My Avatar's Advantage
I woke up one morning totally clueless about what had happened the night before. My head was throbbing, and where I was lying didn’t feel like my own bed.
I opened my eyes, which were heavy to lift, and to my unexpected surprise—
BAM!
I wasn’t where I thought I was. Better yet, I wasn’t where I was supposed to be—my own place. I was in a different world, one that felt like a dream. Only, when I tried to slap and pinch myself, hoping I would wake up from this so-called dream…
Nothing happened.
I was still in the same place I had been a second ago.
I thought I had finally lost it, only to find out that things couldn’t be worse than they were at that very instant. That’s when I realized I wasn’t just in a different place.
This place wasn’t just another town.
It was another world.
A world that, as I kept exploring while trying to find my way back home, I noticed was the very world I used to escape to after long, hard days at work.
This world isn’t just any timeline that suffered from The Butterfly Effect.
This is the world of my favorite game.
And the worst part?
I’m no longer just a gamer on the other side of the screen.
In a world where magic is like the air we breathe every day, I’m caught in a twisted era where a war against all species rages on. Now I have a new mission and new goal.
I must survive this war.
At first, things would have been easier because my avatar was the main character of the game—but not anymore.
I’m not the main character.
I’m not the one destined to save the world.
I’m actually the opposite of the main character.
This new avatar I’ve been thrown into isn’t even part of the main character’s group. This character is simply a non-PC.
Meaning I’m either meant to guide the hero until he reaches a certain level, or I’m just one of the characters who die during the breakout and the beginning of the war.
In other words, I’m just a mob.
A nobody.
You know what?
Fine.
I’ll be the side background character who’s doomed from the start.
But since I’m not the main character, it means I’m not the calamity magnate—and now that I think about it, that’s actually a really good thing.
That guy never rests. He’s always either fighting or running off on another quest.
Fuck that.
I want to rest.
But I’m not saying I’ll sit on the sidelines and watch him grow. Screw that—I’m going to outshine him. I’m going to outsmart him.
I may not be important to anyone else, but I know this game and this world inside out, like the back of my hand.
And now I’m going to use that advantage.
I’m going to rise.
I’m going to rank up.
But I hope that in doing so, I don’t cause my own Butterfly Effect.
Because I’d hate to be the hero once again—
A hero who, in the end, is fated to die.