Jacob was humiliated! Kicking and screaming while also bathing in the fountain, only a god would understand how much rage and anger he felt at this minute. He felt like shoving Jack's head under the tires of a moving bus!
"Hehe, stupid Jacob… Do you really think you can beat me? I'm better than you in nearly everything except humiliating oneself in front of others!"
Of course, Jack wouldn't let go of this chance to quench the nearly extinguished flames burning ferociously in Jacob's heart. He would pour water on the flames, making sure it died out completely!
But, life didn't always go as planned… For where there was people trying to put an end to a problem, there where others wanting that problem to blow up and escalate…
"Such a humiliating scene displayed before someone he was trying to court? And he lost to the person he considers his nemesis? In just how many ways had this little baby lost his face today?"
Everyone turned in the direction of the feminine voice that resounded in their ears unceasingly, their eyes were ridden with shock and respect for whosoever spoke such bold words.
When they saw who it was, a few of them nearly spat out blood from their nostrils while the others fervently gave a prayer in their hearts. Robert only pushed up his glances with Fay frowning by his side with her arm crossed over her chest.
The lady in the limelight, a curvaceous beauty with short brown hair and glistening blue eyes frowned in disgust as she folded her arm across her towering peaks. She gave off the aura of a fierce and ferocious dominatrix ready for battle.
Pin drop silence… No laughter… No whispers… Nothing…
"Hey, isn't that Felicia?" Someone in the crowd blurted out, and then, everyone erupted into private whispers. From the way they acted, Felicia seemed to be a very powerful background character?
"It seems to be that troublesome woman… That crazy girl had gone into a full blown war with Jacob a few months back because the poor guy refused to attend her birthday party…"
"Didn't you know that she was one of the most wicked kamikaze drivers in the death race? If all the suicide drivers were ranked, she would definitely be among the Top 5 with Suicidal Fay and that Wang Xing…"
"That woman is so frightening, she nearly killed a poor guy for touching her inappropriately in public. I really felt bad for the poor guy, as only a few much punches and he would have been beaten into a comatose like state…"
The whispers were spontaneous, but barely audible as the culprits were trying their best in hiding their conversation from Felicia. They could only give her strange glances from time to time.
"Ahaha! Felicia, it seems you haven't changed in the slightest…" Jacob spoke out softly with a distinct trace of impatience in his eyes. He wanted to start this race and be done with it so he can focus more on this new discovery and his business.
"Hehe, little Jack. You shouldn't have held back while beating up that piece of garbage, a finely dressed pig is still a pig…" Felicia threw a glance at the soaking wet Jacob and sneered in disdain before adding, "It won't value the privileges handed over to it as it is simply trash…"
Jack turned around to flash a grin in Felicia's direction, he seemed to be regretting not doing this earlier. At least he could have knocked Jacob out cold right?
"You two… go and die!"
Jacob coughed fiercely before struggling out of the water with a blazing red face and completely wet clothes, he looked ready to kill! Such humiliation mustn't go unattended to, he must salvage his pride as a man!
Flames shot out of Jacob's eyes as he finally dragged himself completely away from the water and lunged forward, planning to deliver a sneak attack on the unsuspecting Jack.
His punch rumbled forward, the power contained within was surely enough to knock Jack out upon a successful impact. If he had a little bit more strength, then, this punch alone would shatter Jack's spinal cord!
Everyone was speechless by Jacob's sudden action, and their jaws loosened. Robert's brows simply jumped as he frowned coldly, wanting to do something but not given the opportunity to.
"Huh?"
Jack's eyes narrowed as he spared a glance to the side, and in the next second a smirk found it's way to his lips as he spun around and struck a defensive pose with his arms crossed before his face.
"Bang~ Shatter!"
Jacob's fist collided with Jack's arms and followed by the very much expected sound of impact being made, was the crisp sound of bones getting shattered! The sound was loud and crisp, and it was very difficult to miss.
Fay's eyes widened and Robert took a step forward with his eyes blazing. Rylex who stood behind the duo simply crossed her hands before her chest with a nonchalant expression on her face.
"Argh~ Fuck!"
Jacob, whose face was now as pale as that of a ghost roared madly as he held his trembling hand with teary eyes. He felt like he had punched steel!
Nearly all the bones in his fists were broken in that impact, and now he was unable to hold back his tears due to the physical and emotional pain he received.
No amount of painkillers would be enough to satiate the immense pain he was going through right now, his image, reputation, and fist was completely wrecked right now.
Jack, who had uncrossed his arms stared at Jacob dumbly without knowing wheather to laugh or cry. He had just tried to defend himself, but he ended up injuring Jacob as well.
The mild pain he felt wasn't enough to drive him into insanity, Jack simply sighed before stepping away from Jacob in case the idiot exploded again. He had better and more interesting things to do.
Felicia took an elegant stride forward, only stopping before the pale Jacob who held his fist in pain. She took the opportunity of his stunned state to grab his shoulder and deliver an earth shattering punch to his face.
Jack stiffened, before slowly and weakly losing his consciousness and ultimately collapsing in Felicia's grasp. He wasn't even given the chance to protest or escape… Just one punch.
Felicia dropped Jack's limp body like a bag of grains and turned to flash a tooty grin in Jack's direction, "That's how you deal with morons who annoy the living hell out of you…"
"…"
Jack was speechless. He'd already sworn in the past to never annoy this lady, and he still plans to keep that oath. He's not ready for any more enemies yet.
"Well, since these things are out of the way and everyone's here… Let's start the game shall we?"
Robert announced as he wore a futuristic looking watch on his arm and began fiddling with it. Since he was one of the first batch of users who purchased the latest version of Neo-VR watches, he didn't waste too much time in activating it.
More than a dozen Neo-VR watches worn on the wrists of the young adults and teenagers gathered around lit up as they activated the device. Even Rylex who had burrowed a watch from Robert had activated hers and began the creation of her online character.
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[Galactic Ascension Online!]
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Jack opened his eyes and looked around himself, he had spawned inside an eeriely quiet forest and the others were appearing around him one by one in precedence to a bright flash of light.
When everyone spawned, he was able to see their online names floating boldly over their heads. He was also surprised to see that some of them had deviated from the path of humanity and chosen mystical online characters.
[Lord Insanity] who Jack knew not his real name had chosen the body of human with dual bat like wings spread out from his back. His skin was a reddish black and he had a pair of jet black horns protruding out of his head.
Although Jack was unaware of the species of the creature the guys chose, he'd make sure to ask the guy later. All he could do now was familiarize himself with the game first to understand it.
Jack willed his character to move a few times with a frown on his face. He moved, swayed from side to side, threw a few punches and kicks and struck and a few poses with his mood getting better by the second.
It was nothing short of surreal! As always, Neo-VR lets him feel everything he felt in the real world… He could even toggle off a few sensations like pleasure and…
[Pain - On]
"Do I look like a masochist? Toggle off pain…" Jack only spared one glance at the transparent screen that appeared before him and sharply toggled the pain sensation off. He wasn't a masochist and he doesn't plan on becoming one anytime soon.
Soon, more "Players" had landed with various characters and names. Some downright lame and others pretty good, he was even able to spot Robert among the crowd as the super geek didn't bother to alter his character much.
"[The War God] has appeared!"
"Welcome [Iron Star Hunter], to the game!"
"[Early Morning Chaos], just arrived!"
The games as we know it, is about to begin!