Premiere End Chapter 2

             Leboa

Clive cried for hours while blaming himself for what happened to his mother. He felt worthless because he couldn't save his mother. And after continuously crying for a while he fell asleep.

That night he had a dream. It was totally unclear to him what was happening.

The past dreams that he had, had specific rules and scenarios making him to be able to understand what’s happening but in this dream it was just pitch dark. It was total darkness.

And then a screen appeared in front of his vision.

『Please Select Unique Skill:

-          Assimilation

+5% weapon efficiency

-          Light Steps

+5% agility

-          Feral Spirit

+2% strength, +2% detection

-          Aegis

+2% health, +2% magic resistance

                                Current Selection:

-          Light Steps

                                                                 NEXT >>           』

A selection window appeared in front of his vision. It was a selection of 4 unique skills.

First is Assimilation, it this gives the user the ability to fully utilize the weapon that is equipped to them be it swords, shield, or staffs. It gives them additional damage or defense either physical or magic depending on the weapon.

Second is Light Steps gives the user extra agility which makes their attacks and movements faster. They are more suitable with sneak attacks like range attacks and ambushes.

Third is Animal Instincts. It gives additional strength and the ability to detect enemies within a 15 yard radius.  This ability is very useful to surveying areas that are unfamiliar and also to prevent ambush attacks and lastly the Aegis skill. It gives the user health and magic resistance. It’s most suitable with tank characters that usually have high defense and health.

Clive knew that something is weird but despite that, it felt to him that what’s happening is something that is normal.

All the anger and sadness was gone on that moment as he read the description of each skill. It was as if his emotions were being suppressed and his mind entered a state in which he could only think of the game and how he will dominate it.

He read the description thoroughly, again and again. It took him a while before he has reached a decision.

He chose the Light Steps skill. Mostly on all the RPGs that he have played before.
He has always chosen to be an Assassin or something similar to that Class, so with that in mind he was torn between Assimilation and Light Steps. But still he chose Light Steps because he preferred a speedy character rather than a character that has a high damage output.

『Please Select Starting Town:

-          Leboa

-          Ayshire

-          Schwere

-          Kishid

              YES / NO                    』

This time Clive just recklessly selected the starting town he will be in. without care he tapped yes and the window screen disappeared

After choosing the starting town, Clive felt something. He started remembering the feelings he had earlier when his mom died. He felt sadness, regret and anger.

A mixture of terrible emotions started resurfacing from within him. The earlier state of his mind wherein he is calm and collected is gone.

And then he saw a familiar scenario. It was the scene of his mother dying.

The scene where his mom died kept repeating in his dream, over and over again. He lost track on how many times it has been.

He only knew that his mother is dead and he cannot do something about it. And then he woke up from that bad dream.

He opened his eyes and saw the ceiling of an unfamiliar house.

With a terrible look on his face Clive calmly analyzed his surroundings. He sat up and looked from left to right.

He saw a gray colored room with no windows, multiple beds that are paralleled to each other, a single door in the middle and a little girl crying in the corner of the large room.

He stared at the little girl and thought to himself

(Why is she crying?)

Clive’s was confused and so he stood up and approached the little girl. He would usually ignore people but he still approached the girl.

Then he asked the girl

“Why are you crying?”

The girl looked at him and said

“E-Everyone is acting weird…. hic… My sister is weird… hic…”

“What do you mean?”

“J-Just yesterday….hic… something terrible happened….hic…and then…. and then…”

“And then?”

“A-and then now my sister….hic.. is acting as if nothing happened…hic”

Clive was acting calm as if he had forgotten what happened yesterday. Deep inside him, he knew that something was off, that something isn’t right. He felt that like his emotions were being suppressed and he had forgotten something important.

“Where is she now?”

“I don’t know… hic… we argued earlier… hic… she got mad and then she just left me… hic.. and told me not.. hic… follow her…”

The little girl was left behind by his sister. It seems like they have fought and then they separated.

“I see… so tell me what happened yesterday?”

“I-I was really scared…. y-yesterday a m-monster attacked us… hic.. and then and then… hic…”

“Monst?............. ackk… my head…. Aghhhh”

“Big bro? What’s happening… uwaaaaa”

Clive felt pain. He felt like his head is being split open.  While experiencing pain he remembered yesterday’s events. He remembered who died and who killed.

The terrible expression he had earlier become much worse. You could see the rage in his eyes after remembering his goals, memories and what happened.

Then then after a while the pain on Clive’s head subsided and he stood up. The girl who was worrying earlier looked at him.

“Big bro?”

He recovered his personality and with that he knew that staying there is pointless.

He was sad about what happened but he persevered with his agony and moved forward.

(I nearly forgot what happened….  tsk..)

He promised that he will kill all the monsters to avenge his mother. That reason was absurd if you think about it. But Clive is serious with his intentions. The problem is if it’s possible.

Clive already deduced what’s going on based on the clues he had seen so far. The only thing he doesn’t know is why this is happening, the reason behind all of it.

Without saying anything he left the room

“Big bro, don’t leave me here… hic…”

The little girl didn't hear a response but still she quietly followed Clive

Upon going outside and leaving the door. Scenery of people fighting monsters was revealed in a grassy field. Further to the fields you could see ruins of houses that were covered with vines and mosses. It was something like 50 years into the future where humans have ceased to exist.

Some buildings were even close to collapsing as it was already leaning to the side of other buildings.

And then he looked at the people who were fighting. There were names on top of their heads and beside it are their levels

It was something Clive was familiar with. He knew that it had something to do with the game that he was playing.

Although familiar, he still doesn’t know what the rules are.  Clive figured that he should learn how to play the game and so he investigated.

He observed other people who were fighting monsters while walking around. He did not immediately engage in battle because he knew he will die if he carelessly attacks a monster.

Not quite long after that he noticed the wall near the plain field. The wall is roughly around 20 feet tall. It was made of large bricks and was reinforced with metal.

He walked around the wall in hoping he could see the entrance and there he saw a gate with four guards wearing a military like uniform.

It was somehow disappointing for him. He was expecting a medieval style guard with fully equipped body armor.  Instead they were wearing camouflage jacket, pants and combat shoes. It was odd because some of them are carrying swords instead of guns.

(This is not right at all… if you’re going to wear camouflage uniform then carry a gun not a sword, dammit)

His intolerance to nonsensical things kicked in. He thought that they were supposed to pick one format not mix it together.

Then he went closer to the guards to ask information and while getting closer to them.

Clive saw a figure of a person on the upper left side of his vision. He didn’t notice it earlier because it was small and is almost transparent.

He stopped for a while and out of curiosity, he tapped the image and there a selection dropped down.

『   Menu:    

-          Status

-          Inventory

-          Equipment

-          Skill

-          Party                               』

He tapped the status menu and another window screen appeared.

 『   Name: Clive       Level: 1       Exp : 0/100

       HP: 50/50   MP: 35/35          Class: Novice    

       Pet: None

       Str: 10       Agi: 10    
            

       Int: 10       Spr: 4                   

       Vit: 10                                   

       Dmg: 5        Mgc: 5                Rng: 0
       Def: 5          Attk Spd: 5        Mov Spd: 5  
       Mdef: 5        Dtc: 2                Eff: 2                                 』     

He inspected it for a short while and then he tapped the inventory menu and there he saw a dagger for beginners.

 『   Inventory:

        [Gold:0     Silver:0     Copper:0 ]

        Items:

-          Novice Dagger

        1/50      』   

Clive equipped the dagger and then the dagger disappeared from his inventory. 
It wasn’t even on his hands. Then he checked the equipment menu and saw the dagger equipped. But he wondered where the dagger went. And then he saw the instruction on the equipment menu.

 『   Equipment:

       Head: None                                Necklace: None

       Body: Novice Shirt                      Ring: None

       Hands: None                              Ring: None

       Legs: Novice Pants

       Feet: Novice Shoes

Weapon: Novice Dagger

Sub Weapon: None

        Note: to summon weapon recite the word “Weapon”                                                                                                                                                                                                                            』        

So he followed the instructions and recited the word “Weapon” in his head.

(『Weapon 』)

The weapon dagger appeared in his right hand as if it’s magic. He was amazed and recited “Weapon” again and this time the weapon disappeared.

“So this is how it works”

“What works big bro?”

“This…. Eeehh? You’re still here?”

“B-but I don’t know where else to go…hic.. please help me….hic… find my sister… hic”

“Stop crying.. You’re annoying”

“Please…uwaaaa”

“Okay okay.. Stop crying. Dammit”

“T-Thank you.. uwaaa..”

“Stop it…”

Clive reluctantly agreed to find the little girl’s sister and then they went and asked a question to one of the guards

“Hey, can I ask a question?”

“Welcome to Leboa”

“Huuuh?”

“Welcome to Leboa”

“What the f**k?”

“Welcome to Leboa”

He made a scornful expression while trying to figure out the way the guards were acting. He had his hunches earlier about what’s going on but it was all assumptions. But his hunches were confirmed based on the guard’s reaction.

(So you’re an NPC huh. Which means you’re useless..)

Clive expelled the thought of getting information from the guards and headed towards the gates. Upon entering the gates a Window appeared.

『Quest: Start of Adventure

-          Greetings Adventurer,

This is the day the day that everyone has been waiting for.

The day that you will finally have your own journey.

The day that you will choose your own path and experience a lot of things.

Our purpose is to empower and assist you with your upcoming Adventures

to the best of our abilities.

With all things said we wish you good luck and may the odds be with you

Quest guide: Go to the Adventurers’ Hall and talk to Thomas Harlequinn

            Quest reward: 300 Exp.

           500 Coppers

             Function: Friend list

             Function: Adventurer’s Billboard

             Function: Guild”

YES / NO                                                                         』