//------------------------------// // Chapter 6 // Story: The Game Players // by GamePlayer64 //------------------------------// In one hour of the Beast Dungeon, Game Life and High Stocks were slaying beasts left to right with their fists and magic as they were covered with wounds along with Game’s slimes. “This is AMAZING!!!” Yelled High Stocks as she was gasping for air. “I agree. Especially the loot we just earn.” Said Game Life as he was collecting pelts, bones and meat as well as Blueberry, Cherry and Honeydew. High Stocks looked as they were collecting “I barely play videogames since Fancy showed me some whenever I visit her home. I heard those RGP Games explain that monster drop items?” “The correct letters are ‘RPG’ stand for Role-Playing Games but that’s correct, enemies monsters drop items like materials, healing items and rarely equipment. Why do you ask?” High looked at the loot of items “I find it hard to believe that each monster gave a mass amount of items.” Game eye’s widen as he looked at it (“It’s true! Normally one monster only drop a single item when it’s slain. So why are we earning more than what’s to be expected?”) Game tried to put his head into thinking to find the answer and remember the stats of everyone. “Stats.” “Excuse me?” “It’s our stats! The Luck Stat! In RPGs; the Luck Stats can help a player gain Critical Hits % and increase the Drop Rate %. When we became a party; the luck stats of you, me and my slime trio combine and made the possibility of more drop items.” High Stocks was amazed “You and your power is an extremely valuable. You need to get strong so some Hunters don’t capture you easily.” Game remember that she did say that there was freaks in the world that capture people like me and use as resources or chop me up for magical items. “I need to get stronger and I need more magical items but first; heal.” Game glowed a bright green as his wounds vanished. High Stocks was shocked “Next is you three.” They jumped happily “Yes master!” They said. “Don’t call me master.” “Okay Boss!” Game paused “Boss is okay.” They bounced in excitement as Game had his hands over them “Heal.” They glowed the same green as their wounds healed “Now let’s see them stats. Observe.” Name: Blueberry Race: Slime Owner: Game Life Gender: Male Color: Blue LV 18 HP: 270 MP: 60 Power: 59 Strength: 56 Intelligence: 46 Wisdom: 44 Luck:27 Dexterity: 71 Endurance: 71 Speed: 48 Charisma(Cuteness): 36 Perception: 35 Points: 0 Name: Cherry Race: Slime Owner: Game Life Gender: Female Color: Red LV 18 HP: 270 MP: 60 Power: 59 Strength: 56 Intelligence: 46 Wisdom: 44 Luck:27 Dexterity: 71 Endurance: 71 Speed: 48 Charisma(Cuteness): 36 Perception: 35 Points: 0 Name: Honeydew Race: Slime Owner: Game Life Gender: Female Color: Green LV 18 HP: 270 MP: 60 Power: 59 Strength: 56 Intelligence: 46 Wisdom: 44 Luck:27 Dexterity: 71 Endurance: 71 Speed: 48 Charisma(Cuteness): 36 Perception: 35 Points: 0 Game looked confused (“No bonus points? Huh… I guess that tame monsters don’t get bonus points but the slime race does level up more quickly.”) Game gave them the thumbs up as the bounce happily “Now your turn.” High Stocks grabbed Game by the shoulders “How the hell did you learn that healing spell so easily?!” Game Life looked a bit nervous “Uh… that book you gave me show a screen that I can learn it so I learn it, it disintegrated into energy and it was absorb into my head and I can use ‘Heal’ like in RPGs.” He gave her a smile as her pupils were shrunken “WHAT?! HOW?!” Game life try to put it in words that makes it easy for her “Uh… in a Final Fantasy I, you can buy magic books and it disappears when you learn it.” High’s jaw dropped “I need to place the original in a locked safe, underground so you don’t destroy the original!” Game scuffed “I don’t need the original since I learned it from the copy. Now take a healing like a warrior in need of aid.” He opened his pal and pointed at her “Heal.” Her wounds vanished as she felt better. “I can’t believe that you became a healer.” “And the best part of it; the more I use it, the stronger it gets. Maybe I’ll get a upgrade heal spell of it and spread my range on it.” Game Life looked at his phone “Anyway, it’s 5PM. We should go home.” High looked at her phone and nodded “Very well.” Game raised his arm in the air “But first, Monster Farm.” A portal opened as he looked at his slimes “Okay you three, time to go home.” The slimes trio looked depressed “but we want to be with boss.” Said Blueberry. “We want to protect you!” Said Cherry. “We… to… stay…” said Honeydew. Game life bend down “I know you want to stay but you deserve your own home, plus we’ll never be separated. You guys are my friends for life.” They looked at him “Friends?” “Yep and friends don’t forget friends.” They bounce happily as High took some pics of them with her phone “And take these with you.” He pulled from his inventory three large chunks of meat and 3 L soda bottles. They carried them as them waved goodbye. “Their my slimes.” He raised his hand in the air “Escape!” The sky cracked and shattered as everything turn normal with the sun nearly setting. Game walked with High “So I’ll send you the pelts and bones to you in a large storage box and deliver it to your home personally.” High smiled “And I shall pay you $5500 dollars for all of them.” Game nearly chocked by shock “Fif… FIFTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS?!” “That’s right. I shall pay you in that amount. Cash or check?” “CASH!” He yelled as he’s imaging the stuff he’ll buy “Just remember to deliver it today.” “Okay.” High Stocks was starting to leave until she stopped “Wait! I got a question for you.” Game raise his brow “Yes?” “What do you see in Fancy Looks?” Game’s face turned red “Huh?” “What do you see in my cousin?” Game paused “A light that manage to destroy my world of solitude.” She looks confused “I harden my heart, my soul and lock away my emotions. Trapping it in a dome created by my mind, I hated everything that makes life, life. Only videogames are the only importance to me as I wanted to see in my life.” High looked surprised “When I saw her being picked on for wearing an eyepatch, I only saved her to have peace and quiet, than when she said that she love videogames when her mom let her try them since she didn’t have any friends since she was rich. I didn’t care about rich or poor since I see them as a waste of life to care. After 5 years of playing game with Co-op like Mario Party 1 through 3, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo-Tooie and Pokémon Stadium; I… liked her. Which grew to love since to be honest, the first real-life girl I fell for Fancy believes that I pulled her out of her lonely life but it’s the other way around. She shattered my dome of solitude and I never felt happier in my life.” High quickly wipe a tear from her eye “But… I’m afraid of losing the one I love, like my parents and now with this power. I don’t stand a chance. (Game’s Expression turn sour) Since her annoying stalking dad keeps pestering us when we’re together and alone.” “I fail to see that.” “Trust me. I remember 3 months ago when we were trading Pokémon, Fancy felt a chill and told me that she was pregnant with from my seed which made him jump out of the bushes behind us. Thank the Seraph of Disgaea that her mom, Beauty who removed him from me from being strangled to death after she beat her husband up.” High was disgust “I swear that man is too overly-protected for his daughter. Fancy even threaten to shave her head to make her look sick when her father planned her hubby for an arrange marriage.” Game’s eyes shrunk in anger “HE DID WHAT?!?!?!” High Stocks smirked “What?” “You do love her!” Game blushed “I do but answer me this; how do you tell the one you love how you feel, when her old man always bugging her cell somewhere where phones nor wireless signals can reach you?” High put some thought into it and had the answer but it would violate the deal “Private Spaces but I can’t let her be part of the Abyss. Once you’re in, you can’t get out.” “Like smoking, marijuana and cocaine. Somethings you just can’t let go. Anyway I’ll get the box and you get the money.” High waved goodbye as she pulled out her phone and began texting H.S: Hey Fancy! You got time to talk?” F.L: Hey High. What’s up? H.S: I met Game Life and got some info from him. F.L: WHAT DO YOU MEAN INFO!?!?!? H.S: Calm down cuz. I just learn he loves you big time. F.L: 0o0!!! H.S: Yep and he wants to tell you but the stalker will never let that chance happen. F.L: DAD!!! Why can’t he let me be with a guy that isn’t rich? H.S: Simple. He wants a man who can take care of you. With loads of money and isn’t a game lover like you. F.L: :( I know. I want to tell you that I’ve been worried about him. He’s been hiding something from The Game Players. H.S: Trust me. He wants to tell you that he loves you with all his heart but the old man is a major pain. F.L: I don’t care about what dad does but he don’t own my life. H.S: Anyway listen I’m hiring him to help me with special work. F.L: Huh? Why? H.S: For your goal. I’ll even give him his first pay for his honesty. F.L: >:( HIGH!!! I was hoping we wouldn’t use the money from my family!!! H.S: Don’t worry, he earned it in a legal way. F.L: Fine but don’t tell the others about it. H.S: I won’t. Bye F.L.: Bye She close her phone and made a call to her home. She waited a bit until someone answered her. “Hello?” “Hi Grandpa!” “Hello High. Why are you calling home? “I need some money, $5500 at that amount. Mostly 20s, 50s, and hundreds.” “Why do you need that amount of money?” “Remember Game Life, The Gamer I told you about?” “Yes… DID HE GOT CAPTURE?!” “No but he was the one creating those Private Spaces in the park.” “Did you punish him?” “No but I will say this; what he does, would have taken 1.5 million dollars for each Private Space.” “What… What do you mean?” “He can even get materials from the creatures inside the space without disemboweling it for alchemy.” High pulled the Slime Core from her pocket. “WHAT?!” “I’ll show you but I need the money to give him as payment for help.” “Very well.” “Oh and don’t tell Uncle Wealthy Mind. I want to brag about what I collected. “Very well. I won’t tell my son.” High close her phone and ran back home. Game Life bought the storage box for $19.89 and had a dropped it in his inventory. He was walking to High’s manor as he looked at his stats and skills. Name: Game Life Level 22 HP : 850 MP: 360, recover 7% Power: 47 Strength: 40 Intelligence: 51 Wisdom: 38 Luck: 13 Dexterity: 41 Endurance: 45 Charisma: 33 Speed: 52 Perception: 21 Points: 40 Cash: $190.11 Titles The Gamer Undead Slayer Rookie [Gamer’s Spirit (Passive) LV MAX]- Recognizes reality as a game and keep mind calm. Immune to Mental Insanity [Gamer’s Body (Passive) LV MAX] - it provides the body to remain the same as a game avatar. [Observation (Passive) LV 14 EXP 33.50%] - Reveals targets information. The high the level, the more information you can gather on the target and its stats. [Physical Endurance (Passive) LV 12 EXP. 91.31%] - Increase Body durability and decrease the damage of the body. Physical attack damage decrease by 10%. [Making Instant Dungeon (Active) LV 9 EXP: 18.08%] - A Skill to make an instant Dungeon. You can create a more powerful one by increasing your skill level. You can make Various Instant Dungeons and set a difficulty setting of your choosing; Easy, Normal, Hard, Super Hard. Current Available I.D. List: 1.Empty I.D. - Monsters: None 2.Zombie I.D. - Monsters: Zombies 3.Ghost I.D. - Monsters: Ghosts 4.Slime I.D. - Monsters: Slimes 5.Beast I.D. - Monsters: Beasts 6.Goblin I.D. - Monsters: Goblins 7. Combine I.D. - Monsters: Your choice of monsters available on list. [Escape from Instant Dungeon] (Active) LV 9 EXP 26.19%] - It aids you in escaping an Instant Dungeon. Which is one of the ‘Protective Spaces’. [Strong Hit (Active) LV8 EXP. 80.1%] - An Action that hits the enemy hard, Critical increase by 17%, Attack increase by 40%. [Bloodthirst Detection (Passive) LV 13 EXP 1.21%] - A skill that detects another’s bloodthirst within a 25 meters. It will sense the location of Bloodthirst. [Create Party (Action) LV MAX] - Create a party with an unlimited number of members. [Equal Distribution (Passive) LV MAX] - Shares EXP with allies, 50% of EXP earned by the Gamer. Only functions if level difference is less than 10. [Mana Power Attack (Active) LV 7 EXP: 33.30%] - A skill to attack with Mana. It’s link with intelligence and it increases attack power. Range: 15M [Slash Beam] (Action) LV: 11 EXP: 0.09%] - The energy of the wielder of the sword unleashed due to the wielder's power. You can only do this if your health is full. [Heal (Action) LV 3 EXP: 23.02%] - a healing spell that recovers 75 HP, cost 48 MP. Healing spell will unlock more powerful magic when level up. The more Heal is used and level up, the stronger it gets & less MP will be required to use. [Tame (Active) LV 3 EXP: 2.87%] - A skill in taming monsters. The higher the skill’s level, the higher the chance to Tame strong monsters and easier to Tame weaker monsters. The limit of summoned monsters out on field: 5, the higher the level, the more monsters are summoned. [Monster Farm (Passive) LV 2 EXP: 3%] - This private personal Non-dungeon is where you can store your monsters you tame and only you can open this personal area, anywhere you are. You can send food and training equipment to strengthen your monsters stats and ease their hunger. Number of monsters: 3 Slimes: Blueberry, Cherry, Honeydew [Game On (Action) LV 1 EXP: 3.42] - The Gamer’s Ultimate Skill. Use all the MP the Gamer has, 50 MP per minute to change to area to the Gamer’s genre of choice. “I am impressed with my skills, I’ve gain 5 levels, my skills leveled up a lot and let’s see the inventory.” Metal bat x1 Machete x1 Spirit Shard x1 Soul Stone x1 Slime Core x1 Wild Beast Pelt Wild Beast Meat (Large) x23 Wild Beast Meat (Small) x33 Wild Beast Leg Bones x44 3L Soda x5 1Gal of Mango juice x4 Family Size bag of riffles x3 Job application sheets x66 “Maybe I should reconsider on finding a job. I mean High said she’ll pay for bones and fur that can’t be collected in I.D.s. But I should get one to hid the suspicions against me.” Game made it to High’s home to see her with an old man with Van Dyke brown skin, a Smalt beard and bowl cut and Steel Blue eyes in dojo clothes and slippers. “Who’s this?” Game asked “My Grandpa, Strong Arts.” Game moved his eyes to look above his head  LV?? Strong Arts (“Oh shitballs.”) “What are you looking at, young man?” “Uh…” “I think he’s viewing your level on how strong you are, Grandpa.” “I see.” “Hey! how many levels did I earned?” “Game looked at her level LV 34 High Stocks “Two levels.” “WHAT?!” Game raised his hands to protect himself “It’s probably the fact that; you were stronger than the creatures. That’s why the levels you earn was less.” High place her hands on her hips “Fine… I hope for a stronger space. Now did you bought the box?” Game opened his inventory and pulled out the box which amazed Strong Arts “Impressive.” Game set the number of items he wants and dump out the pelts and bones in the box. “Here you go and now my money.” High lifted a suitcase and opened to reveal stacks of bills but her grandpa stop her “Wait! Let me see if their quality worthy.” They groaned as he check them and was surprised “This… is… IMPOSSIBLE!!!” They tilted their heads “What’s wrong Grandpa?” He turned around “They are real as life itself! Anything from the Private Spaces never becomes real.” “Well except when Game Life is around. Anything is possible since Fancy said that Videogames can break the rules of reality.” Game smiled “Now can I have my money?” High nodded as she handed Game the suitcase as he dropped it in the inventory. “I’m gotta go. A Switch to buy, controllers and games to buy!” He walked away happily as he put on his earbuds, play some tune as he sang a song. “That is one arrogant boy.” Said Strong Arts “No… one gamer who’s living his dream.”