New World

As soon as Dave pushed the door open, he was greeted with a very unusual scene. The door lead to a small cubical room like the room that he woke up in. The midsection of this room was occupied by a table and a pair of comfy chairs. Both the chairs were facing each other. There was a stack of papers lying on the desk.

The weirdest part about this room was the skeleton that was sitting on one of the chairs. The skeleton in question was wearing a blue color two-piece suit. The skeleton was wearing a white color shirt underneath with three-four buttons on the top open. And that skeleton had long hair like that of a woman. As he saw the skeleton, he didn't know what to think anymore. He didn't know whether this skeleton was supposed to be amusing or was this supposed to be threatening…

"Oh good, it was becoming a bit boring waiting here all day long… What is your name lad?" the skeleton said.

"The fuck!" Dave was suddenly startled when he saw the jaw of the skeleton abruptly move. As he got startled he unconsciously took a step back and collided with the door from which he had just come.

"Oh, did I scare you, love? I am sorry." The skeleton jaws moved again and the voice came out of it.

"What the? What what what… what the hell! How are you speaking?" Dave asked in a frightened voice.

"Well, technically I am not talking. I am just moving my mouth while using a skill called [Telepathy]. With this skill, I can communicate with anyone with their mind. It is a quite handy skill when you meet a lot of people with different backgrounds and ethnicities." The skull said.

"What the hell is going on here? Am I in hell?" Dave asked with frustration.

"No… but I have heard that is quite a nasty place love. You don't want to end up there. But still depends on which part of hell you end up at…" the skeleton then started speaking about how awful the hell is. She spoke as though she had visited hell herself and was speaking with personal experience…

"OH BLIMEY! Look at the time. Sit down love, we have hardly any time left." The skeleton said after she saw the time.

Dave was astonished as he saw the skeleton speaking to him. He carefully observed her to see whether she was made of a complex contraption that is making her say all these things. But when she requested him to sit down, something took control of his body. He immediately sat down on the chair opposite to her. Even though he didn't really want to sit down.

"Now love, I know you have a lot of questions in your mind. But I have a very small amount of time left to answer all your questions. So let's just get this over it…" the skeleton said and then she started rummaging through some papers on her desk and then he took a page out and passed it to Dave.

"You and all the people that you saw back there are here to participate in a very special game that we call R3T or Race To The Top. The game is pretty simple. You and the other participants would be thrown into a magical world. Where all you need to do is get to the top to finish the game. And after finishing the game, The Celestials or Gods will grant the winner any wish they want. You could ask for your loved one's life. You could ask for power. You could for money, anything that you want. Pretty sweet deal isn't it?" the skeleton recited.

"NO! I am not playing any sort of game. You guys are fucking kidnappers!" Dave yelled.

"Oh for fucks sake… Look, love, I know you are scared. But believe me, this is going to get worse and I don't have time nor patience to answer all of your questions and accusations. Now, look at this paper. And choose one of the classes from the paper." The skeleton said while gesturing toward the paper in front of him.

Dave was reluctant to do so, but suddenly something took over his body once again and he started reading the paper in front of him…..

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Name- Newbie Swordsman

Equipment- A basic short sword, a circular shield.

Description- A person who had gotten a sword from somewhere and had no idea how to wield it.

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Name- Newbie Spearman

Equipment- A wooden spear

Description- A person who had gotten a spear from somewhere and had no idea how to wield it.

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Name- Newbie Archer

Equipment- A wooden short bow, a quiver full of 20 arrows

Description- A person who had gotten a bow and arrows from somewhere and had no idea how to wield them.

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Name- Newbie Magician

Equipment- A wooden staff, a book of basic incantations

Description- A person who got a staff and book from somewhere and had no idea how to wield it.

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Dave read all the classes and their description. And after reading the description he was a bit confused as to why the skeleton was making him choose all of this. He wanted to ask her about it, but his body didn't follow his command. It was then he remembered that she specifically ordered him to give the name of the class that he wants to choose.

If he is right then he could only talk to her after his decision about which class he wants to choose. So he read all the classes once again. He was attracted to choose Newbie Magician as his class. But he started doubting whether it would be useful for him or not.

As the Magician's equipment includes the book, he started assuming that he must read or learn incantations from the book and then only he would be able to cast a spell. And he was not great at reading stuff. And he didn't know where they are going to send him, thus he started to think that it would be for the best that he plays by his strengths. And his strength was his physical ability at the moment.

He started eyeing the Spearman and Swordsman class. He didn't know how to use either one of them but he was confident that if he practices well enough then he would be able to master them eventually. While the Archer's class is interesting, he knew that he would'nt be able to handle the class. After all, Archery takes years of practice before one could become proficient in its use. So this class was out of the question.

"I will choose Newbie Swordsman class," Dave said while looking up.

"Wonderful, goodbye dear. I pray that you will survive the ordeal." The skeleton said and then she waved her hands.

"Wait I need to ask....." Dave wasn't able to finish his sentence as he vanished from his chair.

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When Dave opened his eyes, he saw that he was lying on the ground. He could feel the dirt in which he was lying. And from the look of the canopy of trees in front of his eyes, he could guess that he was in some sort of forest. He got up immediately and started looking around.

From what he could see there was dense vegetation all around him. He was previously lying in a small opening. He looked down and saw that he was wearing different clothes now. He was wearing a white color medieval-style shirt and brown leather pants. He was wearing black color boots below. While the most interesting thing about his outfit was the sword that was hanging on his waist.

The sheath of the sword was strapped to the belt of his pants. He took out the sword from its sheathe and inspected it. The hilt of the sword was made up of black color leather strips interwoven with each other. While the sword itself was pretty shiny and had some weight to it.

From the looks of it, the sword was sharp. He swung the sword with his hands in the air. While swinging, he understood that the sword itself was pretty good. Its weight was manageable and if he practices it enough he could probably get used to swinging it.

DING

It was then a message ring tone chimed in the air. When Dave turned towards the sound, he saw that there was a blue color window floating in front of him

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Welcome to a New Reality Player,

This world will be your home for the upcoming years. In this new world, there are many mysteries and powers hidden from naked eyes. Find those powers, refine them and make them your own. They will be useful in the upcoming arduous path.

Reach to the Top, Fight, and most importantly survive.

P.S- Please say 'Status' to continue

After reading the message, Dave tried to touch the interface of the message. But surprisingly his hands went through the window.

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'A Fucking Hologram' Dave thought as saw his hands going through the message. From what he knew such kind effects shouldn't be possible with modern technology. So now the question was, what was his purpose here?

"Status," Dave said out loud. Immediately the blue color window in front of him vanished and another window popped open in front of him.

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Status

Name- Dave Gonsalves

Class- Newbie Swordsman

Level- 3

Stats- <Think about it to expand>

Inventory- <Think about it to expand>

Quest- <Think about it to expand>

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As David looked at his status, he was attracted to the Quest tab as it was blinking continuously. He then thought about expanding the tab and with his thinking, the status window vanished and a new window opened in front of him. The new window was like a list with only the top spot of the list taken. While the rest of the spots were empty.

The top spot in the list had a quest called The Race To The Top. Dave thought about opening it and the details of the quest opened in front of him…

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Name- The Race To The Top

Description- The magical world that the player has been thrown into is divided into 9 worlds. These worlds have many mysterious powers hiding from everyone in plain sight. Gather any power that you can. And reach the 10th floor before anyone else.

Reward- Any wish of the winner would be granted by God.

Penalty- <None>

Time limit- <None>

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