Mike walked through the village.
In the distance, he saw smoke rising.
Mike whispered,
"Maybe there are more enemies over there."
So he started running.
But while running, he realized—
he wasn't very fast,
and he had low stamina.
He panted and gasped for air.
Then he saw he was almost there,
so he pushed himself and ran again.
When he arrived,
he saw a fire pit.
Behind him—
a sound.
Mike spun around instantly.
A girl with a bow.
Brown hair, blue eyes.
She had a bow on her back
and a knife in her hand—
pointed at Mike.
Mike quickly hid his dagger.
Then Mike spoke:
"Let's not fight. That would be stupid.
I mean—we both want a second chance, right?"
The girl didn't lower her weapon.
Mike had no choice.
He also drew his dagger and held it toward her.
Then the girl finally spoke:
"Not bad.
Where did you get that dagger?"
As she asked, she put the knife back into the sheath on her hip.
Mike replied:
"From the box you could choose at the beginning."
The girl looked confused.
Then she asked:
"Box?
What box are you talking about?"
Mike rolled his eyes:
"From the starting items you could pick, obviously."
The girl said:
"Don't lie.
There were only:
Sword,
Bow,
Axe.
So?"
Mike looked puzzled:
"Hmm… then I guess I had some kind of event or something."
he said.
Then he added:
"So…
you also died and ended up in this place?
What kind of place is this anyway?"
The girl replied:
"Yeah… I died in a car accident.
A shame, really.
I was still so young!"
"Hey, boy what's your name?"
Mike answered:
"My name's Mike. And you?"
The girl took off her gloves and said:
"I'm Tyla."
Mike repeated the name:
"Tyla."
"Nice name," he added.
"Tyla, let's find the boss quickly, okay?"
So, Mike and Tyla decided to team up—
at least for this world.
They hadn't been walking for long
when they came across a group of zombies—
at least fourteen of them.
Tyla took the bow from her back,
notched an arrow, and began shooting rapidly.
She hit five zombies right in the head.
They dropped instantly and dissolved into blue pixels.
Mike also rushed forward and stabbed two zombies in the stomach.
They were poisoned shortly after—
and turned into pixels as well.
Then he noticed a zombie coming at him from behind.
The zombie was about to grab him—
But suddenly, it took a headshot.
Tyla.
Tyla said:
"Shit, that was my last arrow."
But Mike grinned.
"Don't worry," he said—
and slashed a zombie lightly on the arm.
The poison effect kicked in,
and the zombie began to stagger.
Then Mike stabbed the zombie in the neck,
and it turned into pixels.
The remaining zombies were taken down by the two of them
without much trouble.
Mike reached Level 3.
System – Level 3 Unlocked
You have earned 6 stat points.
Mike didn't spend them—
even if it sounded dumb,
he had decided not to use any stat points
during World 1 – Stage 1.
They kept walking through the village
until eventually,
they came to a bridge over a river.
At the end of the bridge,
a door suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
It was blue, with golden edges.
Mike opened it.
System –
Quest:
Kill the first mini-boss
0/1
Reward – New Weapon: ???
Alright—
Mike and Tyla stepped through the door.
They were instantly teleported beyond the bridge,
as if they had simply walked across…
But no—
around them, a magic circle formed.
They couldn't leave the arena.
Then they heard something falling from the sky.
They looked up—
It was a
fat zombie
wielding a heavy iron chain.
Tyla immediately grabbed her bow from her back
and aimed it at the zombie with the chain.
The zombie began swinging the chain wildly—
it smashed into the ground,
cracking it apart.
Mike and Tyla quickly jumped to the side.
Then Tyla fired an arrow—
it hit the zombie in the stomach…
The zombie roared loudly,
swinging the chain in circles.
Then, the zombie jumped high into the air—
aiming directly at Mike…
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