"Move, move," said Kevin to his friend Jake, both moved from one apartment block wall to another wall while holding their automatic assault rifle in their hand to shoot if something unexpected happened. "Where were the zombies again?" asked Jake to Kevin. " The zombies are on the left side. As we discussed I will go straight to the labour room, you should clean up the zombies, ok?". Jake sighed "OK, I wished we could use our dolls in this quest, man why I need to kill the zombies?" Kevin smirked "Do you want to die again? You already died twice times, do you want to die again, you know what happened when you died thrice. It is better if you face the zombies, you can gain a lot more XP, at least you can level up again and regain the same level as earlier." Jake sighed again, he knew Kevin was right, but still, it bothers him. He knew how good Kevin was in the FPS Game "Shooting Star".
"Buddy, being patient is important if you rush again you can't play this game in the next two months, don't forget it," warned Kevin Jake who looked more depressed. "I wouldn't have died if Leo and Darian didn't quit, dammit" Jake cursed last time. Kevin didn't respond. "Well, I will take it, make sure you take the document from there. I don't want to start the quest again." with this Jake ran towards the area, a little bit later Kevin could hear the shooting noise.
Kevin took a huge breath before moved to the big labour room. As he saw something moving he didn't hesitate and pulled the trigger, the spider was agile, but Kevin was able to cut one of its legs. Kevin could feel the spider was coming from the right side, he didn't hesitate and took a flash bang and threw it in front of the spider, it exploded putting the big spider in a confused state. Kevin had three to four seconds until the spider regained its vision. Kevin quickly switched to his handgun. He turned in the opposite of the spider and started to shoot. The biggest hurdle against the big spider wasn't itself but the vast amount of child spiders.
The big spider used itself as bait so the soldier concentrated on it while the children spider could kill the attacker. It was not a bad strategy, but against Kevin, it was useless who was gaming "Shooting Star" for more than four years and also possess fast reaction capabilities. While killing the small spider Kevin was still moving so the blind big spider didn't catch him. Within four seconds he killed all of them. Same time the big spider regain it vision and rushed towards him. Kevin switched to LM29, a light machine gun. Without blinking he used it against the spider.
The bullets pierced the spider-like swiss cheese. After that the spider turned into dust, letting a purple crystal behind. It had a size of a fist. "Congratulation master, you unlocked the SS-Tier assault rifle, AS Venedig" announced a mechanic voice.
It was an AI that Kevin had bought from Gacha. "Thanks, Alfred". It cost him half fortune but it was worth it, thanks to the Ai he didn't have to maintenance all his weapons. As Kevin retrieved the documents from the drawer a glowing light appeared under his avatar, before he could react his surrounding changed. Everything was white, He couldn't see anything other than white. "What the hell is that? Is this kind of hidden quest?" Kevin wondered. It wasn't unusual to find a hidden quest in the game Shooting Star, but he never heard a hidden quest inside the labour.
Kevin still gripped his automatic assault rifle, ready to shot if something unusual approached him. A flooding figure appeared in front of him "oh an angel? What the fuck?". It wouldn't be strange if the Shooting Star was a fantasy game but it played in a post-apocalypse setting where humanity faced a strange virus. Kevin had played it for more than four years but he never saw or even heard about an angel.
The angel-like woman announced "My name is Aria, I am the deity of the Vera world. I summoned you to complete a quest. If you can fulfil it, I can give you splendid rewards."
Ah a hidden quest, but why now? the quest which I am on right now isn't even finished. I need at least to retrieve the document from the labour.
"Oh, I see, Aria what kind of quest is it? and what I get as a reward?" Even he didn't understand the circumstance he wants at least to know about the quest and the rewards. Maybe he could clear up the quest with his friend later.
"The quest is to clear the nine Tower of Velvet which was created 1000 years ago by the nine Demon Lords. But until now, no one was able to clear it. If it going like this, the door of the nine towers will open and a large calamity will fall over my world. As a reward, you will be granted one wish also I will send you back to your home."
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It makes no sense
Kevin was now more confused, also irritated.
Demon Lord, 1000 years, Tower of Velvet, all was hearing like a fantasy quest.
He wonders if someone had developed a wrong quest or maybe it was an easter egg. Shooting Star was developed by a small company ten years ago, before it could get really popular it was overshadowed by bigger companies with their advertisement. But SS was still the first VR game that combined gacha, RPG, FPS. But the woman in front of him was too real for him, also he felt it was too creepy. "Well I will think about it and I will come back" gave Kevin as an answer, he need disappear as as possible from here. He tried to open the screen, but nothing appeared. "Uh, why can't I exit?".
"Sorry as long you do not complete the quest, I can't send you back to your home." Kevin looked at her with a confusing glance and suddenly made a click in his brain "Wait..Wait... you summoned ME here, real summoned?" he asked hastily, his eyes were widened.
"Yes, didn't I say? I summoned you with my divine power as long as you don't clear up the nine Tower of the Velvet you can't go back home". Kevin jaw dropped, he was in a shocking state. He thought she was blabbering something like a normal NPC does it. But before Kevin could say "The time is up, you will transfer to my world. I hope you can fulfil my quest. Good luck" with this she disappear also Kevin surrounding changed again.
As Kevin came back he was within in forest. He stomped as hard he could against the ground. "Fuck, fuck, fuck!. This bitch. I can't believe it. She dares to throw me somewhere, if I get the chance I am going to kill her!" Kevin screamed, he was still shocked also in disbelief. Everything happened so fast he wasn't prepared. It stressed him.
Calm down, calm down, I have to keep a cool head, first check everything.
Kevin checked first his body, it wasn't his real body instead of his avatar body which he had created at the beginning of the SS game. Next, he tried to open the screen. Unexpected it worked. He scrolled there and opened other windows.
So, at least I have all my perks in my inventory, I can even access the system shop of Shooting Star
Secondly, he tried to contact GM or tried to access the Internet, but it didn't work. "Master is something?" he heard a trusted voice "Oh it's you, Alfred. Send four drones in each direction. I need more intel where I am". After Kevin finished his command, four small drones materialize themselves in the air and moved in all four directions. Two notifications appeared in front of him.
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> Information:
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> * Quest: Depends on your action you can unlock quests. If you complete a quest you receive Points as Rewards. There are mandatory Quest also optional Quests.
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> * Points: With Points you can buy item or other staff from the Shop.
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Another notification appeared in front of him.
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> Quest: Clear the nine Tower of Velvet
> Description: The Demon Lord Asura built nine Towers, it has to be cleared before they opened.
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> Time Limit: 5 years
> Penalty: Death
> Rewards: 1x wish grand & Possibility return home & 1 millions Points
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> Extra: You can't decline this quest!
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"I make sure I kill the bitch, if I see her next time," said Kevin angrily. He was angered get dragged into something he didn't want, also the five years didn't help. He took a big breath and wondered what Jake was now doing. Kevin grabbed a capsule, which had the size of over dimensions pill. He threw it into the air, with a huge sound the capsule turned into a beautiful woman with black long hair. She wore a black silver maid dress. As she landed on the ground, she dropped herself on the knee. "Master, I'm ready to take your first order!"
Kevin was surprised to see her in real. She looked more beautiful than in the game. Each doll in SS had the appearance of a supermodel, perfect smooth skin, perfect body shape. She wasn't only good looking but also one of the best battle androids ever had built, an SS-Tier. It wasn't easy for Kevin to get her, he bought a few dozens of gacha to get her. She was his first doll which he had to obtain at the beginning of the game. She was equipment with four submachine guns under her dress and she can add two more guns if needed which makes her the best in terms of pure firepower.
"Master, I detect twenty unidentified entities from the north, they are coming very fast, green and have a half size of a normal adult". Kevin's face twitched, he quickly realized it must be goblins. Kevin nodded and gave Alpha the first command. "Alpha you did hear it. Prepare for an attack if I give you the command." Multiple goblins dashed towards Kevin. Kevin gave her the signal and she killed them without hesitation.
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> 3 Points earned: 12x Goblins killed
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Kevin left eye was a fully functioning cybernetic eye that can see 100 see also react 100 times faster than the normal eye. Using this he glanced into the four drones which were all in four directions.
"The west direction seems more promising than the other three. Alpha scout the west side, if you find a settlement, come back." Alpha nodded and moved using her stealth ability. Unfortunately, the drones have a range of 100m radius. They were made only for urban fights.
Kevin was still angry, but he vowed to survive and finish this stupid quest. Who dares to stand up to his way he wouldn't hesitate to kill them.