Chapter 11: You are weak (1/2)

Arthur's interest began to grow in the game. He was fascinated by all the different characters and sword fighting styles. Arthur would constantly bug Novis about going to the internet Cafe or going online to play more opponents. Arthur new the number one rule when facing somebody was to know you're opponent. This meant he needed to play against several different characters and fighting styles.

There were problems though, Novis was only fifteen years old, it meant he had to spend most of his time at school or doing homework, only giving him free time on the weekends. He could play online but he didn't have his own VR headset and didn't want to bug his brother.

So what he decided to do was, while Novis would study or do his homework, he would let Arthur watch matches on the computer. Arthur completely focused on the screen and quickly had memorized the basic skills of all the characters. He was absorbing all the information like a sponge.

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The next day at school Novis was playing soccer in his P.E class, he currently had possession of the ball. There were two defenders in front of him. He then skillfully dribbled the ball past the first person, when the second defender approached him he rolled the ball up his leg and kicked it with the back of the heel, causing the ball to go in the air, above the defender.

Now all that was left was Novis and the Goalkeeper. Novis went to take the shot, he swung his leg back and blasted the ball. The ball had completely missed its target going about ten meters above the goal.

The kids began to laugh.

”You'll always be just better than average, I swear you're like this with every sport.

Arthur was watching Novis the whole time.

”It seems like Novis is quite athletic, it's a shame that he hasn't found the right thing for him.” Arthur thought to himself.

As the P.E lesson ended it was time for the next class. The students returned to the classroom waiting for their next lesson. Scarlett was looking over at Novis with a concerned look on her face. She had thought that Novis had been acting strangely in the last few days. He had always been an odd child but now he seemed to be on the borderline of crazy. Even now it seemed like Novis was talking to an imaginary person.

Scarlett walked up to Novis who was lying at his desk.

”Hey Novis, are you okay, you've been acting strange these last few days?”

”Yeah, I just have a lot of things going on these day's.”

”Do you mean like Joining the VSW training centre.”

”How did you know?”

A couple of Novis classmates had herd what Scarlett had said.

”What! Novis is playing VSW now?”

”Isn't he well known for having never touched a game before.”

As everyone was making fun of Novis, the teacher entered the classroom.

”Alright everyone it's time to take your seats.”

As the class began Arthur couldn't stop thinking about VSW.

”Will we get to play soon?” Arthur asked.