章 2: Tree Struggles

*Victory!

*Level Up 13->14

"Finally! God, these lag-gamers should stop playing rank games without good connection!"

I broke my 3 consecutive defeat combo and successfully leveled up and advance in rank. My teammates kept blaming the lag for their "crimes", can't they make up other excuses like "Low Batt.", or "my mother's home". I would've sympathized with them if that was the case. Remembering my mother's fury when she got home seeing that I didn't wash the dishes and watered her plants, she locked me in my room for the rest of the day, without my phone.

Checking my battle points I saw a 5 digit digital numbers on the top right screen with high quality, ever since God upgraded my phone my gameplays were still as fluid as a water even with a high-quality resolution.

*Battle Points: 26 200

"One-day non-stop gaming and only this? Oh, wait I forgot to claim rewards..." Indeed I was playing Mobile Legends from 8:034 p.m. last night until now and time is 11:43 a.m., but I do believe it was quite accurate as I used (ArcadiaContinent) as my timezone as it was the only time which was similarly based on the position of the sun.

After finishing claiming rewards, I got at least 7k battle points and claimed 1 hero. My current heroes were now Layla, Zilong, Rafaela, Hilda, Nana, and the brand new member, Saber whom I got at the 2nd-day login.

"Total battle points is 29, 100? I could've bought my main hero at this early stage! Fear, not my love I'll rescue you from the shop within 3 hours. No! Make that into 1 hour"

"If I managed to buy her now, my win rate would definitely rise!"

A handsome man was sitting atop an Oak tree holding a strange box, while few wolves were safely guarding their "master" as they lay flat on the ground. The scenery was perfect the Oak was at least a hundred years old based on its firm wood and roots covering its grounds... Well at least that's what would anyone would think of seeing this peaceful scene.

After playing non-stop for almost 2 hours until finally saving up enough points to free my beloved. I proceeded to the shop with swift yet graceful fingers then suddenly bursts with an explosive speed as I furiously swap up and down, "There you are!", then in just a few seconds the notification again popped up asking for a confirmation.

"I'll save you, my love!" I then clicked "Buy with battle points". But then the sweet sound was replaced by a:

*Grumbling*

"hehehe" I scratched my head and looked up at the scorching sun at its peak.

"I'm Starving..." I then patted my rebelling stomach. After confirming that I had indeed saved my beloved, I now looked for a way to save myself from hunger.

While searching around for something that I could possibly digest, I saw the wolves below looking at me with mocking faces. Recalling the acorns I saw yesterday, I then looked at the tree just beside the tree I was currently in.

The acorn tree was albeit a little smaller than my current tree, ignoring the possibility that the wolves might reach me I proceeded to get a bunch of acorns.

After an hour later, I finally managed to safely secure dozens of acorns. I'm not that stupid to actually eat untreated acorns, but I still have the omnipotent Google-sensei which "told" me a second ago not to eat untreated acorns. I gathered these for baiting squirrels, it might be a bit tad cruel but my survival is a must!

After an hour later only half of the acorns were left, not because a thieving squirrel took it but a majority of that half fell to the ground while trying to come back to my "original" tree. A minority of it became "toys" to pass my time as I tried choking a wolf with stringed acorn from my t-shirt.

"It seems that I can't survive this afternoon without passing out" Entering an "energy saving mode" I gazed lazily at those darn wolves.

[3 Hours later...]

Me: God I'm being starved to death by these woves!

God is typing...

God: Woves? Do you mean wolves?

Me: Im too week to type, nymore...

God is typing...

God: Why don't you try using your upgraded apps.

Me: apps? how could apps possible help me?

God: ... Your phone is no ordinary phone! It's a now an artifact! Try looking for a hidden detail in one of your games which were never there before.

Me: w8

God: I know I look like your age but I'm God, be more respectful will you?

Me: Sorry, Lord God!

Looking out for those hidden details which God mentioned, I first looked at Mobile Legends. Nothing was really different, but when you look closely at the hero's feet where you can see a magic circle at every hero.

Clicking the magic circle, a bubble message which seemed unbelievable asked a shocking question, "Would you like to summon, Zilong? Y/N"

"IS this for real?! If im going to summon one, why not mate it my beloved?" Swiping down as I looked for my beloved. Clicking the magic circle beneath her feet, a confirmation popped up, without hesitation I quickly clicked "Yes"

"..."

Seconds have passed and yet there were still no signs of any "phenomenon" as I previously expected.

"Could it be fake?"

At that exact moment of doubt, a purple mist emerges from the roots of the tree I was standing on. Little by little, it slowly crawled the way up until it managed to cover the whole branch that I was standing on.

The purple cloud was the only thing I can see, but instead of fearing fear I let out a smile which was a natural reaction knowing that I could finally see her for real.

Suddenly, cold sweat drenched my back as I felt a weird aura coming from behind me, "Is this killing intent? I thought those only existed in Chinese Novels". Nevertheless, excitement replaced the fear I was feeling a nanosecond ago if I could jump up and down without breaking the branch I would've jumped in joy a million times.

Turning my head slowly, I saw a vague figure of a girl with the legendary "Coca-Cola Body". But it feels like something was not right, but when I heard a cold but charming voice, I was brought back to reality.

"Give me names and I'll give you blood."