”I’m Melissa nice to meet you,” she said as she shook Alex’s hand.

“See you around,” Alex said as he turned around and walked back home.

‘Wow he’s really cute and he’s spending the holiday here meaning we’ll see each other a lot, except he’s an indoor cat like me, I have to get back to the game’

Melissa thought as she also walked back inside her apartment.

The door opened and Alex’s stepped in, immediately he stepped in Alisha followed quickly behind.

“What’s wrong? I thought you were with your boyfriend” Alex smiled as he spoke.

“Dad would be home soon, I can’t let him see Sam,” Alisha said.

“Ohh…” Alex proceeded upstairs and Alisha followed behind him.

“What did you think about Sam?” she asked in a low voice.

“Well his first impression wasn’t good, but he seems like a good kid, and besides who you date is none of my business, you are old enough,” Alex said.

“I know I’m old enough, I just want to know what you think about him, and he told me to apologize to you”

“Don’t worry, I’m fine” Alex said as he stopped at the front door of his room.

“Okay thanks,” Alisha said as she opened the door to her room.

“Shit… I’ve probably kept them waiting” Alex mumbled as he grabbed his VR helmet. He quickly opened the box he placed it in and turned it on.

“WiFi…” Alex muttered as he opened the door to his room, he wasn’t familiar with the WiFi password here so he had to ask his sister.

*Knock*

The door opened and his sister Alisha was standing at the door wearing a white nightgown.

“Woah…you have grown a lot when I was away” Alex spoke.

“I have right… what’s wrong?” Alisha said touching her breasts.

“Don’t touch it in front of me, the WiFi password, what’s the WiFi password?” Alex asked holding his phone.

He went back to his room after getting the password from his sister, Alex input the password and turned the helmet on.

Alex heard a familiar voice as soon as he put on his helmet, everything went black as soon as he put it on.

[Connecting…]

[Scanning ID…]

[Face ID complete…]

[Welcome back Reaper]

This time Alex didn’t close his eyes, he wanted to see how he would appear in the world of Nova Online.

Light returned to Alex’s eyes and he was standing at the exact location he left before, from where he stood he could see the city gate some distance away.

Alex looked around searching for his Gabriel, Max, or Rebecca, looking around Alex could now see that most of the players in the city were now over level 10.

To survive the great forest and make it to the city newbies would have to defeat high-level players and high-level players used the opportunity to kill any newbie in their path.

Few male NPCs roamed the arena but the majority of the NPCs were females, some of them staring at Alex and blushing slightly as they walked by, Alex wasn’t interested in starting a relationship with any of the NPCs except it was beneficial to him.

After the arena battle Alex was planning to leave the city, he has been in this city for too long so now it was time to venture out and explore more cities and villages, and for some reason, they haven’t been a dungeon update since when he cleared the Ice dungeon.

‘That’s right, there were two dungeons and I cleared the first one, I wonder who cleared the second dungeon’ Alex mumbled as he walked forward.

It was already morning in the world of Nova Online, when Alex logged out last time it was night time, the location of the arena was visible on the map and Alex walked towards the arena.

He looked around and his friend was nowhere to be found so maybe they were already in the arena.

Alex followed the directions on the map and after walking for a while he finally arrived at the arena, it was just a normal house like the rest of the buildings around it, but a sign was hung up which read ‘Arena’

Alex walked in despite being skeptical, he knew all arenas were supposed to be huge and had lots of space but this one was just a normal building that won’t be able to fit up to 1000 people.

Alex walked in and shook his head, this wasn’t the arena he imagined, he walked into a small room with a door at the end, a counter was set and a cute girl sat behind the counter reading a book.

“Hi…” Alex said as he walked towards the girl.

Without looking at him the girl spoke, “Are you here to watch the battle or to participate?”

“I’m here to participate” Alex answered.

“To participate, you’ll need to pay a fee of…” the girl finally looked away from her book towards Alex.

“A fee of what?” Alex asked.

“Your face…” the girl mumbled.

“My face…is something on my face,” Alex asked as he touched his face.

“N-No… it’s nothing, you are here to participate right?” the girl spoke facing away from Alex.

“Why are you facing away, tell me the truth is there something on my face?” Alex asked.

“There is nothing there, it’s just that… I’m… nothing” the girl said.

‘Why are girls acting weird these days, I wonder what’s wrong with this NPC, her face is red, maybe she’s not feeling okay…how can an NPC be ill, this game is too realistic’ Alex smiled as she the girl slowly turned to look at him.

“How much is the fee?” Alex asked.

“Fee…oh it’s free, you just need to fill this form and then you can participate,” the girl said as she handed a form to Alex.

‘How can a boy be so beautiful, I caved and told him that participation is free, now I have to pay with my money, what can I do to make him see me again’ the girl looked around as she thought of a way she could talk to Alex.

Alex on the other hand stared at the paper in front of him, he was told to provide basic information about himself such as name, birth village, and other basic stuff.

After filling out the information Alex passed the paper back to the girl and she placed a stamp on it before joining it with other forms from different applicants.

“Since you are participating in the arena, I have something for you but you’ll have to give me something in return,” the girl said.

“What do you want in return?” Alex asked.

“What do you have to offer, the item am about the give you is worth a lot,” the girl said still blushing.

“I only have money, that’s the most valuable thing I have with me, or what else do you want?”

“I want you to meet me after the battle, then we’ll talk, I’ll be right here,” the girl said.

“Okay…but first what do you have to offer me?”

“This…” she slipped her hands into her pocket and brought out a tiny orb and handed it to Alex.

[Orb of resurrection – Epic]

“Woah…” Alex mumbled as he stared at the little orb, he smiled and handed it back to the girl, “I’ll definitely be back”

“I thought after seeing it you would try to steal it, I’m glad you aren’t that kind of person,” the girl said.

“What if I tried to steal it what would you have done?” Alex asked.

“Ohh…I would have burnt your waist down, I won’t let my flames get close to your face” the girl said.

“You are a mage, I wouldn’t have guessed that”

“Yes and I’ll be waiting, take this door and enter the door to your right, the other participants are already there” the girl spoke.

“Okay, and thanks,” Alex said as he opened the door.

“Wow he’s cute, I and my sisters are going to devour him, my body is already tingling from thinking about it” the girl giggled as another player stepped in.

“I’m here for the battle,” the player spoke in a hoarse voice.

“You’ll need to pay a fee of 500 blue coins, and fill out this form,” the girl said without a smile.

‘There’s no need for me to pay with my money, I’ll just raise the price a little’ the girl mumbled under her breath.

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