- Natalie POV -
'Seriously, how hard is it to find a useful ga to help climb from Player Rank F to Rank E? ' I thought in frustration as I looked at page 3 of the list of gas developed by the Ga Creators at Nova Forge Academy.
I know that the NFA isn't one of the best Ga Creator colleges, but all the gas are practically copies of the most successful gas of recent years.
And I can't even bla the Ga Creators for that... it's not like they have enough knowledge and mana to make more complex gas...
'Who told to just be a weak Rank F Player?
I sighed at the thought.
Looking at the fifth ga where the objective is to stand in a forest swinging a different weapon in different climates, I was about to give up, until I saw that the list was already running out and decided to give the gas below a try.
Even though I knew that the likelihood of these gas being good was practically minimal, what cost would it be to look at a few more gas before I went looking for gas on other colleges' pages?
[Desert Arrow Blocking Training!]
'Boring, my focus is on magic.'
[Labyrinth Trap Evasion Training!]
'It might be useful if soone is going to fight in a maze or a place with lots of traps, but that's not my job, boring.'
[Magic Resistance Training under Lava!]
'That sounds a bit interesting, but why should I have to stay under the lava to practice? Don't you have any really useful or interesting gas?'
[Runestone]
'Bori... what?!'
Looking at that strange ga with a na that said nothing about it, I was confused.
'What kind of training is this?
I had never seen a ga page like this before, so, curious, I clicked on the page to see a better explanation of what the ga was and what the focus of the training was.
Opening the ga page, instead of showing a picture of soone sowhere training sothing, what the ga was showing was two people smiling while holding strange cards.
'Playing cards? This Ga Creator thinks that playing BlackJack will make soone stronger? Is he crazy?
Even though I felt it didn't make sense, I kept looking at the images of the ga showing how it worked and noticed that each card had a different effect that, when played, would do sothing different.
The more I looked at it, the more interested I beca in this ga, even though it didn't show any real advancent in the Players' skill power.
As the images were interesting, I shifted my gaze to the explanatory text about the ga.
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? RUNESTONE ?
Welco to Runestone, the strategic card ga that combines real-world progress with fun! Who says training has to be boring?
Runestone takes the concept of card battles to a whole new level, using the revolutionary technology: False Neurological Feedback! Who said that only gas with a high Rank can provide False Neurological Feedback to Players?!
? WHAT IS RUNESTONE?
Runestone is more than a card ga; it's an experience that not only entertains you but also improves your Rank as a Player. Choose a hero, build your deck and go into combat against other Players. But what really sets Runestone apart is that, unlike other gas where training is extrely tedious, in Runestone you'll have fun all the ti!
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The more I read about the ga's description, the more I felt my blood boil.
Wasn't that exactly what I was looking for? A way to beco stronger that wasn't as boring as other gas were?
But reading about this 'False Neurological Feedback', I began to think it sounded too good to be true.
Everywhere I looked about it, the only thing I found was scientific articles by big Ga Creators talking about how difficult it is to make it work and how only the biggest Ga Creators managed to implent it in their gas.
Now a Rank F Ga Creator was hinting that he had replicated this strange technology in his Rank F ga?
'That sounds too good to be true...' I thought, a little disappointed.
But despite my disappointnt, I still clicked to download while continuing to read the ga page. When the ga finished downloading completely, I instantly clicked play, curious to see how it would work.
Everything the ga page was saying seed very unreal.
When I clicked pay to play and injected my Mana into the Ga Linker, I felt my consciousness leaving my body and traveling to the virtual world of this ga.
Unlike other virtual worlds in other gas that tried to be scary or oppressive, to push the training to the limit of what our mind and body could take, this ga took to a strange wooden tavern with warm, cozy lighting.
In this tavern there were several empty tables and behind the counter there was no one, but to my amazent, a strange, funny and charismatic voice startled as it spoke.
[Welco to the Runestone, Player! Take a seat at the table with a Runestone tray].
Looking around and seeing no one, I figured that this voice had probably been pre-recorded by the Ga Creator to help beginner Players understand the ga.
Following the voice's suggestion, I slowly approached the table with a box on top and sat down in the surprisingly comfortable wooden chair.
As soon as I sat down, the box began to glow and opened for , showing two images, a large, muscular green-skinned man holding a large axe or a beautiful white-haired woman with a scholarly aura holding a golden staff.
[To begin, select your hero. Each hero has unique abilities that can change the course of the match, and your real-life stat gain based on False Neurological Feedback depends on which style of card you use. Mages have more access to magic cards, increasing the amount of magic you receive at the end of the ga, warriors have more creature and weapon cards, increasing their strength and agility at the end of gas].
Looking at the two drawings and seeing how beautiful and delicate the woman was, even if she was a rogue I would still choose her, but her being a mage made even more excited since I could improve my magic by playing with her!
After clicking on the mage, the design of my board changed slightly to represent the appearance of a magic workshop, which I found adorable.
[You have selected Grand Magus Lyna Proudstone!]
'I'm enjoying this more and more!'
[In a dueling card ga, you should ideally put together your own deck, but if you don't want to, Lyna Proudstone's basic deck is available for you to use at any ti].
Curious, I started looking at the cards in Maga's basic deck and I was pleased with what I saw, but out of curiosity I also looked at the other cards available for to choose from and I realized that I understood too little about the ga to customize anything, so I just stuck with the basic deck.
[Now that you have a Deck, you can play your first battle, good luck Great Mage!]
Hearing the ga call Great Mage made a Great Smile appear on my face as I shifted my gaze to the nu in front of .
Even though the board was made of wood with rustic elents all over the place, whenever the ga nu changed the board made chanical sounds as if it had actually changed in a realistic way.
'This Ga Creator has really thought through even the smallest details...'
In front of were two buttons, [Casual Match] and [Ranked Match].
Reading the description of both I wanted to click on Ranked Match, but the button wasn't available until I had completed 10 battles.
Resigning myself to my fate, I clicked on [Casual Match] and a roulette wheel started spinning, apparently deciding my opponent.
'This ga already has so many Players?!' I was surprised by this.
[Worthy Opponent!]
That was the title of the opponent the ga chose for , which pleased .
Within seconds the board began to change, splitting in half with my half of the board having the appearance of a magic laboratory while the other half had the appearance of a warrior training camp.
On the other side of the table, the body of a person began to materialize.
This person was a young man who looked about my age, with straight black hair down to his eyes, eyes that were a shade of green so light they looked golden, delicate features and a thin, almost malnourished build.
'He looks exactly like a wizard, why is he using a warrior deck? Maybe he wants to take advantage of the ga to cover up his deficiency in physical strength?! That's kind of clever...' I thought as I analyzed the boy.
Just as I was analyzing him, he also looked at curiously and gave a polite smile.
“Hello, I hope we have a good ga.” He held out his hand as he kept smiling at .
Surprised by his politeness I was montarily stunned and it took a few seconds to recover, reaching out to shake his hand a little embarrassed.
“Thank you, I'm looking forward to it too.” I said, not knowing what else to say.
After we greeted each other, a coin appeared in the center of the board and then I received a warning that I would play first.
As soon as this notice appeared, magically the cards from my deck that were next to the board flew into my hand, leaving slightly surprised.
Embarrassed by how I was acting, I glanced covertly at the boy on the other side of the board and realized that he just ignored how I was acting and looked at the cards in his hand seriously, making sigh with relief and look at my cards again.
At this point I didn't even rember that I was in a ga where the focus was on training and getting stronger, the only thing I was thinking about was how much fun this whole new experience was being.
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