Luke abruptly woke up after Icefrog made him leave the dream and what greeted him when he woke up was a young woman sitting beside the bed he was lying in.

He has seen his fair share of beautiful women but this young woman truly astounded him especially the woman's beautiful blue eyes that seemed to be staring straight at his soul.

She had a delicate face with rosy cheeks as her long sleek back hair reached just below her shoulders. With her body that would make any man go crazy, she stood there like a goddess blessing the world with her appearance.

He couldn't find the words to say as he couldn't take his eyes off her but the woman simply smiled at him and silently stood up then left the room.

Looking around the room, he thought that he's most probably in Roy's home as he was currently in a quite luxurious bedroom that couldn't possibly be compared to his own.

Trying to sit down, he realized that his body was badly aching and he remembered the beating he experienced thanks to the men in suits. He wanted to grab a tango in his pocket but he could hardly move any part of his body, feeling helpless, he had no choice but wait for someone to enter the room so he could ask him or her to grab the tango for him.

While waiting for someone to enter the room, he suddenly remembered the dream he just had and couldn't help but sigh at his luck with abilities.

"Icefrog said that I'll receive the ability once I wake up, how will he send it to me?" he asked and as soon as he said so, a text window appeared in front of him.

Icefrog sent you 1 Crystal Ball. Will you accept? Yes

"Well, that's convenient. But, dammit, looks like I can't receive it yet" Luke wryly smiled as he stared at his aching arms.

"Seeing this window, it seems we can send items to each other. Oh yeah, Icefrog did mention that we should check out his blog from time to time, maybe he'll post about it." he figured.

It didn't take long before the beautiful woman returned and just like earlier, he couldn't help but stare at her that he even failed to notice the man following behind her.

"You finally woke up, my friend. Fortunately, I arrived before you got done in by those gangsters." The man said with a knowing smile as he gazed at him and the woman he entered with.

The man seemed to be in his late twenties by looking at his face, he was quite fair to the point that anyone would think that he probably never leaves the house. With a straight nose, he looked like a foreigner and overall, his looks could definitely be on the same level as those famous handsome actors. Looking at him now, he realized he looked like the beautiful woman beside him.

"O-Oh Roy, didn't see you there. hehehehe." Luke replied as he scratched his head in embarrassment after seeing the man he helped on a whim who also ended up saving him from those gangsters.

"Hehehe. You seem to be energetic even though you just woke up" Roy teased "I'd like you to meet my younger sister, Sunny. She had been taking care of you ever since you arrived here".

"Oh you didn't have to do that" Luke blushed as he said so, "My body is quite sturdy so a little rest is all I needed and i would be fine. But still, thank you Sunny" he said as he nodded at Sunny in appreciation.

Sunny gave a warm smile that showed her dimples which elevated her beauty even further and said, "Don't mention it, my older brother told me how you actually saved his life in the mountain today, so for me to take care of you should be expected"

Luke already knew that Roy recognized him as the one who warned him back in the mountain so he wasn't surprised anymore. Since Roy basically returned the favor of saving his life, he simply turned his head at him with a smile and nodded in thanks which Roy replied with a nod too.

"By the way, I need your help" Luke asked.

Roy frowned for as he didn't expect Luke to ask for help as soon as he woke up, and for a moment he thought that he misjudged Luke that he would be the same as those people who befriended him just because of his money and power. He still didn't even have any idea what his name is but he's asking for his help already. But since Luke did indeed save his life, he thought that he could help him one last time and then send him to a doctor then their paths would never cross again.

"Sure. What do you want? Money? I'd gladly send you at most a million Pesos or so" he said with a solemn expression.

Sensing that Roy seemed to have misunderstood him, Luke immediately tried to explain in a panic, "Oh no no no, I don't need any money! It's just that..."

"Stop your dilly dallying and say it immediately" Roy replied with a hint of dissatisfaction.

"I'm not asking for anything big really, just that, I can barely move my body and there's something in my front pocket that I need to get" Said Luke as he blushed a deep shade of red.

"Jesus Christ, my friend. You made it sound like it's such a big of a deal but it turned out to be something simple like that. Hahaha!" Roy laughed as he was satisfied that he after all didn't misjudge the man in front of him "Why didn't you say so earlier! Which pocket are we talking about here?"

"Hey you're the one who misunderstood me!" Luke rebuked with a smile "By the way, I've been quite rude for a while now, we've been talking for a while now and you guys even took care of me while I was unconscious yet I never even introduced myself, I'm Luke Rivera, just a normal college student, pleased to meet you" he said so with a bow.

"Hahahaha! if you're a normal college student then I'm also a normal man that can casually summon snow from time to time!" Roy teased.

Luke once again blushed at the teasing as he looked from time to time at Sunny at the side who was trying to hold her laughter and said "I'm not that strong, brother. My ability doesn't work all the time unlike yours which is actually quite useful. But enough of that, I really need something in my left pocket, if you don't mind getting it for me, I'd be thankful"

"Let me take it for you, Luke" Sunny suddenly interjected as she pulled the blanket to the side and before Luke could say that Roy should take the tango instead, she already reached out for his left pocket and his small hand squirmed inside it.

Luke was a normal young man who's interested in the opposite sex, but unlike most boys in his generation who already had girlfriends since high school, he never had one in the 21 years of his life. So it was to no surprise that Sunny's touch even if it was over his jeans, made him feel electrocuted that he felt his body go numb as Luke Jr. had a bit of a reaction in his pants.

Sunny didn't seem to mind Luke's panic as she swiftly pulled the tangos out of his pocket and was soon puzzled after seeing the 4 glowing green balls covered by a leaf.

Tilting her head in curiosity as she couldn't figure out what it was, she asked, "What is this? What are they for?" then passed them to Luke who had an eager look on his face.

"These right here are called tangos and they're something the frog in the sky gave me" he answered in an excited voice as he held the tangos in his hand.

To say that the Roxas siblings were surprised would be an understatement; the whole world still didn't understand who that frog was and why it appeared but this seemingly normal young man you in front of them actually received something from it! Anybody would be bewildered if they heard what Luke just said!

"W-what do you mean? Do you know that frog? what are those tangos used for?" Roy questioned in a shaking voice as he grabbed Luke's shoulders. He was already quite baffled when that text window appeared after he grabbed a crystal ball and all of a sudden he could make it snow when he wanted to. He had so many questions which nobody could answer but Luke seemed to be someone that personally met the frog and even received something from it! Of course he'd be shaking in excitement.

"Calm your tits, Roy" Luke quipped in surprise to Roy's sudden actions but the words he said made both Sunny and Roy turn red in embarrassment which prompted him to explain himself "Ah. Sorry, I heard that term on the internet!"

"Sorry about that, but seriously, what are these 'tangos' for?" said Roy after calming himself down.

"I think it would be better for me to show you what it's for" Luke replied in a mysterious smile. "Are there any trees around here?"

"Huh? Yeah there are loads of trees nearby. But what do you need a tree for?" Roy asked with a puzzled look.

"You'll understand it later, come on, let me ask another favor from you, hehehe. Help me walk towards the nearest tree around here, come on, come on, don't tarry" Luke said as he laughed at Roy's funny face.

Since he knew that Luke knew more things than him concerning what has been happening in the world that he even knew how Frozen Sigil worked, Roy stopped asking more questions and helped Luke get out of bed as they left the house with Sunny quietly following behind them.

Upon seeing Roy's house, Luke was awed seeing how rich these siblings truly are since they had such a big house all to themselves. As soon as he stepped out the house, he realized that the house was actually surrounded by so many trees, 'Is this like a hidden villa in the mountain?' he thought to himself.

"Here you go, Luke, what now?" Roy asked as he had this impatient look on his face after bringing Luke in front of a huge tree that probably needed 3 people to hug its trunk. And although Sunny was being silent, her eyes were obviously shining, waiting for something amazing to happen.

Luke gave the siblings a sly smile as he took one of the tangos and munched on it.

"Ah?! That was edible?" the shy Sunny yelped in surprise.

Luke didn't reply but instead just smiled at her which made the girl blush as he sat on the ground and placed his palm on the tree.

"You two better step back a bit" he warned the two.

Before the siblings could ask why, they suddenly noticed how the big tree that was standing mightily a while ago turned gray as it suddenly shriveled up and to their amazement, the tree suddenly looked like it was chopped around its trunk as it fell on the ground.

The siblings' jaws dropped after seeing that display as they truly couldn't understand how and why that happened.

Seeing their confused faces, Luke laughed as he patted the dirt on his pants and stood up then explained "These tangos are used to heal both internal and external wounds"

It didn't take long before the siblings realized that Luke was actually standing up on his own even though he could barely move a muscle a while ago! They looked in amazement at the green balls while more and more questions popped up on their minds and Roy seemed to be gazing at them in yearning.

Noticing Roy's expression, Luke suddenly remembered that he was wounded back in the mountain. "Take this, I'm sure you haven't recovered of your wounds" he said as he passed a tango at Roy.

Roy didn't stand on ceremony as he happily accepted the tango to try it out himself. After following what Luke did a while ago he felt a warm sensation covering his wounds as he lifted his shirt and Luke nodded seeing how he was covered in bandages. Roy excitedly removed the bandages and just as he expected, his wounds are gone!

"I know you two have so many questions, shall we enter the house? I'm quite famished" said Luke as he strolled towards the house as if he owned it.

The siblings watched in disbelief as the young man entered the house and they couldn't help but laugh at how funny he was.

***

"Ah! That was a great meal! Definitely tasted better than those prepared by well-known chefs! I should come back here from time to time just to eat Sunny's cooking!" Luke praised as he truly haven't tasted anything better than what he just ate.

Embarrassed, Sunny shyly hit Luke's shoulders and said "Geez, I thought you were a pretty nice guy but a wile ago you acted so pompously, asking for food and now you're showing off that glib tongue of yours! Hmph! I'll think about it when you get here!"

"Hehehe. I'll take that as a yes, thanks in advance!" Luke shamelessly said so while Sunny pouted at him but you could see that the corners of her lips were actually upturned to a smile.

Looking at the two's interaction, Roy wryly smiled as he didn't think that they would actually hit it off quite well this fast even though her sister was usually quite reserved and barely interacted with anyone especially boys.

"Anyway, Luke, as you were saying earlier, that frog-I mean Icefrog, he brought this game to this world?" he carefully asked as he truly found it unconceivable.

"Basically yep, and I know the game very well, that's why I know about your ability, Frozen Sigil, and warned you that it would soon disappear" Luke replied with a solemn face.

Roy nodded in understanding as the question he had on his mind was finally answered.

"What's the game called, again?" he asked

"It's DotA 2, i'm pretty sure that the people playing it would be coming out soon to explain what's going on in the world. I bet I'm not the only player who recognized those monsters from the game and could connect the frog in the sky to DotA's lead developer, Icefrog." Luke replied.

"This is pretty amazing, Icefrog must be truly powerful for him to be able to do this, I suddenly feel like going on an adventure now! Hahahaha!" he laughed but stopped after seeing Luke frowning.

"Yeah it's pretty amazing but it's not really all fun and games, I almost died more than once today you know. Before you saved me from those gangsters, I killed kobolds and even before that I was chased til I almost died by three giant wolves" Luke said with a wry smile.

The siblings, especially Sunny, shook after hearing what he said. They didn't think that he actually experienced so many life-and-death situations today with how jovial he had been a while ago.

Roy felt a bit awkward and wanted to ease the situation so he asked, "If you don't mind me asking, what ability did you receive"

Roy felt even more awkward after seeing Luke frown deeper at his question".

"Bah! it's quite a strong ability once it activates but it requires for me to get hit first! What if I die while I let my enemies hit me before it even activates?! maybe if I have an armor to lessen the damage then maybe---" Luke complained but after saying that he needed an armor, he suddenly remembered: He hasn't received his reward yet! The ability, Reactive Armor!

Wasn't he complaining that he needed armor so that he wouldn't be that hurt? His new ability perfectly synergizes with Counter Helix!

While thinking that he had to accept his reward now, the text window promptly appeared in front of him again and he quickly pressed 'Yes'.

The siblings were confused seeing the array of emotions on Luke's face when he suddenly raised his arm and clicked on something in the air. Sunny didn't understand his actions but Roy knew what he was doing, 'A text window appeared in front of him! I wonder what it's about?' he thought.

Roy's question was immediately answered as a crystal ball suddenly appeared out of thin air and landed on Luke's hands. 'Didn't he say that he already had an ability? is he getting another one?!' he thought as he stared incredulously at the crystal ball.

Sunny on the other hand was also surprised but from what Roy told her after he arrived, she figured that the crystal ball is most probably the one that contained an ability and thought that if Luke wanted to share about his ability, he'd tell them immediately.

Promptly after the crystal ball landed on Luke's hands, it suddenly shattered but the shards from the ball just disappeared as if it was just air and two new windows appeared in front of him

Congratulations! You have learned the ability, Reactive Armor! Reactive Armor

Each time you are attacked you gain increased health regen and armor.

Max Stacks: 5/10/15/20

Armor Bonus per Stack: 1/1.2/1.4/1.6

Health Regen Bonus per Stack: 1/1.15/1.3/1.45

Stack Duration: 10 s./13 s./16 s./19 s.

As much as he hated the fact that he should be attacked just so his two abilities would activate, Luke knew that he had no choice but to embrace the fact that these abilities truly work well together and that he needed them to grow stronger.

Icefrog wanted the people on Earth to be able to fight back when those from other worlds would invade the planet a few years from now. If he won't use his abilities then he would stay weak until those aliens arrive. Gritting his teeth, he felt helpless as he sighed as he could imagine the pain and torture he would have to suffer just to get strong.

The siblings had no idea what Luke was struggling with when all of a sudden, a man slammed the entrance door open and rushed towards Roy.

"We have to evacuate sir! There are monsters outside the villa and some of my brothers are currently engaged in battle with them!" the man reported.

Hearing him, a glint of excitement shone in Luke's eyes as he decided to test his new ability and before the siblings could react, he rushed outside with his voice trailing behind him.

"Let me play with those monsters!"