「 CHAPTER 4: The Birth of a New Beginning 1/6 」
We finally got to my room. It was just the same room as everyone else. It made me feel nostalgic seeing and going inside a hut like this again. It unlocked a lost memory of mine where my old friends and I, would go and play inside larger huts and act like monkeys.
I took a good look inside of the so-called hut for me; inside was a single bed, table, and chair. I wasn't expecting much like a grand soft king-sized bed or anything, but damn. The bed was made of leaves and twigs, I laid down to test, and to my surprise, it was okay.
While I was snug in my bed, Cad closed the window and leaned against the door on his back.
"Okay, what I'm about to show you, will change our lives forever." He looked at me with a huge grin on his face.
"...Okay? What is it?"
After everything I saw today, I was sure that nothing could ever surprise me anymore, I feel like I've seen everything by now but... I was mistaken.
What Cad had shown me next was something I expected but I never really thought It'd be true because It only happens in Mangas or Manhwas. Cad raised his arm slightly and said a single word「 MENU 」.
*BZZT*
*DING*
*VWOOM*
Out of thin air, blue sparks began to flicker and dance, glimmering the room with blue light. Then, suddenly, a game-like menu window materialized where Cad's hand was raised.
╭──────────╮
-]- M E N U -[-
[ STATUS ]
[ PROFILE ]
[ CRAFTING ]
[ INVENTORY ]
╰──────────╯
Sweat dripped down my face, my jaw dropped and my eyes enlarged. I couldn't believe my own eyes. I was left speechless and stunned. As soon as he said the word 「 MENU 」, sparks started flickering in the air and then a window popped up. Out of all the things I've seen today, this one was the most amazing.
"I'm sure you know well what this is right?" He pointed at the blue glowing screen before him.
"Hell yeah I know!"
"I-I'm speechless right now! I don't know what to say!"
"I think my brain isn't functioning anymore!"
I was overjoyed knowing that something that I always see when I read mangas and manhwas is in reality. That thing in front of me is the thing that can help shape me and possibly help us find our way back to Earth.
Cad then explained to me what it was.
"「 MENU 」 only shows you the different windows you can access. There's a bunch more you can access like 「 STATUS」, 「 SKILLS 」, 「 PROFILE 」, 「 CRAFTING 」, 「 INVENTORY 」.
"There's still a lot we don't know about like why are we in a different world, why we have a leveling up system and what was the reason for all of this. The school staff along with some other students are working hard and putting their heads together trying to figure out a way back."
I see, then I'm guessing they are the ones responsible for building all these huts. That explains why there was medical equipment in the clinic. But to do all of this for a month? That's unbelievable, maybe it has something to do with the windows.
"Say, who were the ones responsible for doing all of these huts? Surely they won't be able to build these without some kind of help."
"Uh, yeah, the school principal and some other students from our program built these huts, apparently they have skills called [ BUILD ] and [ LAYOUT ]."
I knew it. It has to do something with the Skills that they have. But, how did they get such skills? I thought I'd check my Menu to see what my stats were.
I suddenly became nervous out of excitement, It's something that I would only dare dream of having such power, but now it has become a dream come true.
I licked my lips and wiped the sweat on my head. Cad opened the window of my room again and leaned against the door to watch me summon my 「 MENU 」.
I opened my mouth ready to say the word that will summon the only thing that can help me get through this unknown world.
As my mouth formed the word- a sudden scream of a woman interrupted me.
"HELP ME!!" The sound came a few blocks away from my room.
"Oh God! It's happening again! Come on we've got to hurry!"
Cad began to panic and his face soon turned dark.
"What?! What's happening?"
"Someone's abusing their powers again!"
Someone is abusing their powers?! In this situation? Are they crazy?!
"But why are you going, Cad?" I shouted as he was running towards where the scream came from.
"Because! I am part of the Guardian Elites!" Then he continued to run towards the helpless woman screaming.
"You go on ahead! I'll be right behind you!" I shouted to him hoping that he heard what I said.
It's expected for someone to use their power to assert dominance and rule over others because they think they're strong. It sounds unethical and inhumane but I already foresee this as soon as Cad told me about the principal and others having skills.
In a world where you're suddenly given supernatural powers, It's expected for someone to use that power for something evil.
This isn't Earth anymore, there won't be any police or any form of government to prevent things like these from happening. And an unknown world where there are countless possibilities that we'd die from an unknown creature or something.
And lastly, we now have to risk our lives to survive. There are people who are using their power for their satisfaction and desires.
I mustn't waver. I need to stay on guard and get strong as soon as possible.
I punched myself hard in the face so that I would wake up from any daydreaming and childish fantasies. This is our reality now. I'll kill if I must and I'll survive no matter what.
With pure determination and my drive to change, I clenched my fists and swore upon myself that in this world I'd make it right. I'll help bring everyone back and If someone dares to get in my way, I'll kill them with no remorse. I closed the door and blocked it with the table, closed the window, and said the word 「 STATUS 」.
Once again in the dark hut, red sparks started to flicker out of thin air glimmering the dark hut. The red sparks flickered a couple of times and suddenly the tiny sparks flickering combusted into flames.
Red flames that do not burn or emit heat danced illuminating the dark room. I was confused as to why the sparks combusted into flames. Without an answer, I steeled my nerves and reached for the red, flickering flame that danced in the darkness.
The flame vanished, and nothing happened. I said the word 「 STATUS 」once again, but this time, nothing happened. I called for it again 「 STATUS 」and again 「 STATUS 」, and again 「 STATUS 」.
I wanted to see what my stats were and to see If I was fit to survive in this world. On the brink of giving up, I tried another window, 「 INVENTORY 」, after a moment, nothing happened. But then, red sparks once again flickered in the air, the red sparks kept flickering faster and faster and combusted into flames, but this time, the
「 INVENTORY 」window popped up and was enveloped by the red flames.
I took a look at my Inventory and an Item was inside. Strangely the item did not have an image nor a figure of what it was, it was just a huge [ ? ].
Out of curiosity, I reached out my hand inside the Inventory window. It was a strange feeling, I was like reaching inside on box with no side and no end, I kept moving my arms around until my hand felt something. I grabbed the item, pulled my arm from the window, and looked at my hand. It was a... pamphlet?
As I picked up the pamphlet, the bold letters caught my eye: "Welcome to [ Legacy ]! A world filled with deadly monsters, ancient mythical beasts, whimsical magics, and swords! Embark on a journey to defeat [ The One True King ]. Level up, gear up, and form a team for your adventure. Good luck!"
A chill ran down my spine as the realization hit me—we had been transported into Legacy, the very game I had invested 8,435 hours in. My feet turned cold, and my legs gave out beneath me. I could only laugh, a mix of disbelief and hysteria.
T-this has to be a joke right? T-There's no way we'd be transported to that forsaken game right? I-I mean, the windows are nice but, Isn't this taking it a little too far?
[ LEGACY ] is a godforsaken game that I invested 8,435 hours into, not by choice. As the pamphlet says, It is a world filled with deadly monsters and such, but it's also a hellish stupid game.
It is a game that as the player levels up and progresses into the story, so do your enemies. While the player levels up and gets stronger, the game will match the enemy's level to yours, making it harder to farm up and get an easy kill. It's a game that tests your patience, skills, and strategic gameplay on how you defeat your enemies.
The reason why I invested so much time into that game wasn't because I'm good at it or I beat it many times. The reason was, that I took my time learning each and every enemy's attack patterns, structure, and secrets, acquiring every item in the game, but only defeating the boss once.
The game developers must have hated their audience and their players to make their game hard enough to grind and made the boss especially harder than anything in the game.
It took a while to process in my brain but, once I realized we were in the world of the game I had invested so much time in, I stippled my hands together and couldn't help but smile, wide and wicked, like the Grinch.
「 END OF CHAPTER 4 」
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[ LEGACY ] - A world filled with deadly monsters, ancient mythical beasts, whimsical magics, and swords! Embark on a journey to defeat [ The One True King ]. Level up, gear up, and form a team for your adventure.
[ The One True King ] - A powerful being that rules over the monsters that continue to spread around the world of [ LEGACY ].
「 WINDOWS 」- The game features that materialize when called upon the name.