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What appeared in front of Zane resembled a large television, nevertheless, there was no solid part like the usual black glass screen or the plastic behind. Instead the screen was floating in front of him. It is an holograph.

[ Chose from these weapons ]

[ Sword, shield, spear, knife, dagger, handglove, pole, rapier, hammer, axe, pickaxe, sickle, scythe ]

Zane has never used any weapon before, at least, he knew about knife, but he has only used it for chopping and every other use of the knife was related to cooking.

He has never used a weapon for what it's meant for, to kill!

Having no choice, Zane picked his weapon.

[ You picked sword ]

A small portal, about three times smaller than the one which appeared in his room formed in front of him.

Zane stretched his hand and grabbed the shiny steel sword. A smile appeared on his face as he could not help but recall his time at the orphanage, when he and other orphans used sticks and pretend to be in an intense sword fight.

[ Because you are the first person to pick a mission, we will give you an extra reward. ]

"What reward is it?" Zane was curious, however, he wished it would be magic. One of the fantasy he has is to one day activate his own magic spells, like fire ball, ice spear and others.

[ A list of magical elements would appear, pick one ]

"Really?" Zane eyes shone.

"I would get to use magic for real!" His voice was filled with thrill and excitement, momentarily forgetting the danger that lurks within this building.

The same holograph appeared but instead of weapons, there was magical elements with their symbols under.

[ Chose from these elements ]

[ Flame, Water, Ice, Earth, Wind, Lightning ]

Zane was greeted with a board of elements, all of them were precious.

In a world where magic doesn't exist like earth, even having a simple fireball spell would make one more powerful than any human alive.

Nevertheless among these elements, only one stood out to Zane as it was his favorite.

[ You picked Lightning ]

[ 2 lightning spells unlocked. ]

[ Bolt ]

[ Flash ]

[ Bolt: Shoot a straight bolt of lightning from your hands to fight enemies. You can only shoot one bolt per minute at current spell level

Current level: 1]

[ Flash: Move 2 times faster than your normal speed.

Current level: 1 ]

[ Note that the more you use the skills, the more it's is likely to level up and when it does, it becomes stronger ]

Zane nodded his head and decided to test his skills out.

He stretched out his right hand.

"Bolt!"

A magic circle appeared in his hand and then.

Zap!

Blue lightning zapped out of his hand in a straight line. Hitting the wall nearby.

"So cool," he exclaimed happily.

[ Your preparation is complete, you can start completing the quest now. ]

Zane nodded his head and swallowed a mouthful of survival before studying his environment properly.

The sitting room was big, and several meters from the door was a staircase that lead to another floor.

"I need to search this floor thoroughly first,"

Zane began tiptoeing as he surveyed the area.

He suspected the strange being is a monster that is the size of a dog and might be hiding in those broken furnitures thus he proceeded to check it out.

Silence was all over the room as he moved cautiously.

However.

CRAKA!

He heard a sound, it sounded like wood breaking in two.

"It is coming from the second floor"

Zane realized. He started moving up the staircase immediately.

He reached the second floor.

At the second floor, six rooms were present and out of these six rooms, three doors were opened.

CRAKA!

Zane heard the same sound once again, but he couldn't figure out where it was coming from.

"The monster or whatever is one of these rooms," he thought.

He strolled to the first room by his left. This one's door was open.

Zane quickly looked inside, his action resembling that of cops badging into a room.

"Nothing here. Just a normal bedroom," he sighed as he saw nothing in the room.

He proceeded to the other one by his side and it was bedroom.

Zane surveyed five rooms thoroughly. There was nothing in it, not even a rat or cockroach, not a single living thing we're in these room.

This now left him with just one room.

"Whatever is disturbing this house is residing in that room and I have to engage in battle,"

He reminded himself but his mind was not settled.

He has never fought before, he does not know how to swing his sword like those ninjas in movie and even if he has magic, he hasn't practiced how to use it properly.

"The first battle is always the hardest," he reminded himself.

"But as a man, I have to face my fear and challenge head on, especially since I don't have a choice but to do it," he gulped nervously and started walking close to the room.

CRAKA!

CRAKA!!

HEI HEI!!

The usual CRAKA sound continued, this time it was louder. And there was also another sound, one Zane hasn't heard before, it resembled the laugh of an animal.

Summoning all the courage in his heart, Zane used [Flash] and sprinted into the room.

This was a bedroom like the rest but there was something here. Something he has only seen in horror movies and videogames.

It has green skin resembling that of fresh leaves, but with dirt and blood stains. It was short like an average 7 year old boy. However it's physique was robost.

Around its waist was a belt and tucked in these belts were knifes.

Zane immediately recognized it.

"Goblin!!"