Chapter 23
The next day was a Sunday and Jake woke up as usual to complete his daily quest. And after completion, Jake decided to check his progress by glancing at his status screen.
<Status>
<User: Jake Lucas>
<Level: 5>
<Combat level: Novice>
<Skill level: Untrained>
<XP level: 90/200>
<HP: 30/30>
<Strength: 23>
<Agility:19>
<Endurance: 27>
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"Man, if the XP bar keeps on increasing after each level up, it's gonna be a tall task to level up." Jake thought.
After closing the door to the gym, Jake went to his dorm to take his bath. After everyone had taken their bath, they all went to take their breakfast together as usual. After eating, Jake decided to pay the VR gaming room a visit.
After paying 60 credits for 3 hours, Jake hopped into the capsule to play his first ever game. Quickly logging in, Jake was transported to his own white space.
"The creators of this game really did a great job, they made everything seem so realistic with the Sense of smell and all that." Jake thought. "i wonder if my system works here."
"I think it does, because I can hear and see everything you do." Zee said.
Quickly checking his theory, Jake decided to open up his system screen and it worked.
"Wait, if I can open up my system screen here then that means I can also use some of my skills here." Jake thought.
Opening up his skill tab, Jake quickly closed it because the skills on his skill tab will require an opponent to use it on. So not wasting time, Jake decided to divide his three hours into three activities.
The first; Battle against the werewolves for one hour.
Second: battle against humans for one hour leaving him with one more hour.
Last hour; Use the quick match to match him with random human opponents from Bronze to Gold.
Without wasting much time, Jake decided to start the game quickly with the battle against werewolves. After searching for a while, a werewolf was found. Seeing a werewolf standing in front of him again, Jake froze, his heart thumping louder and louder.
"Jake, relax. It's just a game. A VR. Calm down. If you don't face your fears now, how will you defeat the real werewolves?" Zee asked.
Hearing Zee's voice of reason, Jake snapped out of his trance to face his fears and defeat the werewolf in front of him. When Jake was ready, the countdown clock again was seen counting down from five to one. And when it hit 0, the werewolf dashed towards Jake.
"Calm down Jake, control your breathing." Jake said to himself.
When the werewolf was close to Jake, the werewolf swiped again with its claws towards Jake head.
"Common, I have seen this trick once before, do you think I will fall for it again?" Jake asked while quickly sliding under the werewolf and slashing its legs with his sword. And then his back was turned towards the werewolf.
Jake quickly turned around but his face was met with a fist from the werewolf therefore flinging Jake's head back and causing him to lose balance and fall off.
"Damn! I'm such a fool." Jake said.
Quickly standing up, Jake moved back to create distance between him and the werewolf. The werewolf stood there looking at Jake as if observing Jake's moves.
"Huh!? They actually created this thing a little too real." Jake said.
Having enough of waiting around, Jake decided to run towards the werewolf and the werewolf reacted by running towards Jake, then Jake slid under the werewolf's leg causing a cut on it. Angrily, the werewolf turned around and gave Jake a kick in his ribcage therefore breaking it.
"Ah damn! Why is it so difficult to defeat a VR werewolf?" Jake asked in frustration.
"Because you are not keeping calm. You have something that others don't but you don't want to use it." Zee said.
Realizing his mistakes, Jake decided to give it a shot maybe it might work. First of, Jake used the <Inspect skill> to see if his other skills will work. And miraculously it worked.
"So I can use my skills in the game too." Jake excitedly said.
But his excitement was cut short for the werewolf was already upon him. The werewolf tried to punch Jake but he quickly cast<The Triple Threat'> skill to get away and moved behind the werewolf quickly. And then the final stage, he casted the <Frenzy strike> and <Melee combat: that deals 10 percent damage to someone> causing him to rapidly attack the werewolf with his sword for 2 seconds straight non stop.
The werewolf was unable to attack back for 2 seconds causing Jake to deal major damage under 2 seconds. When the 2seconds elapsed, Jake finally moved back to create space.
"Ah damn! Even with all that, I still can't deal any damage to it." Jake shouted. That was when he remembered one more trick that might do the job.
The werewolf charged right at Jake but before it could get close, Jake used 'The Triple Threat' skill closing the distance between him and the werewolf before it could do that. And then Jake gave it a strong punch with all the strength he could muster. That was when he heard a notification but this time not from his head but around him.
<Congratulations Wolf hunter! You have got your first win. Win four more times straight to advance to the next rank.>
"phew. That was very difficult and challenging. The werewolf although a VR, it still felt real, I had to fight with everything." Jake said.
"Yeah, you did great." Zee said.
"Alright, let's see how much time I have left." Jake said checking the time and thankfully, he only used thirty minutes to defeat the werewolf, meaning he has thirty more minutes before he needed to go onto the second phase.
Not wasting time, Jake quickly selected another game. This time he found it a little bit easier because he managed to get used to the werewolf's fighting pattern. After twenty minutes of intense battling, Jake decided to take a break before he moved onto the next phase.
Although he wasn't fighting physically with his real body, it was still mentally daunting fighting. So he was mentally tired that was why he was taking a break. Checking his gaming system, he saw he had two wins to his belt. Satisfied with this, Jake decided to go onto the next phase which is fighting humans.
Jake selected the button that had the words <Fight with humans> on it and he clicked it and then after a little bit of time, the game finally found him a match.
Standing opposite Jake was what looked like a fisherman, the avatar that Jake's opponent used was dressed like some sort of a fisherman. Not caring about that, Jake just wanted to get the match over and done with quickly. The big countdown clock appeared again and when the time hit 0, the match started. Will Jake win the match or not?
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Chapter 24
When the timer hit 0, Jake's opponent charged towards him planning to slash at Jake but already facing the werewolf, his human opponent looked so slow so Jake managed to avoid the slash but his opponent quickly changed tactic and turned around and delivered an elbow hit to Jake's head causing him to stagger back.
"Damn! I forgot am not skilled and all this guys must have a good level of skill." Jake said.
Quickly regaining his footing, Jake checked his system and saw that <Frenzy strike> cooled down timer was off meaning he could use it. But Jake had to wait for the perfect time to use it. The opponent was using some sort of fishing pole with a sharp end as a weapon of choice.
Jake didn't relent, he quickly closed the gap between him and his opponent by using 'The Triple Threat' skill. The opponent was a little bit stunned at the use of the skill. But he couldn't be stunned for long because Jake was already upon him with a thrust of his sword but the opponent used his weapon to block the thrust Jake was intending to do.
And then he gave Jake a kick to the side of his ribs therefore sending him back a bit.
"crap! I forgot that humans and werewolves both have different fighting style. I was treating them the same." Jake thought.
"You are forgetting something important." Zee added.
"And what's that?" Jake asked.
"Your breathing you silly host. You are trying to rush the match quickly therefore losing control of your breathing." Zee said.
"Oh, I know what to do now. You know sometimes the way you talk and scold me make me feel like you're human not an AI." Jake said focusing on his opponent who was coming towards him.
Quickly closing the gap between him and Jake, the fisherman tried to wack Jake on his head with his pole but Jake quickly twisted and used his sword to block the attack and then quickly using 'The Triple Threat' skill again to get away.
When Jake finally created distance, that was when he suddenly fell on his knees panting. "What! What is going on? Why can't I feel my legs?"
"I think, your stamina has run out. Using that skill multiple times has taken up your stamina quickly." Zee said.
"shit shit shit! How am I supposed to win now if I'm on the floor?" Jake cursed.
The fisherman noticing that Jake was on the floor, decided to act cautiously by running towards Jake slowly to see if he will suddenly spring up and attack. But there was no reaction from Jake, he could only see Jake's face twisting as if in pain.
"Damn it! I mustn't lose. My winning streak! Just for five seconds please let my leg move for five seconds." Jake cried out.
The fisherman was finally close to Jake and he swung his pole towards Jake's head trying to finish the fight and suddenly, Jake's leg moved allowing to quickly roll away and got up.
Not wasting time, Jake activated <Melee combat> and <Frenzy strike> and then he dashed towards his opponent rapidly striking him continuously until the 2 seconds time on <Frenzy strike> was up and then he quickly moved back creating distance.
After moving back, Jake was now on his knees panting hard with his chest heaving in and out. Then he looked up to see the state of his opponent but Jake was given the shock of his life as his opponent was strangely standing fine. Then his opponent calmly walked towards him.
"You have strength and a little bit of speed but that is all useless without skills." The fisherman said and then he wacked Jake on his head with the pole therefore ending the game. Jake was now thrown out of the game room into his white space.
"Damn! The strange fisherman is right. What's the point of strength and speed when I don't have any skill." Jake complained.
"Have patience Jake, it's just a matter of time before you unlock a lot of skills." Zee added.
"Time? Patience? Are you kidding me? Time is running out. We don't know when and where the werewolves will attack. I need to be ready to protect myself and those I care about so that the werewolves won't take those I love again." Jake said gritting his teeth.
"Just calm down and have patience, I think you should rest a bit before you go into your next game." Zee said.
Jake just stood up from his sitting position and went to the game's interface. "I don't need rest." Jake said clicking on the quick match option.
"What are you doing? Are you nuts? The fisherman dude you faced was a silver rank if you didn't notice and you're here using the quick match, what if it matches you with a Gold ranked player?" Zee asked.
Jake shrugged and replied "It doesn't matter."
After a few minutes, a match was found for Jake and he went into the game with a face of determination. His opponent this time was dressed normal. When the countdown hit 0, Jake dashed towards his opponent, used 'The Triple Threat' skill and <melee combat> to deliver a powerful punch.
His opponent was too shocked to move because of the speed and aggression in which Jake used to attack him. And that was how Jake managed to land his powerful punch and ended the game therefore declaring him the winner.
"How did I do?" Jake asked Zee before he started his next match.
"Well to be honest, you did quite well but they were only two factors that made you win." Zee said.
"Which are?" Jake asked with a raised brow.
"Firstly, your opponent was a bronze player and secondly, you were the aggressor in the fight which stunned your opponent. That was why he didn't react on time." Zee explained.
"pfft. Who cares, I won that Is all that matters. Anyway onto the next game." Jake said.
Jake used the Quick match option to start his next match for the next hour. Jake kept going against random bronze players and in each fight, he always starts off as the aggressor therefore ending the match quickly. Unknown to Jake, the opponents he fought with, they decided to stay to watch his next few games because they all had one thing in mind.
"This kid's speed is inhuman for someone in bronze rank."
Some of his opponents, even went as far as posting the videos of their match with Jake to the online forum so that people could find out if Jake was a Gold player In disguise.
After a few more matches, Jake finally gained enough wins to move onto the next rank. Satisfied, Jake decided to log off. Unknown to him that he had gained a few fans.
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