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Hi Guys! This is this Fanfics author, Ceimur! I'm sorry for the wierd post of mine earlier. orz (I'm doing a dogeza, believe it or not.) It's already edited but most of you didn't notice it that because it took me for a few minutes and a reply post from mister sideshow to make me notice my big failure. So you could take a look around my first post again if you didn't understand some parts of it, but if you don't it's still A-OK because I only changed a few details from my original post. So... Have a nice time reading!
Chapter 1: Connecting on the new world.
Days passed and I was finally discharged from the hospital. Even though I cannot play Soccer anymore, they told me that I could still attend my school regularly. Though frequent check-ups and therapy are a must every week.
I arrived at my school as always by a car. However from now on, my parents decided to give me a bodyguard for protection and...
"Here comes the stairs. *Sigh*"
"Here I go, Young Master."
Cristina, my bodyguard/driver, carries me and my wheelchair upstairs as I complain
"Sorry to make you do this Chris."
"It's my job Young Master."
As she carried me up I saw Alex walking towards us as he waves.
"Hey! Robert! Cristina!"
"Hey! Can you help her?"
Alex helped her and I finally get got back to my "seat".
"Thank you Alex, for helping Cristina."
"No need to thank me. That's what friends are for right?"
"I still wanted to thank you."
"I told you it’s nothing."
Class ended and I was "walking" in the hallway with Cristina and Alex, when I received a text message from my mom
Dear, I've heard from your father that the equipment used in playing the Royal Road game was delivered today and is currently being installed at your room. I thought you might want to know.
Hmm... So the capsule was already delivered.
Thanks mom... Can you ask them if when will they finish installing it?
I sent a reply to my mom and got a new message immediately
They said that they will finish it as soon as possible... I think they will be done by the time you get home
"Hey Alex... Do you already have a capsule at your home?"
"Yes. I just received a message earlier on class. Why?"
"I just received it now and its being installed at house""
"Nice! Then we could already start tonight..."
"Why not?"
We grinned at each other.
I returned home and went to my room and after I changed I noticed something very weird...
What the hell is that??? Is that supposed to be a Helmet??? That is plagiarism!!!
*Kkkrrriiiinnnggg!!!*
My cellphone is ringing.
"Good Afternoon Robert. Did you receive it?"
"Who is this... Wait this voice... Gary!"
"Yes it is me... Did you receive it? Connections can be pretty amazing right?"
"What the heck did you do to my capsule!?"
"I've turned into a helmet. Can't you see it?"
"Why?"
"Because it's easier for you right? After all you can't play while you sleep right? But if you use that, you can play while you sleep. It also has other special feature."
I don't need it! Is what I want to tell him but what's done is done after all. *Sigh*
"Anyways can you excuse me? I still have to talk with my friend."
We still haven't talked on where we should start.
"Gladly."
Gary ended the call and I called Alex to inform him about where should we start.
"Alex. It's me Robert. Can I ask you on where should we start?"
"Why not Rosenhiem kingdom?"
He immediately answered.
"Not a bad choice... Let's meet up on the so-called training hall"
"Why not?!"
I put on my helmet and flipped the switch. A pop-up asks me...
Connect to Royal Road?
Yes/No
"Yes!"
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I was blinded by some strange light that made me to close my eyes. When I felt that the bright light was gone, I opened my eyes and I was suddenly in a dark room.
The scan on your iris and vein has determined that you are an unregistered user. Do you want to create a new account?
I heard a feminine voice. She asked me about some things.
"Of course!"
"Select the name of your avatar."
"Ignis"
It's been long since I have used this name again.
"Select your gender from male, female, or neutral."
"Male."
I'm not a freaking crossdresser so I obviously chose male.
"Royal Road has forty-nine races. You may select your race from the primary twenty-nine races."
"Human"
"You may alter your appearance."
"The way I am."
"Your account has been activated. Your stats and class shall be determined while you are playing Royal Road."
I knew about that but until now, I don't know what class I should choose.
"Select a city and kingdom you want to start."
The Citadel of Serabourg, Rosenheim Kingdom
"Welcome to Royal Road."
I was, again, blinded by some light.
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I opened my eyes and I was in a totally different area.
"Wow..."
That's all I can say in the beauty of this place.
I looked at my feet tried to walk them.
They can move!!! Yes I can run again!!!
I ran and ran but soon I remembered my conversation with Alex
"Oh yeah the training area."
I approached somebody and I asked...
"Ummm... Excuse me. Can you tell me where the training area is?
"Training Area? Do you mean the training hall?"
"Exactly."
"The training hall is there. The highest building except for the castle."
She pointed me where it was and I ran
there immediately.
"There you are..."
I saw a familiar face standing near the gate. Looks like Alex didn't also change his appearance.
"Alex!"
"It's not Alex. It's Xander."
Xander? HAHAHAHAHA
"Bwahahahahahahahaha"
"What? Is there something funny?"
"No Its nothing. HAHAHAHA It's just like you Ale- Err Xander."
"So Robert... Whats your name?"
"It's Ignis, Xander"
"Let's go Ignis."
"Wait! Before that..."
"What?"
"Let's be friends!"
I raised my hand and asking for a handshake
Friend request sended
"Do you even need that to confirm our friendship? *Sigh* But... Accept."
We made a shake to start our friendship in here.
Friend request accepted
We entered the training hall and met the instructor.
"Young adventurers, I presume both of you have arrived at the Versailles continent very recently."
""Yes Sir""
Xander and I answered at the same time.
“Both of you shall find sword training absolutely necessary when you come to confront monsters. Do you need my guidance? I tell you, take any unattended scarecrow and strike him in any way you want. A wooden sword is placed in front of a scarecrow, and it is all yours."
"Thank you sir."
My scarecrow was near to Xander's scarecrow. We've chosen those two so that we could talk while we hit the Scarecrow.
We continued to hit until we nearly fainted. I noticed my satiety bar was already less than a quarter. So I opened my bag and looked for food. I saw a canteen and 10 pieces of rye bread.
That was great... Let's start again!
"Let's start again!!!!"
Both Xander and I stand and started to hit the scarecrow. As we hit Xander started to complain
"This gets boring really fast. I can't believe that they would not let us go out for a week."
I started to think of something so that we would not get bored.
"Hey Xander... Why not duel with me every night in game time?"
"Why?"
"To show how much we improved tonight."
He gets quiet for a while but...
"Why not let’s duel later! UUUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
His rhythm got faster after I asked him for a duel.
"I won't looooseeeee!!! HHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"
I also got faster after we conversed. The sun fall went down and I asked him a duel.
"Come fight me!"
You challenged Xander into a duel
"Here I go!"
Dueling accepted
We started to fight each other...
*Claacckk~~*
Spoiler :
Not Clanngg~~ of course. It's not metal remember?
Clashes of wood can be heard from time to time. Our rule is that the one who gets a clean hit first loses.
"It's already night and you're still rowdy."
The instructor came and scolded us.
""We're sorry sir.""
We stopped and bowed our heads to the instructor
"Are you sparring with each other?"
""Yes Sir!""
"Then you should continue. Having a rival is another step to become stronger."
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""Yes Sir!"
We started to continue our fight. He makes a forward slash at me... But I've parried it with my wooden sword and I strike him with my sword.
"Why not evade it instead of just parrying it?"
I heard the instructor and I tried to evade the attacks of Xander. But some attacks are not easy to evade and so when I noticed that this attack is not easy to evade, I parry it with my sword.
"Good you two are evolving second by second"
He makes a forward slash... But he got unbalanced by the big swing... I took advantage of the big opening and made a horizontal slash hitting the stomach.
"HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!"
"A clean hit. A great duel for a fledgling"
""Thank you very much!""
We bowed our head to each other to show respect
Things was great for us but we looked at the wooden sword
"You two don’t know how to take care a weapon *Sigh*"
The instructor was disappointed with what our weapons looked like.
"I am very sorry instructor. I wish to repair this weapons but I don't know how to"
I ask the Instructor to teach me how to repair it.
"Come and I will show you."
Recompensation.
The instructor noticed the poor state of your weapons and was disappointed about it. He can repair it but since you wish to compensate on the damage, He puts the weapon in your hands.
Dificulty Level: F
Quest Requirement: Repair the weapons and armors located in the storage.
Failed if you broke the weapons
Quest Rewards: There may be some if you impress the instructor.
Quest Failure: Depends on the amount of weapons you broke
My first quest
"Thank you sir."
You accepted the quest.
We followed the instructor in a room and found a lot of equipment in such poor state.
"This is the storage room, where you can find many different equipment scattered all over the place."
The instructor gets the wooden sword in our hands and started to repair it.
"This is how you repair things. Repair!"
The item was instantly repaired and a pop-up message was shown to me.
You gained a new skill: Repair.
""Huh What's this, a new skill?""
Xander and I wondered at the same time. Looks like he also learned the repair skill.
"Skill window!"
Repair (LV. 1 0%): Enables you to repair weapons and armors. Beyond LV 5, you could forge new weapons and armor.
Nice, very nice... This can help me many times
"You could start repairing them now. You want to compensate at the weapon right? Then start repairing these equipment."
""Yes sir!""
He went out of the storage. And we started immediately
We found lots of different weapons and armors scattered on the floor. Sadly we are still on level one and we could not just pick a weapon and leave without the permission of the instructor.
""Repair! Repair! Repair! Repair! Repair!""
We got items one by one and classified it according its type. We even cleaned them, the room, and the containers.
The instructor came back and looked very impressed to us.
"A very good job done by both of you. You did not only repair those equipment but also cleaned this room. I thank you for cleaning this room. Even though I wanted to, I can't do it because I need to monitor the trainees. This is for your trouble."
Quest complete!
Recompensation
The items were repaired nicely and the instructor was very pleased by your actions
(+10 fame!)
You earned 2 silvers
He gave silver to both of us. My eyes were blown to the amount of money.
I couldn’t believe I got fame and silver even though this is my first day.
*Growl~~*
I forgot the time because I was so concentrated on the quest. I opened my inventory and eat some rye bread.
This is so delicious!!! There is no better flavor of a food other than hunger.
Xander also ate at the same time. By the time we finished eating, we exited the room and went into an inn and rested.
"Today is Friday right? We have Saturday class tomorrow. I can't believe it is already 12 AM at other side and I'm not yet sleeping."
Xander was surprised too himself by staying out this late.
"So we better log out now."
"See you tomorrow."
"Good bye"
Xander logged-out first. I was also about to log out but I received a call.
"Hi Robert. Looks like you are still playing. I'm using the computer here to talk with you."
"Garry is that you. I thought you can't call someone from outside the game!"
"Didn't I told tell you that this helmet has special feature?"
"I don't need it!"
"Anyways... If you want to activate the sleep mode, just say out "Activate Sleep mode"."
I'm tempted by Gary's Sleep mode...
"Just try it... You would feel languid at first and by the way, lie down for a bit before and after using sleep mode. You might suffer Vertigo if you didn't"
"Alright, alright so just shut up!"
"I put a timer in your computer so that you would awake at 6:00 AM"
I lie down like what Gary said and shouted
"Activate sleep mode"
Activating sleep mode
After I said that, I stand and my body felt very slow. And I feel languid.
I went to the training hall again and started to hit the scarecrow. After my stamina was depleted I sat down and waited for my stamina to regenerate. While waiting, I made sure to repair my sword so that it won't break. Then I stood and started hitting the scarecrow again until my stamina depleted. I did this for a few times until it was already dawn . It didn't felt long. I don't know maybe because I'm asleep I don't know but It felt very fast.
"Repair."
I repaired the battered sword of mine and a window was shown to me.
Level up: Repair [3]
Something leveled up
I wondered if something else leveled up and I looked at my skills.
Repair (LV. 3 0.5%) Enables you to repair weapons and armors. Beyond Lv. 5, you can forge new weapons and armors.
Sword Mastery (LV. 2 37%) Increases attack power and hit rating for swords.
Sword Mastery? I didn't remember getting this earlier when I checked my skills. Maybe my stat changed too?
"Stat Window"
Stat Window
[quart=Character Name,Alignment]Ignis,Neutral[/quart][quart=Level,Profession]1,None[/quart]
Title
None
Reputation
15
[quart=Health,Mana]150,100[/quart][quart=Strength,Agility]24,17[/quart][quart=Wisdom,Intelligence]10,10[/quart][quart=Luck,Leadership]0,0[/quart]
Vitality
21
Stamina
21
Honour
1
Attack
7
Defence
5
[quart=Fire,Water]0%,0%[/quart][quart=Earth,Black Magic]0%,0%[/quart]
Magic resistance
Honour? When did I get this? I remember honour was supposed to be a stat for a knight. I've heard that it could be obtained while dueling other people but...
How did I managed to obtain this? I thought that you can only get a stat and a skill through a book, as a reward, due to repetitive actions, and by being taught by others
That's what it should be but when did I get this? Then I remembered the time I asked Xander to a duel.
There was nothing I could do with this and I still need money for Items, equipments and food.
I stood up and looked for a quest giver.