When Matthias came to Elisha’s room, he was stunned at the amount of food on the table. “Did you order everything on the menu?” he asked Elisha jokingly when he saw the huge variety of food there.“Yes.” “I’m just kidding but did you really…”“Yeah, I did,” Elisha answered with a big smile on her face.“I got a receive a huge money today so I bought all of it to celebrate but when it arrived, I saw that it is too much for me so I invited–”Ding! Dong!The doorbell rang again so Elisha ran to meet the delivery that she asked.“Is that another…”“Yes!” Elisha smiled again. Her pink lips glimmered under the light of her own apartment.This lightened Matthias mood.She must have really liked what happened in the broadcast earlier.While eating, Elisha keeps talking about bigFan, making Matthias choke at his food at first.“You see, I’m so thankful for [bigFan]!” Elisha exclaimed.Matthias coughed a little. User [bigFan] is him but he can’t carelessly tell that to Elisha.“I think h
They don’t know the time anymore nor how long they’re in that place.Under the dim light of the room, three girls are seated and tied on different chairs.Across them is a bulky man with a scar on his face and standing in front of them is a handsome man, wearing tacky clothes.“Who are you?” Aira shouted at the gangster.With his tied hands she tried to make another struggle by kicking the gangster but the gangster caught her right leg.The man, vaping, huffed the air from his vape to Aira’s face.“I assume you are their leader,” the gangster guessed and smiled at Aira.“I am asking who you are and why you’re doing this to us. Don’t you know me?” Aira said but the displeased gangster slapped Aira’s face, which shocked Luna and Ella.Trembling, Luna tried to stop the gangster.“S-stop,” Luna stuttered. Then she looked at Aira, who’s beginning to tear up from the slap she received.“W-we’ll behave so–”“Of course, you should behave,” the gangster said and lifted Luna’s face forcefully.
When Ella squealed after Joshua tried to feel her up, Luna made up her mind to call Matthias despite her worries that Matthias might decline their wish since they treated him badly.“Can you also let us call someone?” Luna spoke to Joshua.Feeling elated with the thick stack of dollars in his hands given by Aira’s sugar daddy, Joshua just nodded and gave the phone to Jonathan to assist Luna.“Who are you going to call,” Jonathan asked Luna.“Hm, my classmate… His name is saved as ‘Chicken Boy’.”Jonathan glanced at Luna. Is she kidding with him?“Chicken boy?” he asked, unsure if the girl was messing with him.“Yes,” Luna confirmed.“Why call the chicken boy? Hahaha, his name is making me laugh.” Joshua said from the side as he counted again the money.But Jonathan did not ask for more confirmation and just searched for the chicken boy in Luna’s contact list.Bzzt… bzzzt…It’s been ringing but no one is answering the call so Jonathan smirked at the two girls.“Call…call him again,” E
Luna trembled in fear when she heard Matthias."Strip."It's a simple word but it feels like she went down to the deepest hole.Damn it!Matthias is just a poor boy like what Jared calls him.He's their victim!The one supposed to be bullied.Why is she the one suffering now?When did their situation begin to switch?Closing her eyes, Luna forcefully took off the blouse that she was wearing. Then she looked at Matthias with a teary eye that was full of hate and loathe.She can remember what he told him before and how they belittled him every single time it is possible. Is this his way of retaliation?"What are you doing? I said strip, why did you stop?" Matthias told her when it's been a while and Luna just removed her blouse.Luna gasped harshly. She glared at Matthias but Matthias seemed not to care about her at all.He just raised his eyebrow and showed his hand holding the phone as if to threaten her.Giving up, Luna took off her clothes one by one until she had nothing left bu
"Aren't you the one who's going to lick my shoes?" Matthias replied to Jonathan.The mood went down to drain.It feels like the silent waters are disturbed by Matthias' appearance hence the heavy silence.The gangsters looked at each other and then to Jonathan, laughing heartily that someone stupid said some nonsense to him."Hey, where did you get this guy?" One of the men asked Jonathan.Everyone took it as a joke but Jonathan feels humiliated from that. He immediately got up from his seat, and spit on the floor and exhaled, showing dominance over Matthias."Heh, are you trying to die early?" Jonathan asked him.Well, the question just passed like a fly because after that, the gangsters surrounded Matthias on Jonathan's order.Because of Matthias, the once silent bar became filled with the shuffling of shoes and knives, ready to throw at Matthias. "For your insolence, why not let this brother teach you a rough lesson, huh?" Jonathan hissed at Matthias, growling in impatience and
Several days passed and Matthias met another Saturday morning where he’s alone sitting inside his cramped apartment.The shirt from his previous job hangs on his wall and flies gently on the rhythm of the whirring wall fan.Fuck!Nothing ever changed.He means, he’s changed obviously. A lot of things happened but he’s still here, stuck inside the smelly moldy apartment of the ugly Ms. Greta. “Matt!” A knock followed by calling his name.Matthias smiled.Well, there’s still this person with him so life is still not that much boring compared to before.Matthias opened the door and smiled at Elisha.Elisha returned the smile and pointed at her opened door.“I cooked some spaghetti, do you wanna eat with me?” she asked.Matthias nodded and just took the phone he left on her bed to go with Elisha. “Aren’t you going to look for another place?” Matthias suddenly asked Elisha when he remembered that he gave him a lot of money just recently.Elisha pursed her lips cutely, smiled, and cross
Matthias sighed at what he saw. Did Mr. Owen made a blunder?He clearly said that he only needed a new small space and not some grand mansion with its own garden.“Hi, are you the visitors for today?” Matthias glanced up to the young boy that’s trimming the garden’s bonsai plant with his shears.The boy went down from the ladder and took off his gloves. He introduced himself as Gabby and gave Matthias a firm handshake.“This place is already for sale but because the house is too huge and no one wants to live in this area since it’s a bit far from the city, the owners just decided that it’s better to have someone live in it than let it age by time… uh here’s the key.”And he gave the house keys with a tiger keychain on it.“The owners will drop by later, you can wait for them here while I continue my work in the garden.”Then as swiftly as a running rabbit, Gabby went back to his work.What’s that, an NPC?Matthias eyes’ roamed around the house.Its vintage style made the mansion a b
"What's the meaning of that?" Elisha questioned Matthias.A wedding talk all of a sudden just because she reunited with her family? Elisha furiously stepped down from the house and walked to Matthias on the garden, talking to Mr. Owen."Elisha, this is—""Do you think I want to marry you?" Elisha yelled.Matthias bit his lip. Elisha clearly misunderstood something but without knowing which part of the conversation she misunderstood or how to explain everything to her is a struggle for him. So, to get out of trouble, Matthias took the initiative to leave."So, you're going to run away?" Elisha asked her when Matthias turned his back to her. Matthias did not say a word."Did you think I'm into you just because I invited you over multiple times?" she said furiously, clenching her fist. "Isn't that a pathetic mindset?" Then Elisha went back inside their house and slammed the door the way she closed the door when she first met Matthias."What's that?" Mr. Owen asked him when Elisha was
"Get that and that and that fucker out of my face, now. Argh!"Everyone trembled as Camilla shouts to her assistant to take out the professional gamers that they hired to mine invaluable things within IMPERIAL SAGA."I'm so tired of dealing with morons. Why do you keep hiring dumb people like those?" she whined to her butler and lover, James Morrow. "Do a better job or else...hah, don't mind."James walked out of the room escorting the fired gamers, who's been gaming for only one day but brought out unsatisfactory results to Camilla."Can I ask something," one of the gamers asked James. His eyes were already moistened from the harsh words beating from Camilla earlier but it wasn't that noticeable behind his thick eyeglasses."We know what we are doing, mining and collecting rare treasures but why is she offended when we said that we successfully formed an alliance with that Duke? As someone with a merchant job, being in connection with the Duke will surely make the gameplay easier."
Nelson's uploaded video took up the charts in trending topics. He was even interviewed for an evening magazine show just to talk about his experience in meeting the rumored Duke, who everyone thinks is the top player within the game because currently, he's also the one dealing with the empire's affairs more than the emperor. "Isn't this a problem?" Clementine said to Matthias when Matthias went out of his capsule that day. "That Camilla will see you.""See me?" Matthias thought for a while before stepping out of the capsule. "What is it for her then? I don't remember offending her except for that one time when I—""She's out for your throat and money," Clementine informed Matthias. "And because of that, here's the report that I need you to read."Matthias read the report with a serious face, tapping on the floor with his foot. And after two minutes, he sat down on the chair not too far away from him. "These...is she seriously trying to start a war? Isn't the sales and manufacturing
Bam!Fireworks shot at the sky at the launch of the most advanced virtual reality game, IMPERIAL SAGA. People, gamers enthusiasts and people who follow the latest trends in technology participated at the countdown when the game was announced online.“Damn, cool! I’m glad I swapped my motorbike for this capsule,” the Nettuber Nelson commented when he showed his followers the capsule he acquired that is only for playing the now popular, IMPERIAL SAGA.“And did you know…hushh…this is a secret I just got from fellow gamers. So, did you know, there’s a rumor that IMPERIAL SAGA will give its players money just for gaming? Brothers and sisters, our in-game money can be withdrawn in the real world!”[foccin killa…][just what i always wanted it to be][Imagine having a job inside the game and using your money in real life where you’re jobless. That’s nuts. It’s like having two lives.][hahaha, I’m taking assassination jobs now. Anyone who wanna hire me?][murder XD][lololololol]Nelson looke
“Same as…me?” “Yeah… you. How do you describe yourself?” Matthias told Larsen as he studied the capsule where he’s been laying down for a long time…which felt exactly 3 years for him.Complicated, maybe? Larsen thought.Ah! So that’s how it is.“Aren’t you going to ask me something important?” Larsen smirked at Matthias.“Not interested. Anything that you’ll say won’t be taken seriously by me…Dear Emperor.”Larsen gave a deep sigh at Matthias’ stubbornness. Well, that’s to be expected from him.“If I were you, I'd start taking over land now. It could be something that’s not Penoma but that’s the place I recommend. That’s because in 3 weeks time, I will officially launch this app out in public. Meaning, you’ll be taken over by those who really know how to beat a game. You should hurry.”Then Larsen left the room, leaving Matthias who is still engrossed at the structure of the giant device in front of him.Two weeks passed and the rumor about a new virtual reality game that extends to
Chapter 53A party…again.What does it mean?Larsen, who saw Matthias’ apparent confusion, laughed. “You should start controlling your emotions, young one. Like right now, I can see that you’re too ignorant by what I mean and just now, you got offended when I called you ‘young’.”“But you’re not really that old,” Matthias commented to Larsen. In his estimate, Larsen is just about the same age as him.“If you’re saying that I am not old in real life then I am not. But in this game, my age is already in 3 digits.”Well, it does not surprise him.Larsen being an emperor means he already spent a lot of time inside the game. So, mentally…“Dang, old rotting guy,” Matthias blurted, which was heard by Larsen.“You talk sharp, young one,” Larsen teased Matthias. “Talk to elders with respect.”Ignoring Larsen’s words, Matthias walked away. “Are you not going to ask me more about this game?” Larsen shouted as Matthias took a step further and further away from him.“No need, thank you. I’ll f
As Larsen faded, Matthias slowly walked away from the monsters so that he wouldn't end up like their last victim, hanged upside down and conscious while being bitten bit by bit by the monsters as if savoring a delicacy. Small dark elves, that’s what the monsters are and they are burning and tossing the other humans they captured, shouting and cheering as they pass it to each other to have their comrades taste it. But as Matthias tried to run away from the busy elves, he did not notice a stone in the ground and fell belly first to the ground. Without thinking, he used the ability [Blink] but instead of getting himself far away from the monsters, he ended up back to his previous position which is just barely a hundred kilometers away from the elves. In haste, he tried to crawl out of panic. This led to one elf learning his location. Soon, each of the elves started to recognize that there is an intruder in their vicinity. Squeeee! The tiny humanoid creatures squealed like goblins a
Matthias read Larsen’s title a few more times. “What does being an emperor mean in this game?” he asked, wondering if that title gives him some perks.“It means that I am the rank 1 in my region.”Then Larsen opened his inventory and gave Matthias a book. “That’s a skill book,” he shared. “Take it as a bonus. Usually, newbies like you need to buy that from the in-game stores but I’ll let you have it now since I transferred you very far away from the cathedral.”Matthias opened the book and immediately, a message window popped up.[Blink] The message says and from the descriptions of it, it is an auto-evade skill that can be used 3 times a day according to their in-game time. “How generous…” Matthias said as he pressed [allow] to let the skill consume one of his current 5 skill slots. “Then, good luck,” Larsen said and quickly left the viscounty with his own personal skill. “What?!” Matthias exclaimed when he’s left alone to deal with the chaos inside Penoma Viscounty. “What is h
"Yes, like I told you, there's a lot of things that you need to know and it will take some time to ingrain these things inside your head like second nature."Matthias stared at Larsen as he lay down in one of the capsules to try the game that was being described to him."My assistant, Kira, will be logging in with you, so please wait for us at the cathedral after you create your character," Larsen told him one last time before closing the lid of the capsule to officially start his gaming journey.When Matthias opened his eyes again, he was in a very white place where he could not perceive depth."Hello?" he called but there was no sound coming out of his mouth.Then zzt...and a small window with a keyboard opened.[Please enter your name]Matthias keyed his name but changed his mind halfway and changed it into Mias. But that sounds too girly so he changed it again into Sai, taking the last letters of his name.[Welcome, Sai.] The screen says and then it shows him ways to customize hi
"So, what am I supposed to do now?" Matthias asked Larsen after Larsen and Lorena brought him to a business building he doesn't know of.Lorena's heels made a noise on the hallways of the building they're in which reminded Matthias of his first time entering Mr. Owen's company because the sound feels familiar and at the same time, just a distant memory. Larsen instructed Matthias to enter a room with several capsules in it. "A game?" Matthias asked."Oh, so you know about these games? Virtual realities? These types of VR capsules came out recently and we'll be using these to train your brain."His brain? Matthias couldn't believe what he heard. How can this thing train his brain in the process. "Well, I call it like that but it's just you and me going to simulate a fake life of yours. A minute here outside feels like an hour inside the game. So, to make it feel like a hundred years, the simulation will last for at least one week, 10 hours each day."Wait!" Matthias interrupted. "Do