The Tutorial ~ (1)

Head snapping - providing faint whiplash - in the direction of the voice that sounded behind him, Cleo was taken back. Standing a respectable distance full of elegance and dignity, was a woman. She had the softest of features one such as an idol would, dark flowy black hair reaching her hips, and a figure that was fit for a figure skater with a lace white dress that was perfectly smooth without a hint of creases or dirt.

(Whoa! She's so pretty! ♡´･ᴗ･`♡)

Gently - and just barely - she pinched the fabric of her white dress between her fingers bowing politely to him as though he had been one of high status. "My name is Oriel. I shall be your guide before you fully enter the world of Wildburg." Straightening up, she continues her monologue without a hint of pause. "This will take but a minute, if you would, please take a seat."

(Is she an NPC? Honestly, it's a bit hard to tell.)

'It sure is' Cleo silently agreed as he had opted to observing Oriel.

(Well duh! Stupid bone-head. It's the beginning of the game she cannot possibly be a real person (」°ロ°)」)

(I suppose you are correct.)

A wave of her hand - without emotion nor care - the summoning of a table and chairs had Cleo reeling back. The very set she had taken to summon was the very same his eyes laid upon in the flowery area.

"Now let us proceed." She said calmly, taking a seat at the table.

*****

Blink.

Lips opening slightly Cleo released an unintelligible noise just as his eyes fluttered open. Gazing down steadily within a small puddle of water, ruby-red eyes paired with white as pure as snow hair was his most observable trait. An appearance carefully crafted when spoke with Oriel yet the height - noticeably smaller than he had chosen - was what puzzled him. 'I…for sure picked my actual height in real life - 5 '11. So why does it seem as though I'm the height of a small child?'

"Everybody! Get to your homes and barricade yourselves in! The Village Knights will protect you!"

Such a sudden and urgent sounded shout drew Cleo's attention from himself to its current direction. Assumed NPC he observed that the person was fully decked out in sweet silver-plated armor gripping tightly onto a silver spear. His lips moved yet no more words were spoken - almost as though they held no importance for a player such as he.

He stood at the ready - to help those in need - just at the entrance of what Cleo had realized was an alleyway.

(Oh~ Drama already!? I'm in! (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞)

(oh, of course, you are. You live for drama.)

(ლಠ益ಠ)ლ Poo-head)

(That's not an insult.)

Voices of Ariel and Ester swam over his head whilst he gradually stood up - he had been on the ground you see. It took a few minutes to properly adjust to his designated height as he moved to the entrance of the alleyway.

About to exit the alleyway he had spawned in, the ground shook like a sudden large-magnitude earthquake resulting in Cleo stumbling unsteadily. Quickly, as he fell toward a corner of a grey-bricked building, his hands curled around it to provide him stability.

The knight took notice of him. Grey eyes widened in shock before him but he immediately shook his head mentally berating himself as it was currently not the time. Quickly he jogged over to the white-haired child gently gripping his small skinny arm to prevent him from running off.

Cleo blinked looking up at the knight meeting his grey eyes.

"Kid, you need to get home to your parents now. It's not safe out here. Do you understand?"

His lips parted as he had been about to speak in response, however, a chilling roar of what one could compare to a dragon was released. The knight's headshot in the direction it had come from as did Cleo's.

Both of their eyes met a large - towering over the houses belonging to the village - monster that was half bull half horse. It was reminiscent of the Minotaur originating from Greek myths. The grey-eyed knight let out a small string of curses before wrapping his arms around Cleo in a hug and lifting him.

Unable to say a thing due to losing his breath at being picked up so suddenly by an assumed NPC Cleo let him wrap his arms around the knight's neck to prevent himself from falling. "Sorry about this kid!" the knight shouted as he began to run in the opposite direction of the monster.

(Aww this is a cute picture! It's gonna make me cry! (;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`))

(Your…already crying.)

(Shut up, no I'm not!)

He then realized. "Wait, why are you running!? You're supposed to be defending your village!" He shouted at the knight.

Though the knight was proceeding to still run, his eyebrows furrowed as he spared Cleo a sharp look. His lips parted with each breath and his nose twitched in showing how much strength he was putting into escaping faster.

Out of breath, he shouted brokenly in response. "You think I can fight that thing on my own kid!? You're crazy!"

Cleo tilted his head. "Why not? It doesn't seem that strong?" he stated. The Minotaur really was not that difficult with its profile window providing him that assessment. Looking over the knight's shoulder ignoring his jostling of him as he ran, he focused intently on the monster slowly getting far away.

{ Bull Orc

Grade: F-Monster

Health: 50

Strength: 100

Skills: Plummet Lv. 1

Agitation Level: Legendary }

His eyes then focused on the knight.

{ Village Knight

Name: ????

Age: ????

Level: 06

Health: 150

Strength: 100

Skills: ????

The Thing/Person He Loves The Most: His daughter

Friendship Level: Acquaintances }

'What? Why is 'The Thing/Person he loves the most' on his profile window?' Cleo's thoughts filled with confusion at such a thing.

At the white-haired child's naive assessment of both himself and the Bull Orc, he couldn't hold back a laugh. "Yeah right! Don't get your hopes up kid I'm not that great!" he said, full of seriousness once having his laugh.

ROAR!

Another chilling roar from a distance away was heard before the knight holding him practically shouldered a door to an intact house open. He set Cleo down swiftly, turning and slamming the door shut behind them.

Fully safe from the Bull Orc the knight slumped forward, forehead now leaning onto the door, releasing a sigh.

"We're safe….for now."

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Current Character Status -

{ Name: Cleo

Species: Vampire

Level: 00

Health: 1000

Stamina: 05

Durability: 05

Strength: 05

Magic: 05

Blood: 05

Skills: ???? Lv. 1 | ???? Lv. 1

Current Status Points: 15 }