Chapter 2 : Welcome to the Game
Sugar : HELLO AGAIN GUYS! XD I'm a bit... disappointed with the amount of review I got last chapter... :'v But still! THANKS FOR THE REVIEW AND FAVORITES AND FOLLOWS! I MADE THE COVER BY MYSELF! WHAT DO YOU THINK!? XD It took a whole day for me to make it! :'v Anyway, on to the story! :D
Rena's POV
It's eight o'clock and I'm standing in front of my school. The gate is closed, of course. "How the heck can I go in?" I asked myself. I touched the gate and inspected it. The gate is closed, how am I supposed to go...
"...What?"
The gate opened. Yep, it really opened. "... What the... It's not closed?" Really, what kind of security guard who forgot to close the gate? Anyway, I go inside the school. It's really dark... "Thank God I brought this flashlight." I said as I turned on my flashlight. This school is really dark... Why aren't there any light here!? But this is weird... The only light here is in... The warehouse. Why?
I opened the warehouse. Again, it's not locked. The room is so dusty and there are lots of things. I saw a note near a button on the wall.
Press the button
"O..kay..?" I'm really puzzled here... I press the button and... I heard a rumbling sound. Then, an underground passage opened on the floor. "So... I guess I should go down here..." I said to myself. I walked down to the underground floor. "Did the school really built an underground floor?" I'm really curious...
I arrived at... an underground floor. It's so bright here, and there are students like me wandering around. They're chatting happily with their friends. The school... Really built something like this..? What's important, why are the students here?
"I heard that the game can be played only at night when the school's closed."
I remembered Ara's words. Are these students... Came here to play? I walked around the room. I don't know any of the students here. Are they a second year? As I wandered alone in this crowd, I feel someone touched my shoulder.
"Well now... Look who's here..?"
I turned around and saw... 'That' Elsword Sieghart. Damn it! Why should I meet him of all people!?
"You're new here, right? Come follow me." he said and walked away. I instinctively followed him. We walked to a closed room with glass wall. What makes me curious is that... Nothing is in this room. I mean it, there are only the two of us here. Why do we came here?
"Now, Miss Floridian. I believe this is the first time you came here, right? Welcome to the 'Monster Card Game'." he said as he smiled. Well, that's so nice of him, using 'Miss' to me. I feel nothing is wrong, until I noticed he smirked at me. Why is he...
BZZZZT!
Before I could finish wondering, some strange noises came out of nowhere. The floor in the room is shaking. "W-What!?" I started to panic. Elsword smirked again, not panicking at all. The floor moved downward and then stopped. When I noticed, we're now under that last floor. The students looked down to us from the glass wall. They look excited, I wonder why?
"Now, let me tell you the rules to play this game. First, choose one of these cards." Elsword said as he takes out five cards. "Come on, choose one." he said. I stared at the cards.
"Tree Knight", "Fairy Guardian", "Poison Mush", "Jango", "Cactus".
"... I choose Tree Knight." I said.
I could hear the students laughing. What? Did I do something wrong? "Is that the card you choose?" Elsword asked me, and I nodded.
"Well then... Let the 'Monster Card Game' begin!" he said loudly.
BZZZZT!
Those noises came out again. I could see the room glitched for a while. Then the room totally changed. I'm now in a gloomy and dark forest. "W-WHAT HAPPEN!?" I started to panic.
"Now, don't panic. This is just a hologram effects. The game is just about to start. Let me tell you the rules." Elsword said, smirking. "The card you choose is the Tree Knight. The Tree Knight will become real when the game started. You could use it to survive in this forest." he said. "Survive from what?" I asked. "Simple. There will be another monsters hiding in this forest. All you need to do is to defeat all of them with the help of the card you have. When you finish, the game ended." he explained.
"It's not so bad." I said. "Don't underestimate this game. Your life is in the line, you know. The monsters could kill you if you're not careful." Elsword smirked as he walked away. I shivered at the word 'kill'. "I'll be watching from above. See you~!" he said carelessly. Just who is he!? The Game Master!? I don't think so!
Well, looks like my life will be in this Tree Knight's hand. Wait, no! I still have to protect myself! I don't want to just depends on something like a card like this! What should I do...?
GAME START!
No one's POV
Elsword is watching Rena from above, smirking.
"Watching a new gamer, huh?"
Someone said from behind him. "Don't say that. You know you like watching new gamer too... Queen of Nasod, Eve." Elsword smirked. Eve pouted at him.
"You know I hate being called that in the Gang, Els!"
"Whatever." Elsword sighed. He looked back at Rena, who's still confused. He smirked.
"Well... Let's see what you can do, Rena Floridian..."
Sugar : Okay! Now for the reply...
Yumi Hades : What's Persona? O.o
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