4. Opportunity
Leo walked in front of the doors and just as he was about to open them, they opened automatically, startling him.
'magic?' he wondered, but he sensed that there was no presence of magical energy in the doors.
'this shop is not as simple as it seems, maybe i shouldn't risk it' he thought, as there were quite a few demons who fooled humans and made them into literal livestock.
However, as they say curiousity killed the cat, leo, unable to control his curiosity decided to see what this weird shop was, believing that no demon would be foolish enough to trick humans in the capital city of sparks.
leo walked inside the shop and the doors automatically closed behind him, he looked around the weird shop, there were several tables with those black boxes on them, there were also some glass cabinets fitted to each table, which had some weird helmets inside them.
He looked around the shop and noticed a man around his age sitting at a cabinet just like other but much more fancy, that read 'owner of the cafe'. Just as he was about to ask the boss (from now own all others will call mc boss) what services this weird shop offered, he spoke first.
"If you have any questions don't disturb me, everything you need to know is written on the blackboard behind you"
'how does he do business with a tone like this' leo wondered but still turned back to notice a black board with stuff written on it that made him even more confused.
[Hello customer, welcome to the heavenly internet cafe, this is a place where you can play games. Ofcourse there are definitely some rules in this cafe, please follow them or you will be punished
1) don't disturb the boss no matter the status you have, he is much older than he looks
2) A customer can only play games for 6 hours maximum
3) for each hour spent playing games, the Customer has to pay 1 mana crystal
4) in this cafe, every customer occupies the same status, therefore no one shall force someone to give up thier seat
5) there is a additional charge for activating the game, of course this is a only one time charge
Note: if the customer is not satisfied with the games, the cafe will return ten times the amount the customer paid]
Reading this, leo grew even more confused, what games is it talking about, is it the hunting game whereages hunt beasts in a forest but where is the forest or the beasts, why is there a limit of 6 hours, isn't that determental to the 'cafe'.
Wait a minute , it charges A mana crystal for each hour?!?, one mana crystal is enough for a common family of three to live without stress for a YEAR! Is this a black shop?
Normally, leo would have walked away when he saw a black shop but this couldn't be a black shop, forget about being the capital city, the rules say that the 'cafe' will refund ten times the price if the customer is not satisfied, if this was a black shop there would be no such rule!!
Finally, after weighing the pro and cones, leo decided to try a game for one hour, if it really wasn't so good, he will just ask for a refund.
Yes, that's it, he just wanted to make sure that this shop was alright, he definitely wasn't curiouse or anything like that, after some more self hypnotising, leo walked to the boss.
"Hey, boss, um how do I play a game"
The boss showed a bit of surprise on his face,he answered,
"Its simple , but you must pay first, currently there is only one game, whose activation cost is 5 mana crystals, how many hours do you want to play"
"One, one is enough..."
Leo paid the six mana crystals, secretly deciding that the boss must give him a refund.
"Great, now please take a seat in any of the tables you want"
Leo did as told, growing confused, 'he isn't going to make me play board games is he?'
"Ok now, take the helmet from the the glass cabinet and put it on"
Leo did as told, seriously wondering what was going on,
In fact, poison could have also made him play through the game computer screen but , he decided against it, as the Ultra vr helmet, according to the system, is highly realistic, so he thought about using it, to atleast increase the popularity of the cafe, and also to complete this mission,
[Mission tab
1. First Customer
Description: all great things began small , have someone play your game for 6 hours
Reward: Mobile function unlocked]
"Um, what should I do now boss?"
Leo's voice snapped poison back from his thoughts, " oh, just press the button near your right ear"
After a few seconds, leo found the button,
'well, here goes nothing' he thought before pressing it.
Suddenly leo found himself in a white space floating, 'what is this where did everything go?'
Suddenly, a weird blue panel appeared in front of him, asking him for his account name,
"Is this the 'game', wait I remember that some great magicians chose some people to inherit their legacy before dying, could this be a opportunity for me?"
Leo started to get excited, 'a account name?, is it like a the unique magician name one gets after graduating, i have the comprehension of the lowest tier 1 element fire, so I go with ash mage'
[Ding, Account successfully registered, welcome Ash mage , which game would you like to play?]
Suddenly another panel appeared with 'games' written on it, however there was only one game there.
"The Ghost of tsushima" leo wondered before making the greatest decision in his life and clicking on the game icon.