Chereads / This game called life / Chapter 19 - [19] Peace, bread and pizza!

Chapter 19 - [19] Peace, bread and pizza!

Is this death?As I held onto that thought and drifted through vast expanse of darkness, a series of white glowing words appeared out of nowhere in front of me:[Game over][Respawn] [Go to PvP mode] [Log out]Huh...so that's how it is...Well, this is the first time I died in the game...Then slowly, lifting a finger, I tapped the respawn button. Almost immediately, the words began to grow brighter and brighter until the entire place was enveloped in a curtain of light. And after a few seconds later when the light has died down, I found myself standing back in the same courtyard again, except this time it was even emptier then before. Oh yeah, they are probably still on the hunt...It was then my ear caught wind of faint music and laughter, coming from the direction of the mess mall. And sure enough, fingers of light crawled right beneath the mess hall door, and without thinking twice, I opened the door. "Look! He's here!" shouted a player."My boi is back!"shouted another.There was about a dozen players in total, and when one of them called me out, they all turned to me and cheered."Ho! Ho! Excellent job fresh meat." Braum stood up and clapped. "What happened? And I thought..." My voice trailed off, as everyone got up 1 by 1 and congratulated me. "Sit down, grab yourself a drink, we'll talk while we eat." Bruam said, and I kind of just went along with his suggestion. But as soon as I get to the table, a figure tackled me from behind, almost causing me to fall forward:"You did it mas-I mean Riga!" Enju screamed cheerful, as she wrapped her arms around me."Let go Enju! You're embarrassing me!" I said, feeling the heat off my cheeks. Everyone laughed, some even whistled. And after a few seconds, Enju let go slowly and we sat down again."A toast to Riga!" Bruam raised his beer glass, and so did everyone else. "MVP of the night and the taker of the big prize!"There was a series of animal hooting and cheering, until Bruam finally made a gesture for everyone to calm down."And tonight we are going to eat till we barf and drink till we drop! CHEERS!"There was a series of clash of glasses, not to mention a whole bunch of beer spilled out as well. And no one seemed to mind, as they downed their drink the next. Reluctantly, I took a sip of my drink as well, and it tasted just like actual beer. In which I responded by coughing immediately. "Easy fresh meat." Bruam said, as he rubbed my back. "But you might want to learn how to handle your drink, cause your girl friend making you look real bad."I turned to Enju, who was in the middle of emptying in her second glass, with all the guys around her cheering.And to response to Bruam's question, all I could do was let out a nervous laugh."Pizza is ready and soup is ready, come get it yourselves!" came a Italian accented voice, as Mario emerged into the scene, strolling a cart full of food on it."Today's special, Minotaur beef pizza and soup!" Mario dusted his hands, and there was a collective rush from the table, as the guys surrounded the cart like a pack of wolves."Hey! There's enough for everyone! There's more in the kitchen!"No one seemed to give a dam what Mario had to say, as it became clear that it was every man for himself. "Manners, manners!" Bruam proclaimed. "Plus, our hero tonight should get the first slice." On that remark, everyone backed away from the part, as Mario was finally able to push his half raided cart forward, and set a slice on my plate."Go on, try it." Mario dusted his hands.With everyone looking at me, I gulped and took the pizza into my hands and took a bite out of it. Now, this isn't your average pizza hut pizza, this was one of those thin crust Italian pizza that you can only get at the most classiest of classiest Italian restaurants. The texture of the cheese is just right, not too soft and all mushy, and not too hard that's it stale. As for the meat, it was just minced and diced to perfection, juicy with flavour but not raw in sense. The seasoning...salt, pepper, garlic, a hint of rosemary and with the combination of tomato sauce...this is beyond food, this is art! "Why do you have to close your eyes and eat dude?" came one of the player's voice.And at once my eyes flew open:"Sorry, it was just...just too good..." I said, as the words just kind of flow out while I was still half eating."Yeah, Mario got it cooking!" Bruam chuckled, as he gave Mario a slap on the back, in which he cussed at him a series of rapid Italian."Alright, everyone dig in, though you are all doing that already..." Buram's voice trailed off, as he took a slice for himself as well."Yo dude, so how did you kill the Minotaur?" asked one of the players."Yeah, tell us man." said another."Well..." I scratched the back of my head. Then I kind of gave them a brief and short version, of how I got the Minotaur to chase after me and lead it off the cliff. Except my clothes somehow managed to get caught in the end by one of the Minotaur's horns, and I too was dragged down along with it."That's still pretty good man." one of the players complimented.And on the other side of the table, Thomas nodded in approval."But now that you have slain the Minotaur, you must have levelled up right?" Drake asked."Oh, I haven't checked yet..." I said, as I hesitantly opened my menu, and sure enough there was on my character profile it said: level 20...I levelled up 3 times in a row..."What's wrong?" Drake asked again."I levelled up 3 times in a row..." I muttered, still recovering from the shock."Dam, NICE!" said on the players."So, what level are you now?""20..." my voice trailed off."You hear that guys? It's time for you to choose your secondary class!" Thomas exclaimed."We're not deaf Thomas. But I can see why it's a special occasion." Drake clasped his hands."Secondary class?" I muttered."That's right, fresh meat. When you reach level 20 for any class, you can choose a secondary class, and for each class, there is 3 you can choose from." Braum patted me on the shoulder."I remember for cleric, you can choose Priest, Druid and Technic..." Drake added."Give him so time to think about it afterwards. Forget about that for now and just have some party spirit as well!" Bruam raised his glass. "Very well, I guess I got something I can give a toast to..." Drake stood up and raised his glass."Sure, let's here it." Braum said, as everyone looked up to Drake in anticipation. "To Thomas pissing his pants!"Everyone got a laugh out of that, including Enju, who was laughing the loudest."I can drink to that!" Said one of the players."I didn't piss!-" Thomas protested, but was cut off before he could finish."Check your pants when the game is over!" laughed another.And in pizza and glasses off beer, the night went on...Q: Do you consider yourself to be a party person?