Chapter 4:
Off to my right, I can see a bright light. “Maria,” I think.
Looking down at the screen in front of me, I notice a certain button. After pressing it, I see the screen pop up in front of me like a table. “Whoa,” I say.
As I walk over to the training dummies, I pick up my sword and restart my swings. In front of me I can see Maria and Hermia talking. After clicking another button, I can hear audio as well.
“Welcome to Sacred Sword,” Hermia says.
“Um, hi,” Maria says. “So this isn’t real.”
“Nope. Everything is generated on our company's servers.”
“Which company is that. It didn’t say on the box.”
“I’m sorry. I’m not at liberty to tell you that information.”
“Okay then. That’s sketchy.”
“So you would like to log out?”
“N, no! That’s not what I meant!”
“Ah, okay then. There have been quite the number of people who have logged out after I didn’t tell them the company's name.”
“...I can imagine that.”
“Yes. So sad. They didn’t get to enjoy my world.”
“Um… so can I create my character now?”
“Oh, of course!”
Maria walked over to the races. As she started going through the races, I silently hoped she would pick one of the cooler races, like Saberwolftigerwoman or the race titled IAMGOD! Yep, these are totally really and historical races that are pickable in every video game and based on literary figures.
After a couple of minutes, Maria picked the human race. Then, she walked over and started to choose her class.
As Maria was picking her class, I turned to Hermia and asked, “By the way, how can you be in two places at once?”
Through god’s eye I could see a perfect replica of Hermia standing next to Maria patiently explaining each classes skills.
“Oh, that’s easy,” Hermia says. “I’m the most powerful AI in the history of AIs. Cygnas is nothing in front of my power.”
“Who’s Cygnas?” I wonder to myself.
When I turn back to Maria, she has finished picking her class. To my surprise, she picked the same class I did, Swordsman.
After saying goodbye to Hermia, Maria jumped into a pool of swirling light. Below me I could see a light spinning round and round before finally landing on the continent. It landed in the north near the mountains.
You have gained 1 point in Dexterity!
“Oh nice!” I exclaim!
“Status Window.”
Status WindowName:ChrisRace:HumanClass:SwordsmanLevel:1Title:N/AFame:0Health:100Mana:100Strength:11Vitality10Endurance:10Dexerity:11Intelligence:10Charisma:10Wisdom:10Willpower:10Faith:10Luck:10Skill Points:0
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“Skills.”
SkillsSword Mastery (P)Novice: 1 56%Slash (A)Novice: 1 98%Parry (A)Novice: 1 0%Growth (P)Novice: 1 2%
Sweet. It looks like growth gains 1% everytime I gain a stat. That’s pretty low...But at least that number will get higher over time! Right? Author? Please maybe make me a little OP? For my goal?
Well, now that the fourth wall is broken, it’s time to check on Maria again. Using god’s eye, I spy in on her. Stalking? What are you talking about? What world are you from?
In the screen, Maria is leaving the city for the first time. I listen in as she enter a field of bunnies.
“All right bunnies,” she says. “Time to die!”
Immediately, she starts attacking them with her sword. After she hits the first bunny, I see a damage number fly off. It’s working!
Then, the bunny jumps at her throat. I have to hold myself back from jumping into a portal of light which has appeared next to me. As I look at Hermia, she begins to whistle.
Looking back down, Maria has wrenched the bunny off her throat. As the bunny makes a dash for her feet, she kick it up in the air and slams it back down.
“Slash!” she yells while activating the skill.
The bunny hits the ground, only to start dashing around Maria in circles. As Maria spins, trying to lock onto her opponent, the bunny makes another jump at Maria’s throat.
“Parry!” she shouts again.
Maria block the bunny from her throat and smashes it onto the ground. While the bunny is stunned, she shouts her skill name one more time.
“Slash!”
When her sword lands on the bunny, it explodes into a cloud of coins. While I’m excited for her, I also see the danger coming.
“Watch out!” I yell.
But of course she can’t hear me. The arrow fired from the trees surrounding the beginners area finds it mark in Maria’s throat. With a gurgle, she falls down dead.