Hello there my readers, sorry for being late with one day with this chapter, but on the bright side, I found out that fermenting Elderberry juice, can indeed, make you drunk. Enjoy~
P.S. I haven't run this chapter through a spell checker yet so please point out any grammar mistakes!
---START OF CHAPTER 5----
---Start of Gaming Arc---
I wake up to the sound of chirping birds, one of the best ways to wake up. I close my eyes and expand my consciousness to maximum, one of the special 'abilities' I have developed in the many encounters I had in my life. In the room I am in right now, nothing can escape me. I can FEEL every single little thing, even the tiny spider that is hiding in between my bed foot and the wall. It sounds crazy right? But you'd be surprised what can happen to the human brain under immense pressure.
So much pressure that a normal soldier would die. Why do you think we're called the elites of the elites? Well that's because we survived countless nerve wrecking situations. Sure, we may be a little bit psychopatic, but that's the cost of being an effective soldier. As long as you don't tickle our old scars, you won't wake up in a torture room, prepared to eat your own organs. You might think that that's crazy, but it's ok! We only did it 1...0 times!
Anyway, I can also hear Lorena and Selena starting to wake up. I stand up and change in my casual clothes, a white T-shirt and some pants. I go to the kitchen and start making breakfast.
A few minutes later Selena and Lorena come in the kitchen. Since Lorena didn't know she would start living with us, she didn't have any clothes with her. So Lorena went into my closet and managed to get 2 T-shirts that wouldn't fall off Lorena. It looks like a one-piece dress on her. It's not my fault I am bigger than her. She's only 1 m and 59 cm while I am 1m and 87 cm. That's quite the difference if you ask me. Lorena is a mature type beauty, I can imagine her getting along well with kids and many of them calling her Big Sister. She has the same green eyes as me (a little bit darker tho), only she takes after her mother in hair colour and face. She has brown red-ish hair that naturally flows on her back, she tied it in a long pony tail and let it rest on one of her shoulders. (kinda like this, but different hair colour and eyes
Spoiler :
this is what she looks like http://imgur.com/CvAXn4Y
Ofc with a different hair and eyes colour.
. She also has a rough heart shaped face, same as her mother.
I sigh, remembering her mother, and making a mental note to visit her grave. I never got the news that she died. I'm mentally kicking myself over not thinking about her at the moment. Anyway, since Lorena doesn't have any clothes, she and Selena will go shopping today. Of course, they'll get my credit card. Fortunately, me and my brother have invested in so many things that even if they use millions daily, money won't run out. I was going to go with them, but I couldn't go against her when she was glaring at me. For a second I saw a phantom of Selena's mother behind her, giving me that glare she would use to make me do whatever she wanted me to.
Damn it all! She takes after her mother too...a bit too much.
Lorena was just giggling at the whole situation while looking at us. Hohoo~ I see her guard is down. A little wake up call won't hurt, eh? As my daughter, she needs to learn to constantly be vigilant. Now of course, I won't strand her in one of the deadliest forests in the world as my dad did with me at 12 years old.
"Hmmm, I heard this summer will get pretty hot, we might even get a Trip to the Moon alert, hehe." I say casually, dropping off a code we used in our army to warn our friendlies of drugged/poisoned food. Selena gives me a weird look, but Lorena freezes with food in her mouth. She gets paler by the second, looking at me. I think she doesn't believe me, of course I would never drug my daughter's food, but a little 'misunderstanding' might change her mind.
I turn my back to her, whistling while putting some coffe in my mug. I turn around to see a running Lorena and a confused Selena. A few minutes later Lorena comes back in the room, holding a syringe with her blood and a device telling her blood is poison/drug free. She shoots a glare in my direction, and I just grin, then she sits down pouting and continues eating her food. 20 Minutes later the girls are done eating, and preparing to go out. I wave them out with a smiling face, and once they enter Selena's car and drive off, my smile instantly disappears. I take out my phone out of my pocket and speed dial one of my friends. I wait for the phone to connect, and when he answers the phone I can hear he's at a party.
"Guys, GUYS, stop the music, it's our old friend Albert, THE Albert hahaah!" He shouts. His name is Joey, he was always an easy-going guy. He is easily the heart of all the parties, also a part time gigolo. I can hear the music die down, and hear one or two of my other old friends. Which is better for me, since I have a favor to ask of them.
"Hey there Joey, how're you doing you little brat?" I ask in an amused tone. Everyone starts laughing.
"Aaah, our good ol' Albie, snarky as always I see? So, what's up? I s'pose you didn't call me just to say hi. Hah, if you wanted to do that you would've come in guns blazing as always." Joey asks, I can hear in his voice he's smiling.
"You bet, I can't let you youngsters forget to always be vigilant. I called because I have a favor to ask of you guys." I say, my voice turning serious towards the end.
Obviously feeling that, the room gets grimly quiet.
"What's up old man? You know we'll do anything for you, afterall, we owe you our lives." Joey's voice gets serious too. This is why he's a Spartan, he knows damn well when to get serious.
"I suppose you didn't hear it yet. I have found my and my brothers daughters." I hear a few gasps of shock.
"Why are you calling us then? Where are they? We'll kill the bastards that hold them after torturing them for 10 years!" He exclaims in a battle-lust filled voice. I hear a few grunts of approval from the background.
"Oh no, nothing of the sorts. You know I would've killed them already if it were to that. I called you because they went out in town. I want you guys to protect them, anyone who gets too close to them, I want them castrated if they're a male, and if they're a woman I want to know everything about them." I say in a cold tone. There's silence for about 5 seconds, until they all burst out laughing.
"HAHAAHAH, Oh My God, this is too much!" Joey shouts, before I hear a few weird sounds. He most likely fell down.
"What's so funny?" I ask annoyed.
"Oh god, we're sorry Albert, it's just that we knew you would be overprotective for you family, but we didn't quite expect it to be this bad." Joey responds after he finishes laughing."Anyway, that's off topic for now. So, who are the two angels we finally get to meet?" Joey asks, going back to serious mode.
"Lorena and Selena Conner, you might be able to find them in our Database, I allow access of course." I tell him. Me and my brother agreed to give both of the girls our family name. His family name, I don't deserve to use it anymore. I hold my mind from going into a flashbacks tunnel and wait for them to finish searching for them.
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"Hmm, Lorena, sounds familiar. Let's see here....hmmm, Gotcha n-" Joey suddenly stops mid sentence. "Old man, Lorena an ex-soldier by any chance?" Joey asks, with a shaking voice. I'm confused, but my questions are answered in the next second.
"Hey Joey, isn't that the girl that you trie-" "AAHAHAHAHAHHAHHHHHH" Joey interrupts one of our friends with a shout, but I got enough out of it to understand the situation.
"Joey....I swear to God that if you-" "TSSSSKK, SORRY OLD MAN, I CAN'T HEAR YOU, I THINK THE LINE IS GETTING CUT TSSSK" Joey interrupts me before closing the phone. A few seconds later I get a phone call from Alex, one of the original Spartans, also the Vice-Captain of the team.
"Hey Albert, I'm glad to hear you found your daughter and niece." He says, I can hear he's grinning. "Why aren't you with them though?" He asks at the end.
"Heh, good to hear from you too Alex, although it hasn't been long. Believe me I would be more than glad to be with them, but I can't since my niece made me promise to play that new MMORPG VR game RoyalRoadl, since they missed the first day of playing it because of me. Also, where is Joey?" I ask
"Heh, Joey, he just ran out of the room muttering something about moving to Mexico and changing his name to Martinez." Alex responds with an amused voice. We both knew he would come back after fooling around with a couple of women. "And you're also playing that game?" He asks, a little bit surprised at the end.
"What do you mean, you're going to play it too?" I ask him frowning. How come everyone I know was going to play that game without me knowing.
"Well yes, there isn't much to do nowadays....I really didn't expect you to start playing it. Knowing you I thought you would seclude yourself into some cabin in some far off woods next to a lake where you could fish daily..." His voice trails of at the end. While the idea does sound more than tempting, I was slightly surprised at how much he knew about me. He isn't the vice captain for nothing.
"Anyway, don't worry Chief, we're gonna make sure the girls don't get even a scratch, also if you ever want, come to party up with us, all the Spartans already made an account and we're planning to tackle every dungeon we find. Of course, the girls are invited too." Alex says.
"I'll consider it... and thanks." I tell him sighing. Next week is going to be so bothersome, I have to teach so many lessons.
"Haha, don't worry old friend. Good luck." Alex says, the last part in a more mysterious voice. I was about to ask him about it until the call closed. Annoyed, I sigh again, before closing the door and going inside.
I noticed that Alice was awfully quiet recently.
"Alice?" I ask while in the kitchen.
"YE-Yes?" She nearly shouts at first, as if surprised by my sudden call.
"You've been pretty quiet lately. Is everything alright?" I ask, concerned. I have a soft spot for kids.
"Yes, I was just getting used to the house.." She answers shyly.
"Well, I'm about to head into the game...do you want to join me?" I ask her.
"U-um, do you wish me to be your personal A.I. in the game or do you want me to be a companion?" She asks quietly. I am a little bit stunned at her quesiton.
"Alice, what kind of question is that?" I ask her.
"A-ah, I-I'm sorry, it should have been obvious I am to be your A-" "Of course you're going to be my companion!" I interrupt her, not expecting her to answer. She suddenly turns quiet.
After a quick coffee for good measure, I go towards the pods that look like coffins, and enter mine. I sigh and relax my muscles as the lid of the pod closes on me, and then darkness overtakes me.
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"Ugh" I groan from the unexpected feeling I have in my body. It feels like I have woken up from some deep sleep. I am currently in a white room, sitting on a chair in front of a table, nothing more. Suddenly another chair appears and a woman soon appears on it. In a white robe tightly wrapped around her, to amplify her hourglass shape, with long blonde hair and crystal blue eyes, and a face like a goddess.
She starts speaking immediately-
"Welcome to RoyalRoadl, I apologise for the delay, but we didn't expect new players-" She stopped mid sentence when she looked at my face. "You must me Mister Albert?" She suddenly asks, with a little anticipation in her voice.
"Yes." I give her a short response. Seemingly satisfied with my answer, she nods once.
"Then this makes it easier." She says before waving one of her hands, making a window appear in front of me welcoming me to the world of RoyalRoadl along with a few information that I already knew. There are 3 Capitals. You would expect them to have some fancy names or something, but it seems that this world likes to keep it simple (Author being just lazy) making it easier for the people to navigate.
The capitals had their owner's color before the name Capital, also a number 1 under it. Then, towns and villages had just their owner's name and a number. E.x., Blue Capital 1 and Blue city 2 and Blue Village 70.
"Please select your starting village." The Goddes says.
"Which village is close to a dungeon, but also has the best fishing spot?" I ask. She seems confused by my question before answering-,
"Yes, that would be Green Village number 140." She answers me.
"Then I would like to choose that village as my starting city." I tell her. She continues on with the conversation,
"Would you like me to relay that information to Alice?" She asks me.
"She can start wherever she wants." I reply to her. Her voice turns from a cold professional one to a warm one, making me suspicious of her relationship with Alice, but I let it slide for now.
"Ok...done. Please select your starting race." She tells me before she waves her hand again and before me appear 3 choices. Demi human, Elves and Humans.
"Demi human." I grunt.
"Which variant?" She asks a little bit exasperated.
"...wolf." I tell her.
"Understood, please customize your character as you want. You can also ask me to help you with anything you want." She says before waving her hand and making a pannel appear in front of me. In that panned was a preview of a me, but with a wolf snout, tail and ears. All my facial hair was removed which made me frown before I tell her-
"First of all, put my beard back on." She seems surprised by my voice, as she twitches she waves her hand and my beard appears back on.
I nod once in content-
"Now..."
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"Done." I grunt. The 'Goddes' lets out an exasperated sigh, and lets go of the hair she was pulling up till now.
"Please, ENJOY your new life. GOOD BYE." She shouts the last part before furiously waving her hand making darkness overtake my conciousness again.
Damn, I was gonna ask her to make my claws shorter. Oh well.
---END OF CHAPTER 5---
While some of you may say that this is chapter shouldn't be in the gaming arc, while you may be right, it seemed the best place to put it for me.
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