Chapter 17 Accident

"But I still need to log out" Lewis muttered as he opened his interface and logged out of the game.

[Saving game data...]

[Save successful]

[Logging out]

Words appeared in front of Lewis and in some seconds the whole world around him darken till he could no longer see then he opened his eyes.

As soon as he logged out, the pod automatically opened and he removed the helmet from his head, a large smile was on his face same with the other eight players as they stepped out of the pod.

Lewis's sister brought his wheelchair and helped him out of the pod, Arthur was in front of them but from his face, he wasn't that happy, Lewis looked at his back and he could see one of the beta testers was clearly angry.

"So how was the game, did you experience any problem?" Arthur asked the players.

"It was great, so realistic, when would you release the game?"

"Can I keep playing?"

"I love it, the NPCs are too real, how were you able to do that?"

The responses from the players were positive, it seems no one experience any glitch or bug, Lewis keep his meeting with the goddess secret.

"You bastard, you kill me" one of the players shouted.

"You are the assassin, that explains why you are angry, you were tailing me for no good reason, and besides I didn't kill you" Lewis spoke.

"That's what I was hoping to ask about, Lewis Quinn, you encountered wolves in the forest and suddenly your character became unresponsive till all the wolves were defeated, we couldn't hear or see anything till all the wolves were killed, and when you met another player, the screen went blank again, care to explain why?" Arthur asked.

"Wait...the screen went blank, so you didn't see what happened in the forest?" Lewis asked.

"No, we didn't, what happened?" Arthur asked.

'So they didn't see Xavier or the necromancy book, that must be why the goddess told me to keep it a secret, wait then the goddess is real, wait...is the goddess real?' Lewis wondered.

"Why are you lost in your thoughts, I didn't ask you something difficult, did I?"

"No, I was just trying to remember what happened in the forest, I know the wolves surrounded me then I climbed on a tree for protection but then another beast came, I couldn't get a good look but it killed all the wolves and left"

"What? A beast killed all the wolves, an unidentified beast in the starting village, that's impossible!!" Arthur spoke.

"Then what happened when you met the other player, he told me two persons ambushed him"

"He was tailing me in the forest and got killed, I didn't kill him" Lewis spoke.

"What? you told the person who held me to kill me, he was with a knife" the player shouted.

"I'm a mage, and I wasn't with any of the players, I was alone, so who killed you? Or did you think I make friends with an NPC?" Lewis asked.

"It's impossible for him to kill you with a sword, and it's also impossible for him to befriend an NPC that is ready to kill for him during his short playing time, and from what we could see he didn't come in contact with anyone in the forest, so what happened?" Arthur was confused.

'You bastard, I'm going to make you pay for killing me, you crippled poor bastard'

"We're going to do more testing tomorrow so please be ready, and follow my assistant when you are done, she'll make the payment to your specified account or in case you want cash" Arthur spoke.

"Cash for what?"

"Your payment as beta testers, you get paid for testing the game, go with my assistant," Arthur said as he walked out of the room.

"I don't need your money" the player that Lewis killed spoke as he walked out.

"That's the problem with rich people, well it's none of my concern, as long as I get paid, I'm good," one of them said.

Lewis and his sister followed the assistant along with the rest of the players and they were paid for their services, Lewis collected his part of the money in cash because he was quite hungry, he wanted to visit a restaurant on their way home.

Lewis and his sister exited the company building and it was almost nighttime, the streets were busy with cars and people returning from their various jobs.

"Alisha, the light is red move" Lewis spoke.

"I'm sorry, I was just surprised by the game, maybe I'm going to buy once it is officially released" Alisha spoke as she pushed Lewis across the road with a smile on her face and her face turn to the left.

>VOOOORM!!<

An incoming car was rushing towards them at full speed and the light was still red.

>BOOM!!<

Lewis was sent flying and the car continue forward without stopping, Alisha stood there dazed as everything happened so fast, the car was clearly aiming for Lewis and it achieved its aim.

"BROTHER!!!!" Alisha shouted as she ran towards Lewis.

Lewis's eyes were spinning and it felt like the whole world was breaking down, he couldn't hear a thing but he could see Alisha beside him shouting at him.

'What happened, why is Alisha crying, wait why am I on the ground, who are all these people, why are my eyes heavy, I'm feeling sleepy' Lewis thought as he fell unconscious.

"Good, I hope his hands get paralyzed too, that's what you get for trying to mess with me" a boy spoke as his driver opened the door for him and he stepped in.