“Come on, get up, grab everything you need and let’s go, we can’t stay here for long” Kyle stood up and said.

“Why does 20 minutes of resting fly by so quickly and a few minutes of fighting feels like hours?” everyone thought to themselves. Picking themself up, they continued their journey again. A couple of hours later, they all saw something from a distance, through the thick tree line, they saw some kind of a dirt road right up ahead, they were all so happy to see that, the first sign of civilization since they came here. Tears of joy ran down their faces when they reached the dirt road and within 30 minutes of following it, they were out of the thick forest and into an open road. They were all jumping and hugging each other. For the very first time, happiness filled their hearts, but then it was cut short.

“It’s not over yet, someone is coming toward us” Kyle said looking straight ahead. A woman was walking toward as he spoke, she was tall, thin with blue hair and purple eyes, she was wearing a white dress and her skin was as white as snow. They got into position, swords and bow in hand this time around.

“There is no need to be afraid of players, you are safe for now,” the woman said. “ I am your guide, congratulations for passing the tutorial, with flying colors may I add, you took less than two days to get past the forest and with no casualty, that is a new record.”

The five of them were glad they did not have to fight, but it did not mean they could feel comfortable either.

“ So what now, we have played your game so let us go !” Liam said.

Laughter can be heard from the woman in white, she stopped then answered “ Do you really think that was it, did you not hear me, that was the tutorial, now this is the real game.”

“Don’t you bullshit me like that you bitch, let us out of here now !” Maria yelled.

“Sorry but it is not your choice to make my dear” the woman answered with a smile.

“So how can we get out of here ?” Kyle spoke,

“Now that is the spirit” the woman cheered “To get out of here, all you need to do is to follow the game and defeat the boss like any other RPG games”

“And where can we find that?” Kyle asked.

“That is something you need to figure out by yourself” the woman answered “Now is there any other question, or shall I tell you the lore of the game that you are going to participating”

“Are we being watched” Kyle spoke

“Interesting” the woman replied with a crooked smile of her “yes you are.”

“ Who are they?” he continued, “that I can’t tell you,” she answered.

“ Now the lore of the game, this world, once a peaceful paradise by all living being was overrun by a mysterious demond, everyone join forced to defeat the demon and his army, many loses were made and finally the demon was push back to hell, but he did not die, he still alive and finding his way back to this land, his army from the underworld still roam the surface. After the war, rather than maintaining that alliance, conflict erupted between them, some accused each other that while they had sacrificed everything, their sons, their king for the alliance for the war other nations did not and demanded greater power, bigger land and greater respect. Some used to situation to declare wars and conquests, now the trust between the nation is gone and they decided to go their separate ways, 6 nations, big and small, fight on their own, defending against demons and evils that still walk this land and from time to time, among themself for richness, land or glory. The gods have decided to send their warriors from heaven to put an end to all of this and that when you come in players, you shall bring peace to this land once again.” The woman then shows them a vision of four warriors with shining armor and weapons being cheered by the people.

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“What the fuck, how the hell are we going to manage to do that ?” Allan screamed at the woman.

“Just follow the game, and oh.. don’t die, there is no second chance in this game” she answered Allan with a smile.

“We are not the first ones who played this game, aren’t we” Luna asked “ How many people have won this game ?”

“ Good question my dear” She smiled and then looked directly at the five of them “Out of hundred of thousand people that had participated, only 25% made it out of the forest”. The five were shocked, shaken to their core, “and only one had ever made it to the very end” the woman finished.

“This is a death sentence” they all thought to themself, them they heard a laughter from Kyle

“ Ha, that means we still got a chance, don’t we” Kyle smirke at the woman, “ Trust me you assholes, we will make it out alive just you watch. And when we do, I will find you and kill you myself” Kyle screaming at the blue sky.

“Hey leave some of them for me too bro” Liam walked next to Kyle “ Trust me bitches you have never faced someone like us” Liam continued. The other three soon gather themself up and look the woman directly to her eyes, their eyes were full of anger not fear from like what they were a few moment ago

“ What an interesting batch of players this time, I sincerely hope you will win this game” she smiled “ And now for the fun part, your classes and skills, each of you are now given a character class and special skill based on your profiles and what you displayed from the tutorial.”

“ Allan, with your academic background and how you perform, you are given the class Mage”

“ Maria, with your exceptional medical background and how you perform, you are now a Cleric”

“ Luna, with your past training and your wonderful performance in the tutorial, you are now an Archer”

“ Liam, with your years of training and how you perform in battle, you are given the class Knight”

“ And finally Kyle, with your background and the exceptional performance you displayed, you are given the class Assasin”

They all receive a piece of paper, with their name and class written on the top of the sheet and down below their stats and ability, each of them has 5 abilities, one of them had already shown as activated, a passive skill unique to their class.

“ Finished the tutorial, you are now level one, you have one skill point to use, each time you level up you will be given one more skill point, and when you reach level 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 you will have your talent tree to pick from, but chose them wisely player, cause when you spent your skill points there is no do over. And there will be additional attribute such as charisma (CHR), stealth (STH), reputation (REP), awareness (AWA), Bravery, (BRA) and Wisdom (WIS), those start will be essential to open new path to the story, hidden quest, learning or upgrading ability, how you will be treated by everyone else, ect,... if you don’t meet the required points, you might find life really tough in this game, and those point can be gain by numerous ways mainly by your decisions and it could also by reduce by that as well, you won’t now what would help you gain them or lose them or by how much either. ”

On their pieces of paper, three of their skills started to glow, with a (+) sign at the end.

“ Now that is all the newbie guide I can give you for now, you may have many more questions needed to be answered but might I suggest following this road to the nearest town first and have a closer look at your skills first and figure the game mechanic on your own first before things get dark”. Her hand pointed to the direction straight ahead from where the five are standing

“ See you soon, bye bye now” and with that the woman was gone. All of them were left confused except for surprisingly Liam, who looked at his and Kyle's paper and said “ Huh, this looks kind of like those RPG games.”

“Whatever, leave that aside for now, let's get to the town first, then we will take a closer look at things”, Kyle said as he started walking to the direction the woman had just pointed and the rest soon followed.