will fight for her together with four other summoned individuals. ¡°Okay do it. Oh wait for a second. Just what happened to the one who failed anyway?¡± The princess did not answer me. She closed her eyes then suddenly spoke words that my auto-translate could not understand. The five mages followed suit and also started to chant making atmosphere around me feel much heavier than before. I could feel the floor slightly tremble and my consciousness was slowly fading with every word they utter. Their voices melded together like a choir and it sounded so beautiful yet so dreadful. When they finished, the princess shouted the word ¡®activate¡¯ making the light from the magic circle intensify which made it hard to look at the surroundings yet I could still see her beautiful yet creepy smirk. She then replied to me. ¡°He died.¡± I passed out again.
I could hear someone talking. It was a very familiar voice. ¡°Mr. dela Cruz! How dare you sleep on my class?¡± I was hit by a hard object. I instinctively looked up and then saw a strange scene. I was inside a classroom. My classmates were laughing at me and in front was my sixth grade teacher Mrs. Andres. I was confused. What is happening to me? Was all of that just a dream? I picked out the object that was thrown at me. It was a chalk eraser. I stood up and gave it to Mrs. Andres ¡°It seems that you had a really beautiful dream Mr. dela Cruz. Would you please discuss it to the class?¡± I suddenly felt a very painful headache. I can¡¯t remember my dream at all! I apologized to Mrs. Andres and the class went on as usual. The bell rang which marked the break time and before I knew it, I was surrounded by four familiar faces.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. ¡°Hey Vince! Guess what? There¡¯s a new game called Attack of the Ancients and its rad man! I tell you it¡¯s rad!¡± This is Miko. He¡¯s the one who introduced me to the beautiful world of AotA. Wait, why do I know about AotA and all these other details? My memory is fuzzy and I¡¯m really feeling strange right now. ¡°Hmp. It¡¯s one of those games which won¡¯t survive a year. I¡¯ll give it six months.¡± This pessimistic brat is David. He still look like an innocent child but a few years from now, he¡¯d be called the Porn Facilitator. I don¡¯t understand why I know that though. ¡°We played it with Miko yesterday but it¡¯s very frustrating and the mechanics are hard to get!¡± ¡°Yeah its shi- oops please don¡¯t tell mom that I swore Jiggy.¡± The twins Jiggy and Miggy. They¡¯re rich kids but their parents sent them to a public school anyway. I don¡¯t get how rich people think. I¡¯m thankful for them though since they always treat me with anything. ¡°Let¡¯s play together later! I can play by myself but we can also party up and play together as a team. Come on Vince.¡± Miko rarely plays new games so I nodded and we promised to meet up at the internet caf¨¦ just outside my house after the last period. Suddenly, everything was moving in fast-forward. All I could hear was their squeaky voices and not a few seconds later, I found myself at the internet caf¨¦ while facing a computer screen. I¡¯m about to lose consciousness again. At this point, I don¡¯t have enough energy to question anything anymore. I¡¯ll just let this whole thing play out. Bring it on! ¡°Hey Vince! Move your character. The enemy is currently winning you know? David, help me out here!¡± No one really agreed to it but Miko decided to turn himself into the captain. It was decided that we would play a bot match since we are practically beginners but David kept on complaining about how bots are for kids and that rank matches are where the big boys play. He¡¯s still as cheeky as I remember him. When I hear the curses and swears from people around me, I can¡¯t help but smile. This place is really nostalgic to me. After all, this was the place where xNivzx, the trashtalker was born. Another fast-forward happened and then I found myself inside my room. Am I inside a broken DVD player or something? I was doing my homework when someone suddenly knocked hard on the door, telling me to open it. That¡¯s right, this voice was from my dad. I had a dad, obviously, but all I knew about him was that he was an electrical engineer working outside the country. He rarely comes home but every time he comes back, he just drinks all day and fight with my mom. I don¡¯t even remember how he looked like anymore. Why did I forget all about him? I opened the door only to be greeted by a strong scent of alcohol. ¡°You¡­kid! S-Stop wasting all my m-money!¡± I was suddenly grabbed by the neck and thrown to the wall. He then kicked me in the head and all I could do was lie down and curl up to protect myself. What is happening? Why is my dad beating me up? Everything is escalating quickly. I kept pleading for him to stop but all I got were punches and kicks. My blood mixed in with tears and snot and I kept on crying but he never stopped. He never stopped. I have to make him stop. I have to kill him. I grabbed one of his leg and bit it. He lost his balance then fell to the floor. I mustered all the strength I have left to run to the kitchen. I grabbed a kitchen knife, turned off the lights then hid myself beside the refrigerator. ¡°You son of a bitch! I¡¯ll kill you! Come out!¡± He turned on the lights. I¡¯m shivering right now but I¡¯m holding the kitchen knife tightly. My heart was beating really fast and I can hear his voice getting louder and louder. For a moment there was silence then a hand suddenly grabbed my shirt. ¡°Found you!¡± I let out a scream. I pointed the knife at him which made him let go of me but my hand was shivering really hard so my grip was starting to get loose. He smiled and slapped my hand. The knife fell and as I try to grab it, my hand got stepped on. The pain was multiplied since he was still wearing his shoes. I punched his feet but with my strength right now, I can''t even hurt a puppy. He picked up the knife and pointed it towards me. All I could do was scream. I looked at his bloodshot eyes and there were only the eyes of the devil. It seemed like he was possessed. This person would surely kill me. ¡°You and your mother should go die together!¡± I was already feeling so weak yet I did not want to lose consciousness. I know I¡¯ll surely die if I do. I don¡¯t know how long I will last but I will fight back until the end. Then she arrived, carrying some grocery bags with her. ¡°Vince! Marlou?! What are you doing to my son?¡± She threw the groceries inside then ran towards us, tackling my father from behind. Luckily, he was still drunk so he easily fell down even though my mom is a lot smaller than him. She grabbed the knife that fell on the floor and without any hesitation, stabbed my father¡¯s throat multiple times. His blood gushed out like a fountain, showering both me and my mom with it. I was just staring at my father¡¯s body, squirming like a worm, slowly losing his strength as my mom continued stabbing him. It was a very grotesque scene yet the only thing I felt when I saw his body slowly losing its life was relief. My consciousness was fading again and the last thing I saw before completely passing out were my mom¡¯s eyes. They were the same as the devil.
I could hear someone talking. It was a very familiar voice. ¡°Mr. dela Cruz! How dare you sleep on my class?¡± Okay, I said that I would let everything play out but what the heck is happening? Did someone pressed the replay button?