I run out of the bushes and make my way down towards another door as I hear an Orc yell.
"Our stuff was stolen!"
I hide behind a wall as I hear Orcs near me. After they walk past, I run towards a random door. I open the door, praying it leads to the outside world but unfortunately, I find myself in yet another room. I head to the other side of the room where there's yet another door. I walk towards the door and peek through the peep hole to see 2 Orcs.
(They won't move unless I distract them. Think think.. I got it!)
I slightly open the door gently so they can't hear it and toss a stone to the other side of the room. The Orcs see it and walk over to investigate the sound. I use the chance and quietly sneak out while they're distracted.
~30 minutes later~
(I never knew the Orc base was this huge seeing how the area where I was at was pretty small. But where in the entirety of hell am I?)
I wander until I stumble across another door. There're noises coming from inside. I can hear yelling and it sounds like metal clashing against each other. I open the door slightly and quietly move behind a crate I see next to it. I peek up to see several Orcs and another human. He's outnumbered. I look over to notice one of the Orcs about to swing a steel axe.
"Die!"
But just as the Orc swings his axe, a white light covers the room almost blinding me. The Orc cries out and falls to the floor, dropping dead. The light disappears and another Orc drops. I see an Orc with a blade in his back and another one missing an eye. I stand up, dumbfounded as to what happened exposing myself.
"You! You did this! I'll kill you!", one of the Orcs still alive yells out.
(Seriously?!)
As I stand there frozen in shock, I see a dagger flying towards me. I barely avoid the blade but it leaves me a tiny cut on my cheek. The Orc starts charging towards me.
(Shit!)
The Orc swings his sword again and again. I manage to dodge most of them for a period of time but it's difficult to keep up. I try to block with the sword I had but the sword shatters due to the force of the blow from the Orc. My body becomes slower and slower until eventually the Orc catches me with a blow, making me fall to my knees.
(That's it, I'm really going to die here! No, I can't!)
I roll out of the way as soon as the Orc strikes. I run to another sword dropped by one of the Orcs killed during the light flash and quickly pick it up. I face the Orc, sword in hand, ready to fight it. The Orc, once again, charges at me with his sword raised and I get ready to dodge it but the Orc stops.
(What's happening? Why did he stop?)
He's frozen in the middle of striking as if someone froze time. A white light covers the room again. The light fades and I can see again but I freeze again at what's its front of me. A glowing, radiating figure surrounded by shine. A goddess is the only word to describe the feminine figure in my vision. A white dress along with long white hair and glowing white eyes. A face that could make any man praise her for simply her existence. She was the pinnacle of beauty.
"Allow me to help you"
"What the hell... Who even are you?"
(Is she who I think she is…?)
"My name is Emeriya. I am the Goddess of Light"
"G-Goddess of Light?!"
(The Goddess of Light, Emeriya. She's a high ranked being, only second to Micheal, who's considered the most powerful being in existence rivaling Lucifer. She's the first person you meet when you start the game for the first time. I can't believe this. "Gratsudale Academy" was no coincidence. I'm really in the world of Gratsudale Online. But… how?)
"Yes. I am the protector of this world. I watch over it and make sure the forces of the evil Minerva are kept at bay."
"So you're the one who brought me here, right?"
"Of course. Who else would have the power to bring you here other than Minerva?"
"But why…me?"
"Simple. You are going to help me save this planet and possibly this universe."
"What? I don't even. How am I supposed to do that? I don't even have any powers. And why are you…"
She suddenly places her hand on my forehead. A small light emits off of her hand.
"I've given you some of your powers back so you can defend yourself. Please escape this place alive. I gave you a recommendation and directions to Gratsudale Academy. It will prove useful reading the books in its library. I know you have a lot of questions. I will be sure to answer them when we meet again. Goodbye for now."
With those last words she disappears and I'm left even more confused.
(What did mean by she's given me some of my powers back? This is too much.)
As I stand there, the Orc that attacked me returns back to normal.
"Die!"
I grip my sword and prepare to fight.
(This will be easy. I can just deflect his attacks using my sword. What am I thinking? This won't be easy. I've never even learned to use a sword. I barely even worked out before. I've always been skinny. How am I going to fight an Orc that is 2 times bigger than me?)
He reaches me and swings his sword. I move out of the way and began swing my sword.
(I can't even get a hit on him. He keeps blocking the attacks.)
I think back to what Emeriya told me.
"I've given you some of your powers back so you can defend yourself."
(I might as well try this. I know this is a long shot. I'm going to look stupid as hell if this doesn't work but if I don't do this, I'll be dead either way.)
I think back to the game where I used an attack spell with a sword.
(The skill was called "Black Slash" where I would use dark magic power to cover my blade and slash the enemy clean in half. But first, I need to protect myself with magic energy. This world is the same world as the game. Seeing as Emeriya has given me some of my "powers" back, she could only be referring to my in-game abilities.)
I run back as fast as I can and get a good distance between us and start attempting the skill. I picture the game in my head as I recall the skill. I feel the magic take over my body and soul.
(It's…. working! I feel it coming inside of me!)
The Orc attempts to attack me again. He swings at me but I'm faster and I dodge with ease.
(I'm actually doing it! What the hell?!)
We clash swords for a while until I knock back the Orc with a kick.
"I'm getting tired of you, you little shit!"
The Orc stabs his sword in the ground and the ground starts shaking. He then pulls his sword back out.
"You'll never survive this. My Earth magic is unstoppable!", he says.
The Orc points his sword towards me and a chunk of the ground beneath him lifts up and flies at me. I dodge them and hit the ones I can't. I slash each of the projectiles while running towards the Orc. The Orc growls and starts to become even more angry and charges at me with full force.
I raise my sword.
"Black Slash!"
I split the Orc clean in half
"Haha"
"Hahahaha"
"Hahahahahaha! Yeah that's right! That's what happens when you mess with me, you green piece of shit!"
Exhausted, I lean on a nearby wall while looking at all of the bodies in the floor.
(That felt… incredible!)
The rest of the Orcs have bled out and are dead by now and the other guy must've ran or maybe disintegrated. I walk out of the room and head back towards the way I came from. I tread carefully, making sure there aren't any Orcs around but instead once I'm back, I see all of the Orcs bodies on the floor. Even the one's who brought me here.
(Did that light kill mostly all of them? If that's the case, why was the Orc I just fought left alive? Did that goddess just put me through a test or something?)
I search for an hour until I finally find the exit to the Orcs underground base. I pull out the map I had kept in my pocket and take a look at it. There's a red point in a section called Canalan Forest.
(It seems this is where I am. There's an arrow pointing North of here. This must be the way to the academy. I need to figure out for what purpose am I here and what I need to save this "world" from. There wasn't anything like this in the game so I am completely unfamiliar with whatever is going to happen going forward. Then, I have to find a way to return my world. But first, I need to get to this academy and maybe I'll find some clues there.)
I exit with the sword I decided to keep and make my way to the location.