2 This Is Just Like A Game (1)

--/In A Random Street/--

It was 4:30 pm. Hunter was walking home from school. 'What should I do when I get home?', he asked in his mind. 'I don't have any family waiting for me so I guess it's okay to stay outside for a bit.', he thought.

Hunter was a thirteen-year-old boy who lived alone in an average house. He never met his parents his whole life. The person who used to take care of him was his grandpa but he passed away because of his cancer.

His grandpa was an investor so when he died, he left his properties to Hunter. But, since Hunter was still young, the little business was entrusted to his grandpa's most trustworthy friend so that when Hunter would be old enough, he would inherit the business.

He receives a monthly allowance from the business. Even though it was not that big, it was enough to even buy the things he wanted..

Hunter loves video games. He also reads a lot of story regarding fantasy or anything that has something to do with magic. He also loves reading action, adventure, and survival genres. He had lots of qualities of being a very sociable person.

The thing was... Hunter didn't have any friends. Although he was good-looking, he has this aura around him that makes him unapproachable. And he also always wear a poker face.

His usual habbit was to wake up at 6:00 am, prepare for school, take a bath, eat, then go to school. And after school, he would go home straight.

But since he didn't have anything to do at his house, he decided to go home late.

On his way, he always passes these beautiful white flowers besides the river bank. He went down to take a look at them.

As he was admiring the flowers, he noticed something beneath the bushes. It was a small cat.

He took it and put it in his arms. The cat was very skinny. It looked like it hadn't eaten for a month.

'It's still alive.' Hunter thought. He took pity on the cat and took it home. He fed it but the cat couldn't eat much because of its condition.

After feeding it, he gave it some milk to drink. The cat tried to drink as much as it can. Hunter was watched it as it struggled.

The cat looked up at Hunter. It stared at Hunter's eyes. And what happened next shocked Hunter to the point he even thought he was dreaming.

[ Thank you for your help human. ]

The cat talked. Hunted looked around to see if anybody was with him but he couldn't see anyone except for the cat.

"I must be hearing things. For a moment I thought the cat talked.", Hunter said to himself.

[ Ha ha ha. Don't worry. You are not hearing things. I can really speak. ]

Hunter's eyes widened at what the cat said. His brain couldn't process it. How? How could a cat talk? It wasn't possible!

As he was thinking about what happened, the cat collapsed. Seeing this, Hunter forgot about his thoughts. He picked up the cat and, hesitatingly, he asked, "A-Are you okay?"

The cat was really weak. It answered, [ Well, I don't know if I can still live. I really hadn't eaten for a long time after I left my home. And I couldn't find a warm place to stay. ]

The cat looked at Hunter once more.

[ You are really nice. Your the first human to treat me like this ever since I came here. Usually, people would just drive me away or even throw stones at me but, you are different. ]

Hunter was being complimented right now but he couldn't accept it since it was coming from a cat so he just stared at it. Then the cat spoke again.

[ As a parting gift, I will give you something that will surely be helpful to you. ]

And with that, the cat's final ounce of life drifted away. Hunter didn't know what to do with the body. He thought of burrying it but then, the cat started to turn into tiny specks of light which disappeared in the air.

"Huh?", was all that came out from Hunter's mouth. He couldn't think of any explanation on what just happened.

"I must be hallucinating. I need to stop reading novels for a while. It's already affecting my mind.", he said. He stood up and looked outside. It was already dark. He decided to call it a day and go to sleep.

[ Warning. A portal is starting to formulate. ]

After hearing the message, a gust of wind suddenly started blowing inside his house. In front of Hunter, a black circle started to formulate.

His furniture was being sucked in the circle. The suction got stronger and stronger and it started pulling Hunter in.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!", Hunter yelled. He tried to grabbed onto a table but he didn't make it. He was lifted up by the force of the pull then finally, he got sucked.

'Damn! This is the most weirdest and unluckiest day.' Hunter thought and after that, he lost his consciousness.

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--/At ??? Cave/--

/Hunter's Point of View/

I slowly opened my eyes. Everything was dark. I got up. Then, I felt a sharp pain at the back of my head. I couldn't help but groan.

'What the hell happened? I saw a dying cat, took it home, fed it. Then suddenly, it talked and then when it died, he said he would give me something.

Then, after turning into specks of light, I received a message about a portal formulating. When it formulated, I got sucked in and that's how I ended up here.'

"Anyways, I need to know where I am." Since I couldn't see anything, I started touching all around to find anything useful.

Clink!

My hands found something. I touched it more to find out what it was... A flashlight!

I turned it on and looked around. What I could see were stones and dirt. The ceiling was out of rock or, to be precise, even the walls were out of rock.

"Am I in a tunnel?", I asked to myself.

[ Correction. You are in a cave. The cave you are in is called 'Sein Cave'. ]

What? I was shocked. I didn't really expect to receive an answer. I looked around to see if anyone was with me but saw no one. Then who answered my question?!