After spending the last 3 hours trying to beat the final boss with nothing but coins, I'm able to win the game... again. Now, a reasonable person would use a sword, a bow, or even magic, any other kind of legendary weapon to defeat a dragon who has the name "the destroyer of all things,"... but I had a moment in which I said.
"Nah, I would win with only coins."
Why coins, you ask? Well, you see, the developers were surprisingly lazy in this game, which allowed the gamers to exploit the glitches to their advantage, and one of them is how a few items don't have durability like a sword...
See where I'm getting at?
I lean that using telekinesis on coins and throwing them in the direction of the enemy does, surprisingly, give them a good amount of damage.
So, like a good and fair player, I exploit the heck out of this method.
(congratulations on defeating the final boss for the 40th time)
I grin at this familiar sight. Every time I beat the game, the game counted my progress, which was one of the nice little features of "Tales of Heroes." This game was released about five years ago. It is an RPG game in which we choose what kind of hero we want to play, but a nice little thing is that we can always have that character in there and add another class, so a barbarian can easily be a mage, too.
Pure chaos can be unleashed. Imagine the perfect combination of a very angry man with an axe who can throw fireballs. I call that fun.
A new notification appeared as I was about to turn off my computer.
(congratulations, you have unlocked the new game mode.)
(Would you like to play it?)
(Y/N?)
Little did I know what kind of hell I was about to step into.
"huh?... Is this a new feature?... I didn't realize there was more to this, well, I might as well check it out."
I looked up the time and saw that it was already 2:30 a.m., but I shrugged and figured I needed to drink a lot of coffee in the morning to get to work tomorrow.
"What's the timer playing one more hour?"
I grin as I immediately press, (yes).
Before I knew it, everything immediately went black as if someone had turned off the lights, but then I realized my eyes were closed the whole time. When I tried to force it open at first, I realized that if my entire body was resisting me, I couldn't open my eyes at first. My arms felt incredibly heavy. I was also dizzy.
"Damn... I don't remember eating any damn browns..."
There was not much struggle. I was finally able to open my eyes, but I became completely blinded by the light for a moment before my eyes finally got accustomed to the brightness.
I looked around, and I was completely confused by the location where I found myself. I panic, looking around left and right, and see that I'm inside some kind of a cave, not a deep one, since I could see the lightatn the end; I was surrounded by a few furniture nothing to luxurious, pretty basic everyday furniture that you would expect to see in anyone's house, except it didn't have anything electrical.
"... oh crap, was I kidnapped!!!!"
I took part of the bed. I wasn't trying to immediately run out of the cave, but I realized my phone was off, and I fell right on top of a little puddle inside the cave, in my head hard on the ground.
After I pushed myself up a little bit and rubbed my forehead, I could see a little bit of a reflection on the puddle. It was dark, making it hard for me to see my face, but a little bit of inches. I was able to see my hair, but something completely different...
"I don't have red hair... what the heck?"
I feel my hair on my fingertips, and I realize now how long it is. You could at least touch my shoulders now. I also realize that I have a bigger beard.
"What the heck? What is happeni-"
before I could conclude my thoughts, the blue screen appear right in front of my face.
(welcome to the new game mode.)
(You have been selected to experience the game in a whole new way. You are free to do whatever you want; however, challenges will be sent before you it would be your best interest to survive.)
"...What?"
My eyes widened in disbelief at what I saw. For a brief moment, I was pretty sure I was still sleepy, had somehow passed out, and was dreaming. I even started slapping myself in the face to see if I would wake up, but nope, this was real.
(We have picked a character that we believe will fit your personality. We wish you luck in defeating the game one more time.)
(We have also decided to liberate challenges. Complete these challenges, and you will be rewarded with money, items, and EXP.)
(Have fun!)
"..."
I was completely confuse that I didn't even know what to say the time.
So... Im in the game... Is this some kind of dream?
(character status)
( Adam Balor / Soren
Hit points {47/58}
Strength: D {Can you even lift?}
Agility: F {Faster than a five year old.}
Intelligence: C {Not dumb... But, still stupid.}
Perspective: F {What is more blind then a bat?... You.}
Luck: +S {Lady luck loves you... for some reason.} )
"... Is the game making fun of me? Why do notifications sound so insulting? Well... at least my luck is actually kind of nice?"
I frown when I look over the stats, but my face pales when I read over the character's name... there is my name Adam... and then there is...
"Soren... THAT THE FIRST BOSS IN THE FREAKING TUTORIAL?!?!?!?"