Monster World

“Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.” Jean Rostand.

Prologue.

Happy Hunting.

It’s a stormy morning, The birds haven’t even woken up yet, my parents probably will be up in a couple of minutes. The heavy raindrops were like almost about to destroy my window, the thunder rumbled was loud. So much that I could even feel it inside of my chest, yet the rain felt calming despite the ruckus it was causing outside.

I’m lied down in my bed looking at the celling -I can’t believe that I was chosen to begin with. - I talked to myself, I was still quite surprise. But I remembered to countless night studding and the heavy work I had to put up, and I can say for sure that I deserve it and it makes me happy.

A scholarship in a prestigious internship that I would course during my whole high school years.

This opportunity was presented to my school at the beginning of the year, it was told that it was for only one person and that it’s a once in a life time chance to improve even more and to become the best what we can be, the thing is that I really wanted to get out of that hellish school, make a new start. And mostly to help my parents, we struggle in terms of money and they’re really hard working for my sake. Yet it’s my turn to help them now -I am doing this. - I said to comfort me while I was thinking of many times my mother cried and my father comforted her and I was hearing them say everything will be okay.

Now it’s my turn to tell them it’s “okay” to have time and a breather from the countless nights that they end up tired because of work, or because of long night shifts.

Yet I still feel a little bit overwhelmed for the new future ahead of me and that’s also because I didn’t sleep almost anything this night.

This internship is in another state I will gone for at least for four years far away from them, but to be honest I won’t miss the old school I was in. But there was someone… she was called Alexandra.

I still prefer not to think what happened to her. It has been a while since then, but still I think of her.

I finally decide get up from my bed. I need to change my clothes, I straighten up my whole body and go towards my wardrobe to put on my selected clothes that are left in it. While I put them on, I take a look at my luggage, prepared for the flight ahead of me. It’s scheduled at seven o’clock in the morning, the climate would probably delay a little bit my flight a little, at least I could read a bit in the airport.

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After changing I go to my desk, I glanced over it remembering the nights that I stayed up late. –I am sure that you won’t miss that desk, won’t you? - said a soft voice from my door, I gaze at the place the person that said it. It’s my mother –I think, I won’t. - I put on a happy face and look back at a picture of me and… Alexandra in my desk –But I will miss my family. - as I ended saying those words while holding back the tears. My mother came at my side and rubs my shoulder making me watch her in the eyes. –We know – She smiles at me –And for your efforts to get this scholarship, we have a gift for you. – I open my eyes really wide –What? I wouldn’t give my hope and pride of a son. – I heard my father coming to my room –You mean our hope and pride darling. – He smiles at the both of us. He has a box, like the size of a shoe box with wrapping. He hands me over the box, I grab it and sit on my desk’s chair I look at them again –Go on, you deserve it. – They both look at me.

I start to unwrap the decorative paper around it, when I finally get to open it up. I looked inside it. There’s a Nintendo 3DS that looks brand new for this year and a game called “Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate” -Happy hunting son. – Said my father as he was approaching me – I hope you like it, It’s my favorite game since a long time. I had to search for the parts and rebuild it, because of the battery, the touchpad pencil… - And he started to mumble, he does that once and a while. I just smiled – Honey, you’re doing it again. – responded my mother with a soft laugh at the end, he realized that he was mumbling and apologized. – I just hope you like it a lot, like I did. – He responded almost asking if I would love it. – I’m sure that I will dad. – I have a wide smile as some tears fall to the desk.

My mother came close and hugged me really tightly and started to sob softly. My father also started to hug us, - we’ll miss you, son. – responded my dad.

After a while of hugging, we started to head to my parents car with my luggage.

I was going to travel for four hours and a half to Washington D.C.

I’m now sitting in the backseat of the car with my handbag and my 3DS, plus my new game. I decide to open the game case, my dad hears the 3DS making sound so as my mother they both laugh and smile.

I put in the game’s cartridge. The car starts as the game shows the intro cutscene. It looked awesome with some dragons fighting and a human running away from the said dragons. After a while in the road The cutscene ends the title shows the game’s name “Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate” then came the character creation segment. I did it quickly… Yet then came the name of my character. After a while of thinking I put the name “Reaper”