I opened my eyes. Slowly, I rose from my capsule. I felt only two things : pain in my chest. And Burning rage. I was so angry, that i couldn't even think about anything. Then, once again in my mind i replied the whole scene. I felt even more rage penting up in my insides. And then, my mind went blank.

When i got my body back in control, I was at the town's outskirts. I didn't know why, but I was wearing my sweatpants and blouse.

My legs were burning, and my lungs weren't even working properly. I guess that's what you get for being fat and running for more

than 10 km.

'How did I get here?' I thought. 'Well, it doesn't matter, let's go back home for now.'

But then, I felt a little bit surprise. My anger didn't go away. It wasn't so hot as it was before, now it felt more like an ice. Every move, even though painful, was fueled by this emotion.

'I ran more than 10 km just from this one outburst? This game make wonders to me.'

I thought with cynical smile. Since my chest was hurting more than other parts of my body, I concluded that 1% of pain that i felt from broken ribs was transferred to my real body.

'Well, it's time to go home now.'

When i got home, an old grandfather clock has chimed 6 P.M.

Silence which was reigning in my home informed me about absence of my parents.

'That's good' I thought ' Now I have time to do something about this situation.'

The next thing i done, was eating a sandwich and searching for answers to 'Hardcore Mode Royal Road'. When i clicked on the

first link, some kind of forum appeared on my desktop. It was filled up with curses and swearing because some people tried this mode, and when they lost their lives, they needed new capsule. Headline looked like that :

A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.

Hardcore Mode Royal Road Provides User With :

* Exp gain is reduced to 80%

* Pain is increased from 30 to 70%

* 1% of all Effects donr to/by you will influence you real body

* You can have only 10 Skill slots including : one weapon mastery and one magic mastery

* When you die, your character is deleted

* You can make only one character per capsule

* You don't need to pay subscription fee

Well, i am ****ed. I can't spend more money on new capsule, but this mode is just insane. Only plus of this situation is that I don't

need to pay to play. Now, i need to be very careful so i don't die, because that would be disasterous.

*Inhale* *Exhale* Well, it's time for sleep. I will see tomorrow what can i do. And my immoblised game-body was a problem too.

Maybe it solved itself already? We will see tomorrow.

When I got up, it was already past 2 P.M. I went to the kitchen for breakfast. With blank gaze I scanned dining room for some

kind of signal that there was someone beside me in the house, but as usually, it was empty.

While still feeling angry at what happened last time, i lied down in the capsule and said

"Connect to Royal Road"

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