' You forgot your car key.' Liam says stiffly. Was she that happy about their cancelled engagement?
' Oh thank you.' Jade says and reaches out for the key. As Liam placed the key in her hand, he couldn't resist asking, ' Are you really that happy about our broken engagement?'
' What do you mean? Why would you think that?' Jade asked feigning oblivion.
' You literally just said a "happy goodbye to your dear engagement." Liam said.
' You must have heard wrong. I said, "waist derangement, allow me to say my happy goodbye." I was having waist pain earlier but now I'm fine.' Jade says with no sign of guilt.
Liam was speechless. He would have doubted his hearing if not for the fact that the guard at the entrance had trembling shoulders while Butler Jerry's lips twitched continously.
' Thanks for having us. We'll be on our way now.' Jade says as she helped old man King walk to the car. Liam Lincoln felt frustrated especially when he saw that the two guards were biting their lips to hold in their laughter.
' What's so funny?' Liam Lincoln says with a glare and the two guards tried to form a poker face which turned out very very ugly.
In the car,
' Mission completed. Reward: +2 intelligence, +2 beauty, +2 speed, +2 weeks in lifespan, advanced hacking manual, +15 points. You can upgrade now if you want.' System Jade says.
' Oooh! How many points do I have? And how long is my lifespan?' Jade ask.
' You have 100 points and 7months, 3 weeks left in your life span.' System Jade replies.
'Then let's upgrade.' Jade says.
' Upgrade beginning.' System Jade says.
Jade felt as though someone pressed a pause button on her body. She couldn't hear, smell or see anything.
' Upgrade completed. Host stat:
Name: Jade Thompson
Age: 17
Level: 1
Lifespan: 7 months, 3 weeks in estimate.
Points: 1
Beauty: 85/100
Stamina: 79/100
Strength: 168/100 (Error)
Agility and Reflexes: 81/100
Toughness: 43/100
Speed: 91/100
Balance: 64/100
Deceptive Intelligence: 202/100 (Error)
Academic Intelligence: 23/100
Charisma: 96/100
Temporary skills: 15 minutes invisibility, 30 minutes mind reading, 30 minutes teleportation.
Permanent skills: Writing of the gods, Grandmaster martial artist, I know that move, I own the internet.
Pending Mission: Take first place in resumption test. Visit mission panel for more information.' System Jade says.
' Wow! I have player statistics like those characters in games. What is the difference between the academic and deceptive Intelligence and why is one so low while the other so high? And why do some have error at the back.' Jade asks confused.
' The ones with error means that you have it in excess. The difference between the two types of intelligence is that academic represents your intelligence in your school work while deceptive is street smarts, cunning, scheming type of intelligence.' System Jade says a touch of disdain mixed with laughter in her tone.
Jade was speechless. Was this trying to say that she was academically dump while incredibly cunning and scheming?
' Charisma identifies your ability to gain favour and approval. Toughness is your ability to endure pain without severe damage, Balance signifies your ability to stay or maintain a pose without moving for a long time. You should be familiar with the rest. Your skills, "Writing of the gods" is your ability to replicate and perfect any writing of your choice. "Grandmaster martial artist" represents your peak status when following the martial arts ranking. "I know that move" is your ability to replicate, perfect and create dance moves according to the rhythm of a song. "I own the internet" is your ability to trace, track or cover up anything done on the internet or with means of networking. Each time you upgrade points will be added to each area in your statistics. For example when you upgraded from newbie to level one, 1 point will be added to everything. You can also use points to upgrade any field you desire' System Jade explains.
Jade nodded in understanding. The discussion was paused as they had arrived at Bluesky Pavilion.
' Great grandfather, I'll go see my friends. I will come see you in a while okay?' Jade says and she blows him a kiss and runs inside.
' Truly nothing is more precious than friendship.' Old man King said nostalgically. All his friends were probably watching him from heaven. He would join them soon but he had to ensure that the King Empire will be secure,his great granddaughter is settled and he avenges his granddaughter.
Inside,
Matt spotted Jade running in and he stood up to welcome her.
' You are back!' Matt says. Justin and Tyler turn around with gleaming eyes.
' I missed you guys. It was as if ages had passed since I saw you guys.' Jade says. System Jade knew it wasn't an exaggeration as she could feel what Jade felt.
Jade happily hugged pull the three of them into a group hug.
' Demoness I missed you too. You left so early in the morning.' Justin complained.
' I know I know. I had to go cancel that stupid engagement but they kept asking me stupid questions. Come let's have a light brunch, then we'll play games and then we'll study.' Jade says and the others nod in agreement.
They went to the dining and had a light brunch (the others just sat and watched the older and younger one gulp down food) consisting of chocolate cake, steak, Grilled fish and iced lemonade.
They all head to Jade's room to play games.
' Demoness let's try this new game. It's very challenging.' Justin says.
Jade playfully ruffled his hair. ' Why can't you just call me Jade? You sound so respectful calling me demoness.' Jade says.
' Jade.. Jade let's play the new game.' Justin says as he introduced the game to her.
The name of the game was Law of the jungle. It needed four players. It was made in reference to a famous fantasy movie in Green Haven.
The jungle had three mountains, the two opposite mountains housed two different factions while the middle mountains housed different beasts, monsters, treasures and herbs.
The game had just eight character, four belonging to the Blue faction and the other to the Red.
The Blue faction consists of ice mage, water mage, Sky Mage and a healer
The Red faction consists of fire mage, wind mage, Earth Mage and a healer.
One day and earthquake happens destroying the Blue and Red mountains, awakening century year old beasts and forcing the two factions to move to the Mid-Mountain. However due to their contrasting nature (e.g fire and ice), they cannot cohabit in the same place. It's either Blue or Red. The only way to solve the issue is to follow the Law of the jungle: Survival of the fittest.
Jade felt the game was quite nice and was eager to try. She downloaded the app on her phone. She was required to join a team of at least four members.
The four of them formed their team. Moonlight Demons and now it was time to pick their game names.
' How about King of the jungle nope it's chosen. Lord of the mountains? Chosen as well.' Justin was frustrated and so were the others.
Only Jade had successfully picked a name that wasn't chosen: Demoness.
' Why don't you pick a name for us?' Tyler suggested and the other two nod in agreement.
Jade thought of three stylish game names. For some reason she was reminded about the three guys in her dream.
' Shiver.' She says.
Justin's eyes lit up as he "claimed" the name.
' Nightmare.' She says. Tyler writes it in.
' Midknight.' She says. Matt writes it in but shook his head.
' It's taken.' Matt says.
' MidKnight? As in Knight in the middle. The one in shining armour.' Jade asks.
Matt types it in and they start gaming.
They had to first go through 30 levels before they could compete online with other players.
An hour later,
' Level 15! We are on fire!!' Justin says happily.
' Let's start using Red Faction Avatars, when we reach level 31 our faction will be selected at random so let's get used to both.' Jade suggests.
' Jade is right.' Matt says in agreement. Jade noticed the light in his eyes as he played, it seems like this was his passion.
Jade was selecting her character when System Jade's voice sounded in her head.
' Hidden Mission "You are not my enemy" completed. Rewards: +20 points, +2 charisma, +2 intelligence, +2 reflexes, Unlocked the skill, " Queen of the Casino.
Hidden Mission " You are not my enemy" completed. Rewards: +20 points, +2 charisma, , +2 intelligence, +2 reflexes, Unlocked the skill, "Game God." System Jade says.
Jade was confused.
When did she complete any mission?