Chapter 3 : First adventure

Hey guys, Agithos here, It has been a while since I updated. I followed the advice of "The Stig's Roleplaying Cousin". Next chapters should be around 5K words from now on.

WARNING : This is a rewrite. If you find something that you think is incoherent with later chapters. Please, let me know immediately


Present time, The Calling North, Mickael POV

"...His name is David, he is one of my childhood's friends. He is strong, intelligent and...beautiful !"

"Looks like someone is in love. Am I right ?" I laughed a little.

her face went bright red, it was clear she was quite embarrassed.

"What ? NO NO NO ! I don't love him. He is ten years older than me. He is just my closest friend !" She answered.

"Don't worry. I just felt like messing with you a little, you know, as a revenge for earlier. So, what can I do to repay you ?" I asked.

"Well...David is famous treasure hunter as well as a good miner. He is searching for anything valuable in ruins, temples or simply abandonned mines. Right now, he is in town. He is recruiting some men to go into a dangerous mine no one ever came back alive !"

"Alright, what will be my job ?"

Her eyes narrowed and seemed to stare into my very soul.

"Your job is to make sure no harm is done to him. If you fail, don't bother coming back or I'll make you suffer...deal ?" She explained as she handed her hand toward me.

I had no other choice but to accept her offer, so I shook her hand.

"Deal !" I replied.

"Great now go find him. I don't want you to waste any time. He leaves tomorrow !"

"Sure but, where can I find him and what does he looks like ?" I asked.

"Well, David is a tall blond-haired man and green eyes. You will find him in front of the park. He have a small shack where he run his recruitments. I have made it specially for this adventure. One more thing, your admission in the team will be based on your skill with a sword, a bow or a pickaxe. If you fail, tell him Pokana', it's a password we used when we were young. That way, he will know I send you, but I must warn you, you must pass the test first or the other members will ask some questions. Understood ?"

"Yes, I guess. I just have one more question...where is the park ?"

The cook looked at me like she saw an alien for a second before laughing.

"Oh, I get it, you are not from around here, are you ?" She asked.

"No, It's the first time I come into this village !" I answered.

"Alright, when you exit the restaurant, turn right and follow the road until you come across a jonction. From this point, turn left and you'll arrive in front of the park. Now go and don't return without David !" She explained.

"Ok, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for everything !" I thanked her.

I got out of the restaurant and followed the path the cook told me about. While going down the street, I looked at the architecture of the buildings around me.

"I must say, those are quite impressive houses. I Wonder who built them !" I thought.

At one point, I came across the junction, the main road was splitting into two. One was going left and the other was going right. I tried to remember what the cook said.

"What did she told me...'From this point, turn...and you will arrive in front of the park !'...Ah damn it. I can't remember. I guess I will have to ask my way to someone !"

Out of the corner of my eyes, I noticed a group of four girls talking to each other, a few meters away from me. I was kind of anxious they would run away from me for being a stranger, but I didn't have much choice. If I wanted to find that David, I needed some help. I began to walk toward them.

"Hum, excuse me, I..." I began.

"Oh...hi Mickael !"

"Gaea ?"

Yes, it was her, with the same happy smile from earlier.

"Yes ? Is everything alright ?" She asked.

"Well...I am actually searching for someone and..."

"Oh, I get it, you are lost arn't you ?"

"Yeah...kind of !" I answered, embarrassed.

One of the girl behind Gaea spoke up :

"So, this is the stranger you were talking about, Gaea ?"

I looked behind Gaea to see three Brown-haired girls staring at me.

"Yes, girls, this is Mickael. Mickael, this is Eva, Ruby and Krystal !"

"Hum...hi !" I said with not much confidence.

"Don't worry, we don't bite !" Krystal said, smiling.

Eva was wearing a white dress and glasses. She was holding a book along with a quill, probably to write. Her hair was splitting into two before being reunited between her shoulder. A small strand of her hair was going upward.

Ruby was wearing a mangenta dress. She was the tallest of the group but also seemed like the youngest. Her hair was like Eva's, well, if you exept the small strand.

As for Krystal, her clothes as well as her hair were pretty much different from the other three. First of all, she was wearing a shorter Brown dress, leaving her legs and her arms visible. It was covered by a black apron. She was also wearing an blue eyeglass on her left eye. Unlike the other, Krystal had only one ponytail.

"Mickael, weren't you looking for someone ?" Gaea asked me.

"Oh crap, I nearly forgot. Could you tell me where is the park, please ?"

"Sure, just follow that road and you will be there in no time !" Eva replied as she pointed me the road going to the left.

"Thanks, bye !" I waved at them while running down the street.

After a minute of running, I finally arrived in front of the park. I began to search for David and I saw a shack with a sign that said "We are recruiting brave men to search for hidden treasure in a Dangerous mine. You will be rewarded." I entered the shack but saw no one Inside. There was just a table with a shit ton of papers on it.

"I don't think I am in the wrong shack...Why is there no one here ?" I asked myself.

"Are you here for the adventure ?" I heard a masculine voice say behind me.

I turned around and found myself face to face with a tall bond-haired man with green eyes. He also looked older than me, probably around 35 years old.

"Yes !" I answered "Are you David ?"

"Oh, I see you know me. Then you must also know what kind of place I like to hunt down for treasure. The problem is that no one ever came back from the cave we will go into, it will be too Dangerous for a weak man. Tell me, are you good with a sword...or a bow ?" David asked me.

"Well...I can defend myself with a knife or a dagger...even with my bare hands if I have to !" I answered.

Upon hearing that, David began to laugh out loud.

"HAHAHA, I like you. You are pretty funny !"

I didn't understand why he was laughing, so I asked :

"What ? Is that Something I said ?"

"Knifes and daggers are for sissies. Real men uses Swords to fight. Small weapons can't do anything. Everything bigger is better. Here take this sword !" He said as he dropped a sword in front of me.

I went to pick up the sword. It was kind of heavy but, thanks to my years of training, I managed to lift it of the ground with little to no difficulty.

"Good, now do some twirls with that sword !"

I tried to do as I was told. The problem was that I was trained with much more lighter blades like knifes, daggers, katanas...My twirls were pathetic and, judging by David's face, he seemed to agree with me.

"Well...I guess that will do. If you want to join our group into the mine, you shall fight one of my men. If you beat him, you will join us but if you fail, you will go home. Understood ?"

"Yes !" I answered.

"Good, stay here. I'll provide you with an armor !"

Then, David proceed to leave the shack. I had to wait at least thirty minutes before he came back with a full set of leather armor. It was composed of a helmet, a chestplate, a legging and some boots.

"Take this, that's all I have left !" David said.

I put the armor on. It was really uncomfortable, parts of the armor were scratching my skin and it as very itchy. At least, on the good side, it was pretty light...Damn, I missed my bulletproof vest.

"Are you ready for your test ?" David asked me.

"Yes !"

"Good, follow me. I'll lead you toward the training ground !"

David left the shack and I followed him. We entered into the park and, after a minute of walking, we arrived into a small clearing where I saw mannequins and targets. There was also some shacks, but theses ones were much larger.

"Here we are, at you left, there are the dormitories. This is where you will sleep, that is...if you manage to beat your opponent !" David said.

"Speaking of which, where is he ?" I asked.

"Just in front of us !" David answered as he stepped aside "Here is your opponent : Edun Forcefield !"

What I saw was a giant...literally. He was towering me from at least a head and seemed to be twice my weight. He was wearing a full iron armor and was holding an iron sword in his hand. Upon seeing me, my opponent began to laugh.

"You are a sick man, David. Why did you send a baby to fight me ?"

"He wants to join us Edun. Just don't go too harsh on him, he is just a newbie and I don't want a dead man here !" David replied.

"Hey, that fight is not fair. Why does he have an iron armor while I have a leather one ?" I protested.

"Life is never fair, newbie. Now, FIGHT !"

The knight began to rush at me. I guessed he was trying to finish this fight quickly by pinning me on the ground. I barely avoided being tackled by jumping out of his way and Rolling on the ground. Despite his impressive size, he turned around relatively fast and tried to hit me with his sword which I dodged by ducking underneath it. While Edun seemed strong, he didn't look very intelligent. I have dealt with that kind of guy during my training : All muscles and no brain. The strategy to beat them was pretty simple. I needed to taunt him, that would cause him to get more and more angry until he commit a mistake.

"Too slow, fatty !" I laughed.

"Don't get too overconfident, little man !"

For the next few minutes, I runned around him while dodging every one of his attempt to hit me with his sword.

"Look at me, I make it look easy. I am sure you can do better than that !"

"That's it, I am going to kill you and kill you !" Edun replied, visibly annoyed by my taunts

"I was right, it works !" I thought.

That being said, he lifted his sword into the air. Seeing this, I quickly rolled on the side to avoid being cut in half. A second later, Edun brang down his sword. He put so much force into this one move that his sword destroyed the ground and got stuck in it.

"Now is my chance !"

I quickly recovered from my Rolling and I picked up my sword. Then, I prepared my sword to hit Edun on his back. To my surprise, at the last second, he managed to get his sword out of the ground and turned around to block my sword with his. The sound of the clash of our iron Swords were loud. Edun and I were fighting for dominance. It was my first time with that kind of weapon and because of that I knew I wasn't going to last long. I put my feet on his chestplate and pushed him back with all I had. Edun stumbled a little before falling backward.

At this precise moment, it was I who made a big mistake. I taunted him one more time.

"Are you even trying ?"

Upon hearing that, I saw him recover from his fall relatively fast for a man of his size, especially with an iron armor. He didn't bother to pick up his sword and simply jumped at me. I didn't have the time to react by his sudden move and ,two seconds later, I was pinned on the ground.

"I got you know, baby man !"

Edun began to repeatedly punch me with his iron gauntlets. I have to thank my helmet, or else, my skull would have been crushed. My nose was bleeding and straying concious was more getting more and more difficult with each punch. At one point, he got off of me. I tried to move but my muscles wouldn't move. My opponent put a foot on the ground and the other above my head.

"Any last word, little man ?" He asked me.

I closed my eyes and waited for my death when a voice interrupted Edun's action.

"EDUN ! What in the Nether did I say ? I don't want a dead man here !"

"I am sorry boss, but he humiliated me. I am not going to let him walk away with that. He needs to die !"

Out of the corner of my eyes, I saw David picking up a nearby bow along with an Arrow.

"Edun. Leave. Him. Alone !" David said with a charged bow.

Edun's gaze switched between David and I multiples times. Then, he emitted a cry of frustration.

"RAAAH ! I swear, one day, I'll get you and I'll kill you !"

Then, he left the training ground and entered one of the three shacks. David dropped his bow before walking toward and helping me get on my feet.

"You are Lucky newbie. If I wasn't here, you would be dead right now !" David said as I imagined a scene where I would be alone with Edun...Brrr, that would surely be horrible.

"Anyway, you lost. Because of that, I can't let you come with us !" He continued.

This was my last chance, I tried to remember the password the cook told me before I left her restaurant.

"What was it ? Po...Pos...Poskata...Pokana. That's it, that's the password !" I thought before saying "Maybe I can tell you Something that could change your mind ?"

"Yes...God ahead !" David replied.

I approached him and whispered to him :

"Pokana !"

This seemed to surprise David.

"What ? H-How do you know that word ? Do you know Natasha ?" He asked.

"Natasha ? So, that's her name..."

"Yes...let's just say I have a debt toward her. To repay it, I must come with you all !" I explained

David closed his eyes. For a few second, he seemed deep in thought.

"...Hum...I guess, you are one of the few who managed to make Edun fall...Very well, I allow you to join our group. I have the feeling you will be able to hold your own in this mine. No go take a nap into one of the dormitories, I know it is still early but you better sleep before we leave. We will leave tomorrow morning when the first sunrays will hit the horizon. if you are unable to wake up in time, we won't wait for you. Understood ?"

"Yes !"

"Good, we have some bags into the dormitaries, use them to pack your things before we leave !" I answered before exiting the training ground. I looked at the sky. David was right, judging by the position of the sun in the sky, it was around 3 or 4 pm. I entered into one of the dormitaries, only to find myself face to face with my former opponent

"What are you doing here, baby man ?' He asked me.

"Well, I am going to go with all of you into the mine, fatty !" I answered.

"You can't be serious !"

"Well, I am not, deal with it !" I replied.

Edun grumbled before leaving the dormitary. As for me, I took a nearby bag and put my pistol Inside, but not before checking if it was damaged in any way.

"Twenty bullets, that should be enough for worst case scenarios !" I thought as I lied down on the closest bed to take a small nap.


Present time, The void, Mickeal POV

I woke up in a familiar place. A room with no furniture, just a door. I looked at the door. It was the same one as before.

"I am in that place again !" I thought.

I slowly moved toward it and tried to open it. Unlike before, the door wouldn't open and the handle wouldn't even budge. I tried for a minute to open that damn door, but there was Nothing I could do. Suddenly, the door opened violently, making me fall on the floor, hard. I looked at the door to see it was now open, with the old man from before standing in the middle of it.

"I am sorry Mickeal, I am late. I hope I didn't keep you waiting for too long !"

I tried to supress my anger but I couldn't. It was too strong.

"I HAVE ENOUGH OF YOUR SHIT ! First of all, I woke up in a world that is supposed to be a damn GAME. When I tried to hunt, all the animals fled. My shelter was blown up by a random girl. Afterward, I came across a village where a child said I was smelling really bad. I ate in a restaurant and now, I have a debt toward the cook. To repay it, I must go into a Dangerous mine. And last, but not least, I have nearly been KILLED by a man. And now, you are telling me you are sorry for BEING LATE ? IS THAT A FREAKING JOKE ?"

Notch just stayed there, staring at me before closing his eyes. He sighed :

"I know how you feel Mickeal !"

"NO YOU DON'T ! If you knew how I was feeling, then you would have send me back home by now !"

"No, Mickeal. I can't, you have a destiny you have to accomplish !" Notch replied.

"Can't you see that you are playing with my life ? I don't care about that destiny, I just want to go home. I have friends back there who must be worried sick about me !"

"If you want to see them back, you must survive. That's why I am here, I will train you how to use Swords and bows. That way, you will be able to defend yourself !"

I was surprised by this. I was going to be trained by a god.

"Really ?" I asked.

"Yes, but don't be overconfident, Young one. Just because I am training you doesn't mean you are invincible !"

"Okay, I'll keep that in mind !"

Notch snapped his fingers and a Swords appeared in my hands. Unlike the iron sword I held during my fight against Edun, this sword was lighter and looked sharper.

"This will be your sword : Exbarelyburn !" Notch said

"Really ? Ex-barely-burn ? What the hell is that name ?"

"You will be able to change it later, right now, you need to train with it. Are you ready ?"

"I was born ready !" I replied, confident.

Suddenly, the area around me changed in a instant. Now, I was in a sort of training ground with dummies and targets all over the place. The sky was just an immense void. A dummy appeared before me, he looked like a human, but was made of wood. He started moving slowly toward me.

"What am I supposed to do ?" I asked Notch.

"Just Attack it !"

I looked at the dummy who was still slowly walking toward me. I prepared my sword and with a swift motion of my arm, I surprisingly cut the dummy in half. The two parts of the dummy fell on the ground before vanishing in a puff of smoke leaving Nothing behind.

"Wow...that's a sharp blade !"

"Indeed...brace yourself, get ready for round two !" Notch said as he snapped his fingers.

For what seemed like hours, I stayed in this dimension, training with Notch. During that time, I destroyed countless dummies by cutting them, stabbing them...Notch thaught me how to parry, how to Attack and a few other things.

"Are you ready for the last test ?" Notch asked.

"Yes !" I answered.

Notch snapped his fingers and five dummies appeared on the training ground. They were holding Swords, axes and bows. One of them jumped at me but I cut him in half with my sword while he was still in the air. The dummy vanished a second later. Two of the dummies tried to Attack me from the front while the last two bypassed me to Attack from behind. I quickly decided to destroy the one who were in front of me first. I stuck my sword in the chest of one of them, Killing him instantly. Then, I spinned on myself with my sword in a horizontal way, slicing the head of the other dummy.

I turned around to face the two other dummies. Unfortunatly, I didn't have the time to avoid the axe of them. His weapon managed to scratch my hand, making me drop my sword. In response to that, I began to repeatedly punch the dummy into its jaw. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed the last dummy charging its bow and aiming toward my direction. I needed to act fast. I grasped the dummy I was punching, using it as a meat-shield. The archer didn't think about its teammate and shot. The Arrow got right into the head of my shield, Killing it. As soon as my shield disappeared, I picked up my Exbarelyburn and used it as a spear. I throwed my sword at the dummy. The blade entered the dummy's right leg and it fell on the ground.

I slowly went toward him and took out my sword from the dummy's body. Upon seeing the mannequin trying to reach out of its weapon, I sliced his throat. Notch walked up to me.

"Nicely done, I thought they would last longer than that. Maybe I went too easy on you. But now, you need to wake up. Tomorrow night, I will teach you the use of the bow. Oh, and one more thing, take care of that sword !"

"Thanks, I guess it's a..."


Present time, The dormitory, Mickeal POV

I woke up and opened my eyes to see Edun looking at me with eyes full of anger.

"I talked to David, it seems like you were saying the Truth. But just you try one thing and, I swear, you will be a dead man. Now get up, we are leaving !" He said before leaving the dormitory.

I quickly got on my feet. I packed my things and made sure my pistol was still here. Then, I placed it in my bag. Just as I was about to leave the dormitory, I saw the edge of a sword coming out from Under the bed. I picked up the sword and took a good look at it. There was no possible mistake, it was the same sword that I used to train with Notch : Exbarelyburn.

"There you are. I guess I am going to take you with me. What do you think ?" I asked to my sword.

I put Exbarelyburn in one of the remaining sheath I found in the dormitory and left. I met the other outside,on the training ground. All the men were staring at me like I was a child in a strip club...you know what I mean. I looked around to see how many we were. Including David, the leader, we were a group of ten. Speaking of David, he just looked at me for a second before saying :

"Alright, now that we are all here, we better move. The mine is quite far away from here, at the north of the village. Follow me !"

We left the village and followed David for nearly two hours into the forest. During the travel, I could hear things like :

"What is the newbie doing with us ?"

"He will get himself killed in the first trap we will encounter !"

"If he dies, can I get his stuff ?"

At one point, we finally arrived in front of a sort of entrance of a cave. David turned to us.

"We are here everyone. Now, let's go find some treasures, but be aware. There are probably traps everywhere along with some mobs !"

That being said, we all entered the cave. The only way to go deeper was to follow some sort of stairs whose steps were so small, one misplaced foot and you could tumble all the way down. The further we went, the hotter it was. The stairs were leading to a narrow corridor. A golden light was visible at the end of it. Something was intriguing me, there were little white frament of Something on the floor. Two men of our group started running down the corridor.

"What are these things ?" I asked myself as I picked one of the little fragment "Don't tell me they are...bones ?"

I heard a click, the two stopped in their tracks to see the corridor getting smaller and smaller. The walls were closing on them. They tried to run back but it was too late. The walls crushed them. A minute later, the walls began to spread apart, revealing the crushed corpses. I won't give you a description of this mess, you will get nightmares. I felt the urge to vomit but I managed the contain myself...unlike the guy behind me who threw up in his helmet. Now we were eight.

The rest of us began to walk through this mess. It was at this moment three reckless idiots runned to the golden light. I knew what the light meant, my hours of playing Minecraft taught me to always be cautious when there is light in a cave. It could only meant one thing...lava. I tried to warn them.

"Hey, don't go there !" I shouted at them.

"You can't tell us what to do newbie, we will have all the gold for...AAAAAHHH "

I heard their screams of agony dying slowly into the mine. Those dumbasses should have known that you must not run where you can't see. I learned that the hard way and now, we were only five : David, Edun, two other men and me.

We entered the cave and carefully went around the lake of lava the three men fell in. The lava was releasing an unbearable heat. Damn, Minecraft made it look easy. After carefully bypassing the lake, we arrived to an abandonned mine.

"We are finally here, my friends. After all this time, we are the first to arrive here alive, and now, we will hunt this place to have all the treasures !" David said.

Something was not right, a skeleton was next to us. It was lying against a wall, an Arrow stuck in its head. David saw me staring at it and tried to reassure me.

"Don't worry Mickael, he was probably here for decades, maybe a century for all we know. Now, move up !"

I followed David until we came across a junction.

"Alright, we will split into two groups. Edun and the newbie, you two will go with me. And you two will go together !"

The two men agreed with a nod and went to the left path, leaving us the right path.

"Move up !" David ordered.

Something was definitively not right. I had the feeling I was being watched, but I didn't know from where and, most importantly, by who. David calling me brang me out of my thought.

"Hey Mickeal, look, a chest. Maybe there is treasure Inside of it !"

I rejoined David, but I still had that feeling.


Meanwhile, The cave, Unknow POV

I was running like crazy, I needed to get to her. I had to, she could take care of them. Fortunatly, I knew that cave like the back of my Pocket, so I knew where to go.

"AYUMI ! AYUMI !" I shouted in the cave. Ayumi exited a room and runned toward me.

"Vanessa, what's the matter ? Why are you shouting like that ?" She asked me.

I took two second to catch my breath. My lungs were burning Inside my chest.

"We-We have intruders, five to be exact !"

"What ? They managed to bypass our trap ?"

"I think so but that's not all. They splitted their group, I decided to follow the group of three !" I explained.

"Can you lead me to them ? They will not pass !"

"You better Watch out, there are two of them have iron armor and one of them have a leather one !"

"Don't worry Vanessa. You know my marksman skills better than anyone in this cave, right ?"

"Yes...but...be careful !"

Ayumi smiled at me, she seemed confident in her abilities. I took her to the group of intruders.


Meanwhie, The cave, Mickael POV

After inspecting the chest, David decided to open it what was Inside of it. What he saw enraged him.

"DAMN IT ! This chest is full a shit...There are only redstones, books, even a bucket. There is not a single valuable thing in here !" He said, tossing the chest aside and breaking it into pieces "I hope we can find another chest soon !"

Out of nowhere, I heard and saw an Arrow passing right next to my head. I turned around to see a Young woman, probably around 19 years old. She had gray eyes as well as gray hair which was splitting into two ponytails. She was wearing a very, very, VERY short gray vest that showed a major part of her breast. She was also wearing a gray short and a gray hat with a face on it which looked like a skeleton's face. She was holding a bow in her hand and a quiver was attached on her back.

Behind her was a little girl, probably around 12 and 14 years old. She had red eyes and purple hair with four red things. She was wearing a dark green sweater and a skirt of the same color. Upon seeing the broken chest, she was the first to talk.

"GAAAAAH...MY CHEST ! WHAT DID YOU DO ?" She screamed, seemingly pissed of.

"Vanessa calm down. We will fix it later, right now, we need to get rid of them !"

"You want to...kill us ?" I asked.

"That's right you will never leave this place alive !" And with that, she took an Arrow and charged her bow.

TO BE CONTINUED...Yeah, the first real fight of this story. We will see how Mickael is going to handle it in the next chapter So, PM or review to tell me what you think of the story : good or bad. See you next time (^_^) /