Mad Hatter's Guide to Clearing The Game

Chapter 2: Ch00.2. New Year’s Eve/January 1st

Chapter 2: Ch00.2. New Year's Eve/January 1st

Monsters

Everywhere

All at once

Before Miles could register what was going on, the message in the holographic window changed.

[Do you want to convert your previous avatar's data to home-world 39515's latest version?]

[Yes] [No]

A goblin-like creature leaped towards him — green skin, pointy ears, black eyes that shone in a reddish hue, mouth full of razor-sharp teeth, drooling all over Miles — ready to make him its next meal as he thought 'Yes'.

[ERROR]

[ERROR]

[ERROR]

[Unable to recover the avatar's previous data]

[Forceful reset in progress]

Before he could think of anything else, a simple wooden sword materialized in his hand and he collided with the concrete floor of the street with a deaf thud, the alien creature clacking its teeth at his face.

While he was entangled with one goblin, his eyes still shut, he heard the sound of an explosion close to him, and when he opened his eyes, feeling his attacker's body lose its strength, there were no other goblins coming for him.

Instead, there was a single girl standing between him and where the three creatures were.

He let the goblin fall flat to the floor, and noticing that the system had not rewarded him with any experience points, he ran towards his sword, grabbed it, and ran straight back to the unconscious goblin, smashing its head with the flat of the wooden sword's blade.

The holographic window appeared before him once again.

[You have killed a Creature - Tutorial's Spawn]

[You received ??? EXP]

The girl - with long, red wavy hair, green eyes, freckled white skin, slightly taller - looked at Miles with a mix of derision and disgust, but Miles did not see it, having turned around and sprinting towards an alley well away from the field of view of his enemies.

Panting heavily, Miles hid behind a trash container, recalling his experiences with videogames, trying to get at least some understanding of what was going on.

But before he could put his thoughts in perspective, his attention was drawn to a bright light that moved from side to side in the dark alley.

"What the..." Miles got up slowly, looking at the moving light the size of his hand. The closest he paid attention to it, the more he felt like being able to discern its features, and it looked like a...

"A rabbit?"

It was, indeed, a bright, white rabbit, jumping from here to there, seemingly without a care in the world, and as soon as Miles understood what the luminous thing was, observing it attentively as to not let his guard down before a probable enemy, the rabbit turned its head towards him and blinked, disappearing just as suddenly as it had appeared.

The window appeared before him again, but this time, Miles' eyes widened at the lines of text, glowing against the dark window's background.

[You have acquired a hidden quest]