CHAPTER 1 PART 3
The sound of water flowing can be heard not far from where he is. After walking for around 10 minutes up and down the terrain, he reach a cliff by the river. A stream of azure blue river can be seen below. Grabbing the tree roots tightly, he walk down the slippery cliff as he descend down. He jump down when the distance of his feet and the ground below him is about a meter high.
Ezec walk over to the riverside. The water is crystal clear, with round stones all over the river. He squat down and wash his hands. The water feels nice and refreshing. He wash his face and using his palm, he quench his thirst as he drink the water in his hand. As the water goes down his throat and further down to his stomach, he was shocked to find that the water taste so real and his stomach feels full as if he really eat some food.
'The special effect of this game is truly unbelievable! I wonder what else can I do in this world?'
Ezec saw few fish swimming in the river. He was excited at first when he thought about grilled fish. The last time he eat was this morning's breakfast which consist of two eggs, bacons and sandwich. He can feel his energy draining after walking for a while inside the forest. Suddenly recalling that he didn't have any means to set up fire, he give up his thought of having grilled fish.
Ezec walk over to the other side of the river, deciding which direction he should take next. While thinking, he sit down on the rock, his left hand inside his pocket playing with the purple core he obtained before from killing monsters. His right hand holding a piece of stick, drawing a random circle on the ground.
Suddenly, his body freeze for a second before he suddenly leap forward and jump to his right. A black fury monster that looks like a mini version of a wolf land on the spot where he sit previously. The black fury wolf who was pissed off because it didn't managed to capture its prey, turned to Ezec and attack him once more. He kick its stomach hard, and as the monster fall down flat on the ground, he knock it down a few more times with his bare fist.
YOU HAVE DEFEATED WARTH, LV 2
20 XP GAINED
'Huh… That was satisfying… Luckily I saw its shadow before it managed to eat me, or else who know what might happened to me.'
After waiting for a while for the corpse to disappear, the same purple core was seen on the ground. He pick up the core and keep it in his left pocket together with the core he collected before. With his hand fidgeting with the round cores in his pocket, a voice suddenly ring inside his head.
"Ezec? Are you there? Still alive?" A devilish laugh can be heard on the other side.
"I'm not gonna die that easily, uncle," He sound a bit pissed off, "Ahhh… Right… I try communicating with you previously but I didn't received any response from your side. This prototype allows us to communicate, right? Should be…"
"It is possible to communicate with each other. Though I won't be here all the times, but from time to time, I will check on your progress," Freyson on the other side of the portal, holding a cup of black coffee in his hand, still sleepy and just wake up from his sleep. Right after Ezec enter the portal, he went back to sleep and totally forgot about his nephew whom he just throw away to another world.
"So what should I do now? Any mission? Quest?? The hologram screen didn't give out much information. Just a few basic information from time to time."
"Tell me your current status and what you've done since you reach there."
Ezec explain his situations to Freyson, while keeping his eyes alert on his surroundings. The whole forest is in tranquil silence, occasionally the sound of birds chirping can be heard from the trees, the river flows sounds like a lullaby to his ears. Ezec, the city boy who grows up within the buzzing city that never sleeps, feels a sense of peace he never feel before.
"How do you like that place?" Freyson asked.
"This world is too good, beyond expectation. The special effect is too real, I feel like my whole body is here to experience with my five senses. Even the pain and exhaustion feels real… hahaha" Ezec on the other side was excited with his new gaming experience.
"Ezec, I forgot to tell you something…." A long paused from the other side before he continue speaking, "Don't die there. If you die, you die. I can't save you."
"What???"
"Uhh… Urgent phone call. I need to go. Talk to you soon. Stay alive."
"Hello? Hello?? Damn, Uncle Frey! What do you mean???"
'If I die, I die? What does that means?? Okay, maybe I should go back first and make that damn old man explain this game further. Did he just throw me here to die without any explanation?? Am I just an experiment??'
If its not because Freyson has raised him since he was a baby and see how he painstakingly and genuinely take care of him all those years, he would really thought that his uncle is really a monster who turns him into a guinea pig.
He open the information and check his progress.
EZECRAIN HARTELL
RACE: HYBRID
LEVEL: 1
EXPERIENCE: 100/200
HEALTH: 148/150
STAMINA: 79/150
ATTRIBUTE:
STRENGTH 15+
DEXTERITY 14+
INTELLIGENCE 10+
AGILITY 16+
MAGIC 10+
SKILLS:
COMBAT ART
HERBALIST
'Okay, so just a few monsters to kill to level up.'
He walk along the river, planning to climb the cliff to reach to the other side of the forest.
As he continue walking, a red fish suddenly jumped out from the water. The red fish is about a feet long, with two fangs on its mouth, red eyes and fiery red scales on its body. The scales looks like its burning in fire.
"Piranha!"
The fiery red fish fall on the ground, looking helpless as it shows its fiery fangs, probably trying to scare Ezec who have been staring at it since the moment it decided to jumped out from the water.
"You're just another dumb fish committing suicide by jumping out of the water.. Sigh.."
He kick the red fish and step on its head, killing it within a few seconds. The pitiful monster dissolved into the ground. He pick up the core left on the ground.
YOU HAVE DEFEATED MURTH, LV 3
30 XP GAINED
'Not bad… This fish is strong but helplessly stupid.'
After a little rest, he climb over the cliff to the other side of the forest. He need to get out from the forest as soon as possible if he didn't want to sleep on the forest filled with monsters tonight. Though he is eager to level up and get stronger, he can't be staying up all night defending himself from being turned into food!
'Oh wait, maybe I can pause the game and go home to my comfy bed.'
He make some mental command in his head.
"Pause game."
Nothing happened.
"Pause."
"Help"
"Exit"
"Quit game"
'Shit, what does this mean?'
'Ahhh… Forget it….'
The hologram screens flickered and a new page he never saw before appears before him.
NEW QUEST [THE HUNTER AND THE DEVOURER]
A Devourer has appear at the outskirt of the forest. Assist the group of hunters to kill the Devourer.
"Hunter? Devourer?? Where can I find them in this forest? What is a devourer??" Ezec scratch his head with a big sigh.
He open the hologram screen once again, but after scrolling them for some times, he didn't found any useful information. He close the tab and decided to just move forward, hoping that he might bump into the group of hunters.
Ezec walk further for around 30 minutes when he come by a small creek. He was about to jump across the creek when he spotted not far away from him, a creature that looks like an elk, with shiny white fur all over its body, grazing majestically at the wild grass near the creek. A couple of birds resting on top of its horn. Its size is about the size of an adult horse. Afraid to startle the creature, Ezec stopped moving and stood still, waiting for it to move away. The creature however, sensed that someone was watching over it. It turns its head toward Ezec, its blue eyes meet with Ezec's green eyes.
'Shit, I'm dead. If this thing chase over me, I won't stand a chance at all. Not on its own territory.'
The creature take one step forward, Ezec walk one step backward. Then, it take another one step forward, Ezec walk two step backward as his sweats roll down his forehead. The creature move couple of step forward. Ezec, still facing the creature, took another step backwards. Unexpectedly, his feet stumble upon an old log and he fall to the ground, sitting flat on his bum.
Ezec panicked, he stand up and start running as fast as he could. Turning his head from time to time until he realize that the creature has stop chasing him and start grazing the grass instead.
Not aware of the hole in front of him, he soon found himself falling into a deep hole and he feel his body rolled a few times before he hit the ground.
"Ouch…"
Ezec touch his spinning head as he support himself with his other hand, trying to get up. He can feel something hot rolling down from his cheek. He look at his hand, "Shit, I'm bleeding."
Few moments later, he passed out on the soft grass.
He didn't know how long he fainted, when he open his eyes, it was almost night time and he can barely see his surrounding. Focusing his sight as he gain consciousness, he almost fainted again when he realize a few pairs of eyes were staring at him.
'Monsters? Beasts? Fairies? Vegetables?? What creatures are they?'
The creatures in front of him looks like a white radish. Standing up, they're about a meter tall. With two legs and two arms that looks like a root and a childish, innocent look on their face. One of the radish move closer to him and touch the wound on this face, the one he get when he falls down the hole.
"Ouch!"
Still sitting on the ground, Ezec lean backward and unconsciously cover his wound with his hand. Another radish step forward and he lifted his hand. A white light shine from the tip of his finger. He pointed his finger towards Ezec and the white light fly towards his head.
Ezec, who is still recovering from shocked, couldn't do anything. The next thing he know, he passed out again.
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