A Girl's Life in a Gaming World

"Yes," Ezekiel replied, hearing that it was Alex calling.

She must have arrived just now. 

"Where are you!" Alex shouted at Ezekiel, afraid that he won't hear her, with how loud the people are cheering for something in the front. 

Alex is having a hard time finding Ezekiel with the number of people around. 

"Why are you shouting?" Ezekiel complained while picking his ears that got hurt from Alex's shouting.

"Ehhh?" Alex heard Ezekiel's voice crystal clear, even with the amount of noise the people around her are making. 

"Amazing!!" It's like she is wearing earphones, even though she isn't wearing one. 

Hearing Alex's shocked voice, Ezekiel realizes that Alex must not have known that the voice call is good for communication. It is so good that no matter how chaotic a place is, they would still hear each other loud and clear.

"I'm in the front try to squeeze yourself in." Confident with her skills, Ezekiel did not worry that Alex wouldn't be able to squeeze herself in the center. 

"Okay..." Alex looked at the tightly packed people in front of her. 

First, Alex made a plan on where to squeeze herself in with all the people pushing around to the front. After finding the perfect route, Alex then joined in the fun. 

Alex did not follow what everyone was doing of just pushing around and forcing themselves in. Because if she really does that, it will be impossible for her to move to the front.

Her plan is to go with the flow by letting herself get pushed to the front by other people. Alex made her body as light as possible so that other people can push her around. Then, once she sees a tiny gap, she immediately slips herself in. 

In just a matter of seconds, Alex arrived at the center of the plaza. She then quickly met Ezekiel's eyes on the other side of the crowd.

Alex also sees two players fighting in a circle formed by the players. It's like a ring that leaves the two people a space big enough to fight on. 

"Fast..." Ezekiel was shocked seeing Alex come out in the front in just a matter of seconds after answering him. He already expected her to arrive easily but not this fast.

"What are they doing?" Alex asked while looking at the two people fighting. 

"As you can see, they are doing a duel. The guy with the great axe started all of this. The guy he is fighting right now is his 6th fight already, and he hasn't lost even once yet. Looking at the moves of the one with the great axe you can tell that he is a decent one. But all of his opponents so far are also decent ones." Ezekiel explained.

"It looks like the guy with the great axe is getting faster and stronger as the fight goes on. The guy with the dual sword is quite good, but I think he is having a hard time adapting with his low stats in the beginning. " Alex observed. 

Alex then saw the guy with the dual sword, tried to make a big move by jumping with his weapon and slashing downwards. "Foolish..." Alex mumbled. 

"What an idiot..." Ezekiel agreed in unison.

Alex thinks that what the guy used just now is his starting skill. Alex can see that the guy used it desperately at the wrong time. The guy just hastened his death by attacking in mid-air. The enemy is clearly faster and stronger than him. The guy staying in mid-air just made himself defenseless.

And just as they expected. The guy laid on the ground after he was slashed in half by the great axe. Unexpectedly, blood did not spurt from the dual-sword guy. Light particles came out on the wound and floated in the air, then disappeared like a bubble in the blink of an eye. 

Alex approves of the game's decision of changing the blood to light particles to avoid any bloody scene that may scare the hell out of children.

[Player Akkar has won the duel and gained 100 silver] A robotic announcement echoed throughout the plaza.

"Arghhhh!!" The guy with the great axe then raised his weapon in victory and roared at the top of his lungs.

The crowd then followed suit and cheered on him.

"So strong!!" 

"Big bro, let's form a party together!!"

"Mister, carry me please!!" 

"Wow!! That is now six wins in a row." 

At the same time, the body of a guy with a dual sword disappeared on the ground. Then he suddenly appeared in a flash of light, two meters away on the place of his death.

The crowd wasn't as confused as Alex since they have already seen this scene the sixth time. The guy then walked out of the plaza with a slumped shoulders.

"Isn't that guy already dead? Is respawn time in this game only takes ten seconds?" Alex asked Lumiere, finding the respawn timer too fast.

"The guy is not dead... The player fought on an official duel. Official duels will leave 10% of a player's health whenever they are defeated. So no matter how much damage your opposing opponent makes, you are still basically alive." Lumiere explained.

"I see." Alex now understood.

Having Lumiere by her side is a really great help.

"Next!?" At the same, Akkar roared with confidence.

No one is now brave enough to step up and accept the challenge, afraid to lose their money seeing how strong the guy is. 

"How to initiate a duel?" Alex asked.

"Are you gonna fight?" Lumiere asked.

"Yes..."

"Decide a bet with your opponent, and the A.I. will handle the rest. There is no maximum bet and no minimum bets. You can choose to have no bet with your opponent if you want to." 

"So a friendly match is possible." 

"Yes."

"NO ONE!?" Akkar howled, striking fear on the crowd.

Alex then decided to step up to fight the arrogant guy. But just when she's about to move forward, Ezekiel beat her to it.

"Let's fight!!" Ezekiel walked forward with his weapon slung on his back.

"Let me fight this one, I'll show you what a healer can do..."