“Come on! Shoot the fucking ball!” I drank the beer I was holding and my favorite player shot the ball and it went inside the hoop. “YES!!! GO TEAM COBRAS!!”
My name is Steve Brandon. Just a 25-year-old guy who works at a decent restaurant and I am a fan of basketball even though I suck... Anyway, I spilled my beer on the floor, but I was too happy, and celebrate recklessly. Jumping on the couch and whacked my face on the pillow.
“HELL YEAH!! TEAM COBRAS! TEAM COBRAS! TEAM COB-”
“SHUT THE FUCK UP!!”
My neighbor next door shouted. At first, I thought he was a cool dude. But it turned out that he had a short temper every time I make a small noise. What a sad dude. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
A smirk ran across my face and decided to release him. “TEAM COBRAS! TEAM COBRAS!!”
“THAT'S IT!!”
I heard the dude stomping feet trailed off since the walls weren't that thick. The apartment I was living in was cheap, and this is all I could afford for now.
“OPEN UP YOU BASTARD!!” he banged the door real hard.
“I think you got the wrong door,” I changed my tone of voice which sounded deep.
“STOP YAPPING AND OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR!!”
“But I don't wanna...” I yawned and slacked off my couch.
A loud smack came from the door. I glanced at my door and saw the door gave birth.
“Wow, only a foot? Where's the rest of the body?” I thought and this is the sixth time he scratched my door. “Damn, this dude is insane. Hope he doesn't injure his foot.”
My neighbor peeked at the hole with his blazi- no wait, his eyes were brown. Let me repeat. Ahem! My neighbor peeked at the hole with his turd eye. Much better~
“OPEN UP!”
I sighed and picked up my phone beside me and dialed 911.
“Hello?” said the operator.
“Ah, yes. Ma'am, there's this weird dude who's asking me to take drugs. But I refused and he scratched my door.”
“You mean Kevin kicked your door... Again?” the operator had a monotone voice.
“Yep.”
The operator sighed and hung up. I tossed my phone beside me but it bounced at the edge of my couch and landed on the floor.
“Shit!” I stood up to pick up my phone and pressed the ON button. But it didn't work. “Shit...”
My neighbor named Kevin Morales, scratched the doorknob this time as it fell off. He stepped his dirty foot inside my white clean tiles.
“Do you want to die?” Kevin ground his teeth.
I stood silent before shouting, “TEAM COBRAS!!”
Kevin rushed forward to attack me which I didn't expect he will. I ran toward my kitchen with my cold sweat.
“DUDE!! YOU'RE GOING TOO FAR! CAN'T YOU TAKE A JOKE!?”
“FUCK YOU!”
He picked up a knife that was sleeping on the table. Damn it! I forgot to put my knife on the knife holder... I should've picked it up beforehand so I could scare him... I'm so stupid. Why didn't I think of that?
A pile of sweat gathered on my whole face and I paced up. We ran in circles in the kitchen as Kevin threw the knife close to me, scraping my left cheek. My heart almost stopped for a second. I took this chance to escape while he was picking up the knife. But there was a heavy thud smacked at the back of my head, losing my balance, and fell to the floor. A sardine can rolled out of the kitchen For some reason, my vision began to get blurry yet foggy.
Kevin grasped the knife and lifted it in the air. “DIE! FUCKER!!”
He was about to stab my back until someone tased him, knocking himself on the floor too.
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“SIR! SIR!!”
I couldn't hear what the person was saying but she was beautiful. Was this my last hope of living? I never got a girlfriend yet... Before I close my eyes, a strange screen appeared on my face.
[Answer 200 riddles to survive]
“Huh?”
It made my eyes wide, realizing I'm not dead and I took a glimpse at the woman to see she was a cop. Both of us dropped our jaws after the screen showed up, and stars abruptly emerged around us.
“What's happening!?” I exclaimed.
Kevin and I began to float in the air.
“S-sir!!” exclaimed the woman and began to call for assistance.
My feet began to fade magically, crawling upward to my body.
“M-miss!!” I called her.
“What!?”
“BEFORE I DIE!! I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE BIG TITS! AND I LOVE THEM!!” I finally said what I wanted to say about who had big breasts.
The woman blushed like red tomato and shook her head. She took mine and Kevin's hands, preventing us from floating farther.
“As a cop! I must help citizens!” she pulled our hand but it was vivid.
I started to regret teasing Kevin earlier. Now, I wanted to apologize, but how? Then Kevin and I vanished like thin air...
Meanwhile, I opened my eyes and got up in a sitting position.
There were trees in front of m- oh never mind. It was a fountain... A FOUNTAIN!? I checked myself and was already drenched with water. My blue shirt and the boxer with a puppy design clung to my skin.
I looked around and saw several houses while other people staring at me. Sometimes, they had these pointy ears and... Was that a lizard? The person's face looked like a lizard... Damn... What a well-made mask.
“Mama, why is he taking a bath in the fountain?” asked the little girl.
“Sweety, don't look.” the little girl's mother dragged her daughter away. While others giggled or laughed hard.
My face boiled up, as I stood up and took a step forward. But I found myself standing on Kevin's stomach.
“Why is he here?” I thought.
“Argh!” groaned Kevin.
“Ah, sorry.”
Apologize complete! I didn't know apologizing to a person who was planning to kill you was easy? Although, at the same time. I shouldn't have apologized since he was planning to kill me...
Shortly, two screens popped in front of Kevin and me. It made us jolt as I lost my balance and drenched my butt again.
[Hello traveler. You are now inside a game and to survive this game you need to defeat the boss. To level up, you need to kill mobs to get stronger and learn a skill. However, to get a skill, you need to answer a riddle every time I ask when you leveled up.]
“What?” Kevin and I cocked our heads to the side.
[There are four options to pick when I ask riddles. So please, think carefully because getting a wrong answer will reduce your level. The harder the riddles the higher your level will reduce each time you get a wrong answer.]
“Huh???” Kevin and I blinked twice.
[Please select your main role: Slayer, Assassin, Druid, Ranger.]