AN: Hello again, dear readers. I was surprised to see that Chapter 1 already had 50+ views in just an hour so I thought, why not post another chap for the great readers on this site :D

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"You're late."

Astrid was fuming. To think that the one who set the time for their meeting was Hiccup himself, and now he arrived late. He looked like he didn't catch sleep the night before, which was only made clearer by his glasses. She was physically preventing herself from blowing up. Hiccup just shrugged and apologized halfheartedly.

"Sorry. I had to pick up something for my dad on the way here and I hope you don't mind me bringing my cat."

He said as he raised the black calico cat in his arms. It stared at Astrid with its huge green eyes for a while before turning away, as if unimpressed. It quickly jumped from the boy's arms and comfortably sat on one of the swings.

"Well, let's start so we can finish early. I have somethings to do later." Astrid said, as she pulled her laptop out of her bag and sat at a nearby gazebo. She wanted to finish the task as early as possible so she could still finish her registration for her Vikings of the North account. She could probably still squeeze in some time to read some guides in the internet to help her pick a class later in game.

Hiccup sat across her, minding his own business. His auburn hair was unkempt and his emerald eyes did not show any focus at all. Astrid noticed this and felt irritated. 'He could at least show some effort.' She thought as she started her research for the paper.

Both of them were silent after they divided the task. This report was for their Biology class, and the teacher wanted them to focus on a certain disease caused by a certain microbe. They chose an easy one, Malaria, and decided that Astrid would focus on the treatment while Hiccup would focus on the symptoms and background of the microbe. Only the tick-tack sound of their keyboards were heard.

Around an hour later, Hiccup stood up and stretched. He readjusted his glasses as he checked the time on his laptop. 10:03. He was halfway done and was starting to get bored.

"I'm buying something to drink, want anything? My treat."

Astrid looked up from her laptop. She was almost done with her part, and was also feeling a bit thirsty. She fished for her wallet, and handed him money enough for a bottle of orange juice.

"I don't like people treating me to things I can buy myself."

Hiccup laughed animatedly. "Just take it as compensation for being late. If you still disagree, you can just watch my cat for me."

He smiled before walking off to a nearby store. Astrid felt like he was not bad. Of course, she didn't like like him, only as a friend. As she thought of this, the black cat jumped to her lap, making itself comfortable.

At least, she liked the cat. She smiled as she felt the cat purr comfortably. Then, she browsed a site for a list of the available classes. There were 9 classes available all in all. Each could be grouped into three main groups based on their armor type. Heavy armors include warriors, shield maidens and berserkers. The first two are gender exclusive, one for guys and the other for girls. Their overall stats only differed a bit and most of the skills are the same. The berserker, however, was for all genders. Of the three, the berserkers resembled the Vikings to a higher extent.

The next group was the light armor type which included spearmen, beast masters and cutthroats. Spearmen are proficient with using spears to deal damage at relatively far location. Beast masters are able to tame beasts to fight for them. Cutthroats are like assassins from other games, able to deal damage at the most unexpected times.

The last group included healers, wizards and archers. Healers are able to grant blessings from the gods to heal wounds. The wizards can use the power of nature and cast spells and curses like ancient witch doctors. Archers are masters of shooting down enemies from afar.

This was the class breakdown shown on the site. Astrid was more of a woman of action so she instantly chose the shield maiden class. The class was durable and good for long fights and also easy to control which is just enough for a casual gamer like her. She continued to read information given on the site and did not notice Hiccup standing behind her.

"You know, if I didn't know any better, I'd say that the shield maiden class was made for you."

Astrid jolted upright, surprised. She glared at him, to which he just smiled and handed her a bottle of orange juice. She was still a bit pissed off but decided to put it on her 'why I hate Hiccup' list.

"But that class isn't really useful in boss raids or dungeon runs. It doesn't have much damage."

He said, opening his can of soda. Hiccup himself didn't expect the great and straight A's Astrid Hofferson was also a gamer. It's not that she's a girl, because that would be rude to some players and also a death sentence if a certain pro Cutthroat player would hear about it.

"You seem to know quite a lot for a nerd."

Astrid quipped, a tiny bit annoyed that he dissed the class that she wanted to pick. Although she haven't started playing yet, she still felt a bit defensive about her chosen class.

Hiccup just shrugged as he continued his work. About 11 in the morning, Hiccup handed her a flash drive containing his work. He quickly packed his things and picked up his cat. After getting back his flash drive, he waved goodbye and went home. Astrid also finished her work and headed home to wait for the official opening of the game.


"I just arrived, Fish. Don't worry, I won't back out. Okay, I'm hanging up. Bye."

After changing to a loose shirt and jersey shorts, he felt more comfortable. He ate his lunch early, so that he could be there when the server opened. To be honest, he didn't like logging in during that time as there would be too many people but Fish would definitely nag him for the rest of the day so he could only log in and wait with everyone else.

After wearing the EVE, he lied on his bed and pressed the power button at the side of the gear. He opened his eyes and he was inside a white room and some words floating on the air.

System Initializing… Complete

Downloading patch notes… Complete

Please Log in to your Account

Username: NightFury

Password: ***********

Welcome, Night Fury!

Hiccup felt nostalgic. It's been more than a year since he last logged in to the game. As expected a new server was added to the list. He clicked on the newest server, Dragon's Eye.

Warning!

There is a saved file on a different server. Creating a character on this server would cause the old data to be lost. Would you like to continue? [Yes] or [No]

Hiccup felt a bit hesitant. It took him two and a half years of grinding and many all-nighters to reach max level in the third server. Now, it's time to start a new chapter on his story.

Please choose a name:

Downed Dragon

The name reminded him of his goal. To make the people responsible to what happened years ago to pay. He chose his favorite class, the wizard class. But as he was about to press it, a glitch occurred and the screen turned black.

'Must be some of the new server bugs, I'll post about it later.'

Confirm selection? [Yes] or [No]

Character creation complete. Please wait until the server opens.

Time until release: 160 seconds…159…158…157

Hiccup closed his eyes. This was it, no turning back now. He opened his eyes as the system produced a sound and a white light enveloped him. The next moment, he was in the middle of a square, surrounded by hundreds of players. On top of their heads were their user names, class and level. He looked up.

Downed Dragon

LV.1 Beast master

Wait, WHAT!