《RE: O.I.》 Chapter 1: The End of the Beginning ¡° ¡° denotes characters talking with the character listed ¡® ¡® denotes thoughts or the main character breaking the 4th wall No marks means actions xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ¡®Well hello, I almost didn''t notice you sitting behind that fourth wall there. You are probably wondering how I know about you, but that plot twist comes later so don''t worry yet. Guess I should tell you about the world I''m from. It''s the year 2XXX A.D. when our story begins. Sorry I don''t quite remember the year since we don''t use A.D. anymore and it¡¯s been such a long time since then. Sorry about getting distracted like that, old habit from my past life. Well the Ghost Tec Company was getting close to completing and releasing the first virtual reality game known as Grand Frontier. Want to know the cool part? I''m one of the lead programmers for the game. I was also working very closely with the head designer and artist since they are my parents. Coolest Parents EVER right? Now I know what you¡¯re thinking "he got the job because of his parents", wrong! I had a degree in Computer Science and information security and I worked my ass off to get to where I was at that point in my life. Well my story starts the day of my 25th birthday as I was leaving work.¡¯ ¡®Oh I almost forgot to introduce myself; my name is Chris Ghost, the nephew to the owner of the company I work at.¡¯ XxXxX Chris: "5:30 p.m., time for me to go to my date, but let me let dad know I''m heading out for tonight." I touched the communication button on my comp terminal (we call modern computers comps now) and the image of a handsome blonde man appeared on the screen. It was Robert Ghost my father. Robert:"So you¡¯re heading out for the day, is the random player stand shopper NPC A.I. done?" Chris:"Yeah dad just sent the code to your comp for review. If you''ll excuse me I girlfriend that needs to get a nice dinner and proposed to tonight." I then showed my dad the ring I had bought for my (hopefully) new fianc¨¦e Veronica who was a graphic designer working at Ghost Tec on Grand Frontier. Robert: "Since you''ve been seeing each other for a year and what I''ve seen she will say yes. So good luck son." Chris:"Thanks dad, if she says yes I''ll stop by the house after dinner to visit and let mom know. Thanks for keeping it secret from mom too. Well bye" Robert: "Later Chris" I ended the connection and then turned off my comp and headed to the bathroom to check myself in the mirror before I left. A well built 6ft tall man with black hair that contained naturally occurring crimson highlights started back. I had learned many different ways of fighting and combat growing up and the training I still did showed its effects. ¡®I should probably let you know two things, one is that a few generations ago designer genes for things like hair and eye color has added some new naturally occurring colors. It¡¯s cool; I like my girlfriend¡¯s short blue hair. Second is that I was adopted at the age of 2 by Linda and Robert Ghost who I like to call Mom and Dad. I lost my parents when I was a kid in a very unfortunate shower sex related accident. Don¡¯t do it in a tub shower combo with no anti-slip pads or a mat. It won¡¯t end well, trust me.¡¯ If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.I headed down to the parking garage that currently held the few cars of everyone who was working late on the VR pod and game. ¡®Looking back on it now I probably should have been more careful, but I was too damn excited and crime didn''t happen much in this area.¡¯ As I was nearing my car I heard the sound of a person¡¯s footstep close to me, and before I could react I felt something hit me on the back of the head. I was swallowed up in a sea of darkness before I even hit the ground. XxXxX ???: ¡°Is it done?¡± ??? : ¡°Yes sir. Just the way you wanted.¡± ???: ¡±Excellent, you can expect your payment by the end of the week.¡± XxXxX People in the upscale restaurant were starting to give the blue haired woman sitting alone at a table for two pitying looks as if she had been stood up. The 5ft 6in tall woman with C cups had short blue hair except for the length of hair that was currently obscuring her left eye. The hair cut would have been called ¡°emo¡± in an earlier time period. When the waiter came by the fourth time to ask if she wanted to order before the other person arrived but she motioned that she would wait for the other person. Veronica was starting to get very worried since it was 7:30 P.M. and Chris should have been there 30 minutes ago and Chris was always either early or about 5 minutes late, especially when it involved her. ¡®You know what I¡¯m going to try his cell to make sure he is ok and see if he got stuck in traffic or if the code took longer to finish than he thought¡¯ As she was reaching for her cell-phone to call her boyfriend, it suddenly started to ring. She grabbed it quickly and was surprised to see her boss¡¯s number on the caller ID. Veronica:¡±Hello Mrs. Ghost, what¡¯s going on?¡± ¡­ Veronica: ¡°Wait what?!?¡± ¡­ Veronica:¡±Oh god no!¡± The cell-phone slipped out of Veronica¡¯s hand and landed on the table as she started to start sobbing. She quickly got enough of a hold on herself to gather her things and leave the restaurant. She continued to shed tears as she got in her car and headed for the hospital.
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Authors note: This is my first FF so let me know what y¡¯all think. And it will be a reincarnation type story, just with my own spin on what reincarnation can mean. Also did this in word so I hope it comes out ok. Chapter 2: The Beginning of the Project Chapter 2: The Beginning of the Project I have been trapped in this darkness for who know how long now since there is no sense of time here. I guess I died and this must be the afterlife. My family and Veronica will probably be devastated. Then Veronica will probably be pissed at me for her first boyfriend to die on her. Well this royally sucks. Suddenly a flash of bright white light temporarily blinded me. As I opened my eyes all I could see was a white room that looked similar to a clean room. ???: ¡°Did it work? Hey Chris can you hear me?¡± Chris: ¡°God is that you and is this heaven?¡± I replied groggily. God?: ¡°It¡¯s good to hear your voice again son and you¡¯re not quite dead.¡± The image of a handsome blonde man started to digitally appear in the room as I sat up on the floor of the room. Chris: ¡°Dad!¡± I exclaimed happily looking at the man I thought I would never see again. ¡°So what happened to me?¡± Robert: ¡°Well as far as we can tell you were mugged in the parking garage. I found you not about 10 minutes after you were supposed to leave with your wallet emptied of cash and sitting on your chest. Fortunately he didn¡¯t take the real version of this.¡± He then handed me the little ring box that contained the ring meant for Veronica. ¡°Don¡¯t worry the real one is safe at the house.¡± My eyes teared up as I realized I may not ever be able to use it for its intended purpose. Chris: ¡°If I¡¯m where I think I am now, just how bad was I hurt by the mugger dad?¡± I looked at my dad to see a sad look on his face. Robert: ¡°To give you the short version, you¡¯ve become trapped in your own body and lost access to all of your senses, at least in the physical world. The good news is that your brain isn¡¯t damaged just cut off. Hence the reason you have a perfectly functioning body in this ¡°world¡±.¡± Chris: ¡°Then you finished the prototype of the VR pod, nice job dad. So what¡¯s going to happen now?¡± Robert: ¡°Well you and the volunteer are going to become the test subjects for Project O.I. aka Original Intent.¡± Chris: ¡°You actually got someone to volunteer for Project O.I.? Who would be crazy enough to willingly risk their life and mental health for this project?¡± I responded in a surprised voice. As soon as I said that I got a hard slap against the back of my head before a very familiar voice responded. Veronica: ¡°What a way to describe the person who has been worried sick spending a month in the hospital next to you. Geez you can be really dense sometimes.¡± The blue haired vixen said while pouting a little. I turned around to see Veronica looking ragged as if she had been crying for the full month it took to finish the special prototype VR pods we had been building in the Ghost Tec lab. I gave her a big bear hug and short kiss since I thought I would never see her again. Chris: ¡°Before I forget, let me take care of what I was going to do during the date I missed.¡± Veronica looked at me with a puzzled expression as I got down on one knee and offered the virtual version of the little black box and the ring it contained to her. Chris: ¡°Veronica Simmons, will you marry me?¡± She started to cry as she hugged me around my neck. Veronica: ¡°Yes I will marry you, you lucky idiot.¡± xxXxx A 27 year old man with short green hair stood looking at the adopted cousin, who he considered a more of a brother, floating in the specially designed life support version of the Project O.I. VR pod. Shawn Ghost looked at the identical pod next to the one that contained Chris and knew that at least his cousin could have some happiness even if the project failed. The Ghost family had lived together ever since the accident that took the life of Shawn¡¯s mother and Linda¡¯s unborn child, ability to have children and ability to walk. The smaller commercial version of the Ghost VR pod, that was as an interface to the virtual space holding his ¡°brother¡± and ¡°sister-in-law¡±, opened and a blonde man who Shawn looked similar to stepped out. Shawn: ¡°So how did it go Uncle Robert, did she say yes?¡± Robert Ghost had a big grin on his face as he responded. Robert: ¡°Yes she did, just like we thought she would.¡± Shawn: ¡°I¡¯m glad just Chris didn¡¯t die so we can use Project O.I. to give him a second chance¡± As Shawn said those words he had a very odd and slight chill that quickly passed. He and his uncle then left the small lab and locked it behind them so the two inside could enjoy their virtual honeymoon. There was still lots of work to do for Shaw the other lead programmer to do during his cousin¡¯s break of a month when the Chris and Veronica would start the first phase of testing of both Project O.I. and of Grand Frontier. xxXxx Robert Ghost was visiting the visual and graphics design department of Ghost Tec to visit the head of and most skilled designer of the department. He knocked on the door to her office and then walked inside. The black haired woman sitting in the wheelchair looked up to see her husband¡¯s smiling face. She was tired and felt miserable ever since the attack on her adopted son Chris who was the same age of the baby she lost in the accident that caused her to have to adopt a child to have one. Linda: ¡°I lose my son and most skilled designer in the same month to your freaking project, so why do you look so freaking happy?¡± Robert had been waiting for Chris to tell Linda what his plans were for Veronica after Veronica had said yes. Chris had made him promise not tell her unless he gave him permission which he had gotten a few minutes ago. This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. Robert: ¡°Wait, are you talking about your son and new daughter-in-law who just started their virtual honeymoon a couple of minutes ago?¡± He was chuckling internally when he saw the surprised look on her face. Linda: ¡°Daughter-in-law! How long were you keeping Chris¡¯s plans to propose from me?¡± Robert: ¡°When he swore me to secrecy 2 weeks before the attack when we went to pick out a ring.¡± Her miserable expression quickly changed to a happy smile while she started crying tears of joy due to the addition to her family and that the first part of Project O.I. had worked. She would be able to talk and see her son again, even if it was currently only in virtual reality. Robert went over and hugged the woman he had started working on Project O.I. for 25 years after the car accident that had scarred Ghost Family. It took her 2 years before she was finally over the tragedy that they went to the orphanage and saw Chris. Linda: ¡°I wish I could have been subject number 1 for Project O.I. but I guess it¡¯s good that Chris isn¡¯t brain-dead and can take that spot¡± Robert: ¡°Now I even more of a reason to complete the project I started working on back then¡± xxXxx Project Original Intent overview: Ghost Tec, the leading production and Research Company of cybernetics, prosthetics, and cloned and artificial organs, plans to create a working replacement body/brain so that humans who have become paralyzed or gone into a vegetative state can once again interact with the world with a perfectly good body. Needs: 1. 2 to 4 test subjects with 1 to 2 in vegetative states with minds still working, and 1 to 2 able bodied humans. Subjects must preferably opposite gender to account for different brain patterns between males and females. 2. Virtual reality pods equipped with full life support systems to keep the occupants alive and in virtual reality indefinitely. They will also require medical scanning equipment to monitor both brain and body activity. Subjects will also need cybernetic implants in the brain, spinal cord, and major areas of nerves and organs to help ease stress from long periods in a virtual reality with sped up time. 3. Virtual reality environment that will have the subjects experience almost every type of experience possible for accurate brain activity mapping. Goals: 1. To completely map brain activity based off of actions taken while in the virtual world. This will help with building a ¡°cyber-brain¡± a bio-mechanical replacement brain and bio-android body (with working bio-engineered reproductive functions) to give them a new body and life as though they were never paralyzed in the first place. xxXxx Robert was looking at the basic overview of Project O.I. that he had come up with 25 years ago to allow his wife to walk and keep people from having to pull the plug on their vegetative loved ones like what happened to his sister-in-law. Ghost Tec was and still is able to replace almost any organ or limb, but not fix any form of paralysis due to issues with spine or brain. He looked at the adopted son he loved so much and wished he was instead working on his comp finishing the virtual reality environment needed for the project, or even at his apartment with his fianc¨¦e. He hoped the project worked because for the initial test subject it was a one way road once they were hooked up to the virtual reality hub also known as the white room. His son would still leave a legacy because Chris and Shawn were the ones that had inspired the virtual reality environment be a VRPG fantasy game instead of a simulator of everyday life like he had originally planned. Soon everyone able to afford the VR pods designed for players of ¡°New Frontier¡± would experience the world his son had helped create. While he might not have bodies for everyone paralyzed or disconnected with their senses, this would give them a fully working body until Project OI was finished. Robert got in the hub interface pod to let his son know his month long honeymoon was over and that they could both work on the game in the hub. He also needed to let his son and daughter-in-law know that they were the very first virtual OI¡¯s which stood for: Virtual Organic Intelligence
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xxxxxxxxxx Authors note: Let me know how y¡¯all like my futuristic tech based reincarnation story. I originally wanted to do a FF based off of Ark but based off of some other FF the idea morphed into this story. I know I¡¯m not the best writer grammatically (run on sentences, improper usage of commas, etc.) but let me know if those types of errors affect the story enough to make it hard to read and I will work on it in future chapters. Next chapter will have the first steps into the game, and hopefully also some tables. Changed the age he was adopted to 2 instead of 4. Chapter 3: The Beginning of the Test Chapter 3: The Beginning of the Test Chris and Veronica were lying in the bed they had created in the Hub that had become their virtual home. Chris had just woken up with a still sleeping nude Veronica snuggling up to him. He looked around at the Hub and realized that while they could have designed it any way they thought of it still resembled their apartment back in the real world. At least before it was sold when they were moved to virtual reality for the foreseeable future. Chris managed to get out of bed without waking up his wife. As he stood and stretched he also mentally virtualized workout gear for his morning run. While he technically didn¡¯t need to work out ever again, he still liked the felling it gave him and would also help with gaining stats if he did it in Grand Frontier when they started testing the game. He quietly walked out of the bedroom, closing the door behind him. While looking around the penthouse he noticed that it raining outside the window. He looked outside to see the simulated view the last apartment had. ¡®Really glad we decided to make the Hub have a familiar view. The infinite white space was really disconcerting.¡¯ Chris then mentally materialized some ear-buds to listen to music to on his run. When he and Veronica were first getting used to the virtual world they had to use the system menus to create everything they needed. It had taken them both about half of their honeymoon before they could create things by mentally picturing them clearly. Just like his wife, he could imagine and visualize nearly anything, but unlike her when it came to making the images in real life he would fail miserably since he had no artistic talent. The only reason they didn¡¯t need to use the system menus in the Hub was because of how they were both fully connected to the system with no way back to their bodies till Project OI was completed. If it worked they would never return to their original bodies, but fortunately Veronica had a chance if the next step failed and killed him when he tried it. Chris shook his head to get rid of those far away and depressing thoughts and opened the holographic virtual system menu to pick out a course to run on. Chris: ¡°Let¡¯s see, I think I will go with the park track today. Park running track off-road version load.¡± The scenery surrounding Chris quickly changed to lightly wooded area that looked similar to some city parks. The only difference was the lack of manmade buildings or a path to run on. Chris stretched a bit more before taking off on a light jog to see what the park looked like this time. After about 30 minutes of running Chris got a notification that he was about to get a visitor to the hub. He slowed down and closed the running track program for the main area of the apartment he had been in before to replace the sunny park. 2 minutes after closing the program and checking to see that Veronica was still sleeping there was a knock on the front door of the apartment. Chris went to let his father in. Chris: ¡°Good to see you again dad.¡± He greeted his father in from the unending white space that was behind the door. Robert: ¡°I like what you did with the place.¡± He said chuckling. ¡°So how was your month long honeymoon?¡± as he gave his son an inquisitive look. Chris: ¡°Just great dad. Honestly I think we are both ready to get back to work and start testing Grand Frontier.¡± Robert: ¡°Well that¡¯s good since it¡¯s finally ready for you two to start the alpha test. I would like to talk to both of you for the next part so could you go get my daughter-in-law please?¡± Robert greatly enjoyed saying that to describe Veronica. Chris: ¡°Give me a few minutes to wake Lily up and change into some different clothes myself.¡± It was the first time Chris had used Veronica¡¯s middle name to refer to his wife in front of his father which resulted in an even bigger grin on his dad¡¯s face. xxXxx Robert looked at his son and daughter-in-law, who were holding hands that had virtualized wedding rings on them, with a proud grin before he started to explain about the alpha test. Robert: ¡°Well as you both know we are going to start be in alpha test phase for about 3 months before our 3 month beta. With a 4:1 ration of time that means you both will experience about 2 years of time in the game. I don¡¯t want you to worry about complications caused by this effect on your brains because at the first sign of trouble you will be logged out back to the Hub with a process that will quickly but gradually return you back to the regular passage of time that occurs in the Hub. When you log in you will feel a similar effect, just speeding up instead, when you log into the game. This will look like you¡¯re going through a tunnel when it occurs.¡± The couple nodded their heads to let him know they understood. Robert: ¡°You will both be transported to separate training grounds for the unique class you will each receive.¡± He eyed his son who was suddenly looking everywhere but at his father. ¡°Chris you should know what classes I¡¯m talking about since you designed them for you and Veronica. The areas are separated location wise so that no one else can access them but you two, even after the game officially launches. I also had Shawn edit them a little to make them better at PvP and stronger overall since y¡¯all will be a sort of moderator once the game officially starts.¡± The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. Chris: ¡°So which 2 of my admin classes did you and Shawn chose for us?¡± he said as he gave a mischievous grin. Robert: ¡°The ones you always wanted to see in a game when you were younger. The ¡°Magic Fighter¡± and ¡°Valkyrie¡± classes. You will both be given special class only gear that can be upgraded, never break, and never be dropped if you die. Unfortunately that also means it will be the only gear you will be able to equip in game, but we adjusted your skills to be broader in their use.¡± Veronica gave Chris a puzzled look and he explained they were the two most overpowered classes he had created. Robert: ¡°There is some bad news however¡± he said breaking the happy mood slightly. ¡°The first is that you will not be able to see each other in game until the beta phase, but you will be able to communicate with each other. You will also still each other while both of you are in the Hub. The second piece of news is quite worse. If you haven¡¯t already been able to tell, there is no limiter on the different senses for your pods. That means you will experience all the good and bad sensations, such as pain, in game while normal players will only have 20% of the pain inflicted. If there is an issue with your brains not being able to handle the pain you will get logged out to the Hub at the first sign of trouble. That is because they are prototypes and Project O.I. requires 100% realism to get the correct results so we can get both of you out of here. So how does all that sound?¡± Veronica: ¡°So that¡¯s why sex still feels the same in here.¡±Chris and Robert both cough and choke on air a bit at the bluntness of the statement. ¡°What is the armor I¡¯m going to be wearing for the next couple years going to look like? Since I¡¯m pretty sure who the Valkyrie is going to be¡± then giving Chris a slightly dirty look. Robert: ¡°Actually you get to create them once you get the armor pieces in game just like you would with mentally creating clothing in the Hub. Well that¡¯s just if you don¡¯t like the pre-made designs. Linda came up with since she created the Valkyrie armor and Shawn created the Magic Fighter set.¡± Chris: ¡°So is that it, or can we start playing now?¡± Robert pointed behind them at a door with ¡°Grand Frontier¡± written on it that hadn¡¯t been there earlier. Veronica: ¡°Neat trick for not being in virtual reality long.¡± Robert: ¡°Well I better go, lots of work and less time so enjoy the game you two. Oh and the day before the game officially launches I hope you won¡¯t mind if we throw a party here and invite the Ghost and Simmons families?¡± he stated as he walked towards the front door to log out. Chris & Veronica: ¡°We wouldn¡¯t want it any other way¡± they said in unison before Robert headed out of the door and disappeared from the Hub. Chris: ¡°Well my beautiful Lily, but I do believe its ladies first¡± I stated as I held the Grand Frontier door open for my lovely wife. Veronica walked through the door which had a red glowing portal behind it and I followed after into a dark space when a notification appeared
Please name your character
Veronica: ¡°Lilith¡± Chris: ¡°Dyno¡± After naming their characters images of them popped up
Would you like to change your character appearance?
Veronica: ¡°Make eye color gold¡± Chris: ¡°Add long scar across right eye and make eye color red¡±
Welcome to Grand Frontier
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xxxxxxxxxxxxx Authors note: If a chapter name has The Beginning in front of it its the beginning of an arc or volume and if it has The End then its the end of the arc/volume so there will be a different kind of chapter title starting with the next chapter. Might take a few days before the next couple of chapters are written. Chapter 4: Dynos First Day Both parts of this chapter are going to be purely first person. '' '' denotes what the character said on their end, otherwise it''s what they are thinking/actions they are taking. Please read the authors note as well please. Xxxxxxx Chapter 4 (part 1) Dyno''s First Day
Welcome to the Library of the Ancients
  • You will not suffer a death penalty when you die here
  • Food will be provided at the rest area of each floor and will re-spawn when you die. It can''t be placed in your inventory.
  • You will not gain experience while in the library
  • You will have increased stat gains while in the library
  • If you die you will re-spawn on the 100th floor (bottom floor)
  • You will not be able to take enter the beta area until you reach the portal on floor 1
  • Curse of Ancient Tongues: when you talk to someone on your friends list while in the library, you will be translated to the sarcastic knight speech type.
"What the heck is up with the curse on this place?" I opened up the chat to Lilith. Dyno: ''Hey Lilith, can you hear me and do you have a language curse on you?'' Lilith: "Ja this is Lilith and I do toooo, du sound funny toooo." What I heard reminded me of an old movie scene with Jamie Lee Curtis on a train (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YASXnxeBsLE) from one of our favorite movies. Sometimes you just can''t beat the classics. (for the remainder of the alpha test arc, imagine Lilith''s lines to be read with this stereotypical Swedish accent) Dyno: ''Ok babe, how about we only talk when we need to. I will go to the Hub only when necessary since I''m strapped for time.'' Lilith: "Is your rucksack empty as well." I called up my inventory finding it equally as empty. Dyno: ''Yes it is, but let me know when you go back to the Hub so I can see you. Love you dear.'' Lilith: "I will, and I love you too my funny knight." ''I guess that last part was based off of what my messages were being translated to. Well time to get to work.'' I looked around at the room I had spawned in and saw a mysterious book sitting on a pedestal. Just beyond the book was what could only be described as an altar with a force-field that contained a black and crimson pair of combat gloves. (http://i00.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/456/775/380/380775456_496.jpg). I couldn''t quit grinning as I saw the only weapon the Magic Fighter class wielded. As I went to grab them and hit the force-field I immediately regretted the decision. The moment I touched the blue bubble electricity went coursing through my body and I was unable to move and could only feel tremendous pain getting electrocuted causes. The only reason I know I died was when I got the same tunnel of light effect that occurred when I entered the game. -Death Count: 1 As soon as I exit the tunnel the pain that I started to feel as I died hits me, runs me over, backs over me and runs me over again. "Son of a biiiiitch!" While I writhe in pain as the pain finally starts to dissipate and I regain the ability to form a thought, I think back to a prank I pulled on Shawn when we were kids. I had managed to bet him some money that he wasn''t brave enough to pee on an electric fence. I thought it was $20 well up until just now. Of course Shawn would know that I wouldn''t read the manual and go straight for the gloves since I freaking designed this class.
For enduring the pain that comes with getting electrocuted and not blacking before your death, or due to the phantom pain afterwards, you have gained the stat Endurance. Endurance can only be gained by mentally and physically resisting the effects that accompany near death amounts of pain.
For gaining the titles and achievements for "First Death", "Suicidal", "It''s No Longer Alive", "Insta-Death" and "So bad your Grand-kids will feel It", they have been combined into the single title "Turned up to 11".
Turned up to 11
Your nerves and sense of pain will be increased by 10% for having this title. If your pain percentage is greater than 100%, surviving hits that take 50% or more of your health in one shot, without blacking out or being temporarily ejected from the game, you will gain 1 Endurance. Current level of pain sensitivity: 110%
This made me curious about just how much more stuff would hurt and decided to pinch myself. The resulting pain from the pinch felt more like 200% rather than 110% since I also got the message:
You have inflicted -10 hp worth of damage to yourself
''Wonderful, just fucking wonderful. People who say pay-back is a bitch are dead wrong. It''s a freaking whore wrapped in crazy bitch.'' This time I decided to look at the book I had dismissed earlier. The book was bound in worn brown leather with a faded golden spine. On the cover was an image depicting a fist that had six small circles in a hexagram formation. The way my last attempt to get the gloves had ended I decided to try reading the classes manual Shawn and my Dad had left for me.
The path of the Magic Fighter
The warriors of ancient times who were versed in almost all forms of combat and masters of tactics and out-thinking their opponents, which was sometimes armies of hundreds strong against a single magic fighter. They were skilled with using 6 different magical elements, stealth, ranged attacks and close combat fighting to destroy almost anyone who opposed these good and noble fighters. To become a magic fighter was no easy feat and has no one has been able to become one in the last 1000 years. To become a Magic Fighter, one would first have to enter the Library of the Ancients, a magical place that supposedly existed in another dimension. The Library was cursed with unbreakable enchantment that not only causes the Magic Brawlers who die in it to be brought back to life on the lowest floor, but steal all the memories and training of their time in the library should they give up on the challenge of becoming a Magic Fighter. Any Brawlers who had telepathic abilities would also notice that others who heard their thoughts outside the library heard differently then what was said to keep the secrets of the Library to only those a Magic Fighter might choose to share them with. The Library use these memories as projections to help train future brawlers who challenge the Library in an attempt to help them overcome it.
The most basic skill for Magic Fighters is the manipulation and combination of their mana and inner fighting spirit to form the unique energy called Aura. Aura can be also be formed into the 6 element types to perform the unique attacks and abilities each Magic Fighter creates. They first sense their own inner power and must picture it enveloping their hands as the ability known as Aura Manipulation which can increase the force and defense of any area enveloped by the Fighters non-elemental aura.
After reading the book and looking at the many blank pages it also contains I close it to go look at the altar that has the gloves held hostage in the bubble of death. As I inspect the alter I suddenly feel a little extra weight on my belt and looked down to see that the book had become a kind of small manual and was also in a pouch that hadn''t been there before. Guessing I was going to need it later on and thinking about Aura Manipulation, I saw a place on the altar that someone could put their hand. Realizing I needed to figure out the Aura Manipulation skill, I sat down in a meditation pose and began to visualize the fighting spirit and mana within me. This was a lot easier than it¡¯s described in book, or because I was in a video game, but the 2 week of creating things in the hub without the menus allowed me to quickly create a glowing blue aura around my hand and placed it into the indentation.
You''ve learned the skill Aura Manipulation (basic)
I quickly cleared the window as the bubble of hateful revenge dissipated leaving me to collect the gloves until yet another window popped up. As I looked at it I couldn''t help but get a big grin on my face.
Would you like to start the trail to becoming a Magic Fighter by becoming the Magic Brawler class?
YesNo
I quickly click yes as I became the in-training class for the first ever RPG class I had ever created.
You have gained the Magic Brawler class
  • You stats page will now no longer show your Hp, Mana, satiety, stamina and basic stats. You must now guess your Hp based off your current level of pain and the effects of blood loss that might affect you, just like in real life. Mana is represented as mental fatigue and tiredness.
  • All stat points from leveling up is distributed automatically and your stat page will only show humorous lines to describe your current level.
  • You will only be able to see your name, class, title, fame, and stats you can''t put stat points in.
  • System assist is now permanently turned off and you will not get notifications about stat gains unless you get a new stat
  • The 7 skills can be shown are the aura skills that can be learned in the Library. Skills will also not show levels or stat bonuses they give but just what level of mastery they are at.
  • The only gear you can equip is the default armor and the Magic Combat Gloves and all of your equipment is bound and will not drop on death. It is also unbreakable.
  • You can''t leave the Library as a Magic Brawler.
  • You have gained some unlisted bonus to your hidden stats.
Well some of those were unexpected, guess they meant for the Magic Fighter and Brawler class to almost treat this game like real life, since I can''t see your stats in real life but just by noticing that you can do more than you could before if your stats go up. I looked on the altar and picked up the Magic Combat Gloves and saw what appeared to be a slot for the class manual since it had the symbol that appeared on the cover of the book. I placed the book into the slot while I manually equipped the gloves and saw a magic glow envelope the book. The light quickly subsided and as I reached to pick up the book I noticed that one of the 6 circles now had a rune in it that was faintly glowing with a magical light. I decided to check my gloves before looking in the book to see if there was anything different.
Magic Combat Gloves
Type:Weapon/Hand ArmorDurability:Unbreakable
Quality:One-of-a-Kind
The only weapon a Magic Fighter or Brawler will ever need. They are magically bound to the first person who puts them on and can never be lost. They give a bonus to manipulating Aura around the users body making it slightly easier to manipulate with the mind. The damage of the gloves scale to your stats and will increase based off of the amount and element of the aura currently being channeled to the user''s hands.
A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. I opened the manual and noticed that there was a new section in the book that was written in glowing text. As I started to read the text the memory of one of the previous brawlers first using the aura was being played with me as a passenger in his body.
The first and most important element that all Magic Brawlers learn is the element of Darkness. The Aura of Darkness is used to manifest objects to help support the user and also to help them stay in charge of the battlefield and play mind games with the opponent. The Aura of Darkness embodies stealth and creation of illusions of shadow made real with darkness.It emphasizes the use of the mind and tactical ability based off how the Aura manifestations are used and not what is manifested.
As the memory that came with reading the new text in the book finished, I imagined Aura surrounding me like a cloak of darkness that would hide me with a similar feeling of the memory of the failed brawler. I opened my eyes to see a hooded cloak composed of shadows and darkness covering me and making it impossible to actually see the form underneath the full body cloak. I dispelled the cloak by willing it away like I had in the Hub to take off clothes.
You have gained the skill Aura of Darkness. This skill relates to your mastery to using Aura infused with the Darkness element and how well you can create and manipulate your manifestations of Darkness.
For utilizing your skills in different ways to make the best of the situation you have gained the stat "Improvisation". This stat can only be increased by not using system assist to fight in an unpredictable fighting style. This stat will give a bonus to other stats in situations in which you are hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned by system assisted opponents. Will also give a very slight bonus to stats when facing other Travelers (players) not using system assist.
Wow Shawn and Dad really did work on this class a lot to make it even more overpowered than it was before. I decided to finally check my stats to see what it looked like before I continued with challenging the Library. "Status"
Status Window
NameDyno
ClassMagic Brawler
LevelWeak as hell
TitleTurned up to 11
Stats
Endurance1Improvisation1
Skills
  • Aura Manipulation (basic)
  • Aura of Darkness (basic)
Well that was helpful. I then start heading toward the only door in the room. I first stop at the table with food on it and eat some since I feel a little hungry. I notice another one of the hand indentation on the wall next to the stone doors that have a vertical line separating them and look similar to elevator doors. I surround my hand with aura like I had to get to my new gloves only to get no response from the doors. I change the aura on my hand to the dark element and the 2 doors start to go in opposite directions as the path forward opens. Behind the doors is a room much wider than the rather large entrance to it. Straight ahead is a doorway through which a set of stairs can be seen. As I enter the room the doors behind me close to force me to go forward. I look around the room to see a suspicious line on the floor along with a strange 6 foot stone idol head above the way forward. The walls also have what looks like carvings of massive hands that are taller than I am. Thinking I might have to get through quickly I dash toward the doorway. After I pass about 3 steps pass the line one of the hands come out of the wall revealing that it was at least 2 feet thick. Of course I could only tell that because it came out so fast I had only made 2 more steps before it slapped me like I was some sort of bug, launching me back against the closed doors I had just come through. As I peeled off of the wall and fell forward onto my knees I would have screamed in agony had all of my ribs been broken and pushed through my lungs and other organs. After about 10 seconds of feeling myself bleed to death internally I entered the tunnel of light that meant I was re-spawning to try again. -Death count: 2, Endurance: 2 After I could see that I was back in the starting room I quickly headed over to the food table and ate some bread to calm me down since unlike my first death I didn''t feel pain after I re-spawned, and to make sure there weren''t any holes left. After not feeling any pain from eating or breathing I went to try to get to the next floor again. As the doors shut behind me I looked at the idol head that was now obvious in what its purpose was. I then used my dark aura to make the full body cloak to try and sneak my way past the idol I decided the name the "Gatekeeper''. Hoping that it wouldn''t be able to tell I was there, I started walking past the line. Once again after about 5 steps I was once more subjected to a death similar to that of a mosquito. Which hurts ungodly bad by the way. -Death count: 3 Endurance: 3 As I exited the familiar tunnel of light to the starting floor I sat down and started of another way to use my dark aura. The skill said I could create almost anything out of shadow and darkness. Wait a second, why does shadow sound familiar. Quickly face-palming after remembering Shawn''s favorite ninja technique from another old anime we watched as kids. I quickly the Gatekeeper''s room and closed my eyes to help me envision a new use for my darkness aura. I envisioned my aura traveling to my shadow and then raising out of it into a form similar to when I wore the darkness cloak. When I opened my eyes I was greeted by a figure that was the same shape as me, except that it was more like a human shaped blob of black darkness. If I could describe it accurately it was like looking at a human shaped black hole that wasn''t trying to suck me in. I felt in my mind like I was controlling dark clone like it was a very maneuverable puppet When a new window popped up.
You have gained 1 point in improvisation
Interesting. Well I decided to visualize my dark clone walking towards the doorway under the Gatekeeper. As i visualized it the clone did exactly like I was picturing until one of the hands hit the clone and made it dissipate on impact. I watched the hand stop at the line and then very slowly start to go back to its original position after a few seconds. Since I hadn''t lived long enough to see that it gave me an idea on how to get through this room. I waited till the hand was back in place before I created 2 dark clones. I was starting to feel pretty tired so I must be starting to run low on the mana and stamina that made up my Aura. I sent the clones 1 at a time across the line causing the 2 hands to each decimate one of the clones. As soon as the second hand had stopped at the line I quickly ran past them towards the doorway hoping that I didn''t have to worry about the face of the Gatekeeper either. Fortunately I got to the stair with no issue and was instead greeted with a window.
You have gained 1 point in improvisation
Realizing how annoying that was going to be if I tried a new use of aura during a fight I opened my options and turned off the stat notifications as I made my way to the 99th floor. When I enter the next room the doors once again closed behind me and I found myself in a room similar to the room I would continue to re-spawn in. The only difference was that there was no altar and the pedestal had a indention for the class manual indicated by the fist containing 6 elements. I set the book in the slot and the magic light show occurred again. During the addition of next part of the manual I sang ''halleujah'' in my head to make the event feel a little humorous. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfiAsWR4qU) After the bright light and my mental chorus subsided I picked up the book to learn about what I was guessing was going to be the fire aura due to the new red rune next to the black one I got previously.
The next element that Brawlers must add to their auras is fire. Fire is represented by its explosive combustion and heat but not its ability to consume. Magic Fighter and Brawlers use their fire auras mainly to increase the force of their blows or heat things up, with some known to cook some foods using the aura. This aura will not start fires since it lacks fires desire to consume material to make it grow.
The memory of a brawler first utilizing the aura had also played so I tried mimicking the same type of feeling. I looked at my hand that was now covered in a flickering red aura that made it appear like it was on fire with dark red flames. I dispelled the aura and ate some of the conveniently place food before laying down on the equally convenient bedding materials since I was likely experiencing a shortage of mana as I felt like I was about to fall asleep any second. I closed my eyes and quickly went to sleep after seeing one final window.
You have learned Aura of Fire
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Xxxxxxxxx Author''s notes: sorry it took so long to write this chapter. It took a while due to all the boxes and skills. If you¡¯re wondering why I got rid of having to display and come up with most of the base stats because I¡¯m lazy then you¡¯re wrong (that''s all i''m going to say for now about that). On another note the second half of chapter 4 Lilith''s first day will be a bit later due to having some writers block due to another FF brewing in my head will y''all can expect this week. Also since I don''t want all the monsters and traps in the Library and the rest of Grand frontier to be the generic ones you normally see, I''m asking you the fans to come up and post both monsters and traps that might be in the world of Grand Frontier. If you are posting a monster then please give its name, possible level, possible skills and any elements associated with said skills or creature, its weakness(es), and a description. If I use your monster (or trap) in a future chapter I will cite and thank you in the author¡¯s note of that chapter. So if you want to help be a designer of Grand Frontier comment and let your friends know too. Chapter 4.5: Liliths first day/Welcome to the Valkyrie Corps Author¡¯s note: just to let you know this chapter contains a sex scene (my first one ever) so be warned. Also if you read Imperator of Beasts look at the note at end of chapter. Chapter 4.5: Lilith¡¯s First Day, a.k.a. Welcome to the Valkyrie Corps
Welcome to Valhalla
  • You will not suffer a death penalty when you die here
  • You will not gain experience while in Valhalla.
  • You will have increased stat and skill gains while in Valhalla.
  • Meals will be provided if you join the Order of the Valkyries.
  • Enemies will respawn in the Hall of Feasting and will return to the Fields of Combat when you die and respawn.
  • Tongue of the Valkyries: When communicating with others, your language will be auto-translated to stereotypical Swedish Girl speech type.
  • You have started at the Gates of the Valkyries.
Lilith was awed at what she saw as she first entered Grand Frontier. She stood at a golden gate, similar to those depicted standing at the entrance to heaven, and looked at what could only be described as a massive ancient Nordic village floating on clouds. There were buildings which resembled massive feasting halls and homes in the sky and behind the gate was a massive barracks and training area. The gates opened up as she started to approach them when you she got a chat notice from her fianc¨¦e¡¯s character Dyno, who was the only person on her friends list. Dyno: ¡°Milady Lilith, can thou hearest me, and has a damnable plague of tongues been inflicted upon you?¡± Lilith couldn¡¯t help but giggle at the voice her husband spoke with, especially what sounded like the halved of a coconut being hit together to simulate a horse in the background. If she remembered correctly his voice and speech was similar to a movie about a group named after a snake and the Holy Grail that had a deadly little rabbit and a holy hand grenade in it at one point. Lilith: ¡®Yes it¡¯s me and I have a special chat type, and you sound funny which I can guess I do as well.¡¯ Dyno: ¡°Yes my dearest wench, and how aboutest we only talketh when we needest to. I will return to the Castle only when my presence is required since I have much to do and little time.¡± She thought the wench comment was odd for her hubby and decided to ask him about it later. While she was still talking with him she called up her inventory only to find it empty and decided to inquire if his was as well, since they should have started with some food. Lilith: ¡®is your inventory empty like mine is?¡¯ Dyno: ¡°It is indeed, but I asketh that you inform me when you return to the Castle so I may join you. My heart belongth to you milady.¡± Lilith couldn¡¯t help giggling at the very out of character way of speaking she was hearing from Dyno right now. Lilith: *snicker* ¡®I will, and I love you too my funny knight.¡¯ Lilith then closed the chat and then continued journeying into Valhalla, still awed at how good the area looked. While working on the game she had been the 2nd best artist they had with Mrs. Ghost being the only one better than her. She realized how much her boss and new Mother-in-Law cared about her since she must have single handedly made this area for her. She then thought back to when she and Chris first met. xxxxx It was about a year and a half ago when Veronica Simmons started working at Ghost Tec as a graphic designer for Grand Frontier. She had loved playing RPG games as a kid, and they were also what led to her becoming an artist since she loved making fan art. She was interviewed for the position by the head of the art design department, Mrs. Ghost, and impressed her greatly. Mrs. Ghost had asked her why she wanted to work on the game as an artist and Veronica looked down shyly. She told Mrs. Ghost that she had always wanted to design a character with natural blue hair like her that would be the hero and not be out of place like she had been most of her then 25 years of life. Since she was a member of the ¡°mod fallout¡± generation that had new natural hair color due to their parents using the hair color gene mods to change their natural hair color. The mod permanently messed with the genes that expressed hair color and some people children were discriminated against by their classmates for being ¡°freaks¡±. As the new natural hair colors became more common she was considered ¡°normal¡± when she was 20 due the condition being much more common. All the teasing she had dealt with as kid had made her insecure about her hair color. When she had heard the reason Veronica became a graphic artist Mrs. Ghost just smiled and welcomed the very talented young woman to the company. A devious plan concerning getting the talented girl to run into her son. A few weeks later Mrs. Ghost sent Veronica on an errand to deliver something to Chris in the programming department. Veronica was curious why Mrs. Ghost was having her deliver this note to the programming department instead of just sending an email or calling them. When she got to the programming department she got directions to Chris¡¯s workstation. Since she was really frustrated she saw that Chris was in and put the note on his desk and started to walk away without even looking at him. She quickly headed back to the elevators and pushed the button for her floor. Just as the doors were closing she heard a voice saying to wait up as a handsome dark haired man was jogging toward the elevator, but the doors closed before he could get there. xxxxx ???: ¡°Excuse me, but are you the new Valkyrie recruit that that I¡¯m expecting?¡± The deep (for a woman) yet beautiful voice snapped Lilith out of her trip down memory lane. She saw that the voice came from a 6¡¯6¡± tall blonde woman wearing the stereotypical valkyrie armor. This included a horned cap, white skirt going down to her knees, and a gold chest piece that covered from her waist to the middle of her DD size breasts making it look like a low cut top. Lilith: ¡°I think so since I spawned here miss ¡­ ¡° Lilith stammered as she was struck by the beauty of the healthily thin Amazonian like woman in front of her who gave off what looked like a golden glow. ???: ¡° My name is Helga, and what would your name be?¡± Lilith: ¡°My name is Lilith. Nice to meet you Helga.¡± Helga: ¡°Well welcome to the Valkyrie Corp Lilith. If you would please follow me to the Hall of Ceremonies we can make you an official Valkyrie recruit and get you your armor.¡± As Lilith followed Helga towards the Hall of Ceremonies she thought back to the end of the day she met Chris. xxxxx As Veronica was leaving Ghost Tec a familiar voice called out to her. ???: ¡°Hey Veronica, ready to go?¡± Veronica: ¡°Hey Heather and yes I am.¡± Heather was the purple haired receptionist for Ghost Tec, who also happened to live in the same apartment complex Veronica had moved into when she moved to work at Ghost Tec. She had quickly made friends with the friendly receptionist and they started carpooling to work not long after since Veronica didn¡¯t have a car and didn¡¯t know her away around the city. Heather: ¡°Do you mind if we go meet up with some other people from work and get a few drinks?¡± Before she became friends with Heather, Veronica would most likely have turned her down, but Heather was bringing her out of the introverted shell she had been in most of her life. It was a good change and she was starting to enjoy her life a little more. Veronica: ¡°Sure, it would be nice to mingle with some people outside of work.¡± The bar they met at was also well known for its food so they also decided to get dinner there as well. After about an hour at the bar she heard a male voice she had heard earlier today. ???: ¡°Ummm excuse me miss, but would it be ok if I bought you a drink?¡± Ever since she had hit puberty in high school she had also been hit on by guys who were trying to find out if the carpet matched the curtains, so she had never had a boyfriend or any relationship with a male before. Thinking that there was yet another ¡°player¡± trying to get into her pants, instead of the ¡°knight¡± she wanted to meet, she turned to face him and shoot him down. However when she saw the 6 foot man blushing nervous face nearly matched the natural crimson highlights in his dark black hair she paused before she responded. Veronica: ¡°You know what, sure you can. I¡¯ll have a Cosmopolitan, and my name is Veronica by the way. What¡¯s yours?¡± She said as she felt a bit of blood rush to her face as well after looking at the shy yet handsome looking man in front of her. ???: ¡°My name is Chris, and nice to meet you Veronica.¡± Heather: ¡°Hey Veronica there is someone I want you to meet, come with me.¡± Heather suddenly appeared and quickly led Veronica away to the restaurant area of the rather large bar/restaurant/nightclub without looking at Chris. Veronica: ¡°Sorry got to go, but nice meeting you.¡± She replied as she followed Heather to the booth in the restaurant where a green haired man was sitting. Heather: ¡°Veronica this is Steve, my new boyfriend I was telling you about the other day. Annndddd, wait, where¡¯s your brother Steve? I wanted to introduce him to Veronica and meet him myself.¡± Steve: ¡°He went to the bar to try and talk to a girl he thought he saw there. He should be back soon. We already ordered so feel free to order whatever you want, our treat.¡± He said as he pointed to the menus on the girl¡¯s side of the booth. After they ordered their food, the black and crimson haired Chris came walking over looking kind of down. That is until he sat down next to Steve and saw that Veronica was sitting across from him. Steve: ¡°Heather, Veronica, let me introduce my brother Chris.¡± Heather: ¡°Nice to finally meet you Chris, I¡¯ve heard quite a bit about you from Steve. I would like to introduce you to my friend ¡­¡± Chris: ¡°Veronica, hi again¡± Chris interrupted while starting to blush slightly while he shyly smiled and looked at Veronica. Veronica: ¡°Long time no see Chris.¡± Veronica joked while also making a shy smile while her face also changed to a pink color. Heather: ¡°Oh so you both already met? Well that¡¯s good, since he is the guy I wanted you to meet Veronica.¡± About that time the food arrived to interrupt the slightly awkward atmosphere at the booth of four. While eating dinner the group talked about things like work, their likes and dislikes, and got to know each other a bit better. During the conversation Veronica learned that Chris and Steve¡¯s last name was Ghost and that Chris was the adopted cousin of Steve. She still felt comfortable with the group since they all had the distinction of being ¡°mod fallouts¡± just like her. During the next month Chris and Veronica had more outings like this one with other people from work until Chris finally asked Veronica out on a date for just the two of them, and she said yes. xxxxx Helga stopped in the Hall of Ceremonies in front of an armor rack that had a piece of armor similar to hers and had a large Nordic rune on the front of the armor. Helga: ¡°Please place your hand on the rune. I will now give you the official entry oath.¡±
Do you swear to fight on the behalf of Freya and bring death to those who deserve it on the battle field so they can pass to the lands of Freya and start your path to becoming the Goddess of Battle yourself? Would you like to start off as a Valkyrie Recruit? (If you pick yes, you may change the design of your bound armor now if you wish to do so.)
Please say aloud Yes or No
Veronica: ¡°Yes I will become a Valkyrie!¡±
Congratulations, you have gained the Valkyrie Recruit class
  • All of your stats are hidden except for special stats you can¡¯t increase with points for leveling
  • For all statics that have a bar gauge (health, satiety, mana, stamina) they are no longer visible to you, but you will feel the appropriate way based off the current amounts (such as pain, hunger, mental and physical tiredness/fatigue).
  • While you can gain other skills not relating to your class, you will only see the special skills of your class.
  • You only armor you can equip is the unique Valkyrie Armor.
  • You must send all warriors on the Field of Glory to Freya¡¯s feasting hall without dying to advance your class and be able to leave Valhalla.
All of a sudden Lilith was in a blank black space with just the armor of the Valkyries with her.
Would you like to change the looks of your Valkyrie Armor? This can only be done now and can have added modifications as rewards from quests or special events.
YesNo
Lilith picked yes and changed the armor to a have armor going over her shoulders to the back of the armor. She basically changed the ¡°strap-less¡± armor like shirt to a version with ¡°straps¡±, except the ¡°straps¡± were 3in. protective metal. She left some room for her cleavage to show a bit since she knew Chris would be surprised to see her dressed like she did on their many dates. As soon as she confirmed the changes a light enveloped Lilith and she reappeared in the Hall of Ceremonies wearing her new armor, which fit rather well. Helga: ¡°Now then, would you please follow me to the training grounds to start working on your fighting skills.¡± Lilith followed Helga until they came to an ordinary dirt training field with lots of dummies set up for training. Nearby was a rack of different types of weapons which from a distance looked like they weren¡¯t very sharp. Helga: ¡°Lilith, I would like you to show me what the current level of your fighting prowess. Please pick one of the training weapons you feel comfortable with and attack one of the dummies when you are ready.¡± Lilith: ¡°Ummm, I¡¯ve never learned any form of close range combat before, just some archery.¡± She had been on the archery team in high school and she was decent, but not the best on the team, and there were no bows anywhere in sight on the weapon rack. Helga: ¡°Good to know, but give it your best shot anyway so I know what stage to begin your training at.¡± Lilith nodded and went over to the weapon rack and took a closer look at all of the weapons. It wasn¡¯t that they weren¡¯t sharp, but that they were purposefully almost blunt on their edges. Lilith: ¡°Helga, are these weapons supposed to have blunt edges.¡± She said as she picked up a short sword to use against a dummy. Helga: ¡°Yes they are, because that is a part of the training. When you¡¯re done you should be able to cut through one of the dummies with any of the weapons, since if you can do that imagine what you can do with an actual blade.¡± Lilith shrugged and stood in front of a dummy, gripped her short sword with both hands, did a short run towards the dummy with her hands at her shoulder and the blade behind her. She stopped right in front of the dummy and swung down with all her might, just like she had seen in some movies before. When she hit the dummy the sword had hit badly and had the same feeling you get when you hit a baseball with the wrong part of an aluminum bat, and the jarring force caused Lilith to drop the sword since she wasn¡¯t in control of her hands for a few seconds. When she was able she picked up her sword and embarrassedly looked towards Helga to see how she had done. Helga was standing there with a look of horror on her face which she quickly hid by putting her palm to her face. Helga: ¡°You weren¡¯t kidding when you said you had no close combat experience before. Looks like you¡¯ve got quite a long way to go, so let¡¯s get started shall we.¡± xxxxx That night Lilith finally fell into her bunk in the barracks after the day of training. She felt like her entire body was sore and just wanted to get to sleep. It had been awhile since she had last slept without Chris in the bed with her and she felt a little lonely. She put her hands on the pillow and saw the engagement ring that had somehow become part of her avatar and was not a piece of equipment in the game. As she looked at it she remembered the first time she slept with Chris. If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. xxxxx ¡®Uggghhhh my head hurts, what happened last night¡¯ thought Veronica as she woke up in her bed. She rolled over in her bed to see that it was 9 o¡¯clock in the morning on Saturday. ¡®Wait what am I doing on the side of my bed; shouldn¡¯t I be in the middle?¡¯ she rolled back over to see that her bed was set up for two occupants and that the other head pillow had a head indention, but nobody filling it. While trying to get her bearings she heard some metal clinking coming from the other room, which had a kitchenette. She dragged herself out of her bed and grabbed the brush on her nightstand as a makeshift weapon since it was the only thing at hand. She tried to quietly open the door of her room which the squeaky door blew as she finished opening the door, and the man in her kitchen turned to look at her and smile. ???: ¡°Good morning, hope you don¡¯t have a hangover too, but I woke up earlier and decided to make some omelets for breakfast.¡± He also looked like he had a slight hangover as well. Veronica stopped in her tracks and she set down the hairbrush, then walked and sat down at table in the main area of her apartment. As she buried her face in her hands she started talking the man. Veronica: ¡°I want to know two things Chris, why are you in my apartment and what happened last night? The last thing I remember is leaving the bar with you last night, would you care to enlighten me with what happened?¡± Chris looked at her with a surprised look which was quickly replaced with an embarrassed one quite quickly. A feeling of dread of what might have happened last night passed through Veronica as she looked at Chris¡¯s face. Chris: ¡°Well last night when I dropped you off, you invited to stay the night with you since it was raining and I also had a bit to drink. You said it would be safer that way. Originally I was going to sleep on the couch but before I went to sleep you invited me to sleep in the bed with you, after you had changed to what sleep in.¡± Veronica looked down at her t-shirt and female cotton boxer shorts she normally slept in. She looked at him to see he was wearing athletic shorts and a t-shirt while he was cooking. ¡°You were very insentient on me sleeping next to you so I did, dressed just like this minus the shirt. After I had lain down in the bed, you hugged me and put your head near the side of my neck and mumbled something about this feeling nice and fell asleep. I followed suit not long after since I was drunk and tired as well. I woke up at 8:30 this morning and when I got out of bed you rolled over away from me and I decided to make breakfast since I was hung-over and I guessed you might be too.¡± Veronica: ¡°So nothing sexual happened last night?¡± she said as she shot Chris a questioning look. Chris: ¡°Nope, unless you count the kiss on my cheek right before you fell asleep¡± he said jokingly. ¡°Had I known how drunk you really were I would have stayed on the couch, since I kind of feel like I took advantage you.¡± As he said this he kind of hung his head in shame then went back to cooking breakfast, which was almost done. She looked at the back of her boyfriend with a small smile on her face as the fearful thoughts quickly dissipated. Chris had never lied to her about important stuff, since he never thought she looked fat in any pants and was always beautiful, and she completely trusted him about what happened last night. Chris: ¡°Breakfast is served milady¡± he said with a smile as he set down the omelet down in front of her. Veronica: ¡°Thank you my handsome knight¡± she replied with a smile. Breakfast was good and passed by with some small talk about how each person¡¯s department was doing on Grand Frontier and loving smiles at each other. After breakfast Chris re-dressed and was going to leave when checked the weather to see that it was still rainy and nasty outside. Veronica had an idea quickly cross her mind and she decided to act on it. She walked and hugged Chris across the stomach from behind and blushed a little at what she said. Veronica: ¡°Why don¡¯t you just stay here today? We can watch some movies and play some video games since we don¡¯t have to work today, and I still feel some of the after effects of last night.¡± Chris: ¡°You know what, that sounds like a good day to me in this kind of weather.¡± He blushed a little as well as he felt relief that she wasn¡¯t mad at him, not knowing that his face matched Veronica¡¯s shade since her face was on his back. They both enjoyed the day and had fun watching their favorite movies and playing their favorite video games, since they both enjoyed gaming, and the day quickly passed. The last movie of the night was some romantic comedy she can¡¯t even remember the name of. She and Chris were on opposite sides of the couch when Chris lay back against the side of the couch he occupied. This is when Veronica decided to make a move since both of them were shy and not the most take charge people, unless the activity interested them. Veronica decided to scoot over to Chris¡¯s side and lay her head and body against Chris¡¯s muscular chest while they watched the movie. After she had done so he wrapped her gently in his arms and held her a little closer to him and she hugged his arms that signaled they were both okay with their current positions. She felt his chest a bit and enjoyed the non-bulky but nicely toned muscles Chris sported, and she felt content and comfortable. Veronica: ¡°Chris, I¡¯ve always wanted to know two things, what was on that note I delivered to you, and why did you decide to go to the bar with everyone else that night? The few times I had gone with Heather I had never seen you there.¡± Chris: ¡°Well the reason I went to the bar that night with Steve was because I saw you as you were heading towards the elevators. I asked Steve if he might know who you were and he said he didn¡¯t, but he said his girlfriend Heather might. He said he was going to meet her at the bar later and he invited me to come since I hadn¡¯t really socialized much with the other people we worked with. I went there with the sole purpose of meeting and talking with you again. When I saw you at the bar alone I knew I had to muster up my courage and talk to you since you were the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. I know its corny as hell to say it was love at first site, but when I saw you I felt my heart beat feel different then it had ever before just because I was looking at you. As for the note you delivered to me, it just said ¡°I love you son¡± on it. If you hadn¡¯t I most likely wouldn¡¯t have gone to the bar that night and we wouldn¡¯t be together right now.¡± Veronica was a little shocked when she heard this but fortunately couldn¡¯t see her face as a big smile replaced it soon instead. She had gotten to know Mrs. Ghost better since she worked with her on parts of the game quite often and since she was dating Chris. ¡®That sly old fox sent with that note just because she wanted us to meet. I would want to get her back but I¡¯m just to happy right now to ever want to, so I¡¯ll have to thank her instead.¡¯ As she thought this she snuggled even more comfortably on Chris¡¯s chest and she felt like she wanted this to last forever. When a sexy scene occurred during the movie Veronica looked up to Chris¡¯s face and he looked down at her. Their eyes met and they looked into the others eyes for what felt like minutes but was only a few seconds as they suddenly embraced each other in a very deep and passionate kiss. As they pulled their tongues from each other¡¯s mouth they stared into their lover¡¯s eyes to see if this is what the other really wanted. Veronica lay back down on the couch on her back and gave Chris a small nod then put her hand over her mouth and face to hide crimson hue of her face as Chris took the lead. Chris crawled over to Veronica, after turning the volume of the movie down, and moved her hands to give her another drawn out kiss. After the kiss he slowly lifted the t-shirt Veronica was wearing just above her C-cup breasts and bra. He kissed her again while he unhooked the bra and Veronica started to caress his cheek and the crotch of his pants. This time after their mouths separated Chris looked at Veronica and said that he loved her. She smiled and because a little teary eyed as she as told him that she loved him too. He gave her another quick kiss as he started to caress her breasts and nipples. He then started kissing her on the neck and moved down her body slowly kissing her skin until he got to her breasts. When he reached them he stopped and kissed and licked both of her nipples while she squirmed a little in pleasure at the sensation. Not long after he continued his downward descent until he was at the cotton boxers she had never changed out of that day. He looked up at her face and he asked if she was sure and she replied with a smile and a yes. He moved her short cotton boxer shorts at the crotch to the side and did the same with the plain panties underneath to see her pussy for the first time. While Veronica blushed some more he leaned in closer to slowly lick it from bottom to top to start to the process of pleasing her. He moved his fingers to gingerly spread her entrance and continued to lick her pussy and clit. Veronica had always been pretty sensitive to touch her whole life and when she had masturbated before she had never needed to even insert her fingers to orgasm quite quickly, as compared to the time it took the women in the porn she had watched a few times. She didn¡¯t know if Chris was really good or if it was really easy for her to orgasm, but after a few minutes she felt her first one approaching. As she was about to cum she gripped Chris¡¯s head and pulled it closer to her crotch as he continued to lick her throughout her orgasm. Chris: ¡°I know this is my first time doing this, but did you just have an orgasm?¡± They had never really talked about if they were virgins or not but this cleared up that this was Chris¡¯s first time to Veronica. Veronica: ¡°Yes I did Chris, and I would like to go a bit further if you want to as well.¡± Chris quickly got up and picked up Veronica up princess style and started to head towards her bedroom. On the way Veronica wrapped her arms around Chris¡¯s neck and pulled herself up to kiss him before he laid her down on her bed. She took off the t-shirt that was bunched up over her breasts while Chris quickly removed his clothes. When she finally saw her first penis in person it was already erect and ready. She was looking at Chris when he activated his cybernetic energy field condom that most male humans had surgically ¡°installed¡± after they were born while she activated her matching female one as well. Most humans had these cybernetic devices which were invisible when they were active and could not be felt or even stop sperm. What they did do was use a low energy field that would sterilize and kill anything that passed through them, like sperm and microscopic organisms and other living beings that caused STDs. Since their invention and mass production and distribution, being mandatory to have attached shortly after birth and have helped lead to a present without STDs or unwanted pregnancies. He slowly removed Veronica¡¯s boxers and panties as sensually as he could. After he had removed them he looked at the naked Veronica¡¯s body and took in the view so he could always remember it. He then straddled Veronica and gave her one last kiss before asking one last time if she was ready as he rubbed the tip of his member at her entrance. Her response was to reach up and kiss him which caused Chris to thrust forward and penetrate her. This caused Veronica to release the kiss as she was hit by pain and some pleasure. Noticing the pained look Veronica was making, Chris looked down to see the blood coming out of Veronica. Chris: ¡°I thought I was your first boyfriend, guess that¡¯s not the only first I am for you. Let me know if it hurts and if I should stop since it¡¯s my first time too.¡± He told her as he leaned down to kiss her. Veronica: ¡°It¡¯s okay to start moving, just do it slowly at first. If you want, I wouldn¡¯t mind letting you touch my breasts some more¡± she said after the kiss as she blushed and looked to the side with a pained smile. She could tell Chris was worried about her and didn¡¯t want to hurt her. Chris followed her advice and started to move slowly and played with her breasts and nipples, hoping to give her more pleasure than pain. After a few minutes of slowly moving inside of Veronica he started to feel the need to cum. He told Veronica who had lost all sensation of pain and was now only feeling pleasure and she said it was okay to cum inside since they both had their protection active so the sperm would be dead. Since it was his first time he didn¡¯t last long until he came inside her. However he wasn¡¯t a one shot pistol, so he was still going so that he could give her another orgasm while he started to work towards his second as well. The second round of sex lasted longer than the first, and with Christ teasing Veronica¡¯s nipples and clit she was about to orgasm again when Chris said he was about to finish and she grabbed him close and kissed him deeply. This nearly caused her to orgasm which caused Chris to cum inside her again. Veronica: ¡°Just wait a moment before you pull out, I want to stay like this shortly.¡± Not long after Chris rolled over and laid on the other side of the bed and decided to pull the covers over them to keep them warm since he now felt like just falling asleep next to his lover. Veronica positioned herself next to him and put her arm over him as she cuddled up next to him as she fell asleep while listening to his heartbeat. xxxxx Lilith¡¯s eyes slowly closed while looking at the ring on her finger and she pictured the same warmth she felt while holding Chris that night and quite a few nights after that. xxxxx Dyno opened his eyes and had an odd sensation like someone was thinking about him. He shook it off and decided to give the next floor a try. Inside the room was a large object made out of stone that resembled a torch when a message window appeared in front of him.
You must light and keep the flame lit for 1 hour to open the door to the next floor
He activated his flame aura skill on his hand and put it into the appropriate spot. He just stood like that while trying to think of something to keep his mind occupied. After about 15 minutes of using the aura constantly he started to get mentally exhausted and realized that he was running out of mana. The skill soon deactivated by itself as he fell backwards in exhaustion just to see the spiked lining the ceiling that he hadn¡¯t seen previously dark room come at him. Chris: ¡°Fuck me.¡±
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xxxxx Author¡¯s note: Well this chapter was a pain to write but I felt it was important. Right now I know how the entire story is going to go but not the most with how each smaller arc are going to go so I will work on this story slowly while I work on my other FF Imperator of beasts and school. So if you read Imperator of beasts look forward to it getting more chapters soon.