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Samurai
He woke up with a start. Draven touched his chest to see if he was alive. After confirming that he was indeed alive, he took in his surroundings. He was still in that damned forest, and the dead bodies of the players were no longer there. Maybe they had vanished. He wondered if that wasn’t the case, if he had simply walked on until he fainted out of distress. After all, he hadn’t rested for hours and his memory felt fuzzy.Groaning, he stood up. His back hurt, his whole body hurt. Draven stretched out his arms and his sides, then his back. It felt good. He craned his neck from side to side in an attempt to stretch it; the crack he heard left a satisfying feeling within him.[System activated. Welcome, Draven.]Draven stood upright. He vaguely remembered that he had reached level two the night before. He’d killed those two people-in self defense, of course, and he had his XP increased. He was sure of it, even though his memory felt vague due to all those strained activities the night b
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MASTER
There was a cracking sound, like metal on stone. Draven’s head and brain were a mess, so he did not immediately process what the noise was. It took several long minutes and the continuation of the noisy metal on stone for him to finally realize that it was actually a sword grinding on a stone. Only a sword could grind and make such a high pitched sound. He wouldn't have continued lying down there if his body hadn’t automatically tensed, ready to spring. In one second, he jerked up from his sleeping position; his action was more instinct than concern. His brain was still fuzzy, but he processed his thoughts as quickly as possible. Draven knew now that this was a virtual video game and it was so very brutal. For all he knew, someone might be sharpening that sword to kill him.“Welcome, Mr. Draven.”He jerked around, startled. He hadn’t even processed where the noise had come from, much less behind him. Now he could see that it was his virtual sword trainer, but his brain was still fuzzy
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LEO!!
On the second day, Draven learned archery. It came as a surprise to him when Master woke him yet again and handed him some arrows and a bow. The bow was pretty weak, probably not strong enough to hit its mark.“What matters is not the equipment, but your skill and aim,” Master said at the confused look on Draven’s face.Draven sat up and held the arrow and bow in one hand, examining it. “What is this?”“We will be learning archery today.”“No more swords?"“Don’t you know? Have you not been notified?”“Notified of what?”Master watched him, saying nothing. He didn’t have to say anything at that moment, because then Draven heard the system whirring within him.[Congratulations, your training has earned you a few skill points.][Skills unlocked: None.][Skill points earned: 5][Experience: 70/300][Points earned will enable you to learn more skills that are not on the charts.]Draven sat up. It didn’t take him long to process the information; his brain had been super active these days,
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He's Gone
It took a while for Leo to notice him, and when he did he screamed. Draven abandoned the jar in his hand and rushed to cover Leo’s mouth with his hand.“Shut the hell up,” he said. “You’re going to wake up some ghosts.”Leo pulled back away from him and pointed a shaky finger at him. “You’re a ghost!”Draven scoffed with a laugh. “Are you serious right now? You’re the one who died right in front of me and disappeared.’“Oh.” Leo coughed self-consciously and cleared his throat. He dusted some imaginary dust off his shoulder. “Yes, I did die.”“So like, are you the ghost?”“No! I thought you died too! I was sure she would have killed you immediately if she killed me.”“I escaped before she could do anything,” Draven said. “And I’ve been barely alive since then.”“What happened?”“Man, a lot of things have happened. I’m at level two now.”They looked at each other, examining one another. Finally, Leo burst into a laugh and Draven joined him. They hugged each other, as brief as a hug can
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Delicious Meal
Leo watched the scene, slowly taking in everything. Draven moved fast, picking up his things that were abandoned on the ground. There were broken bits of arrows, the bent shape of the bow, bits of shattered stones that Draven had worked with, the upturned rocks that lay about.“Was this where you did your training?” Leo asked.“Yeah,” Draven replied. "But the Master is not around.”“He’s not around?”“He’s gone. I don’t know where he’s gone to; probably back to where he came from.”“And where did he come from?”“I told you it was a virtual trainer, Leo. Where else would he have come from?”Leo smiled, but the smile disappeared as soon as he saw Draven’s sword lying against the bark of a tree. Draven picked it up and sheathed it, then hung it by his side.“Whoa!” Leo exclaimed. “That’s one big weapon. And it looks quite sharp!”“It is sharp.” Draven motioned to the broken wood and stones and rocks about. “How did you think I was able to break all this rock hard stuff?”Leo managed to r
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Food
They both sniffed the air desperately. Draven was sure he had never felt such gnawing hunger until that very minute. Back in the real human world, when he starved of hunger, he already knew how to control it and plan his next move. Here, however, hunger felt real and uncontrollable. The discomfort and churning of his stomach only drove him insane with the need to feed, and feed, and feed. When he looked over at Leo, he saw that he too had the same expression on his face.“We shouldn't," Draven bit out with great effort. “We really shouldn't."“I know,” Leo bit back. “But damn it I can’t control it.”“It feels wrong.”“It is wrong.” Leo bent over and wrapped an arm around his stomach. “Fuck, if I don’t eat it I’m definitely going to die.”“Let’s try to walk back out.” As he said this, Draven looked back at where they had come from.The distance seemed so long and unending. How had they come this far? Draven’s stomach churned at the thought of walking back without satisfying the craving
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Drugged
Draven stirred. His head was banging. He couldn’t even get up; he lay still and tried to gather his thoughts. His body was weak, and his bones felt even weaker. He was lying on rough ground yet he couldn’t summon the courage to stand up. How long has it been since he was asleep, so much so that his muscles had lax and become weak? His memory came back in hazy bits. He felt so drugged and his memory felt so distant. Weren’t he and Leo walking into the cave when they perceived that delicious meal? What happened after that?He groaned internally as he remembered the exact thing that had happened. Of course, he had fucked up. They ate the soup without exactly caring for the source it had come from.“See what the chickens brought in?" He heard a female say. “I think this one is handsome.” She kicked Leo and emitted a groan from him.“You’re going to ruin his pretty face by the time we’re ready for him,” another said, male this time.Draven heard the girl sigh as she walked to an angle. He
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Level Up!
Draven’s sword was nowhere near him. He panicked, patting the sides of his trousers to realize that it really wasn’t on him. The kidnappers had probably taken their weapons off them, Draven knew, yet he did not feel comfortable knowing that the sword could be anywhere in the room and they could easily be killed by the now rising numbers of killers. If only he could find his weapon…“What are you doing?” Leo yelled at him. “Let’s get out of here!”“I can’t find my sword!” Draven yelled back, pushing someone off him and standing to his feet. “I need to find it. It should be around somewhere!”“We’ll get another one!”“No, that was a very sharp sword!”“Are you serious right now?”“Yes, I’m very much serious!” Draven pushed someone off him yet again and ran about, searching for his sword among the chaos.Leo seemed very upset about this, but he didn’t know what to do as more people rushed towards him. He picked up a sword on the ground and started slashing mercilessly, screaming while at
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Ate Stones!
Leo ate his crackers as he watched Draven train with his virtual trainer. It was an interesting sight, but not as interesting as the crackers he was eating. It had a sour sweet taste, a welcome snack at the thought of eating stones. As he watched Draven train, his mind went back to when the trainer appeared. Master, he was called. Draven had been taken aback at the thought of his mana reducing, which he’d been working tirelessly for the past three nights. After the second night, Leo summoned the courage to ask Draven to ask Master about the stones in their belly. Draven had accepted, because it felt odd to him too. It looked as though they were no ordinary stones, and it made them heavy and breathless.“We ate some stones mistakenly on the way here,” Draven said to the Master. “What do you reckon we should do?"“How did you eat a stone mistakenly?” Master asked, his expression stiff and emotionless.“It was a series of stones," Draven answered. “We were trapped and deceived…”“I know
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Monsters
They walked a long distance, Draven following Leo’s steps. Ever since he agreed to find monsters on their own so Draven could increase his Mana level, Leo had been pretty hyped up. Draven understood the need, of course, but at the same time he felt skeptical about searching for something that wasn’t searching for him. All he wanted to do was calmly follow the route that would be easy for him and get it over with this game, that was all. Leo, however, was riding on the desperation of wanting to relieve himself; which was completely understandable, of course.“We’re here,” Leo said.“Where?” Draven asked a little too loudly.“Shh!”He instantly kept quiet. They were hiding behind a large rock big enough to crush them to death. When he walked around the corner of the rock, he saw that there was a sort of house strewn together with leaves and tree bark. It wasn’t exactly a house, but you could call it one since it was housing some monsters within. Draven craned his neck forward, as if he
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