Pandemonium Of A Lazy Soul

The Game realm formed by Lord Fake had its player complete a compulsory mission once every month. The difficulty of the chosen scenario at that time will be random, or according to the wish of the Lord.

When completing the compulsory mission or any scenario, time will be delayed in the outside world. However, time will resume back to normal when a player is shopping for his required items from the screen.

These were the basic information I had received among other information, when Lord Fake pa.s.sed them to me.

Taking advantage of the timeless nature of scenario, I decided to dive and do as many easy scenario as possible, to gather as many points as possible to increase my strength.

I had increased my physical capabilities from 1.2 to 2.1. I didn"t at first experience any difference at the slow and gradual growth at my physical capabilities. But it was only during one of my last 2 mission where I was chased by what seemed to be a horde of flesh-eating insects I realised that my stamina and speed had increased greatly. As it was shown in the status screen it had doubled.

I never had a chance to compare my strength as everything I face in the scenario is useless before raw might, but I believed my strength too should have been doubled.

Once I had my physical capabilities reach 1.9, I had invested another point thinking there might be a great change to my body. But unfortunately, nothing happened when my physical capability reached 2.0 or 2.1. It just felt similar to what I always felt when I upgraded, nothing different.

I had gathered roughly 21 points after my first mission. I had invested 9 of those points into upgrading my physical capability, therefore having only 12 points left.

My hands shivered as I clicked power, and opened magi. My eyes got wet at thinking of everything I suffered to lose this power, only to get it back now. I worked 7 years hard for this power, no, in fact, my mum suffered every minute of those 7 years to help me reach that power. But it was all lost, but now I had been given another chance to regain it.

I clicked acc.u.mulation and chose to trade 7 points for 7 years" worth of low talent acc.u.mulation. I felt the magi particle entering every inch of my body and filling me. Suddenly I felt that the magi particles slowly fusing with my body and enriching it. My body glowed and after a while, it went back to normal.

I have reached rank 1.

I could feel tears that I was holding back leaving my eyes. My mum"s hard work was the foundation for my previous power. But now this power I hold, the foundation for it is my mum"s death.

"Mum this power was gained through your death, so this power will cause death from this moment onwards for every single of those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds. It will be my gift to you for giving me this precious gift." I made a vow in the Game real, with resolve. If what I have been taught by mom is correct, then breaking a vow made in front of a G.o.d has serious consequence, that the person breaking them would wish death was better.

After a while I calmed down.

I looked at the screen and decided to put in 1 more point. I felt my acc.u.mulation increase by 1 year. But what shocked me was that I needed 20 years of acc.u.mulation now to advance. I only had 4 points left so investing it all into acc.u.mulation, which now needed 19 years of acc.u.mulation, now felt useless.

So, I decided to upgrade my physical capabilities for now. I was a bit confused seeing that my stats seemed to remain the same. If I had remembered right then my teachers had taught me that when someone ranks up their bodies physical limits will be unlocked as magi particle fuse with their body.

So according to that my physical or mental capability should have risen. Instead, it stayed the same.

[Physical Capability- 2.1]

[Mental Capability- 1.0]

This meant two things. Either my bodies limits unlocked by magi particle was so minute it was ignored form adding into the stats, or that this upgrade for some weird reason doesn"t count any upgrades offered from ranking up. If that is so I wonder why?

I was about to invest my points into physical when I hesitated and decided to experiment with the remaining four points into mental capability. If it does what it says then it should improve my mental capability.

I decided to start by putting in 1 point. Suddenly I felt a refreshing yet addicting energy wash over my head. It was like I was under a soft blanket made out of a cloud, during the cold weather, which made me feel extremely warm under the blanket. The feeling slowly pa.s.sed off. The perfect sense of balance between cold and heat somehow felt very addictive and left me wanting to experience more of the same feeling.

I slowly put in another point to experience the same thing. This time, however, the feeling seemed to have been lasting longer. Again, after a while, it left. I put in point after point as each time the addicting feeling kept in increasing in time. Soon I was awoken only to realise I had no more points left.

"Wait no more points." I gasped as I looked at the screen to see my stats.

[Physical Capability- 2.1]

[Mental Capability- 1.4]

"c.r.a.p" I swore as I realised the danger of putting in points at mental capability. I decided from then on to only put in points in mental capability after only after I have finished with my use elsewhere. Otherwise I wouldn"t even realise where the points had gone.

I felt no different, putting point in mental, but that is to be expected, as the upgrade seems to be gradually and slowly upgrading.

Somehow I felt that I should go do more mission, to earn more points in order to experience the same feeling I just did. But I ignored that feeling, while a portion of my mind just wanted me to go do harder mission for more points.

"This is dangerous" I knew at that moment how dangerous mental capability. Could it be because I upgraded 4 points of it in one go?

I went back to the main screen only for the whisper to ask me the same question.

My body was somehow still craving for that addictive feeling and I wanted to do more missions. I decided it would be dangerous if I entered a scenario like this. So, I decided to leave the Game realm, and stay out till this weird feeling is gone.

"I would like to leave." I said to the whispers.

"Very well. But remember you shall only get as much as you give, Hahahahaha" The whispers soon started to do a weird combination of laughing and crying. Then the view in front of me slowly distorted like it would do for a mission. I close my eyes not wanting to feel dizzy.

I opened my eyes after few seconds. I was in front of the cliff, where I had prepared to end my life. I walked away from the edge of the cliff, as I decided I had finally at least received the right to use the word revenge. Soon I will have enough strength to gain the right to use it.

Now I just have to bid my time.

*Clap* *Clap* *Clap*

I turned around trying to spot the source of the clapping. I didn"t see anyone in the clearing behind me.

"You know I would have been disappointed if you had decided to end your life, without even trying." Said a voice. I looked at the source of the voice to notice it came from one of the branches on a tree.

"Who are you?" I asked as I slowly got ready to cast a rank 1 shield. Although it is extremely weak it is better than no defence.

"Come and find out." Said the voice. Something seemed extremely familiar about that voice. It seemed like I have heard it somewhere before, but I just couldn"t remember.

I didn"t move from where I stood as silence came in between us for the next 10 seconds. I had finally finished casting the shield spell.

"Oh, so you are a rank 1 magi. The reports must have been wrong about you losing your acc.u.mulation, or you must have fooled that idiot." Said the calm voice. I suddenly understood that the person in front of me must be some who knows Phil. Thinking about Phil made me think back to that helpless moment in my life.

Anger clouded my eyes, as I prepared a rank 1 icicle.

"Relax bro. There is 3 reason for you to stop that attack you are casting right now."

I gazed at from where the voice was coming from as I ignored what I said while I carried on casting.

"First reason, my bodyguards will make sure to finish you off before you even get to launch that spell to me." It could be him bluffing to try and to escape from the spell I am casting.

"Two, if I had wanted to kill you I would have pushed you into the waterfall while you spent thinking absent-minded for the past 45 minutes you have been standing there." 45 minutes? Wait that must have been the time that I used in total after each scenario to spend shopping and thinking. If that is true then he might not be here to harm me, but what if he is lying?

Ignoring my doubting mind, he carried on to say the 3rd reason "Three, I don"t want to kill someone who I once painstakingly saved."

My mind went blank for a second, then I suddenly remembered the familiarity of the voice. It"s the same voice I heard roughly a month ago, but to the real world a week ago.

That was my saviour.