In the darkness, where there was only a faint light in one spot. Creatures who were close to humans however, they have wings as black as the shadow, could be seen gathering.
"Karyela, are you sure this is going to work?"
"The game masters. They are forces we can't never handle."
"We will only suffer more if we go against their will. Especially the White Joker."
"Everyone. We have lost everything other than our lives. We can't even call this a life. If we don't act now, we will not have other chances." A man with beautiful blue eyes spoke against the crowd.
"What are we called once?"
"We are angels, Karyela."
"And we still are now."
"No. We have fallen. We are punished for going against the ruler." The others commented.
"We just stated the fact that we wanted to be free from their heinous orders." The one they called Karyela spoke firmness. He then looked at everyone, one by one and eye to eye. Some held fear, anger and other mixed emotions. "And now we become their plaything? I can't stand this. We don't deserve to be like this. That is why this is the only chance for us. If any of you are afraid to make a move, then just continue to follow their orders and run away when things go awry."
"Karyela, this is not a good idea. You can really die this time." Another man, who had the same blue eye color, grabbed Karyela's firm wrist. He looked at Karyela, extremely worried.
"Argaus. The life we are living right now is not different from being dead. I will do what I need to do." Karyela shook Argaus' hands firmly and walked away.
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The second event's main theme: Status.
In the first main event, the theme was desire. And it exploded into a terrible situation, losing many lives.
The second event would be crueler this time. Just like what I had told before, the first event was just like a warm up. While the second event would be the first harsh reality of this game world.
Status. In this world, what your status was, greatly marked you in this world. Royalty, nobility, knights, clergy, scholars, merchants, commoners,and slaves.
Desire and status connected each other well. Since desire could shape the status that you wanted to achieve.
The second event would be much more chaotic than the first one. Added to that was the appearance of that race.
I looked at the translucent blue screen in front of me.
[Welcome to Fairytale Shop.
You can buy anything here that can be used to make quests more doable. However, there are certain items that can be unlocked as your level stats increase.
Do you want to browse through the items now?
-Yes
-No
Remaining coin balance: 0 ]
"We opened the Fairytale Shop now, what do you want us to do, Yvette?" Veronica asked.
"Buy five poison resists and four small health potions."
"Poison resistance?" Veronica raised a brow. "Why would you need that specifically? As I skimmed through this magic box, there were other options as well like flight potion, stun potion, and many more."
"We will be needing it. We don't know what the next event would look like, and having prepared for any kind of poison is a great advantage."
"Next event?" Melissa looked confused. "Aren't we going to finally leave the palace already?"
I looked at Melissa with a conflicted gaze.
"She is right, Yvette. How can you sound so sure that there is the following event from this?"
"So it comes to this huh." I looked at them one by one. Their eyes held anticipation waiting for my answer. I would just be honest with them and speak it in terms that they would understand. Since I don't want to hide things from anyone either to complicate things. Whether they think I am crazy or not, I'll don't really mind it that much since I will still be going at my own pace from here on.
"It is because I can remember my past lif..." Before I could even speak what was on my mind, my head suddenly burst with pain. I clutched it.
Argh.
It felt like it was going to be cracked in two.
{You can't tell anyone about your past life nor this place being a game, Yvette.}
The voice rang again in my head.
'Just who the hell are you?'
But there was no one who answered me anymore.
You really just popped up and spoke out of nowhere.
"Yvette?" Veronica came to my aid. "What's the matter?"
I took a deep breath as the pain subsided.
"I'm alright." I released another breath. "Somehow, I gain a skill that made me see some fragments of the future once all of this thing started."
I waited for a reaction. But thankfully nothing happened so far.
So this is much fine. This time I looked again at everyone. "Do you believe me?"
"I believe you, your highness," Nicholas said as he looked directly at me. His eyes held determination for some reason.
This guy...
I just gave him a light nod.
"Sister, I see. So that was the case. The God of light must have blessed you to be able to survive the dangers that are happening." Veronica sighed then brought out her fan and cover her mouth. "I'll do as you say."
"Thank you, big sister."
"I-I also believed in you, your highness!" Melissa said with enthusiasm. Her doe pink eyes sparkled.
"Thank you, lady Melissa."
Melissa and Nicholas also started heeding my words. But seeing how they were able to use the system swiftly. It's a relief that they could adapt this fast.
While I, looked at my status screen.
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Player Profile:
Name: Yvette Celestine Ashter
Age: 17
Ht:165 cm
Wt: 54.3 kg
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Title: Reincarnator. The One Who Holds The Key. Second Princess of Valtora Kingdom
Class: ???
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Attributes:
Level: 1
Hp: 20/20
Mana: 30/30
Strength: 4
Speed: 6
Agility: 6
Intelligence: 10
Defense: 7
Dexterity: 4
Vitality: 4
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Skills:
Blade Arts (2), Dash (3),
Mind Alteration (--)
Skill Points: 14
Note: Skill Points can be allocated to attributes as well.
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[Skill description:
Blade Arts Level 2 - For each blade that you wield, additional 15% strength and defense would be added.
Duration: 2 minutes
Number of Usage per day: 2
Cool down: 3 hours
Dash Level 3 - Speed and agility will accelerate by 10% for each activation.
Mana Consumption: 2 per second ]
Now, this is definitely a game-like set up now. But to think I have other two skills now aside from Mind Alteration… Is it because it is part of my original skills? But this could certainly help me out.
"We are done."
My attention went back to Veronica. "You can see your status window right?"
"Status Window?"
"The one with skills and your information."
"Yes."
"What skills did you get?"
"I have medical care (2). It says that my medical skills would be faster and more effective by 5%. It is said to have a mana consumption of 3 per secs." Veronica said. Her fan was covering half of her face, but I could see from her eyes, that little happiness. She seemed pleased and I could understand that quite well.
It's a good skill. I didn't expect that we could gain someone similar to that healer priest that would stick with the heroine's group.
"I see... As expected of you big sis. How much is your mana?"
"50."
"Hoh. That is quite a lot for level 1." I grinned. It seemed Veronica had the talent to be a healer when she continued to level up. Well, that was to be expected of my sister.
"Why are you grinning like an idiot?"
"Nothing." I calmed myself down.
"Um... I-I have embroidery (3). It is said, the stitching would be efficient by 7 percent. And finish work will be enhanced." Melissa spoke shyly.
"I have Shield (4). My defense would increase by 15% for three minutes. It has a cooldown of 1hr and it is said I can use it three times per day." Nicholas said.
Doesn't that skill suit him for some reason? Wait. For some reason, he blended with our group naturally now. I shook my head. That was not the important thing right now.
And embroidery… that skill with enchantment, could it be similar to that?
I grinned. "Thank you for telling me. But you should not let other people know about this, other than us here. Understand?"
The three of them gave a nod.
"Mine is Blade Arts. It increased my proficiency in any bladed weapon. I want to tell and discuss more things. But let's go to the ballroom now." As I glanced with Veronica and Nicholas, both of them seemed not too pleased with my skill.
Sigh. I could somehow get why they had that reaction, but I didn't clarify anymore and headed the way.