“Ahhhhhhh!” I shrieked getting ejected from the pod. My body still felt like I was being eaten by the manticore. I knew the feeling would go away shortly but, of all the deaths I had in the beta, this one the most brutal.

I climbed out of the pod and crawled up on my bed waiting for the after effects to go away rocking back and forth.

Once the effects died down and I calmed down I finally looked at the clock. It was 4:50pm. I decided to get dressed and head downstairs to make dinner.

As I walked down stairs I saw my dad in the living room.

“Good morning” he said “are you ok? I heard screaming”

“I died a pitiful death in WTT.” I said depressed.

“It can’t have been that bad can it?”

“Do you want to see?”

“Humour me, it can’t be that bad if you’re willing to show me.”

I went upstairs with my dad and turned on the computer. VR pods are set to record anything that you experience within it as both a safety measure, and so that users can share their adventurers. I loaded the feed from my pod and skipped ahead to the part where we entered the room with the manticore.

As my dad watched the movie he looked horrified. He himself never actually played the game, so he never knew how gruesome and realistic parts of it could be.

“I have seen deaths before but, that one takes the cake. If that were released to the public the game could get banned.”

Being a co-owner, his job relied more on the business side and managing employees. He had little to do with the content of the game but, even he was told that most of the content was generated by A.I. This meant that the creators had very little control of what happens in game.

“I have fought monsters that eat humans but, this is the first time one has tried to eat me alive.” I replied.

My dad came up to me and hugged me tight. “Are you ok Ali?”

Any time I feel sad or scared my dad would always comfort me. My mother died when I was just two years old so my father raised me and took care of me on his own my whole life. I grew to rely on him. You could call me a daddy’s girl since he is the first person I go to when something is wrong even though I am already 18 years old.

I sat there crying and talking to my dad for a good 30 minutes remaining in his warm embrace before I finally decided to go back downstairs. As I was about to enter the kitchen, my dad stopped me. “No you had a hard day today, I will cook tonight.”

I went to sit down on the couch in our living room and turned on the television. I turned the TV on and began watching the news. Towards the end of the news where they play sport, an extra section had be added than what I’m used to. They started talking about Wing’s to Tomorrow. The broadcasters said that the game had become a sensation worldwide. They started talking about what the world was like, concentrating on Stormbridge and showing a group of players fighting a wolf.

Once the segment came to an end the announcer said that they are going to make a permanent part of the sports section of the news to talk about the events and happenings in Wing’s to Tomorrow.

After watching television for a bit longer, my dad finished cooking and we ate together and talked about what we had been doing. After eating I went upstairs to take a bath and went back to my bedroom.

Laying on my bed I decided to call Vanessa. “Alicia! What happened? Did you kill it?”

“No I tried to escape and was eaten alive”

I heard an audible gasp on the other side of the phone “are you ok? I thought my death was bad. It felt like the manticore still had its paw in my chest for the next 15 minutes after getting out. I can only imagine what you must have felt.”

“It was pretty painful. At least I’m sort of used to dying already from the beta.”

“Yeah there's that”

I proceeded to talk to Vanessa until midnight when we decided to meet up at the train station to go shopping tomorrow since we can’t log in until late in the afternoon. I went to sleep psyching myself up to see Vanessa again since I hadn’t seen her in person since we graduated.

I left the house in the morning after eating breakfast and walked to the train station. Both Vanessa and I live a five minute walk from the train station in opposite directions so it serves as the ideal place to meet up.

“Nessa!” I shouted as I saw her

“Alicia!” she replied just as enthusiastic and we charged at each other.

We collided with one another and fell into an embrace.

“How are you feeling today?” I asked

“Much better now that I get to hug my cute little Ali” she teased.

We proceeded to gossip. Most of what we talked about was our adventurers in Wing’s to Tomorrow and what we wanted to do in it.

We got off the train at the city centre and went to the shopping mall district to browse the various shops. At lunch time we found a patisserie and found a table to eat. We ate so much cake that we felt sick. Whilst we were at the patisserie, Vanessa asked “what are you going to do about uni? Enrolments opened today you know.”

“I’m not too sure, I want to do something beneficial to help me work at Genesis with my dad. Maybe business or management, maybe even accounting.”

“Why don’t you do business with me? We can always change our major in second year if it’s not good enough.” Vanessa suggested.

“Hmmm, maybe I will.” I replied

We continued walking around the city for another two hours. Well Vanessa walked, I was dragged into clothing stores only to find myself being attacked by Vanessa forcing me to try on dresses like some kind of doll.

Finally, time was running out and we would be able to log in soon so we decided to call it a day and head home. When I got home I logged on my computer and filled in an enrolment to do business at all the local universities before undressing and crawling back into my pod to return to my life as Elyssa in Arendula.

I appeared in Heaton next to the cities hearth. Because I left the city for the mines, I was no longer under Hestia’s protection and therefore I made my prayer to her.

you have received the protection of Hestiauntil you leave the city you will be under the protection of Hestia as a friend of the city

Deciding that I died from being too weak I headed to the information guild. Entering the adventurer’s guild I went to the reception and asked if they knew of a method to get stronger.

“Enter this room, the man within will check your potential and recommend on what you should do” the receptionist said pointing to a door behind her.

I entered the door and saw an old bald man wearing a brown hooded cloak. “Welcome child, how can I be of service?”

“I wish to know how to become stronger.”

“Then I will need to judge your potential. Show me your stats.” the man requested.

“Show status window.”

*triiing*

NameElyssaAlignmentNeutralLevel23ClassBlade DancerRaceHigh ElfTitlenoneFame20Infamy0Health840Health Regen4.2Mana2760Mana Regen13.8Stamina344Stamina Regen2.0Strength48Agility139Dexterity23Vitality84Intelligence276Wisdom289Leadership0Luck12Resilience37Endurance23Attractiveness24 (+10)Charm20 (+10)+ increased skill exp 5%

+ NPC’s view as a noble

+10 to charm and attractiveness

+able to learn all dancing skills

+fencing penalties removed

+10% penalty to all stats 6 days, 23 hours, 12 minutes remaining

“show skill list”

IdentificationIntermediate lvl 7FireballIntermediate lvl 8Ice BoltIntermediate lvl 7MeditationBeginner lvl 5CookingIntermediate lvl 2BandagingBeginner lvl 5Magic MasteryBeginner lvl 7Language MasteryBeginner lvl 2(sub skill) Magic languageComprehension 83%Fencing MasteryBeginner lvl 5Dance MasteryBeginner lvl 6Dance of the SylphBeginner lvl 5Dance of the FairyBeginner lvl 3Dance of the WarriorBeginner lvl 3Dance of the DragonBeginner lvl 4Dance of the BerserkerBeginner lvl 2RepairBeginner lvl 2

“Interesting you have a high intelligence and wisdom stat yet no class for it, and what's more you have access to the fabled dual class” the old man said examining my stats.

“Yes those are remnants of a past life” I explained.

“I suggest you learn to strengthen yourself.” the man says before pulling out a sheet of paper and writing on it. He encloses the letter in an envelope and drips wax on it to seal it before pressing a stamp on it to mark it as a letter from the information guild.

“Here, take this letter to Maxwell at the enchanter’s guild, he should be able to help you.” the man says before handing me the envelope.

“Thank you sir” I say before leaving and heading to the enchanter’s guild.

The enchanter’s guild is a small one story building with flowers and other herbs growing out front and an arched door out front. I enter the building and see… well i sort of see since it’s so dark inside with the curtains closed. In the back corner of the room is a bright red glow from some sort of contraption, other than that all I see is tables with piles of paper and strange instruments covering them.

“Hello?” I call out.

“Over here” a deep masculine voice calls out from the direction of the red glow. Carefully I make my way towards the voice and find a wiry old man wearing a purple hooded cloak looking at some sort of chemistry set. The set has many flasks and beakers connected by tubes leading to one point where a beaker is filled with a glowing red liquid.

“How may I help you miss?” asks the old man staring at the area around my stomach.

Charm +1[tds][tr]

[table]

“Um, up here?” I say causing the man to look me in the eyes.

I hand over the envelope and he lights a candle next to him before opening and reading the contents.

“I see, so you want to learn how to strengthen your blade?” he finally answers after folding the letter.

“Yes please”

“In that case you will first need to learn the basics of enchanting.”

*triiing*

[table]

[tr][tds] You have unlocked class: EnchanterAn enchanter can imbue an object with the life force of a reagent.

Do you accept the class Enchanter?

“I uh, ok I accept” I said. In Wing’s to Tomorrow you are able to forget a class at the cost of all its skills. With this idea in mind, I decided to trial the class to see if it would actually make me stronger.

The man begin to explain the basics of enchanting. To enchant an item you must either grab parts from a creature such as bones, fangs, blood and claws or seal the life force of a creature in what’s called a life orb. Some enchantments can come from particular herbs or plants. When you have the parts you must individually process them by crushing them with a mortar and pestle into a paste. You then must place the various pastes into flasks which go into the chemistry set I saw earlier. The chemistry set mixes the materials into a solution which is the material used for enchanting. This step can be skipped if you have a life orb.

By inserting mana into the materials and placing it over the object you wish to enchant, various effects are added. Most enchantments are only temporary and wear off however, some rare enchantments can be made permanent if an enchanter reaches at least intermediate.

skill unlocked: enchantingallows you to enchant an item

mana cost:depends on regents used

skill unlocked: life entrapmentTakes the life of a slain creature and forces it into a life orb.

Mana cost:100

Turns out it is harder to write real life than I thought it would be.

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