Achievement Unlocked: Won your first business plan competition*
Rewards: $2,000 + Increased Fame for Hyron Tech*
That would probably be what would happen if this happened in a game world. Today is a good day to be me; I just won a business plan competition... well the national round at any rate. Me the geeky Asian kid who still stammers when caught off-guard, who loves playing games more than studying. Granted this wouldn’t be possible without my partner’s guidance, he’s always the one better with presentations and talking but since this was a minor competition (at this stage) and he was talking to a potential major client…
Still, this is worth celebrating and I was excited to announce the results to my girlfriend but instead the runner-up, Eric came up to me… and my world shattered.
Not literally of course, this isn’t some fantasy world after all. Things started off normal, with him congratulating me and drawing me into a deeper discussion regarding the details of my business plan. Without noticing it, we split off from the crowds and wandered down one of the more isolated hallways…
“Don’t you think that these competitions are kind of like duels? Though I think they should be more intense with everything we worked for on the line, wouldn’t that be more exciting like those life or death duels in olden days? Don’t you agree?”
The abrupt change in topic and odd emphasis in his words caught my attention, and before I even realized it, I blurted out the word that will change my world…
“Sure. I-”
Duel Accepted!
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Your First Duel
Duel Type: Life or Death
Duel Rewards: Everything worked for on the line
Creating Duel Barrier…
Initiating Duel Sequence…
*Error: Detected NPC to be Duel Participant*
Initializing NPC to Player Power Transfer Process…
Begin combat in 30 seconds.
What on earth is going on? A blue window suddenly appeared in front of me and an odd glowing wall appeared around us and all the sounds of the outside world suddenly got cut off… You must be shitting me…
“Bet you must be confused now little NPC? Well you won’t be for much longer, since there won’t be a you left in a few moments once the duel begins. So what should I use to get rid of you? Let’s see…”
Various weapons started to materialize in his hands as he examined them and I panicked and scrambled backwards, seeing a huge bastard sword appear in his hand. ONE HAND and he is swinging it around like it’s made of paper. In my haste, I fell over and watched as the ominous glowing countdown reached zero and my opponent grinned viciously hefting the large sword in his hand.
Duel Start!
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