New Life Online 114 A Help For A Help

Third Volume's main character will be Zia, sister of Aurora. Aries Kim, Scythus, will be still our main character and introducing new characters would give us a little bit of plot twist from another point of view. I hope you guys can be good to Zia.//

-Beginner's Are

After a couple of seconds after being blinded by the bright light, I finally entered the game. It is the most beautiful place I have ever seen. Of course, all my life I have been lying in a bed that became a part of me for the rest of my life. The place is full of gra.s.s and trees. People are also gathering here. I can hear the chatter, the chirps of birds, the loud noises... it's like I'm really in a different world.

We all have the same clothes which I think because we are all beginners. The game's already one year old after the tournament but there's a lot of people like me here. They also mentioned an expansion for the game from the news and it has already been implemented and told us to get ready for it. The first year of the game is just a preparation for the upcoming update which basically a World Boss invasion. It kind of scared most of the people at that time but with all of the Thirteen G.o.ds and their trusted companions; they could beat the World Boss and stop the invasion. I don't really care much about those.

Wait a minute... I realized I'm standing...

"Ughhh!" I lost control over my legs. I fell down to my knees. This is what I was afraid of. And the moment I regain strength, someone is already holding my arms.

"Are you okay, Miss?" A girl with a hood that hides her face. She doesn't seem to be a beginner to me.

"Yes, I'm alright. Thank you." This is what frightened me the most, to not be able to walk even in the game. Wait! I can feel my legs!

Shocks! I stood up with full of joy and excitement! I even almost jumped!

"Hey miss, are you really ok? You look like this is your first time walking." Of course! It's my first time! If only you'd know. This is crazy!

"Sorry, I just remembered something funny." I giggled like a crazy person. I reasoned out for being too happy for a moment. She might think I'm weird or something but even if I would explain it to her, she wouldn't understand. Sis would be really be surprised by the news!

"Please be careful around here. If you travel alone too far, some players might try to rob you." Oh, so there are lots of baddies around here too! She's kinda shady herself.

"Sure, thanks!" I still can't believe I can walk right now but I'm pretty sure I still can't in real life.

The girl said her goodbye and I forgot to ask her name. So I decided to move on. I still can't walk straight but somehow I managed to do fine. Mom and Dad, wherever you are, if you can only see me right now, I know you'd be so happy for me. I miss you both.

What should I do next? There are some food, a bottle of water and a scary looking dagger on my bag. Does this mean I should start killing stuff? I've never done that before.

I've checked the area and it seems it's called Beginner's Area. The one who came up with that name must have spent a lot of time figuring out what to name the place. It seems that the place has some shops and other buildings for beginners. I decided to ask one of the guards on what to do first.

"h.e.l.lo, Sir. Would you mind telling me what to do around here? I'm just a new player." Guard duty around here might be boring.

"I recommend you teaming up with other players and hunt some weak animals together for materials and meat for food. Fighting alone is really hard and bad because no one will look at your back." He's right. I really should team up with others but I'm still not used to this standing and walking thing. Hunting weak animals sound so cruel...

"If you want to practice and avoid danger, there are some dummies out here for training purposes but it doesn't give you loot to sell or to cook of course. But it's the safest route if you are planning to improve your masteries." Wow, I think that would be a good start, I guess.

"Thanks, Mr. Guard!" I said my thanks and decided to go to the place he was talking about.

-Beginner's Area, Training Ground-

There are a lot of training dummies out here but you can only see just a couple of players. It seems most of the players are hunting or leaving the place already. I think everyone already knows how to use a dagger.

I went to one of the dummies and pulled out my dagger to test it out. I readied my dagger and slashed the dummy with all I've got.

*BAAAAAM!* Wow! That was a satisfying sound echoed after the hit but I feel like it didn't inflict that much damage to the dummy.

*TIIIIING!* What was that?! That slightly scared me...

"You've learned Light Weapon Mastery." A message echoed throughout my ears. It seems like I've learned something. Well, who cares.

I continued hitting the dummy like there's no tomorrow and finally decided to stop because I felt that I am hungry. It took me the whole day and I finally decided to log out of the game and eat something.

-Hospital-

I woke up and the food is already ready beside me. The nurse left it here and decided to not wake me up. I grabbed the plate and ate most of it. This night's food is better than the others or I must be just really hungry. I tried to move my legs and figures... I still can't move my legs. I looked at the mirror and stared at my face. This is me in real life and I think... maybe if I play a little bit more, I can really find myself.

After a couple of hours later, after doing what I have to do, it's time to sleep now and go back to the game.

-Beginner's Area, Training Ground-

I opened my eyes and I'm back to the game. It's already night and the moons are bright. Wait... there are two moons? That freaked me out a little.

My next plan is to go outside because I think I practiced my dagger enough already and I can now stab fast. I think I could really catch a rabbit out here now. Rabbits, you've been warned.

I walked outside the gate and there are no rabbits in sight. Players might have defeated most of them and others flee for their cute life. And that means there's nothing left for me but I didn't lose hope. I continued walking further hoping I could see some of the rabbits left but I found something else.

-Beginner's Area, North Path-

"Hey, you! I know you know that there'sh a toll fee before entering the town. You only need to pay one gold coin and you can pa.s.sh." A shady hooded guy who talks funny. I almost giggled. Oh, wait... The one he is trying to rob is the girl who helped me earlier! Baddies are the worst!

"You still haven't changed..." before she says something else I decided to intervene. I won't let them bully her!

"Stop that! Robbing people is against the law!" I shouted! Of course, that didn't look flashy but they get it.

"Who are you, little brat? Do you want to get hurt?!" A guy showed up hiding from the tree! The funny guy was not alone! Others came out and they have those giant weapons! I'm screwed!

"Shomeone wantsh to be a hero! Go get her firsht!" The funny talking guy ordered the others! Holy c.r.a.p! Walking is really hard for me to do... and I'm not that confident when it comes to running!