Yggdrasil Rot

Clueless Life

A knight raised his shield and sword, while his enemy, a monster twice as tall as the knight's body stood before him. Not equal to the weapon the knight wielded, the giant's two hands is gripping the blade of the giant sword nearly rusted and shattered.

The silence between them is broken when the giant swing both of his hand. With a grunt and the sound of blades dragging the floor, he raised his right sword and slammed it straight at the knight.

Flying dust and gravel. The originally intact floor was now shattered from the attack, leaving a hole that extended like a cliff from the monster’s blade.

However, it took more than that simple attack to defeat the knight. He dodged by rolling to the ground, and out of the dust screen.

He saw how the enemy in front of him was still struggling to move, so the knight took the opportunity by slashing at the giant.

With a total of three small slashes, of course it wouldn't have a big effect on the creature. Instead, the monster noticed the intruder near his feet, so he kicked the knight.

Even though the knight raised his shield, he couldn't withstand the pressure from the giant. In the end, he flew to the end of the room, hit the wall, and fell back against the floor.

“GROAAAAR!” roared the giant, as if celebrating the pain that he had inflicted to the knight.

Slowly, the giant walked closer to his little enemy. Once again, the blade of the giant sword rise, ready to crush the knight into pile of meat.

However, just before the giant sword fell on him, the knight got up and rolled again.

He then took a shining bottle from his travel pouch. Keeping his focus on the giant, he opened the bottle cap to drink the shining potion.

A gleaming yellow light moved from the contents of the bottle, permeating the knight's body. The pain and wounds that he previously suffer suddenly disappeared, and he was filled with the stamina to fight back against the gint monster.

Once again, a small growl escaped from the giant, and it moved back toward its enemy. The giant's right hand tightened, and with a single swing, it slashed across a wide area in front of it, hoping that the s***h would destroy the knight.

But still, the knight once again surpassed him. He jumped at the right time, and dodged the monster's deathly attack, he then ran for some distance, and once again took an object from his travel pouch.

This time, he picked up a scroll. When the scroll was opened, there was an inscription and a symbol that at first glance looked like grass writing. However, the knight was able to read it, and a second later, the scroll disappeared.

The light gathered into the knight's hand, and turned into a red lightning that flashed across the floor and walls. With a single breath, he released the lightning toward his target, and it succesfully piercing the giant.

This time, the monster roared in pain. The lightning strike had paralyzed the giant, and sent him crashing to the ground. Red flashes shot out from his twitching and paralyzed body.

Of course the knight used this rare opportunity to beat the knight. With his sword raised, he dashed at the monster and gave him as many slashes as he could.

Enough to kill the giant.

***

"Yes! Finally!" A shriek of joy echoed from the empty classroom. The voice came from a male student holding a handheld console in both of his hands.

"Finally! After staying up all night, grinding, and searching the internet for info, I finally got the Greatsword of Abyssmal!” exclaimed the man full of anticipation.

The game screen on the console, showing the figure of the knight after he defeated the monster. A bright inscription appears in front of the player, brightly colored and gives a joyful effect.

'Enemy of the World is Slained' and even more exhilarating, is the column below the text, which shows the items that the knight gets after defeating the boss.

“I will need this greatsword for the next area, its wide swing will be very useful against the flood of enemies!” regardless of his surroundings, the man laughed to himself.

His excitement almost made him forget that he was still in the classroom.

"Good morning!" the door opened, and someone else entered. Another male student, just like the gamer just now.

"Oh Kata! You came so early again!” exclaimed the man in a friendly manner.

"Oh! Robert! Have you finished your homework? Let me copy your answer please!” exclaimed the boy named Kata earlier. He put his console inside his bag, and after that, took out a book and a pen to write down the answers of homework he was talking about.

Robert walked over to his desk which was next to Kata.

"What? Again? Hey, don't tell me you spent the weekend playing Deathly Spirit!" reprimand Robert almost in disbelief. However, the only answer from his best friend was a smirk that confirmed Robert's allegation.

Seeing his friend's behavior, Robert could only sigh in resignation. He reached into the book from his bag, and handed it in front of Kata.

"Really... What would Katerine say if she saw you acting like this again?" said Robert a little annoyed.

"Don't worry, as long as she doesn't see it, she won't notice-"

Before Kata completed his answer, the classroom door slammed loudly again.

"Kata Vajira!" Shouted a girl angrily.

"Eek! Katerine!?” shrieked Kata in surprise, realizing that he had not finish copying Robert's answer, he immediately scribbled down on his notebook paper.

Hachidori Katerine walked into the classroom, her hands clenched with anger. Usually, she have cute and friendly face, added with long hair that usually loved by boys around Kata and Robert’s age.

But now, her face is wrinkled with anger.

Katerine slammed her hands on Kata's table, talking furriously.

"What the hell are you doing! Screaming all night with the lights on!? I couldn't sleep until 2am!" she shouted.

"Kat come on, if you want to protest, we will talk about this later, but if I don't finish this homework, Mr. Takamura will kill me!” Kata answered while grinning, he was still trying to copy his friend's answer.

But Katerine's anger was already at its peak, she took Kata and Robert's book and threw it in the air screaming her anger.

"It's your fault that you don't want to study and instead focus on playing games!!!"

"Come on! What are you doing!!!"

Seeing the slapstick in front of him, Robert could only look away in resignation. He could only hope that his workbook would survive another love quarrel those two best friends.

***

It has been more than ten years that Vajira Kata and Hachidori Katerine lived next door to each other. During those ten years, the two have became friends.

There are many things they share in common. The daycare home, the school, and even their parents knew each other well.

And even closer, their rooms are located next to each other.

This meant that loud noises coming out of Kata's room could easily reach Katerine.

"Is your game really that interesting that you don't have time to do your homework on the weekends!?” said Katerine. Her anger had subsided a lot compared to before, but she still protested with Kata's behavior.

In response, Kata just shrugged not wanting to know. "It takes great skill to defeat all the bosses in Deathly Spirit," he replied.

"So what will you get after defeating those bosses? Doesn't mean you'll get a prize right?'

“Don't be naive, Katerine!” Kata got up excitedly, he turned on his console, and showed a picture of a medal from the game page. On the screen, it was written in big letters: 'achievement'.

"...What's that?" she asked.

“Lord of Spirits! the rarest and most difficult achievement in Deathly Spirit! Whoever has this medal has the right to flex on the internet! With this medal, I will be recognized as a veteran gamer! Not like those lousy casuals who can only play those mobile games!”

Kata stood up from her chair, her arms folded in confidence, while her two friends could only look, a little bit confused on his reason.