Unexpected Offer (2)

TyrantMaster : Woah, finally going online after gone for such a long time, huh?

GreatLean: What are you talking about? I just went offline for a few hours, and you are already making fuss bout it >:(

GuanGuan: Its because Tyrant seems missing you

TyrantMaster: What? I'm not gay like you!

Bill laughed at the monitor watching his two friends bickering each other. Only here, he can laugh. Only here, he had friends. There's a term on the internet "No Life," which suited most with Bill current life.

After playing for a few hours, Bill takes a break because his arm grows tired. While stretching his body a little, a *Ting sound could be heard clearly from his headset that connected with the computer.

The notification will sound when someone whispered to his character. So he curiously looked at the person who messaged him.

#@~~#~@~: Hi

Bill, who saw the strange nickname, furrowed his eyebrows.

'Isn't making a character with a symbol is prohibited. Then, how can this man nickname full with a symbol? Did this man cheated, or the system got bugged?' Though Bill mind was full of questions, still he replied the person politely.

GreatLean: Hello

#@~~#~@~: I noticed that your character has quite a lot of playing hours.

Bill was embarrassed seeing the man words. Of course, he knew that his character has a lot of playing hours because he got plenty of idle time. But hearing that from stranger making him embarrassed, it as if he got nothing to do except playing a game. What Bill forgot is that his character play hours got displayed on the Web of game, which means everyone already knew that either the person who played the character is a rich guy with much idle time or an unemployed homeless that stayed almost 24/7 on GameNet.

GreatLean: Why are you asking?

Then what's this man's purpose? Bill was curious since this man asked him about his play hour. Did this man want to do some surveys regarding game players? Or is it something else?

#@~~#~@~: Do you like with the character you currently played?

See! This person is trying to do some surveys, and Bill happened one of its targets. Though Bill quite lazy to deal with it, he got nothing to do at the moment. So as not to disappoint the survey guy, he replied.

GreatLean: Of course, I do like it so much. It's my character, after all, he got plenty of great abilities that arouse my jealously. He also has a handsome face because I spent a long time customizing it. How can I don't love my character?

#@~~#~@~: Do you like the world your character in-game stayed?

Bill contemplated for a while before answering.

GreatLean: Hmmm...If we expelled those monsters, the world would surely be peaceful and great. But that will not be exciting. I mean, if a world like that exists but without a dragon, giant, werewolf, goblin, etc., on it, wouldn't it seems kind of bland?

#@~~#~@~: What if a world like that exists?

Bill laughed a loud seeing the reply. A world full of magic and mysterious creature exist? That sounds exciting, but you should see the reality first. Is this man joking? If so, then he succeeds in making him laugh. A world full of magical creatures? What a bullshit, that kind of world only exists in the novels and games. But Bill being a Bill, although his mind was clearly saying that, the words he typed were the opposite of it.

GreatLean: A world like that exist? I would love to visit it sometime.

#@~~#~@~: Then, are you willing to visit it tomorrow? Are you willing to have a second chance to live in a world where many magical kingdom and creatures exist?

Tomorrow? The man seems taking the joke too far, but Bill didn't mind it and played with it along.

GreatLean: Of course, I would love to! I already said it before, right?

A few minutes passed, but the reply Bill expected didn't appear.

Is the man gone offline already?

Bill typed the person username but to no avail.

/whisper#@~~#~@~

[ The username you mentioned are not registered ]

Was it not registered? How can it be? I just chatted with him a few minutes ago!

Bill quickly scroll the chat log, but his eyes widened in shock because the history chat between him and the survey guy gone, it as if both of them never chatted before, and Bill only imagined things.

'Am I hallucinating?' Bill silently thought, then placed his palm over his forehead to check his temperature.

'My temperature is normal. Then how can I explain those chat were reals or not?' Bill keeps pounding his head lightly over his desk, showing his frustrated state.

Bill groaned in frustration and ruffled his hair.

'Forget it, maybe that person was a cheater. Yeah, that would surely explain why his username full of symbol and the system didn't recognize its username.'

'Yeah, that must be it.' Bill kept convinced himself despite his heart not entirely believed it.

Soon, he slowly forgets about the survey guy matter because currently he and his party engaged in raid boss dungeon. After finishing the dungeon, Bill bid his friend goodbye since the clock already showed 3 A.M, and his body needs a break for a moment. He placed his head over the desk and closed his eyes slowly, not knowing that the moment he woke up, his life would completely change.