Infinity – Chapter 2

Sitting at my old dining room table, I did my best to take stock of my situation.

I’m now 25 years in the past…

My brother is alive again…

My wife doesn’t even know who I am…

My kids haven’t been born…

Infinity isn’t released for another 5 years…

*How the fuck can a game take me back in time… especially to before the games own release date*…

*And this option is somehow supposed to save humanity? Save it from what?*

“From the Life Binders?” I muttered to myself, trying to guess what I was supposed to be doing.

“Are you serious about joining me in Fantasy World?” Ethan asked, distracting me from my thoughts.

“Yeah, I’m done with horrors, I want to join you” I answered honestly.

“Excellent, I knew you’d come around… Now we best prepare, fighting in VR is similar to fighting in real life, so we need to decide carefully how we progress your character” Ethan stated confidently, his usual high optimism being something I sorely missed. Though whilst I played as a Rogue in Infinity, I didn’t want to repeat that same style of class again.

“Is there an Archer styled character I can play? I don’t fancy getting up close and bloody” I asked, knowing full well there was but Archery was something that I had picked up, my skills with daggers was always somewhat lacking but even as a Rogue in Infinity, my use of a bow was great, I just lacked the Archer class skills which was a shame, though to delete my account and start over would result in years of effort wasted.

“Of course, if you want to be an Archer you should join my gym as well, it tailors to VR gamers so it teaches you sword-fighting as well as archery” Ethan said excitedly.

“Let’s do it… I’ll be your scout and backup and you can be the muscle” I smirked, though to see Ethan smile from ear to ear filled my heart with joy.

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Arriving at Ethan’s gym, I’d been reborn for just over a week now and Ethan was desperate to get me gaming with him. Though whilst I waited for my unique copy of Fantasy World to arrive, Ethan spent every night online, preparing armour, weapons, potions and food for me, ready to help me level up.

“Welcome Joel, Ethan has told me a lot about you” The head archery coach said excitedly as I smiled back to him politely.

“I’m going to do my own training, don’t go easy on him Matt, he’s more talented than he lets on” Ethan said before entering the sword-fighting area, the metal sword on the side quickly getting picked up as he swung it viciously into the wooden dummy.

“Come on then… let’s get you set up” Matt said excitedly as he picked up a nearby wooden longbow and handed it to me.