A sound of machinery was heard. In their point of view. A black hole matrix-type scene was seen the moment they all enter through VR Engines. And in just a matter of seconds, they arrive.
"Hey!" Hiro gasped. "You guys seeing this?". In fact, all of them were mesmerized by how weirdly it felt but beautiful at the same time going inside a virtual world, even for Kalix who already did once.
"this looks like avatar movie" Kayn muttered.
Kalix looked at the open sky and shouted wanted to ask something. They can't be heard in there, only SFX can be heard through the screen, but if a player wanted to speak out, they can do it through the Chat System. "Wave your hand upward to open the Chat System," says the Announcer inside the VR.
Kalix tried it and a hologram of a Chat System appeared before him. "You haven't done that before?" Shina asks him. he looked at her with a gentle smile. "I must say I'm not that curious at this that time," he says. "My only priority was to be better or I'll be left alone". And then he continued typing. " My teams are just beginners, care to explain it to them, please?" He typed.
Shina looked at him with a worried face. She wanted to hug him but she was a bit shy. Considering he was the very first stranger she respect the most, for treating her the same way her aunt did to her.
Mayor Ronald saw the chat and immediately ordered the assistant to execute the explanation. The assistant runs at the back of the Gym where workers work assisting the machinery, she then ordered the workers to deploy the beginner's guide for the game to start.
"What Map is this?" Scout asks.
"City Zone" Kalix responds. The place looks just like a certain city but a more refined one to fit into the game based on its genre. From their base into a straight highway covered on both sides with buildings and corners for hiding. In the end, two lanes can be seen and choose wherever you want to go. Both have advantages and disadvantages in terms of obstacles to use as a scouting spot. A straight look on both lanes will lead to the center of the Map or what they call the Centre. It's mostly composed of building structures away from each other where the fight will mostly take place. The same goes for the enemies. "Damn" Hiro muttered. He took a second look at the surroundings until on his back and saw the Acacia tree. "Were defenders" he gasped.
They all looked together at their back and they were stunned at how beautiful it is. The night glows as the leaves were flowing through the wind, it was a spectacular sight for them. "Must be refined too" says Shina. After all of that. A countdown appeared on the night clouds. It started at 35 and goes down to 30, followed by a noise that stayed for a second and the Announcer's voice appeared. "Beginners Guide," It said. "Wave your hand downward for the Crafting, upward for the Chat System, right side for your inventory, and left side for weapon change" The Announcer explains. "At the start of the game, look up and determine where the Crates will end up, and then rush towards it to get the materials needed for Weapon Crafting. each Weapon has its own materials, and each Weapon only needs three materials. You can steal materials from the enemy but don't let yourself die or it will be dropped. The Attackers will destroy the Defender's Acacia in order to win, while the Defenders need to defend their Acacia until the remaining time in order to win. that's all, strive for victory, your cute coins are at stakes"
"damn," says Kayn. They were all speechless hearing that. Kalix immediately snapped out and waited for the countdown to reach zero. It's in 15 and it goes down to 10. "I'M SWEATING BUT I'M NOT WET!!!" Hiro excitedly said. The countdown became red after reaching 9, and it goes to down 8, and then 7.
"6"
"5"
"4"
"3"
"2"
"1"
"0"
The countdown reaches zero. And at that moment everyone felt a presence so intimidating that they became nervous. They immediately turn around and look at Kalix too focus on the sky waiting for the Crates to be drop like a shooting star. In just a single look, they knew that it was from him. No one let out a single word after experiencing Kalix's pure presence. After that, the Crates have been dropped, and in just a matter of seconds. Kalix determined where it will land. "Shina, Hiro, and Scout take the Left Lane. Kayn, follow me" He says. "Hiro will fight if a competition happens. Shina and Scout, prioritize the Crates, if you see more, go for it" He added.
And thus the Materials gathering has begun. On Shina, Scout, and Hiro's Lane. Two Crates are visible, but it will not be easy for them as Doom and David are also on the left lane rushing towards the two Crates. In that competition, T3 has the advantage as they are closer to the two Crates than Drakes. But Drakes are known as Bully in their province so they already put that in mind to not underestimated them, stealing will more likely occur.
"Worry no more. I AM HERE!" Hiro confidently said. Scout and Shina were taking this as seriously as schools exams but they felt like Hiro doesn't mind losing all that money they bet. "Hoi!, At least take this seriously!" Scout reprimanded. "Huh?!, you don't know I'm a fighter? Even Kalix knows I'm better than him in terms of fighting!" Hiro responded. A dispute happened to the two while Shina is focusing on Doom and David's movement, trying to debunk their forms or something they're hiding if it happened that they have one.
"Were close!" Hiro shouted. He estimated that at least in just 3 minutes they will arrive at the Crates, and reminded the two to only focus on the Crates. "One will take the materials and the other one will pass by and go to the Centre to look more. I'll handle these two on my own" Hiro said. The two agreed and Scout rushed towards it and finally, he acquired it. He then immediately pass it to Shina and told her to rush it to the base and craft a weapon. "It's a Sniper. Your specialty" Scout smiled at Shina and proceeded to pass by to Doom and David and rush towards the Centre. It was a miracle that they just let Scout pass, they must be plotting something. And now Hiro is facing off Doom and David, but it was not much of a fight. Doom ordered David to follow Scout, making the fight 1 on 1. In a blink of an eye, the fighting began. Doom throws a right punch towards Hiro's face. But he block it and countered it with his left hand towards Doom's face, and it hit. And that warm-up ended with a fierce full fight to the both. Striking each other with fists and legs. While Scout was having his time looking for more crates, he was cornered by two members of Drakes. David, and Tampa. He knows he's not a fighter and most likely not gonna win on a 1 on 2 fight. So he got the idea to just run to the Right Lane to meet up with Kayn and Kalix for protection. But in his situation, they restricted his movements making him full cornered. But just at the right time. A sound of a Sniper was heard coming to the T3's Base, hitting Tampa in the chest. Scout then took that chance to escape while David was distracted by the gunshot.
"Shina! Thank you!" Scout shouted while running on the Centre looking for more Crates. He didn't initiate his plan to meet Kalix and Kayn because he already knew Shina will assist him.