Mugen Monogatari: The Infinity War of Heroes

Chapter 32: The NPC

I don't know why I got away today, I slipped out of school and went home without my sister knowing. I realized that if I stayed home even if I locked the door to my room my brother would still be able to open it, so I decided to take all my game equipment and bring it to the secret headquarters. We found this base by accident, and then we changed it a little bit, like the basement. The location is close to the cemetery, so at night, the place will seem creepy, shared outside the warehouse looks like it has been damaged and haunted, especially the inside, we did deliberately make it like this, we did, of course so that no one would dare to enter here, since this is a secret headquarters only me and my best friend know. In that place there are 2 underground rooms that are in sequence, we make a door that is very similar to the wall, in the dark of the night the door will look like a wall perfectly, he said, the clue was some stuff I put in front of the door, like a broken flower vase. In the first room we put some cabinets and work tables, we put some fake documents that look important. The first room was also used to fool the enemy, the actual room was behind the closet and just like the door of this room, we made the entrance to the second room look like a wall. And behind the wall was the greatest room ever, an arena that we used to train a match, a computer with a god spec, full wifi access, a kitchen, a toilet, a stock of groceries and drinks, he said, some futons, a closet full of manga and novels, hundreds of action figures, console games and much more.

“This is the place we used to ditch at school... Haha... A place that even gods want to have... The most room..” I said.

“meoongg..” cat voice.

“ah..!! It turns out you are... How are you..? You then regularly.?” ask me while stroking the cat's head.

Her name is Nemea, we both found her and took care of her here. From the name we are inspired by the powerful and courageous Nemean lion, we wish him that way too. Until now Nemea is the only – guard of our secret headquarters, a few weeks ago there was someone who accidentally got here and Nemea managed to scare him and make him run away. We have made a special entrance for him, which is through the air ventilation hole that we have modified so that he can move more comfortably when going out or entering. For the food we also made him a special tool, so when he was hungry he could push a button on the tool and finally the food came out.

After I finished feeding Nemea, I logged straight into the game. It's been a month since I met Jessie and now is the time to meet Gama. With the time that has been announced via Email in the game, now I am in a special room that has been prepared by Gama, the same room as before. Gama came and the way it came was the same as before, but now he does not appear from the table, but besides him, now he has more respect for us.

“welcome to this room again...!! We meet again, would you like to meet me..? I'm glad to see you again, too... Haha... So what are you guys..?” gama opened the conversation.

“ehh... Looks like we are all well – fine, maybe” Hiro said.

“then what did you guys do after the time we met here first... Like an interesting incident.?” ask Gama.

“an interesting incident..? Maybe that's what he meant” thought I.

I also remembered that when I fought against Ricoris, it seemed like he still disliked me.

“No...” Ricoris.

“dia wants to cover it yes..” thought I.

“hmm..? So yeah... All right now just get to the point so this one-month trial what do you think.?” ask Gama.

“ini is very helpful... Especially for a party whose members do not have Skil Support... My chest can even heal my wounds – wounds during the fight.” Neko said.

“hmm... True, Skil Support is likely to be owned by all Players, but this Skil can only be used for friends... Well, except for a Wizard he can support himself... It can be considered” Gama said.

“so can this be considered successful.?” ask Hiro.

“hmm... About it just might” replied Gama.

“then as I said before... What will you provide as compensation for winning the previous Event..?” ask Hiro.

“soal it... You guys call your Pets” said Gama.

“hmm..? Isn't our Pets here..? Uh.. How come there's no.?” neko.

“of course... Since this is a special room, only the Player can come here... After all, this Pets is still in trials so the System is still not fully updated.” explained Gama.

“that makes sense... Then..” said Hiro.

The five of us started calling our Pets, Neko has Pets a kind of cat that is Cait Sith or fairy cat, Inu has Pets mythological animal Cerberus or a dog with a head of 3, Hiro has a kind of owl Pets or in the game commonly called The Owl which is an animal that is difficult to find and also very difficult to beat, he said, while Ricoris has a horned Pets horse or commonly called Unicorns and mine is an Acient Dragon who is a monster that has a level equivalent to Dungeon King.

“ohh... Everyone has great Pets... What I didn't expect was Pets who possessed the equivalent strength of this Dungeon King... Amazing....!!!” said Gama.

“true indeed..” thought I.

“hmm... Well it doesn't matter” Gama said as he clapped his hand.

Arrived – arrived our Pets like caged.

“hey hey...!! What does this mean.?” ask Hiro.

“just relax...” says Gama.

The cage slowly becomes a coffin and the lid is dealt a face, the face of a king and queen on a poker card.

“and the meaning of this face.?” ask Hiro.

“this is their gender, do not misunderstand them created randomly... Open this up later and you'll see the real face of them, oh yeah they still have some parts of themselves when they're monsters... And also I already gave them the – basic command in the fight, you can add the command and I will give you this guidebook... So congratulations to you guys and see you..!!!” said Gama while disappearing again.

“wait a minute.!!” shout Hiro.

“has disappeared..” said Neko.

“apa – what is his attitude..!!” hiro said furiously.

“alah is the most important of our efforts in the Event not wasted –... Let's go Neko...” said Inu.

“oke..!!” neko Sahut.

“i also go.!!” Ricoris.

“aahh... Sucks..” said Hiro.

They took their chests – each and started leaving the room.

“so I'm the only one still in this room..” I thought.

I decided to stay in the room until I finished reading the manual given by Gama.

“why did you say that this has been scrambled...? Didn't you set it up.?”

“really...? Did I say that..?”.

“you are yes.”

I finished reading the guidebook, in the written book how to add the command and also we are required to make a description of the NPC that we have. An NPC would be counted as a Player, he only spoke through orders and could not speak freely, had absolute loyalty and always obeyed his master's orders even though it was dead. The level previously owned will be reset back to level 1. If the NPC dies it will be respawned again within 8 hours, if the master dies in battle even though his NPC is still alive then the match will still count as defeat. Because it is counted as a Player, NPCs can choose a Role and Skil determined by the master. Names can be changed once the NPC is activated and gender cannot be changed. Description is an NPC background or it can be said Description is a Biography.

“why is there so much written in this book..? It's even still part of it... It's better I just take this first.” I thought.

I took the chest and immediately left the room, but to Gama I felt like Deja Vu.